SUMMER IDEAS FOR YOUR “TO BE” 3RD GRADER
The most important things you can do this summer is to READ a little, write a little and practice math facts daily.
My teacher website has tons of websites to explore.
Math Suggestions:
*Practice addition and subtraction facts
*Check out Sumdog.com
*Review place value, time and money
*Practice measuring things around you
*Explore multiplication and division
*Go on a shape hunt where you look for plane shapes (circle, square, triangle, etc.)
and solid figures (cube, sphere, pyramid, etc.)
*Make story problems about your family or friends
*Make a board game using addition or subtraction
*Practice flashcards with a friend
*Add and subtract three-digit numbers
Language Arts Ideas:
*Keep writing. Maybe keep a journal of what you are doing each day, or about fun
places you have visited and fun things that you did.
*Practice using capitals, punctuation and spelling in your writing.
*Visit a library.
*Identify the characters, setting, problem and solution while reading.
*When reading non-fiction, identify the topic, main idea and details.
*Find a newspaper. Circle the nouns, verbs and adjectives in an article.
*Send a friendly letter to Mrs. Wylie.
*Write a sequel to your favorite book.
*Get together with a group of friends and act out a book. Put on a show for your
family.
*Google “Reader’s Theater.” Act out a play with family or friends.
*Retell your favorite story to a friend.
*Have breakfast and books in bed. What a great way to start the day!
*Play Scrabble. Great spelling fun!
Writing:
*Practice cursive writing
Social Studies Practice:
*Chart on a map all of the places you have been over summer vacation
*Learn the capitals of the 50 states
*Draw a map of your room or neighborhood
Science Fun:
*Record the phases of the moon over a month
*Record the weather and temperature for a month
*Research an animal and find out its diet, enemies and habitat
*Google a science experiment and try it at home
List of Summer Reading Lists:
*Escargot by Dashka Slater
*We’re All Wonders by R. J. Palacio
*The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
*Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley
*There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi
*Green Pants by Kenneth Kraegel
*The Treasure Box by Margaret Wild
*The Almost Impossible Thing by BasakAgaoglu
*The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet by Carmen Agra Deedy
*Fergus and Zeke by Kate Messner
*The Leaky Story by Devon Sillett
*Ice Boy by David Ezra Stein
*Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
*This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids From Around the World by Matt Lamothe
*Lesser Spotted Animals by Martin Brown
*Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton
*Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins
*You Don’t Want a Unicorn by AmeDyckman
*Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence
*The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt
*Plankton Is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske
*The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner
*This Book Will Not Be Fun by Cirocco Dunlap
*The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 by Honest Lee and Matthew J. Gilbert