JumpStart Summer Vacation Activity Book for 5th Grade

JumpStart Summer Vacation Activity Book for 5th Grade is an activity book published by Entertainment Publications, Inc. in 1999. It is intended to provide various activities to do over summer break for students about to enter fifth grade. It takes inspiration from JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective.

Types of Activities

 * Word Pictures - The reader is provided with several words or numbers, and is asked to deduce what phrase each one stands for.
 * Logic Problems - The reader is given a list of numbers and words which are side by side. The numbers correlate to the words in a certain way, and the reader is asked to deduce the theme, and then find the word that should come last in the set.
 * Crossword Math - These are crossword puzzles that are filled in with numbers instead of words.
 * Homonyms - Readers are asked to match a series of pictures that sound the same but have different meanings.
 * Math Maze - The reader must navigate a maze of numbers using addition and subtraction.
 * Coin Math - These are math problems involving money.
 * Odd One Out - The reader is given a set of words, and is asked to find the word that doesn't fit the same theme as the others.
 * Games - These are suggestions for games that the reader can play with friends or family.
 * Recipes - These are various recipes for the reader to try out at home.
 * Grid Logic - The reader is provided with a question, and several clues that can be used to find the answer by using deductive reasoning. The reader can use the grid to cross out possibilities until the correct answer is found.
 * Short Story - This is a multi-chapter short story called "Jo Hammet, Kid Detective, Solves the Great Jewel Robbery", which features Jo Hammet as the main character. It is intended to be read at a pace of one chapter per week.
 * Q & A - The reader is provided with a question. The answer is provided further down the page, written upside-down.
 * Far Out Factoids - These are various fun facts for the reader.
 * Weird Science - These are science project ideas for the reader to try out at home.
 * Optical Illusions - The reader is provided with a set of pictures and a question. Answering the question requires careful observation of the pictures.
 * Compound Words - The reader is provided with a grid full of compound words. The reader must find out how to get from the grid cell with the starting point to the grid cell with the finish point by following words that form compound words.
 * Word Maze - Readers are asked to find as many words as they can using the letters provided in a square.
 * Memory Test - Readers are asked to observe a picture for two minutes, then turn to the back of the book and answer as many questions about the picture as they can based on what they remember.
 * Progressive Words - This is a activity, where one word must be changed into another by changing one letter at a time.
 * Scramble Squares - Readers are given an assortment of letters in a square, and are asked to make three words that all fit a certain theme, such as fruits or planets. Each letter in the square should only be used once.