BLAST OUT THE BRAIN DRAIN!!!

Dear Parents,

We are very excited to invite your future 3rd grade child to participate in our summer enrichment program! This is a wonderful opportunity to STOP the summer brain drain. It has been noted that students can lose 30-50% of their academic growth over the summer months. Over the course of three years, this can accumulate to a full year’s worth of knowledge and progress. We do not want this to happen.

This packet includes details about our reading and math challenge and ideas on how to incorporate outdoor play into your summer. You will even find an event calendar displaying local events. There is also a copy of the Core Knowledge

Sequence, which describes what your child will be learning next year. Please partner with us to promote and continue your child’s academic growth over the summer and encourage your student to turn in the last 2 sheets of this packet. Remember to write the student’s and teacher’s names. We are eager to see their summer triumphs.

Table of Contents:

Page 1……Aloha! Page 8……Looking Forward

Page 2...... The Tiers Page 9…...Spelling Words

Page 3……Books and Books Page 10 & 11……Summer Events

Page 4 and 5…… Reading List Page 12……Reading Game Board

Page 6……Math Whiz! Page 13……Math Game Board

Page 7……Summer Fun Activites

We would like to recognize and celebrate your hard work in these endeavors by offering fun events in the fall. 3 There are three tiers of reading incentives:

The third tier, THE 2 GRAND PRIZE, is for those who meet or The second tier is for exceed the goals 1 children who read listed. They will be half of the listed invited to the Ice The first tier is for hours. These students Cream Social, get children who read a will be invited to the FREE PASSES, and quarter of the hours Ice Cream Social and earn a MOVIE NIGHT. All listed on page 3. get TWO FREE three could be yours These students will be PASSES! A homework with your diligent invited to an Ice pass and a bathroom reading efforts. Cream Social! pass!

In addition, each student will earn one raffle ticket for each tier completed, with the hopes of winning the…… Grand Prize!!!

A HUGE thanks goes to Kerri Davis from Horace Mann Insurance Co. for making this donation. MATH WHIZ

Play the math board game attached. Fill in all squares to Find out what the new math earn a MATH PRIZE!!! prize is by turning in your 10 hours’ worth of work or Your quest, should you choose to accept: complete 10 hours printed report attached to of math work over the summer, and chart your progress on your game board. You won’t want to miss out on this the game board. fabulous prize!

Want to try something new? Take your quest to a Math Online whole new level and do your math work online! You  Sign up for your free account at can track your progress and time online, print your www.mathabc.com.  Choose your own report, and turn it in attached to your fully filled in username and password.  Select the grade you just math game board to receive the new math prize. completed.  Read the “How Does it Work?” section. IMPORTANT- Whatever written work you do,  Select one of the math whether it is a math workbook or print-offs from the areas to practice, moving through the courses computer, return them to school, so you can accept throughout the summer.  The number of stars your prize and so your teacher can be amazed and before each activity, tells you the level of difficulty, wowed by your efforts to be a Math Master! If you one star being the easiest and five stars being the choose to logon to www.mathabc.com , all you have most difficult.  When returning to school, to do is print the report detailing your math click the Report tab and print out your math progress! It’s as easy as “pi.” progress.  Turn in your report attached to your game board when you return. If you feel overwhelmed about where to start, rest easy, here are a few resources:

 There are grade-level workbooks and flashcards that can be found at Dollar Tree, Wal-Mart, School Crossing, Mardels, or Target (i.e., Summer Bridge series). We also encourage you to firm up on the math facts from your current year and to get in the groove for next year’s math facts! Practicing with these will help you increase your math fact speed and accuracy Name: ______Future Teacher: ______

