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God in all things

Dear St. Andrew Catholic School Families,

At St. Andrew Catholic School, we believe that spiritual and academic growth is a lifelong process so in order to prevent the summer

slide, here is the expected summer assignments for your child.

First, you make ask, what is Summer Slide?

Summer Slide is what happens when the skills students learn during the school year are lost or forgotten over the summer. When kids

do not practice their reading skills during the summer months, they can fall behind by the time school starts again. Summer may be

winding down, but it is not too late to polish up those reading skills in time for August!

Why is it so important to prevent Summer Slide?

When children do not read over the summer, they can fall two years behind by 5th grade. We believe that teamwork leads us to our

goals so it is always important to support your child’s learning at home, and over the summer is critical.

How can I prevent Summer Slide?

You can prevent the summer slide but making sure your child does the below assigned summer assignment for their grade level. Do

not let your child wait until the last minute but read or do a portion of their assignment daily in order to keep their brains thinking.

Blessings, Latrina Peters-Gipson

Latrina Peters-Gipson

Principal

For Students entering Kindergarten & First Grade

Barnes and Noble has a great summer reading program where the children can receive a free book after reading a designated amount of books over the summer.

Go to www.scholastic.com/summer

to check it out.

http://www.scholastic.com/summer

For Students entering Second Grade

For Students entering Third Grade

Dear Parents, Did you know that when kids read over the summer they are likely to leap ahead when they head back to school? It’s called the “Summer Leap”, and our school has made it a priority to keep our students’ skills sharp by encouraging them to read all summer long. Students going into third grade are asked to read Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli in addition to reading one of the following books below: 1. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 2. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 3. Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith 4. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 5. Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan 6. Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith 7. James and the Giant Peach by Ronald Dahl Have a great summer and happy reading! 3rd Grade Teachers St. Andrew Catholic School

For Students entering Fourth Grade

4th Grade Writing + Reading Calendar

(You will need 1 Composition Notebook only for Math and Writing + Reading combined!)

*Use a Composition notebook to complete each daily activity. (Front half of your composition notebook- Math assignments in the back half) *Write ONLY in pencil. Handwriting must be neat and easy to read. *Use proper capitalization and punctuation. Just because it is summer does not mean you can forget your writing skills!

4th Grade Math Calendar (You will need 1 Composition Notebook only for Math and Writing + Reading combined!)

*Use a Composition notebook to complete each daily activity. (BACK half of your composition notebook for MATH. Writing + Reading assignments in the FRONT half) *Write ONLY in pencil. *Write the problems and answers in your journal. Show ALL work. (Use a different page for each day’s work. DATE each page.) **Completed journal is due the 1st day of school. BE PREPARED to take a multiplication and division basic facts test on the 1st day of school

*Write in complete sentences. Each paragraph should be at least 3 sentences and complete thoughts. *Use a different page for each day’s entry. DATE each page. (*You may illustrate your writing at the bottom if you like) *Choose at least 3 chapter books to read this summer! Read for at least 20 minutes a day. Have an adult initial your calendar daily. **Completed journal AND initialed calendar is due the 1st day of school.

Writing + Reading Log - June 1

If you could go on a

summer vacation anywhere

in the world, where would

you go?

2

Parent Signature shows I read

20 minutes today -> Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

3 4 What is something you

would like to learn more

about?

5 What kind of pet do you

think a teacher should get

for their classroom?

6 What is the best movie you

have ever seen?

7 Tell about your most

favorite book.

8 Tell about your favorite

holiday. Explain why it is

your favorite.

9


20 minutes today -> Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

10 11 Tell about your favorite

restaurant. Why is it your

favorite?

12 Write a poem about what

you think next school year

will be like.

13 What is something you

love about yourself and

why?

14 Make a list of things that

you are most thankful for

in your life.

15 What is the funniest thing

that you have ever seen?

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17 18 Which season do you like

the most? Why?

19 What season do you like

the least? Why?

20 If you won $1 million,

what are you doing first?

21 Tell about a time when you

were kind to someone.


song.

23



24 25 What is something that

makes you ANGRY!

Why?


sport.

27 Tell about the last time you

cried.

28 What are you scared of and

why?


food and why it’s so good.

30



Math - June

1 *Which is more?

Explain. 2,000+400+50+6

or two thousand, four

hundred fifty-six? *Practice your 2’s facts

2

3 4 *Write your 3’s multiplication

facts up to 12 in your journal.

5 *Subtract. 4,957 - 3,804

*Practice your 3’s facts

6 *Subtract using borrowing 4,204 - 3,467 *Practice your 3’s facts

7 *Josh’s website had 8,289

visitors. Diego’s site had

4,976 visitors. How many

more did Josh’s site have? *Practice your 3’s facts

8 *How far from 36,000 is

36,219? *Practice your 3’s facts

9



12 *Rosalina’s flower shop

sells roses by the dozen.

