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Reading/English Language Artsand Social StudiesSummer Enrichment Packetfor Rising 3rd GradersPrince George’s County Public SchoolsDivision of AcademicsDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
BOARD OF EDUCATIONOFPRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLANDAlvin Thornton, Ph.D., ChairEdward Burroughs III, Vice-Chair, District 8David Murray, District 1Joshua M. Thomas, District 2Pamela Boozer-Strother, District 3Bryan Swann, District 4Raaheela Ahmed, District 5Belinda Queen, District 6K. Alexander Wallace, District 7Sonya Williams, District 9Curtis Valentine, M.P.P., Board MemberPaul Monteiro, Board MemberSandra D. Shephard, Board MemberJoshua Omolola, Student Board MemberMonica E. Goldson, Ed.D., Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Executive OfficerKara Libby, Ed.D.Chief Academic OfficerJudith J. White, Ed.D.Director, Curriculum and InstructionMrs. Altramez McQuaigeInstructional Supervisor, Elementary Reading/English Language Arts
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersYou have learned so much in school this year! It is important that you keep your brain active over the summer to be ready fornext year. In this packet, you will find a calendar of activities to last you all summer long. We have also incorporated a SocialStudies Summer Project. Once you have completed an activity, have a family member initial in the box on the calendar.Create a journal that you can use to note your thoughts, ideas, and any work you complete this summer. Be sure to enter the datein your journal for each assignment you do.Directions: (for parents) Families should preview the calendar together. There are some activities that may require advanced planning. Students should read for at least 30 minutes each day. Students will need a Reader’s and Writer’s Journal to complete the summer work. The journal will be a personalspace for completing daily calendar work and writing. You can purchase one, or can make a journal by stapling severalpieces of paper together, or by using a notebook/binder with paper. Students may be creative and decorate the journal.Specific journaling tasks are given some days, but students may also journal after each day’s reading, noting things thatstood out, questions that they have, or general “wonderings” about the text. Each journal entry should: Have the date and assignment title. Have a clear and complete answer that explains the student’s thinking and fully supports the response. Be neat and organized. Use the chart on the last page of this document to record all of the books read during summer vacation.
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersDirections: Keep your reading and writing skills sharp for next year by completing these sdayJournal Entry/WritingWednesdayVocabularyThursdayWord WorkFridayTechnologySaturdayLibrary DayWeek 2Week 1Prince George’s County Memorial Library also has a summer reading program.To participate, visit: https://www.pgcmls.info/Information about Barnes and Noble’s summerreading ideas is available x.asp.A free e-book library (inEnglish, Spanish, or DualLanguage) is available inJune and July for allstudents ngVisit www.manythings.org to see games and activities thatsupport English Language Learners.The public library has on-linebook options and may beaccessed for many of theactivities listed.Visit your local publiclibrary or use the linkabove to view a copy of theSummer Reading List.Select at least tworecommended books (onefiction and one non-fiction)that are just right for you!Read the firstchapter or thefirst few pagesof one of yournew books.Read it aloudslowly at first,and then read itagain, this timea little faster.Tell someone in your familyabout your favorite part ofthe book that you arereading. Explain why youlike that part.Start a Reader’s & Writer’sJournal. For each text youread, use your journal as aplace to record yourwonderings, questions, andnew words.Celebrate Summer!In your journal, write threesynonyms for the word“celebrate.” See if you canuse the synonyms in yourconversations today!How many words can youmake with these letters?a, e, e, i, c, c, f, k, r, r, r, sCreate at least 15 words.Sort them into twocategories: soft c words (ice)and hard c words (car). Useall letters to find the es/grammar/ and play“Birthday Cake Detective”, or agame of your choice.Find a copy of the poem“My Doggy Ate MyHomework” by Ken Nesbitt(online), or another funnypoem.Practice readingthe poem youfound. Read itwith your mom,dad, or olderbrother or sister5 times. Then,read it to themby yourself.Explain to a friend or familymember what the poemwas about. Discuss howthe author’s use of wordshelped you to understandthe poem.Write a letter to your favoriteauthor. Include why you likehis/her books. What is yourfavorite book that they wrote?Who is your favoritecharacter? Why do you likehim/her? Share any ideasyou may have for his/her nextbook.Celebrate summer bybrainstorming as many wordsas you can that areassociated with summer!How many words can youmake with these letters?e, i, o, c, d, r, s, v, yCreate at least 15 words.Write the words you create inyour journal. Sort relatedwords such as dry and dries.Use related words in asentence that shows theirrelationship. Use all theletters to find the “magic”word.Visit http://www.pgcmls.infofor more information andadditional resources to helpyour summer readingexperience!Check out “Root Beer andBanana” by Sarah Sullivan,or another book aboutfriendship from the library.
