Mastery of the following area(s) is expected for incoming students into 5th grade
          
Math

Basic addition and subtraction facts. Basic multiplication and division facts. Simple fractions and how to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.  Reduce to simplest terms. 

Website Resources

Metric System
Immigration
Explorers
Thirteen Colonies
Triple A Math-Math Practice
National Weather Service

    Recommended
       Summertime      
   Activities 

    Science and
        Social Studies

Systems in living things-
Grow a sea monkey.
Solar system- Sit outside and count the stars, find a Summer constellation.
 Matter-Check out a science experiment book and create your own experiment.
 Weather and Climate-Keep a journal of the weather and track the weather in another state online.  Water-Keep track of the amount of water your family uses in a one week period.
 
Some of our Social Studies themes are Immigration, Explorers, Thirteen Colonies, and the Revolutionary War

Field trips-Art Museums, California Science Center, Griffith Park Observatory


  Reading/Writing

Participate in Summer reading groups. Write in a journal during the summer about special trips, creative stories or write letters. Read historical fiction books about explorers and people who came to America.  

Book Adventure

 Recommended Summertime Reading

Esperanza Rising
The True Confessions
of Charlotte Doyle
Johnny Tremain
Dear America Series
The Winter of Red Snow
The Fighting Ground
Night of the Twisters
SOS Titanic
Bud, Not Buddy
Strider
Girl of the Shining Mountains
The Way West
Julie of the Wolves
Misty of Chincoteague
In the Company of Whales
A View From Saturday
The Whipping Boy
Shiloh

Recommended Authors
J.K. Rowling
Sid Fleishman
Jean Craighead George
E.L. Konigsburg
Avi
Pam Munoz