Fourth Grade
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
- Dr. Seuss
Below are suggested summer activities in the areas of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics that will help keep your skills sharp. This is not mandatory summer work, but your teachers and schools know that doing a little bit each day is very helpful in making you the best 5th grader you can be at the start of next year! In addition to all of these activities please make sure to check with the Technology Extension and Enrichment Activities webpage for additional resources. Here are some recommendations for new books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists. Please note that your child should be working in the grade they just completed in the 2022-2023 school year.
When in doubt, here is a quick list of the most important activities.
Play! Have fun outside!
Set a routine to read every day. Find new and interesting books that are "just right" for you. Read for a good chunk of time!
Start a summer writing journal with various types of writing.
Keep your math skills fresh by practicing math facts.
See below for more detailed resources in each area...
Reading
Read daily for at least 30 minutes. Students can also be responding to what they've read. See leveled book list for books at an appropriate reading level.
See the Millburn Library website for their summer offerings.
Here is the link to the Millburn Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2023 video
For access to ebooks during the summer:
See the Millburn Library page and click on "eBooks & Streaming."
Epic!- Free 30 day trial for parents that allows access to over 40,000 premium books.
Epic Free- If students have access to EPIC already, student will have 2 hours of free reading a week in a limited library from 7:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Here are some recommendations for books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists.
A list of possible response topics is attached. These responses may be kept in a google doc form.
Consider creating a book club to do with a small group of interested readers. Some book club information that can help can be found here.
Writing
Keep a summer journal. Each day record what you’ve done that day. A list of ideas is linked.
Students at this level may choose to keep this journal digitally using google docs. Students have had some instruction in typing and should be able to type somewhat efficiently, though they may not yet be using formal hand position.
Students should rely on their word knowledge as well as digital tools to correct their spelling. Sentence structure including capitals, end punctuation and more complex sentences are expected.
Students should be able to write at greater length, but given that this is a summer journal, it may just be in the format of a couple of well connected paragraphs or one longer paragraph.
Math
Practice Math skills for 20 minutes. You can log onto any of our available math sites at this link or try logging into ixl.com (limited free access).
School to Home Connections: Hands-on games and activities to reinforce learning of each concept
Each chapter in Math in Focus has a Performance Task to reinforce skills learned at the end of that chapter. Some of these tasks you may have completed already. Challenge yourself to complete the performance tasks from this year's Math In Focus units.