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Summer review of
Fifth Grade
Basic Skills
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Uncopyrighted
As with all of my writings, they are uncopyrighted. I would hope the customers
that purchase this would be honest and not copy, distribute, or sell my product for
their own gain. I believe in reaping and sowing. I make this product cheaply
available for others to be able to allow them to school their children affordably. I
would hope no one would take from someone’s charity to use for their own gain
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This book is for the home educator or anyone looking to improve upon their
child’s skill sets. It contains multiple lessons and skills that will help reinforce your
fifth graders knowledge before they enter sixth grade. It reviews math concepts,
reading concepts, and various grammar lessons.
How do I recommend you do this book? However you feel is comfortable. Let me
share with you how I wrote the book and will intend to use it with my children.
On page 7, there is a suggestion on how to keep track of your child’s book reading
this summer. I would recommend doing this to encourage more reading.
I would then suggest you do three pages of learning per day beginning on page
13.
Included are enough pages to do 65 days of extra work.
I hope you find this resource helpful in your child’s academic growth. My
intention is to help simplify learning to create a more peaceful, organized, and
happy home.
Be blessed,
Amy Maryon
founder and owner of www.plainandnotsoplain.com a simpler lifestyle in our complex world
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Reading for the summer months.
Encourage your student to read as many books as they can during these summer months.
What if your child doesn’t enjoy reading alone? You can choose a variety of read aloud books
and read to your child. Set aside a specific time of day to do this so that you do it. On the next
page let your child, when they are finished reading, write the title of the book and give it a star
rating. Pick up a pack of shiny foil stars and let them put in the box the rating.
I can take it or leave it
It’s good for a rainy day.
You have to read this one!
It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read!
BOOK TITLE RATING
BOOK TITLE RATING
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the division problems in a square. Check the answer and if they
get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square. Have
them work at getting three X’s in a row.
111 5 555
11.5 2 23
12 2 24
131 3 393
7 8 56
71 7 497
8.5 2 17
212 4 848
316.5 2 633
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Fill in the following chart with synonyms which could replace the bold faced word.
We had a good day at the zoo. 1 2 3
The weather outside was nice. 1 2 3
I often eat too much food at a holiday meal. 1 2 3
The sad dog slept by the bed. 1 2 3
I walked along the path to the park. 1 2 3
The beach was covered with beautiful shells. 1 2 3
The large building rose 150 feet into the sky. 1 2 3
The circus clown was very funny. 1 2 3
The music was loud! 1 2 3
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You are going to write a how-to paragraph. Select a topic from the list below. You are going to
write a paragraph explaining how to do this without using the words listed in the second
column. You will have to describe those things in a different way.
TOPIC WORDS NOT TO USE
brushing teeth toothpaste, water, toothbrush, bathroom
making a bowl of cereal milk, pour, spoon, cereal, bowl
riding a bike pedal, brake, seat, bike
making a banana split banana, ice cream, spoon
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the multiplication problems in a square. Check the answer and
if they get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square.
Have them work at getting three X’s in a row.
123 X 2 246
28 X 3 84
33 X 3 99
451 X 3
1353
575 X 5
2875
431 X 4
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683 X 2
1366
88 X 2 176
77 X 3 231
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
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Fine tuning description writing requires a lot of practice. I want you to draw a picture of your pet or an animal.
Then I want you to write two different WANTED posters. On one I want you to write a positive paragraph about
your illustration. The other I want you to write a negative paragraph about your illustration. For example, draw a
picture of your dog. In your positive paragraph make a wanted poster saying he is missing and is a great loved
family pet. In your negative paragraph write a wanted poster saying he is wanted for destroying your mother’s
favorite shoes.
WANTED…….
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100 Multiplication facts
9 x1 9
2 x2 4
5 x1 5
4 x3 12
0 x0 0
9 x9 81
3 x5 15
8 x5 40
2 x6 12
4 x7 28
5 x6 30
7 x5 35
3 x0 0
8 x8 64
1 x3 3
3 x4 12
5 x9 45
0 x2 0
7 x3 21
4 x 1 4
2 x3 6
8 x6 48
0 x5 0
6 x1 6
3 x8 24
1 x 1 1
9 x0 0
2 x8 16
6 x4 24
0 x7 0
7 x7 49
1 x4 4
6 x2 12
4 x5 20
2 x4 8
4 x 9 36
7 x0 0
1 x2 2
8 x4 32
6 x5 30
3 x2 6
4 x6 24
1 x9 9
5 x7 35
8 x2 16
0 x8 0
4 x2 8
9 x8 72
3 x6 18
5 x5 25
8 x9 72
3 x7 21
9 x7 63
1 x7 7
6 x0 0
0 x3 0
7 x2 14
1 x5 5
7 x8 56
4 x0 0
8 x3 24
5 x2 10
0 x4 0
9 x5 45
6 x7 42
2 x7 14
6 x3 18
5 x4 20
1 x0 0
9 x 2 18
7 x 6 42
1 x 8 8
9 x6 54
4 x 4 16
5 x3 15
8 x1 8
3 x3 9
4 x8 32
9 x3 27
2 x0 0
8 x0 0
3 x1 3
6 x8 48
0 x9 0
8 x7 56
2 x 9 18
9 x4 36
0 x1 0
7 x4 28
5 x8 40
0 x6 0
7 x1 7
2 x5 10
6 x9 54
3 x9 27
1 x6 6
5 x0 0
6 x6 36
2 x1 2
7 x9 63
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Time for cleaning!
Our family is busy with our annual cleaning of our home. I do like to do things in an orderly way. I have decided to
arrange all the items into 9 different groups. Below is a list of the items I have cleaned and sorted to sell at a
garage sale. But one of the items in each group doesn’t belong. Help me by writing a category title on the sign
above each group. Then cross out the item that does not belong in that group.
FOR SALE!
Things with wheels roller skates
puppet lawn mower
tricycle
FOR SALE!
Things in pairs boots
mittens salt and pepper shakers
microwave
FOR SALE!
_things you put on head_ snowshoes
football helmet baseball cap
sombrero
FOR SALE!
Round things with a hole in the middle
life preserver hula-hoop bicycle tire
frisbee
FOR SALE!
__things with a neck
tennis racket guitar violin
computer monitor
FOR SALE!
_things to measure with ruler clock pencil
thermometer
FOR SALE!
_things with lots of pieces or small parts kick ball
board game jigsaw puzzle deck of cards
FOR SALE!
_things you put on your ears headphones
stereo speakers earmuffs earrings
FOR SALE!
_things in living room couch chair
television set bathroom sink
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An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. It is a word made out of the first letters of a title or group of words. An
acronym doesn’t have periods, and it is usually written in capital letters. For example, SCUBA stands for Self
Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
For each word below, think of a title or group of words that the acronym could represent.
HEARTS Harold’s Edible And Really Tasty Sweets
LOVE
Lovely octopus vey excited!
CUPID
ROSES
PARTY
CARDS
CANDY
SWEETS
FLOWER
FRIEND
SECRET
COOKIES
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I am planning a party and will be inviting 30 guests. Help me by filling in the chart below with
the number of packages that I need to purchase so that there are no leftover items.
Item Number of items
per package
Number of items each guest will
receive
Number of packages I should
buy balloons
10 2 6 marshmallow hearts
5 2
12
cards
10 1
3
lollipops
12 2
5
sugar cookies
6 3
15
chewing gum
8 4
15
party hats
5 1
6
candy hearts
50 20
12
cinnamon sticks
9 3
10
stickers
15 8
16
pretzels
20 10
15
party favors
5 3
18
paper cupts
15 1
2
noise makers
3 2
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Why are the words heart and earth such a perfect pair? These two words are anagrams-a word
pair formed by rearranging the same letters. On the blanks provided, write an anagram for
each five letter word below.
taste State state taste
petal Leapt angle Angel
crate react pools Spool
ocean Canoe spear Pears
bread Beard reams Smear
scent cents plane Panel
horse Shore pages Gapes
melon Lemon steam Teams
early layer teams Steam
groan organ teach Cheat
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Write a report about a book you just read recently.
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Give your student four index cards and a pair of scissors for cutting each card into thirds. Direct
them to label one card with a decimal point and ten cards with the numbers 0 through 9. Have
them throw away the 12th card.
Call out a number that can be built using any combination of the 11 cards. For example:
3.405 89 103.56
Challenge them to arrange the cards out as you call them.
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Fill in the following chart with synonyms of the first word.
afraid Scared
alike Same
angry Mad
begin Start
buy Purchase
closed Shut
cold Chilly
complete Finished
considerate Kind
cry Weep
drowsy Sleepy
enjoys Likes
easy Simple
false Untrue
find Discover
fix Repair
funny Humorous
happy Glad
hard Difficult
healthy Well
jump Leap
late Tardy
loud Noisy
many Several
nice Pleasant
odd Strange
powerful Strong
story Tale
toss Throw
wonderful Great
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A biography is a story a writer tells about another person’s life. One way to gather information
for a biography is to conduct an interview with that person. Use the interview questions below
to find out information about your subject. Save this paper and tomorrow you will write a
paragraph about your person.
What is your full name?__________________________________________________________
When were you born?___________________________________________________________
Where were you born?__________________________________________________________
Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, what are their names?________________________
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What is your earliest memory?___________________________________________________
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Where did you attend school?____________________________________________________
What was your school like?______________________________________________________
What are your hobbies?_________________________________________________________
What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment in life so far?__________________
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Challenge your student to write all possible numbers that can be made with the following:
. 8 6 4
Decimal point
8 6 4 .
8 . 6 4
8 6 . 4
. 8 6 4
6 . 8 4
6 8 . 4
Lots of other possibilities
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Fill in the following chart with antonyms of the given words.
above Below
absent Present
accept Reject
alike Different
asleep Awake
begin Finish
backward Forward
believe Doubt
crooked Straight
dangerous Safe
deep Shallow
destroy Repair
generous Selfish
guilty Innocent
healthy Sick
later Sooner
loose Tight
narrow Wide
noisy Quiet
open Closed
peace War
polite Rude
rough Smooth
save Spend
sour Sweet
succeed Fail
tame Wild
terrible Wonderful
true False
whisper yell
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Take your biography questions you wrote yesterday and write a short biography about that
person.