1. Make art with chalk paint or sidewalk chalk____ 26. Write in a journal____ 2. Have a Lemonade Stand ____ 27. Put together a puzzle____ 3. Go on a family hike____ 28. Practice cursive by writing with 4. Go on a factory tour____ shaving cream____ 5. Make homemade pizza____ 29. Visit a historical site____ 6. Have a Backyard Campout and eat 30. With an adult, ride the city bus____ S’mores____ 31. Feed the ducks at the park____ 7. Have a Family Game Night____ 32. Make cookies for someone outside 8. Visit the library____ your family____ 9. Attend a Drive-in-Movie____ 33. Make paper airplanes____ 10. Visit a splash park____ 34. Make a bird house or bird feeder____ 11. Enjoy a backyard swim/sprinkler 35. Exercise together____ party____ 36. Celebrate an “un-birthday”____ 12. Go to a baseball game____ 37. Write in a journal____ 13. Go stargazing at night____ 38. Play hide-n-seek in the dark____ 14. Go on a scavenger hunt____ 39. Write a letter____ 15. Do a science experiment____ 40. Play charades____ 16. Build a fort____ 41. Visit a farm____ 17. Watch a firework show____ 42. Make popsicles____ 18. Make homemade Play-Doh____ 43. Visit a new park____ 19. Have a family sleepover in the living 44. Plant flowers____ room____ 45. Go to a parade____ 20. Have a water/water balloon fight____ 46. Get your face painted____ 21. Go to the zoo____ 47. Make a noodle/cereal necklace____ 22. Make homemade ice cream____ 48. Go to the movies____ 23. Visit a museum____ 49. Create a puppet show____ 24. Go on a bike ride____ 50. Go on a nature walk____ 25. Enjoy a root beer float____

Below are the Summer Readers’ guidelines. The hours are the total amount we would like you to read, but any reading over the summer will be beneficial.

Don’t forget to record the amount of time you read, so you can be rewarded for your diligence. This packet and the reading lists are also available on our website at www.jamesirwin.org .

For incoming 3rd graders: 24 hours over the summer will qualify you for the Top 3rd tier!

On the next few pages are some age-appropriate books that you might enjoy.

Resourcefulness

Practice your Character First trait, Resourcefulness, by turning in your reading minutes to your local library, Barnes and Noble, Chuckie Cheese, and even the Air Force website to get more prizes when you turn in your reading minutes to them!

James Irwin Summer Reading List

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 Literature 3-5  Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink  Adventures of Tintin by Herge  Call of the Wild by Jack London  Adventures of Tom Bombadil** by  Canterbury Tales retold by G. J. R. R. Tolkein McCaughrean  Alice’s Adventures in  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Wonderland** by Lewis Carroll Fleming  All Sail Set by Armstrong Sperry  Chronicles of Narnia by C. S.  All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Lewis (except The Lion, the Taylor Witch and the Wardrobe)  America's Paul Revere by Esther  Cricket in Times Square by George Forbes Selden  Arabian Nights** translated by  Daniel Boone by James Daugherty Edward Lane  Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly  Archimedes & the Door of Science Cleary by Jeanne Bendick  Destination Moon by James Irwin  Aristotle, Dean of Early Science by (our name sake) Glanville Downey & other  Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Immortals of Science biographies Angeli  At the Back of the North Wind**  King of the Wind by Marguerite and other books by George Henry MacDonald  Little House Series by Laura  Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour V. Ingalls Wilder (except Little Reit House in the Big Woods)  Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard  Little Princess by Frances Hodgson  Black Beauty: the Autobiography of Burnett a Horse by Anna Sewell  Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard  Black Stallion and other books by Atwater Walter Farley  My Side of the Mountain by Jean  Borrowers by Mary Norton Craighead George  Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter**

by Padriac Colum

 Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli  Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl James Irwin Summer Reading List

3rd-5th Graders

Literature 3-5 (continued)  Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle  Number the Stars* by Lois Lowry  Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH  Old Yeller by Fred Gipson  Peter Pan** by James Barrie by Robert O'Brien  Pippi Longstocking** and other  Prince and the Pauper by Mark books by Astrid Lindgren Twain  Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter  Robinson Crusoe by Daniel  Save Queen of Shebah by Louise Defoe Moeri  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry*  Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor by Mildred Taylor  Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia  Swiss Family Robinson by MacLachlan Johann Wyss  Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson  Sounder* by William H. Burnett Armstrong  Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame  Treasure Island by Robert Louis  Wonderful Wizard of Oz** and Stevenson other books by Frank Baum  Twenty Thousand Leagues Advanced Literature 3-5 under the Sea and others by  Adventures of Huckleberry Jules Verne Finn* by Mark Twain  The Witch of Blackbird Pond by  Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Elizabeth George Speare Mark Twain  The Bridge to Terabithia** by  And Now Miguel by Joseph Katherine Paterson Krumguld  The Book of Three** and other  Anne of Green Gables by L. M. books by Lloyd Alexander Montgomery  Little Britches Series by Ralph  Esperanza Rising by Pam Moody Munoz Ryan

 Heidi by Joanna Spyri

 Little Men by Louisa May Alcott *Mature content  Little Women and others by ** Imaginable and/or Magical Louisa May Alcott

This page details what your student will learn in the coming school year, should you want to read any books or do any activities that will build familiarity with the topics.