Friday she received an order

for 3-dozen roses. How many

roses does she need total? *Practice your 4’s facts

13 *Look at the pattern

below. Draw the next two

shapes. ^ ^ > ^ ^ > ^ __ __ Make your own pattern. *Practice your 4’s facts

14 *Tyrone was born in

January of 1975. How old was

Tyrone in February of 2006? *Practice your 4’s facts

15 *Which unit would you

use to measure a football field

and why? Inches; feet; yards;

or miles? *Practice your 4’s facts

16



29 *Nia had 26 cards. She

wanted to give each of her 4

brothers the same number of

cards. How many did each

brother get? How many are left

over? *Practice your 5’s facts

20 *Mike, Chris, and Billy are

brothers. Billy is 12 years old.

Mike is 3 years younger than

Billy. Chris is 4 years older

than Mike. List the brothers in

age order, youngest to oldest. *Practice your 5’s facts

21 *Draw squares to show the

following fractions: ½ ; ¾ ; and 6/8 *Practice your 5’s facts

22 *Sam weights 10 lb more

than Tamia. Tamia weights 15

lbs less than Eric. Eric’s weight

is 150 lbs. How much does Sam

weight? *Practice your 5’s facts

23



26 *Mary bought some carrots

at a supermarket for $4.50. She

handed the cashier $20.00. How

much change did she get back? *Practice your 6’s facts

27 *Draw squares to show the

following fractions: ½ ; ¾ ; and 6/8 *Practice your 6’s facts

28 Draw a triangle. Label one

side 4 feet and another side 5

feet. The perimeter of the

triangle is 12. What is the

length of the third side? *Practice your 6’s facts

29 Write this number in

standard form: 300,000 +

60,000 + 400 + 30 + 2 *Practice your 6’s facts

30

Writing + Reading Log - July 1 2

Write a story about the

mysterious zizzybaloobuh

that you just found in your

bathtub.

3 You found a magic

wand. What would you

do with it?

4 Have a family member

write something about

you in your journal

today.

5 What would happen if

you never went to

school?

6 In fourth grade I want to

learn about….

7

Parent Signature shows I read 20

minutes today-> Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

8 9 This is a list of things I

like to do when I can’t

watch TV or play video

games.

10 What would you like to

say to President Obama?

11 If a cat or dog could talk,

what would they say?

12 Choose 5 words to

describe your summer so

far. Why does each word

fit your experience?

13 Have you spent much

time with friends this

summer? What did you

do together?

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15 16 How did you spend the

Fourth of July?

17 Write a thank you note

to your best friend.

18 Are the rules different in

the summer than in the

school year? How?

19 I have never been more

frightened than when…

20 Five years from now I

will be….

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22 23 Write about a day you’d

like to forget.

24 Describe someone who

is a hero to you and why.

25 What would you do if

you woke up invisible?

26 What would you do if

you can talk to animals?

27 What would you do if you

could travel in time?

28



29 30 What about a time in

your life that you

struggled with a choice

and made the right one.

31 What are behaviors you

had as a 3rd grader that

you want try to get to

better with?


minutes today-> Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

Math - July



3 *Mr. Washington buys a shirt

for $32, a pair of pants for $45

and a tie for $20. He pays with

a $100 dollar bill. What will his

change be? *Practice your 7’s facts

4 *Write a fact family for 8, 6

and 48. *Practice your 7’s facts

5 *Write a fact family for 8, 6

and 48. *Practice your 7’s facts

6 *Write 6 different ways you

can name 14. *Practice your 7’s facts

7



10 *The Perez family is driving

to visit relatives. The trip is 184

miles, and they have driven 48

miles. How many more miles

do they need to travel? *Practice your 8’s facts

11 *Kara put the same number

of carnations into 4 vases. If

she used a total of 32

carnations, how many are in

each vase? *Practice your 8’s facts

12 *Look for a pattern and

write the missing numbers. 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, __, ___, ___ *Practice your 8’s facts

13 *Write a repeated addition

number sentence to show why 5 x 6 = 30. *Practice your 8’s facts

14



17 *Order the numbers from

least to greatest: 852 528 582 *Practice your 9’s facts

18 *James has 8 model cards.

Rita and James have 17 model

cars all together. How many

model cars does Rita have

alone? *Practice your 9’s facts

19 *Target sold 812 computers

last year. The store also sold

233 printers. How many

computers and printers did the

store sell last year? *Practice your 9’s facts

20 *Kyle counted 7 windows

on the first row of a building

that has 5 floors. Each floor has

the same number of windows.

How many windows does the

building have? *Practice your 9’s facts

21

22 23 *Write your 10’s

multiplication facts up to 12

in your journal.

24 *What operation would you

use to find out how many

inches there are in 4 feet?

