Elementary MathSummer 2020

Choice Board Activities

Grade 3

Mr.Moncur’s Summer Assignment 2020

Choice Board Summer Choice 2020 Grade 3  

  Math  CCC (Math & Writing)  CCC Science/Social Studies 

Power Standard: 

I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator using symbol >, =, or <, and justify the solution.  

I can develop and apply comprehension skills to the reading process by using illustrations, monitoring comprehension, and summarizing a story’s beginning, middle, and end to determine the central message, lesson, or theme.  

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.  

Activity #1  

 

Log into Moby Max or iknowit.com. Complete the Comparing Fractions lesson assigned to you.  

Select your favorite book or a book you are currently reading. Generate 5 to 10 questions that the story could answer (Questions should be based on the characters, setting, plot, theme.)  

Log into Flocabulary. Watch the video on “Matter” and complete the Read/Respond and Quiz assigned to you.. 

Activity #2  

 

Card Game (2 players). Each player selects two cards, a numerator and denominator, Record your fraction (the smaller number is on top and the larger number is on the bottom) and then determine whose fraction is the largest (draw a model of the fractions, if you need to). The winner keeps all four cards. Play continues until the cards are gone. *If you don’t have cards, you can make your own set (write 1-10 on separate pieces of paper, make 3 sets). 

Have a parent or sibling Read Aloud a descriptive passage from a book. While listening, close your eyes and create a mental image of what the passage is about. Then, draw a picture of your mental image. Discuss the picture you drew (What words or details from the passage helped you create your picture?) 

Explore: Design a poster or create a chart and record 5 examples of each state of matter (solid, liquid, gas) you find in your house or neighborhood. 

Activity #3  

 

Go to the link below. You are feeding fish with fractions to the dolphin with an equal fraction. https://mrnussbaum.com/fraction-dolphins 

Read a book with a member of your family and make a story map that identifies the characters, setting, and retells the story using beginning, middle and end. 

With a parent or adult, get a 1/4 cup of water to put in the freezer. Once frozen, take it out of the freezer to thaw then put on the stove to boil and cause it to evaporate. Make predictions to how long you think it will take to change between states. 

Activity #4  

Draw a picture of two pizzas with at least 6 slices on each. Shade in a portion on 

Go to Epic. Listen to the book “I Need My Monster” and complete the quiz 

Get on Brainpop and watch the changing states of matter. Create a chart with a 

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  each pizza then compare the shaded portions. Repeat the process 4-6 times.  

afterwards. What was the problem in the story? What does the boy do about the problem? What lesson did he learn? What lesson does the author want us to learn from the character? 

top ten list of important facts that you learn from the video. https://jr.brainpop.com/science/matter/changingstatesofmatter/ 

 3rd Grade Specials Activities 

Art 

 EXAMPLES STEP 1:DRAW TREE STEP 2: COLOR DARK TO LIGHT STEP 3: FINISH PRODUCT 

Music  Find a song on YouTube or Spotify that features an orchestra playing. What instruments can you hear and name? Identify the meter (beats in groups of 2, 3 or 4) of the song. Did you hear an instrument playing a solo? What did you notice the conductor doing?   Here are some games to extend your learning. SFS Kids: Games, instrument exploration and orchestrations:   http://www.sfskids.org/play/ 

PE  Each day be PHYSICALLY active for at least 60 minutes. This could be 1 block of 60 minutes or broken up into 2 or 3 blocks of time. Go to http://www.spnpe.com/CompassPE.html Find 2-3 Physical Activities that you enjoy doing and participate for 60 minutes each day.  

Create a “Daily Physical Activity Log” and write down your Physical Activities and the minutes you participated for each day. Keep this information in your “PE Portfolio”. You may also use any equipment that you may have at home. Activities can include: Jumping Rope, Fitness Workouts, Dance videos, Yoga, Basketball Dribbling Skills, etc.  

“Play 60” minutes, Stay Fit and Have Fun!! 

Library  3.W.2.C - Write fiction or nonfiction narratives and poems: April is Poetry Month and Earth Day was 4/22. Write an Acrostic poem for Earth Day. Tech Option: Create an acrostic poem in the Acrostic Poems App available in Self Service.  

Mr.Moncur’s Summer Assignment 2020

Choice Board Summer 2020   

Grade 3    

  Math  CCC (Math and Writing)  CCC Science/Social Studies 

Power Standard: 

 I can write and solve two-step problems involving variables using any of the four operations, including using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division using properties of operations.  

