Cactus
Can't Touch This! Take some time today to research prickly phenomenons.

Today’s Activities

Read it! write it!

A Prickly Plant. Listen to this story, The Cactus Hotel, and then fill in this graphic organizer to help you write a summary. 

Here is something else that is prickly. Compare and Contrast how a cactus and a porcupine are the alike and different. You can use this graphic organizer to help you. 

Math Puzzles

Solving a puzzle can be a prickly situation! Put your brain to work by persevering to answer these math problems.

Leveled learning extension 1: Reinforce your math skills with these pages which offer more basic math problems!

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

 

Leveled learning extension 2: Tease your brain with this worksheet to target foundational math skills! 

Worksheet 1

Explore

Follow these instructions and use these examples to make a google slide show on a prickly plant or creature.

Get moving!

Complete these activities to improve your gross motor skills.

Create it!

Watch this video and learn how to draw a cactus.

Did you do today’s activities?

Push the button below to let us know you’ve completed the activities below:

Teaching Tips

Accessibility Feature

Turning on transcripts for YouTube Videos [PDF]

More 3rd Grade Lessons

Additional lessons are available for this grade level by pressing “More Lessons” above, or selecting a lesson below:

Year in Review

Year in Review

Today's ActivitiesThe events you are living through today will be part of history tomorrow.  Stories people write about parts of their lives can be used by people in the future to learn about the past.  Learn more with this BrainPOP Jr. video. What will your future...

Fail Forward

Fail Forward

Today's ActivitiesDiscuss this picture with an adult at home.  What do you think it means?  Why do you think the illustrator chose an iceberg to represent success? Lookup any of the words under the water, labeled “What People Don’t See,” that you don’t know in a...

Field Day!

Field Day!

Today's ActivitiesWatch “Miss Nelson Has a Field Day” and fill out this story map to describe the plot elements.First, draw a large chalk 10 by 10 grid on the blacktop or sidewalk. Mark the numbers 1 through 10 along the top and down the left side. Get beanbags (or...