Summer Math Activities First Grade: July 7 th, July 14 th, July 21 st, July 28 th, August 4 th, August 11 th, August 18 th, and August 25 th Every Friday! Board Game, Card Game or App Day. Choose a game or app to play with your child! Games Yahtzee Monopoly Battleship Connect 4 Dominoes Chess Mahjongg Solitaire Memory Go Fish War Old Maid Bingo Spot the Difference Tic Tac Toe Chinese Checkers Checkers Blokus Solitaire Sudoku Trouble Sorry! Crazy Eights Qwirkle Apps (Free) 2048 Tile 123 Number Magic 2 Addition MathBoard Addition Number Pyramid Flash to Pass Kids Math Race 123 Kids Fun DOTS KG Math Lite Quento Mighty Math Fun Math Games (ten-frames) G1 Math Lite
July 3 rd : Letters: How many letters in your first and last name? Count on 5 more. What addition sentence did you make? July 4 th : Fourth of July: There are 10 people on the first float in the Fourth of July parade. There are 8 people on the second float in the Fourth of July parade. How many people is there altogether on the two floats? Write an equation for the problem. July 5 th : Farmer's Market: The farmer gave Henry 2 dimes and 1 nickel in change. How much money did Henry receive altogether? July 6 th : Operation Web Addition: Write 5 expressions with a sum of 12. July 10 th : Number Identification: How do you write this number in digits? twenty seven July 11 th : Measurement: Find an object that is as tall as they are. Find an object that is as long as their foot. Find an object that is as long as their pinkie finger. Find an object that is the width of both arms stretched wide. July 12 th : Farmer's Market: Leon has 5 flowers. Trey has 4 flowers. How many flowers do they have in all? Extension: How many more flowers does Leon have than Trey? July 13 th : Operation Web Subtraction: Write 5 expressions with a difference of 10. July 17 th : Word Problem: On Monday, 7 ducks were in the pond. On Tuesday, 3 ducks were in the pond. On Wednesday, two ducks were in the pond. How many ducks were in the pond in all? Write an equation also.
July 18 th : Sidewalk Chalk: Draw the following polygons with sidewalk chalk: circle square rectangle July 19 th : Farmers Market: Will and Grace each have 9 flowers. How many total flowers do Grace and Will have? Write an equation to solve. July 20 th : Operation Web Addition: Write 5 expressions with a sum of 15. July 24 th : Number Identification: How do you write this number in digits? thirty July 25 th : I Spy: Play "I Spy" using the words: top, middle, bottom, above, below, before, after, left, right, and between. July 26 th : Farmer's Market: Mrs. Mix went to the farmer s market at 9:00 and went home at 9:55. How many minutes was she at the farmer s market? July 27 th : Operation Web Subtraction: Write 5 expressions with a difference of 5. July 31 st : Shape Hunt: Look around your house and find items that resemble the solid figures of sphere, cylinder, cone, and cube. August 1 st : Snacks: Divide snacks into two equal groups. How many in each group? August 2 nd : Farmer's Market:
Liam has 6 dollars. How many more dollars does Liam need to buy flowers for his mother that cost 12 dollars? August 3 rd, August 10 th, August 17 th, August 24 th : Exercise: (Choose 1 activity from below) Count by 5's and do jumping jacks to 50 Count by tens to 100 and do arm circles Count by 5's backwards from 50 and do toe touches Count by 10's backwards from 100 and do sit ups August 7 th : Ways to Make 10: List all the ways to make 10. August 8 th : Digits Game: Players choose a target number, such as 100 and rearrange randomly drawn digits to make numbers as close as possible to the target. For example, given the digits 2, and 8, the closest number to 100 would be 82. August 9 th : Farmer's Market: The zoo brings 12 insects for kids to see at the farmer s market. 5 of the insects are on the log. The rest of the insects are crawling on the side of the aquarium. How many insects are crawling on the side of the aquarium? August 14 th : Guess My Number: Max s number is odd. Max s number is between 0 and 10. Max s number is larger than 6 but less than 9. What is Max s number? August 15 th : Word Problem: Jenn has 7 books from the library. Gina has 5 more books than Jenn. How many books does Gina have? Write an equation also. August 16 th : Farmer's Market:
There are 14 bees on the flowers. 3 bees fly away. How many bees are left? August 21 st : Guess My Unit: It is a measurement of capacity. It is used in recipes. What is my unit? August 22 nd : Digits Game: Players choose a target number, such as 100 and rearrange randomly drawn digits to make numbers as close as possible to the target. For example, given the digits 2, and 8, the closest number to 100 would be 82. August 23 rd : Farmer s Market: There are 7 apples. Claude eats some of the apples. There are 4 apples left. How many apples did Claude eat? August 28 th : Missing Addend/Subtrahend: 6 + _ = 10 11 = 1 + 3 + = 3 13 = + 4 14 = 2 10 - = 3 August 29 th : Ten Frame Mania: http://gregtangmath.com/tenframemania August 30 th : Skip Counting: Skip count by 10s to 100 forward and backward. August 31 st : End of Summer Activity: Please complete the Learning Style Inventory attached. Then complete the "Who I am" page. Bring this to your new teacher in September! Your parents can read the questions to you.
