St. John’s Summer Math Program 2012
1st Grade
This Summer Math packet has been put together to help your child retain many of the
math skills taught to them over the past school year. It is free, fun and very
educational! We really hope you and your child will participate!
The worksheets are designed to be done with the help of a parent or mentor. Each
activity should take about 30-60 minutes to complete. The goal is to do one activity
each week this summer.
We ask that after your child has completed an activity, you find some small way to
reward them. This will help give them just a little extra motivation to complete the
activities. Examples include a bag of M&Ms, ice cream after the field trip to Sunken
Gardens, a couple of Harvest Festival tickets.
Flash cards are also an important part of retaining math knowledge.
Listed below are the math topics your child should be working on this summer as well
as math websites to get you started.
Going into 1st Grade:
ü numerals, number words and their value
ü greater than and less than
ü shapes (both plane figures (square, triangle, circle, rectangle, diamond, and
oval) and solid (sphere, cylinder, cube and rectangular prism)
ü alike and different
ü positions, patterns, tally charts, graphs
ü addition and subtraction up to 10
ü time, money (coin recognition and value) and measurement
Going into 2nd Grade:
ü addition and subtraction to 10
Going into 3rd Grade:
ü addition and subtraction to 18
Going into 4th Grade:
ü addition and subtraction to 18
ü multiplication facts to 12
Going into 5th Grade:
ü addition and subtraction to 18
ü multiplication facts to 12
Going into 6th Grade:
ü multiplication facts to 12
ü division facts
ü fractions
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html
www.aplusmath.com/flashcards
www.mathplayground.com/flashcards_timed.html
www.mathfactcafe.com
freerice.com (kids in 3rd - 5th grade can donate food to the hungry by playing here)
Please contact me with any questions!
Amber Soden
402-466-1108
[email protected]
4th of July 1st Grade 1. Color red the legs of the firework that has 4 stars. 2. Color blue the legs of the firework that has 5 stars. 3. Write an addition problem for how many stars the fireworks have together: 4. How many stripes does the first firework have? 5. How many stripes does the second firework have? 6. Write an addition problem for how many legs the fireworks have together: 7. Name one thing that is the same about both fireworks. 8. Name three things that are different about the fireworks. 9. What shape does the first firework make you think of? 10. What shape does the second firework make you think of? 11. Can you find any triangular shapes in the picture? Make your own flag… Fill in this flag and make it all about YOU!! 1. Color one star blue for each person in your family. Color the rest gold. 2. Write your phone number in the 1st stripe. 3. Write your house address in the 2nd stripe. 4. Color the 3rd stripe your favorite color. 5. Write your favorite number in the 4th stripe. 6. Color the 5th stripe a friends’ favorite color. 7. Write an addition problem in the 6th stripe that tells how many boys and girls are in your family. 8. Write an addition problem in the 7th stripe. 9. Write a subtraction problem in the 8th stripe. 10. Have your helper write an addition problem in the 9th stripe. 11. Have your helper write a subtraction problem in the 10th stripe. 12. Fill up the 11th stripe with your favorite shape. 13. Write your birthday in the 12th stripe. 14. Color the 13th stripe red. Great Job!! Have a safe and fun 4th of July this summer!! Back to School 1st Grade Materials Needed: a quarter, dime, nickel, penny, crayons, a pencil, and six school supplies Before you know it, it's going to be time to get those new school supplies for first grade. We all know it takes some money to buy new crayons, markers, and other supplies. So, let's begin by finding coins that fit in the circles below. When you remove the coins, write how much each is worth in the circle. (1¢, 5¢, lO¢, 25¢) Bonus: Color the coin that is worth the most green. Color the coin that is worth the least red. Some of the items that you may need for school next year include: 1 3-­‐ring binder 12 pencils 2 large erasers 3 bottles of glue 1 pencil Box 1 pair of scissors 1 24-­‐pack of mini twistable crayons 1 8-­‐pack of twistable crayons 3 boxes of Kleenex 3 pocket folders What type of supply will you need the most according to the list? ___________ Name the item that you will need one more than the number of fingers you have on each hand. _______________ Which two school supplies do you need 3 of? ________________________ and __________________________ Locate a penny in your pile of coins. How much is a penny worth? _____¢ Now, in your best printing, write the Numbers 1-­‐25 in the penny-­‐sized circles. Find the coin that is equal to 25 pennies. At the bottom of this paper are six price tags. Write a "price" in each of the rectangles. Cut the price tags out and decide how much 6 of your school supplies will cost. Which item did you decide would cost the most? ______________________________ Which item did you decide would cost the least? ______________________________ Do any of the supplies cost the same? _______________________________________ Deal Me In st
