Upson Lee North Elementary: 2015 Summer Activities Calendar
June- upcoming 4th graders
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Visit the library.
Sign up to get a library
card to check out
books or check out a
book.
2
Research one of the
following
Native American
groups : Inuit,
Kwakiutl, Nez Perce,
Hopi, Pawnee, or
Seminole
Describe their food,
clothing, and shelter.
*for example, use
encyclopedias or
internet for research
9
Research one of the
following explorers:
John Cabot, Vasco
Nunez de Balboa, Juan
Ponce de Leon,
Christopher Columbus,
Henry Hudson, or
Jacques Cartier.
Describe their
accomplishments.
*for example, use
encyclopedias or
internet for research.
3
List your multiples of 3
and 4.
4
Cut a picture out of a
magazine and glue it to
a sheet of paper. Write
a story about the
picture.
5
Observe the moon.
What phase are you
observing?
Draw what it looks like.
10
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-3,657
11
Write a friendly letter
to a friend or relative.
16
Answer in complete
sentences:
What do you think
colonial life was like in
early America?
17
7856 divided by 4
*solve and check with
multiplication.
18
12
Use the experiment to
demonstrate how
water changes states:
1) Put some
water in a
cup
2) Put the cup
in the freezer
3) After a
couple of
hours, take
the cup
outside and
observe what
happens
*tell your
parents or
friends what
you noticed
19
Find or draw objects
that are translucent,
transparent, and
opaque.
22
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home. Read for 20
minutes.
Doodle the Clown
@local library 2:00 PM
23
Answer in complete
sentences:
What were some of
the major causes
American Revolution?
24
76 multiplied by 23
25
Find a recipe. Draw a
flow map and write the
steps of the recipe.
29
30
Write a math word
problem and have a
family member or
friend solve it. Check
their work.
Southeastern Reptile
Rescue @local library
2:00 PM
8
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home. Read for 20
minutes.
Storyteller, Queen Glitter
@ local library
2:00 PM
15
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
*Solve and check with
addition.
Magician Ken Scott @
local library 2:00 PM
Lew-E the Clown @ local
library
2:00 PM
*solve and check.
The last thing you
expect to find in a
swimming pool is...
*finish the story—
write a paragraph
26
Draw or print a food
chain.
Upson Lee North Elementary: 2015 Summer Activities Calendar
July –upcoming 4th graders
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
FREE TIME
2
FREE TIME
3
FREE TIME
7
Identify the three
branches of
government. Describe
what they do.
8
List your multiples of 6
and 7.
9
Pretend that
technology (e.g., TV,
video games,
computer) had never
been invented. Write a
paragraph of how you
would spend your day.
14
Compare and Contrast
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Harriet Tubman
with a double bubble
map.
15
List your multiples of 8
and 9.
16
Write a poem or drama
about your favorite
person(s) or animal(s).
Draw an illustration to
go with it.
10
Research ONE of the
following: lever, pulley,
wedge, inclined plane,
screw, or wheel and
axle. Write two
sentences explaining
its uses and draw an
illustration.
17
Research the term,
decomposer. Now, go
outside and see if you
can find an example in
your yard.
20
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
21
Go to the store with an
adult and look for price
incentives (e.g., buy
one get one free, was:
$1.89 now: $1.00)
22
Write in expanded
form.
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23
Read a newspaper
article, find the main
idea of the article, and
write it on paper.
27
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
28
You earn $10.00 for
cutting the grass. You
want to buy a toy for
your pet. Do you save
your money earned
from cutting grass or
spend the money
earned on candy?
What does budget
mean to you?
29
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-1,928
30
From one of the books
you read this summer,
identify the story
elements (characters,
setting, conflict, and
solution). Write 3
character traits of one
of the characters.
6
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
Nature Corners Animal
Show @local library
2:00 PM
13
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
Solve and check with
addition.
24
THINK: What would
happen to a fish
population if all the
water plants died?
Write two complete
sentences to tell what
would happen.
31
Write a math word
problem and have a
family member or
friend solve it. Check
their work.
Additional websites to use as resources are located at http://www.edline.net/pages/Upson-Lee_North_Elementary_Sch
*This calendar is also linked to the school website. Students, please read 20 minutes every day! 
**This is optional and will not be graded; however, if you bring in your assignments to your homeroom teacher on the first or second day of
school (August 2015), you can earn Noble Knight passes. If you complete every assignment on the calendars, you will receive Noble Knight
Passes, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a special prize.
Upson Lee North Elementary: 2015 Summer Activities Calendar
June – upcoming 5th graders
Monday
1
Visit the library.
Sign up to get a library
card to check out books
or check out a book.
Southeastern Reptile
Rescue @local library
2:00 PM
8
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at homeonline. Read
for 20 minutes.