Explain why. *Practice your 10’s facts

25 *Compare. Use < , > or = 846____824 90,203------- 9,876 204,678____204,678 *Practice your 10’s facts

26 *Write the word form for

this number and give the value

of the underlined digit. 982

*Practice your 10’s facts

27 *How many equal sides

does a square have? A triangle?

A pentagon? An octagon? A

hexagon? *Practice your 10’s facts

28

29 30 *Write your 11’s

multiplication facts up to 12

in your journal.

31 *Explain why this problem

is WRONG. 3,679 + 2,483 5,052 *Practice your 2’s facts

Math - August

1 *Donna reads 9 times as

many pages as Bob has. Bob

has read 8 pages. How many

pages has Donna read? *Practice your 11’s facts

2 *Ryan multiplied a number

by 5. He then multiplied that

product by 2. What digit is in

the ones place of the final

product? *Practice your 11’s facts

3 *Tamika had $15 to spend at

the fair. She played a game for

$2, rode on the Ferris wheel for

$3, and bought a sandwich for

$4. How much money did she

have left? *Practice your 11’s facts

4

5 6

*Write 25,049 in expanded

form and word form. *Practice your 1’s facts

7 *Write your 1’s

multiplication facts up to

12 in your journal.

8

First Day of School – Journal Due. Be prepared

for a multiplication and

division quiz.

9 10 11

Writing + Reading Log - August

1 What are things that

your fourth grade teacher

can do to help you

become a successful

student?

2 What academic goals do

you have for 4th grade?

3 Write about anything at

all that you want your

teacher to know about

you?

4

Parent Signature shows I read 20 minutes today ->

Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

5 6 Tell about an animal you

would like to have for a

pet.

7

Write about the things

you are most excited for

in 4th grade.

8 First Day of School –

Journal Due. 9 10 11

Parent Signature shows I read 20 minutes today ->

Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials: Reading Log initials:

For Students entering Fifth Grade

Dear Students,

Be a bookworm! This summer you are required to read a fiction book to keep your reading skills savvy. You need to choose one book from the 2017-2018 Sunshine State Elementary Reading list to read; approved books are listed below. After reading the book,

please pick one of the activities listed to do for the book you have read. Please bring your summer project to school the first day of school, August 8, 2018

Activities for Fictional Book: CHOOSE ONE! (Should show knowledge from parts of the book.)

Summary (At least 5 paragraph essay)

Poster (Filled with characters, setting, and plot)

Commercial (Performed and saved on file locker or emailed to teacher)

Travel Guide (Produced on computer and printed for submittal)

Board Game (Create your own that 4 students can play)

Song (Videotaped of you singing it and lyrics typed)

Letter of questions to the author (Typed full page submitted to teacher and mailed to author.)

PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation (10 or more slides on characters, setting and plot)

Newspaper (In newspaper format where articles relate to story)

Poem (Typed, Rhyming poem of 20 or more lines.)

Rubric:

Turned in on time (August 9th) 5 points

Shows knowledge of story, characters, setting and plot 50 points Creative/Colorful/Effort Filled/Follows

Directions 45 points

Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2018-2019 List for Grades 3-5 The Ark Plan by Laura Martin

The Doublecross: (And Other Skills I Learned as a Superspy) by Jackson Pearce Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro

The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

Home Sweet Motel by Chris Grabenstein

I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Lemons by Melissa Savage

Lights, Camera, Cook! By Charise Mericle Harper

Overboard! by Terry Lynn Johnson

Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood

Spirit Week Showdown by Crystal Allen

The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winston

A True Home by Kallie George

Ugly Cat & Pablo by Isabel Quinter

Wish by Barbara O’Connor

For Students entering Middle School

Middle School Summer Reading

6th- I Am Malala: How one girl stood up for education and changed to world (Young Readers Edition), by Mala Yousafzai

7th-No Summit out of Sight: The true story of the youngest person to climb the seven summits, by Jordan Romero

8th – A Single Shard: Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he

must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever,

by Sue Park

Choose one of the following projects to create after you read your novel.

Scrapbook

-Use a photo album or make your own scrapbook out of construction paper and ribbon. Select photos from magazines, old family

photos, and drawings and scrapbook decorations that depict the following items from your story: main characters, settings, main

idea, author’s purpose, climax, finale and best chapter in your book. Add a brief summary on every page.

Create a collage to represent the book.

Your collage should have at least 10 photos or illustrations.

Write a key describing each item on the collage.

Create a board or card game about the book.

The game should include details about the setting, characters, and plot to show knowledge

of the book.

Include instructions about how to play.

Create an illustrated timeline showing important events from the book.

Choose at least 10 important events from the story. Write a description of each event, and

draw & color an illustration for each event.

The events must be in the order in which they occurred.

Creativity and artwork: 75 points

Oral presentation: 25 points

**Project due the first day of school, August 8th**

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