1 Grade Grab a family member, a neighbor, a grandparent or a friend and play a card game! If you already know the rules, play away, if not, play with a parent or older sibling the first time around. SlapJack The Pack: The standard 52-­‐card pack is used. Number of Players: Two to eight people, playing individually The Deal: Any player may deal first. The dealer shuffles the cards and then deals them out, one at a time face down, to each player in rotation, until all the cards have been dealt. The hands do not have to come out even. Without looking at any of his cards, each player squares up his hand into a neat pile in front of him. Object of the Game: The goal is to win all the cards by being first to slap each jack as it is played to the center. The Play: Beginning on the dealer's left, each player lifts one card from his pile and places it face up in the center of the table. In doing this, the player must turn up the card away from himself so that he does not see it sooner than anyone else. However, the player should turn his card up quickly enough so that the other players do not see the face of the card before he does. When the card played to the center is a jack, the fun begins! The first player to slap his hand down on the jack takes it, as well as all the cards beneath it. The player winning these cards turns them face down, places them under his pile of cards, and shuffles them to form a new, larger pile. He then places the pile in front of him as before. When more than one player slaps at a jack, the one whose hand is lowest (directly on top of the jack) wins the pile. If a player slaps at any card in the center that is not a jack, he must give one card, face down, to the player of that card. When a player has no more cards left, he remains in the game until the next jack is turned. He may slap at the jack in an effort to get a new pile. If he fails to win that next pile, he is out of the game. Play continues until one player has won all the cards. That player is the winner. Irregularities: If a card is exposed in dealing, the recipient's cards must be shuffled before he places them face down in a pile and plays. _________________________________________________________ Old Maid Number of Players: 2 to 12 The Pack: The standard 52-­‐card pack is used; however, one of the four queens is removed, leaving a total of 51 cards. The Deal: Any player shuffles the pack and deals them around, one at a time to each player, as far as they will go. The cards need not come out even. Object of the Game: The goal is to form and discard pairs of cards, and not to be left with the odd card (a queen) at the end. The Play: Each player removes all pairs from his hand face down. If a player has three of a kind, he removes only two of those three cards. The dealer then offers his hand, spread out face down, to the player on his left, who draws one card from it. This player discards any pair that may have been formed by the drawn card. He then offers his own hand to the player on his left. Play proceeds in this way until all cards have been paired except one -­‐ the odd queen, which cannot be paired -­‐ and the player who has that card is the Old Maid! Irregularities: If any player is found to have discarded two cards that are not a pair, (thus causing three unpaired cards instead of one to remain at the end), the player who made the mistake loses and becomes the Old Maid. __________________________________________________________ Tossing Cards in a Hat Number of Players: Virtually any number of people can play. The Pack: The standard 52-­‐card pack is used. The Deal: Anyone can deal and the cards are distributed evenly among the players, either face up or face down -­‐ it does not matter. If there are any cards left over, they are set aside. Object of the Game: The goal is to land the most cards inside the hat. The Play: The hat should be placed with brim up so it can receive the tossed cards. It is placed at the far end of the room, either on the floor or on a low table. Players sit or stand at the other end of the room, away from the hat. If very young children