Book Summary Calendar Schedule for the Year
**If you follow this schedule, you will find meeting the book
requirement much easier than you expect**
Date
Genre
8/31/15 – 9/7/15
Picture Books
(grade appropriate)
9/7/15 – 9/21/15
Fiction
*Adventure
9/21/15- 10/5/15
Historical Fiction
10/05/15 – 10/19/15
Realistic Fiction
10/19/15 – 11/2/15
Newspaper or Magazine
(must be grade appropriate)
11/02/15 – 11/16/15
Traditional Literature
(Fairytales, Folktales, Myths,
Legends, Tall Tales)
11/16/15 – 11/30/15
Mystery
11/30/15 -12/14/15
Informational
12/14/15 – 12/28/15
Graphic Novels
(must be a literary text, not
Garfield or Calvin and
Hobbes)
12/28/16 – 1/11/16
Poetry
1/11/16 – 1/25/16
Fantasy
1/25/16 – 2/8/16
Biography
2/8/16 – 2/22/16
Literary Non-Fiction
Science Fiction
3/2/15 – 3/13/15
2/22/16 – 3/7/16
3/7/16 – 3/21/16
Your Choice
(no picture books, magazines,
or newspapers)
3/21/16 – 4/4/16
Realistic Fiction
4/4/16 – 4/18/16
Historical Fiction
4/18/16 -5/2/16
Mystery
5/2/16 – 5/16/16
Informational
5/16/16 – 5/30/16
Your Choice
(no picture books, magazines,
or newspapers)
***If you follow this schedule you will have read 20 books by June. In
addition, you will also be responsible for reading core novels assigned
to you by your teacher. Core novels and not represented in the chart
above. The books summary goal is attainable if you work at it!***