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Classroom
DVD
Cover
Back
Inside
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Poem (Another
option for the cover of the DVD)
I printed
this out on sticker paper and then stuck it on the front of
the DVD case.
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Packing Up
Letter
#1
Letter
#2
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How
to Succeed in Third Grade -
Comic
Life
Using the
program, Comic Life, have the students design a poster giving
tips on how to succeed in third grade. These posters will
be given to the new third graders at the start of the new
school year!
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The
Mysteries of Third Grade -
Comic Life
At the end of the year,
the students think back to what they were nervous or curious
about at the beginning of third grade.
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How
to Make a
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
This is a fun activity
to do during the last few days of school. The students each
write a description of how to make a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich. Then, their directions are read aloud to another
student to see if the sandwich turns out quite the way the
expected! I got this idea from Mrs.
Thonus' website!
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Create
a Word Search -
Have students create a word search on Puzzlemaker with their classmates'
names and words about third grade |
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 BOOKLIST
| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
| Man Hu Is In the Stars |
Jennifer Armstrong |
| Little Rat Sets Sail |
Monika Bang-Campbell |
| The Very Lonely Firefly |
Eric Carle |
| Grayboy |
Kay Chorao |
Maisy Goes Swimming
Maisy Makes Lemonade |
Lucy Cousins |
| My Life With the Wave |
Catherine Cowan & Mark Buehner |
| Night at the Fair |
Donald Crews |
| One Hot Summer Day |
Nina Crews |
| Louie's Goose |
H.M. Ehrlich |
| The Fabulous Firework Family |
James Flora |
| Summersaults |
Douglas Florian |
| Aquamarine |
Alice Hoffman |
| Summer with Elisa |
Johanna Hurwitz |
Froggy Learns to Swim
Sun Dance, Water Dance |
Jonathan London |
| How Will We Get to the Beach? |
Brigitte Luciani |
| The Umbrella Party |
Janet Lunn |
| The Great White Man-Eating Shark |
Margaret Mahy |
| Lottie's New Beach Towel |
Petra Mathers |
Lemonade for Sale
Super Sand Castle Saturday |
Stuart J. Murphy |
| Five Children and It |
E. Nesbit |
| Platypus |
Chris Riddell |
| Beach Day |
Karen Roosa |
| Isaac the Ice Cream Truck |
Scott Santoro |
| Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic |
Steven Schnur |
| Heat Wave at Mud Flat |
James Stevenson |
| Hats Off for the Fourth of July! |
Harriet Ziefert |
| The Summer Snowman |
Gene Zion |
From How to
Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esme Raji Codell
Film
Day
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Books
*The
Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer
*The
Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola
* Popcorn
at the Palace by Emily Arnold McCully
* The
Huckabuck Family: and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit
and Came Back by Carl Sandburg
* Popcorn by
Alex Moran
Activities
* Dress up like your favorite
movie character or movie star.
* When the students arrive, take pictures of them on the red carpet
(red butcher paper)!
*Take a picture of kids inside of a limousine! I made a limo cutout
using butcher paper and put a chair behind it.
* Play Charades
* Play Scene
It - Disney version
* Guess Who I am? - put name of movie character on student’s
back. Have the students walk around, asking others questions that can
be answered "yes" or "no" in order to figure out
which character they are!
* Talk about the history of Popcorn
* Students make up their own story about how popcorn pops
* Pop-up - Read a list of words that begin with the "p" sound.
Have the students take turns spelling the word, letter by letter, by
popping up in their seat. If they are incorrect, they are out of the
game.
* Popcorn Guess - Fill two jars with popcorn: one with unpopped kernels
and the other with corn that has been popped. Challenge kids to estimate
how many kernels of popcorn there are in each jar and record their
guess along with their name on a small sheet of paper. Give a prize
to the student that has the closest guess for each jar.