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4 +4 8
7 +5 12
0 +1 1
8 +7 15
3 +4 7
3 +2 5
8 +3 11
2 +1 3
5 +6 11
2 +9 11
0 +9 9
8 +9 17
7 +6 13
1 +3 4
6 +8 14
7 +3 10
1 +6 7
4 +7 11
0 +3 3
6 +4 10
9 +3 12
2 +6 8
3 +0 3
6 +1 7
3 +6 9
4 +0 4
5 +7 12
1 +1 2
5 +4 9
2 +8 10
4 +3 7
0 +9 9
0 +7 7
9 +4 13
7 +7 14
8 +6 14
0 +4 4
5 +8 13
7 +4 11
1 +7 8
9 +5 14
1 +5 6
9 +0 9
3 +8 11
1 +9 10
9 +1 10
8 +8 16
2 +2 4
4 +5 9
6 +2 8
7 +9 16
1 +2 3
6 +7 13
0 +8 8
9 +2 11
4 +8 12
8 +0 8
3 +9 12
1 +0 1
6 +3 9
2 +0 2
8 +4 12
3 +5 8
9 +8 17
5 +0 5
5 +5 10
3 +1 4
7 +2 9
8 +5 13
2 +5 7
5 +2 7
0 +5 5
6 +9 15
1 +8 9
9 +6 15
7 +1 8
4 +6 10
0 +2 2
6 +5 11
4 +9 13
1 +4 5
3 +7 10
7 +0 7
2 +3 5
5 +1 6
6 +6 12
4 +1 5
8 +2 10
2 +4 6
6 +0 6
5 +3 8
4 +2 6
9 +7 16
0 +6 6
7 +8 15
0 +0 0
5 +9 14
3 +3 6
8 +1 9
2 +7 9
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Go over this list with your student so that they know each correct usage of the words.
Ant-aunt Ate-eight Bare-bear Beet-beat Blew-blue
Capital-capitol Cent-sent-scent
Dear-deer Fair-fare Feat-feet
Heard-herd Heard-herd Hole-whole
Know-no Loan-lone Mail-male
Meat-meet One-won Pair-pear
Plane-plain Right-write
Sail-sale Scene-seen
Son-sun Threw-through
To-too-two Wait-weight Weak-week Wear-where Which-witch
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Win me over! Come up with a statement that can be argued with a pro and con. For example: Teenagers
should be able to stay up until 11pm every night! Write a two paragraph argument having the cons be in the first paragraph and the cons being in the second paragraph.
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the division problems in a square. Check the answer and if they
get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square. Have
them work at getting three X’s in a row.
135 5 675
23.5 2 47
117 2 234
1310r2 3 3932
81 8 648
801 7 5607
88 2 176
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126r3 5 633
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Fill in the following chart with the correct parts of speech. List five examples in each box.
Nouns Name person, place, or things
Verbs Show action or being
Adjectives Describe nouns or pronouns
Adverbs Describe verbs
Pronouns Take the place of nouns
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Talk me into it.
Ads and commercials can be very convincing. I want you to think of something that you really
want. Then I want you to state it in a topic sentence to begin your paragraph. Next, you should
support your position on why you want this thing. You should have at least three detail
sentences that give reasons, facts, and or examples. Avoid saying that you just really want it
Finally, sum it all up the entire paragraph on what you said, in on sentence.
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7 -0 7
10 - 8 2
6 -3 3
14 - 5 9
3 - 1 2
16 - 9 7
7 - 1 6
18 - 9 9
11 - 3 8
13 - 7 6
13 - 8 5
7 - 4 3
10 - 7 3
0 -0 0
12 - 8 4
10 - 9 1
6 - 2 4
13 - 4 9
4 -0 4
10 - 5 5
5 -3 2
7 - 5 2
2 - 1 1
6 -6 0
8 - 4 4
7 -2 5
14 - 7 7
8 - 1 7
11 - 6 5
3 - 3 0
1 - 1 0
11 - 9 2
10 - 4 6
9 -2 7
14 - 6 8
17 - 8 9
6 - 0 6
10 - 6 4
4 - 1 3
9 -5 4
7 - 7 0
14 - 8 6
12 - 9 3
9 - 8 1
12 - 7 5
12 - 3 9
16 - 8 8
9 - 1 8
15 - 6 9
11 - 4 7
8 - 6 2
15 - 9 6
11 - 8 3
3 - 2 1
4 - 4 0
8 - 2 6
11 - 5 6
5 -0 5
17 - 9 8
6 - 1 5
5 -5 0
4 -3 1
8 -7 1
7 -3 4
7 -6 1
5 - 1 4
10 - 3 7
12 - 6 6
10 - 1 9
6 - 4 2
2 -2 0
13 - 6 7
15 - 8 7
2 -0 2
13 - 9 4
16 - 7 9
5 -2 3
12 - 4 8
3 -0 3
11 - 7 4
8 -0 8
9 -4 5
10 - 2 8
6 -5 1
8 -3 5
9 -0 9
5 -4 1
12 - 5 7
4 -2 2
9 - 3 6
9 -9 0
15 - 7 8
8 -8 0
14 - 9 5
9 -7 2
13 - 5 8
1 - 0 1
8 - 5 3
9 - 6 3
11 - 2 9
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Circle or highlight with a marker all of the words that should be capitalized below.
we went to the store yesterday.
evan maryon
north carolina
elm street
mississippi river
asia
wednesday
septmeber
christmas
spanish
when i heard the news, i was thrilled!
dr. aaron clark
dear julie
your friend
the mouse and the motorcycle
usa
america the beautiful (the song)
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Have your child make a sequential and pictorial map of their life. Start at birth and continue to
the present.
Do this on another sheet of paper. Make a time line in any design you would like. Use the
following for an example:
Start 2006
Draw a picture of
you as a baby
We got our dog Maxi
Draw a picture of your
puppy
Had my first birthday
party
Draw a picture of first
birthday
Went on a family
vacation
Draw place you
visited
We moved to a new
house
Draw a picture of your
home
Today
2018
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Long division. If you struggle remembering long division steps, remember the mnemonic
device: DAD (divide), MOTHER (multiple), SISTER (subtract), and BROTHER (bring down)
26 r2 1379 rr2
20 522 5 6897
202 r 9 802 r5
11 2231 8 6421
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Place a comma in the correct places:
July 4, 2020
Zirconia, North Carolina
Dear Samantha,
Yours truly,
I went to the store and bought milk, eggs, and bread.
Jimmy said, “I want to visit my grandparents in Utah.”
As I was walking to the beach, I found several shells.
Madelyn went to sleep ,but Autumn stayed up to watch television.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Tuesday ,July 19
My favorite fruits are melon, strawberries, and oranges.
Do you want to ride our bikes, go hiking, or swim in the lake?
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An idiom is a phrase which means something different than what each of its words taken one
by one means. Read the following and explain to your teacher what each means.
My sister is driving me up the wall.
Hold your horses.
Mike always has a trick up his sleeve.
My mom and I don’t always see eye to eye.
Jadyn cried her eyes out at the movie.
Greg has a frog in his throat.
I have a bone to pick with my brother.
My father said my brother was skating on thin ice.
Jack almost bit my head off when I asked him to help me with the dishes.
I think Kim has lost her marbles!
I am going to be in hot water if I don’t finish this assignment.
You just hit the nail on the head!
Does this ring a bell with you?
I held my tongue even though I disagreed with her opinion.
I was shaking in my boots when I watched that movie.
My father asked me to lend him a hand.
Brooklyn’s advice went in one ear and out the other.
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the addition problems in a square. Check the answer and if
they get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square.
Have them work at getting three X’s in a row.
1243 +3865 5108
2852 +5432 8284
3333 +2954 6287
4510 +6400 10910
575 +325 900
431 +890 1321
6836 +1709 8545
8800 +1111 9911
7789 +3010 10799
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Play four corners with your child. Write on a piece of paper: IMPERATIVE EXCLAMATORY INTERROGATIVE DECLARATIVE Place those pieces of paper in each of the corners of your room. Review what the following sentences mean. Declarative makes a statement. Interrogative asks a question. Imperative gives a command or makes a request. Exclamatory exclaims something. Read each sentence and then decide which corner to run to.
Are you going to the park? Leave me alone! Ouch! What number does Jim Smith wear? I am going to go shopping soon. Ashley, clean your room up now. The dog is barking loudly. Watch out for that ball! Are you feeling alright? I bought my shirt at the discount store yesterday. Grab me a coffee at the local coffee shop when you return home.
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Practice map skills by creating a map of your home. Include closets, windows, and doors. Make
a rough draft on this page, and then have your parent check it over and give any suggestions as
to how you can scale it better. Fix the mistakes and rewrite on another sheet of paper. Use a
ruler for straight lines.
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the subtraction problems in a square. Check the answer and if
they get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square.
Have them work at getting three X’s in a row.
123 -69 54
2853 - 698 2155
3399 - 682 2717
4519 -2789 1730
5750 -1245 4505
4301 -900 3401
6000 -689 5311
8008 -4578 3430
7799 -1236 6563
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Authors don’t tell you everything you want to know about a story. Sometimes you have to use
sentence clues and your own experiences to figure things out for yourself. Read each of the
sentences below. Use the clues that describe the situation to help you answer the question
that follows.
SITUATION ANSWER As the young boy rested his head on the cushioned seat, he was offered a drink and a snack. Suddenly there was an abrupt jerking movement and he noticed a flashing message that warned him to fasten his seat belt. Where is the young boy ?
In an airplane
The man in the lab coat adjusted the lens of the microscope so he could clearly see the specimens wriggling on the side. He told the assistant to hold all his calls so he could continue his work. What kind of work does this man do?
Scientist
“I can’t believe your parents stuck you with that job again!” Mike said to his friend. “Think of all the things you have to do- feeding,changing diapers, and reading a bedtime story. Yuck!” What job does Mike’s friend have to do?
Babysit
Ashlyn knew she would have to hide her mother’s present. But where would she hide it? Her mother would certainly identify the floral fragrance. She couldn’t put it in a drawer—it would get crushed; besides that she needed to keep it in water so it wouldn’t wilt. What is the present Ashlyn has for her mother?
Fresh flowers
The only sounds in the quiet room were the opening and closing of books, the shuffling of papers, and the occasional cough of an occupant. The rows of shelves were filled with an assortment of books, magazines, and reference materials. What type of room is this?
