Write about your favorite part of a book. Be sure to include why it’s your favorite part. Describe a time when you did your personal best this summer. What did you do? How did it feel? Write a book review. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Draw and label something that you learned from a nonfiction book. Write a title for your picture. Write an advice column to a character telling them how YOU would solve their problem and why you think that would work. Create a comic strip with a beginning, middle and end. Share it with someone. Write an alternative ending to the story. Remember to write like you are the author! List 5 or more facts that you learned from a nonfiction book. Write and send a postcard to your principal telling him/her about what you did this summer. Describe your favorite sport or video game. Why do you like it? Who plays with you? Write a letter introducing yourself to your new teacher. Tell him/her all about yourself. List all the text features you found in a nonfiction book. School Summer Writing
The journal must be returned to school by Friday August 30th. Enjoy this packet as you strengthen skills and understanding this summer. June Counting 17 Use the number grid to count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. Which number was easiest to count by? Why? Write about it in your journal. 18 Use the number grid to count by 3’s, 4’s, and 11’s. Which number was easiest to count by? Why? Write about it in your journal. 19 Use your number grid to solve this riddle. Start at 32. Add 40. Subtract 25. Add 15. What number am I? Write the answer in your math journal. 20 Use your summer Math number grid to solve this riddle. Start at 175. Subtract 50. Add 19. Subtract 100. What number am I? Write the answer in your math journal. 21 Use the number grid. Start at 116 move up two rows. What number did you land on?. How many numbers did you subtract? How do you know? Write about it in your math journal. Place Value (base‐10 block cutouts are attached to this packet) 24 Use the base‐10 block cutouts to make the following numbers: 34, 47, 61, 129, 385, and 706. Write one of the numbers in your journal and draw the place value blocks that represent that number. 25 Use the digits 3, 4, and 9 to write the largest 3 digit number that you can in your journal. Circle the digit in the 10’s place. What is the value of this number? 26 Use the digits 2, 7 and 8. Write the smallest 3 digit number that you can in your journal. Then, draw the place value blocks that represent that number in your 27 How many different three digit numbers can you make using a 2, 7, and 9? Write these numbers in your math journal. Circle the largest. Underline the 29 Add 174 + 118. Use your base 10 block cut outs to make the number that is the sum of 174 + 118. Then, draw the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal.
journal. smallest. July “Let’s build some more math!” Place Value Addition & subtraction (base‐10 block cutouts are attached to this packet) 1 Add 286 + 122 using a strategy other than the algorithm. Then, check your answer using the base 10 blocks. Show your strategy and the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal. 2 Add 139 + 215. using a strategy other than the algorithm. Then, check your answer using the base 10 blocks. Show your strategy and the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal. 3 Subtract 164 - 12. Use your base 10 block cut outs to make the number that is the difference of 164 - 12. Then, draw the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal. 4 Subtract 271 - 123. Use your base 10 block cut outs to make the number that is the difference of 271 - 123. Then, draw the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal. 5 Subtract 128 - 18. using a strategy other than the algorithm. Then, check your answer using the base 10 blocks. Show your strategy and the place value blocks that represent that number in your journal. Measurement 8 Scavenger Hunt: Use a ruler to find objects that measure 1 in., 3 in., 5 in., and 10 in. List those items and their measurement in your math journal. 9 Scavenger Hunt: Use a ruler to find objects that measure 4 ½ in., 8 ½ in., 12 ½ in., and 16 ½ in. List those items and their measurement in your math journal. 10 Use an in. ruler to measure the hands of 3 people from the wrist to the fingertip. Write the name of each person and their hand measurement in your journal. 11 Draw lines that are 4 in., 6 in. and 10 in. in your math journal. Bonus: Draw lines that are 1 ½ in., and 2 ½ in your math journal. 12 Draw lines that are 4 cm, 6 cm and 10 cm in your math journal. Bonus: Draw lines that are ½ cm, and 3 ½ cm your math journal. 15 16 17 18 19