I can make text connections across all genres.  

Identify facts and opinions in social studies’ topics.   (Ideas: community, scholastic news, flocabulary). 

Activity #1  

Solve: Last summer, Jon’s family found 152 shells at the beach. This summer they were at the beach for 7 days. Each day they found 9 shells. How many fewer shells did they find this year than last year? Explain your answer using numbers, words, and/or pictures.  

Read any math related text you have around your home. It can be a newspaper, comic book, or anything you can find.   Make three text connections and write down what the text said, what it reminded you of, and why it reminded you of that.  

Go to Flocabulary and watch one of the Math Rap JR videos. Write down any facts or opinions you hear about math facts.  

Activity #2  

Write a two-step word problem for someone else in your family to solve.   When you finish, practice your fact fluency on MobyMax or other app/website. 

Read to someone in your family (from Epic, or a favorite personal book). Talk about the different connections you and your family members make with characters or events in the story.  

Talk with a family member about the news you hear about the Coronavirus. Discuss the facts and opinions you hear from the news, from friends and family, or from other places. Talk about how to know when someone is sharing a fact or an opinion.  

Activity #3  

Solve: Ms. Smith bought 6 packages of markers. Each package had 8 markers in it. When she put her markers in the bucket, she had 278 markers total. How many markers did Ms. Smith already have? 

Read a book and write down one text to self, one text to text, and one text to world connection.  

Read a newspaper or magazine article. Write down the name of the article, the author, one fact, and one opinion.  

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Solve: What is 8 x 6? How can you use 8 x 6 to help you solve 8 x 12? 

Activity #4  

Go to Word Problem Generator on Greg Tang Math. Solve at least 5 multiplication/ division word problems. 

Go to Epic. Read the Book “Harry S. Truman”. Next read the book “Theodore Roosevelt”. Compare and contrast the two Presidents.  

“Fact and Opinion”. Write down 3 facts about East Orange and 3 opinions about East Orange..  

3rd Grade Specials Activities 

 

Art  Personifying objects: Take a picture with your ipad of an ordinary object(fruit, vegetable, chair, bed, tv, etc).Then use a drawing app to draw on your picture to give it humanistic features like, eyes, mouth, nose, arms, hair, etc) Remember to share through google classroom. 

Music  Watch this video about Tempo, which is the speed of the beat. The Music Show Episode #5: Presto Is Fast, Largo Is Slow When finished, sing a song of your choice, then sing the same song both Presto (very fast) and Largo (very slow). Tell your music teacher which song you chose and which version you liked best.

PE  Do your daily stretches/warmups. Challenge a family member to do the most push ups in 30 seconds. Next challenge a family member to see who can do the most sit-up. Last, challenge a family member to a race. Keep track of how many situps and pushups you do and try to improve every day. 

Library  Describe how people in New Jersey preserve their cultural heritage: Celebrate Culture! Learn about these celebrations on Tumble Books, LightBox, Epic, and Scholastic. Share your own family celebrations, customs, or traditions through a timelapse video, photo, or short story.   

Choice Board Summer 2020   

Grade 3  

  Math  CCC (Math &Reading & Writing)  CCC Science/Social Studies 

Mr.Moncur’s Summer Assignment 2020

Power Standard: 

I can interpret the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding (to the nearest 10 or 100).    

I can develop and strengthen writing by listening to video. 

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include average temperature, precipitation, and wind direction.]  

Activity #1  Go to EPIC. Search for Rounding. Click on the book with the title, Math Concepts Made Easy: Rounding. Read through the book. When you finish, take the quiz at the end. After the quiz, take a screenshot of your results and attach it to Google Classroom.  

Go toYoutube watch video on rounding, list 5 facts from the video. 

Starting today, we are going to keep a weather journal. (This can be recorded online OR recorded on a piece of paper.)  Step 1: For 3 days, you will record the temperature to see how it changes throughout the day.   (11am, 3 pm, 6pm)  Step 2: Collect your data online or on a piece of paper.  Step 3: Create a chart to show your data results. Look at the sample below:

 

Activity #2  Go to Flocabulary in Clever. Search for Rounding Numbers. Watch the video and play the vocab game.   

Write a 5 sentence paragraph about anything you would like. Have an adult help you edit the paragraph. After you and the adult edit the paragraph, rewrite it in your best handwriting.  