Library
With her heart thumping, Autumn stepped up to the podium and shuffled the note cards in her hand. The audience quietly waited for her to begin. What is Autumn preparing to do?
Give a speech
Jack was very excited about his new adventure. He quickly put on his goggles and fins. He then jumped into the crystal-clear water. In what kind of adventure is Jack participating in?
snorkeling
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
M O T E S I E O U I E H T O M N U A G E S U E D E
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Finding the average. Take the following topics and ask family members to give you a rating from 0-5. Five being the best and zero being don’t like at all. Then compute the numbers to get the average. You can either round the numbers or use a decimal answer.
Topic Ratings Average
Apple pie 5, 3, 1 –the ratings chosen by family members Add up and divide by 3= 3
chewing gum
art class
chocolate ice cream
sleep in Saturday
watching a baseball game
pizza with onions
wearing a purple shirt
having turkey for thanksgiving
playing football
sitting at the lake all day
hiking in the mountains
having a dog for a pet
having chickens for pets
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Find the spot Start at the x Walk west 10 steps Wander north 10 steps Amble east 7 steps Gallivant north 5 steps Travel west 15 steps Go south 10 steps Take 10 steps east Journey north 13steps Mark this spot with a red crayon y
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Start at the Y Saunter east 15 steps Proceed south 10 steps Push west 7 steps Trek south 5 steps Traipse east 10 steps Wend north 15 steps Meander south 5 steps
Mark this spot with a blue crayon
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Where in the world? Choose a country or state to research. Use reference books or online search to find the information on the topic shown. Give to a friend and see if they can guess where it is at.
Location
To the north
To the south
To the east
To the south
Geography and climate
Nearest body of water
Nearest geographic feature
Language spoken
Population
Other features
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Sometimes it helps to draw a math problem out when solving. Solve each problem below by drawing a picture to help solve.
Four jars contain a total of 150 gumballs. The third and fourth jars contained a combined total of 80 gumballs. The second and third jars contain a combined total of 90 gumballs. If the third jar contains 65 gumballs, how many gumballs are in the first jar? 45 Ed is older than Ashlyn. Ashlyn is younger than Sharon. Sharon is younger than ed. Jim is older than Ed. Which person is the oldest? Jim Carrie got on the elevator. She went down four floors, up three floors, and then down five floors. If she ended up on the fourth floor, at what floor did Carried get on the elevator? 10
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Take the US map and try and fill in all of the states.
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You are going to pretend that you are a bite of food. Write a story telling about your journey through the digestive system.
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Sometimes thinking backward will actually put you ahead. Solve each problem below using the
working –backward strategy. Show your work.
Jim spent $13.50 of the money he had been saving in his piggy bank at the
baseball game. He spent four times that amount the next day on a new radio for
his bedroom. He has only $41.25 left. How much did Jim originally have in his
piggy bank?
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The number of students in Jack’s three year old school tripled for the start of the
second school year. At the beginning of the third year, 25 new students joined.
Jack’s school now has 412 students. How many students were enrolled in Jack’s
school during the first year it was open?
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The game starts at 8:00 pm and it takes Kim 20 minutes to walk there from home.
Before she leaves, Kim needs to eat dinner , get dressed, and do her homework all
of which will take a total of 65 minutes. At what time must Kim get started on
her tasks in order to arrive at the game at exactly 8:00?
6:35
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If your feelings had color, which colors would they be? Make the ovals below into faces that
show the moods you sometimes experience. Label the ovals. Then use crayons and color each
face the color you think goes with that feeling. Next to each face, write a rhyming couplet that
describes that color of day for you. A couplet is a two line poem that rhymes. For example: If
my day is shockingly pink, Bright are the thoughts I think.
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Dots and boxes. To play this game, you need a partner. Each person takes a turn making one line. The goal is to make a box. When you make a box place your initial in the box. On your turn if you make a box, you may go again. Your turn continues until you just make a line without forming a box. Game 1 Game 2
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Solve the following problems.
Jentzen wants to buy a 50 cent soft drink from a vending machine that only takes
exact change. If the machine takes quarters, dimes, and nickels, how many
different combination of coins can he use to buy his drink?
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Write the year that you were born. List all the possible four digit numbers that
you can make using those four digits.
Look at the dart board. List all the possible
scores that you could receive if you threw
four darts and totaled the points.
20 18 16 17 12
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Take the US map and try and fill in all of the states.
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Let’s create a plan for you to reach a goal.
Define your goal. What is it that I want to accomplish?
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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the best option- Which plan will work best for me?
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Some problems can be solved with the guess and check strategy.
Stephen won 40 marbles in a five day period. Each day he won three more than the day before. How many marbles did he win each day? 28,31,34,37,40 The sum of the numbers on two basketball jerseys is 56. The product of the two numbers is 735. What are the two numbers? 35,21 Place the digits 2,6,8, and 5 in the boxes below so that when the problem is multiplied, it produces the largest possible product.
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Fill in the grid to solve who is supposed to give what gift.
Siblings Fruitcake Toy making Tools
Hot chocolate
maker
Bunny slippers
Art book Antique ornament
Collin x x x x x yes
Evan x yes x x x x
Jentzen Yes X X X X X
Ashlyn X x yes x x x
Brooklyn x x x x yes x
Autumn x x x yes x x
Jentzen’s gift is edible Ashlyn is not artistic Autumn receives neither the hot chocolate maker nor the art book that her sisters receive. Collin knows his sister’s favorite animal is a bunny. Evan’s twin brother collects antiques.
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List the seven continents: Africa Asia North America South America Antarctica Australia Europe List the major oceans: Pacific Atlantic Indian Arctic List the five Great Lakes in Michigan--- the acronym is HOMES: Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
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Ticket information
All tickets are $.25 each
Guess your weight…………………..2 tickets Face painting……………………………4 tickets Zoo petting………………………………3 tickets Balloons..…………………………………2 tickets The twister……………………………….5 tickets Fun house………………………………..5 tickets Ferris wheel……………………………..4 tickets Game room……………………………..2 tickets
Concession stand Super-size any item for just $.25 more! Hamburger……………………..$1.65 Hot dog…………………………..$1.30 Corn dog…………………………..$1.50 Popcorn…………………………..$1.25 Cotton candy……………………..$.75 Caramel apples…………………..$.55 Soft drink………………………….…$.95
Cost Change Jadyn has $15 to spend on tickets. She wants to buy enough tickets to try all eight games at the carnival one time.
6.75 8.25
Brooklyn’s friends sent her to the concession stand with $15. They told her to buy three hot dogs, two hamburgers, two caramel apples, and three drinks.
11.15 3.85
Autumn wants to spend her $5 on tickets for the Ferris wheel and the petting zoo. She also wants to get some cotton candy and popcorn.
3.75 1.25
Stephen had $20 in his pocket. He bought tickets to ride the twister three times, then lost five dollars.
8.75 11.25
Jentzen is really hungry. With his $6.50 he purchased two corn dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and a soda.
5.95 .55
Madelyn loves balloons. She gave $4.75 to Selah for nine balloons.
4.50 .25
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Combining two or more shorter sentences into a longer, more detailed sentence helps make your writing smoother and livelier. Combine the following into one sentence that flows.
Aunt Sue ate too much food. The food was rich.
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In the following paragraph, circle the words that are used incorrectly. Then spell the correct words below.
Dear friends, As ewe no, my birthday is fast approaching so we must keep busy! Eye know that buy this time we all are very tired, but we must bare the burden and keep our spirits hi! Remember Betty, tripped over the train car and got a nasty brake in her arm. Still we have many toys to make, so please do not dessert our cause. Mike thinks that wee should be aloud to take off a day this next weak. I’ll clothes my letter by saying that the cent of winter is in the heir! So dew not despair, my friends. You will soon bee rewarded with the laughter of children everywhere!
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Use the following numbers and create the numbers requested. Use each number once along with the decimal point.
0 4 5 7 . decimal point
Greater than 750
7 5 4 0 .
Between 540 and 570
5 4 7 . 0
Less than 5
4 . 5 7 0
Between 70 and 70.5
7 0 . 4 5
Between 0 and 0.5
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As close to 0 as possible
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As close to 40 as possible
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Between 5 and 5.1
5 . 0 4 7
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Practice using quotation marks correctly. Look in a book you are reading and copy five sentences in which someone is speaking. Place the comma and quotation marks correctly. 1
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Memory helps Teacher place a bunch of items on the table in front of your student. You can try 15 items and see how they do. Let your child look at the items for a few moments, then instruct them to close their eyes . You remove one item from the pile and see if they can remember which object was removed. You can play this multiple times with more objects. Crayons, food items, books, etc can be used.
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Grab a handful of beans or small objects to cover the squares for this next activity. Instruct your student to cover all of the multiples of 9. Then remove all objects. Do the same for 8s. Remove and do the same for 7,6,5,4,3 and 2. Help them recognize the patterns formed by each multiple.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
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List a cause for each effect below.
Cause Effect
Don’t have my homework
Was talking
Forgot to study for a science test
Didn’t finish my book report
Don’t have a pencil
My dog ate my homework
Missed the bus
Can’t remember my multiplication tables
Was running in the hallway
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I want you to write a sentence with as many words as you can that start with the following letters. For example: J===July is Jerry’s jumpiest month for a joyous occasion. See how many words you can use in each sentence that starts with the letter. Challenge yourself to write each new sentence with one more word than the previous one.
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Grab a deck of cards and remove all but the numbers. Shuffle and choose the specified number to fill in the boxes below to create a problem. Then solve.
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Draw 6 cards and create the smallest six digit number from them.
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Practice writing one sentence summaries. Choose 5books that you have read in your lifetime and write a one sentence summary on the books.
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Write an acronym for the word SUMMER. Write it down in a straight column along the side.
Then write words that describe something about the summer time.
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Write your favorite foods in the graph below. Write one letter in each block. Then add up how many letters are in that word and write it in the first block.
# of Letters
Favorite foods (one letter in each block)
7 C A R R O T S
Average number of letters (add up 1st column and divide by 10): ___________________ What is the mode of letters (the number mostly found):______________ What is the median (the middle number):________________
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Make a list of the activities that you do in one 24 hour day of time. Round the number of hours that you do each one. Activities include: eating, sleeping, school work, chores, playing, etc. Now create a pie chart based upon the information that you found. Then you can look at the chart and see which activity you spend the most time doing and which one the least.
