“Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.”
— Mickey Mouse
The facts….Most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months.
Summer Math: Keep up those math skills. Students that bring in evidence of regular summer math practice to keep their skills sharp can visit me the first week of school for some special prizes and goodies for a job well done.
Take Part in Mrs. Heuer’s Summer Math Menu Challenge. This includes using the packet Ms. Simpson sent home, and any of the sites below. You will receive copies of this in your report card, and you can also access information in the eFC.
Here are some links to check out for summer math practice:
Xtramath: It is so important you keep up your fact practice over the summer. You will need to come into 5th grade with automatic recall of your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Five minutes of Xtramath a few times a week is strong recommended!
IXL: The students have used this site all year. It is an excellent resource for math skill work that covers all of the Common Core Standards.
Academic Skill Builders is a research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games website that will engage, motivate, and help students improve their academic skills. There are many interactive games to choose from and they’re all pretty fun, have decent graphics/sound effects, and offer great practice to specific skills
Multi-step story problems:Students will get used to reading for meaning, while also identifying key information. Encourage students to write out equations and draw pictures to explain their thinking, since this helps them see the light when they are stuck!
Fun and Simple Summer math activities/projects
Great math worksheets to print from this site.
Great place to print worksheets on Common Core skills as well as fact practice sheets.
Summer Themed Math Pages:
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/summer/index.htmLots of fun math practice games: