June 5, 2014 Dear Parents, What an exciting year we have had at Highlands Elementary School! While I’m sure that you have a wonderful summer planned for your entire family, it is my hope that you would encourage your child to set a few minutes aside each day to exercise their brain by reading, writing, and testing their math skills. If you missed the e-mail sent out to families announcing the K-4 Summer Work Program, please visit: http://campuses.fortbendisd.com/campuses/he, and download the various Math Calendars, Reading Activity Calendars, and listings of suggested book titles, to use over the summer months. Dedicating at least 30 minutes a day to reviewing math concepts, along with sustained reading, will prevent your child from losing the skills that he/she has learned throughout the school year. Since all math activities are to serve as a review, students are to complete the calendars for the grade level he/she was assigned to during this school year. Student participants are encouraged to keep up with all completed assignments by recording the various answers and activities listed on the Math and Reading Calendars in a notebook. Additionally, so that we can keep track of the various books students are reading, all are encouraged to write and submit at least (2) on-line book reviews by visiting: www.highlandslibrary.com. Over 100 book reviews were submitted last year so this summer, let’s see if we can reach 150! Note: Please be advised that students will continue to have access to the following computer based programs during the summer as well: Reflex Math (grades 1-5), Istation for Reading (grades 3-5), and Think Through Math (grades 3-5). All user names and passwords will remain active until mid-August. Don’t forget… Summer work notebook should be brought to school on Monday, August 25th. Therefore, please remember to help your child with labeling all completed work with their first and last name, the date each activity was completed, and remind them to write in their neatest handwriting. As an added bonus, in recognition of the students’ hard work and their commitment to continuous learning, during the week of August 25th, prizes and incentives will be awarded to all who participate in this summer work program! Thanks to all for another, amazing school year! Have a great summer and I will see you in August! Sincerely, Dr. Latecha Bogle

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JUNE 2014 3RD GRADE Summer Math Fun

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY6 Teachers are still working today so go and play!

9 School starts on August 27. How many days until school starts? Don't forget to count weekends!

10 Use mental math. Think each answer. Then write the answer in your notebook.

11 Find and count all the rectangular prisms in your home. Don't forget to check the kitchen.

12 Survey friends and neighbors to find out what kind of pets they have. Graph the results. Write 3 problems to go with your graph.

13 Write your phone number. Add the digits. Do the same thing for a friend's phone number and a relative's phone number. Whose number has the greatest sum?

16 Do these time problems:

1) Science class starts at 9:00 AM. It ends at 10:15. How long is the class? 2) Lunch is at noon. It lasts 55 minutes. What time is lunch over?

17 18 Is the dotted line a line of symmetry?

19 If the area of a square is 25 units², what is the perimeter of the square?

20 There are 12 months in a year. How many months have you lived?

23 Write the fraction for the

white section of each figure.

24 Write these amounts in

dollars and cents:

25 How much does each half

equal?

26 Make a Time Log. Activity Start Time End Time Total Time

27 What time does the clock show?

30 Which numbers have a 7 in the ten-thousand place?

10 x 5 minus 2 x 5 = _____4 x 4 plus 4 x 5 = _____6 x 5 minus 6 x 5 = _____

My digits are 6, 0, and 3. I'm less than 350. What number am I?

My digits are 6,8, and 2. I'm more than 700 but less than 850. What number am I?

25 units²

1) four dollars and nine cents2) five dollars, one dime, and seven cents3) one dollar, 3 nickels, 12 cents

½ of a dozen apples½ of an hour½ of a day½ of 8 ounces of milk

a) 314,007,962b) 279,561c) 76,075,177d) 1,750,432,009

JULY 2014 3RD GRADE Summer Math Fun

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY1 Write the related facts for these fact families: 15,7,8 19,2,21 16,9,25

2 Write the fraction that tells how much of this trapezoid is not white.

3 Write the number that is 5 fewer than 21; 5 fewer than 35; 5 fewer than 73; 5 fewer than 97.

4 Write the following in your notebook. Fill in the missing numbers. __,__,__,72,74,76,__,__ __,__,__,50,52,54,__,__

7 Find each sum or difference. Watch the signs!

8 Write the related facts for these fact families: 6,9,15 5,9,14 7,5,12 (Ask your mom to save an empty egg carton for you to use in August. )

9 What time is it on this clock?

10 Use a grocery receipt your mom saved for you. Circle the most expensive item in red. Circle the least expensive item in blue. Find their difference.

