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Summer Learning Activities for CAST Students entering 6th grade 2015-2016
Dear Parents and Students, The days of summer go by fast and the first day of middle school will be here before you know it. This Summer Learning Activity packet will help your child keep an inquisitive mind over the summer and be ready for middle school in August! There are 3 activities included to complete. This packet will be due when we return to school. You can turn it to any of your teachers the first week of school, or your first block teacher on Monday August 31, 2015. They will count as your first assignments for Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts. In addition, we encourage you to read daily over the summer. Your local libraries are full of books to choose from in a variety of interests. We have included a list to choose from as well. Have a fun summer! See you in Middle School! Student Name: ______________________________________________________________________
Mathematics in the Wild! Name: __________________________________ Find a situation where you find yourself asking mathematical questions. For example: How much does that weigh? How long will it take? Which one should I choose? Will the ball make it in the basket? Take time to observe all you can about the situation and describe it below. Or, if you prefer, you can complete the questions in a Word document on your computer.
Step 1: Sketch and describe the situation, or even take a photo if you can! Include all details
you can determine and include color and labels. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 2: What questions come to mind? List everything you are curious of about the situation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Step 3: Pick one of your questions above and put a star next to it. List below all the specifics you would need to know in order to answer the question. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 4: Write an action plan of steps you would need to do to solve this problem. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 5: Go ahead and solve the problem if you can! If you cannot solve it, explain why you were unable to solve this problem.
Observe Your Eco-System
Step 1: Find a 2 foot by 2 foot area somewhere outside. It needs to be a place you will be able to go back and check on
throughout the summer. So, if you are on vacation or staying at someone’s house out of town for a week or more, do it there! If you can, mark the space with a couple of objects so that you are sure to observe the same spot each day. Step 2: On a blank sheet of paper, sketch a layout of the square you are observing. Be sure to include the date and time of your first observation on the paper. Include EVERYTHING you see. If you are having trouble drawing the entire image, take a photo. Step 3: Label the image. Name everything you can. Be sure to pay attention to the tiniest of details: bugs, dirt, plants, animals, leaves, etc. If there is something in that space that you don’t know the name of, research it! Place a star next to those labeled items on your image. Step 4: Return to this spot 7 times over the summer and complete the observation table on the next page. Step 5: After your last observation, write a 200 word essay describing the details from your observations for the week. Information to think about while writing: What caused any changes you observed? What did you learn about the area? How much would this area change at different times of year? What was the weather like when you observed? Were there any surprises?
Name: ___________________________________________ Date Time What has changed? What is the same?
*Available as an E-Book on Mackin (Link on Focus home page or search using Destiny Library Catalog)
Summer Reading 2015 Keep your skills sharp and keep the boredom away by READING this summer! The public library
has special programming for teens in addition to lots of great books. Be sure to check it out!
NOTE: Students are required to read at least 1 book over the summer and be prepared to take
a Reading Counts test when they return to school in August.
Here are some recommended titles for middle school students:
Battle of the Books 2015-2016
*Counting by 7s- Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Eighth Day- Dianne K. Salerni
Eye of the Storm- Kate Messner
*Jack Strong Takes a Stand- Tommy Greenwald
Jungle of Bones- Ben Mikaelsen
*The Night Gardener- Jonathan Auxier
Project Jackalope- Emily Ecton
*The Secret of Rover-Rachel Wildavsky
Seeing Red Kathryn Erskine
Skink–No Surrender Carl Hiaasen
Stung Bethany Wiggins
Tesla’s Attic Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman
The Testing Joelle Charbonneau
*This Journal Belongs to Ratchet Nancy J. Cavanaugh
*Twerp Mark Goldblatt
Non-Fiction Award Winners
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and
Won! Emily Arnold McCully
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil
Rights Steve Sheinkin
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial
Russia Candace Fleming
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Karen Blumenthal
Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice Phillip Hoose
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,
written by Phillip Hoose
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles,
America's First Black Paratroopers Tanya Lee Stone
*Available as an E-Book on Mackin (Link on Focus home page or search using Destiny Library Catalog)
Sixth Grade Titles
Charlie Joe Jackson’s
Guide to Not Reading-Tom
Greenwald (Humor)
Cinder-Marissa Meyer
(Science Fiction)
I, Funny-James Patterson
(Humor)
*Lions of Little Rock-Kristin
Levine (Historical Fiction)
The Looking Glass Wars-
Frank Beddor (Fantasy)
The Madman of Piney
Woods-Christopher Paul
Curtis (Historical Fiction)
*Rump: The True Story of
Rumplestiltskin- Liesl
Shurtliff (Humor, Fantasy)
*The Sasquatch Escape-
Suzanne Selfours (Fantasy)
Schooled-Gordon Korman
(Realistic)
*Stranded-Jeff Probst
(Adventure)
*Small as an Elephant-
Jennifer Jacobson
(Adventure)
Wonder-R.J. Palacio
(realistic fiction)
Seventh Grade Titles
Codename Zero-Chris
Rylander (Humorous
Fiction)
Freefall-Roderick Gordon
(Adventure)
From Norvelt to Nowhere-
Jack Gantos (Humorous
Fiction, Mystery)
The Ghost of Graylock-Dan
Poblocki (Mystery)
H.I.V.E Series-Mark
Walden (Science Fiction)
*Homesick, Kate Klise
(Realistic Fiction)
Island of the Unknowns-
Benedict Carey (Mystery)
*Okay for Now, Gary
Schmidt (Historical Fiction)
The Prisoner of Cell 25-
Richard Paul Evans
(Science Fiction)
Rise of the Wolf-Curtis
Jobling (Fantasy)
*Ungifted-Gordon Korman
(Humorous Fiction)
Eighth Grade Titles
Bluford High Series-
Various authors (Realistic
Fiction)
Brown Girl Dreaming-
Jacqueline Woodson
(Biography)
Chains-Laurie Halse
Anderson (Historical
Fiction)
Endangered-Eliot Schrefer
(Adventure)
Far, Far Away-Tom McNeal
(Fantasy, Mystery)
Graceling-Kristin Cashore
(Fantasy)
Legend-Marie Lu
(Dystopia)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children-Ransom
Riggs (Mystery, Fantasy)
The Screaming Staircase-
Jonathan Stroud (Mystery)
Variant-Robison Wells
(Science Fiction)
The Walk On-John
Feinstein (Sports Fiction)
Summer Reading Book Review
Name: ____________________________________________________
Book Title: ______________________________________________________
Author: _________________________________
Answer each question with complete sentences!
1. SS - Where and when does the story take place? Describe the major setting throughout the story.
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2. SS - How does the main character change throughout the story?
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3. SS - Why do you think he/she changed in this way?
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4. LA - Describe the main character of the story.
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5. LA - What is the main problem (conflict) this character is facing?
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6. LA - How does he/she solve this problem by the conclusion of the story?
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7. LA - What is the theme of the story? Describe why you think this. Theme is the message about life that the
author wants you to take away from reading the book.
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