Mr. Wasil’s 3rd Grade Class

Please write these out on paper and show your work. Then submit your answers on the comment portion. You then have to send in your paper on Monday morning to show me how you got the answer. Tickets will only be given out to students who bring in the paper showing their work and for posting their answers on the website. Good luck!!!

 1.  123-99=

2.  2345- 678=

3.  345-289=

4.  123,456,789 + 987,654,321=

5.  9,002 - 8, 999=

This is a chance for my students to express their ideas and comments about their school lives. They may comment on how they thought the day went, if they struggled with a concept, if they liked a certain experiment or even something about their personal life that they did over the weekend. I will review their comments and post them as quick as I can. Enjoy blogging boys and girls.

Look at the below figurative language sayings.

Please post the ones you know and then submit your answers. Good luck and have fun.

At the drop of a hat.
Axe to grind.
Back to square one.
Bells and whistles.
Bed of roses.
Burn the midnight oil.
Clean sweep.
Chew the fat.
Cold feet.
Coast is clear.
Down in the dumps.
Ears are burning.
Forty winks.
Full of beans. Give me a break.
Give my right arm.
In a nutshell/pickle.
In the bag.
It’s greek to me.
Final straw.
Let the cat out of the bag.
Long shot.
Mum’s the word.
On the ball.
Out on a limb.
Pass the buck.
Pay through the nose.
Read between the lines.
Saved by the bell.
Spill the beans.
Take a rain check.
Through the grapevine.
True colors.
Under the weather.
Up my sleeve.
Upset the apple cart.
Walking on eggshells.

 Click below on the pdf. file to view directions

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1. The large dog ate a small bone while drinking the cold water. List the 3 adjectives that describe the nouns in this sentence.

2. The cat was running down the street chasing the mouse. List the 2 verbs(action words) in this sentence.

3. Please give me the definition of a noun. Then list 10 examples.

4. List 10 proper nouns and what you have to do to make them proper.

5. Write a sentence using nouns, verbs and adjectives. For example, - The purple (adjective) lollipop(noun) melted (verb) in the front (adjective) seat (noun) of my blue(adjective) car (noun).

6. 100,000,000 - 987 + 45 - 456,789 =

1. There were 24 students in the classroom. 6 students went to recess. 4 students went to the gym. 9 students left for the day. How many students were left and how did you get this answer?

2. 9 groups of 8 students played outside. What does 9 groups of 8 mean? Please explain.

3. If it is a quarter till nine- what time is it? Please explain your answer.

4. Mr. Wasil went to sleep 2 hours and 15 minutes after the 7:00 news. What time did he go to bed. He then woke up at 5:00 in the morning. How much total sleep did he get?

 Please post all of your answers within one post. Have fun kids!!!

Directions: Rewrite the paragraph replacing every “good” with a better adjective. You may not repeat a word. 

I woke up this morning after a good night’s sleep. I felt good. The birds were chirping a good tune outside my window. I could tell it was going to be a good day. I got dressed and wore a good pair of pants and a good shirt. My shoes felt good on my feet. I dashed down to breakfast because I was really hungry. Mom’s breakfast smelled good. We had bacon and eggs, English muffins, juice and milk, a really good breakfast. Feeling good, I grabbed my books and went to school. Mom said as I left, “Have a good day!”. 

These types of problems will be on the May Ohio Math Achievement test. Click on the link below titled numbers 28-29. Once you have figured the answer out come back to this page and go to the comments link at the bottom. Open up the comments and submit your answer for bonus tickets for our classroom store. Once I have reviewed your comments, I will post them on the web page and then we will go over them in class together.  Good luck. Please explain in your posted comment how you solved the problems.

number28and29.pdf