Summer Express between grades 4&5

142 Pages·10.782 MB·English

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Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the designated reproducible pages from this book for classroom use. No other part
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Cover design by Brian LaRossa
Cover photo © Mike Powell/Gettyimages
Interior illustrations by Robert Alley, Abbey Carter, Maxie Chambliss, Sue Dennen,
Shelley Dieterichs, Jane Dippold, Julie Durrell, Rusty Fletcher, James Hale,
Mike Moran, Sherry Neidigh, Cary Pillo, Carol Tiernon, and Lynn Vineyard
ISBN-13 978-0-545-22694-3 / ISBN-10 0-545-22694-5
Copyright © 2010 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Table of Contents
Dear Parent Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 es
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Week 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Week 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Week 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Week 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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• A recommended reading list of age-appropriate books that you and
your child can read throughout the summer.
• A certificate of completion to celebrate your child’s accomplishments.
We hope you and your child will have a lot of fun as you work together to
complete this workbook.
Enjoy!
The editors
Terrific Tips for Using This Book
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the incentive chart choices regarding with whom he or she
for the week. (We recommend that a will be working. Providing choices is an
child entering fifth grade read at least 30 approach that can help boost your child’s
minutes a day.) confidence and help him or her feel more
ownership of the work to be done.
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added bonus, let your child workbook, present congratulations!
affix a large sticker at the him or her with _______________
bottom of the incentive chart the certificate of
for completing the activities completion on page 143. Feel free to
each week. frame or laminate the certificate and
display it on the wall for everyone to see.
Your child will be so proud!
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Skill-Building Activities for Any Time
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why not put those
subject areas, including alphabet letter
developing skills into
formation (writing), attributes of shapes
action by enlisting
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butter of narrative stories (reading). Being able
with reading a map,
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following a recipe,
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an article. Or your child can tell you
his or her favorite part of a story. The
key is to make a family tradition of
reading and sharing books of all kinds
together.
◆ Put together collections of reading
materials your child can access
easily. Gather them in baskets or
bins that you can place in the family
room, the car, and your child’s
bedroom. You can refresh your child’s
library by borrowing materials from
your community’s library, buying
used books, or swapping books and
magazines with friends and neighbors.
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Skills Review and Practice
Educators have established learning standards for math and language arts. Listed below are some
of the important skills covered in Summer Express that will help your child review and prepare for
the coming school year so that he or she is better prepared to meet these learning standards.
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Skills Your Child Will Review Skills Your Child Will Practice to Prepare for Grade Five
◆ proofreading (e.g., grammar, meaning, ◆ using proofreading symbols (e.g., capitalization, missing words)
spelling, sentence variety)
◆ using a graphic organizer to write a concrete poem
◆ prewriting strategies to relate information
◆ writing for a purpose (e.g., comparison paragraph)
(e.g., graphic organizers)
◆ identifying incomplete sentences
◆ writing for a purpose (e.g., expository
paragraph, persuasive paragraph, ◆ fixing run-on sentences
descriptive paragraph)
◆ adding details to increase a reader’s interest
◆ expanding and combining sentences
◆ using exact verbs to clarify meaning
◆ identifying topic sentences
◆ identifying parts of a paragraph
◆ writing in paragraph form
◆ identifying parts of speech (e.g., present-, past-, and future-tense verbs)
◆ using parts of speech
◆ using subject-verb agreement
◆ writing in upper- and lowercase cursive
◆ punctuating using commas and colons
letters
◆ using supporting details
◆ demonstrating knowledge of level-
appropriate reading vocabulary (e.g., ◆ summarizing information
synonyms, antonyms, and so on)
◆ using phonetic, structural, and context analysis
(e.g., syllables) to identify unfamiliar words
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Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 1
Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy.
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Your child might enjoy reading the following books:
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
Afternoon of the Elves
by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
by Langston Hughes
Goals:
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your child can staple and fold to form a book. Then he or she can answer all
the puzzles in the mini-book.
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