Nontraditional Instruction Day Packet
3rd Grade
Directions: Please choose 4 out of the 7 tasks to complete for each NTI day. Parents need to initial each task completed. These
packets will be graded and will count as an instructional school day. Teachers will be available by email from 9a.m.-1 p.m. if
you have any questions.
Day 1:
Reading
Math
Science
Social
Studies
Language
Writing
Related Arts
Guidance
Raz Kids:
30 minutes
Or
Read a
text of your
choice for
30 minutes.
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Dreambox:
30 minutes
Or
Create 5 three
digit addition
problems and
solve them
using the
strategy of
your choice
on notebook
paper.
Choose five
objects that
can be placed
in water.
Predict if you
think if they will
sink or float.
Test your
predictions.
Write your
findings on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Watch the
news for 15
minutes, and
write a
summary of
a news story
on a piece
of notebook
paper.
Watch your
favorite TV
show for 30
minutes and
make a list of
10 nouns and
10 verbs that
you hear or
see on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Write a
paragraph
describing
what you did
on your snow
day on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
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2nd-3rd grade
Option 1
http://www.virginiacareerview.com/k5/
Click on any of the links to play games,
activities, create and explore all about
careers!
Or
Option 2
Write about the difference between
tattling (telling to get someone in
trouble) and reporting (telling to help
someone in trouble). Include an
example of each one. You may
illustrate your examples.
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Day 2:
Reading
Raz Kids:
30 minutes
Or
Read a
text of your
choice for
30 minutes.
Math
Dreambox:
30 minutes
Or
Create 5 three
digit
subtraction
problems and
solve them
using the
strategy of
your choice on
notebook
paper.
Science
Watch the
weather
forecast and
draw
illustrations to
show the
forecast for
the next 3
days on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Social
Studies
Language
Writing
Draw a map
of your home
and label
each area on
a piece of
notebook
paper.
Include a key
and a
compass rose.
Write five
complete
sentences
and circle
the subject
and underline
the predicate
on a piece of
notebook
paper.
Write a how
to piece
describing
the steps to
building a
snowman on
a piece of
notebook
paper.
Related Arts
Art
Collages are artworks made up of
different items and placed as a group
to make one piece.
ASSIGNMENT: Use found items from
your house to make an “All About Me”
artwork. You can use pictures from
newspapers, magazines, things you
have printed from the internet, etc.
This artwork should be all of the things
that you would use to describe you.
For example, you might put a picture
of your favorite food, book, movie, TV
show. You might also use a picture of
your iPhone, iPad, iPod, laptop, etc. to
show that you like to use electronics.
Glue it all onto one piece of paper.
The entire paper must be covered.
OR
Online art activities
3-5: Art Detective
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
Famous Art Jigsaw Puzzle
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Day 3:
Reading
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Math
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Science
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Social Studies
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Language
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Writing
Related Arts
Raz Kids:
30 minutes
Or
Read a text
of your
choice for
30 minutes.
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Day 4:
Reading
Dreambox:
30 minutes
Or
Create 5
addition number
stories (word
problems) and
solve each story
on a piece of
notebook paper.
Place a cup of
water outside,
and make a
prediction if the
cup of water will
become a solid
or stay a liquid.
After one hour,
observe your cup
of water, and
describe your
findings on a
piece of
notebook paper.
Choose a
Kentucky
landmark to
research. Draw
a picture of
your landmark
and write five
facts on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Watch your
favorite TV
show for 30
minutes and
make a list of 10
adjectives and
10 pronouns
that you hear
or see on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Write a how-to
piece listing the
steps of how to
make your
favorite snack
on a piece of
notebook
paper.
Library
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Help Decorate
our Library
Media Center
Or
Guide words
worksheet
Science
Social Studies
Language
Writing
Related Arts
Dreambox:
Raz Kids:
30 minutes
30 minutes
Or
Or
Create 5
Read a
subtraction
text of your number
choice for stories (word
30 minutes. problems)
and solve
each story on
a piece of
notebook
paper.
Make a list of all
of the items in
your home that
require energy.
Then, make a
list of ways that
your family can
reduce their
electricity
usage on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Create a
banner for
the state of
Kentucky.
Include a
drawing of
the state and
important
facts on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Make a list of
ten words
that have
prefixes and
ten words
that have
suffixes on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Write a
summary of a
book or a
show you
have
watched.
Include a
beginning,
middle and
an end on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Music
Go to
www.musictechteacher.com
and click on Quizzes at the
top. Select 5 different
quizzes to play under
Instruments, Music Notes, or
Rhythm.
Write the title of the game
you tried and a sentence or
two about what you thought
about the game.
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Day 5:
Reading
Math
Complete one
of the attached
worksheets:
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Math
Science
Social Studies
Language
Writing
Related Arts
Raz Kids:
30 minutes
Or
Read a text
of your
choice for
30 minutes.
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Dreambox:
30 minutes
Or
Go on a shape
hunt in your
home. Make a list
of ten different
shapes that you
find. Draw and
label their
features on a
piece of
notebook paper.
(Example: shape
name, number of
sides, number of
vertices, etc.)
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P.E. 3rd-5th
Make a list of
five examples
of pushes and
five examples
of pulls on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
Watch the
news for 15
minutes, and
write a
summary of a
news story on
a piece of
notebook
paper.
Make a list
of ten sets of
antonyms
(opposites)
and ten sets
of synonyms
(same
meaning)
on a piece
of notebook
paper.
Write a
paragraph
describing
what you hope
to accomplish
by the end of
third grade.
Write your goals
and how you
plan to achieve
them on a
piece of
notebook
paper.
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Exercises - Do these 14
exercises in this order:
1. 20 knee hugs-jump and
hug knees
2. 20 bottom kicks-lift foot up
and back to touch bottom
while standing
3. 10 squats
4. 20 mountain climbers-push
up position and alternate
feet towards elbow
5. 20 toe touches
6. 20 bear walks
7. Run in place 1 minute
8. 30 sec. plank (Hold in push
up position/down)
9. 25 arm actions (12 should
cross body’s midline) circles,
jabs, punch across, push
10. 10 crab walks
11. 50 jumping jacks
12. 30 sit ups
13. 20 second superman-lay
on stomach and lift feet and
arms off the floor and hold.
14. 30 second wall sit- put
back against the wall, lower
to a seating position as if
sitting in a chair.
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