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Parents,
It is summer time! We always encourage you to enjoy the outdoors, swim, sleep in late,
and be together as a family. We hope you have a wonderful few months ahead of you and
that you can create many memories during this time. We also hope you spend some time
keeping your child’s memory fresh with all the important things they learned this past
school year. We’ve tried to help you in that task by gathering summer activities worksheets
and writing assignments for your child to complete.
The following pages provide activities and problems that are an appropriate follow-up to
the school year. The summer work for math is taken with permission from “Math Logic
and Word Problems” by Creative Teaching Press, Inc. Research has proven that your child
will benefit most of he/she practices his/her math skills regularly throughout the summer,
rather than focusing attention on one particular week or month. We recommend that
students work on a couple of problems each week and share with their parents the steps
in working towards a solution for each problem. Answers are provided at the end of this
packet. If you would like more worksheets, the Parent-Teacher Store in Green Hills has the
full version of the workbook from which we have made selections. They also have dozens
of other titles with resources that will reinforce computations and quantitative reasoning
skills.
The following page has required assignments that your child must have completed before
the first day of sixth grade. Students will bring summer work to their classroom on the first
day of school. By taking the time to do these over the summer, you are preparing your child
for a great beginning to their sixth-grade year!
We pray that you have a fantastic summer. We pray for safe travels and relaxing nights. We
pray for your child as they learn and grow. We look forward to seeing you this fall. Until then,
enjoy summer!
Sincerely,
The Sixth Grade Team
Grab your books from our Book Fair! The Parent Council Book Fair in the SPCA Dining Hall
May 24 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sixth grade is required to read The Music of Dolphins by Karen
Hesse and a minimum of three other books.
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Writing:
Do you remember what it feels like when you come back to school in August, and the
muscles in your fingers seem like they have forgotten how to write quickly and legibly?
Well, we’ve got a few writing assignments for you that will keep those muscles—and your
brain muscle—in shape! The four books you choose to read determine the direction of your
writing assignments.
Hint: A great way to help yourself get excited about reading over the summer and not
procrastinate until the last minute is to find a book that also comes with a corresponding
unabridged audio-book. If you choose to listen to your book, you must also have a hard
copy of the book in your hand and follow along in the reading with your eyes. I hope this
idea helps you make the most of your time reading and makes it more fun, too!
For each of the four books, you will read this summer you must complete one writing
response. Please choose a different response for each book. You may write your response
on paper or a computer. Here are your response options. Make sure to try a different one for
each book!
1. Write at least two paragraphs to answer the following: if you were in the story, what
would your relationship be with the main character?
2. Choose ten interesting or challenging words from the story. For each word, create a note
card (be as creative as you wish!) that includes:
a. The word
b. The sentence where it is used in the story
c. A picture that shows the meaning of the word as used in the story
d. At least two antonyms of the word
3. Write an alternate ending or beginning to the story that is at least 200 words.
4. Choose a character from the story and describe how he/she changes from the
beginning to the end of the story. Write at least two paragraphs to describe the change.
Math:
You worked hard in math all year. Make sure you keep what you’ve learned by practicing
your skills throughout the summer. Attached to this document are math logic and word
problems for you to complete this summer.
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Answers to Math Problems:
p. 6, “What Place?”
• A: 5853.461, B: 356.845, C: 9255.224, D: 1515.315
p. 14, “The Wedding”
• A: 24, B: 19
p. 24, “Fraction Sums and Differences”
• A: 2/3 + 2/3 = 4/3 = 1 1/3, B: 9/12 - 3/12 = 6/12 = 1/2
C: 13/21 + 17/21 = 30/21 = 1 9/21 = 1 3/7, D: 8/9 - 2/9 = 6/9 = 2/3
p. 30, “Veterinarian Clinic”
• A: 8.94 pounds, B: 354.08, C: $9.00
p. 38, “Jelly Beans”
• 87 jelly beans
p. 48, “Gymnastics Challenges”
• A: 10 students, B: 16 students
p. 58, “All Aboard!”
• A: 32, B: 9, C: No one will receive both a postcard and a ticket
p. 63, “What Happened?”
• Function is F = 2n - 3
p. 69, “Tree Farm”
• A: 44 inches, B: 132 inches, C: 3 inches, D: 18 inches
p. 75, “The Toy Store”
• A: 1473 square feet”, B: 192 square feet, C: 7 feet, D: 4 feet
p. 81, “Working”
• A: 108 hours, B: $4.00, C: 48 days, D: leave home at 1:35pm and arrive home at 3:40pm
p. 91, “In The Kitchen”
• A: 20 ounces, B: 6.6 liters
p. 102, “Percents Are Fun”
• A; 123 cards, B: $600, C: 359 stamps, D: 61 students
p. 108, “Your Order, Please”
• 28 combinations
p. 114, “Ice Cream”
• Soren (Chocolate), Silas (Mint chocolate chip), Ruthann (Peppermint), Victoria (vanilla),
Julia (Strawberry)
answer key
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