Calvin Coolidge School Summer Reading/Math
Dear Incoming Grade 2 Students,
Attached is a list of grade level appropriate books that you are required to
select two from to read over the summer. In addition, you will need to
complete the attached book report assignment sheet for each selection. We
also expect you to continue to build upon your math skills, as well, over the
summer. To help accomplish this we ask that you visit the math websites that
are listed below. They will allow for some fun and exciting ways to build and
strengthen your math computational skills through games and interactive
activities.
Your completed assignments will be turned into your homeroom teacher in
September. They will be counted towards your 1st marking period reading
grade.
Have a very happy, healthy and enjoyable summer!
The Calvin Coolidge School Staff and Administration
*Math websites:
www.IXL.com
www.mathnook.com
www.toonuniversity.com/free/math-games-4th-6th_a.asp
www.knowledgeadventure.com/
www.free-training-tutorial.com/division-games.html
www.coolmath4kids.com/
www.cyberkidzgames.com/
Grade 2 Summer Reading Book Choices
Select 2
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
by, Doreen Cronin
Farmer Brown’s cows like to type, and all day long he hears:
Click, clack, MOO.
Click, clack, MOO.
Clickety, clack, MOO.
Coming on Home Soon
by, Jacqueline Woodson
Ada Ruth's mother must go away to Chicago to work, and leave her and Grandma
behind. It’s war time and women are needed to fill the men's jobs. As winter sets in, Ada
Ruth and her grandma keep up their daily routine, missing Mama all the time.
Frog and Toad Are Friends
by, Arnold Lobel
It's April, and Frog is looking forward to a whole year of happy times with his best friend,
Toad, but Toad does not want to wake up from his long winter nap! The clever Frog
must find a way to awaken his sleepy friend.
Make Way for Ducklings
by, Robert McCloskey
Make Way for Ducklings is the story of a mother duck's search for the perfect place to
lay her eggs, as well as her loving protection of them once they are hatched.
Owl Moon
by, Jane Yolen
A young girl and her father take a night time stroll near a farm where they live to look for
owls. It is a beautiful night, a moonlit winter night.
The Snowy Day
by, Ezra Jack Keats
Peter wakes up to a snow-covered day where great adventures await him.
The Stray Dog
by, Marc Simont
This is the story of a stray dog that appears at a family picnic. At the picnic a girl and
boy play with him all afternoon. They name him Willy and spend a day full of adventures
with him.
Swimmy
by, Leo Lionni
This is the story of a tiny black fish in a school of red fish who must find a way to protect
them all from their natural enemies in the sea.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
by, Verna Aardema
This is a West African folk tale about a mosquito brags to an iguana that he saw
a farmer digging yams as big as mosquitoes. The iguana scoffs at such an idea and
refuses to listen to any more nonsense.
The Velveteen Rabbit
by, Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit is a stuffed toy that is waiting in a nursery for a child to choose it.
There other toys, as well, in the nursery that also wish to be chosen by a child. As time
goes by, Rabbit starts to worry that he will never be chosen. He has heard how toys like
him become real through the love of human beings. Will Rabbit ever be chosen and will
he get to become real?
Name __________________________________ Date _______________________________
Calvin Coolidge School
Book Report
Title of Book ______________________________________________________________
Author __________________________________________________________________
Where and when does the story take place?
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List three characters. Then write two words to describe each character.
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2. ____________: ________________
3. ____________: ________________
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What was the best part of the story? Why?
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