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersDirections: Keep your reading and writing skills sharp for next year by completing these activities.Week 3JUNE Journal ing afavorite part ofthe book thatyou got fromthe library.Relationships with othersare important. Think aboutthe relationship you havewith a sibling, cousin, orfriend. Write about howyour relationship with thatperson is like therelationship between thecharacters in the book youare readingCreate your own comic stripabout two best friends andwhat they did one summerday at the beach in theCaribbean.Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month is in June!Research and find at least 10flags associated Caribbeancountries. What do the colorsrepresent on the flag? Write1 word from each flag. Forexample, the green if forland.ThursdayWord WorkTaking pictures in thesummer is fun!How many words related toculture can you unscramblefrom these nologyTime to brush up on your typingskills! Visit the Typing arding games/typing-factory.html to practice!SaturdayLibrary Day.Check out a book aboutthe diversity of CaribbeanHeritage by RachelIsadora, or another authorof your choice. Enjoy!!
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersDirections: Keep your reading and writing skills sharp for next year by completing these activities.TuesdayJournal Entry/WritingWednesdayVocabularyThursdayWord WorkFridayTechnologySaturdayLibrary DayRead your favoritepart of a book tosomeone. Whenyou get to thespeaking parts ofdifferentcharacters,change your voiceto match theirmood.What is the major problem inthe story that you arereading? Write about theproblem in your journal.Share it with a familymember. Write aboutdifferent ways the charactermay be able to solve theproblem.Brainstorm six words that areassociated with the 4th ofJuly. Sort them into two lists:One list for things you seeand one list for things thatyou do.What are five new words youhave learned while reading?Write at least three of thewords, their meanings inyour own words, and drawan illustration to helpsomeone else learn thesewords.How many words can youmake with these letters?a, e, e, i, o, c, n, r, r, tCreate at least 15 words.Use all of the letters to findthe “magic” word.Sort your words into to listsof your choice. For example,words with double letters andwords without double letters.Think about the stories youhave read. In your journal,make a list of your favoritecharacters. pbook/ tocomplete a characterscrapbook. Share it with yourfriends and family.Check out Weather by LeeHopkins, or anotherNon-fiction book from thepcgmls.info summer readinglist. Start reading.Week 5Find a page orseveral pages in afavorite book.Read the pagealoud to a familymember. Practiceusing your voice tomake the storyinteresting for thelistener.Read an informational bookabout a topic that you like. Inyour journal, list the textfeatures that helped youunderstand the informationpresented and how theyhelped you. For example:photographs, captions,graphs, charts, glossary orheading.What is the weather liketoday? Write about theweather using descriptiveadjectives. Make sure thereader can visualize a clearpicture of the weather basedon your writing.Go on a prefix and suffixsearch! See if you can findwords with pre-, re-, un- orwords with –ful, -less, -ly.Write these words in yourjournal. See how many formsof the words you can createfrom each word. Forexample: unhappy, happy,and happily.How many words can youmake with these letters?e, i, f, h, j, l, l, s, yCreate at least 15 words.Write them in your journal.Use all letters to find the“magic” word. Sort thewords into three categories:y as in yellow, y as in silly, yas in cry.Time to brush up on yourtyping skills. Visit the TypingFactory athttp://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding games/typing-factory.html topractice!Check out Pretend Soup andOther Real Recipes by MollieKatzen and Ann Henderson,or another recipe book.Read one recipe with afamily member.Read a new recipefrom your book orfrom a packagingof food. How isreading a recipedifferent fromreading a story?Write about thedifferences in yourjournal.Retell the steps of a recipefor making Maryland SmithIsland cake using your ownwords. Write the steps inyour journal.What is your favoritedessert? Can you rememberthe first time you ate it? Writea description of it in yourjournal.It is so boring to describefood as “good”. In yourjournal, brainstorm a list ofsensory words that can beused to describe food. Circleyour favorite word. Be sureto make that word a part ofyour vocabulary.How many words can youmake with these letters?a, e, u, b, g, h, m, r, r, sCreate at least 15 words.Write them in your journal.Use all letters to find the“magic” word. Sort thewords into two or threecategories of your mresources/studentinteractives/ to find activitiesthat you can try.Check out Meet DanitraBrown or Danitra BrownClass Clown by NikkiGrimes, or any other poetrybook that you like. Startreading!Week 4MondayComprehensionWeek 6JULYSundayFluency
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersDirections: Keep your reading and writing skills sharp for next year by completing these activities.Week 7JULY Journal Entry/WritingWednesdayVocabularyThursdayWord WorkFridayTechnologySaturdayLibrary DayRead a poem to afamily member orfriend. First, readit in a soft voice.Then, read it in aloud voice. Last,read it in anormal voice withlots ofexpression.Write a poem that describesDanitra or another characteryou read about in a poem orstory. Use elements ofpoetry such as rhymingwords, rhythm, and beat.Write an Acrostic poemabout a fun time you’ve hadthis summer. Start each linewith a letter on each line.SUMMERPoems have specificcharacteristics. Some ofthem include: lines stanza rhyme rhythm imageryDefine these words andprovide an example of eachin your journal.How many words can youmake with these letters?a, e, e, u, d, n, r, s, t, vCreate at least 15 words.Write them in your journal.Use all letters to find the“magic” word. Sort thewords into two categories:words with “short” vowelsound, and words with “long”vowel sounds.Visithttp://www.readkiddoread.com/ for great reading ideas.Check out Surprising Sharks,or other books about sea lifefrom the library.
