Rising 6th grade summer calendarKey:

● Monday: math● Tuesday: art/music● Wednesday: science/social studies● Thursday: grammar/writing● Friday: fun (physical fitness-related)● Saturday and Sunday: read

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Word problem!

Monday through Friday a baker uses 11⁄4 sacks of flour when baking cakes. Will the baker use more than or less than 5 sacks of flour from Monday through Friday?

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COMIC CREATOR

Read some comics in the newspaper. Then click on Comics to create your own. Be creative!

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How do leaves breathe?

1.) Fill a large bowl with lukewarm water.2.)Find a leaf outside3.) Place the leaf in the bowl of water and put a small rock on top of it so it is FULLY submerged under the water.4.) Wait a few hours then come back and examine the leaf in the water. What do you see?The leaf gives off oxygen when it is submerged and the oxygen can be seen as bubbles in the water.

And since oxygen is lighter than water, the bubbles will eventually rise to the surface.

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WORD CHALLENGE

How many words can you make with these letters? S-U-M-M-E-R V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

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CHARADES

One person acts out a

noun or verb. The others

guess what it is. Another

great way to expand

vocabulary!

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Word problem:

Kayla is buying a DVD player on layaway for $210. If she makes a down payment of $30 and pays $15 each week, how many weeks will it take Kayla to pay for the DVD player?

20Find recycled material in your neighborhood. Paint them or decorate them. Next try to make a wind chime with all the materials you found and hang it outside of your house.

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Celery FUN!

(transpiration ) 1.)get three different containers2.) Place water in each along with a celery stick.3.) Add a different color food dye in each container.4.) Examine what happens next!This is the process of transpiration. The xylem in the plant suck up water like a straw and the colored water moves throughout the celery. The cool thing about this experiment is that you can actually see the capillaries once they are colored.

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Pen Pal anyone?

Write a letter to one of your family members. Then have them write you a letter back.

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T.V. TURN OFF DAY!

Can you go one day without T.V.? What else can you do? Keep a list of fun activities and try some.

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Word Problems:1.) Solve using the order of operation.4×10+4÷4 W (1+2)=

2.) You have 2 ⅝ pizzas to share equally with 3 people. How much pizza will each person get?

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How to create your

own lava lamp.

Materials:Clean large plastic soda bottleFood coloringCooking oilAlka Seltzer tablets

Follow these steps:Youtube the following title:“How to Make a LAVA LAMP Easy Kids Science Experiments”

28.Make Marble paper

Fill several paper cups about 1/3 full with cooking oil and add several drops of food coloring. Stir them thoroughly with a craft stick. Fill your tray with about 1 inch of water. With your dropper add a few drops of color to your water.Gently swirl the color around until you like the pattern. Make sure you do not mix the color into the water, you want it to sit on the surface.When you have a pattern that you like, carefully place your paper so it lies on top of the water without any air bubbles under it.Lift the paper off immediately and let it drip for a minute.Hang the paper on a clothes line, a drying rack or a flat surface to dry.Gently stir the surface of the paint in the tray, or add some new colors and swirl them. Practice patterns like circles, hearts and squiggles. Don't worry about mistakes because it will all beautiful!

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CAN I PLEASE??? Think of something you want to do this summer. Write a short, persuasive note to your parents asking for it!

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Bullseye!

Draw concentric circles using chalk and give each circle a point value (the middle circle should be worth the most points!). Throw a wet sponge. Compete with someone and keep track of your score!

3.

Fourth of July Fruit Salad:

2 cups of watermelon¾ cups of blueberries1 ½ cup of strawberries½ cup raspberries1 ¼ cup of sliced bananas Mix all ingredients together.

How many cups of fruit salad does this make?

If you eat ⅔ cup of the fruit salad, how much is left?

4.

Create art on the computer!

Check out the National Gallery of Art website

and create some art:

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/kids

.html

(this requires a plug-in that most kids won’t have.)

Did you know the National Gallery of Art is in Washington DC? Check it out this summer! It’s free!

