3RD GRADE (ENTERING 4TH GRADE)
Monday
Tuesday
June
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
6 Plan on logging all your
summer reading beginning
today. Read for 20
minutes and write the
title- author-amount of
time read
7 Write as many ice
cream flavors you can
think of and put them
in ABC order.
8 Word GameCreate as many words
as you can from the
word Watermelon
9 Create a joke book
using jokes from your
family and friends
10 Take a walk- make a
list of all of the things
you see that remind us
summer is near
13 Record what time the
sun sets today in your
journal.
14 Word Game- invent
a code (A=1, B=2, etc)
and write a note to a
friend using the secret
code. Send it to them
with the key.
15 What does the
word swelter mean?
Look it up and write
the meaning of the
word along with a
picture in your journal.
16 Choose 10
adjectives (describing
words) and write
synonyms (same
meaning) for each.
Example: big-large
17 Make a list of zoo
animals. Sort them in
different categories by
color or type.
20 Design a menu of your
favorite summer treats.
Persuade someone in your
family to make one with
you.
21 Write a spooky
story. Wait until dark
and read it with the
lights out using just a
flashlight.
22 Read for 20
minutes today
23 Word GameMake a list of all the
out of state license
plates you see and
locate each place on a
map.
24 Plan a backyard
camping adventure. Create
a list of all the thing you
will need in your journal.
27 Choose 10 adjectives
(describing words) and
write antonyms
(opposites) for each of
the words. ( Soft-Hard)
28 Write a letter to
your 3rd grade teacher
telling her all about
your summer so far.
Send it to her in an
email.
29 Make a tongue
twister book. Write
down a collection from
friends and family
AND make up a few of
your own.
30 Word game:
Make a list of smaller
words using the word
waterslide!
3RD GRADE (ENTERING 4TH GRADE)
Monday
Tuesday
July
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1 Copy down a recipe in
your journal that you
would like to make. Ask
an adult if you can make
it together.
4 Word Game: Make a
list of adjectives
(describing words) to
describe fireworks.
Write them in your
journal.
5 An animal has
escaped from the zoo.
Make up a story about
it in your journal.
6 Listen to some jazz
music today. Write in
your journal about how
it makes you feel.
7 What does the
word speculate mean?
Look it up. Use it to
write a short story.
8 Listen to mom or
dad read a story.
11 Make a collage of a
book you have read this
summer.
12 Plan a dream
vacation in your
notebook. Write down
all the things you would
like to do on this
vacation. Locate the
place you want to go on
a map.
19 Create a comic
strip with illustrations.
You can use characters
that already exist or
make up your own.
13 Write down as
many verbs (action
words) that you have
done this summer in
your journal. Then
make them past tense.
(for example- swimswam)
20 Read for 20
minutes today.
14 Create a tweet
about your favorite
book. (less than 140
letters)
15 Go into a room in
your house and write
all the nouns you see in
your journal. Then
make the nouns plural.
(add s or es to make
them mean more than
one.)
22 Create a play for
you and some friends
to perform.
26 Swap and read
books with a neighbor
or friend today.
27 Word GameMake as many words
from the letters of
the word vacation.
28 Write 10
adjectives that
describe you.
18 Write a letter to
your best friend.
25 Play hangman with
your family.
21 Read a non-fiction
book today and write
down new facts you
learned in your journal.
29 Come up with 5
adjectives. Change
them to mean more
and most (er and est)
3RD GRADE (ENTERING 4TH GRADE)
Monday
1 Word Game: In your
journal write all the
words you know that end
with igh and ight.
8 What would you change
if you were president?
Write in your journal.
Tuesday
2 Read a book and
make a double bubble
comparing yourself to
one of the characters.
(How are you alike?
Different?)
9 Read for 20 minutes
today.
15 Read for 20 minutes
today.
16 Write a rap song in
your journal about a
book you read this
summer.
22 Count how many
reading activities you did
this summer. Write the
number in your notebook.
What was your favorite
reading activity?
23
First day of school!
August
Wednesday
3 Demonstrate a
random act of
kindness. Write in
your journal about
what you did and how
it made you feel.
10 Today is National
S’mores Day. Ask an
adult to help you make
this treat.
17 Learn how to say,
“Hello, my name is…” in
another language.
Thursday
4 Draw a map of your
neighborhood and label
your house as well as
your friends’ houses.
11 Write a letter to
your new teacher
telling her about
yourself.
18 How many books
did you read this
summer? What was
your favorite and least
favorite. Record in
your journal.
Friday
5 Record what time
the sun sets today.
Compare that with the
time you recorded in
June. Are they the
same? Explain.
12 Go outside and
read under the shade
of a tree.
19 Go out and play.
Summer is almost
over.