Optional Homework Enrichment Packet

Due May 30, 2014

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Math Challenge Heads and Tentacles

The City Aquarium has a special summer exhibit that includes octopuses and sharks. A visitor decided to count all the tentacles and heads in the exhibit. She found that there were 24 heads and 64 tentacles. She noticed that all the octopuses had 8 tentacles and the sharks had none. Since an octopus and a shark each have one head, how many octopuses and sharks are there in the exhibit?

Octopuses = ____________ Sharks = ____________

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Math Challenge The Magic Pentomino

Find the magic pentomino. All of the pentominoes have the same area and perimeter except one. The magic pentomino is the only one that is not like the others.

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Math Challenge Beach Reading

Kate, Adam, Elle, Jacob, and Lily are each reading the same book for their summer reading. The book's 15 chapters are each 16 pages long. 1. Kate wanted to read half the book in 2 days. She is halfway toward her goal. 2. Adam has read 4 chapters so far. 3. Elle has read 20 pages past the halfway mark. 4. Jacob is one third of the way through the book. 5. Lily has only 3 chapters to go. How many pages has each person read? Show your work below and find an organized way to show your answer.

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Road Trippin’ Brainteaser Roger, Olivia, Allie, and Danny are all going on road trips this summer. They are each traveling to a different destination (California, Texas, New York, and Illinois) and will drive a different number of miles (2,268; 1,197; 274; and 706). Use the clues below to each person’s destination and the amount of miles they will drive.

Show your work and your answer here:

Roger is traveling to _____________________ and will drive______________________ miles.

Olivia is traveling to _____________________ and will drive______________________ miles.

Allie is traveling to _____________________ and will drive______________________ miles.

Danny is traveling to _____________________ and will drive______________________ miles.

1. Roger is driving the least amount of miles. 2. The person driving to California is driving the most miles. 3. A girl is not going to Texas. 4. Allie is going to the state farthest east. 5. Olivia is driving farther than Allie 6. Danny will be driving to the state farthest west.

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FIND IT - PREFIXES As you read, look for words with prefixes in your book. A prefx is a group of letters added to the beginning of a root word that can change or add to the meaning of the word. Common prefixes are re-, mis-, dis-, in-, im-, uni-, and tri-. When you find a word with a prefix, write it down and underline the prefix. For example: “rewrite” Record at least ten words with prefixes here.

Book Title Word (underline the prefix) Page

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FIND IT - SUFFIXES As you read, look for words with suffixes in your book. A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a root word that can change or add to the meaning of the word. Common suffixes are –ing, -ed, -er, -or, -ly, and –ful. When you find a word, write it down and underline the suffix. For example: “writing” Record at least ten words with suffixes here.

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FIND IT - COMPOUND WORDS As you read, look for compound words in your book. A compound word is made when two smaller words are joined together to make a new word like doghouse or windmill. When you find a compound word, write it down below. Record at least ten compound words here.

Book Title Compound Word Page

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Summer Playlist Song Title Artist

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Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

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Weekly Exercise Plan Exercises Planned Time spent

Sunday

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Length Hunt

Find items that match the following descriptions in your home or yard.

1. An object that is 2 inches long: ________________________________

2. An object that is 5 feet long: _____________________________

3. An object that is shorter than 1 meter: _____________________________

4. An object that is longer than 1 meter: ______________________________

5. An object that is about 1 yard in length: ____________________________

6. An object you would measure in millimeters: _______________________

7. An object you would measure in inches: ___________________________

8. Something that is 1 foot long: _________________________________

9. Something that is about 50 cm long: _______________________________

10. Measure the length of your arm from elbow to wrist: ________________

11. Find something that is the same length as #10: _____________

12. Estimate the perimeter of a room in meters: _____________________

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Measurement Story Problems Peter has a garden that is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. 1. Draw a picture of Peter’s garden. 2. What is the perimeter of the garden?

3. What is the area of the garden? Kelsey just got a new swimming pool at her house. She loves to swim!!! When they dug the hole it was 25 feet long and 15 feet wide. 1. Draw a picture of the pool.

2. What is the perimeter of the pool?

3. What is the area of the pool?

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Mrs. Clayton’s classroom is shaped like a square. One side is 15 feet long. 1. Draw a picture of the classroom.

2. What is the perimeter of the classroom?

3. What is the area of the classroom?

The auditorium is 30 yards long and 26 yards wide. 1. Draw a picture of the auditorium.

2. What is the perimeter of the auditorium?

3. What is the area of the auditorium?

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20 Boxes Math Review #2 Write the number in

words: 249,687

Write the number in expanded form: 3,640,016

Write the number in standard form:

six hundred fifty thousand, nineteen

If a triangle has three angles of equal measure,

what type of triangle is it?

How many minutes are in

10 hours?

0.5 + 3.6=

My sister is 5 feet 4 inches tall. How many inches tall

is she?

Circle all the acute angles in this shape.

$20.00 - $14.95=

How many weeks are

in 180 days?

9 x 6 = ______

90 x 6 = ______

900 x 6 = ______

42 + 9 = ___ - 32

Write a fraction that is equal to 0.5

Find the area of the shape if the length = 8 inches and

width = 3 inches.

If I eat dinner at 6:30 p.m. and go to bed at 10:00 p.m., how many hours are there

between dinner and bedtime?

Mrs. Smith has two gallons of punch. How many cups of

punch does she have?

Shelby has 16 cats at her house. How many cat legs

are at her house?

There are 257 students at Aspen Elementary. How

many buses will they need to go on a field trip if every bus can hold 40 students?

12,012 – 2,201=

Draw a shape with 2 right angles and one set of

parallel sides.

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Knowledge Bowl Instructions: 1. Choose at least one of the Knowledge Bowl questions below to answer. 2. Use an encyclopedia, book, or the Internet to find the answer to the question.

Read some information about this person, place or thing. 3. Write a complete sentence telling your teacher where you found the

information. 4. Write at least 5 sentences telling your teacher what you learned about the

person, place, thing, or event that was the answer to the Knowledge Bowl question.

Knowledge Bowl 1

What is the longest river in the world? Knowledge Bowl 2

What is the tallest mountain in the world? Knowledge Bowl 3

List the continent, country, state, and city that you live in.

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My School Year

Fill out the shapes below with pictures or words that tell about your school year.

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My Class Favorite Subject

Friends My Teacher

Favorite Lunch

Favorite Recess Activity

Something I learned

Special Activities

Favorite Field Trip

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WRITING PROMPT Summer Plans

If you could plan one activity to do with your friends or family this summer, what would you choose? Write a paragraph detailing for your teacher what you would do, where you would go, and why. Use the space below to plan your paragraph:

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WRITING PROMPT Campfire Story

If you were camping and telling a story around the campfire, what would it be? Your story can be true or fiction, funny or scary. Just make sure it has characters, a setting, a problem and solution. Use the space below to plan your story:

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Here is the answer to a riddle: the beach What are the clues?

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Here is the answer to a riddle: an airplane What are the clues?

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Here is the answer to a riddle: the playground What are the clues?

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You’ve been given the answer to the riddles. Now you need to write the clues. Start with a vague clue and get more and more specific with the following clues.

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Write the answer to the riddle. Then write the clues. Start with a vague clue

and get more and more specific with the following clues.