are playing, they are allowed to position themselves closer. In the game, each player in turn flips one card toward the hat, and tries to land the card inside it. Each player keeps track of the number of cards that land inside, with one point being scored for each, and half a point if a card lands on the brim. However, if another player succeeds in knocking in a card resting on the brim, it counts as a full point for that player. Solitaire Play: If only one person plays, he keeps score by keeping track of how many cards out of 52 he tossed in the hat. Victory is awarded if the player scores 20 or more points in a round. Thirty points or more scores a double-­‐victory, and 40 or more points scores a triple-­‐victory. Interested in playing more cards, check this out: http://www.pagat.comlclasS/#children http://www.usplayingcard.comlgamerules/ childrenscardgames.html http://www.webterrace.comlfamily/games.htm Harvest Festival 1st Grade Materials Needed: coins, scissors, pencil It’s the day of the St. John’s Harvest Festival. Go find some coins from the spare change jar or maybe from your piggy bank. Try to find 1 penny, 1 nickel, 1 dime and 1 quarter. Trace your coins below and in the circle write how much that coin is worth. Bonus question: Can you tell how much a coin is worth by how big it is? Let’s imagine that each member of your family gets $3 to spend at the Harvest Festival. For you that means 12 tickets. Write the numbers 1-­‐12 in your very best printing on the tickets at the bottom of this page. Cut out the tickets. You will use these tickets to decide which games you will play and how many times you can play them. Please use all 12 tickets. Use the grid below to help you make your choices. Fish Pond 1 ticket Lollipop Tree 1 ticket Pop Toss 2 tickets Plinko 2 tickets Lucky Duck 1 tickets Pretend Tickets: Bean Bag Toss 1 ticket Number of tickets required to play each game: Fish Pond -­‐ 1 ticket Pop Toss -­‐ 2 tickets Lollipop Tree -­‐1 ticket Plinko – 2 tickets Lucky Duck -­‐ 1 ticket Bean Bag Toss – 1 ticket Remember you have 12 tickets. If you only played the Fish Pond, how many times could you play? If you only played the Lollipop Tree, how many times could you play? If you only played the Lucky Duck, how many times could you play? If you only played the Pop Toss, how many times can you play? If you only played Plinko, how many times could you play? If you only played Bean Bag Toss, how many times could you play? You played the Lucky Duck and got two tootsie rolls and 8 tickets to the Redemption Center (where the big prizes are). Blow up crayons cost 5 tickets each. How many can you get? Circle the color you would choose: Red yellow orange green purple brown black You bought your crayon, and now your brother or sister also wants one. How many prize tickets did you have left after you got your crayon? How many more do you need to earn to get a crayon for your brother or sister? Circle the color they would choose: Red yellow orange green purple brown black Start saving now for this year's Harvest Festival so you will be able to buy plenty of tickets! M&M Math 1st Grade With a helper, get a plate and some M&Ms (about 20). Don’t eat any of your candy until the end of the activity!! Place all your candies on the plate. Put your M&Ms into sets of colors: Color Number in that Set 1. Which color do you have the most of? ___________________________ 2. Which color do you have the least of? ____________________________ 3. Draw a set of your red M&Ms here: 4. Draw a set of your green M&Ms here: 5. Now draw both of your red and green M&Ms sets here: Red M&Ms Green M&Ms + You just “drew” an addition problem! Ask your helper to show you how to write this problem using numbers here: __________ + __________ = __________ 6. Now draw an addition problem using your favorite color of M&Ms and your least favorite color of M&Ms here: Favorite Color of M&Ms Least Favorite Color of M&Ms + Now write the problem: __________ + __________ = __________ Now try Subtraction! 7. Draw the largest number set of M&Ms here: 8. Draw the smallest number set of M&Ms here: Have your helper show you how to subtract the smallest number set from the largest number set and draw what you have left here: You just “drew” a subtraction problem! Ask your helper to show you how to write the subtraction problem here: __________ + __________ = __________ Shapes! 