June 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Look in a catalogue/or online for the price of a game you want. Determine how much change you will receive if you paid with $100. Count your change for a parent. Read a math book from the attached list of books. Find a recipe. Order the fractions from least to greatest. List the factors of 93. Write the divisibility rule(s) that works for 93. How many: Tenths in 1? Hundredths in 1? Thousandths in 1? Ten-thousandths in 1? Explain your answer. Estimate and then measure the length and height of your bed in inches. Convert the measurements from inches to feet. Mark McGwire’s 70th homerun ball sold for about $3,000,000. Babe Ruth, an earlier homerun king, hit 60 in 1927. Suppose that Ruth’s ball was valued at $3,000 in 1927 and, like many good investments, doubled its value every seven years. Would you rather have had the value of Ruth’s ball or McGwire’s in 1999? What would the values be today? In your math journal, draw rectangular arrays for: 1. 12 x 6 = 2. 15 groups of 9 Create 3 additional rectangular arrays and ask a friend to the equations for each. In your math journal, write how many minutes there are in 2 hours? How many seconds are in 2 hours? Show how you got your answer. For Students Entering 5 July 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday What could be the measures of two acute angles if the sum of the two angles is an obtuse angle? Explain your answer. Is the sum of and closer to 11 or 12? Explain your answer. Suppose the current time is 4:45 p.m. and the train is due to arrive in 14 and a quarter hours. What time is the train due to arrive? List the multiples of 6 and 8 that are less than 100. Circle the common multiples. What is the least common multiple for 6 and 8? Ms. Hill divided 4th graders into groups of 7. If there are 45 fourth graders, how many are not yet in a group? Explain your answer. Read a math book from the attached list of books. Find the area and perimeter of your bedroom Draw a picture and label the dimensions on the graph paper. Paste in your math journal. What unit of measurement did you use to find the area and perimeter of your bedroom? Estimate your parents’ weight in pounds and record. Then, using a scale record your parents’ actual weight. What is the difference between your estimate and the actual weight? the number 23.69 as a fraction, in word form, and expanded form. Also draw a model using place value blocks to represent the number. Look in magazines for pictures of angles. Cut out and paste 2 examples of right angles, acute angles, and obtuse angles. Be sure to label each angle. Solve the following problems in your math journal. Reduce to simplest form: ½ + ¾ =? 1 ⅝ - ⅞ =? A ticket at Six Flags cost $49.99 for adults and $39.99 for a child over 2. How much will a day at Six Flags cost for 2 adults, an 11-year-old and a 1-year-old? Show your work. Estimate the measures of the angles between your fingers when you spread out your hand. A rule for a given pattern is add 6. Starting with the number 3, list the next 9 numbers. Describe all features of this pattern.
Determine if this number sentence is balanced: 3 x 12 = 100 ÷ 2? If it is not balanced, add more numbers and operations to one (or both) sides to balance it! Create a story problem (with the answer) focusing on elapsed time for a family member to solve. Find the largest container in your house and estimate how much water it will hold. Record the estimate and the actual amount in cups, quarts, pints, and gallons. Take a walk around your neighborhood with a family member and make a map of the streets. Label the streets as parallel or intersecting lines. For Students Entering Grade 5 August 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday The cost of a sofa your mom wants to buy is $820. It is on sale for $699. Estimate the difference between the regular and the sale price. Determine the actual difference between the two prices. In your math journal, list 5 fractions that are equivalent to ⅜. are 365 days in a year. Divide the number of days in a year by the number of people who live with you. Before dividing, estimate the quotient. Show your work in your math journal. in your math journal: Jennifer buys 5 yards of fabric to make pillows. Each pillow needs 25 inches. Will she have enough fabric to make 9 pillows? If not, how much more fabric will she need? If she has enough, can she make more pillows? Show your work and explain your answer. Read a math book from the attached list of books. Draw a picture of a playground. Be sure to include 3 obtuse angles, 2 acute angles, and 4 right angles. Find the unknown(p): 352 + p = 924 700 – p = 254 25 x p = 175 400 ÷ p = 8 Juan goes to the grocery He spends $87.88 a week. Estimate how much Juan will spend in one month. Explain how you got your answer. Noriko multiplies 13 x 45. What are the partial products? Draw an area model to show the partial products.