P.S. 82Q The Hammond School Home of the Lions June 2017 Dear Parents, We are happy to welcome you to the 2017-2018 school year! We are looking forward to a productive and rewarding school year working with you and your children. We recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support both at home and in school. We ask that you guide and support your child s learning by ensuring that he/she does the following: Attends school daily and arrives on time, ready for the day s learning experience Completes all homework assignments given by teachers Reads daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills Shares school experiences with you so that you are aware of his/her school life Memorizes and practices times tables to be prepared for math this upcoming year Completes their summer writing project (attached) Visits the local library In addition, we have attached the 4th grade supply list. Please make sure your child arrives with all of the supplies on the first day of school. We look forward meeting you in the fall! Also, so be sure to check out our exciting school website over the summer at www.ps82q.org for news and updates. Enjoy your summer! Sincerely, The Fourth Grade Teacher Team
Fourth Grade Summer Writing Project During the summer, many families share special experiences together. For example, you may choose to go on vacation, to the beach, to a museum, to a landmark, or even a park. Write a personal narrative describing your adventure there. Draw a picture or take a photograph to share with your new class! Be sure to include: An interesting lead Who was there Setting description Events written in paragraphs Sequence words (next, after, finally...) Your thoughts and actions Dialogue A conclusion
Fourth Grade Supply List Please label all supplies with your name and bring on the first day of school. 4 packages of post-its 1 package of crayons or colored pencils 3 two-pocket plastic folders 5 black and white composition notebooks 24 #2 sharpened pencils 1 sharpener 3 erasers 1 package markers 1packagedryerasemarkers Scissors 2 glue sticks or liquid glue 1 package of computer paper 2 boxes of tissues 1 bottle of liquid hand soap or hand sanitizer 1 roll of paper towel 1 pocket dictionary 1 box gallon-sized Ziploc bags Lysol wipes or baby wipes
Dear Students, Welcome to the summer math performance task! This activity is meant to support instruction for students completing 3rd grade going into 4th grade. Parents: One of the most important things your child can do over the summer to help with his/her math skills is to practice multiplication and division facts. Just a few minutes a day, a couple of days a week will make a big difference. Problem solving with real-world math Math has evolved from the computation we most likely experienced in math class to an emphasis on problem solving. Computation is still important, but it is used to solve real- life problems. The emphasis is generally on math processes that enable your child to learn multiple strategies to become a proficient problem solver. Model the importance of math in the real world and encourage your child to help when you: Balance your checkbook Pay bills Estimate the cost of the groceries in your cart Determine how much food to buy or make for a party Double a recipe or cut a recipe in half Figure the cost of lunch at a restaurant Calculate the cost of school lunch for the week or month Determine how long your child will need to save his allowance to buy a particular item Determine the number of miles driven in X hours Determine how long it will take to drive home going X mph Figure the cost of X number of minutes of cell phone use if you pay X cents/minutes Determine how many gallons of gas you can buy with X dollars Determine how many chocolate chips are needed if X number of cookies each has 3 chocolate chips Games that build number sense Play games with your child to reinforce number sense. Try Racko by Hasbro. This game involves putting numbered cards in order from greatest to least. Yahtzee is perfect for working on multiplication facts and reinforcing addition skills. There are many fun card and dice games that utilize math skills. Practice multiplication facts Your child is expected to know multiplication facts. Have your child bounce a basketball as he says the multiples of different numbers. For example, he can practice the multiples of 9 for each bounce
9, 18, 27, 36. Then he can say them backward: 81, 72, 63, 54. Research shows that kinesthetic movement helps the brain learn facts Following are some math websites for summer practice: TOP 10 MATH WEBSITES 1. www.mathforum.com. This online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents and educators who have an interest in math and math education. The site includes Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, discussion groups and much more. 2. www.aaamath.com. Customized by grade level and topic, AAA Math features explanations of various mathematical topics, practice problems and fun, challenging games. 3. www.coolmath.com. This fully interactive site and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play games and explore new math concepts. 4. www.figurethis.org. Created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this site helps families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging challenges. 5. www.mathcats.com. Math Cats provides playful explorations of important math concepts through games, crafts and interactive projects. Includes a magic chalkboard and an art gallery. 6. www.easymaths.org. This South African Community website for teachers, parents and students is complete with lessons, tests, exams, worksheets, study skills and much more. 7. www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/tables.html. This lively, interactive Web site, based on the popular BBC Schools Television series Megamaths, is for practicing and testing times tables. 8. www.mathleague.com. The Math League, designed for students in fourth grade through high school, specializes in math contests, books and computer software. The Help Facility is handy reference guide for math topics complete with examples, definitions and explanations. 9. www.fleetkids.com. FleetKids games teach elementary children several different aspect of money management. Games include Windfall, where a child can run an imaginary business and BuyLo/SellHi, where children can play the stock market. Students can sign up as an individual or as part of an elementary school team. 10. www.funbrain.com/numbers.html. This site includes 17 original games based on soccer, car racing and much more Other games include Math Baseball, where a child can score runs with correct answers and Operation Order, where students can build pyramids with their knowledge of algebra.
SUMMER MATH PERFORMANCE TASK 1. Mr. Lewis arranges all the desks in his classroom into 6 equal groups of 4. How many desks are in his classroom? Show a picture and multiplication sentence in your work. 1. What does the product in your multiplication sentence represent? 2. Fill in the blanks below to complete a related division sentence. 4 = 3. What does the quotient in Part (b) represent? 2. a. array, and circle the factor that represents the number of rows. Draw an array that shows 9 rows of 2. Write a multiplication sentence to represent the b. Draw another array that shows 2 rows of 9. Write a different multiplication sentence, and circle the factor that represents the size of the row. c. Explain the relationship between the two arrays using number sentences and words. 3. Ms. Park buys a tray of apples for a class party. There are 5 rows of 4 red apples. There is 1 row of 4 green apples. a. The picture below shows Ms. Park s apples. Fill in the blanks to complete the expressions. b. Fill in the unknowns in the equation below to match the picture of the apples in Part (a). Use the break apart and distribute strategy to find the total number of apples Ms. Park bought.
4 = 4 + 4 Ms. Park bought apples. c. Lilly brings 8 green apples for the class party. Show Lilly s green apples on the picture in Part (a). Then, fill in the unknowns in the equation below to match the new picture. Solve to find the total number of apples. 4 = 4 + 4 There are apples in all. 4. Mr. Myer s class plays a game. The class earns 5 points each time they answer a question correctly. The class earns 50 points playing the game on Monday. a. How many questions did the class answer correctly? Show a picture and division sentence in your work. b. Mr. Myer uses the equation 5 = 50 to find how many questions the class answered correctly. Is his method correcting? Why or why not? c. The class answered 7 questions correctly on Tuesday. What is the total number of points the class earned on both days? d. Complete as many problems as you can in 100 seconds.
Summer Reading Project Choose a fiction book on your reading level. Read the entire text and choose one of the following projects: *Create a poster summarizing your text. Be sure to include a section for each of the following: character description, setting, problem, events, solution, and theme. *Create a poster advertising your book. Remember, you want to convince people to buy this book. Include strong descriptive words as well as a review of at least 3 reasons why we should read the book. *Create a timeline of events in your text on a poster. Be sure to include at least 8 important events in the text, ending with the solution!