Activities Hours spent
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Fill in the following sunshine with things that you cannot imagine life without. Then color in the
different sections with a variety of colors.
I
can’t IMAGINE
life without…
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Draw a square Draw a rectangle Draw a rhombus
Draw a trapezoid Draw a pentagon Draw an octagon
Draw an equilateral triangle Draw a right triangle Draw all three angles: right, obtuse, and acute
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Problem solving strategies. Draw out the problems to help solve.
In a card game, Rob sits across from Meg. Drew is at Meg’s right and Katie complains that Rob’s right elbow bumps her left arm. How are the friends arranged? Rob Kate table drew meg Collin and Ashlyn live the same distance from the bridge. Ashlyn is upstream and Collin downstream. They live 1,258 feet apart. How far does each one live from the bridge? 629
A numeral has three digits. The first digit is an odd number. The last digit is two more than the first. Multiplying its digits gives a product of 70. What is the number? 527 The product of two numerals is 115. What are the two numerals? 5,23 Jadyn is making a picture. She places one tile in the first row, four tiles in the second row, and 7 tiles in the third row. How many tiles will be in the sixth row?? 16 tiles
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Practice reciting a speech. Give your student a 3x5 card and instruct them to write notes on only one card for this speech. Write down “clue” words to help remember what to say. Let them practice in front of a mirror and then for your family. Ideas for speech:
- tell a favorite joke - recite a tongue twister or poem - share a fairy tale - retell a tall tale - recount a mystery story - tell about a tv show or movie - narrate an important event or tell a family favorite story
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OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES ¾ c unsalted butter ¾ c white sugar ¾ c brown sugar, packed 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 ¼ c all purpose flour ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda ¾ tsp cinnamon 2 ¾ c rolled oats 1 c raisins
Let’s practice fractions. This is a real life example for using fractions.
How much will I need of the following ingredients, if I were to double the recipe?
Butter 1 ½ cup
white sugar 1 ½ cup
eggs 4
flour 2 ½ c
rolled oats 5 ½ c
raisins 2 c
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For each clue, write a word that rhymes with “eight”. The number corresponds to how many letters are in each word.
CLUE #LETTERS WORD
You don’t have to ask a sleepy bear to do this during the winter
9 Hibernate
Do this if you want to stretch a story to make it funny 10 Exaggerate
This is quite the opposite of crooked 8 Straight
Beat the clock or you will be this 4 Late
Blood, air, and memos may do this 9 Circulate
A fisherman would say you can’t fish without this 4 Bait
To put off doing something until another day 13 Procrastinate
To vanish into thin air 9 Evaporate
It is all part of a detectives job 11 Investigate
Every sentence must have its mark 9 Punctuate
A ship’s captain must know how to do this 8 navigate
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Adjectives. Instruct your student to close their eyes and visualize the following sentence:
The meadow was covered with grass and flowers. Now read the following sentence with adjectives added to it:
The vast meadow was covered with emerald green grass and multicolored flowers.
Have your student open their eyes and ask them how their visualizations of the two sentences differed.
Explain how the adjectives in the second sentence make it more descriptive and help create a more vivid
picture in a reader’s mind. Add adjectives to the following sentences to make it more descriptive.
The house sat on a hill.
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Elapsed time. My family is going to work out. Write down the answers as to how
long they actually worked out.
Collin started his weight training at 12:35 pm and ended at 2:50pm ___2:15
Brooklyn went to nutrition classes from 10:10am to 1:37 pm ______3,27
Ashlyn got on the treadmill 2 hours and 10 minutes before 3:00pm, then stopped
at 1:16 pm. __________26 min
Lauren put in a long day. After starting practice at 8:22 am she didn’t quit until 5
hours and 13 minutes before midnight _________10,25
Evan read about the benefits of aerobic training from 11:56 pm to 2:24 am_2,28
Jadyn spent one hour and 32 minutes in a step aerobic class, and two hours and
33 minutes in the weight room __________4,5
Autumn stepped into the sauna at 5:20pm and left at 5:47 pm______27__
Jentzen took a much needed break at 11:56 am and finished at 12:29 pm ____33
Madelyn took an early morning walk from 5:18 am to 11:05 am___5,47
At a quarter to four in the afternoon, everyone joined Stephen for a game of
dodge ball . They played until twenty minutes after five in the evening.______
1,35
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Fill in the following chart:
a proper noun
a common noun
a plural noun
a singular noun
an action verb
a linking verb
an adjective that describes how many
an adverb
a preposition
an article—there are 3
a pronoun to describe a female
a pronoun to describe a group
Write in words a 3 digit number
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Read through the following paragraph. Notice that there is no punctuation marks
or capitalization. Do you realize the importance of including punctuation marks
and capitalizing the beginning of sentences ? Without them, the reader does not
know where to pause while reading. Add punctuation marks and circle letters
that need to be capitalized.
an elephant herd wakes up at 4:00 in the morning. the
elephants want to start grazing before it gets too hot. they
walk to a water hole and drink. the herd walks and eats about
16 hours per day. they eat grass ,leaves, bark, and fruit .
sometimes they stop and take naps. at midnight the herd stops
for the night. all the elephants lie down and sleep. some of
them snore.
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Finding the area for an irregular polygon is cinch when you first divide the
polygon into two rectangles. Next find the area of each rectangle. Then add the
measurements of the two rectangles together to find the total area of the
irregular polygon.
area of a:_______12
area of b:_______9
total area:__________21
area of a:_______56
area of b:_______75
total area:__________131
area of a:_______125
area of b:_______117
total area:__________242
area of a:_______9
area of b:_______18
total area:__________27
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Fill in the following chart with words that have “king” in them.
Clue #of
letters Word
Sock 8 Stocking
Pondering 8 thinking
An early pirate from Scandinavia 6 viking
Land ruled by a king or queen 7 kingdom
In a kidding manner 6 Joking
Searching 7 Looking
Preparing food 7 cooking
Coming out of sleep 5 waking
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Instruct your student to identify the four types of sentences. Use the following:
clap hands: declarative
snap fingers: interrogative
stomp feet: exclamatory
slap hands against top of thighs: imperative
Now read the following sentences out loud:
I am going to the park to play with my dog.
Hurry up before the rain gets us!
Do you want to come over to my house?
Pick up your shoes when you go to your room.
My favorite thing to drink is coffee.
Where do you want to play at today?
Yikes! Your cat is wild.
Bring me some water for my dog please.
Let’s go to the carnival together.
What shall we do first?
Wow, this ride is high!
Grab me some cotton candy.
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My family store is having a sale. We need some help changing the price on items. In the first
box it shows how much each customer will save. Next, is the original price. Compute to find
what the sales price will be.
Item Customers will save Original price Sale price
Skates $20.00 $61.00 $41.00
Football helmet $25 $49.50 24.50
Goggles $1 $10.85 9.85
Basketball $7 $19.75 12.75
Baseball mitt $15 $49.50 34.50
Football $12 $32.00 20.00
Boxing mitts $9 $38.98 29.98
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Locate a map of the world. Take your finger and move it around without looking at the map
until someone says STOP! The place where your finger landed is where you are going to
research.
Answer the following. No need for complete sentences this is just to produce an outline that
you will write from.
Country:__________________________________
I. Government
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b. ________________________________________________________
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II. People/Way of Life (population,language spoken, living conditions)
a. _____________________________________________________
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c. _____________________________________________________
III. Geography (area, landforms, location)
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
IV. Climate (weather)
a. ______________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
V. Economy (natural resources, agriculture, manufacturing)
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
VI. Other Important Information
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
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Take your information that you outlined and write a paper on it. For each Roman
numeral will be a new paragraph. Remember to capitalize and add correct
punctuation.
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Fraction games. Instruct your student to complete the activity below recording the results on
this chart.
Trash can slam: Stand ten feet away from a trash can and attempt to throw 20 pieces of balled
up paper one at a time into the can.
Golf:Use a wrapping paper tube or plastic bat to putt a plastic golf ball into a coffee can taped
to the floor six feet away. You get 6 attempts.
Milk carton toss: toss a small rubber ball into one of several empty pint sized containers
positioned side by side eight feet away. (8 attempts)
Bowling: roll a tennis ball and attempt to knock down ten capped two liter plastic soda or water
bottles half full of water positioned in a bowling pin formation 15 feet away.4 attempts
Ring toss: toss a plastic lid with the center removed over one leg of a chair turned upside down
ten feet away. (7 attempts)
Game Total attempts Successful attempts Fraction (reduce down)
Trash can slam 20
Golf 6
Milk carton toss 8
Bowling 4
Ring toss 7
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Inventing Poetry.
Introduce the concept of invented poetry to your student with this activity. An alphabet poem
uses a section of the alphabet as the outline for a humorous poem. Now challenge your
student to choose any section of the alphabet and create their own list poem.
Example:
All Boys Consume Delicious Eggplant For Good Health Write your letters in each box and add words.
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Take the US map and try and fill in all of the states.
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In the following chart, color in the number of squares for each description.
make a red rectangle 10 squares long and 3 squares high
make an orange square 4 squares in size
make a black square 2 squares wide
make a yellow rectangle 4 squares long and 3 squares tall
make a blue rectangle 1 square in height and 3 squares in width
make a green square 5 squares in height
make a brown rectangle 3 squares in width and 15 squares in length
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Let’s match each main idea sentence with one of the five paragraphs below. Write the letter of
the matching sentence in the space provided.
A. Maxi is basically just a big bully
B. Sadie has been quite mischievous
C. A little bit lazy is how I’d describe Ruby
D. Bo Bo is a talkative tattletale
E. Lucky is a supremely snobby
She slept every day until 10:00 am and couldn’t manage to clean up her mess after finishing her
food. Then one day after delaying our walk because of a three hour nap, she insisted that she
could go only as far as the fire hydrant at the corner of the block. _________c
Fighting the others in order to be first in life for food was her favorite pastime. Then on a picnic
at the park, she terrorized a terrier and took her dog treat. But the last straw was when we
went out for a walk. He bit your neighbors dog!_______a
The first thing she did was to hide the dog shampoo in the dishwasher. Then when I saw that
someone had had an accident on the kitchen floor, she pointed her paw at one of the other
dogs. Oh, and after I wrote this note, she attempted to tear it up with her teeth._____b
It didn’t take long to find out who hid the dog shampoo. He said he was determined that I
should know so I could catch the culprit. He kept me up until 2:00 am telling me about the time
he got lost in Sidney. (It was your fault of course!) Finally I told him enough was enough when I
saw him dashing off a note about my dreadful dog-sitter. ________d
Talk about a temper! He practically bit my head off when I told him I couldn’t comb his hair!
