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1 Bridge the Gap Book Finished 4 th going into 5 th grade book Dear Parents, The PTA is very pleased to continue to offer a Bridge the Gap booklet to every student at Linton Springs Elementary School. The summer is a great time to relax and spend time with our families; it is also a time when kids forget some of the things they learned in the past school year. A little time spent practicing these skills can go a long way to helping them adjust in the fall. Located on the LSE website under the PTA section is a Bridge the Gap booklet ( Please choose the grade your child is going into in the fall. This booklet is meant to be completed by the student, however, parental involvement maybe needed as well. We recommend students work on this book a page or two at a time. There will not be a grade given to the student for completing the workbook. However, there is a sheet to return located in each book if your child made an effort to complete the book. Every student that completes the workbook, and turns in this sheet by Sept 9 th will receive a gift bag. If you have a question please contact Carol Taylor at carolrt17@gmail.com Thank you and have a great summer! Your PTA... Additional resources The following resources are not a requirement for the Bridge the Gap program. If you are looking for any additional educational activities there are a variety of resources listed. If you are looking for computer based resources for your student check out some of the following internet resources: Located on the LSE page is a Media link. Once on the Media page scroll down to find some great resources to include the Destiny Online Catalog (Dream Box, Connected, Raz, XtraMath, and several more). Your student will use the same login credentials from the school year. Math based online activities: bedtimemath.org/ ELA based online activities:

2 - Join Scholastic s Summer Reading Under the Stars. Feed the Reading Meter by logging in your books. Earn prizes for reading. Find suggestions for great books to read. - Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program: Imagination s Destination - Read 8 books to earn a free paperback book! Common Core based worksheets: Many worksheets within this document have been borrowed from the following sources. **************************Return Only this Section***************************** Please fill out and return the bottom portion of this sheet if you worked on the bridging the gap book this summer for a gift bag. This sheet must be turned in by Sept 9 th.... Bridge the Gap Student Name: Grade: Teacher: **************************Return Only this Section*****************************

8 Make a paper airplane! This is a very stable aircraft that flies "upside-down." You can get good loops and turns as well as straight flights out of this one. The idea for the shape comes from the A-wing fighter in Star Wars.

KenKen puzzle Challenge. If you are new to KenKen puzzles ask a parent to help get you started! Some of these puzzles can be tricky! Give yourself time to understand how this puzzle works!

9 KenKen puzzle Challenge. If you are new to KenKen puzzles ask a parent to help get you started! Some of these puzzles can be tricky! Give yourself time to understand how this puzzle works! Rules for KenKen It's hard to learn the rules all at once before interacting with the puzzle, so just the briefest introduction to the rules makes sense before diving in. Start with a 4x4 puzzle, like the one shown here. 1. The only numbers you may write are 1, 2, 3, or 4. (A 6x6 puzzle requires 1 through 6.) 2. No numbers may appear more than once in any row or column. (That is, all required numbers must appear in every row and column.) 3. Each "cage" (region bounded by a heavy border) contains a "target number." If there's more than one cell in the cage, the target is also accompanied by an arithmetic operation. You must fill that cage with numbers that produce the target number, using only the specified arithmetic operation. Numbers may be repeated within a cage, if necessary, as long as they do not repeat within a single row or column. 4. In a one-cell cage, just write the target number in that cell. Step 1: Use Rule 4, fill in the easiest cages of the puzzle. For the puzzle above, there are two the one-cell cages. Which each have a target value of 4, without an operator! You are right those cages are just a single number with no equations involved they gave you the answer! The puzzle now looks: Step 2: Now we use a little logic. Looking at the last column, the only full cage has a target number of 2 and the

10 operator, you know the only way to get that target value is from the following two equations: 4 2 = 2 or 2 1 = 2. Because of Rule 2, you know that the number 4 can t appear in this column again. That means the Gray cage must contain a 2 and a 1 but we do not know the order of placement yet. However, from this you can now account for numbers 1, 2, and 4 in this column. Using Rule 2 again, you know the only other number left to account for is number 3. By deduction this number must go in the partial cage at the top of the column. From there, you can solve this cage. With a target value of 2, a subtraction operator, and the number 3 the only possible equation is: 3 1 = 2. (Using Rule 1, where each cell can only contain the numbers 1, 2, 3, or 4). Step 3: Looking at our top row. You have one empty cage, with a target value of 2 and an operator of subtraction. You also can only use the numbers 2 and 4 (using Rule 1). Looking at Rule 2, you know that the number 4 is already in the first column. So, in the first column, the block must be a 2 and the remaining block of this cage must be a 4. Step 4: You can go in any order that you like on this puzzle. But let s look at the first cage in the next row down. This cage has a target value of 3 with an addition operator. Using Rule 1, the only way to get this target value you have to use the equation Using Rule 2, you notice the first column already has the number 2. From this, you know the block in the first column must be a 1, and the remaining block in this cage must be the number 2.

11 Now your KenKen puzzle looks like this: Step 5: That first column and second row have one block each missing! Using Rule 1, those blocks can only have a 3 in them!!! First two rows are done!!! You practice on the remaining cages! Have fun and ask your parent for help if you need it!!!

12 KenKen puzzle Challenge. Solve these puzzles using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Remember to ask parent for help if you need it!

13 KenKen puzzle Challenge. Feeling confident give these a try!

Kenken For Teachers. Tom Davis January 8, Abstract

Kenken For Teachers. Tom Davis January 8, Abstract Kenken For Teachers Tom Davis tomrdavis@earthlink.net http://www.geometer.org/mathcircles January 8, 00 Abstract Kenken is a puzzle whose solution requires a combination of logic and simple arithmetic