Did you know all students experience some “brain drain” during the summer, most notably in reading and math? What can you do? This summer, find ways to maintain and boost your child’s learning by incorporating educational activities into your regular routines. We will be sending out a summer connections newsletter to elementary parents seven times throughout the summer by e-mail with fun and easy ideas to incorporate reading and math activities into your summer activities along with grade-specific reading and math practice sheets.

Reading is a smart summer activity

The best way to keep strong readers strong and help struggling readers improve is to have your child reading regularly over summer.

Select a book that you can start reading aloud with your child this summer, or that your child can read independently. Check out the lists from our King County Librarian— book recommendations for Summer 2019 for some good ideas.

Up, Up and Away! A Singing Celebration

Monday, July 1, 2019 (7:00PM – 8:00PM) Issaquah Library. All ages.

From a tribute to Sally Ride to weird inventions and an exploration of the

solar system, sing songs that will send you to the nonfiction section to

learn more.

Late Play Date At the Museum!

Thursday, July 4 and August 1, 2019 (6:00p.m.–8:00p.m.)White River

Valley Museum. On the first Thursday of every month (through October)

drop-in for FREE admission and themed activities perfect for families with

children ages 3-12.

4th of July Family Picnic, Fireworks, Pie Baking

Thursday, July 4th, 2019 (4:00PM—fireworks at 10:00PM) Lake

Wilderness Park. There is food for sale, a pie baking contest, sack races,

water balloon tossing, face painting and more! Then at 10:00PM the

Maple Valley Youth Symphony will fill the air with music as a firework

show lights up the sky.

Targeting Summer Learning Loss

Keep skills sharp over the summer!

We need your current e-mail address

In order to verify/update your email address you will need to login to Skyward Family Access. After you’ve logged into Family Access, on the top right-hand side you will see a button called “Account Info.” When you click on this button you will have the opportunity to choose the “Change My Email” button. Please verify your email address and update if needed by clicking on the Email box. If you don’t know your Skyward Family Access password you can check in with the main office staff at your child’s school or the district Central Services staff.

Questions or Comments?

Tahoma Teaching and Learning

425-413-3400

See other editions of Learning Connections at

www.tahomasd.us

School • Community • Student • Parent

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

July 1, 2019 Summer Newsletter

T a h o m a S c h o o l D i s t r i c t N o . 4 0 9

IN THE COMMUNITY

Stop summer learning loss by exercising your brain

Raz-Kids (Grades K-3)

Keyboarding (Grades 2-5)

Raz-Kids is a wonderful world of leveled books that helps students improve their reading skills as they listen to books read for modeled fluency. Then, students can read the book to themselves or aloud for practice. Finally, they complete quizzes to check

for understanding. Many of our students have been accessing this resource throughout the year. Students access their account by going to www.raz-kids.com and logging in with their teacher’s username and their computer password. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Keyboarding is an important 21st century skill, and one students get proficient at through practice. Type to Learn 4 is the online program we use with students. Students use their school computer username and password to login. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Think Central (Grades K-5)

Students can practice their math skills by accessing the Mega Math games. Students can also access their activity book and use iTools to help answer math problems. Students use their school computer username and password to login. If your child has forgotten their username or password, contact Teaching and Learning (425-413-3400). You can access our online information page for details.

Look Up! Stories in the Sky

Monday, July 8, 2019 (7:00PM – 8:00PM) Issaquah

Library. All ages. Hear stories and music about the

constellations, moon and planets.

Planetarium Shows

Registration begins July 9, 10am. Monday, July

22, 2019 (1:00PM – 1:45PM or 2:00PM – 2:45PM or

3:30PM – 3:45PM). Maple Valley Library. Ages 5 to

12. Explore the universe, identify constellations and

learn astronomy terms at this night sky show held in

a portable planetarium.

The Jammin' on Jupiter Show

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 (2:00PM – 3:00PM)

Enumclaw Library. All ages. Sing, dance and laugh

with the band as they blast off to the moon! Explore

strange new worlds and meet a few hilarious aliens.

Kids SummerStage

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (12:00PM - 1:00PM). Les

Gove Park in Auburn. ***In the event of rain, location

will move to the Auburn Community & Event Center.