Tuesday
2
Research one of the
following
People:
Abraham Lincoln,
Robert E. Lee, Ulysses
S. Grant, Jefferson
Davis, or Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson
*Write a short
biography
9
List the 13th, 14th, and
15th Amendments
Wednesday
3
Thursday
Friday
4
Cut a picture out of a
magazine and glue it to a
sheet of paper. Write a
story about the picture.
5
Compare and Contrast
weathering and erosion
using a double bubble
map.
11
Write a friendly letter to
a friend or relative.
12
Use the experiment to
demonstrate how water
changes states:
1) Put some
water in a cup
2) Put the cup in
the freezer
3) After a couple
of hours, take
the cup
outside and
observe what
happens
*tell your parents or
friends what you noticed
17
7856 divided by 4
*solve and check with
multiplication
18
The last thing you expect
to find in a swimming
pool is...
*finish the story—write a
paragraph
19
Look around your house.
Find some insulators and
conductors. Draw or
write some examples of
each.
24
76 multiplied by 23
25
Find a recipe. Draw a flow
map and write the steps
of the recipe.
26
Answer the question:
What is the largest group
of invertebrates? Draw
an example of an
invertebrate.
Solve by finding like
denominators.
10
Storyteller, Queen
Glitter @ local library
2:00 PM
Solve and check by doing the
inverse operation.
15
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at home/online. Read
for 20 minutes.
Magician Ken Scott @
local library 2:00 PM
22
Check out a book from
the library or find one
at homeonline. Read
for 20 minutes.
16
Answer in complete
sentences:
What was the impact
on Germany due to the
signing of the Treaty of
Versailles in 1919?
23
Draw a circle map: Ask
a grandparent or
relative about the
Great Depression.
Record their answers
in the circle map.
Hint: Invertebrates are
organisms without a
backbone.
Doodle the Clown
@ local library 2:00 PM
29
Lew-E the Clown@
local library
2:00 PM
*solve and check
30
Write a math word
problem and have a
family member or
friend solve it. Check
their work.
Upson Lee North Elementary: 2015 Summer Activities Calendar
July -upcoming 5th graders
Monday
6
Check out a book from
the library or find one at
home/onlinr. Read for
20 minutes.
Tuesday
Wednesday
20
Check out a book from
the library or find one at
home/online. Read for
20 minutes.
27
Check out a book from
the library or find one at
home/online. Read for
20 minutes.
Friday
1
FREE TIME
2
FREE TIME
3
FREE TIME
7
Answer the question in
complete sentences?
How was America
involved in World War
II?
8
9
Pretend that technology
(e.g., TV, video games,
computer) had never
invented. Write a
paragraph of how you
would spend your day.
10
List the steps of the
scientific method.
14
Compare and Contrast
Joseph McCarthy and
Nikita Khruschev with a
double bubble
map.
15
There are 225 dozen cookies in
the bakery. How many cookies
are there?
16
Write a poem or drama
about your favorite
person(s) or animal(s).
Draw an illustration to
go with it.
17
Answer the question:
What are some
beneficial and harmful
microorganisms?
21
Print or draw a map.
Locate Grand Canyon,
Salton Sea, Great Salt
Lake, and Mojave
Desert.
22
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-1,928
23
Read a newspaper
article, find the main
idea of the article, and
write it on paper.
24
Pick a plant OR animal
cell to draw.
(2+3) x (15-5) =
Solve using the Order of
Operations.
Nature Corners
Animal Show @local
library
2:00 PM
13
Check out a book from
the library or find one at
home/online. Read for
20 minutes.
Thursday
28
Interview an adult about
September 11, 2001.
Ask: Who, What, When,
Where, and Why
Remember there are 12 cookies
in one dozen.
Solve and check with addition.
29
A gumball costs $0.22. How
much do 5 gumballs cost?
Estimate the total, and then
calculate. Was your estimate
close?
30
From one of the books
you read this summer,
identify the story
elements (characters,
setting, conflict, and
solution). Write 3
character traits of one
of the characters.
Label the following parts
of a plant cell:
membrane, wall,
cytoplasm, nucleus,
chloroplasts)
Label the following parts
of an animal cell:
Membrane, cytoplasm,
and nucleus
31
Write a math word
problem and have a
family member or friend
solve it. Check their
work.
Additional websites to use as resources are located at http://www.edline.net/pages/Upson-Lee_North_Elementary_Sch
*This calendar is also linked to the school website. Students, please read 20 minutes every day! 
*This is optional and will not be graded; however, if you bring in your assignments to your homeroom teacher on the first or
second day of school (August 2015), you can earn Noble Knight passes. If you complete every assignment on the calendars, you
will receive Noble Knight Passes, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a special prize.
Upson Lee North Elementary: 2015 Summer Activities Calendar