Welcome to 3rd grade Cambridge! We are looking forward to working with you all! To help best prepare you for the

year ahead, we have assembled some flexible learning opportunities for you in Language Arts, Math, and Science. You will find directions for each of these tasks below.

Language Arts“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” ~Mason Cooley

This summer you have a chance to visit anywhere you want, through reading! Select one books from the Sunshine State book list to read. These books are often offered in large quantities through the Pasco County library system. You may choose from the provided elementary school list. After reading the books, please complete one of the reading tasks and be prepared to share this the first week of school.

Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2018-2019 List for Grades 3-5The Ark Plan by Laura Martin The Doublecross: (And Other Skills I Learned as a Superspy) by Jackson Pearce Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff Home Sweet Motel by Chris Grabenstein I Love you, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted Lemons by Melissa SavageLights, Camera, Cook! by Charise Mericle Harper Overboard! by Terry Lynn Johnson Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood Spirit Week Showdown by Crystal Allen The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winston A True Home by Kallie George Ugly Cat & Pablo by Isabel Quintero Wish by Barbara O’Connor

Reading Task Options

1- Make a book report t-shirt that reflects the book.2- Create a timeline- include the important parts.3- Make a true or false quiz- a friend can take it after they read it!4- Make a book mark about your favorite chapter. 5- Write a letter to a friend informing him or her why they should

read the book.

Science“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” ~Rosalind Franklin

With the help of each class member, we are going to assemble a classroom science scrapbook! Students should take 2-3 photos of plants, animals, or humans. Write a one paragraph descriptive caption for each, including an explanation of how this photo relates to science. Using the traditional 12x12 scrapbooking paper, please create one scrapbook page using your photos and captions.

Math“I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~Thomas Edison

You have been given four real world problems to answer. Choose and complete two of them.

Task 1: Cookies!

You have 2 round cookies. Part 1: Cut each cookie into fourths in two different ways by drawing lines.

Part 2: Explain how you know that each cookie has been cut into fourths.

Task 2: Ants!Draw a picture and write a number sentence for each part of the task. Part 1: Nathan’s mom has ants in her house. Ants have 6 legs. How many ants could there have been if she saw between 20 and 30 legs?

Part 2: Make a model by drawing to show how you get each solution. Write a sentence explaining how you know that your answers are correct.

Task 3: Our Pets!

Part 1: Sam asked his classmates, “what kind of pets do you have?” He made a tally table to show the answers.

Our Pets!Birds

Cats

Dogs

Fish

No Pets

Use the information in the tally table to fill in the bar graph below.

Part 2: Use the bar graph to answer the following questions.1. What is the least popular pet? ______________________________________

2. How many cats and dogs do the children have in all? ____________________

How do you know? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How many more children have dogs than fish? _________________________

4. How many children have pets all together? ____________________________

Task 4: Pam’s Shopping TripPam’s baseball team needs some new equipment. At the store, the prices are shown like this:

1. 8 balls cost $________. Show how you know your answer is correct.

2. 1 cap costs $________. Show how you know your answer is correct.

3. Two caps cost $________. Show how you know your answer is correct.