2017
CES Summer Reading Fun
A) Look at the list of books for your new grade level on the back of this sheet.
B) Choose
2 books to read over the summer.
C) Look at the project list on the back of this sheet. You will be doing something fun for
each book you choose to read…..here are your choices for all the fun:
*With each book do one of the projects ...2 books=2 different projects
Or
*Choose a project for
1
of your books and for the
2nd, plan to dress up as a character or
a scene from the book….be a “Walking Book Report!” The date of the dress-up
presentation/walking book report is the same date that all book projects are due, which is
August 18th, 2017. On that day, we will have a school wide parade and the best dressed
student from each grade will receive a
$25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble!!!!
So……
1) Choose 2 books from your new grade level for the 2017-18 school year.
2) All projects are due August 18th, 2017!!!
3) You can visit our school library….someone will be there throughout the summer to help
with checking out books.
or
You can visit The Chickamauga Public Library. They will have all our books available.
or
You can go to the CES Library Website and check out books on “E-Books”. At least 2
books at each grade level are E-Books… some have unlimited availability.
4)
Have a great summer reading some great books!!
Book List
First Grade
Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
Junie B. Jones First Grader by Barbara Park
A Pocketful of Kisses (TumbleBooks) by Angela McAllister
Basic Needs(eBook) by Jean Feldman
Ben Franklin’s Big Shock(eBook) by Judith Jango-Cohen
The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room(eBook) by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Second Grade
High Tide in Hawaii: Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
Miss Daisy is Crazy: My Weird School by Dan Gutman
Matter Comes in all Shapes(eBook) by Amy Hansen
Let’s Add Money(eBook) by Kelly Doudna
From Seed to Plant (eBook) by Gail Gibbons
Third Grade
Judy Moody Declares Independence (eBook) by Megan McDonald
The ABC’s of Habitats(eBook) by Bobbie Kalman
Geronimo Stilton & the Gold Medal Mystery (eBook)
Branches of Government(eBook) by John Hamilton
Gooney Bird on the Map (eBook) by Lois Lowry
Frederick Douglass (eBook) by Barbara Kiely Miller
Fourth Grade
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1) by Jeff Kinney
Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Molly Pitcher by Augusta Stevenson (eBook) by Christy DeViller
Exploring the Solar System(eBook) by Amanda Tourville
The Lightning Thief:Percy Jackson & the Olympian Book 1(eBook) by Rick Riordan
Fifth Grade
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Great Battles of the Civil War(eBook) by Katie Marsico
A Changing Earth(eBook) by Heather Miller
Stranded by Jeff Probst & Chris Tebetts
Project List
1. Write a different ending for your book.
2. Give a book talk on your book.
3. Make a diorama that includes a setting and characters
from the book. If it is a nonfiction book, include the topic
you learned about with facts written around the box.
4. Write a letter to the author, telling the author what you
thought about the book.
5. Compare two books that you have read. How are they
alike, how are they different?
6. Fact or Fiction- Give a list of interesting facts from a
nonfiction book. Number your facts then on the back of
the paper list if the fact is Fact or Fiction
7. Present an oral reading, with expression, of some of
your favorite selections from the book.
8. Make a poster to tell all about your book.
9. Pretend to be a salesman and “sell” the book.
10. Draw a picture illustrating your favorite part of
the book. Write me a description of your illustration
below it.
11. Create a new book jacket for your book with
characters. There must be a summary on the back of
the book jacket.
12. Write a letter to a friend recommending the
book.
13. Complete a timeline of events that occurred in
your book
14. Fill out a Venn diagram comparing yourself to
one of the main characters in the book.
15. Keep a diary as one of the characters in your
book.
16. Make a comic strip retelling the story.