An exciting children's outdoor concert series that

includes music, live animals, magic and LOADS of

fun! Spray park and playground close by. 2019 Line-

up:

July 10 - Reptile Isle July 17 -

The Magic of Jeff Evans

July 24 - Recess Monkey July 31 - Ruth &

Emilia

August 7 - Charlie 'The Noiseguy' Williams August 14 -

Joanie Leeds

Kids' Free Dance Classes

Thursday, July 11 and August 8, 2019 (6:30PM–

7:30PM) Tacoma Art Museum. On the second

Thursday of each month, Kara O’Toole will guide

participants through dance phrases and relate

movement to works of art. Plan to stay for the hour

and wear comfortable clothes and shoes/socks you

can move in. All ages and experience levels are

welcome. Children under the age of 8 must be

accompanied by a participating guardian. If you have

any questions, contact T.U.P.A.C.: (253) 327-1873

Star Wars Yoda and Friends

Saturday, July 13, 2019 (11:00AM – 12:00PM).

Enumclaw Library. Ages 2 to 7 with adult. Learn

about flying through space and make friends with

Yoda and his friends Luke and Leia. Construct your

own origami Yoda.

100’s of opportunities in the

Greater Seattle Area through the

King County Library and other sponsors.

PLANNING for MORE FUN and EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ...

Students not yet reading at grade level in the Reading Assistance Program (RAP) and Special Education students in grades K-5 are participating in a summer book club.

Just before school ends, students selected 10 high interest books and magazines at their independent reading level.

Parents are asked to ensure their child reads daily

Summer Book Club (Grades K-5)

Summer math practice = Fall class success Students can lose up to 3 months of math learning over the summer. Help keep this from happening by checking out the hints sent in each newsletter and encouraging your child to complete the skill practice sheets. There are lots of great math websites, and we’ll send you links with each newsletter. Please know that we have tried to find websites that don’t have too much advertising. Finding ones that are advertising free is almost impossible. Be sure and check out the website yourself just to make sure it meets your expectations before having your child play the math games.

It’s summer! Get out and play Some kids look at summer as one long TV/videogame/social media session. It is important to keep your child involved in physical activities, talking with others and engaged in activities outdoors. Consider some fun summer time activities that encourage physical fitness. Remember that we have some great public parks for use!

Have lots of chats with your kids Summer is also a time when kids may go to camp or spend more time out of the house with friends. The best way to know what’s going on with your child is just to ask!

What did they do today? What was the best part of the day? What was something interesting that happened today? What did they read? What did they observe?

Summer Newsletter Schedule 7 Distribution Dates

Learning Connections Summer Newsletters are published with skill worksheets for grades 1-6. If you would like access to another

grade level please go to the Tahoma website.

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How do I help my child gethooked on books?

Choice – children are more likely to persist with and finish books

This week

they get to choose.

Fit – pick books that are at your child’s level.

Time and Place have our focus is: Time and Place – have uninterrupted time for you child to read.

Praise - recognize effort and success

• Set a goal for how many pages you will read each dayR d th b f d i di l

success.

• Record the number of pages read in a reading log

Hold up a finger for everyHold up a finger for every word missed on a page.  A good-fit  book has five or less words missed per page.

d i d h f iwww.ttmd.com topics and authors of interestwww.scholastic.com searching by book level, topic, titlewww.google.com search by title along with the words “reading

level” to check for the fit

Summer Reading Log

Your Name _______________________

 

Date Title of fit book Page started

Page ended

Total pages read

Total number of pages read

Print and add another page for your reading log when this one is completed

This week

our focus is:

o Fluently add & subtract multi-digit

numbers (4.NBT.4)

o Multiply two 2-digit whole numbers (4.NBT.5)

o Divide whole numbers with 4-digit

dividends & 1-digit divisors (4.NBT.6)

Use the numbers 1 through 9 to

complete the equations. Each

number is used only once.

Each row is a math equation.

Work from left to right.

Each column is a math

equation. Work from top to

bottom.

x 2 ÷ 4

x x x

÷ ÷ 3

÷ x x

x x 210

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Dream Box: <you’ll need to click on your class list from last year>

http://www.tahomasd.us/pages/Tahoma_School_District_409/For_Families/

For_Students_Folder/Learning_Links/Math

Talk with your child about

numbers. Compare numbers,

order numbers, count backwards,

count forwards, count by 2s, 3s,

4s, and 6s. Ask your child, “What

is 10 less than 806?” or “Which

number is larger: 21,514 or

21,541?” Show your child how

you use numbers every day!

