AES Grade 3 Learning Menu
Work with your parent/guardian to choose your own adventure for today!
For each day, the following are recommendations:
(Each of these areas have lesson menus below)
Literacy: 30-40 Minutes Per day
Math: 30-40 Minutes Per Day
Science/Social Studies/Technology/Engineering/Art: 30-40 Minutes Per Day
Social/Emotional Learning: 15 Minutes Per Day
PE: 20-30 Minutes Per Day
Literacy (30-40 minutes per day)
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30-60 mins
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Independently read a book of your choice
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30 mins
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Write a paragraph about what you read
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30 mins
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Draw a picture of your favorite character in your book and write 5 words that describe that character.
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30-60
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Help to cook a recipe with an adult, reading each step in the directions.
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10 minutes
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Discuss with a family member(s): What is your favorite book and why? What makes it good? Take turns so everyone shares.
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20-30 minutes
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Re-read a book you’ve already read. Come up with a new name for the book. Make up a book jacket with the new title and a cover page/picture. Put 5 adjectives on the back cover describing the book. (ie: action-packed, funny).
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20-30 minutes
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Read poems. Choose a favorite one to orally recite or act out for a family member.
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20 minutes
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Book Talk: Pick up a book you’ve already read. Explain to a family member what it’s about and why they should or shouldn’t read it. Take turns.
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20 minutes
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Just one Lie: Draw a picture or write a story about something that happened. Put in as much detail as possible. Everything must be truthful except add one thing that isn’t the truth/real. Share it with a family member and ask them if they can figure out the lie.
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15 minutes
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Look at a magazine, mail flyer, or other printed text. Highlight the words you don’t know. Find out what those words mean & try to use them in a sentence.
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Math (30-40 minutes per day)
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30 mins
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Measure at least 5 things around your house- you can find the volume, the length, the width, the area, the perimeter, and/or convert from centimeters to meters and/or meters to centimeters and/or yards to feet
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30 mins
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Make arrays with pennies, cereal, dimes, candies, etc and write the multiplication problem that relates. Write down how you figured out the answer
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30 mins
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Practice multiple-digit addition to 1,000. Example:439+287=
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30 mins
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Go for a walk and create a graph that represents how many times you saw four different objects (for example: dogs, cats, bikes)
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15-60 mins
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Choose an activity and note the start and end time. Figure out the elapsed time of the activity
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15 mins
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Create a number line from 0-100. Create a subtraction problem that can be solved on the number line. For example: 63-48=▢. Show 2 different ways to solve it.
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20-30 minutes
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Find the spare change in the house. How many coins did you find? Graph the different kinds of coins that you have .How much money does each kind of coin equal to? How much money do you have all together? .
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20-30 minutes
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Make a calendar of this month and label it with the days of the week and dates. Write in things you’ve done or want to do on your calendar.
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20-30 minutes
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Make a list of the different shapes you can find around your house. Which shape showed up the most? Which shape showed up the least?
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20 minutes
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Use a ruler or tape measure to determine the length of a table. What is the width? Height? Find 2 other objects in your home and measure to compare the length, width & height of each object in inches or centimeters.
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30 minutes
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Collect 5 different containers in your house. Order them with the one that holds the most first. How do you know it has the largest capacity? Design a test to check your thinking.
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10 minutes
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Pick a multiplication fact. Write the fact family for the fact.
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15 minutes
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Practice your multiplication facts.
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30 minutes
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Make a map of a room in your house. Label 5 or more items. Make a list of the shapes you see.
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Science/Social Studies/Technology/Engineering/Art (30-40 minutes per day)
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30 mins
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Select an object from nature like a leaf, a tree you see from your window, etc. Day 1 draw a rough draft sketch, Day 2 add additional detail to your draft. Day 3 re-draw your draft into a final outline with black pen, Day 4, add color, Day 5, write about your drawing. Write about the object: “What details do you notice about your object? Why do you think the object has these qualities?”
