Super
Summer
Packet
2015
To rescue your summer!
For Students entering 6th Grade
THE RHODES SCHOOL
June 2015
Dear Parents,
Our students have had a busy year learning new Reading and Math skills. Mastery of all these
skills is extremely important in order to develop a solid foundation. The Rhodes School is
dedicated to assisting in this developmental process. We believe time spent learning and
reinforcing these concepts will be very beneficial for your child. As you prepare for your
summer schedule, please take a few minutes to schedule time for reading and math activities.
Research is clear, students can experience “summer loss” that can be equivalent to three months
of learning if they don’t practice learned skills throughout the summer.
Please see below for the specific instructions on how your child should complete their Summer
Packet and what components they will be responsible to return on the first week of school.
Math
 Choose 3 activities each week to complete.
 Provide a quiet, organized work space to help your student stay focused.
 It’s ok if you or other adults provide assistance.
We expect your student to create something to reflect an activity from their Summer Math
Packets to turn in to their math teacher the first week of school.
Reading
* In this packet, we are providing a story or novel to “jump start” your child’s summer reading
activities.
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Read 60 minutes a week (Pre-K4 through 2nd grade); 120 minutes a week (3rd – 6th grade)
Select four books from the suggested reading list.
Pick a different activity to go with each book.
In addition to reading, complete three leisure activities each week.
We expect your student to create something to reflect their book selection, to turn in to
their reading teacher the first week of school
Thank you for encouraging your student to grow as a Rhodes School Scholar over the summer!
If you have any questions, you may contact:
Rhodes School Staff
281-459-9797
Grade 6 Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
1. You earn $9 a week for 4
weeks this summer mowing
lawns. You also earn $29 a
week for 3 weeks for
babysitting. About how much
do you earn this summer
altogether?
2. You decide to compete in a
2K Mud Run race this summer.
Your race is 2,640 feet long. If
you compete in this race twice,
about how long will you run
this summer?
3. You take a trip this summer
and the trip is 1,567 miles total.
So far you have traveled 268
miles. How many more miles
do you need to travel?
4. Everyone at your house
drinks 1/8 cup of milk.
Calculate many total cups of
milk everyone is drinking?
5. Look up the batting averages
of 4 famous professional
baseball players. Order the
decimal averages from greatest
to least. Who has the quickest
batting average? How do you
know?
6. Plan your perfect birthday
party. Write a list of supplies
you need to decorate and price
those materials.
How much money will you
receive back if you pay for you
party with $200?
(Use ESPN.com)
7. Look up the Free Throw
Percentage Leaders in the NBA.
Write down 5 of the PPG
averages as decimals and
fractions.
(Use ESPN.com)
8. Find (online) a movie you
want to go see at the theatre.
Record what time it starts. If it
takes you 20 minutes to drive to
the theater and 15 minutes to
get your ticket and popcorn,
what time should you leave
your home to be seated in time
for the movie?
9. Who Am I?
I have 4 angles.
I have exactly 2 sets of parallel
sides.
My angles do not have to be 90
degrees, though they can be.
My sides do not have to be all
equal, but they can be.
*Write your own riddle about
any shape having up to 12 sides.
Grade 6 Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
Look up the Average Yards
Rushed for your favorite NFL
rushers. Write down12 of the
YDS/A as decimals and create a
frequency table, then plot your
results on a dot plot or stem/leaf
plot .
(Use ESPN.com)
Grab 5 different boxes from
your food pantry (cereal,
oatmeal, rice, etc) and measure
the length, width and height of
the various boxes. Calculate
their volume and place the
boxes in order from least to
greatest volume.
Find a rectangular object in
your house and measure its
length and width. Then
calculate the perimeter and area
of the object.
Place parenthesis (brackets)
around this statement to make it
true.
64 ÷ 2 x 4 ÷ 2 = 4
Find a recipe of something you
enjoy (cookies, cake, etc).
Rewrite the recipe as if you
needed to triple the recipe.
(hint: multiply everything,
including fractions by 3)
Model 0.9 x 0.1 by shading in
this grid.
Pretend your bedroom
measurements are 10ft by 12 ft
and your siblings bedroom is
9ft by 15ft. Which bedroom has
more carpet? How much more?
Make a list of the birthdates of
your family members. On what
“DATE” were they born? (i.e.,
the 5th of the month).
Determine if their birthDATE is
a prime or composite number.
Knowing how many hours are
in 1 day, calculate how many
hours are in 1 week and 1
month.
Grade 6 Mathematics Choice Board
Directions: Choose 3 learning activities from the menu to complete, each week.
1. Research the annual salary
of a doctor (how much money
they bring home a year).
2. Find the batting average or
shooting average of your
favorite professional athlete.
Write the decimal word name,
Divide that number by 12 to
standard form, and expanded
calculate how much money they notation for that decimal.
make per month.
Round each decimal to the
*Try this again but research
nearest tenth and hundredth.
your favorite career
professional.
3. Create a matching game
showing different units for
measuring length, capacity and
weight in both customary (inch,
pounds, ounces) and metric
(meters, grams, liters) with an
example of an object that would
be best measured with each
unit.
4. Look up weather.com and
find the weather report for 5
days (or watch the news).
Record the high temperature
and low temperatures. Make a
bar graph, dot plot or stem/leaf
plot to show the temperatures.
6. Go online to your favorite
restaurant and select their online
menu.
5. Imagine your parents gave
you $200. Estimate how many
of your friends you could treat
to your favorite outing
(basketball game, movie
theatre, laser tag, etc)
Design your favorite meal
including appetizer, dinner,
dessert and drink.
Calculate the total amount for
15 people to order that same
meal.
7. Plan a trip to any city, state of
your choice. Use Google maps
to calculate the distance of your
trip from home to the location
and back in kilometers.
Convert that distance from
kilometers to meters.
8. Choose an activity that you
do at least several times a week
(football practice, dance
practice, taking a bath, playing
video games, etc). How long do
you spend doing this activity
each time? How long each
month (times 4)? How long
each year (times 52)?
9. Research the flags of 2 other
countries other than USA.
Identify the fractions of colors
used to make up each flag.
Design your own flag using the
grid paper attached. After you
design your flag, label each
fractional piece of your flag.
Grade 6 Reading Choice Board
Fill out the attached
handout to create a
summary of the novel you
read.
Propose a different book
cover. Explain what the
image is now, draw your
version, and explain why
your version is better.
Turn your novel into a
drama (play). Make sure
to add the setting and give
each character dialogue.
Draw a picture of one of
the characters in the novel
that is described well.
Using quotes from the
book point out different
things about the character
on your picture. Include
at least ten quotes for your
picture.
Use your imagination!
Create your own craft to
show the characters,
setting, problem, and
resolution of the book you
read.
Interview a character.
Write at least 10 open
ended questions and
answers. Make sure to
answer the questions as if
you were that character.
Create a game using
elements from the book
(characters, setting,
vocabulary, etc.)
Illustrate and write an
alternate ending to your
book.
Create a newspaper article
about and important event
in your novel.