3rd Grade Virtual Learning Activities

Week 3: April 27th – May 1st Please select at least one activity from each box daily, Option 1 – Digital, Option 2 - Nondigital. Worksheets are templates

and do not need to be printed. All activities are optional, however, are suggested to support the continuity of student

learning.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Language Arts Math Language Arts Math STEAM

Focus: Nonfiction Text

Features

Watch: Flocabulary Text

Features

Go on a scavenger hunt

through the Scholastic News

Article. Find at least 5

different text features.

Option 1: Article

Password: sealion321

Record what text features

you find on flipgrid.

Option 2: Article

Record what you find on a

piece of paper. Use the chart

attached as a guide.

ELL Support:

Use the word bank below as

a support for text features

vocabulary.

Conversation Starter:

If you could create a holiday,

what would it be and why?

“My holiday would be called

____ and we would celebrate

by ____.”

Focus: Mixed Numbers

Watch: Fractions Review

Mixed Numbers

Option 1: After watching the

BrainPop Jr. Videos,

complete the activities

under the video (Easy or

Hard Quiz, Games, Word

Play, etc.)

Option 2: Play the Improper

Fractions and Mixed

Numbers Memory

Matching Game.

Focus: Nonfiction Text

Features

Watch: Reading Nonfiction

Pretend to be a journalist

for Quarantine News and

write the articles for their

daily news paper. Be sure

to include text features like

bold words, photos,

captions, headings, etc.

Option 1: Create your

newspaper on Wixie or in

PowerPoint.

Option 2: Use the attached

template as a guide to

create your newspaper on

paper.

ELL Support:

Use the text features in the

newspaper example below

as a guide.

Conversation Starter:

If you ran your own

newspaper, what would

you call it and why?

“My newspaper would be

titled ___ because ____.”

Focus: Mixed Numbers

and Improper Fractions

Watch: Improper Fractions

and Mixed Numbers

Option 1: Complete the

Improper Fractions and

Mixed Numbers Nearpod

activity.

Option 2: Play the

Improper Fractions and

Mixed Numbers Memory

Matching Game.

Focus: Making A

Monument

Project: You have been

hired to designing and

building a new monument

for Washington, D.C. A

monument is something

built to honor or remember

a person or event. It might

be a building, a statue, or

a pillar.

Brainstorm, design, build,

and reflect as you create

this week's project.

See the step-by-step

instructions below.

Check Out this virtual

monument experience of

Washington D.C.’s National

Mall for inspiration!

Social Studies Science Social Studies Science Encore Websites Focus: Levels of Government:

local, state and national

Watch: Local and State

Governments and The

President

Option 1: Click HERE to

download the lesson on

Levels of Government.

Follow the directions on each

slide.

Option 2: Draw a picture

that represents the three

levels of government (local,

state, and National).

Focus: Interactions with

Water

Option 1: Interactive Virtual

Lab on Reversible and

Irreversible Changes

Option 2: Fill three glasses

with the same amount of

water, but each glass

having a different

temperature of water (one

cold, one lukewarm, and

one hot). Put the same

amount of salt in each cup.

Which temperature of

water dissolves the salt the

fastest? Which dissolves it

the slowest? Why?

Focus: What makes a good

Leader?

Watch/Read: What Makes

an Awesome Leader?

and

Kid President's Pep Talk for

the World

Option 1: Make your own

Pep Talk for the World!

Follow this link to Flipgrid to

record your PepTalk to the

World! The password is

Peptalk1

Option 2: Write a letter to

the President of the United

States, your governor, or

Mayor. What kinds of

things would you like to see

them do?

Focus: Interactions with

Water

Watch: Dissolving Different

Substances

Option 1: Watch the lab

performed by fifth grade

students. Make a

hypothesis (prediction)

about whether or not the

solid will dissolve or not

before the students add it

to the water. Were your

predictions correct?

Option 2: With parent

permission, use three

ingredients in your kitchen

and try to dissolve them in

water. Which ingredients

dissolved? Which ones did

not dissolve? Why?

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ART,

MUSIC,

LIBRARY,

MATH LAB

Resources from Mrs. Hannon *Please see templates and anchor charts attached to this document for Language Arts and Math support.

Additional resources for extra practice are listed below. Language Arts: COVID-19 Time Capsule, Reading is a Riot, Writing is a Riot, Dave Pilkey at home

Math: Fractions Study Guide, Fraction Bars, Fractions Online Practice Games, Origo at Home, IXL.com, ST Math, DreamBox,

Math Playground, April Math Calendar

*Please see individual class pages for additional resources.

