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 2019-2020 school year. For those students who are new to our school, please join in using all of our free sites and resources. The programs IXL and Lexia are for those students who were previously enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year.

When in doubt, here is a quick list of the most important activities.

  • Play! Have fun outside!

  • Set a routine to read everyday. 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 completing or redoing Math Journal pages!

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.

  • Join the Millburn Library Summer Reading Club and earn prizes for reading books! Link to the information is right here.

  • For access to ebooks during the summer:

  1. Libby app- Link your child's Millburn Library Card to the Libby App.

  2. Epic!- Free 30 day trial for parents that allows access to over 40,000 premium books.

  3. Epic Free- If students have access to EPIC already, student will have 2 hours of free reading a week in a limited library.

  4. Here are some recommendations for new 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.

  • Continue to log-in to your Lexia account for 40 minutes a week. If you haven't had a chance to set this up and need instructions, click here. The programs IXL and Lexia are for those students who were previously enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year.

  • Log onto IXL Language Arts for 20 minutes. Here is some information and a parent letter to help you get started: The programs IXL and Lexia are for those students who were previously enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year.

    1. "Diagnostic" section

    2. "Learning" section

    3. Parent at Home Learning Guide

  • 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

  • Complete any unfinished Math Journal Pages or practice again by logging into your thinkcentral account. Directions for student login are located in the parent thinkcentral letter attached. Reminder...You need to be signed into your child's millburn.org account to access this link!

  • Log onto IXL Math for 20 minutes. Here is some information and a parent letter to help you get started:

    1. "Diagnostic" section

    2. "Learning" section

    3. Parent at Home Learning Guide

  • 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 years Math In Focus units.