Welcome to 3rd Grade!  Please check the school's website often for important updates. I update my page as much as possible with reminders, news, homework, and other information that might be helpful.

Optional Work while Schools are Closed!  

Week of March 30th

If you are wanting your child to do more than the assignments I am emailing out, here are a few additional resources and suggestions:

* Visit the "Home Learning Page" on the Prince William County Website.  It has sample daily schedules and resources for learning available. https://www.pwcs.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=340225&pageId=41506907

* Visit Mrs. Beckman and Mrs. Conroy's class pages.  Mrs. Beckman is our reading specialist and her webpage contains reading and writing suggestions.  Mrs. Conroy is our START teacher and her webpage contains critical thinking and extension ideas.  Both webpages can be accessed by clicking "Class Pages" above, then "Specialists".

* School Wide Read Alouds- Principal Stroud has been sending our You Tube links to read alouds.  She is giving suggestions for activities students can do at home to go along with the book.

* Virtual Field Trips: Principal Stroud posted a link with 30+ Virtual Field Trips for kids on the school Facebook page.  Have your child go on one of those trips, then create something to show what they learned.  Then they can share their creation with the class via FlipGrid! https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/virtual-field-trips-for-kids/?fbclid=IwAR1krVzsztQL8DKZ9HrtppKoxhs_ZzUsTNv-aGU399VTkSyi2MnuwpuEEhU



None of these things are required, just good recommendations for your child to continue their daily learning.  🙂

For Math:

• Have your child practice completing a blank Multiplication Chart.  This will help them skip count faster and begin to memorize multiplication facts.  Here is a link to a blank Multiplication Chart. https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/alycia-zimmerman/migrated-files/blank_multiplication_table.pdf  You can also just have your child create one on their own by putting the Numbers 1-12 on the top row and 1-12 along the left side of the paper.  
•  Have your child practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Here is a link for printable flash cards. https://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/oth_flashcards.htm Not only does this website have printable options, there is also an online option so students can practice interactively.  There are many free Apps that you can download on your iPad or tablet that are great as well.
•  Have your child practice addition and subtraction up to 4 digit numbers.  https://www.math-drills.com/multiop/mixed_addition_subtraction_4digit_4digit_some_regrouping_001.php Have them practice multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number. https://www.math-drills.com/multiop.php#mixed-multiplication-division   There are many printables on this website.  These are just 2 that you can use to practice. 
• Have your child  practice reading and understanding word problems.  https://www.math-drills.com/mathwordproblems.php
• Go on to IXL, work on any of the starred activities.
• Go Studyisland.com and finish any items we have yet to do.
•  Here are a few fun websites for math 
  http://sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
  https://www.mathplayground.com/
  https://www.mathplayground.com/

For Language Arts

• Have your child READ anything and everything.  https://www.raz-kids.com/ continues to be a great resource to access books.  Make sure they read and complete the comprehension quiz
• Here is a website that you can print off different reading passages with questions. https://www.k5learning.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/third-grade-3/childrens-stories
• Here are a fun few websites to practice word analysis skills like prefixes, root words, suffixes, homophones, synonyms, and antonyms.  
  https://learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games.html
  https://www.abcya.com/games/wordtoss_synonym_antonym
  https://wartgames.com/themes/languagearts/prefixesandsuffixes.html
• Go to studyisland.com and work on all areas in reading.  Complete the Nonfiction Text assignment. 
•  Read for pleasure and then have your child write about their what they read.  Here are some reading responses that they can use. https://d2ct263enury6r.cloudfront.net/eLaCvaDokHmw8MuutiQru0Ph5LIQqzETPY4PkM14haxANELi.pdf  Attached is a Reading Tic Tac Toe that they can also complete.
• Keep a Daily journal.  Have your child write 3-5 sentences about their daily.  Have them "Show and Not Tell," making sure their sentences are very descriptive.
• Sometimes they just want to listen to a new story https://www.storylineonline.net/
• We have a new resource for Nonfiction text.  https://pebblegonext.com/ (username: linkearth, password: lovetoread)
  
  

For Science and Social Studies

• Solpass.org is a great website for review of all of Science and Social Studies objectives.  (password: wildcats)
• Have your child explore https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/  Then have them create a project about what they learned so they can share when we return. 
•  Have your child explore the Scientific Method. Have them complete the following write up https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/scientificmethod/outline.html

Other fun learning websites

• https://www.funbrain.com/grade/3
• https://pbskids.org/
• https://www.highlightskids.com
• https://portaportal.com/ (guest name: pwcs3)
  
  

 Mrs. Schalow also gave the students a challenge.  Log into clever and use the Type to Learn software to practice typing skills.  

Khan Academy-https://www.khanacademy.org Has wonderful videos on every topic!

HW on Powertest should be up and running.  Let me know if you have any questions.  

Most importantly, enjoy this time with your family and stay healthy.  Please reach out to me if you need anything at all, even if your kids just want to say Hello!  I miss them greatly!  

Mrs. Harris 

SOL DATES
May 4 & 5: Reading
May 13 & 14: Math

Daily Schedule

9:05-9:40 Arrival and Morning Routines
9:40-11:00 Math
11:05-11:35 Lunch
11:35-11:55 Recess
12:00- 1:10 Language Arts
1:10-1:55 Encore
1:55-2:40 Science
2:40-2:50 Snack/ Movement Break
2:50-3:35 Social Studies
3:35-3:55 Pack Up and Dismissal

Encore Schedule

Red Week:
Day 1 Art
Day 2 Spanish
Day 3 Music
Day 4 PE
Day 5 PE

Blue Week:
Day 1 Art
Day 2 Library
Day 3 Music
Day 4 PE
Day 5 PE