Division 3 A‐H 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Division(C)3  Score:    

 

 

15 / 3 =   _ _ _   30 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

142   243   62   243  

 

 

 

 

21 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   15 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   27 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

123   93   303   63  

 

 

 

 

30 / 10 =   _ _ _   21 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

12 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   6 ÷ 2 =   _ _ _   9 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Division(C)3  Score:    

 

 

15 / 3 =   _ _ _   30 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

142   243   62   243  

 

 

 

 

21 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   15 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   27 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

123   93   303   63  

 

 

 

 

30 / 10 =   _ _ _   21 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

12 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   6 ÷ 2 =   _ _ _   9 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

   

Division 3 A‐H 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Division(D)3  Score:    

 

 

30 / 3 =   _ _ _   6 / 3 =   _ _ _   21 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

273   62   93   153  

 

 

 

 

24 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   8 ÷ 2 =   _ _ _   3 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

123   33   3010   142  

 

 

 

 

9 / 3 =   _ _ _   30 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

24 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   27 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   6 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Division(D)3  Score:    

 

 

30 / 3 =   _ _ _   6 / 3 =   _ _ _   21 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

273   62   93   153  

 

 

 

 

24 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   8 ÷ 2 =   _ _ _   3 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

123   33   3010   142  

 

 

 

 

9 / 3 =   _ _ _   30 / 3 =   _ _ _   18 / 3 =   _ _ _  

 

 

 

24 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   27 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _   6 ÷ 3 =   _ _ _  

   

Multiplication 3 A‐H 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Multiplication(C)3  Score:    

 

 

  8  1  3  10 

  ×  3  ×  3  ×  5  ×  0 

 

 

 

 

3 × 9 =       3 × 3 =       4 × 3 =      

 

 

  10  2  0  2 

  *  3  *  2  *  3  *  7 

 

 

 

 

8 * 3 =       3 * 6 =       2 * 3 =      

 

 

  8  3  3  10 

  *  1  *  5  *  2  *  3 

 

 

 

 

3 × 7 =       4 × 3 =        

 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Multiplication(C)3  Score:    

 

 

  8  1  3  10 

  ×  3  ×  3  ×  5  ×  0 

 

 

 

 

3 × 9 =       3 × 3 =       4 × 3 =      

 

 

  10  2  0  2 

  *  3  *  2  *  3  *  7 

 

 

 

 

8 * 3 =       3 * 6 =       2 * 3 =      

 

 

  8  3  3  10 

  *  1  *  5  *  2  *  3 

 

 

 

 

3 × 7 =       4 × 3 =        

 

   

Multiplication 3 A‐H 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Multiplication(D)3  Score:    

 

 

  3  6  3  3 

  ×  4  ×  3  ×  3  ×  7 

 

 

 

 

1 × 3 =       6 × 1 =       3 × 2 =      

 

 

  10  0  7  9 

  *  3  *  4  *  3  *  3 

 

 

 

 

0 * 3 =       3 * 6 =       2 * 10 =      

 

 

  3  3  8  2 

  *  3  *  5  *  3  *  3 

 

 

 

 

1 × 3 =       6 × 3 =        

 

MathFluency  Name:    

  Date:    

Multiplication(D)3  Score:    

 

 

  3  6  3  3 

  ×  4  ×  3  ×  3  ×  7 

 

 

 

 

1 × 3 =       6 × 1 =       3 × 2 =      

 

 

  10  0  7  9 

  *  3  *  4  *  3  *  3 

 

 

 

 

0 * 3 =       3 * 6 =       2 * 10 =      

 

 

  3  3  8  2 

  *  3  *  5  *  3  *  3 

 

 

 

 

1 × 3 =       6 × 3 =        

   

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3. Compare the number of tickets sold for the Wild Mouse and the Water Slide. Write a number sentence using ., ,, or 5. Explain your answer.

1. Find the value of the ten thousands place for the Big Roller Coaster. How is the value of the digit in the ten thousands place different from the value of the digit in the thousands place?

Name of Ride Tickets Sold

Wild Mouse 314,890

Tilt-a-Whirl 198,572

Big Roller Coaster 255,429

Water Slide 320,040

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5. The Park Director also records the number of visitors each week. For each number of visitors, round to the place value of the underlined digit.

6. Use the numbers in the chart to solve the problems. Estimate. Show your work.

a. About how many people visited the amusement park during Week 2 and Week 3?

