Sacred Heart School | Salinas Celebrating over 100 years of Quality Catholic Education

123 West Market Street • Salinas, California 93901 • 831.771.1310 • fax 831.771.1314 • www.shschool.com

June 6, 2019

Dear Parents of Incoming Fourth Grade Students, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. For those who do not know me, I am Ms. Toderick, and I so excited to be your child’s fourth grade teacher! I had the privilege of working with this class when they were in 1st grade, and I’m looking forward to see how much each and every one of them has progressed since then! This will be my third year teaching, and my fourth year at Sacred Heart School. I have come to love the close knit community this school embodies, and I look forward to getting to know all of you and your parents even better in fourth grade. I look forward to a year of learning and fun! Here are a few suggestions for maintaining the skills your child has learned in third grade: Math: Please have your child practice their basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Upon entering fourth grade, your child should be able to complete 100 problems in five minutes with 100% accuracy. Required Summer IXL Math: Your child needs to complete the IXL lessons outlined on following page. They will use their same user name and password from this school year. Their sign in card is attached. Review Books: Some parents have asked about a review book called “Summer Bridge.” This is a comprehensive review that would keep students in practice. There is a Math series called “Spectrum” that is designed to practice basic math. If you decide to purchase the “Spectrum” workbook, please purchase the third grade edition so the skills they learned in third grade are reinforced. Required Summer Reading/Activities: Over the summer please have your child read George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl and complete the enclosed worksheets. It is important that these worksheets be completed in cursive, as cursive handwriting will be expected in fourth grade. I highly encourage your child to read this summer and to practice their cursive handwriting. These worksheets will be due on the first day of school. Don’t forget to order school supplies from 1st Day School Supplies (link on school’s website) by June 30th. They will be delivered directly to the classroom with your child’s name. Have a relaxing and enjoyable summer. I will see you in August! Sincerely,

Ms. Toderick

4th Grade Summer Activities

Read: George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl. Complete

one section of the attached packet per chapter (15 total

chapters). This will count as the first Reading grade. A test

will be taken in August when you come back to school. The

packet is DUE on the first day of school, AUGUST 14th,

2019. Any packets that are late will lose points.

Please read 20-30 minutes a day. Remember to read every

day and that you will be able to take AR tests on these

books when we return to school. I recommend reading books

by Andrew Clement, Judy Blume, Mike Lupicia, or anything that interests

your child.

Review all math facts. This includes addition, subtraction, division, and

multiplication facts. You will have a timed (5 minutes for 100 problems)

addition/subtraction math facts test on the first day of school, a

multiplication test on the second day of school, and a division test on the

third day of school. The more practice done over the summer, the more

prepared you will be for 4th grade. Complete IXL required math lessons.

Some ideas to help you review your math facts:

● Free Rice (www.freerice.org)

● Flash cards

● iPad applications (“Flash to Pass” is a great one!)

● Practice pages (www.math-drills.com)

Summer Bridge Activities: 3rd to 4th Grade is a useful summer study tool.

You can find this on Amazon or at the education store.

These books are valuable when done on a consistent

basis. Meaning, 10-15 minutes per day, 3-5 days a week.

Ms. Toderick’s 4th Grade

Summer Reading Packet

George’s Marvelous Medicine

Name: ______________________________________________

Directions: After every chapter complete one page of the packet.

Please do the packet in order, beginning with “Artistic Artist” for

chapter 1, “Creative Connector” for chapter 2, ect. Each section

should be answered in cursive and in complete sentences. If you are

asked to draw a picture, use color pencil or crayon only.

Grade: _______/100 points

Sacred Heart School

4th Grade Summer IXL Required Math Lessons

Login Instructions:

1. Go to ixl.com/signin/shss

2. Enter your child’s username and password and click

sign in

3. Under Learning tab, click on Math

4. Click on Grade tab on left side of screen

5. Complete lessons listed below

Math: 3rd Grade Tab

√ B.2 - Place value names up to thousands

B.3 - Place value names up to hundred thousands

B.4 - Value of a digit

C.1 - Add two numbers up to three digits

D.1 - Subtract numbers up to three digits

F.3 - F.13 - Multiplication facts 2-12

M.1 - Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts

P.1 - Rounding-nearest ten or hundred only

W.1 - Identify equal parts

W.5 - Show fractions: area models