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30 mins
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Count the cars or birds you see outside your window in the morning. Make a hypothesis about whether you’ll see less or more cars or birds you’ll see in the afternoon. Write your hypothesis using the sentence, “I believe there will be more/less cars or birds outside my window in the afternoon because---”.
Test your hypothesis - count the cars or birds in the afternoon. Was your hypothesis correct? Why do you think it was correct/incorrect? What questions do you have now that you’ve completed your experiment?
Write your answers to these questions on the same paper.
Day 2-5 test your hypothesis every day creating a table with your count. See if there are patterns.
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30 mins
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Craft a representation of who you want to be when you grow up. Day 1 draw a rough draft sketch, Day 2 add additional detail to your draft. Day 3 re-draw your draft into a final outline with black pen, Day 4, add color, Day 5, write about your drawing following the prompt: “Who do you want to be when you grow up? Why?”
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15 minutes
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Watch/find the weather report on the news/newspaper. Listen for the high and low temperatures for the day for your city & compare the high and low temperatures from 2 other cities.
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15 minutes
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What matter do you have in your home? Make a list of solids, liquids, and gases that are in your home.
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20-30
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Find 5-10 fresh plant-based foods from your kitchen. Which ones are fruits?
Which ones are vegetables? A fruit develops from the flower of a plant, while the rest of a plant’s parts would be a vegetable. Fruits are often sweeter, while vegetables are more savory. What category are your foods in? Why do you think that?
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15 minutes
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Discuss what things are made of in your house. Which things are made of wood? Which are made of plastic, metal, or stone? How are these things made?
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20 minutes
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Miracle robot: Design a robot...draw or make a prototype/model if possible. Explain: What does your robot do?
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20 minutes
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Discuss and draw/write about: “What is water for?” Day 2: Draw a water system. Where does the water go?
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Social/Emotional (15 minutes per day)
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15 mins
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Write a letter to your teacher. Share with them anything you want them to know.
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15 mins
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Write a letter to a friend. Tell them why you appreciate their friendship and work with an adult to address the letter and put it in the mail.
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15 mins
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What are things in your house that make you happy? Find three things and discuss them with a family member. Why does that object, place, or activity make you feel happy?
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20 minutes
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Look at a picture in a book, magazine, or newspaper of a place. Would you want to go there? Why or why not? Discuss or write about your thoughts.
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15 minutes
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Call a friend or relative to have a conversation with them. Work on listening attentively. Ask them some questions. Give them a compliment.
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20 minutes
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Write a few sentences about someone you admire. Why do you appreciate or admire this person?
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15 minutes
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What is something you can do that you are proud of? Tell someone about it. Ask them to tell you what they are proud about.
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10 minutes
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Recall a time someone helped you. What did they do? How did that make you feel? What is something you can do to help someone else?
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10 minutes
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Think of/make a list of 10 things that you can do. What is one more thing you want to be able to do? What will it take for you to be able to achieve that?
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15 minutes
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Think of a friend or someone you like to be around. What are 3 words that describe them? What do they do or say that makes you like them?
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15 minutes
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Close your eyes and take five deep breaths. Say three affirmations. (ie: I am strong. I am caring. I am smart.) Open your eyes and feel the strengths within you. You are a gift to the world.
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15 minutes
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Keep a log of the feelings you have each day. What made you feel this way?
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15 minutes
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Think about your day. Describe a time you felt empathy. Remember, empathy means understanding how you would feel in someone else’s situation.
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Physical Education: (20-30 minutes per day)
Log of Activities Completed
Students and Parents should complete this Log of Activities and return it to their teacher once students return from school.
Students’ Name: _____________________________ Room #__________
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Literacy: 30-40 Minutes Per day
Math: 30-40 Minutes Per Day
Science/Social Studies/Technology/Engineering/Art: 30-40 Minutes Per Day
Social/Emotional Learning: 15 Minutes Per Day
PE 20-30 Minutes Per Day
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