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1 Third Grade Name Week of September 22-26th Monday Tuesday Math: Place Value Reading: The Piggy Bank Read 20 minutes Math: Expanded Form Reading: Magician of the Sea Read 20 minutes News Welcome to week four of school! This week we will have some changes in schedule. Some of our third graders will switch for math, so it may take a couple of days for them to get into a new routine. Throughout the week we will be observing the students to ensure that they have been placed in the math class that fits with their particular learning style. Wednesday Thursday Friday Math: Place Value Reading: Types of Sentences Read 20 minutes Math: Really Big Number Match Reading: Types of Sentences Read 20 minutes Social Studies: Graph Quiz Read 20 minutes Spelling Map Quiz This Thursday, we will have a Graphing Quiz and on Friday, we will have a Map Quiz. Students received the study guides last Friday. If your child needs another copy, please ask me for a new one. Have a fantastic week! Mr. Koon Ps Needs for the classroom: Throw Pillows- for reading areas Clean Old socks-to erase dry board markers

2 Name: Place Value One Hundred Ten One Write each number in standard form. a. b. c. d. e f g h Super Teacher Worksheets -

3 Name: THE PIGGY BANK: CLEVER DESIGN OR MISUNDERSTANDING? by Kelly Hashway Piggy banks have been around for a long time, but did you ever wonder why people thought to make their banks in the shape of a pig? Pigs have nothing to do with money. They don t store food like a camel or a squirrel. So how did we end up using a pig as the style of a bank? Believe it or not, it happened by mistake. During the fifteenth century, metal was very expensive. Dishes and pots were made of a type of inexpensive orange clay called pygg, which was pronounced just like pig. At this time, there weren t banks like we have today, so people would store their money at home. When people had extra coins to save, they would place them in clay jars or pots. Since the type of clay was called pygg, people referred to the jars as pygg banks. Over time this evolved into piggy banks. After a few hundred years, people forgot that the word pygg referred to the clay the banks were made from. The English language was also changing and the word pig was more commonly used. So in the nineteenth century, when English potters began to get requests for piggy banks, they assumed their customers were asking for banks in the shape of pigs, not banks made from pygg. Today piggy banks are made from all kinds of materials, and they also come in a variety of shapes and animals. But the term piggy bank is still used to refer to these adorable containers for loose change. Super Teacher Worksheets -

4 Name: THE PIGGY BANK: CLEVER DESIGN OR MISUNDERSTANDING? by Kelly Hashway 1. What is pygg? a. a type of metal that was used to make banks b. a type of clay that was used to make dishes and pots c. a place to store money d. a pink farm animal with a snout 2. Before piggy banks were invented, where did people usually store their money at home? 3. List two ways that piggy banks today are different from the ones that were made a few hundred years ago? 4. Who is most responsible for making banks in the shape of pigs? a. pottery makers who worked with orange clay b. pottery makers who didn't know what pygg was c. customers who wanted banks with cute animal shapes d. bankers who wanted something to keep people's money in 5. What type of passage is this? a. non-fiction b. fiction c. science fiction d. fable Super Teacher Worksheets -

5 Name: THE PIGGY BANK: CLEVER DESIGN OR MISUNDERSTANDING? Vocabulary Activity Fill in the missing letters to create a word from the article. Then, write the full word on the line. Be sure you spell each word correctly. 1. a 1. clue: a type of soil that can be molded into different shapes when it is wet 2. o u e d 2. clue: said in a certain way; spoken correctly 3. l 3. clue: language spoken by people in Great Britain 4. a 4. clue: a desert animal that can live for long periods of time without drinking water 5. e t s 5. clue: when people ask for things 6. r b 6. clue: delightful; charming 7. e t 7. clue: assortment; different types Super Teacher Worksheets -

6 Name: Expanded Form When you write a number in expanded form, you write a number in the form of an addition statement that shows place value. The number 349 in expanded The number 205 in expanded form looks like this: form looks like this: Write each number in expanded form. a. 625 = b. 356 = c. 791 = d. 904 = e. 886 = f. 370 = Write each number in standard form. g = h = i = j = k = l = m. Which is larger: or ? n. Which is smaller: 736 or ? Super Teacher Worksheets -

7 Name: MAGICIAN OF THE SEA1 by Kelly Hashway What do three hearts, eight arms, and one huge brain add up to? An octopus, a creature that can do amazing things. Octopuses are extremely intelligent. They can learn new things just like humans. They ve even learned a few tricks to get them out of sticky situations. If an octopus is threatened by a predator, such as a shark or bird, it can use some pretty incredible skills to get away. Octopuses don t have teeth or sharp claws to defend themselves. Instead, they use more clever ways to fool their attackers. Octopuses like to hide themselves in the sand on the bottom of the ocean floor. How you ask? Well, the octopus is like a chameleon because it can change the color of its skin to match the sand. And this color change, or camouflage, happens in less than a minute. Some octopuses like to stay in more shallow water where there are rocks and coral. Because octopuses are invertebrates, meaning they don t have backbones, they can squeeze themselves into small spaces between the rocks to get out of reach of their predators. Another way an octopus can hide is by shooting ink. An octopus uses a part of its body called a siphon to shoot ink into the water. The ink forms a cloud that hides the octopus. By the time the ink clears and the predator can see again, the octopus has swum away or hidden. It s very much like a magician doing a vanishing act. Super Teacher Worksheets -

If you think that s a neat trick, then you ll love what else these creatures have up their sleeves. If an octopus is being attacked, it can actually make itself look like a venomous sea snake.

If an octopus is in trouble, it can break off one of its arms. The arm will then change colors and squirm around in the water to distract the predator while the octopus swims away to safety.

8 If you think that s a neat trick, then you ll love what else these creatures have up their sleeves. If an octopus is being attacked, it can actually make itself look like a venomous sea snake. It will bury itself in the sand, keeping two arms visible. It will change the color of those arms to match a sea snake. But what if there s no time to hide? If an octopus is in trouble, it can break off one of its arms. The arm will then change colors and squirm around in the water to distract the predator while the octopus swims away to safety. Don t worry though. The octopus s arm will grow back. There is one kind of octopus that has venom to use in defense. The blue-ringed octopus is tiny; it could fit in the palm of your hand. Predators might think this size makes the octopus a great snack, but they know to stay away. The blue-ringed octopus is very poisonous and can kill predators much larger than itself, including humans. So the next time you see an octopus in the aquarium or while you re snorkeling, remember that inside that oversized head is a very large brain, making them a clever addition to the sea. About the Author Kelly Hashway's latest book, May the Best Dog Win, is now available! Dash has the perfect life until the Super Sweeper 5000 shows up. Sweeper runs all over the house sucking up the leftover food scraps, and he even gets his own room! But Dash won't give up his place as the favorite dog without a fight. Hashway, Kelly. May the Best Dog Win. ISBN: Super Teacher Worksheets -

9 Name: Magician of the Sea by Kelly Hashway 1. Complete the graphic organizer. 2. How are an octopus and a chameleon alike? a. They both like to hide on the ocean floor. b. They can both change the color of their skin. c. They are both invertebrates. d. They both use their arms to kill predators. 3. Explain how shooting ink helps an octopus to escape from predators. 4. What happens to an octopus if it loses one of its eight arms? a. It will grow a new one. b. It will die. c. It is no longer poisonous. d. It can swim faster. 5. What is the author's purpose for writing this article? a. to explain how octopuses eat, live, and play b. to show how dangerous octopuses are c. to describe the physical characteristics of octopuses d. to explain how octopuses protect themselves Super Teacher Worksheets -

10 Name: Place Value Write each number in standard form. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Super Teacher Worksheets -

11 Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences Determine if each sentence is declarative, interrogative or exclamatory. Name: A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period(.). We played games all night long. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark(?). What game do you want to play? An Exclamatory sentence shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point(!). I want to play red rover! 1) What is your favorite game? 2) My favorite game is Hide and Seek. 3) We play it all the time. 4) How long was your longest game? 5) One time my friend and I played for 2 hours! 6) We were really tired afterwards. 7) Do you think you could play that long? 8) I also like to play freeze tag! 9) Have you ever played freeze tag? 10) Do you like running away or chasing better? 11) I like both of them. 12) Maybe someday we'll get to play freeze tag together. 13) Doesn't that sound like fun? 14) How many people do you usually get to play? 15) I like to get as many people to play as I can.

12 Name: Place Value Write each number in standard form. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Super Teacher Worksheets -

13 Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences Determine if each sentence is declarative, interrogative or exclamatory. Name: A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period(.). We played games all night long. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark(?). What game do you want to play? An Exclamatory sentence shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point(!). I want to play red rover! 1) Which fair ride do you want to go on first? 2) I think we should go on the Ferris Wheel first. 3) We can see all the different rides from up top. 4) How high up do you think we'll be? 5) I saw a fun house when we were up there. 6) Do you think they'll have silly mirrors? 7) Which way was it? 8) I think it was close to the bumper cars. 9) Lets stop and get some cotton candy first! 10) What flavor do you want? 11) Should we get a drink too? 12) The fun house takes three tickets. 13) How many more tickets do we have? 14) Should we buy some more first? 15) We should come back tomorrow!

THE PIGGY BANK: CLEVER DESIGN OR MISUNDERSTANDING? by Kelly Hashway

THE PIGGY BANK: CLEVER DESIGN OR MISUNDERSTANDING? by Kelly Hashway Piggy banks have been around for a long time, but did you ever wonder why people thought to make their banks in the shape of a pig? Pigs have nothing to do with money. They don t store food like a camel