Summer Math Activities
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Free Math Websites
Sum Dog
www.sumdog.com
ScootPad
www.scootpad.com
LearnZillion
www.learnzillion.com
Ten Marks
www.summer.tenmarks.com
Math Chimp
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Khan Academy
www.khanacademy.com
Help students maintain their math skills and keep them
thinking in numbers all summer long.
Shopaholic: What can you buy for $5 at the corner
store? From the ice cream truck? In a hardware
store? At the beach?
2. Change it Up: Start collecting change in a jar on the
first day of summer. On the last day, estimate your
change, count it, and plan a special purchase.
3. Summer Patterns: Create patterns using summer
items (popsicle sticks, shells, flowers). Or, draw
patterns in the sand or dirt using a stick or your
hands. See how long you can carry out your pattern
— along the length of the sandbox, or across the
grass.
4. Napkin Fractions: Fold paper towels or napkins into
large and small fractions, from one-half to 1/16. Use
markers to label and decorate the different fractions.
5. Design Hunt: Keep an eye out for shapes, patterns,
and designs when you’re out and about. You never
know what you’ll find in the architecture at the
airport, the shopping mall, or even the grocery store.
6. 100% Delicious: Use ice cream to make fraction
sundaes. Can you make an ice cream sundae that is
one-half vanilla and one-half chocolate? What about
one-third chocolate, one-third vanilla, and one-third
strawberry? Can you cover a scoop of ice cream
with one-quarter each nuts, sprinkles, cookie
crumbs, and gummy bears? Or can you eat a bite of
ice cream that is one-half chocolate, one-half
vanilla?
7. Record-Breakers: Use a stopwatch to time yourself
running, roller blading, swimming, or biking. Then try
to beat your time. Be sure to keep the distance
you’re moving the same for each trial. Graph the
results. (You may need a partner for this.)
8. Where Will You Be? Using a map, calculate where
you will you be if you travel 20, 50, 100, or 1,000
miles from home.
9. How Many Ways? As you’re exploring your
neighborhood during the summer, how many routes
can you take to the school, the grocery store, the
mall, or your friend’s house? The catch: No
backtracking, and you must take a new route each
time.
10. Let’s eat: Prepare a meal or dish for the family.
Before you go to the supermarket, find a recipe,
write what you need and how much. At the
supermarket, choose the best-priced option. Use
your math skills to follow the recipe.
Cliffdale All Stars
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4 th Grade Summer
Brochure
Tools to help prevent
summer Reading and
Math loss at home.
Heather Bedwin
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Samantha Brazzle
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Jessica Rueckert
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Kamilah Wright
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“A man is known by the
books he reads.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
SUMMER READING LIST
Free Reading Websites
ScootPad
www.scootpad.com
Into the Book
www.reading.ecb.org
LearnZillion
www.learnzillion.com
Mighty Book
www.mightybook.com
Scholastic
www.scholastic.com
ABCYah
www.abcyah.com
Visit the public library for these great
summer reads! When you return to
school in the fall, be prepared to
take your AR Tests!! You will need to
take and pass at least one summer
reading test.
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Hatchet by: Gary Paulsen
The Homework Machine by: Dan Gutman
Maniac Magee by: Jerry Spinelli
No Talking by: Andrew Clements
The Tale of Despereaux by: Kate DiCamillo
The Giver by: Lois Lowry
Sarah, Plain and Tall by: Patricia
MacLachlan
A Wrinkle in Time by: Madeleine L’Engle
Harry Potter by: J.K Rowling
Coraline by: Neil Gaiman
Football Genius by: Tim Green
The Million Dollar Kick by: Dan Gutman
Goosebumps by: R.L. Stine
Bridge to Terabithia by: Katherine Paterson
Number the Stars by: Lois Lowry
The Egypt Game by: Zilpha Keatley
Esperanza Rising by: Pam Munoz Ryan
The Whipping Boy by: Sid Fleischman
Bunnicula by: James Howe
Johnny Tremain by: Esther Forbes
The BFG by: Roald Dahl
The Lightning Thief by: Rick Riordan
Island of the Blue Dolphins by: Scott O’Dell
Wonder by: R.J. Palacio
The City of Ember by: Jeanne DuPrau
When You Reach Me by: Rebecca Stead
The Phantom Tollbooth by: Norton Juster
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