First Grade ANSWERS for One District, One Summer: July 7 th, July 14 th, July 21 st, July 28 th, August 4 th, August 11 th, August 18 th, and August 25 th Every Friday! Board Game, Card Game or App Day Choose a game or app to play with your child! July 3 rd : Letters: Sample answer: 12 letters; 12 + 5 = 17 July 4 th : Fourth of July: There are 18 people altogether on the two floats. 10 + 8 = 18 July 5 th : Farmer's Market: Henry received 21 cents in change. July 6 th : Operation Web Addition: Sample answers: 6+6 4+8 0+12 1+11 3+9 It does not matter what order the numbers are in. For example, 9+3 or 3+9, due to the commutative property of addition. July 10 th : Number Identification: 27
July 11 th : Measurement: Sample answers: A bookcase may be as tall as the student. A book may be as long as their foot. A french fry may be as long as their pinkie finger. A door may be the width of both arms stretched wide. July 12 th : Farmer's Market: Trey and Leon have 9 flowers in all. 5 + 4 = 9 Extension: Leon has 1 more flower than Trey. 5-4 = 1 July 13 th : Operation Web Subtraction: Sample answers: 20-10 12-2 10-0 13-3 15-5 July 17 th : Word Problem: There are 12 ducks in the pond. 7 + 3 + 2 = 12 July 18 th : Sidewalk Chalk: Circle Square- a parallelogram with four congruent sides (sides that are the same length) and four right angles. (square corners, 90 degrees) Rectangle-A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent parallel sides (could be 2 short sides and 2 long sides) and four right angles. July 19 th : Farmers Market: Will and Grace have 18 flowers. 9 + 9 = 18
July 20 th : Operation Web Addition: Sample answers: 10 + 5 2 + 13 0 + 15 6 + 9 8 + 7 It does not matter what order the numbers are in. For example, 8 + 2 or 2 + 8. July 24 th : Number Identification: 30 July 25 th : I Spy: For example: I spy a dog that is below the table. July 26 th : Farmer's Market: Mrs. Mix was at the farmer's market for 55 minutes. July 27 th : Operation Web Subtraction: Sample answers: 20-15 12-7 10-5 13-8 15-10 July 31 st : Shape Hunt: SAMPLE ANSWERS: Sphere- ball Cylinder- soup can Cone- party hat, ice cream cone Cube- block August 1 st : Snacks: For example, if you have 20 goldfish crackers, there are 10 in each group. August 2 nd : Farmer's Market: Liam needs $6 more to buy flowers for his mother.
August 3 rd, August 10 th, August 17 th, August 24 th : Exercise August 7 th : Ways to Make 10: List all the ways to make 10. Sample answers: 5 + 5 = 10 7 + 3 = 10 1 + 9 = 10 2 + 8 = 10 4 + 6 = 10 10 + 0 = 10 The Commutative Property of Addition: it does not matter the order of the addends, the sum will remain the same. So, your child can write 9 + 1 = 10 or 1 + 9 = 10. August 8 th : Digits Game: Players choose a target number, such as 100 and rearrange randomly drawn digits to make numbers as close as possible to the target. For example, given the digits 2, and 8, the closest number to 100 would be 82. August 9 th : Farmer's Market: There are 7 insects crawling on the side of the aquarium. August 14 th : Guess My Number: My number is 7. August 15 th : Word Problem: Gina has 12 books. 7 + 5 = 12 August 16 th : Farmer's Market: There are 11 bees left. August 21 st : Guess My Unit:
My unit is cups. August 22 nd : Digits Game: Players choose a target number, such as 100 and rearrange randomly drawn digits to make numbers as close as possible to the target. For example, given the digits 2, and 8, the closest number to 100 would be 82. August 23 rd : Farmer's Market: Claude ate 3 apples. August 28 th : Missing Addend/Subtrahend: Answers: 6 + 4 = 10 11 = 1 + 10 3 + 0 = 3 13 = 9 + 4 14 12 = 2 10-7 = 3 August 29 th : Ten Frame Mania http://gregtangmath.com/tenframemania August 30 th : Skip Counting: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 0 August 31 st : End of Summer Activity: End of Summer Activity: Please complete the Learning Style Inventory attached. Then complete the "Who I am" page. Bring this to your new teacher in September! Your parents can read the questions to you.