When I told him that dog shampoo was gone, he demanded I go buy some more. And boy,
what a dazzling diamond he has on his dog tag! _______e
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Fill in the guide below to help you create or analyze a story character.
Title of story: Name of character: Character’s role in the story: Hero/heroine Villian Other
What is the character like? friendly unfriendly happy sad mean shy brave scared serious smart not smart happy go lucky silly neat sloppy
What problem is the character trying to solve in the story?
How does the character talk?
Tone of voice: Loud average soft
Speed of speech: Fast average slow
Pitch of voice: High medium deep
Type of words used: Big words simple words
Basic facts
Age:_______ male female Job or grade in school:______ Talents: Hobbies: Likes: Dislikes: Pets:
How does character move?
quickly slowly gracefully
clumsily proudly
with a swagger
How does character look: Height:_______ Weight:_______ Hair color and length: Eye color: Clothes: Other:
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Give your student a calculator and let them solve the following. Give them a small treat for
each that they get correct.
4,568,987+32,009=________4600996
6,983,000-321,876=________6661124
742x21=________15582
754x98=________73892
425,587+214,012=_______639599
5478-879=_______4599
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THE END IS NEAR List as many words that you can from the above title. You should be able to find at least 25.
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Fill in the blanks. 1. The United States celebrates Independence Day on ________July____4th. 2. We celebrate _____christmas________in the month of December. 3. Fools come out to play on this _____april 1st__day. 4. ____feb_is the shortest month of the year. 5. Summer begins in the month of ______june_______. 6. Farmers bring in their crops, including pumpkins in the month of ____oct__. 7. Winter begins in ____________dec_________. 8. Your birthday is in ________________________. 9. We celebrate what in November?________thanksgiving________ 10. Which day of the week is the Lord’s day?_______sun______________ 11. Which day of the week do they consider hump day?__________wed____ 12. Which two days are the weekend?________sat___ __sun_____________ 13. Which day do we start school on?__________________________ 14. Which month is Valentines Day?___feb______________________ 15. What do we celebrate at the beginning of the year?________new years___
Write the months and also how many days are normally in a month. Month Number of
days
Jan 31
Feb 28
Mar 31 Apr 30
May 31
June 30
July 31
Aug 31
Sept 30
Oct 31
Nov 30
Dec 31
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Write the following with a remainder
21 4768 3 6879 5 5208 227 r1 2293 1041r3 12 5682 6 36229 21 48702 473 r6 6038 r1 2319 r3
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Dots and boxes. To play this game, you need a partner. Each person takes a turn making one line. The goal is to make a box. When you make a box place your initial in the box. On your turn if you make a box, you may go again. Your turn continues until you just make a line without forming a box. Game 1 Game 2
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Tic tac toe
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Call out a letter of the alphabet and instruct your student to create the letter by coloring in tiles. Each letter must be two tiles wide. Then have your student calculate the perimeter and area of each letter. Challenge your student to do their first name and calculate the perimeter/area.
Letter Perimeter Area
L
H
F
E
P
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Use the questions below to plan a story that includes all the important details of who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Title of story
What kind of story will you write? Short story A tall tale A fable A humorous tale Other____________ _________________________ _________________________
When does the story happen? Name the year, the season, or the time of day.
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Where does the story take place?
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Who are the characters in your story?
What is the hero’s or heroine’s main goal? Rescue someone Find a treasure Solve a mystery Escape danger Win a race, prize, or contest Return safely from a trip
Achieve fame Invent something Other____________
Who or what gets in the hero’s way?
What problems does the hero have to solve to reach their goal?
What happens to the hero and the other main characters at the climax?
What is the theme of your story? (What lesson or moral does it teach?)
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Based on what you wrote on the previous page, create your story and write it here.
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We had a major power outage and we need to figure out how long each city was without
power.
Clarksville had not power from 1:12 am to 3:12 am. ______2__
Mills River was affected from 1:33 am to 4:43 am. ______3,10____
Tuxedo had no power from 4:35 am to 6:15 am. ___1, 40_____
Hendersonville lost power from 1:50 am to 2:45 am. ____55________
Bloomsfield was affected from 12:45 am to 3:00 am. ___2,15________
Tryon had no power from 11:30 pm to 5:08 am. ___5,38________
I suddenly woke up and realized the power was out. My clock was off at 7:30 pm and since the
power was off for 3 hours and 10 minutes, what is the real time now?____________
4:20
My mom’s power went off at 5:15 am and stayed off for 1 hour and 45 minutes. What is the
real time at her home?______________
3:30
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
C S T E T A I R L S P D A E S U E C S E R O T R I
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Let’s compare summer with the school year. Fill in the compare and contrast Venn diagram with information. Remember these don’t have to be complete sentences, just facts.
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Real life measurements.
List ten things in your home that are about one centimeter long.
List ten things in your home that are about one meter long.
What are three different units to measure your mom or dad’s height?
Calculate the area of the biggest and smallest rooms in your home.
Biggest: Smallest:
Name two places your family would like to visit and calculate the distance from each place to
your home.
Name of town Distance from your home
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This is a list of words that every 5th grader should know. Practice reading through the list and
copy down any words that you may not know and recite them until you say them clearly. We
will only do this list once.
abolish absurd abuse access
accomplish achievement
aggressive alternate alternate altitude
antagonist antonym anxious
apparent approximate
aroma assume astound available
avalanche banquet beverage
bland blizzard budge
cautiously challenge character combine
companion
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Go over this list with your student so that they know each correct usage of the words.
Ant-aunt Ate-eight Bare-bear Beet-beat Blew-blue
Capital-capitol Cent-sent-scent
Dear-deer Fair-fare Feat-feet
Heard-herd Heard-herd Hole-whole
Know-no Loan-lone Mail-male
Meat-meet One-won Pair-pear
Plane-plain Right-write
Sail-sale Scene-seen
Son-sun Threw-through
To-too-two Wait-weight Weak-week Wear-where Which-witch
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the multiplication problems in a square. Check the answer and
if they get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square.
Have them work at getting three X’s in a row.
123 X432
53136
285 X 33 9405
2303 X 30
69090
4501 X 30
135030
5075 X 15
76125
4231 X 24
101544
6823 X 21
143283
288 X 28 8064
717 X 13 9321
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This is a list of words that every 5th grader should know. Practice reading through the list and
copy down any words that you may not know and recite them until you say them clearly. We
will only do this list once.
crave compassion compensate
comply compose concept
confident convert course
courteous debate decline
dedicate deprive detect dictate
document duplicate
edible endanger escalate evade
exasperate excavate
exert exhibit exult
feeble frigid
gigantic
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Circle the word that is NOT spelled correctly
footprint fern dozzen Degree Create
coast cellar broom behav attention
ache awakken birdhouse buggy charm
comb crocoodile deparment examine gym
pale sadle shady slam stray
tan tough undergoun warmth tin
sort single Septeber ray lizard
helpless geust glide football female
actual acorn aim awerd birth
chatter comfort crooke depend drift
example fought haircut inssist laid
lung mister noble plannet sadness
hive insect lump misstake ninetten
entire downtown decorate cream atend
shagy slant split tangle tour
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Find the Mean/Average, Median, Mode, and Range of a Set of Numbers
Data Set: 5, 12, 6, 3, 8, 16, 8, 6
Mean:8
Median:7
Mode:6,8
Range:13
Data Set: 2, 7, 4, 11, 12, 4, 6
Mean:6.57
Median:6
Mode:4
Range:10
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This is a list of words that every 5th grader should know. Practice reading through the list and
copy down any words that you may not know and recite them until you say them clearly. We
will only do this list once.
gorge guardian
hazy hearty
homonym identical
illuminate immense
impressive independent industrious
intense intercept jubilation
kin luxurious
major miniature
minor mischief monarch
moral myth
narrator navigate negative
nonchalant numerous
oasis obsolete
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Circle the word that means almost the same as the underlined word. My father has a bald head.
a) shiny b) hairless c) hairy
The dishwasher arrived in a heavy wooden crate.
a) box b) latch c) cube
At what time does our airplane depart?
a) soar b) arrive c) leave
We frequently have pizza on Friday night.
a) never b) always c) often
Joe began to bawl when he dropped his ice cream.
a) gesture b) cry c) humor
The bold prince rode into the dark forest alone.
a) young b) handsome c) brave
If we combine our talent, we can make a super painting!
a) issue b) encourage c) mix
I dread telling my mom that I failed my science test today.
a) look forward to b) fear c) length
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Hints/Guide: When adding and subtracting decimals, the key is to line up the decimals above
each other, add zeros to have all of the numbers have the same place value length, then use
the same rules as adding and subtracting whole numbers, with the answer having a decimal
point in line with the problem.
1) 15.7 + 2.34 + 5.06 = 2) 64.038 + 164.8 + 15.7 =
23.1 244.538
3) 2.6 + 64.89 + 4.007 = 4) 12.9 + 2.008 + 75.9 =
71.497 90.808
5) 87.4 - 56.09 = 6) 5.908 - 4.72 =
31.31 1.188
7) 68.9 - 24.74 = 8) 955.3 - 242.7 =
44.16 712.6
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This is a list of words that every 5th grader should know. Practice reading through the list and
copy down any words that you may not know and recite them until you say them clearly. We
will only do this list once.
occasion overthrow
pardon pasture
pedestrian perish petrify
portable prefix
preserve protagonist
provide purchase realistic reassure
reign reliable require
resemble retain retire revert route
saunter seldom
senseless sever slither
sluggish soar
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Tic tac toe
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Fraction Operations
Hints/Guide: When adding and subtracting fractions, we need to be sure that each fraction has
the same denominator, then add or subtract the numerators together.
