Grade 3 @ Home 

Weeks 1 & 2 - ​(April 8-9 and 14-17) Enjoy your Easter Weekend! 
 

Literacy  Math  
Reading  1. Play addition/multiplication snap 
● Read a good-fit book every day  a. Materials - old deck of 
for at least 30 minutes.    cards. 
● Listen and/or read for pleasure -  b. You can use a sharpie to 
change face cards to 
anything that interests you! 
numbers Eg: Queen = 12 
 
and Jack = 11 
Writing  c. Play snap in the usual way. 
● Have your kids write a journal  Whoever says the right 
entry. They can have free choice  answer first gets to keep 
of topic or use these suggestions:   both cards. 
➔ “What I did over spring break”   d. Play until the deck is gone. 
➔ “What is changing in our world  2. Multiplication/addition dice Math 
right now?”   game. 
a. Materials - two dice 
➔ “What I miss about going to 
b. Each person takes turns 
school” 
rolling the dice. Whoever 
➔ “What am I looking forward to  says the right answer gets 
during home learning?”  a point. 
➔ “What do you know about  3. Practice addition and subtraction 
germs?”  with regrouping and borrowing 
Some things to focus on during writing:  up to three digits. Some 
➔ Capitals in appropriate places  examples are listed below.
(beginning of sentence, the word 
“I” and names) 
➔ Punctuation, including periods, 
exclamation marks and question 
marks. (Some kids might want to 
try quotation marks as well as we 
were just beginning to touch on 
that before the break.) 
➔ Using the G.U.M. method (give it 
a try, underline, move on). When 
they don’t know how to spell a 
word we don’t want that to 
interrupt their thought process. If 
they stop writing to ask how to 
 spell a word it’s very disruptive to 
their focus. 
 
●Create a poster for your window 
with a message of hope or a 
thank you to essential workers. 
Email your teacher with a picture 
of your creation! 
 
Word Work 
● Some words sound the same but 
they have different meanings. 
These words are called 
homonyms​. Hoarse and horse 
sound the same but have 
different meanings. Name five 
pairs of words that are 
homonyms. 
 
 

 
 

Wellness 
 
● A great site for getting moving h
​ ttps://family.gonoodle.com/ 
 
● Mincraft - A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02E1468SdHg&list=LLHIQ5KjFfrBA0K7T
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w&index=47&t=0s 
 
● Gain control of stressful energy: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkILioT_NA&list=LLHIQ5KjFfrBA0K7TE
eZSw6w&index=7&t=2s 
 
● Spend time outside in nature. Play! Explore the world around you. 
 
● Understanding the Corona Virus for kids- watch the video. Have a discussion 
afterwards. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVvVTDhGqaA&t=14s 
 

Extensions 
Please note: Some of the websites below require a login. Teachers will be emailing 
these out to families. :) 
● Splashmath h ​ ttps://www.splashlearn.com/signin 
 
● RAZ Kids for levelled books h ​ ttps://www.raz-kids.com/ 
 
● Lexia Learning (​ Mrs. Losell’s class only)​ ​https://www.lexiacore5.com/register 
 
● Tumblebooks for read-along books  
https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f​ ​username​: 
forestpark​ password​: books 
 
● Storyline Online for picture book read-alouds 
https://www.storylineonline.net/library/