Appendix D: Summer Reading Score Sheet
Name:__________________________________
SCCPSS Summer Reading Score Sheet
Activity Assignment Grades 1-5
Points
Earned
Area Assessed
Points
Possible
_____
Project was completed neatly
20
_____
Project follows the instructions given
30
_____
Project shows creativity/ individuality
20
_____
Oral presentation to class
Total
Student’s Total Grade ___________
Comments:
30
+_______
100
2010
Summer Reading
Program
Grades K-5
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
Office of Curriculum and Instruction
208 Bull Street, Room 208
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: 912.395.5544 Fax: 912.201.4166
Appendix D: Summer Reading Scoring Sheets
Elementary School Assignments
Students will choose two books to read. All assignments
are due by Friday, September 24, 2010.
Summer Reading for kindergarten students is recommended, but not required. No grades will be given to kindergarten students.
The total score for all three completed assignments (log,
activity, and writing assignment) will represent 5% of the
student’s first nine weeks’ grade.
Assignments:
I. All students will keep a Reader’s Log of time spent reading for both
books and have it signed by a parent. (See Appendix A for blank
Date
Title of Book
Pages Read
SCCPSS Summer Reading Score Sheet
Retelling Assignment Grades 1-2
Points
Earned
Area Assessed
Possible
_____
Points to or gives the name of the book
10
_____
Gives the name of the book’s author
10
_____
Has a Beginning, a Middle, and an End
40
_____
Tells about two main characters
20
_____
Tells whether or not liked the ending
Time Spent
Reading
6-30-10
Swimmy
Pgs. 8-12
10 min.
7-4-10
Miss Nelson Is Back
Pgs. 1-10
55 minutes
Points
Total
20
+_______
100
Student’s Total Grade ___________
Comments:
Reader’s Log.)
SCCPSS Summer Reading Score Sheet
Written Assignment Grades 3-5
Sample Reading Log
Points
Earned
II. Choose one activity from the list below to show comprehension of
one book read.
Grades 1-2
Construct a picture or mobile showing each story element (title,
events, characters, and setting) and present an oral interpretation.
Make a puppet (sock, paper bag, paper, ice cream stick, etc.) to
represent a character in the story.
Illustrate your favorite character from the book and tell why.
Make a three frame comic strip that retells the story (Beginning,
Middle, and End).
Write a song about the book.
Make a poster to encourage people to buy and read the book.
Area Assessed
Points
Possible
_____
Has Comparison Chart fully filled out
30
_____
Has an Introduction
5
_____
Wrote at least one paragraph about Book 1
20
_____
Wrote at least one paragraph about Book 2
20
_____
Wrote at least one paragraph telling how the
two books are similar
20
______ Has an Ending/ Closure
Total
Student’s Total Grade ___________
Comments:
5
+_______
100
Appendix A: Reading Log
Date
Title of Book
Pages Read
Time Spent
Reading
Appendix B: Comparison Chart
Book # 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Book # 2
Similarities
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
Grades 3-5
Generate a diary for one of the book’s characters (minimum of six
entries with 10 sentences each). Keep in mind the types of people,
places, and events the character would think about.
Make a three-fold brochure about the book to encourage people to
buy and read it. Include the title, the author, and a plot summary.
Make a shoe box diorama. Include title, author, part of the setting,
and some of the characters in display.
Summarize in at least four paragraphs and illustrate the summary.
Write a letter from one character to another. Be sure to include all
of the parts of a friendly letter. Mention at least three specific places or
events in the letter.
Write a four paragraph book review which gives a brief book summary, then tell what you liked and disliked about the book. Be specific.
Use an empty cereal box as a display board for the book. Include
the title, author, a list of characters, a timeline of important events, a
summary, and illustrations.
III. Classroom Assignment – Upon returning to school, each student
will be responsible for presenting the above activity in class. Grades 1-2
students will be responsible for retelling one of the two books read.
