3-4 READING & MATH
TIPS & TOOLS
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READING
30 minutes a day
READING/FLUENCY
Tips
Priority: Read multisyllabic words fluently and smoothly
Read for 20 minutes in a "fun" spot - yard, hammock, blanket fort, etc.
Create your own personal reading dictionary notebook - decorate it
and write down new, unfamiliar words as well as their meanings;
review the words on a regular basis
Use alphabet cereal or letter tiles (if you have them) to spell long,
multisyllabic words (or words from your reading dictionary); break the
words into parts with one vowel sound per part
Tools
Helpful Websites
Startwithabook.org
Raz-Kids.com
Fluency Tutor for Google - https://fluency.texthelp.com
Funbrain.com OR  Reading Rivet app (free ebooks)
Summer Reading Program - scholastic.com/site/summer/home.html
COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
Tips
 Priority: Construct meaning while reading literary/nonfiction texts
Read a short section of text and then write/share a one sentence summary
Look back after reading and ask yourself: who? what? when? where? why?
Play vocabulary/word games or apps (for example: choose five new,
unfamiliar words to learn each week -- see how often everyone in the
family can use these words in everyday conversation)
Tools
Helpful Websites
Commonlit.org (search for 3rd/4th grade level passages)
ReadWorks.org
Youngzine.org/Newsela.com - student news sites
Vocabulary.com (sign up for free; search for a particular grade/book)
Flocabulary.com - create 30-day free trial (Reading & Writing)
Other Skills to Practice:
*using context clues to figure out word meanings
*summarizing *making connections *identifying literary
devices (similes, metaphors, alliteration...)
MATH
30 minutes a day
MULTIPLICATION
Tips
Priority: Memorize math facts up to 10x10
Have a parent/guardian make a math scavenger hunt for you; each clue
could contain a math multiplication problem that must be solved
correctly in order to obtain the next clue
Create a "Math Memory" game using notecards; to get a match, you
must find both the problem card (ex. 9x5) and the answer card (ex. 45)
in the same turn
Use Legos to build equal groups or arrays to solve multiplication
problems
Tools
Helpful Websites
SplashLearn.com
ReflexMath.com
Sumdog.com (look for the "Tables" button under the "Subjects" tab)
Numberock math multiples videos on YouTube
Google "30 Fun, Hands-On Ways to Teach Multiplication"
TELLING TIME, MONEY, AND MEASURING
Tips
 Priority: Tell time to the minute, count change, and measure objects
Keep track of when you start and end 5 different activities; then, figure
out how much time has passed (or elapsed); tell time on an analog clock
Open a "store" for your younger siblings; use fake money from a board
game or spare change -- practice giving correct change to your customers
Use a ruler or tape measure to measure various items around the house
(to the nearest 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch, and inch)
Tools
Helpful Websites
MathNook.com
MrNussbaum.com/math/telling-time
Mr.Nussbaum.com/cash-out-online-game (counting change game)
Onlinemathlearning.com/measurement-games
Google "5 Hands-On Ways to Teach Telling Time"
Other Skills to Practice:
*finding perimeter and area *rounding numbers
*recognizing place value *identifying fractions
*adding/subtracting six-digit numbers