The Scope and Sequence for the 3rd grade year includes the following topics:

History  World Geography: Terms and Features, Canada, Important Rivers of the World  Ancient Rome: Geography of the Mediterranean, the empire, the “Decline and Fall” of Rome, Byzantine Empire  The Vikings  The Earliest Americans: Land Bridges, Native Americans,  Early Exploration of North America: Spanish Exploration and Settlement, American Southwest, Search for the Northwest Passage  The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times before the Revolution, Geography, Southern New England and Middle Atlantic Colonies

Science  Classification of Animals  The Human Body: Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous Systems, Vision, Hearing  Light and Optics  Sound  Ecology  Astronomy

Math  Number and Number Sense  Fractions and Decimals  Money  Computation  Measurement: Linear, Weight (Mass), Capacity (Volume), Temperature, Time  Geometry 

2016 JUNE MONDAY

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

30 31 01 02 03 04 05 Volunteer Trail Walk at JICES Mandatory Show Free concert at Prospect Lak "Get Out Ute Valley Pass 5:30AM Day Stargrass Theater 8PM Doors" 9AM-4PM - 7:30AM Old Colo. City Art Walkk 5PM Fair Festival in Castle Rock 3rd-5th 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Dance in the Garden at Circus Xtreme First and Main Concert Downtown Food Tour Pikes Peak Soap Box Hillside Gardens 6PM Series Every Sat 2 PM Derby 8AM-2PM Color Run 10AM

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Library Lawn Concert Summer Rodeo Series PPLD Open Mic Night Pikes Peak Celtic Pikes Peak Airway Happy Father's Day! Series PPLD Western Street 6PM Festival 17th-19th Attack Airshow 18th- Breakfast on Tejon Strawberry Days in 19th 5:30AM Glennwood Springs 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Starlight Spectacular Summer Rodeo Series Royal Gorge Climb for Courage 9AM Tejon Bike Fest 10AM Bike Ride at Garden of Whitewater Festtival Chuckwagon Dinner at Donkey Derby Days in the Gods 24th-25th Flying W Ranch Cripple Creek 9AM South Platte River Fest 27 28 29 30 01 02 03

Summer Rodeo Series Moonlight on the Mountain at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

This summer will never get boring when you remember to work on your fun-filled family activities, attend these exciting events while searching for a teacher, and most importantly, keep your brain wrinkly by working on math and reading!

2016 JULY MONDAY

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 27 28 29 30 01 02 03

Old Colo. City Artwalk Pikes Peak Art at Downtown Sunday Every Fri. America the Beautiful Market 9AM Every Sun. Grand Prix of CO at 2nd-4th Olymic Training Center Spring Spree at 9AM 1st-3rd Memorial Park 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Cripple Creek 4th Fountain Farmers Volunteer Trail Walk at Brairgate Movie in the First and Main Summer Downtown Food Tour Colorado Farm and Art Festival 9AM Markt 7AM Every Tues. Ute Valley Park 5:30AM Park- Minions Concert Series Every Sat 2PM Family Market 9AM Every Sat. Security Firehouse $1 Movie Day Wed. & Monument Market Adventure Day 10AM Old Colorado City Pancake Breakfast Thurs Cinemark Place Movie 7PM Bemis Art Famrers Market 7AM Flag Flying Zipline Tour Every Sat. 8AM Adv. West. Manitou Ice Cream Social 5:30PM 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Meridian Ranch Famers Pikes Peak or Bust Colorado Famr and Art Fine Arts Center Free El Paso County Fair Promade Briargate Market 1PM Every Tues. Rodeo 13th-16th Market 3PM Every Wed. Day Jazz 16th-23rd Pueblo Farmers Market 9AM Chess Meet at Pertires Concert in Bancroft Park Riverwalk Movie The Every Sun. Family Games 6PM Every Thurs. Good Dinosaur 9PM 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Tour Patsy's Candy Briagate Movie in the Manitou Community Friday Night Fireworks Cooking Class at 11AM any day Mon-Fri Park - Inside Out Market 3PM Every at Skysox William Sonoma 9AM Thurs.

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Go to Fountain Creek Chess Meet at Petries Go to Space Discovery Great Inflatable Race Nature Center Family Games 6PM Museum Discounts 9AM Memorial Park Online Blues Under the Bridge

This summer will never get boring when you remember to work on your fun- filled family activities, attend these exciting events while searching for a teacher, and most importantly, keep your brain wrinkly by working on math and reading! 3rd Grade Spelling Words to Know

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