Students in Grades 3-5 will be given a written assignment in which the
student will compare and contrast the two books read. (See Appendix B
for Comparison Chart.)
*All scoring rubrics are found in Appendix D.
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
Entering Kindergarten
Author
Title
Asch, Frank
Brown, Marc
Carle, Eric
Christelow, Eileen
Degan, Bruce
DePaola, Tomie
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Eastman, P.D.
Ehlert, Lois
Greenfield, Eloise
Hillert, Margaret
Holabird, Katharine
Keats, Ezra J.
Kellogg, Steven
Lionni, Leo
Marshall, James
Martin, Bill
Martin, Bill
Minarik, Else
Phister, Marcus
Moongame
Arthur’s Tooth
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Don’t Wake Up Mama!
Jamberry
Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose
Cat in the Hat
The Foot Book
Green Eggs and Ham
Are You My Mother?
Feathers for Lunch
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems
Little Puff
Angelina Ballerina
Peter's Chair
Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale
Swimmy
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Little Bear's Visit
Rainbow Fish
Entering First Grade
Author
Title
Bridwell, Norman
Bridwell, Norman
Brimner, Larry
De Regniers, Beatrice
Dr. Seuss
Hillert, Margaret
Hillert, Margaret
Hillert, Margaret
Hoban, Russell
Johnson, Crockett
Clifford's ABC
Clifford, the Big Red Dog
How Many Ants?
May I Bring a Friend?
Hop on Pop
The Cow That Got Her Wish
Help for Dear Dragon
Pinocchio
A Bargain for Frances
Harold and the Purple Crayon
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
***Entering Fourth and Fifth Grade may also
read from the list below:
Georgia Children’s Book Award Nominees – 2010
Angle, Kimberly Greene (2008). HUMMINGBIRD. Farrar.
Feldman, Jody (2008). THE GOLLY-WHOPPER GAMES.
Greenwillow.
Fitzmaurice, Kathryn (2009). THE YEAR THE SWALLOWS
CAME EARLY. Harper.
Frost, Helen (2008). DIAMOND WILLOW. Frances Foster.
Greenberg, David (2008). A TUGGING STRING. Dutton.
Haas, Jessie (2007). CHASE. Greenwillow.
Hahn, Mary Downing (2008). ALL THE LOVELY BAD ONES.
Clarion.
Henkes, Kevin (2008). BIRD LAKE MOON. Greenwillow.
Hobbs, Will (2008). GO BIG OR GO HOME. Harper.
Hunter, Erin (2008). SEEKERS THE QUEST BEGINS. Harper.
Jennings, Patrick (2009). WE CAN’T ALL BE RATTLESNAKES. Harper.
Kephart, Beth (2008). HOUSE OF DANCE. Harper Teen.
Lasky, Kathryn (2007). THE LAST GIRLS OF POMPEII. Viking.
Law, Ingrid (2008). SAVVY. Dial.
Myers, Edward (2008). STORYTELLER. Clarion.
Nanji, Shenaaz (2008). CHILD OF DANDELIONS. Front Street.
Nelson, N. A. (2008). BRINGING THE BOY HOME. Harper.
Oppel, Kenneth (2007). DARKWING. Harper.
Prineas, Sarah (2008). THE MAGIC THIEF. Harper.
Thomson, Sarah L. (2007). DRAGON’S EGG. Greenwillow.
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
Entering Fifth Grade
Author
Title
Alcott, Louise
Babbitt, Natalie
Banks, Lynne Reid
Bridges, Ruby
Burns, Marilyn
Creech, Sharon
Cleary, Beverly
Craighead-George, Jean
DeClements, Barthe
Fritz, Jean
Gardiner, John
Reynolds
Goodall, Jane
Lord, Bette Bao
Miller, William
Paulsen, Gary
Peck, Richard
Rawls, Wilson
Schwartz, David
Smith, Robert Kimmel
Spinelli, Jerry
Spinelli, Jerry
*Little Women
Tuck Everlasting
The Indian in the Cupboard (series)
Through My Eyes
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All
Chasing Redbird
Ralph S. Mouse
*One Day in the Woods
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Stone Fox
My Life with the Chimpanzees
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree
*Hatchet
A Long Way from Chicago
Where the Red Fern Grows
If You Hopped Like a Frog
Chocolate Fever
*Crash
Maniac Magee
*Denotes a book for advanced readers.