9. Use your M&Ms to make a square. How many sides does your square have? ________ 10. Use your M&Ms to make a triangle. How many sides does your triangle have? _______ 11. Can you write an addition problem by adding the sides of your square with the sides of your triangle? __________ + __________ = __________ Now for the fun part – subtraction M&Ms into your mouth!! Eat your favorite color and let your helper eat your least favorite color. Make a square with the colors you have left over. You may eat the top and bottom sides, share the other 2 sides with your helper! Marching with the Saints 1st Grade Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Anthony of Padua was teaching the People of Rimini, Italy about Jesus. They refused to listen to him and he felt frustrated, so he went to the town's riverbanks and preached to the fish instead! At the sound of the good news of Jesus, the fish showed up in multitudes and the townspeople thought they'd better listen too! ACTIVITY: Below are some of the happy fish who heard St. Anthony speaking. Color 3 of the fish red. Color 3 of the fish blue. Color 3 of the fish yellow. Color 3 of the fish green. Color 3 using red, blue, yellow and green on each one. Cut them out. Follow the directions on the back. Sort the fish by color. Sort the fish by size. Use your fish to act out the story and solve the problems. Write out the number sentences and their answers: 2 Big fish heard St. Anthony speaking. They told 3 Medium fish to join them. How many fish were there? __________ + __________ = __________ 5 Small fish joined those fish. How many were there all together? __________ + __________ = __________ Then the 2 Big fish got hungry and ate the 3 Medium fish. How many were left? __________ -­‐ __________ = __________ They were still hungry so they ate the 5 small fish. How many were left? __________ -­‐ __________ = __________ Buy $CRIP ... It Pays!!! 1st Grade For this activity, you will need the $crip form on the back of this page. Have your helper work along with you... Counting ... Count the number of retail stores and write it here: ______________ Count the number of grocery stores and write it here: __________________ Count the number of restaraunts and write it here: _____________________ Now have your partner read the names of the restaurants that offer $crip. Every time your helper says the name of a restaurant that you have been to this year, make a mark on your sheet: Now, count the marks & write your answer here: ___________________ Now choose your very favorite restaurant that offers $crip: Which one is it? ______________________ Find it on the $crip sheet. Count the number of letters in its name:, ______________________ How many a, e, i, a, & u's are in its name? ______________________________________________________ Here's a really tough one: Count all the $ signs you can find on the form! _____________________________ Now let's learn a little about money ... Have your helper get some dimes, nickels, and pennies ... Every time a family uses $crip our school earns real money. Ask your helper to teach you the names of the coins and how much each is worth ... -­‐ Can you show your helper which coin is worth 10 cents? -­‐ How about 1 cent? -­‐ Do you know which coin is worth 5 cents? -­‐ Finally, let's try something a little harder. Try to show your helper 6 cents. You will need to use more than 1 coin! -­‐ Can you show them 3 cents? -­‐ Try to show them 12 cents! Great job!!! Idea for parents: Complete the $crip form included in this packet with your child. Figure out the % your family just earned for our school and show your child the amount with the coins you have been using. It might also be fun to get some $crip to the child's favorite place to eat & use it after completing this activity. These are only ideas & not mandatory for this activity! A Trip to the Sunken Gardens 1st Grade Help! The landscape team needs your assistance with a few projects so they can get the Sunken Gardens ready for visitors. Help them out by answering a few questions. SHAPES IN THE GAZEBO How many rectangles can you find? How many triangles can you find? Look Hard! Look for a square object. What did you find? Find 3 objects that are in the shape of a circle. List them. 1. _____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. _____________________ COUNTING AT THE WATERFALLS Look at the waterfalls. How many times does the water spill over onto the next level? Walk up the stairs. How many steps are there? How many statues are that the top and bottom of the falls? At the very bottom of the waterfalls are flowerbeds. Choose a flower bed. Count the number of purple flowers in the flower bed. Count the number of red flowers in the flower bed. ADDING FLOWERS 3 yellow flowers + 2 red flowers = 4 blue flowers + 1 purple flower = 1 red flower + 1 white flower = 5 white flowers + 4 pink flowers = SUBTRACTING INSECTS 3 grasshoppers -­‐ 1 grasshopper = 2 ladybugs -­‐ 2 ladybugs = 1 spider -­‐ 0 spiders = 4 ants -­‐ 1 ant =