Summer Contest!
Third Grade
Enter Sylvan’s Page Per Day Summer Sweeps to win $500 to help your child prepare
for back-to-school! To enter, just visit SylvanPagePerDay.com between May 1st and
September 15th, 2012, and register to receive the free monthly tips enewsletter.
Kids can lose up to 2.6 months’ worth of learning over summer break. Help your
Third Grader avoid the summer slide by doing just one page each day with Sylvan
workbooks. Try these free sample pages and get extra practice the easy way!
See pages below for official contest rules.
Plurals
Stack Up
READ the keywords out loud. SORT the keywords by their plural endings.
SPLIT the words into syllables (if they have more than one), using dots to
mark the breaks.
HINT: The syllable break usually comes before the “-es” plural ending.
&YBNQMFTPDLTESFTTtFT
answers bunches churches fields
heroes
hikes
inches
flowers
foxes
lunches questions students
“-s” Plurals
“-es” Plurals
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
6.
6.
Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Spelling Success workbook
Synonyms & Antonyms
Tic-Tac-Toe
PLAY Tic-tac-toe with synonyms and antonyms. CIRCLE any word that is a synonym to the blue
word. PUT an X through any antonyms. When you find three synonyms or antonyms in a row, you
are a winner! The line can go across, down, or horizontally.
Example:
minuscule
2
large
tiny
gigantic
2
petite
small
big
miniature
2
little
huge
1. respond
2. fracture
reply
ask
question
break
fix
mend
ignore
answer
inquire
crack
shatter
connect
react
request
tell
join
tear
attach
3. humorous
sad
comical
4. acquire
funny
give
get
gain
serious
grim
laughable
lose
earn
sell
hilarious
unfunny
depressing
collect
provide
buy
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Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Vocabulary Success workbook
Problem & Solution
What’s the Problem?
7
The Birthday Bind
Donnell woke up with a gasp. He
completely forgot it was Mom’s birthday!
He tiptoed out of the house before breakfast.
He needed a gift, fast!
Donnell didn’t have money for candy or a
card or flowers.
So Donnell gave Mom a special gift. He did
everything she asked all day. She loved it!
1. Who’s
the main character of the story?
2. What’s
3.
the main character’s problem?
How is the problem solved?
287
Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success workbook
Grouping
Lunch Boxes
10
WRITE the total number of food items you see in the four lunch boxes.
1
2
3
4
35
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Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Basic Math Success workbook
Adding & Subtracting
Money
Cash Crunch
29
WRITE the total cost to buy all four items.
HINT: Use the money to help you add.
$48
$63.50
$75
$12.25
Total cost
95
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Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Basic Math Success workbook
Factors & Multiples
Multiple Maze
12
DRAW a line to get from the start of the maze to the end, crossing through only multiples of 8.
6
Start
8
15
32
9
28
44
31
56
18
16
70
64
49
36
22
24
52
72
68
End
149
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Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Math Games & Puzzles workbook
Dividing
On the Farm
Milo feeds all of the animals on the farm. WRITE the number of food items each animal gets.
1.
Milo has 42 ears of corn to feed the 7 goats. Each goat gets
ears of corn.
2.
Milo has 63 bundles of hay to feed the 9 horses. Each horse gets
of hay.
3.
Milo has 30 carrots to feed the 10 rabbits. Each rabbit gets
4.
Milo has 32 cups of grain to feed the 8 sheep. Each sheep gets
5.
Milo has 30 bundles of hay to feed the 6 cows. Each cow gets
6.
Milo has 56 ears of corn to feed the 8 pigs. Each pig gets
bundles
carrots.
cups of grain.
bundles of hay.
ears of corn.
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Page from Sylvan’s Third Grade Math in Action workbook
OFFICIAL RULES for the
SYLVAN PAGE PER DAY SUMMER CONTEST:
I. HOW TO ENTER: This sweepstakes is open to all eligible registrants of the Sylvan monthly e-newsletter. If you have not
yet registered, you may do so at SylvanPagePerDay.com from 12:01 A.M. (EST) on May 1, 2012, through 11:59 P.M. (EST) on
September 15, 2012. You must register within this period to be eligible for entry. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.
II. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Puerto Rico and Quebec),
who are at least 18 years of age on May 1, 2012. Employees of Random House, Inc. and Sylvan Learning, their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and agencies, and their immediate family members and person living in their household are not eligible
to enter this sweepstakes. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
III. PRIZES: One (1) grand prize winner will be awarded a gift card in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500). Ten (10) runnersup will each be awarded a collection of Random House children’s books, as chosen by the Random House Children’s Group
in accordance with the age/grade of each runner-up’s child. Taxes on the prize, if any, are the winner’s sole responsibility. No
substitution or transfer of the prizes will be permitted, except by sponsor in its sole discretion.
IV. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Winners will be chosen at random on or about September 16, 2012, from
all eligible entries received by the entry deadline. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winners
will be notified by email and will be required to sign and return affidavit(s) of eligibility and release of liability within ten (10) days
of notification. Noncompliance within that time period or failure to make contact with the winner for any reason within three
(3) business days of notification will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. In the event of any other
noncompliance with these official rules, sponsor may, at its discretion, select an alternate winner. If the potential winner selected
is a Canadian resident, s/he must, unaided, correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question. In the event
that s/he is unable to correctly answer the skill-testing question, sponsor shall have the right to randomly draw another eligible
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envelope to: Sylvan Page per Day Summer Giveaway, Sylvan Learning Products, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, by
October 31, 2012. Washington and Vermont residents may omit return postage.
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