Look at the data for the lowest temperatures recorded in these cities during the month of January. Make a bar graph to show the data.  

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Take a screenshot of the vocab game when you finish and attach it to Google Classroom.   Follow the link to practice your rounding skills.  Take a screenshot of your results and attach it to Google Classroom.  

Brownville: 10 degrees Maple City: 4 degrees Spring Hill: 13 degrees High View: 8 degrees  Here is an example of how to record your data:  Don’t forget to add a title and labels to your graph.  Usando la información arriba, haz un gráfico que muestra las temperaturas diferentes para cada ciudad. No olvides los títulos! 

Activity #3  Peter was given the number 471 to round to the nearest hundred. He rounded it to 500.  Is he correct? Why or Why not? Use a visual model to explain your thinking.  

Read one of your favorite story books about math or numbers. Once you have finished, write a 5 sentence summary of the story. Have an adult edit the paragraph. Once you have finished editing the paragraph rewrite it in your best handwriting.  

Click or type in the link to complete the weather picture graph:   Weather Picture Graph   https://forms.gle/Taj4aSBMb7ccbyieA  Usando el Link arriba, termina el gráfico de tiempos. 

Activity #4  

Create a table like the one below:   

Number  Nearest 10  Nearest 100 

271  270  300 

 

  A weather forecast tells us how the weather of the day or week is going to be. It can warn us if a storm is coming. To make a forecast, scientists collect all the data about weather. How do they do this? They use special tools. Let’s explore some weather tools. 

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Use the list of numbers below to fill in the table. 

  

 Click on the link:  Discovery Ed Interactive Weather Graph  

3rd Grade Specials Activities 

 

Art  Prepare an artistic snack/meal for your family! Use what is available in the pantry. Think of bright colors (carrot sticks, scrambled eggs, jelly, salsa etc.), food you can build upwards with (crackers & peanut butter, celery sticks, mashed potatoes) or maybe stuff you can cut into neat shapes (tortilla quesadillas, pb&j sandwiches). When done, it should look neat and taste yummy! (Don’t mix peanut butter and salsa...eww.) 

Music  EP.1.A.4 Read standard rhythmic notation in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 meter signatures with bar lines consisting of: whole note/rest, quarter note/rest, half note/rest, eighth note pairs PP.1.B.3 Demonstrate dynamics (note: piano, forte, crescendo, decrescendo) 

Write a 16 beat rhythm using quarter notes , quarter rests , and eighth notes , which all get ONE beat. Choose a tempo (fast or slow) and tap a steady beat, then perform your rhythm to your beat. Once you get it on the beat, add some dynamics (piano or soft, and forte or loud). Perform it for someone at home or send a video to your music teacher’s Google Classroom. 

Math and Diets  Nutrition week: This week we will watch a short video on “GO, SLOW, WHOA Foods for Healthy Eating” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5gPGO369eo    “GO” Foods can be eaten any time. They are the healthiest foods such as fruits and vegetables and skim milk. Reminder for “GO Foods” is “Go Ahead! Eat these foods whenever you want.”  “SLOW Foods”. Reminder - the word “slow” starts with the letter “S” and also the word “sometimes” starts with the letter “s”. So you can SOMETIMES eat these foods. “SLOW or Sometimes Foods” would be foods that you don’t eat everyday like pizza, pancakes and red meat.  The “WHOA Foods” reminder is “WHOA! Should I really eat these foods?” Examples of “WHOA Foods” are candy, chips, ice cream, and pop. These foods are the least healthy and the MOST LIKELY to cause weight problems!!! This is not to say that you can never eat these foods just as long as you do so only occasionally.    Each Day of the week.   

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Write down all the “GO foods” that you eat. Write down all the “SLOW foods” that you eat. Write down all the “WHOA foods” that you eat. Talk about your choices with your parents or another member of your family.    Do some physical activity:   You can post your foods and activity, each day or wait until Friday and send me the info. Have a good week! 

Library  Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose. Signs of Summer are everywhere! Create a journal for the week recording what you see (flowers, weather, insects and animals). You can record your findings on paper or in the following apps on your iPad: Notes, Slides, Science Journal. Insert photos and videos to support your findings.   

