Sixth grade: preparing for September
Sixth grade summer work
June 2021
Dear rising sixth grader,
Your teachers from this past year prepared a math packet for you to complete before school starts in September. Your new teacher next year will expect you to have this work complete by the first day of school, so please bring your completed work with you that day. If you need a printout of this packet mailed to you, please email ggriffin@gordonschool.org
We recommend that you do a little of this work every few days over the summer, or maybe pick a day each week to work for an hour on it. This way, you will keep these concepts and skills fresher in your mind, which should make the start of the year easier.
If you have trouble remembering how to do a particular kind of problem, just do the best you can and show your work. Your teacher will understand if you forget things or make mistakes, but do try each problem!
You can also check the Math in Focus website to review skills or concepts.
We would also like you to continue reading this summer. Please draw on the summer reading list for this work. Summer reading books do not need to be purchased, feel free to take advantage of your local library! There are also books that are available as digital audio books and as ebooks. Instructions on how to access those are at www.gordonschool.org/onlineborrowing. Remember to record your choices in the log.
Have a wonderful summer!
Sincerely,
Gabe Burnstein
Middle School Director
Sixth grade supply list
For PE:
Shorts, t-shirt, sweatpants, sweatshirt, sneakers, non-aerosol deodorant
For school:
One 1½ inch view binder in your child’s choice of color (PLEASE be sure that it is 1.5” and NO LARGER)
One set of five tab dividers with pockets
One set of five tab dividers with pockets (preferably plastic)
Two three-hole punched graph paper notebooks (math)
Four composition books, one hundred sheets (humanities, science, Spanish, and health)
One two-pocket folder and loose-leaf paper (music)
Six packs of three-by-five lined note cards
Forty-eight mechanical/wooden pencils (twenty-four for home and twenty-four for school)
Highlighters (at least four different colors)
At least two black Sharpie markers (fine or medium point)
Pencil eraser
Blue, green and red pens
Two sets of eight of twelve colored pencils (one for home and one for school)
One twelve-inch / thirty cm plastic/rubber/metal ruler (preferably with holes so it can go into three ring binder)
One pack of college ruled lined paper (at home supply for humanities)