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Third Grade Brain Boosters!

In the unfortunate event that we are out of school, we wouldn’t want your brains to shrivel up and waste away! Oh, no!!!! Here’s a list of enriching, brain-boosting activities that you could try at home.

Reading:

Free Choice Reading and Response Read a book you enjoy each day for 20 minutes. When you are done, create a comic or write a journal entry about what happened. You could even write a letter to the author asking questions about what has already happened or might happen next. Alternatively, you could create a Character Scrapbook using: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook.

Biography Readings http://myhero.com/myhero/home.asp Read about famous people from around the world. These are articles written by students, just like you. When you’re done, you could create a graphic organizer, timeline or poster about their lives.

CyberChase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/how_started.html Take a “cyber journey”. When you are done, play the interactive games with each one.

Fables! http://www.umass.edu/aesop/index.php Read a fable from the website. When you are done, illustrate your favorite part. You could also recreate the fable from another character’s point of view or create a book sale poster to “sell” this fairy tale.

Poetry http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ This website has a bunch of fun poems that you can read, giggle to and then rate! Giggle away!!!

Starfall: I’m Reading! http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f Use this website to find great things to read online including comics, plays, fiction, non-fiction and more. Be sure to stay within the ‘I’m Reading” part of this website.

Mortifying Monday http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mortifying/index.html Choose your own adventure as you read about the worst Monday EVER!!

Writing

Journal It! Keep a journal of cool events and happenings. Maybe you could watch a bug and see what he does. Then, you could tell about life from its perspective. You could also watch a blowing leaf and describe it. Perhaps, the weather or clouds might be an interesting topic. Good luck!

Descriptive Writing http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/diary/index.htm Let Virginia Hamilton help you write a descriptive piece which you could even publish online (with your parents’ permission, of course). She’ll take you through all the steps and get you started.

Myths! http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythswshop_index.htm Take some time to learn from the best! Jane Yolen will help you write a myth of your very own. Good luck!

Poetry Idea Engine! http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm Take some time to create a fantastic poem with help from Jack Prelutsky and others using the Poetry Idea Machine!

Social Studies

50 States http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es http://members.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states Become an expert about one or more states. Use these websites to learn more!! When you’re done, perhaps you’d like to make a travel brochure or poster about that state.

Biographies http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa Use this website to learn about famous Americans. When you’re done, you may want to create a mock interview with that person or write a speech from their perspective.

Plains Native Americans http://plains.pbworks.com/ Use this website to learn more about Plains Native Americans and complete the worksheet which you can print online.

Presidential Scavenger Hunt http://secondgradesocialstudies.pbworks.com/American+Presidents Use this website to complete an online scavenger hunt about American presidents.

Math

Addition and Subtraction Facts http://www.aaastudy.com/add.htm#topic6 http://coolmath4kids.com/addition/index.html http://www.aplusmath.com/games/matho/AddMatho.html http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gn2.cgi?A1=s&A2=10&A3=1&A14=1&A15=0 Use any link on this page to brush up on addition and subtraction facts. You can do it!

Telling Time http://www.apples4theteacher.com/clocks.html http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/telling-time/index.html http://www.mrnussbaum.com/clockworks.htm http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/timequiz.html http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/min_quiz.html http://www.primarygames.com/time/start.htm http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html http://secondgrademath.pbworks.com/Time Use any link on this page to brush up on telling time. You can do it!

Money http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569 http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/puzzler/index.html http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/ http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi?A1=s&A14=easy&country%5Busa%5D.x=60&country%5Busa%5D.y=19 Use any link on this page to brush up on using money. You can do it!

Place Value http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/index.html http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=496&engine=9 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates1.htm Use any link on this page to brush up on place value. You can do it!