Choice Board Summer 2020  

Grade 3-Challenge Activities  

Math/Science  Math & Social Studies  Community/Family  Specials  

Mr.Moncur’s Summer Assignment 2020

Fizzy painting Materials: Watercolor paper Food coloring Baking soda Vinegar Fork, spoon, item to make drops of the colored vinegar onto the paper  1,Sprinkle baking soda on watercolor paper 2.Mix a few drops of food coloring with a tablespoon of vinegar 3.Use a fork or small spoon to drop the colored vinegar onto the baking soda and watch it fizz where the drops land 4.Let it dry 5. Scrape off the leftover baking soda once the paper has absorbed all of the colored vinegar 

Cursive Writing Monster  Follow this link for directions creating your cursive writing monster.   Follow this link for a video on how to write in cursive.  

 

Make a photo album.   Select family photos or find interesting pictures from old magazines, newspapers, books.   Glue the pictures onto pieces of paper and make a booklet.   Write a caption for each photo or picture. Think of descriptive, funny, or just plain crazy captions for each photo.   You can also design a cover for your photo album. Haz un libro de fotos. Puede usar fotos de tu familia o las noticias, o otro lugar. Pagarlas en papel para hacer un libro. Escribe algo sobre cada foto en pon un título para el libro en el frente. 

Library STEM challenge!   ETS1 - Engineering Design: Find items around the house that are no longer being used to create a kite. Enjoy testing your creation on the next windy day! Share a video of your attempt with your Google Classroom. Examples can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/vu4re3h https://tinyurl.com/y2dopyn9 

Mr.Moncur’s Summer Assignment 2020

ICE CREAM IN A BAG!  Ingredients: 

● 1 cup half and half (or whole milk) 

● 1.5 tsp vanilla extract ● 1 tbsp sugar ● ice ● 1/4 cup salt ● Ziploc bags 1 Small, 1 Large 

STEPS: 1.Pour 1 cup of half and half into a small ziploc bag. 2.Add 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of sugar.  3.Seal the bag firmly and get any extra air out.  4.In the larger ziploc bag, fill it about 1/2 way with ice. Add 1/4 cup of salt. 5.Then add your small bag and fill with extra ice on top. Close the large bag. 6.Take the small bag out of the large bag and rinse the outside of the small bag with cold water. Make sure to rinse out the top part of the bag also (above the seal). 7.Once done rinsing, open the small bag and try not to get any salt from the outside of the bag inside the bag. 8.The ice cream will be a little icy looking to start. Use a spoon to mix it around. Scoop out and enjoy! Aquí es un link en espanol para hacer esto tipo de helado. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1etM-Fz97Z0 

Plan a vacation:  If you could go anywhere, where would you go?  Pick somewhere to visit (Disney, Branson, St. Louis for example). Decide how long you will be there.  Decide if you’re going to fly or drive and how much that will cost.  Once you decide where you want to visit, research what you want to do while you are there. Then write out what you would see while there, where would you stay, where would you eat.   You also need to plan a budget for your hotel, sightseeing, food and souvenirs  You need to plan what to pack to wear. Is it a warm climate or a cold climate.  Finally write out a schedule of when you will arrive and depart and what you will do each day.  Have fun and be creative! 

Create a Board Game!  1. Choose a Theme (adventure, 

movie, food) a.Take a look at the board 

games you already own for inspiration. Could you adapt one of them? 

2.Make your Board a.Draw your board game on 

cardboard or pieces of paper 3.Make/ Find your game pieces 

a. Look for marbles, coins, legos, rocks, etc. 

4.Decide how you want to move your pieces a.Will your draw cards, use a 

spinner, throw dice? 5.Decide on the rules 

a.These will probably change as you play the game, but it’s good to have a starting point. 

6.Play the Game! a.You may have to make 

adjustments and tweak the rules as you go along. The main thing is to have fun! 

Art Make a picture of your animal in its natural habitat.  -As you draw it think about how many legs it has, does it have a head, what do its feet look like, does it have horns, and any other extra things you might want to add to your creature.  -Where does it live and what does that look like? Is it a desert, forest, mountain, garbage heap? Add some things that would help us identify its home. -As you color it does it have stripes, spots, patterns or markings? Does it have fur or a carapace? Does it camouflage with its surroundings or stick out? -Most importantly: have fun making your animal, make it silly or scary but have a good time. *If you want to go above and beyond, make it out of play dough or another material.  Standard: I3C: Theme: Create an original artwork that communicates ideas about animals and things. 

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