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Mohonasen Central School District Summer Math

Get Ready for Grade 3

Hi Parents,
Please choose at least 3 activities to complete with your child each week. It is fine to choose activities from any day, not just the date it happens to be, and we also encourage you and your children to come up with your own activities (budgeting for a family vacation, for example). Towards the end of the summer, have your child create a poster (this could be on construction paper, regular paper, or something unique) that describes or shows his/her favorite project.  She/he could show the product (say, a line graph, chart, etc.), write a short description (a sentence or two, maybe a paragraph), and/or take pictures of the activity (playing Monopoly, counting money, purchasing, etc.). On the first day of school, please have your child bring his or her project for posting on a classroom bulletin board.

Thank you and have a wonderful summer,
The Mohonasen Mathematics Committee

July

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
           
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Use beans, pasta or shapes cut from paper to make this pattern:  AABCC.
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Draw a line that is 10 cm long. Then draw one that is 3cm shorter.
5
Collect some jar lids.  Place them in order from smallest to largest.  Trace them.
6
Bake cookies.  How many cookies fit on the baking sheet?  How many did you bake?
7
Jump rope as long as you can.  Draw the time you started and ended on a clock face.
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How many quarters    make $5.00?
11
Draw a pizza with toppings you like.  Divide it into 8ths.
12
Measure and record your height in inches and centimeters.
13
Write numbers from 1-100 by 7s.  What pattern do you see?
14
Measure the diameter of a paper plate by measuring across the middle of the circle in inches and centimeters.
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How much does a newspaper cost for one day?  One week?  One month? One year?
18
Write down the temperature outside at 9:00 AM and 5 PM.  How many degrees did it change?
19
Write coin combinations to make $1.00.  (There are hundreds!)
20
Write out the twelve  months of the year in order.
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Flip a coin 50 times.  Make a chart for heads and tails.  Make a tally mark each time you flip.  How many of each side did you get?
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Write down all of the even numbers from 1 to 100.
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Find the telephone number of a friend or relative.  Write it down.  
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Write down the numbers from 1-100 by 3s.  What pattern do you see?
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A cylinder has the shape of a can.  Find and write down things in your house having the shape of a cylinder.
28
Find something that is symmetrical.  Trace it.  then draw lines of symmetry .
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August

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

 

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Write out the days of the week.
2
You have $10.00 to spend.  Find something in a newspaper ad you want to buy.  How much does it cost?  How much change will you receive from your $10.00?
3
Write down the ages of all the people in your family.  Add them all together.  
4
Write down the years each of the people in your family were born.  Put them in order from least to greatest.
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Write the down all of the odd numbers from 1 to 100.
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Write down the time you get up and the time you eat lunch.  How much time has elapsed?
9
Find out how many bones are in your body.
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Count the windows in your house.  How many windows are 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 of the total?
11
Measure the height of the tallest and shortest people in your family.  Calculate the difference.
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Make super bubbles: 1/2 cup dishwashing liquid; 1 cup warm water; 1-1/2 Tablespoons of glycerin or corn syrup.
15
Make an array for 8 x 5 using buttons, M&Ms, etc. 
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Write some number patterns for 3, 5, 6, and 10. 
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Write down two three-digit numbers.  Add them.  Then find the difference between them.
18
Take a walk with a parent.  Make a list of the shapes you see.
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Write down the birthday of everyone in y our family.  Put them in sequential order.
22
Cut a fruit or vegetable into sixths (six equal parts).
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Shoot baskets outside.  Keep track of how many you make.  If each basket is worth two points, how many points did you score?
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Write a number in the 1000s.  Circle the number in the 1000s place.  Put a box around the number in the tens place.
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How far can you run in 10 seconds?  20 seconds?  30 seconds?
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 How many ounces are in a gallon of milk?  A cup holds 8 ounces.  How many cups are in the gallon?
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Write down the temperature at 9:00 AM and 6 PM on the same day.  Find the difference.
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Go to aaamath.com.  Spend 20 minutes doing problems.
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Write down the names of six animals having four legs.  Draw an array to show how many legs in all.


Apple Orchard Image Credit: Mrs. Linda Doulides, Bradt Primary School Kindergarten Teacher
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