5.

Build a tower!

Using only two sheets of

paper or newspaper and tape,

build a tower. Try multiple designs or challenge a

friend or sibling to create the

tallest tower. Can you do it without tape?

6.

Perfect Poetry!

Write a poem. Include figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia).

Give it to a family member, send it to a friend, or send it to a teacher!

7.

Create your own obstacle

course!

Ideas:-move a ball using only your head-walk with a ball between your legs-crawl under a chair-spin around 10 times and then toss a ball into a bucket-run, jump, or skip from one place to another

Get creative! Challenge your friends and family!

10.

You are ready to make an ice

cream sundae.

You have the following

flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream. Your

toppings include whipped

cream, hot fudge,

sprinkles, and chocolate

chips. If you had to make an

ice cream sundae with only one ice cream flavor

and one topping, how

many possible combinations

are there?

11.

Pitch perfect

Fill different glass or metal containers with water. Tap the containers to make music. Can you put all the sounds together to make an original song? What do you notice about the pitch for different amounts of water or different size containers?

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Scientific fun!

Create your own experiment using baking soda and vinegar. What happened?

13.

Baking madness

Write a grocery list for what you would need for rice krispy treats. If you can get to the grocery store, make some treats for the weekend!

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Cardio power

How many jumping jacks can you do in 30 seconds? Challenge a friend! Who does more?

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Quench your thirst

You are going to set up a lemonade stand in your front yard. How much will you charge?Calculate your total profit.

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Draw/paint a picture of something you have done this summer. The twist is to incorporate numbers into your artwork. Hide them or turn them into something cool like a squiggle.

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Water balloon

mission:

How do you keep a water balloon from popping?Use materials (with parent permission) from around the house to protect your water balloon. Test it by throwing it outside at a wall or tree. What worked best? What didn’t work well?

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PoetryWrite a limerick or haiku about summer.

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You’re IT!!!

Start a game of tag. How long can you keep it going?

24. Over-UnderPlayers: Groups of twoMaterials: Deck of cards with face cards removed, Aces worth oneSkill: MultiplicationHow to Play: Players split a deck of cards. One player is the Under 30 player and theother is the Over 30 player.Player 1: Under 30 Player 2: Over 30Each player turns over a card at the same time and the two numbers aremultiplied together. If the product is less than 30, the Under 30 player keeps thecards. If the product is greater than 30, the Over 30 player keeps the

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Accordion Folded Flower Collage

http://www.makeandtakes.com/accordion-folded-spring-flower-collage

You will need a cereal box into three strips for the project. Accordion fold your strips, so your finished piece will be able to stand.

To make the stems for the flowers, you can use:-plastic straws-pipe cleaners-strips of colored & patterned paper-yarn-ribbon-popsicle sticks

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How Do Leaves Breathe? A Simple Science Experimenthttp://www.kcedventures.com/blog/how-do-leaves-breathe-a-simple-science-experiment-for-kids

Step 1: Fill a large bowl with lukewarm water. You can use a glass or plastic bowl.

Step 2: Head outside and find a large leaf.You'll want to remove a leaf from a tree or plant and not just pick one up off the ground as we want an 'active' leaf for the project.

Step 3: Place the leaf in the bowl of water and put a small

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Rewrite the lyrics to one of your favorite songs.

28.Play Math Run

On the blacktop or a driveway, draw chalk numbers. Once the space is decorated, an adult will shout out a simple math equation for kids to solve with mental math.

The first kid to run to the correct answer, gets a point.

cards.If the answer is exactly 30 each player takes back their card and places it back intheir deck.When all the cards have been used the person with the most cards is the winner.

-green tape-draw stems with green crayons, markers, paint, etc.

Now you will glue, tape, or draw stems on your board.

There are many different ways to make your flowers: colored paper shapes, mini cupcake papers, flower pictures cut from magazines and catalogs, or flower stickers.

rock on top of it so it is FULLY submerged under the water.Then put the bowl in a sunny spot.

