Third Grade Treasures Activities
Merriam-Webster defines treasure as "something of great worth or value." Students can learn about a variety of treasures in the 3rd grade. With each lesson, teachers can incorporate activities that reinforce the concept of a treasure. These hands-on activities will give the students a better understanding of treasures and the lessons will stick with the students as they progress in their education.
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Treasure Island Activity
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Children can read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson for their literature or grammar class. Once they have completed the book, they can participate in a treasure activity of their own. Each student needs to cover a tissue box with black construction paper to make a treasure chest. Yellow construction paper can be glued around the edges. A pretend lock can also be made out of yellow construction paper and glued to the front of the tissue box. Students can use white correction fluid or white paint to write "Keep Out" on the top of the box. Once the paint drys, the students can take the boxes home and place their most valuable treasure in the treasure chest and bring it back to school the next day to share with the class.
Ocean Treasures
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Students can conduct an ocean treasure activity after studying ocean life in science class. The class can take a field trip to the beach to collect items that washed ashore, or parents can take their children and just bring the items in to class for the activity. Give each child a paper plate. Have the children paint half of the paper plate blue to represent the ocean and the other half tan to represent the sand on the shore. Tell the children to glue their ocean and beach treasures to the paper plate once the paint has completely dried. If the student doesn't have any treasures, allow them to paint treasures on the plate.
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Recycling Trash to Make a Treasure
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Third graders are old enough to understand the importance of recycling. Recycling is not just separating paper and plastic. It is also reusing old items for a new purpose. Suggest a few activities for the students such as turning old socks into bean bags, or using leftover tissue boxes and other items to make a robot. Students could even create a ping pong toss game out of old soup cans. You may also want to give your students some creative freedom and allow them to come up with their own recycled treasure.
Hunting for Treasure
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Determine something that would be of great worth or value to your 3rd grade students. This could be a coupon for a homework pass or a doughnut party. Place the item of value in a homemade treasure box and hide it somewhere in the classroom. Create clues that the children must solve to find the treasure. These clues could involve the students answering a history question or solving a math riddle. Once the children find the treasure, ask them if they feel the item in the treasure is valuable even though it isn't cash. This reinforces the true meaning of the word treasure.
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