1. 1/2 + 3/4 4. 5/10 + 1/2
1 ¼ 1
2. 5/8 + 3/4 5. 3/4 – 2/8
1 3/8 1/2
3. 7/3 + 1/3 6. 20/50 -1/10
2 2/3 3/10
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This is a list of words that every 5th grader should know. Practice reading through the list and
copy down any words that you may not know and recite them until you say them clearly. We
will only do this list once.
solitary solo
sparse spurt
strategy suffix
suffocate summit suspend synonym
talon taunt thrifty
translate tropical visible visual vivid
wilderness withdraw
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Fill in the following chart:
Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions conjunctions
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Exercises: List each group of numbers in order from least to greatest:
20, 4, .6, .08
.08 .6 4 20
1.03, 2.4, .89, .987
.89 .987 1.03 2.4
5.3, 5.12, 5.38, 5.29
5.12 5.29 5.3 5.38
4, .006, .8, .07
.006 .07 .8 4
794, 793.8, 794.65, 794.7
793.8 794 794.35 794.7
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Fill in the guide below to analyze a story character you have read recently.
Title of story: Name of character: Character’s role in the story: Hero/heroine Villian Other
What is the character like? friendly unfriendly happy sad mean shy brave scared serious smart not smart happy go lucky silly neat sloppy
What problem is the character trying to solve in the story?
How does the character talk?
Tone of voice: Loud average soft
Speed of speech: Fast average slow
Pitch of voice: High medium deep
Type of words used: Big words simple words
Basic facts
Age:_______ male female Job or grade in school:______ Talents: Hobbies: Likes: Dislikes: Pets:
How does character move?
quickly slowly gracefully
clumsily proudly
with a swagger
How does character look: Height:_______ Weight:_______ Hair color and length: Eye color: Clothes: Other:
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How did you celebrate the 4th of July? Draw a picture and write about it.
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Exercises: Write the number name.
1. 560.08
Five hundred sixty and eight hundredths
2. 7.016
Seven and sixteen thousandths
3. 24.47
Twenty-four and forty-seven hundredths
4. 6,003
Six thousand three
4. 3,005,600.07
Three million, five thousand, six hundred and seven hundredths
Write the number the name represents:
6. Forty-five thousandths
.045
7. Seventeen and seven hundredths
17.07
8. Five million, three hundred thousand, twenty-nine and six tenths
5,300,029.6
9. Six million and five thousandths
6,000,000.005
10. Two hundred eight thousand, four 280,004
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Fill in the US map with all of the states.
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Give your student a ruler and recite the following directions.
a) Start at the labeled point and draw a 4 inch line segment heading east. b) From that point, draw a 5 ¼ inch line segment heading north. c) Draw a line segment west 2 inch long. d) Draw a one inch line heading south. e) Draw a one inch line segment heading east.
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Good directions give all the steps in the correct order. Use the map below as a guide to help you practice writing the directions.
Maple avenue Study the map to find out how you could travel from the pizza parlor to meet two friends at the mall. With a pencil trace the path you would take. Then write a paragraph explaining the path on the lines provided. Use time-order words such as first, next, then, and finally to show the order of your steps.
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Pizza Parlor
barbershop
beauty
parlor
post office
grocery
store
movie
theater
school church
sub shop
park
MALL
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
B A K E Y C U S N T G A N D U N I Y G H R P S G E
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Write a review based on a television show that you recently watch. Give it a rating, write a short plot synopsis, and whether or not you recommend the show.
Television show:_____________________________________ Plot synopsis: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recommendation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Paper toss
Label the bottom of six containers with various mixed fractions. Any size will do,
try and get them uniform. Set them in a bowling pin formation. Have your child
step back ten feet. Have the player stand behind the line and toss two balled up
pieces of paper one at a time into the cans. Have your child record the sums in
the bottom of the cans. If one of the pieces of paper were missed add ½ for that
toss. If both paper wads miss, have player rethrow the wads. Have them throw
them at least 5 times each.
Ideas for mixed numbers to write:
2 ¼ 5 7/8
3 ½ 1 ½
4 ¾
5 2/3
After they get them correct, you can change the mixed fraction numbers and practice again.
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
countenance—facial expression manifest-obvious languor-weakness
acute-sharp condescend-to patronize
exquisite-beautifully made sublime-lofty
allude-indirectly refer to singular-unique
incredulous-skeptical melancholy-sadness venerate-to respect
vulgar-common undulate-to wave
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Add quotation marks to the sentences below.
Jim said,” I’d like a triple fudge sundae, please.” “No ice cream for dinner!” Scolded Grandma Lou. “The chicken is very good.” suggested the waiter.
“I’ll have a slice of chocolate cake.” replied Jacob. “Oh alright.” sighed grandma. The waiter said ,”I’ll bring it right away.” Jacob exclaimed,” This is the best birthday ever!!”
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Tic tac toe fraction to percents Have your student try and convert the fractions to decimals. When they get them correct, they get to put an X if wrong it is an O.
1/5 .20
½ .50
¼ .25
1/3 .33
¾ .75
1/10 .10
2/3 .66
2/5 .40
3/5 .60
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
countenance—facial expression manifest-obvious languor-weakness
acute-sharp condescend-to patronize
exquisite-beautifully made sublime-lofty
allude-indirectly refer to singular-unique
incredulous-skeptical melancholy-sadness venerate-to respect
vulgar-common undulate-to wave
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Draw a line to match each word to its synonym and antonym.
Synonym Antonym assemble funny trivial
anxious slow boring
hilarious build rapid
scorching nervous demolish
sluggish important frigid
significant hot fearless
Write three synonyms for each of the words below:
good
happy
fantastic
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Using the numbers in the number bank, create different six-digit numbers based on the place value clues below.
What is the smallest six digit number you can make: What is the largest six digit number you can make: What is the smallest six digit number you can make that has a 4 in the tens place: What is the largest six digit number you can make that has a 1 in the thousands place: What is the smallest six digit number you can make that is divisible by 5: What is the largest six digit number you can make that ends in an even number:
6 3 5 9 4 1
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
countenance—facial expression manifest-obvious languor-weakness
acute-sharp condescend-to patronize
exquisite-beautifully made sublime-lofty
allude-indirectly refer to singular-unique
incredulous-skeptical melancholy-sadness venerate-to respect
vulgar-common undulate-to wave
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Tic tac toe fraction to percents Have your student try and convert the fractions to decimals. When they get them correct, they get to put an X if wrong it is an O.
1/5 .20
¾ .75
¼ .25
1/3 .33
½ .50
3/10 .30
3/3 1
2/5 .40
4/5 .80
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Peter and Patty were collecting seashells on the beach. They found 193 sand dollars, 284 mussel shells, and 367 oyster shells. When they got home, they counted them up. How many did they have altogether? 844 Patty gathered 5 baskets of shells. Each basket contained 50 shells. She gave 38 to Peter, 19 to her Mother, and 14 to her cousin Sarah. How many shells did Patty have left? 179 On Saturday morning, Peter and Patty arrived at the annual beach clean up event at 9:00. They spent 53 minutes picking up trash and 27 minutes raking sand. If the even ended at 10:30, how many minutes do they have left to make signs that read, “keep our beach clean”?
10
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
countenance—facial expression manifest-obvious languor-weakness
acute-sharp condescend-to patronize
exquisite-beautifully made sublime-lofty
allude-indirectly refer to singular-unique
incredulous-skeptical melancholy-sadness venerate-to respect
vulgar-common undulate-to wave
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Find the area of each of the following rectangle enclosures. Remember area = length times width
53 ft wide by 38 ft long 2014 16 ft wide by 59 ft long 944 31 ft wide by 31 ft long 961 72 ft wide by 21 ft long 1512
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Write each value in decimal form.
Five tenths plus three hundredths of a dollar= .53 Three dollars plus seventy two hundredths= 3.72 Eight tenths plus five hundredths of a dollar= .85 Six hundredths of a dollar= .06 Two dollars plus three tenths of a dollar= 2.30 Five tenths of a dollar= .50
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
countenance—facial expression manifest-obvious languor-weakness
acute-sharp condescend-to patronize
exquisite-beautifully made sublime-lofty
allude-indirectly refer to singular-unique
incredulous-skeptical melancholy-sadness venerate-to respect
vulgar-common undulate-to wave
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Can you list all the linking verbs:
Is are am was were be being been
If you do NOT know this list, copy and work on memorizing it for the 6th grade.
Begin memorizing these common prepositions. It is one of those things like math
facts that if you know them, it will make your future in grammar so much easier.
about before down like past until
above behind during near since up across below except of through upon after beneath for off to with against beside from on toward within along between in onto under without around beyond inside outside underneath at but into over by concerning
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Have your student solve one of the multiplication problems in a square. Check the answer and
if they get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square.
Have them work at getting three X’s in a row.
1233 X 2 2466
208 X 3 624
33 X 3 99
451 X 3
1353
575 X 15 8625
431 X 4
1724
683 X 22
15026
818 X 2
1636
177 X 3 531
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
repose-resting subtle-slight
articulate-express clearly prostrate-lying down
martyr-one who suffers superfluous-extra lurid-sensational
genial-kind palpable-touchable
furtive-stealthy profound-deep
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Can you list all the linking verbs:
Is are am was were be being been
If you do NOT know this list, copy and work on memorizing it for the 6th grade.
Begin memorizing these common prepositions. It is one of those things like math
facts that if you know them, it will make your future in grammar so much easier.
about before down like past until
above behind during near since up across below except of through upon after beneath for off to with against beside from on toward within along between in onto under without around beyond inside outside underneath at but into over by concerning
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Using the numbers in the number bank, create different six-digit numbers based on the place value clues below.
What is the smallest six digit number you can make: What is the largest six digit number you can make: What is the smallest six digit number you can make that has a 7 in the tens place: What is the largest six digit number you can make that has a 0 in the thousands place: What is the smallest six digit number you can make that is divisible by 5: What is the largest six digit number you can make that ends in an even number:
7 4 6 8 0 1
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
repose-resting subtle-slight
articulate-express clearly prostrate-lying down
martyr-one who suffers superfluous-extra lurid-sensational
genial-kind palpable-touchable
furtive-stealthy profound-deep
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Can you list all the linking verbs:
Is are am was were be being been
If you do NOT know this list, copy and work on memorizing it for the 6th grade.
