Summer Math Fun - Going Into 3rd Grade (Page 3 of 4) in pdf

Board Games

Scavenger Hunts

Math Books

 Ocean Counting by Jerry Pallotta

A lot can be learned from playing games!

Go on a scavenger hunt in a magazine, around

 A Second is a Hiccup by Hazel Hutchins

Thinking skills, Logic, Reasoning, and Strategy

your house, neighborhood, on vacation, while

 The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

can all be developed by playing games!

driving on the road, anywhere! Choose

 The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Try playing:

something related to math to look for:

 Numbers

Guess Who, Set, Checkers, Chess, Uno, Connect

 The 512 Ants on Sullivan St by Carol A. Losi

 Shapes

4, Rummikub, Pay Day, Life, Monopoloy (Jr.),

 Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt

 Fractions

Rush Hour (Jr.), Zingo 123, Math Dice (Jr.),

 The Monster Money Book by Loreen Leedy

 groups of 2 or 5 or 10

Mancala, Memory, Chutes and Ladders, Go

 Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

Fish, Kerplunk, Battleship, Parcheesi,

 money

 One Hundred Ways to Get 100

Dominoes, Chinese Checkers, Yahtzee,

 clocks

by Jerry Pallotta

Matermind, Clue (Jr.), Don’t Break the Ice etc.

 measurements

 The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns

 Any of the Math Start books by Stuart J.

If you are looking for numbers you could look

Can’t find anyone to play with? Try solitaire,

for certain numbers: numbers in order,

Murphy

jigsaw puzzles, build with Legos or look in the

numbers with a certain sum or difference, skip

 Any book by Greg Tang

App store and online for versions of these

counting numbers, etc.

 Any book you find with a math theme!

games!

Problems to solve

Everyday Math Activities

Online Math Books

One of the best parts of problem solving is sharing your

Every day we do activities that involve math. Try some of

you can

strategies, don’t forget to talk about how you figured it

these and think about how important math is!

read interactive versions of Greg Tang’s books!

out! Parents can come up with more problems too!

1. Measure ingredients and follow a recipe

1. There are 24 wheels on the blacktop. I see

2. Ask your parent for the loose change from

A reading of Knots on a Counting Rope

bikes, tricycles, and wagons. How many of

their wallet. Sort the coins by type. Can

each could there be?

you figure out how much money it is?

counting-rope/

2. The answer is 100. What could the

3. Estimate how long it will take you do

question be? Come up with more!

something. Do it and figure out how close

A read aloud of The Grouchy Ladybug. There

3. Ella had 35 sticks of gum. She ate 12, gave

your estimate was.

are many read alouds on this site!

5 to a friend, and bought another pack.

4. Track your height and weight from the

Now she has 38 sticks. How many sticks

beginning of summer to the end. How

came in the new pack?

much did you grow?

Go on

and search for

4. Write 2 story problems using the numbers

5. Have a lemonade stand!

“Math read aloud books”. Lots of math books

15 and 8. What equations could you use to

6. Use a calendar to keep track and count

being read will come up. As with any internet

solve them?

down the days until 3

grade starts!

use, please make sure an adult previews the

5. Explain how to solve 82 – 34 using tens and

7. Go grocery shopping- look for sales!

content first to ensure that it is appropriate!

ones, a hundreds chart, and a number line.

8. Looking online or in catalogues. If you had

6. How many different ways can you make

$100 to spend what would you buy?

$1.00 with coins?

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