Summer Enrichment PacketRising 3rd GradersDirections: Keep your reading and writing skills sharp for next year by completing these activities.AUGUSTIn your journal, write newinformation you learned fromyour book about sea life.Include your thoughts aboutthe author and whether ornot he/she did a good joborganizing the information.TuesdayJournal Entry/WritingScientists swim with sharksto study them up close.Would you go into the sea toswim with sharks? Write yourthoughts in your journal.WednesdayVocabularyThe words ferocious,predator, fierce, and brutalare often used to describesharks. Define these words.Then, think about otheranimals that can bedescribed in the same way.Draw and label the otheranimals with a caption thatincludes the vocabularywords.ThursdayWord WorkHow many words can youmake with these letters?a, e, e, o, h, r, s, sCreate at least 15 words.Write them in your journal.Use all letters to find the“magic” word. Sort thewords into 2 or 3 categoriesof your choice. Summer Project Use the schedule on the next page to complete your project. Summer Project Use the schedule on the next page to complete your project.Week 12Week 11Week ingListen and readalong with a bookof your choice.MondayComprehensionWeek 10Week 8SundayFluencyAsk a familymember to helpyou write acommercialabout yourfavorite sport.Practice it andthen record it asif you were aradio announcer.Read an “easy”book to ayounger familymember. Useyour voice tomake the booksound interestingand exciting.What is your favoritecommercial? Write downwhy you like it. Is it funny?Do you like the music? Whatdoes it sell?Write about what you wouldgive kids if you were theTooth Fairy?Write a list of the things youwould need to do the job ofTooth Fairy. How would youget from house to house?Where would you keep thelist of kid’s names? Whatwould you use to carry thegifts?Write your plan for being agreat 3rd grader. What willyou do to be the best youcan be?Write about when and whereyou had the most fun thissummer. Be sure to include,as may details as you can.Make a list of all the placesyou went this summer. Whenyou finish, divide it into twolists; one for common nounsand one for proper nouns.How many words can youmake with these letters?a, i, i, o, c, d,n,r,t,yCreate at least 15 words.Write them in your journal.Use all letters to find the“magic” word. Some wordscan be made just bychanging where the lettersare.FridayTechnologyVisit http://www.wordle.netand make a “word cloud”filled with words you havelearned this summer. Glueyour “word cloud” into yourjournal.SaturdayLibrary DayNext week you are going tobegin your end-of-yearsummer project. Check outbooks that will help you withthat project.Visit the library to check outmore books to help with yoursummer ar/Play “Proper Noun SpaceSmash” or a game of yourchoice.Summer vacation is almostover. Be sure to return allbooks to the library!Enjoy the rest of your summer break, and have a great year!
Summer Adventure Books I’ve ReadChart your summer adventures here! List the books you have read on this page. Depending on how fast you read and how much youread each day, you may have completed more books than suggested on the calendar.Glue or tape this document to the first page of your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal.Book TitleAuthorGenreNumber ofPagesRecommendation toOther ReadersName: School:
Rising 3rd Graders You have learned so much in school this year! It is important that you keep your brain active over the summer to be ready for next year. In this packet, you will find a calendar
