Summer Math Fun: Going into Grade 2
Dear Student and Family,
You have learned so much in math this year! It is important to keep practicing your mathematical knowledge during the summer to be ready to enter your next grade. In this packet you will find short and fun math activities that will help you review and maintain math skills learned throughout this past year.
Some summer math activities have been made as a calendar for the months of July and August. All you have to do is follow the daily calendar and complete the activities. Do your best to complete as many of the activities as you can and have your family help you too! Hand your work into your teacher during the first week of school to receive a small prize!
The list of websites below are places you can go to practice your math skills.
· http://pbskids.org
Choose games, then math for excellent and engaging math games based on PBS characters and shows. Practice math skills such as counting, addition, estimation, and measurement.
· http://bedtimemath.org
Solve a new math problem every night on this great website that hopes, “To make the nightly math problem as common as the bedtime story”.
· http://www.ixl.com
Solve math questions related to grade level standards to earn points. You can answer some questions daily without paying for a membership.
· http://coolmath4kids.com
This site is like an amusement park for math. There are lots of things for children to explore and problems to solve.
· http://jmathpage.com
Johnnie’s math page has lots of games and activities for elementary children of all ages. Explore interactive games and activities that are designed to provide fun practice to build your child’s mathematical knowledge.
· http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/math/index.html
This site has a booklet of fun math activities to do at home. You can download a copy of the booklet and enjoy completing the activities as a family.
Enjoy your summer and keep your skills sharp!
July 2016
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday1
Grab a handful of coins. Tell which ones are quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies. Tell how much each coin is worth.
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Ask 10 friends or relatives what is their favorite color. Organize your data in a table or graph. What is the most popular favorite color? / 5
Make dots to match the numbers 1-10. Which one of the numbers is your favorite? Use that many dots to make a picture. / 6
Draw a clock face. Draw hands to show 3:00 p.m. Then make a picture that shows what you are doing at that time. / 7
Record 5 different places you see numbers outside in your neighborhood. Draw one of the places and circle the number. / 8
Use paper clips or blocks to measure the length of 3 objects in your home. Then tell which object is the longest and which is the shortest.
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Write as many number sentences as you can that have 10 for an answer. / 12
Draw a clock face. Draw the hands to show what time you go to bed. / 13
Count backwards by 10s. Begin with 100 and go back to 0. / 14
Use the numbers 3 and 7 to write an addition story problem.
Ask a friend or relative to solve the problem. / 15
Find an adult’s shoe. Measure the length using cereal or blocks. Record the length.
18
A machine adds 5 to every number you put in. If you put in 4, what number comes out? If you put in 6, what number comes out? Pick another number to put in and tell what number comes out. / 19
What number comes after 16? What number comes before 30? What numbers come before and after 57? / 20
Ben is 7 years old and his sister is 11. Who is younger? How much younger? / 21
Joe has 10 stickers and his sister Katie has 5. Who has more? How many more? / 22
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 1 = 4
What pattern to you notice when adding 1 to a number? What is 56 + 1 ?
25
Go on a shape hunt in your neighborhood. Pick your favorite shape and count how many of your favorite shapes you see. / 26
Go to the library and check out a counting or number book. Read it with a friend or relative. / 27
Read a book. How many pages are in the book? Count a set of items that represents the number of pages you read. / 28
Do a yes/no survey asking friends and relatives “Do you like rain?” Circle which answer has more votes. / 29
Draw a picture of your family showing the shortest to the tallest person. Label the person that is the shortest and tallest.
August 2016
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday1
Roll 2 number cubes. Add the two numbers to find the sum. Do this 20 times. What sum did you get the most often? / 2
Solve this problem. Draw a picture or use counters to help you.
Adam had 5 shells. He got 3 more. Then he lost 2 shells. How many shells does Adam have now? / 3
What are all the different ways to make 12? / 4
If you see 8 people, how many eyes would you see? If there are 30 toes under the table, how many people are sitting at the table?
Explain your thinking. / 5
Cut out grocery store coupons your family may use. Sort them into categories. Which category has the most? The least?
8
What is 10 more than 37? What is 10 less than 37? What is 1 more than 104? What is 1 less than 104? / 9
Draw a clock face. Draw hands to show 8:00 a.m. Then draw a picture to show what you are doing at this time of day. / 10
Name this shape. Find 4 objects in your home that represent this shape. / 11
Keep a tally of the number of TV commercials you see while watching your favorite programs today. Name a number that is more than and less than the number of TV commercials you saw. / 12
Draw a picture that has at least 2 triangles, 1 square and 3 rectangles in it. Have a friend find the triangles, rectangles, and the square hidden in your picture.
15
Share a snack with a friend or relative today. Give them half your snack. Draw a picture that shows how your shared your snack. / 16
Juan has 12 cookies. He gave 4 cookies to his sister. How many cookies does Juan have left? Write a number sentence for this problem. / 17
Cut out a picture from a magazine. Glue it on a piece of paper. Write a math story problem for the picture. Have a friend or relative solve your problem. / 18
Maria thinks that
6 + 6 = 12 and Andrew thinks that 6 + 6 = 11. Who is correct? Explain how you know. / 19
A machine subtracts 3 to every number that you put in. If you put in 7, what number comes out? If you put in 9, what number comes out? If you put in 3, what number comes out?
22
Roll one number cube. Double the number you roll. Do this twenty times. / 23
How can you use a doubles fact to help you solve 4 + 5? How can you use a doubles fact to help you solve 3 + 4? / 24
How many math calendar activities have you done this summer? Count them. Draw tens and ones to show this number. / 25
Three numbers in a fact family are 9, 4, and 5. Write two addition number sentences and two subtraction number sentences you can make using these numbers. / 26
Count to 120 by 1s and then by 10s. Record the time. Which took longer, counting by 1s or 10s?