Login Information:

Website Username Password

BrainPop Jr. Sealion Wilson

PebbleGo kwilson School

Microsoft Office 365 Username @pwcs-edu.org Student specific

Flocabulary Microsoft Office 365 Login

Clever Accessed through Microsoft Office account

Origo, Wixie, ST Math, IXL, Dreambox Accessed through Clever

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MEDIA LITERACY

AS YOU READ

Think about some ways you can tell real news from fake news.

That’s information that is

wrong or deceptive.

Why Do We Share?A lot of misinformation

is shared on social media. It

can be fake news articles on

Twitter. It can be a YouTube

video that gives wrong

information.

People often spread these

hoaxes for fun. But other

times, people spread hoaxes

about important topics like

the government. Their goal is

often to change what people

think and affect how they

vote.

Experts say hoaxes work

best when they make you

It started with a wild

idea that someone shared

online. On February 10,

gravity on Earth would

change for one day.

Brooms would be able to

stand on their own.

Soon, many people were

taking the “broomstick

challenge.” They posted

videos all over social media.

But the challenge was

just a hoax, or trick. It turns

out brooms can always

stand upright!

The broomstick

challenge was harmless.

But experts say it’s an

example of a problem

called misinformation.

WORDS TO KNOW deceptive: meant to make someone believe something that is not trueskeptical: not easily convinced

Don’t Fall for a

FAKEFAKEThis year’s biggest social media challenge

was just a trick. Here’s what you need

to know to tell fun from fact.

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Could a broom do this on just one special day?

Monday, Language Arts, Option #2 Article

laugh or feel sad or angry.

“If a post or video makes

the viewer feel very strongly,

they are more likely to share

it,” says media expert Sierra

Filucci.

Filucci says that when a

post has been shared a lot,

people are more likely to

believe it. They might share it

without checking the facts.

Where to Find Fakes

It can be hard to

tell what’s true and

what’s not. One clue is

where you’re seeing it.

Think about why people

use an app like TikTok. It’s

probably to watch goofy

dance videos, not to do

research. And you wouldn’t

go to a news website to find

a silly photo.

Filucci says to remember

that different types of social

media have different

purposes.

“Places like TikTok or

YouTube are designed

to be fun and

entertaining,” she says.

With some digging, it wouldn’t have been too hardto find the truth about thebroomstick challenge.

#HOW TO SPOT A HOAX

What You SawOn February 10, people

posted videos of brooms standing on their own. They claimed NASA, the U.S. space agency, said the brooms could do this because of a change in Earth’s gravity.

What You Could Have Asked

•Why are only broomsaffected? Why nothing else?

•How can I find out if this istrue before I share it?

How You Could Have Found Answers

•You could have searchedonline using words like NASA,broomsticks, and gravity.

•You might have read articleson trusted news websites.

•You should havevisited NASA’swebsite, nasa.gov.

What You Would

Have LearnedNo trusted articles confirmed a change in Earth’s gravity. But many said that this challenge was a hoax.

On February 11, NASA posted the real explanation

on its Twitter account.

“They’re not created to

communicate accurate

information like news

organizations are.”

Stop and ThinkYou can help stop the

spread of bad information.

How? Experts say the best

way is to be more skeptical

of what you see online.

“If something seems

really strange or

really funny or too

good to be true, your

first step should be to

evaluate it,” explains

Filucci.

That means checking

reliable sources, such as

trusted news websites or

government sites. If you

still can’t tell if it’s true,

follow Filucci’s advice.

Don’t share it.

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Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers Memory Matching Game: Print out the memory matching cards. Before you cut out the cards, make sure you look at the matches so you know which improper fractions/mixed numbers match which models. When all the matches make sense to you, cut out the cards (cut on the solid and dotted lines).

Turn all the cards face down and spread them out in rows to play a memory matching game. Player one turns over two cards. If player one makes a match (player one finds a model and improper fraction/mixed number that match), the player picks up those two cards. If player one does not make a match, the two cards are turned face down (stay in the game) and player one’s turn is over. Player two turns over two cards and the game continues until all cards are matched. The player with the most matches at the end of the game wins!

Use this Fractions Study Guide to help you play: A fraction is a way of representing part of a whole or part of a group (set). *The parts must be equal sizes!

