Students Entering Dexter Southfield School Class Five

Summer 2016

Students Entering Dexter Southfield School Class Five

Requirements

Reading

Students entering Class 5 are required to read Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix. In addition boys entering Class 5 are required to read Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan and girls entering Class 5 are required to read The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg. It is suggested that the two required books be read near the end of the summer because classroom activities have been planned for the fall on these novels. Additionally, students are required to choose three other books. A list of suggested summer reading books for Class Five students is available at www.dextersouthfield.org/SummerReading

Suggestions

To prepare for Class Five over the summer visit the Dexter Southfield Class Four webpage http://www.dextersouthfield.org/page/Grade4

to gain access to the following information.

English

Continue practicing the eight parts of speech. The definitions are available in the download section of the Class Four page. Practice identifying the subject predicate split while diagramming sentences.

Use IXL language arts program on the Class Four page to practice English grammar. Level F corresponds with the 4th grade level. There are many terrific practice exercises and explanations are provided when an incorrect answer is chosen.

Mathematics

Practice the speed and accuracy of the recall of the mathematics facts. The goal for Class Five students is to be able to complete 100 mathematics facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) in less than two minutes. These math facts sheets are available in the downloads section.

Use the IXL math program on the Dexter Class Four page to practice. Level F corresponds with the 4th grade level. There are many terrific practice exercises and explanations are provided when an incorrect answer is chosen.

The mathematics program used in both Class Four and Five is the Sadlier-Oxford Progress in Mathematics series. On the Class Four page, visit the Progress in Math link for review and preview material. (Remember- Class Four uses the Grade 5 program. Class Five uses the Grade 6 program.)

Writing

Create a daily journal, recording any thoughts, feelings, or interesting events that occurred during the day.

Write a summary on each of your summer reading books. Include a description of important characters and identification of main themes.