11 Color and cut out one red, one blue, one green and one yellow ball. The red ball is not first. The green ball is between the red and blue balls. The yellow ball is not first. Glue or draw the balls in the correct order.

14 How many ways can you make 19¢ using pennies, nickels, and dimes?

15 Think about this: How many wheels in all?

16 Use this code: a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, e=5, f=6, g=7, h=8, i=9, j=10 . . . Z=26.

How much is your name worth? Can you find any words worth 100?

17 Write your address including zip code. Does your address have more even or odd numbers? Add the digits. Is your sum an even or odd number?

18 Make a graph or chart

showing how many 1-legged, 2-legged, 3-legged, and 4-legged things are in your house. Remember to count your pets and furniture!

21 Count by 10s from 100 to 200. Write the numbers as you say them. How many tens does it take to make 100?

22 Using pictures of base ten

blocks, draw a picture that shows one and three tenths.

23 Watch TV for one half

hour. Time how long each commercial is. How many total minutes were the commercials?

24 List all the math terms you can. Give an example and illustration of each.

25 Find the difference. Check your answer with addition.

28 Write the number that is 3 more than 20; 3 more than 9; 3 more than 17; 3 more than 41; 3 more than 97.

29 Watch TV for one half

hour. Time how long the show is. How many total minutes was the show?

30 How many 25s are in 100? How many quarters (25¢) are in $1 (100¢)? (Ask your mom to save some grocery receipts to use later.)

31 If you have 2 gallons of ice cream in the freezer, how many cups of ice cream would that make?

38 45 86 98+17 -17 -34 +85

3 motorcycles2 cars2 tricycles

multiplication 4 x 2

hexagon

AUGUST 2014 3RD GRADE Summer Math Fun

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY1 Write the numbers for these words:

4 Divide your paper into 4 equal parts. Draw a clock face in each part. Show these times: 1) the time you get up, 2) the time you go to bed, 3) 45 minutes before you go to bed, 4) 50 minutes after you get up.

5 Round thse numbers to the nearest ten. 1) 472 2) 65 3) 207 4) 109

6 Write the number that has a 4 in the tens place, a 6 in the thousands place, a 3 in the ones place, a 7 in the hundreds place, and an 8 in the ten thousands place.

7 How many ways can you make 12? 7 + 5 = 12 13 - 1 = 12 6 x 4 - 12 = 12 Write as many ways as you can think of.

8 There are some girls, some

chairs, and some tables in a room. There are 38 legs. Draw pictures or make a table to show different ways there could be a total of 38 legs.

11 How many ways can you make your age? Write as many ways as you can think of.

12 Put four white socks and six

colored socks in a bag.Reach into the bag without looking. What color did you draw out? Why do you think this happened? Try it five more times. Record your draws.

13 Measure your height. Record. Weigh yourself. Record. Look at your notebook page for August 1. How much have you grown?

14 Count how many math activities you did this summer. Write the number in your notebook. What was your favorite activity?

15 Put your first and last name on the front of your notebook. Put 4th Grade on the front of your notebook. Take the notebook to your teacher Monday!

18 Weigh yourself in pounds. Record the results in your notebook.

19 Weigh yourself in pounds. Convert the weight into ounces and record the results in your notebook.

20 Write out your multiplication facts for 6's, 7's and 8's.

21 Do you think there are more odd or even day dates in a month. Why? Check your guess by counting odd days in a month and even days?

22 When driving through your neighborhood, check to see how the house numbers are organized. Why is your neighbor's house not the next sequential number?

25 First day of school!

eighty-three fiftyseventy-six sixty-sevenfifteen eighteenforty thirty-eight

Congratulations! Your brain continued to grow this summer. You are ready for fourth grade! Remember to take your notebook to your new teacher.