Begin memorizing these common prepositions. It is one of those things like math
facts that if you know them, it will make your future in grammar so much easier.
about before down like past until
above behind during near since up across below except of through upon after beneath for off to with against beside from on toward within along between in onto under without around beyond inside outside underneath at but into over by concerning
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Multiplication facts
9 x1 9
2 x2 4
5 x1 5
4 x3 12
0 x0 0
9 x9 81
3 x5 15
8 x5 40
2 x6 12
4 x7 28
5 x6 30
7 x5 35
3 x0 0
8 x8 64
1 x3 3
3 x4 12
5 x9 45
0 x2 0
7 x3 21
4 x 1 4
2 x3 6
8 x6 48
0 x5 0
6 x1 6
3 x8 24
1 x 1 1
9 x0 0
2 x8 16
6 x4 24
0 x7 0
7 x7 49
1 x4 4
6 x2 12
4 x5 20
2 x4 8
4 x 9 36
7 x0 0
1 x2 2
8 x4 32
6 x5 30
3 x2 6
4 x6 24
1 x9 9
5 x7 35
8 x2 16
0 x8 0
4 x2 8
9 x8 72
3 x6 18
5 x5 25
8 x9 72
3 x7 21
9 x7 63
1 x7 7
6 x0 0
0 x3 0
7 x2 14
1 x5 5
7 x8 56
4 x0 0
8 x3 24
5 x2 10
0 x4 0
9 x5 45
6 x7 42
2 x7 14
6 x3 18
5 x4 20
1 x0 0
9 x 2 18
7 x 6 42
1 x 8 8
9 x6 54
4 x 4 16
5 x3 15
8 x1 8
3 x3 9
4 x8 32
9 x3 27
2 x0 0
8 x0 0
3 x1 3
6 x8 48
0 x9 0
8 x7 56
2 x 9 18
9 x4 36
0 x1 0
7 x4 28
5 x8 40
0 x6 0
7 x1 7
2 x5 10
6 x9 54
3 x9 27
1 x6 6
5 x0 0
6 x6 36
2 x1 2
7 x9 63
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
B A K E Y C U S N T T A M D U N I F G H R P S G E
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
repose-resting subtle-slight
articulate-express clearly prostrate-lying down
martyr-one who suffers superfluous-extra lurid-sensational
genial-kind palpable-touchable
furtive-stealthy profound-deep
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Tic tac toe math
Have your student solve one of the division problems in a square. Check the answer and if they
get it correct, they get to place an X in the square. If incorrect, place an O on the square. Have
them work at getting three X’s in a row.
5 525 105
2 23 11 r1
2 241 120r1
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Can you list all the linking verbs:
Is are am was were be being been
If you do NOT know this list, copy and work on memorizing it for the 6th grade.
Begin memorizing these common prepositions. It is one of those things like math
facts that if you know them, it will make your future in grammar so much easier.
about before down like past until
above behind during near since up across below except of through upon after beneath for off to with against beside from on toward within along between in onto under without around beyond inside outside underneath at but into over by concerning
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
repose-resting subtle-slight
articulate-express clearly prostrate-lying down
martyr-one who suffers superfluous-extra lurid-sensational
genial-kind palpable-touchable
furtive-stealthy profound-deep
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Convert the following linear measurements:
1 yard=______inches36 8 feet=______inches93 10 feet=______inches120 108 inches=______feet9 144inches=_______yards4 7 yards=______feet21
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
repose-resting subtle-slight
articulate-express clearly prostrate-lying down
martyr-one who suffers superfluous-extra lurid-sensational
genial-kind palpable-touchable
furtive-stealthy profound-deep
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Fill in the following with words that begin with the following letters
Noun Verb-action or linking
adjective
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Answer the following with greater than, less than, or equal to symbols. < > =
0.419 0.402> 483.06 483.08< 21.91 21.19> 6.40 6.400= 55.90 55.9= 62.03 63.03<
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
prodigious-huge serene-calm
grotesque- distorted odious-hateful clamor-outcry
tremulous-quivering placid-calm
amiable-friendly perplex-confuse visage-the face
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Can you list all the linking verbs:
Is are am was were be being been
If you do NOT know this list, copy and work on memorizing it for the 6th grade.
Begin memorizing these common prepositions. It is one of those things like math
facts that if you know them, it will make your future in grammar so much easier.
about before down like past until
above behind during near since up across below except of through upon after beneath for off to with against beside from on toward within along between in onto under without around beyond inside outside underneath at but into over by concerning
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Round each decimal to the given place.
Round 34.934 to the nearest hundredth= 34.93 Round 607.5 to the nearest whole number= 608 Round 3.106 to the nearest hundredth= 3.11 Round 26.892 to the nearest tenth= 26.9 Round 5.734 to the nearest whole number= 6 Round 468.113 to the nearest tenth= 468.1
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
prodigious-huge serene-calm
grotesque- distorted odious-hateful clamor-outcry
tremulous-quivering placid-calm
amiable-friendly perplex-confuse visage-the face
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Review List me 5 adjectives that describe the following:
cats
snow sunshine
mountains water people
ice cream chocolate spinach
gum children chickens
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Multiplying by the power of ten. 0.45 x10= 4.5 81x1000= 81000 0.059x10= .59 1048x100= 104800 0.75x10000= 7500 3.10x100= 310 973x10= 9730 82x10= 820
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
prodigious-huge serene-calm
grotesque- distorted odious-hateful clamor-outcry
tremulous-quivering placid-calm
amiable-friendly perplex-confuse visage-the face
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Adverbs review Which of the following is the adverb:
1. Joshua accidentally deleted three hours of homework with one click. a) Deleted b) Homework c) Accidentally d) With
2. Mary worked briefly on her report. a) Report b) Briefly c) Worked d) her
3. We went to the beach yesterday. a) Yesterday b) Went c) Beach d) we
4. The kayak was speeding wildly through the rapids. a) Through b) Kayak c) Was d) Wildly
5. My brother always picks on me. a) Brother b) Picks c) Always d) On
6. The children worked enthusiastically on their first art project. a) Enthusiastically b) Children c) First d) Project
7. The horse was galloping fast, and Jadyn was frightened. a) Horse b) Frightened c) Fast d) Galloping
8. Kathy often practices her beam routine at gymnastics. a) Often b) Routine c) Gymnastics d) Practices
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Practice adding and subtracting money with this activity. Think about what you did yesterday
or start and keep track today. You are given $100 for the day as your salary. Use the following
amounts below and deduct the amounts that you would be charged if you used the following
services.
FEES Eating a warm breakfast $3.89 Eating a cold breakfast: $2.75 One glass of water: $1.00 Eating lunch: $5.00 Eating dinner: $8.50 Borrowing a toothbrush: $ 4.25 Borrowing a shower: $15.00 Vehicle transportation: $30.00 Using WIFI: $8.00 Electric usage: $6.00 Using a book: $5.75 Bed rental: $15.00 Pillow rental: $5.00 Light rental all day: $6.00 Bike rental: $10.00 Bathing suit rental: $4.00 PAYMENTS If you did some chores to help in the house: $15.50 If you smiled and were pleasant during the day: $8.00 If you did something extra nice for someone: $25.00 If you answered a question: $3.00 If you said the words “thank you” today: $6.50 Write on this piece of paper your beginning amount of 100 and deduct or add any of the following things you used. Did you make money today?
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
prodigious-huge serene-calm
grotesque- distorted odious-hateful clamor-outcry
tremulous-quivering placid-calm
amiable-friendly perplex-confuse visage-the face
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
prodigious-huge serene-calm
grotesque- distorted odious-hateful clamor-outcry
tremulous-quivering placid-calm
amiable-friendly perplex-confuse visage-the face
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A persuasive paragraph states and supports an opinion. Use the topic provided and make a structured outline below to write your own persuasive paragraph. Topic: A new law will make it illegal for kids under 14 to drink soda. Introduction: State your position or opinion. Do you agree or disagree? Who is your audience? In other words, who are you trying to persuade? Keep your audience in mind when you write. Reasons: List at least three reasons for your opinion. Think of your audience and what reasons might persuade them. Try using phrases like “for instance” or “in addition” to introduce your reasons. Conclusion: Restate your opinion in a way that relates it to a greater statement about the world or society. In other words, why should your audience agree with your opinion?
Introduction:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reason #1:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reason #2:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reason #3:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
abate-to lessen traverse-to cross
vivid-bright wistful-yearning tedious-boring vex-to irritate
abyss-bottomless depth apprehension-fear tangible-touchable
pervade-spread through austere-bare
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Write me 5 verbs describing you : 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________ 5. ______________________________
Write me 5 adjectives describing you: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________ 5. ______________________________
Write me 5 prepositions that you would use describing how you would get out of bed in the morning:
1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________ 5. ______________________________
Write me 5 common nouns of things you would like this year for Christmas; 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________ 5. ______________________________
Write me 2 proper nouns of something you want for Christmas; 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________
Write me 5 proper nouns of who you would like to have visit at Christmas: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________ 5. ______________________________
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Write down the months of the year and the days of the week to work on spelling.
Days of the week Months of the year Sunday January, February, March, April May June July
august September October, November December
Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
abate-to lessen traverse-to cross
vivid-bright wistful-yearning tedious-boring vex-to irritate
abyss-bottomless depth apprehension-fear tangible-touchable
pervade-spread through austere-bare
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Writing prompts Write about your dream vacation. If you could go anywhere or do anything this summer, what would you do?
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Tic tac toe fraction to percents Have your student try and convert the fractions to decimals. When they get them correct, they get to put an X if wrong it is an O.
1/5 .20
½ .50
¼ .25
1/3 .33
¾ .75
1/10 .10
2/3 .66
2/5 .40
3/5 .60
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
abate-to lessen traverse-to cross
vivid-bright wistful-yearning tedious-boring vex-to irritate
abyss-bottomless depth apprehension-fear tangible-touchable
pervade-spread through austere-bare
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Fill in the guide below to help you create or analyze a story character.
Title of story: Name of character: Character’s role in the story: Hero/heroine Villian Other
What is the character like? friendly unfriendly happy sad mean shy brave scared serious smart not smart happy go lucky silly neat sloppy
What problem is the character trying to solve in the story?
How does the character talk?
Tone of voice: Loud average soft
Speed of speech: Fast average slow
Pitch of voice: High medium deep
Type of words used: Big words simple words
Basic facts
Age:_______ male female Job or grade in school:______ Talents: Hobbies: Likes: Dislikes: Pets:
How does character move?
quickly slowly gracefully
clumsily proudly
with a swagger
How does character look: Height:_______ Weight:_______ Hair color and length: Eye color: Clothes: Other:
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Fill in the following chart with how many days are in each month. This year is NOT a leap year.