Estimate:

b. About how many more people visited the amusement park during Week 1 than Week 3?

Estimate:

Week Number of Visitors Rounded Number

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2 110,351

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1. 12,673 - 9,717 = 2. 8,406 + 45,286 = 3. 2,601 - 1,437 =

Answer each question about the information in the table.

Area of the Countries of Central America

4. What is the total area of Guatemala and Honduras?

5. Which two countries have the least area? What is the sum of their areas?

6. Which is greater: the area of Nicaragua or the total area of Costa Rica and Panama?

7. How much greater is the area of Honduras than the area of Guatemala?

Show your work.

Country Area (square miles)

Belize 8,867

Costa Rica 19,730

El Salvador 8,124

Guatemala 42,042

Honduras 43,278

Nicaragua 49,998

Panama 30,193

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Add or subtract.

Answer each question about the information in the table.

6. What is the total number of miles the trucker drove in the last 2 years?

7. Which is greater, the increase in miles driven between 1998 and 1999 or between 1999 and 2000? What is that increase?

8. Stretch Your Thinking Look at the trucking data in the table for Exercises 6 and 7. How would you round the data to make a bar graph? What scale would you use?

1. 958,299 - 63,419 = 2. 9,523 - 8,756 =

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Miles Driven by a Trucker

Year Miles

1998 75,288

1999 117,391

2000 126,304

2001 87,192

2002 94,386

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Multiply using any method. If you use an area model to multiply, show your sketch.

1. 45 × 79

2. 88 × 29

3. 74 × 57

4. 84 × 68

Mr. Gomez’s class is learning about multiplication. The class wants to see what multiplications they can find in their school. Solve each problem.

5. The class counts 37 tiles across the front of their room and 64 tiles down one side. How many floor tiles are in their classroom?

7. In the school, there are 3 classrooms for each grade: kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Each classroom has 32 lockers. How many lockers are there in the school building?

6. The back of their classroom is a brick wall. Down one side, they count 26 rows of bricks. Across the bottom, they count 29 bricks. How many bricks make up the wall?

8. The school auditorium has 69 rows of seats. Each row has 48 seats across. If 6,000 people want to see the school talent show, how many times do the students have to do the show?

Write two multiplication word problems of your own. Then solve each problem.

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Solve using any method and show your work. Check your work with estimation.

1. 55 × 64

2. 42 × 67

3. 59 × 32

4. 78 × 44

5. 62 × 23

6. 53 × 28

7. 71 × 35

8. 22 × 66

Show your work.Solve.

9. Keesha walks 12 blocks to school every day. One day, she counts 88 sidewalk squares in one block. If each block has the same number of sidewalk squares, how many squares does Keesha walk on as she walks to and from school each day?

10. The Card Collector’s Club is having a meeting. Each member brings 25 sports cards to show and trade. If 35 members attend, how many cards do they bring altogether?

11. On a separate sheet of paper, write and solve your own multiplication word problem.

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4. 5 ⟌ _

8,265

7. 6 ⟌ _

259

2. 4 ⟌ _

886

5. 3 ⟌ _

795

8. 7 ⟌ _

952

3. 8 ⟌ _

576

6. 9 ⟌ _

2,664

9. 3 ⟌ _

7,459

Solve.

10. For the school field day, students are divided into 5 same-size teams. Any extra students will serve as substitutes. If 243 students participate, how many students will be on each team? How many substitutes will there be?

11. A fruit stand sells packages containing 1 peach, 1 pear,1 apple, 1 banana, and 1 mango each. One week they sold a total of 395 pieces of fruit. How many packages did they sell?

Show your work.

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652 2. 4 ⟌ _

940 3. 6 ⟌ _

840 4. 7 ⟌ _

942

5. 5 ⟌ _

6,502 6. 6 ⟌ _

8,370 7. 4 ⟌ _

5,267 8. 8 ⟌ _

9,161

Solve.

9. Joe had 145 peanuts in a bag. He fed all of the peanutsto the 5 squirrels that he saw. If each squirrel got the same number of peanuts, how many peanuts did each squirrel get?

10. There were 1,148 students at Jefferson High Schoolwho wanted to go on a field trip. Since they could not all go at the same time, they went in 7 equal groups. How many students were in each group?

11. A printing company has 1,080 ink cartridges to bepacked in 9 shipping boxes. If each box holds the same number of cartridges, how many ink cartridges will be packed in each box?

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