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Summer Challenge 2008Strawtown
Summer Challenge 2008
Keep Your Math Skills Sharp!
To meet the Strawtown Summer Challenge 2008 requirements for math, and to keep on top of your math facts, you should practice basic math facts or work on math problems for 10 minutes a day, three times a week throughout the summer. All that is required is that you and your parent initial the attached calendar, indicating that math facts were practiced or math problems were worked on. The calendar can be handed in the first week of school c/o Site Based Strawtown Summer Challenge 2008. You can practice using flashcards or by logging onto any one of these websites:
Which Skills Should I Practice on the
Websites?
Check out these suggested skills listed by grade before getting started.
This site offers online grade level practice in all areas.
This site offers printable worksheets in all areas of math and well as online practice.
Elementary Problem of the Week
This site has many challenging word problems in all areas of math.
You can always benefit from extra math practice, as well as daily application of math problem solving. Calculate how much money you can save in coupons, estimate how much dinner at a restaurant will cost once everyone has ordered, or create your own schedule of daily activities, calculating how much time you have between each activity.
Keep up all the hard work you did last year!