January__31_days February 28days March _31__days April _30__days
May ___31_days June _30_days July _31_days August ____days
September _30days October _31__days November
__30__days December _31__days
January has 31 days, so February 1 is the 32nd day of the year. What is the date of the: 60th day___march 2_ 100th day_____april 11 If a date is late in the year, it is easier to start at 365 (December 31) and work backward. What is the date of the : 360th day____dec 27____ 330th day nov 27 If January 1 is a Monday, then January 8, 15, 22, and 29 are also Mondays. Why: _____________________you add 7 days to each number________ February 1 is a Wednesday. How many Wednesdays will February have? 4
March 1 is a Wednesday. How many Wednesday will March have? 5
You are going on a 25 day cruise that begins on Friday, January 5. On what date will the cruise end:_____________jan 30_________________ On what day of the week will the cruise end:______tuesd____________ Day 183 is the middle day of the year. What is its date:______july 3________
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
abate-to lessen traverse-to cross
vivid-bright wistful-yearning tedious-boring vex-to irritate
abyss-bottomless depth apprehension-fear tangible-touchable
pervade-spread through austere-bare
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Write down 5 books that you have enjoyed reading this year. Be sure to capitalize the proper words. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Now next to those books, write the number that corresponds with putting them in ABC order according to the first word in each title. List five of your favorite fruits in ABC order _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ List five of your favorite activities to do this summer in ABC order _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
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Here is a list of some vocabulary words for you to know. Practice saying them and learning their meanings. Highlight any that you do not know and go over them today.
abate-to lessen traverse-to cross
vivid-bright wistful-yearning tedious-boring vex-to irritate
abyss-bottomless depth apprehension-fear tangible-touchable
pervade-spread through austere-bare
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Descriptive writing. Gather 6 objects and let your student describe each object without naming it. Have them answer the following questions:
What does it look like?
What is it used for?
What is it made of?
Why is it important? Then read the clues aloud and have another child or parent decide which object it is.
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8 x5 40
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7 x5 35
3 x0 0
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Link the letters to make words. Each word must be at least 3 letters or longer. You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.
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Dots and boxes. To play this game, you need a partner. Each person takes a turn making one line. The goal is to make a box. When you make a box place your initial in the box. On your turn if you make a box, you may go again. Your turn continues until you just make a line without forming a box. Game 1 Game 2
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0 +6 6
7 +8 15
0 +0 0
5 +9 14
3 +3 6
8 +1 9
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Choose a proper noun of your own to complete the sentence. Write the
sentence.
1. I live in the state of____________________________________________.
2. We have a park called__________________________________________.
3. A lake by us is called___________________________________________.
4. My state capital is_____________________________________________.
5. We hike up the mountain called__________________________________.
6. The nearest big town is called____________________________________.
7. My road is called_______________________________________________.
8. My church is called_____________________________________________.
9. Our pastor is named____________________________________________.
10. My mom’s name is _____________________________________________.
Fill in the following with common nouns not proper.
1. My favorite foods to eat are ________________________,
___________________, and ___________________________.
2. My favorite animal is _____________________________________.
3. My favorite outside activity is ___________________________________.
4. The animal I least like is _________________________________________.
5. My least favorite food is _________________________________________.
6. A sport played outdoors is _______________________________________.
7. A sport played indoors is ________________________________________
8. _________________________________you will find in a body of water.
9. _________________________________you will find up in the air.
10. _________________________________you will find on the land.
Use a crayon or colored pencil and highlight all the proper nouns one color and all
the common nouns another color. Notice that none of them are capitalized
river mississippi river georgia state
oak tree lauren girl
town zirconia doll sarah
teacher mr. maryon country ireland
mt. mitchell restaurant jesus person
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Circle the resource book you would use for:
1. A recipe for baking homemade bread.
Encyclopedia cookbook The Life of a Beaver
2. A description of how beavers make dams. Almanac The Life of a Beaver The Guinness Book of World Records
3. A map of the United Kingdom Thesaurus world atlas The Guinness Book of World Records
4. The ingredients for Turkish delight The Life of a Beaver world atlas cookbook
5. The name of the world’s most massive dam. Dictionary thesaurus The Guinness Book of World Records
6. Another word for “trouble” Thesaurus atlas cookbook
7. What camphor is used for.
Dictionary The Life of a Beaver thesaurus
8. The correct punctuation of “colonel.” The Hobbit dictionary almanac
9. Why a beaver slaps his tail: Dictionary The Life of a Beaver atlas
10. The oldest words in the English language Almanac atlas cookbook
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Round to the nearest 10: 323___________________ 44________________5,323________________ 330 40 5320 Round to the nearest 100: 499___________________ 323________________6,498_______________ 500 300 6500 Round to the nearest 1000: 5,234________________8,685________________9,678________________ 5000 9000 10000 Round to the nearest 10,000 79,488________________________87,976______________________
80000 90000
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Choose the correct verb tense in ()
1. Her family (calls, calling) her Brookie.
2. Madelyn sometimes (acts, acting) very silly.
3. She (pretends, pretending) she is an animal.
4. Jentzen (runs, ran) around the house now.
5. My mother (taken, took) lots of photos of us.
6. I have (saw, seen) pictures of Dad as a little boy.
7. I once (think, thought) he hated swimming.
8. Then I (find, found) an old photo of him.
9. He(swim, swam) in the lake.
10. Brooklyn (laugh, laughs) when she hears a joke.
What are the subject pronouns?I you he she it we they _____,_______,_______,_______,_________,_____________,__________
What are the object pronouns?me you him her it us them ______,_______,_______,_______,_______,_________,________ What is a noun?names a person place or thing _______________________________________________________________ What is a verb?action word _______________________________________________________________ What is a pronoun? Takes the place of a noun ________________________________________________________________
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Homophones
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.
Write the correct homophone in the blank.
1. I had to have the ____________________of the shoe repaired. (soul, sole)
2. After he was sick for days, his face was ___________________. (pail/pale)
3. Luckily the accident caused me _______ ________(know/no) (pane/pain)
4. After running out of ____________, the baker had to stop. (flour/flower)
5. We have ______________________many books off our shelves. (red/read)
6. Jadyn sat on the bottom ___________without being noticed. (stares/stairs)
7. A fierce storm _________________through my town. (blew/blue)
8. She purchased a beautiful new dress ___________ the wedding. (for/four)
9. Walking down the ____________to get married can by scary. (I’ll/aisle/isle)
10. Cats have been ______________________from the park. (band/banned)
11. I’d rather receive my ___________electronically than on paper. (mail/male)
12. To plant tomatoes you have to _____________seeds. (so/sew/sow)
13. Sadie sat and scratched the place where the _________bit her. (flea/flee)
14. The police can _______________your property if needed. (sees/seas/seize)
15. It was interesting to ________________________ her sing. (here/hear)
16. We chose to visit Lansing, the ____________ of Michigan. (capital/capitol)
17. We drove ____________the city in ________________days. (to/too/two)
18. My sisters couldn’t hide _______________sadness. (their/there)
19. We appreciated the _______when the children went to bed. (piece/peace)
20. We walked up and down the _____________of corn plants. (rows/rose)
21. Many elderly people share _____________of their childhood. (tales/tails)
22. We found that ______________ an exciting place to be. (its /it’s)
23. We wondered if the ________________was going to change or not.
(weather/whether)
24. Carrots are ____________vegetables. (route/root)
25. I wore a ____________in one of my shoes from _________much walking.
(whole/hole) (so/sew)
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Fill in the blanks:
1 gallon is___4__quarts 3 gallons are _12_____quarts
1 yard is ___3___feet 1 foot is____12___inches
1 mile is____5280____feet 1 kilogram is ____1000____grams
1 quart is___2___pints 1 pint is _______2____cups
Perimeter---add up the sides Area is L x W= area
5 ft
3ft What is the area: 15
What is the perimeter:16
10 ft
2ft What is the area:20
What is the perimeter:24
3 inches
2 inches what is the area:6
What is the perimeter:10
Make me tally marks for the following:
14 15 8 IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII III
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Compound words and ABC order Here is a list of more compound words. Put the following columns in ABC order. Rewrite them.
everybody __________________________________ first aid ___________________________________ grandparent __________________________________ newscast __________________________________ up-to-date __________________________________ weekend __________________________________ baby-sit __________________________________ brother-in-law __________________________________ homemade __________________________________ self-defense ___________________________________ starry-eyed ___________________________________ three-dimensional___________________________________ wildlife __________________________________ classmate __________________________________ part-time __________________________________ self-confidence __________________________________ teammate __________________________________ tongue-tied __________________________________ weather-proofed __________________________________ autograph __________________________________ daytime __________________________________ forehead __________________________________ quick-witted __________________________________ thoroughbred __________________________________ water-repellant __________________________________
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Review---circle the letter of the best answer
1.Which sentence contains a common noun? a) I visited Table Rock State Park. b) I liked seeing the geese. c) I heard that you went to Caesars Head.
2. Which sentence contains a proper noun? a) I like to study history. b) Science is one of my favorite subjects. c) The U.S. Capitol is in Washington D.C.
3. Which sentence contains a regular plural noun? a) I liked seeing the moose on our trip. b) The geese were in the pond and then they flew away. c) The cats liked playing together.
4. Which sentence contains an irregular plural noun? a) The ducks loved playing in the water. b) Hamsters make great pets. c) The mice scurried under the oven.
5. Which sentence contains a subject pronoun? a) Marie went on a school field trip. b) She went on a school field trip. c) Mike went on a school field trip.
6. Which sentence contains an object pronoun? a) The school choir picked me. b) The school choir picked Ann to sing. c) They picked the best singer to perform.
7. Which sentence has an incorrect use of pronoun agreement? a) The sisters left her sweaters in the van. b) Cathy picked up her videos at the library. c) Mickey forgot his books at the library.
8. Which sentence contains an adjective? a) It is time for food. b) Hurry, or you will be late! c) Look at this colorful cup I bought.
9. Which sentence contains an adverb? a) Will you clean the bathroom sometime? b) I like your hair. c) Yikes! He is fast.
10. Do you remember the 3 articles? They go before a noun when you are talking about specific and non specific? ____, _____, ______a an the