* Popcorn Relay - Divide the children into several teams and give each
team a bowl of popcorn and a large spoon. Place an empty bowl opposite
the team, about 10 yards away. On the word “go”, ask the
first person in the line to scoop up a spoonful of popcorn, walk to
the empty bowl opposite them, dump the popcorn into the bowl, walk
back , and give the spoon to the next person in line. When everyone
has had a turn, check the bowls to find the winning team…group
with the most popcorn in the bowl.
Popcorn.org
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Outdoor
Fun Day
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Play
games outside –
*Steal
the Bacon
*Red
Rover
*Kick
the Can
*Duck,
Duck, Goose (Duck, Duck, Chick)
*Bubble
Gum
*Draw on sidewalk with chalk
*Hopscotch
*Human
Knot
Have a picnic outside
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Uniform
Day
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T-Shirt
Request |
Read-a-Thon
Day
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*Books
for Breakfast
-Read Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
- Have children create cereal brands for their favorite book characters
and design cereal boxes (i.e.
dog biscuit cereal for Old Yeller, banana cereal for Curious George,
etc.)
*Reader’s
Theatre
*Bring in your favorite book to read to the class
*Guess the Character game – give clues about book characters and
have the students guess who they are
*Book Talks about students’ favorite books
* Have students bring
in sleeping bag for “Summer Camp”
*Bring in Pop-Tarts “S’mores”
*Vote for Favorite Read-Aloud
this year
*Favorite
Book Request
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Third
Grade Memories Day
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*Memory
Book/Yearbook
*Class awards - Nomination
form
*Time Capsule
*Favorite “Teacherisms”
*Make a list of things that we have learned throughout the year
*Compliment Books – each
student writes one compliment about every other student (no repeats)
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Hawaiian
Day
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*Limbo
*Surf to “Wipe Out”
*Play “Hot Coconut”
*Pass out leis
*Fruit smoothies – with drink umbrellas!
*Make origami cranes
*Snacks –
- Pineapple
Upside Down Cake
- Sugar cane
- Coconut milk
- Goldfish crackers
*Hula dancing
-Pearly
Shells
*Beach Ball – don’t
let it fall to the floor
*Make tissue
paper flowers
*Make
a volcano
*Aloha
Shirt Origami
*Watch Lilo & Stitch
Food
Donation letter
Donation
reminder letter
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Game
Day
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Bingo
Heads-up Seven-Up
Twister
Bring in game boards from home (no electronic games)
Scavenger Hunt around the school or classroom
Who can wrap a student in toilet paper the fastest?
Freeze dance
Scene It for Kids (Disney)
Pictionary
Zap!
Simon Says
Spelling Bee including every word from the year
Jumanji
Brain Quest
Are You Smarter than a Third Grader? (review game kids vs.
teacher – use Brain Quest cards) |
Red,
White, and Blue Day
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Wear
red, white, and blue
Make
flags
Red, white, and blue Popsicles
Watch An American Tail
Play Spelling
Baseball or Math Baseball
Read Casey at the Bat
Twist contest
Lip sync contest to rock and roll songs
Hula-hoop
Origami
Star
Origami
Mini-Stars
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Animal
Day
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Bunny
hop
Draw
different animals
Pin
the tail on the donkey
Snacks:
Animal crackers
Puppy Chow
Purple Cow/Black Cow
Make animals out of fingerprints
-Ed Emberly’s Great Thumbprint Drawing Book
Shadow
puppets
Last letter game with animals
Acrostic poem
-Research animal and write an acrostic poem about them
Animal
Pictionary
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Dirty
Clothes Day
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*Clean
out desks
*Shaving cream on the desks
*Oreo
dirt cups
*Grossology
Make GAK
Fear Factor challenge
(blindfolded)
-“Cow Tongue” = Airheads candy
-“Eyeballs” = grapes
-“Brains” = jello
-“Maggots” = rice
-“Worms” = Gummy worms that have been sitting in water for
an hour
Roald
Dahl’s Revolting Recipes
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End
of the Year
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Parent
Letter - boys
Parent
Letter - girls
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