Numerator- the top number in a fraction 2 2 parts shaded Denominator-the bottom number in a fraction 8 out of 8 total parts

Fraction Models: Area Model Set Model Number Line Model

3/4 3/4 0 1

3/4 (3 out of 4 total parts)

Mixed Number – a whole number and a fraction

2 1/4

2 whole pieces shaded and 1 out of 4 parts

*Another way to name this fraction: 4/4 + 4/4 + 1/4 = 9/4 (improper fraction)

Tuesday and Thursday, Math, Option #2 Game

2 3/4 6/8 + 5/8 + 4/8 = 15/8

3 1/2

2/3 + 2/3 + 1/3 = 5/3

2 2/3

2/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 4/2

1 3/4 or 7/4 0 1 2

2 1/2 or 5/2 0 1 2 3

1 1/4 or 5/4 0 1 2

3 1/3 or 10/3 0 1 2 3 4

2 2/6 or 14/6

1 4/6 or 10/6

Week 3 – 3rd Math Resources

This number line goes from 0 to 3. In between each number are tick marks with fractions above.

1. Count the spaces between 0 and 1. That will tell you yourdenominator.

2. It stays your denominator for that number line.3. This green dot is on 7/4 or 1 ¾.

These number lines show improper and mixed numbers on the same number line.

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Mrs. Hannon's Resources for Math Support

These pictures show how to write an improper and a mixed number from one model.

Blank Number Lines

Economics Productive Resources: the factors of production Human Resources: Students Capital Resources: Materials Natural Resources: Wind Students will understand that they have a scarcity of resources so they must make smart choices. (tape)

Math Students will measure the distance their car travels. Students will record their data. Students will find the mean, mode, median, and range of the class data.

Science: Students will explore simple machines and force and motion.

©LisaTaylorTeachingtheStars

Economics Productive Resources: the factors of production Human Resources: Students Capital Resources: Materials Natural Resources: Wind Students will understand that they have a scarcity of resources so they must make smart choices. (tape)

Math Students will measure the distance their car travels. Students will record their data. Students will find the mean, mode, median, and range of the class data.

Science: Students will explore simple machines and force and motion.

©LisaTaylorTeachingtheStars

Design Your Own MonumentBackground: Washington, DC is home to more than 20 memorials and monuments. One of the most famous is the Washington Monument, whichwas built in honor of George Washington, ournation’s first president. It was designed by an architect named Robert Mills. He planned the monument to be a 600-foot-tall obelisk, a pillar with four sides that tapers or gets narrower asit goes up, with a statue of George Washington riding in a chariot on the top. When it came time to build the monument, the statue was eliminated from the design. When it was completed in 1884, the monument stood 555’ 5 1/8” tall. It is made of granite (inside) and white marble (outside).

Not all monuments and memorials were built a long time ago. The World WarII Memorial in Washington, DC was dedicated in 2004 to honor the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces during that war. Designed by architect Friedrich St. Florian, this memorial is not a single building or statue,but is more like a park. It includes granitecolumns, bronze sculptures, fountains, and the Rainbow Pool.

Inspiration: Below you will find images of some of the major monuments in Washington D.C. that werebuilt to honor and rememberimportant people and eventsfrom our nation’s history.These include the ThomasJefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War VetarnsMemorial and more.

Think about it! Why do youThink these memorials areimportant?

Friday, STEAM Activity

Economics Productive Resources: the factors of production Human Resources: Students Capital Resources: Materials Natural Resources: Wind Students will understand that they have a scarcity of resources so they must make smart choices. (tape) Math Students will measure the distance their car travels. Students will record their data. Students will find the mean, mode, median, and range of the class data. Science: Students will explore simple machines and force and motion.

©LisaTaylorTeachingtheStars

Economics Productive Resources: the factors of production Human Resources: Students Capital Resources: Materials Natural Resources: Wind Students will understand that they have a scarcity of resources so they must make smart choices. (tape) Math Students will measure the distance their car travels. Students will record their data. Students will find the mean, mode, median, and range of the class data. Science: Students will explore simple machines and force and motion.

©LisaTaylorTeachingtheStars

Design Your Own MonumentChallenge: You are in charge of designing and building a new monument for Washington, D.C. A monument is something built to honor or remember a person or event. It might be a building, a statue, or a pillar.

Brainstorm: Who or what would you like to honor with your monument? It could honor someone famous or someone from your own family. It could commemorate a major world event or simply a day that’s important to you.

I would build a monument to honor .

Design: Use Wixie OR pencil and paper to draw and label your monument design. How tall or wide willyour monument be?

Build: Grab materials from around yourhome. Think of what you can reuse or recycle to create your monument.

Suggested Materials:Paper Ruler Cardboard TapeScissors BoxesCrayons/Markers

Measure It: Use your ruler to measure how tall and wide your monument is. Don’t forget yourunit of measurement!

My monument is inches/centimeters tall.My monument is inches/centimeters wide.

*Challenge Question: What is the perimeter of your monument?

Design Space

Reflection Center: Take a family member on a tour of your monument. Describe to them the importance of what you created. Share the unique information about how big your creation is and what was used to construct your monument.