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
Krauss, Ruth
Lobel, Arnold
Lobel, Arnold
Marshall, James
Martin, Bill
Mayer, Mercer
Mayer, Mercer
Parks, Barbara
Ransom, Candice
Shaw, Nancy
Waber, Bernard
Wise-Brown, Margaret
The Carrot Seed
Frog and Toad Together
Small Pig
Fox on Wheels
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Just Me and My Dad
Just Me and My Mom
Junie B., First Grader (Series)
The Big Green Pocketbook
Sheep in a Jeep
Ira Sleeps Over
The Runaway Bunny
Entering Second Grade
Author
Title
Barracca, Debra
Brown, Marc
Cole, Joanna
Coles, Robert
Greenfield, Eloise
Hendrick, Mary Jean
Lobel, Arnold
Marshall, James
Marshall, James
Osborne, Mary Pope
and Murdocca, Sal
Palmer, Joy
Parish, Peggy
Rockwell, Anne
Scieszka, Jon
Sharmat, Marjorie
Silverstein, Shel
Warner, Gertrude
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
*King Arthur
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
The Story of Ruby Bridges
For the Love of the Game
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo
Mouse Soup
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson Is Back!
Magic Treehouse (series)
Oceans
*Amelia Bedelia (series)
Our Stars
Squids Will Be Squids
Nate the Great (series)
The Giving Tree
The Boxcar Children (series)
*Denotes a book for advanced readers.
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
Entering Third Grade
SCCPSS K-5 School Summer Reading List
Entering Fourth Grade
Author
Title
Author
Title
Barber, Tiki
Chapman, Nancy
Florian, Douglas
Hoffman, Mary
Hopkins, Lee
Lewin, Ted
McCloskey, Robert
Miller, Debbie
Osborne, Mary Pope
Palacco, Patricia
Palacco, Patricia
Parish, Peggy
Park, Barbara
and Brukus, Denise
Robinson, Barbara
Rylant, Cynthia
Rylant, Cynthia
Say, Allen
Smith, Robert Kimmel
Various Authors
Williams, Marcia
Winter, Jeanette
Wood, Audrey
Game Day
Tripper's Travels: An International Scrapbook
Bing Bang Boing
Amazing Grace
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants?
Top to Bottom Down Under
Blueberries for Sal
The Great Serum Race
Pompeii: Lost and Found
*Pink and Say
Mrs. Katz and Tush
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia
Aliki
Bartoletti, Susan
Clements, Andrew
Hamilton, Virginia
Johnson, Angela
Keller, Laurie
Kindersley, Anabel
Levine, Gail Carson
Mathis, Sharon Bell
Mochizuki, Ken *
Mosel, Arlene
Prelutsky, Jack
Rawls, Wilson
Roop, Peter
Schroeder, Alan
Scieszka, Jon
Scieszka, Jon
Steptoe, John
Van Allsburg, Chris
*William Shakespeare and the Globe
The Flag Maker
Frindle
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
*Just Like Josh Gibson
The Scrambled States of America
Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!
*Ella Enchanted
The Hundred Penny Box
Baseball Saved Us
Tikki Tikki Tembo
The New Kid on the Block
Summer of the Monkeys
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Satchmo’s Blues
Math Curse
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
The Polar Express
Junie B. Jones (series)
The Best School Year Ever
*When I Was Young in the Mountains
The Relatives Came
*Grandfather’s Journey
The War With Grandpa
*Let’s Read and Find Out Science Series
*Hooray for Inventors!
Follow the Drinking Gourd
The Napping House
*Denotes a book for advanced readers.
*Denotes a book for advanced readers.