Facts Multiplication Use Flash Cards to practice the 0’s, 1’s 5’s and 10s. Write in your journal about one strategy you can use to help you remember the each of these facts. Use Flash Cards to practice the 2’s, 4’s and 8’s Write in your journal about one strategy you can use to help you remember each of these facts. Use Flash Cards to practice the 3’s and 6’s. Write in your journal about one strategy you can use to help you remember each of these facts. Use Flash Cards to practice 7’s and 9’s Write in your journal about one strategy you can use to help you remember each of these facts. Use Flash Cards to practice all your facts. In your journal, record facts that you are still having trouble remembering. Write down a trick to remember each one. Modeling Divison 24 Use a bar model (see modeling division example to the left). In your math journal make a bar model to show 10 2 = ? 25 Use a bar model (see modeling division example to the left). In your math journal make a bar model to show 18 6 = ? 26 Use a bar model (see modeling division example to the left). In your math journal make a bar model to show 32 8 = ? 27 Use a bar model (see modeling division example to the left). In your math journal make a bar model to show 24 6 = ?. 28 Use a bar model (see modeling division example to the left). In your math journal make a bar model to show 45 9 = ?. Math Number Games Be creative this week. If you can’t play these games, play 3 of your own and record your numbers in your journal. 29. Game #1 Jump Rope Jump rope and count the number of jumps until you miss. Do this 5 times? What is your total? 30. Game #2 Basketball 31. Play basketball with a friend. Count the number of baskets and multiply both of the scores by 2. Write each person’s score in your math journal. Who won the game? Can you invent your own math game? Math Can BE FUN August
Math Can BE FUN Math Can BE FUN Math Can BE FUN Math Can BE FUN 1 Addition BINGO 2 Multiplication BINGO Fractions 5 Draw 10 small candles in your journal.  Color 7 candles red. What is the fraction of colored circles? 6 Draw 2 rectangles in your journal. Shade ½ of one rectangle blue. Shade ¾ of the other rectangle red. 7 Draw 10 small circles in your journal. Color half of the circles yellow. Then, put happy faces on the other half of the circles. 8 Draw 5 stars in your journal. Now color 3/5 of the stars yellow. 9 Draw 8 moons in your journal. Now color 4/8 of the moons yellow. Write in your journal the number of moons that are yellow? Number Operations Solving One and two-step word problems 12 The class went on a field trip to the beach. Before lunch they found 18 seashells and after lunch they found 24 seashells. How many seashells did they find in all? 13 A fruit seller had 84 lemons. He sold 56 lemons. How many lemons did he have left? 14 Mike started the day with 4 packs of gum. Each pack had 6 pieces in it. If he chewed 17 pieces of gum last week, how many pieces are left? 15 Joe and his dad collect bottles and cans for recycling. They found 19 bottles and 12 cans on Mon. and 62 bottles and 15 cans on Tues. How many more recyclables did he find Tues. than Monday? 16 If there are 2 apples in each box. How many apples are there in 4 boxes? How many will I have if I buy 7 loose apples (not in a box). Money 19 How much is this amount of money? 20 Look at the Toy Store Sale Paper at the end of this packet. 21 You have $15 to spend on 4 items. Choose your items. List the 4 items you 22 How much would it cost you to buy all of the toys? Show your work in 23 How much money is this? Write the amount In your journal.
Write the answer in your journal. You have $11 to spend on 3 items. List the 3 items you chose to buy in your journal and how much each item costs. Then show how much money you need to buy these items in your journal. chose to buy in your journal and how much each item costs. Then show how much change you should get back in your journal. your journal. Which bills would you use to pay for all the toys? Draw or write the bills you would use. Can you buy one of the toys on the sale paper with this amount of money? Which toy would you buy? How much change would you get back? Number Grid Toy Store Sale Paper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30