Parent Information Letter

Dear Parents or Guardians,
WHES END-OF-THIRD GRADE
SUMMER SKILLS PROJECT
(Parent Information Letter)
Summer vacation is a time for rest, renewal, and fun. You want to make sure,
however, that your child continues to grow academically during the time your child
is away from the classroom. Summertime can be used productively to reinforce and
maintain skills your child acquired during the school year.
Third grade is an incredibly important year in a child’s education. Basic reading,
writing, and math skills are developed. Review and practice in these areas during the
summer months is the key to continued success.
WHES End-of-Third Grade Summer Skills Project provides an important link
between your child’s third and fourth grade school year. The project
reviews and reinforces important skills and concepts your child learned in third grade.
WHES End-of-Third Grade Summer Skills Project
reviews third grade skills in math, reading, and language arts
gives you an opportunity to monitor your child’s skills
offers you a chance to spend special time with your child
enables your child to continue routine, daily learning activities
gives you a chance to praise your child’s work efforts
shows your child that you value lifetime learning
WHES End-of-Third Grade Summer Skills Project is designed to keep your child’s
academic skills honed during the summer months. The project is a series of activities to
motivate your child to keep learning as your child practices essential math, reading, and
language arts skills taught in third grade. The activities are designed to be completed
within a ten week time frame. You choose the activities you and your child will
complete each week.

The SUMMER SKILLS MATH PROJECT contains a variety of fun, diverse math
activities to help your child review skills taught in third grade, such as basic and
advanced addition and subtraction, basic multiplication and division, fractions, decimals,
and practice in the reading and solving of story problems.
The SUMMER SKILLS READING PROJECT contains a variety of reading and writing
activities to help your child practice basic skills of reading comprehension, vocabulary,
grammar, spelling, phonics, and writing.
Project activities are designed to be completed within a ten week time frame.
You choose the activities you and your child will complete each week. Since activities
become more challenging as the weeks progress, your child should complete the
activities in the order that they are presented.
Follow these steps if you would like your child to participate.
1...Navigate to the Westy Home page at www.whsd.org
2...Click the Elementary School link under the Our Schools tab.
3...Click on Links under the Elementary School link.
4...Scroll down to view the Grade 3 links.
5...Click the WHES End-of-Third Grade Summer Skills Project link.
6...Read the PARENT INFORMATION LETTER and the VERIFICATION FORM.
7...View the Math Skills and Reading Skills activities.
8...Download the activities for your child to complete.
NOTE: If you are unable to download the activities,
you make pick up Math / Reading Skills packets
in our school office AFTER JUNE 28.
IMPORTANT: If your child completes the Math and / or Reading Summer
Skills Project(s), please complete the VERIFICATION FORM.

Helpful Learning Tips…
In order for your child to get the most from the activities, consider using these
helpful tips to make the learning experiences interesting and fun.
☺ Set aside a time each day for completing the activities. Make it a time
when your child will be most ready to learn, and make it a routine.
☺ Provide a pleasant, quiet place to work. This means no TV or noise in
your child’s work area. Make sure there is a sufficient light source.
☺ Review in advance the activity your child will complete that session.
This way you will be able to familiarize yourself with the lesson, as
well as what materials will be needed to complete it. Materials are
usually noted in the upper right-hand corner of each page.
☺ Have your child read directions aloud beforehand to make sure your
child understands the activity. Instructions are written for the child,
but your child may need help understanding them.
☺ Reward your child for good effort. Praise all of your child’s work.
It’s the effort, not necessarily the end result, that counts most.
Congratulations to you if, at this point, you have decided to participate in the
WHES End-of-Third Grade Summer Skills Project. This shows that you are concerned
about the education and development of your child. You are willing to go that extra
mile to ensure that your child continues to grow and learn over the summer months.
Showing your child how important learning is to you will motivate your child by your
example. Nothing delights your child more than individual attention from his or her
favorite adult---YOU!
We thank you for your continued support and interest in your child’s education.
We hope summer is a time of growing and learning for both you and your child.
Sincerely yours,
WHES Third Grade Teachers