Step 4: WAIT a few hours.

Step 5: Take a peek a few hours laterWhat you should be seeing is small bubbles that form around the leaf and the edges of the bowl. What are these bubbles?

We see the bubbles as the leaf gives off oxygen. And since oxygen is lighter than water, the bubbles will eventually rise to the surface.

31. Reading

Addition MindsPlayers: Groups of three (groups of four or five for more advanced)Materials: Deck of cards, aces and face cards removedSkill: Addition, sumHow to Play: In this game for three players, one student is the leader and the other twoare the “mind readers”.The two players each draw a card and, without looking at it, hold it up to their foreheadsso that everyone else can see it, but not themselves.The leader announces the sum of the two cards. Each “mind reader” must figure out

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Decorate clothespins for your middle school locker!

2. Blobs in a

Bottle experiment

Materials:-A clean 1 liter clear soda bottle-3/4 cup of waterVegetable Oil-Fizzing tablets (such as Alka Seltzer)-Food coloring

What to do:-Pour the water into the bottle.-Use a measuring cup or funnel to slowly pour the vegetable oil into the bottle until it’s almost full. -You may have to wait a few minutes for the oil and water separate.-Add 10 drops of food coloring to the bottle (we like red, but any color will look great.) The drops will pass

3. Letter from

Camp.

Pretend you are sending a letter home from summer camp. Write a friendly letter home detailing the events of your camp experience.

4. Kangaroo

Hops.

Grab your friends and hop around the backyard like a kangaroo. Count your hops!

which card is on his or her own forehead and say it aloud. When both “mind readers”have figured out their cards, a new leader is chosen and the game continues.With Reading Addition Minds, all players get practice with sums and addends in everyround.

through the oil and then mix with the water below.-Break a seltzer tablet in half and drop the half tablet into the bottle. Watch it sink to the bottom and let the blobby greatness begin!-To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece. For a true lava lamp effect, shine a flashlight through the bottom of the bottle.

To make it an experiment:To make it a true experiment, you can try to answer these questions:

-Does the temperature of the water affect the reaction?-Does the size of the bottle affect how many blobs are produced?-Does the effect still work if the cap is put on the bottle?-Does the size of the tablet pieces affect the number of blobs created?

7.

Kelli made 42 cookies for a party. The party guests ate 28 cookies and then Kelli gave half of the rest to her next-door neighbor. How many cookies did Kelli have afterwards?

8.

Musical Spoons

Run an old spoon up and down the ridge of a metal can. You’ll get a nice sound!Try a plastic cheese grate too!

9.

Draw a map of your

neighborhood.

Place a small surprise somewhere and put a mark on it on your map. See if a friend or relative can follow your map and find the surprise.

10.

WRITE A POSTCARD

Keep in touch with a postcardto a family member or friend.

Describe where you are.

11.

Take a bike ride. Afterwards, use string and a ruler/tape measure and measure the circumference of your bicycle tires.Use the string to measure the tires then stretch it out to measure.

14.

Think of another mnemonic device to remember

15.

Create a chalk masterpiece outside

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Walk around your neighborhood and look for different plants and

17.

Write a letter to a friend. Ask them to write back.

18.Fast Clap:

-Clap your hand normally for 30 seconds. How many times did you clap?-Now clap your

PEMDAS. Then solve…4 + 6 (3-1)

of your house!

animals. Classify them as vertebrate or invertebrate and vascular or nonvascular.

hands above your head then behind you back. Each for 30 seconds. How many times did you clap each time? Was there a difference among clapping in front, above, and behind you?

21.

Take a walk outside with a friend. Identify at least one example of perimeter and one example of area. Make sure to justify!

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Draw your favorite memory from summer. Add thought and speech bubbles to give your drawing some life!

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Write a letter as if you were an astronaut from outer space. Choose a planet to visit and include details that are specific to that planet.

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First Day of Middle School :)

Good luck!

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