Summer Reading
Hurden Looker School
Grade 4
Dear Parents and Incoming Fourth Graders:
Attached is a list of grade level appropriate books. You are to select two books to read over the
summer. Feel free to select books of your choice if not listed on the list. You are required to
complete a book report for each book (reports attached). This report will count towards your 1 st
marking period grade. You will hand the completed assignments to your teacher in September.
We also expect you to continue to build your math skills during the summer as well. Please see
the websites below:
http://www.mathnook.com/
http://www.toonuniversity.com/default.asp?f=t
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/
http://www.coolmath-games.com
http://www.cyberkidzgames.com
Have a very happy, healthy and enjoyable summer!
The Hurden Looker School Staff and Administration
Suggested Book List – Fourth Grade
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Polar Bears – Mark Newman
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – Judy Blume
Cyberbullying –Lucia Raatma
The Whale Who Won Hearts – Brian Skerry
The Camping Trip That Changed America – Barb Rosenstock
Ramona the Brave – Beverly Cleary
Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar
Almost Starring Skinnybones- Barbara Parks
Baseball Fever – Johanna Hurwitz
Tar Beach – Faith Ringgold
Library Card – Jerry Spinelli
Summer Reading is Killing Me – Jon Scieszka
Pirateology – Dugald A. Steer
Each Kindness – Jacqueline Woodson
Sarah Plain and Tall – Patricia MacLachlan
One Crazy Summer – Rita Williams- Garcia
P.S. Be Eleven – Rita Williams- Garcia
Where the Mountains Meet the Moon – Grace Lin
The Crossover – Kwame Alexander
Rain Reign– Ann M. Martin
The Great Fire – Jim Murphy
Predators of the Sea – Davis Hall & Mary Jo Rhodes
Albert Einstein – Mike Venezia
Internet Inventors – Nel Yomtov
Charles Drew – Mike Venezia
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution – Jean Fritz
Coral Reef – Jason Chin
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
Twenty- Two Cents – Paulo Yoo
The Lemonade War – Jacqueline Davies
The Liberation of Gabrielle King – K. L. Going
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters & Other Wily Characters – Patricia McKissack
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth – Nicola Davies
Fiction – Book Report
Name ________________________________________ Date __________________________
Title of Book: _________________________________________________________________
Author: _____________________________________ Illustrator: ______________________
Circle the Genre (how we classify or group books). Circle ONE for your book:
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Non-fiction (real): Biography, Autobiography, Informational
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Fiction (made up): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, or Traditional
Literature (folktale, legend, fable, fairy tale, tall tale, myth)
Setting (when/where the story happened):
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Main Characters:
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Point of View (Who is the Speaker/Narrator?) Check one:
First Person Point of View: Story told by a character in the story (clues: I, me, my, we, our)
Who is telling the story? __________________________________________________________________
Third Person Point of View: Story told by an outside narrator (clues: he, she, they, his, her, their)
Problem (if there are more than one, choose the biggest problem):
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Solution (how the problem was solves?):
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Summary of the Plot/Story: (In your own words, what happened in this book?)
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What was your favorite part of the story?
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Draw a picture about the most interesting part of your story.
Write a caption for you picture.
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Non- Fiction Book Report
Name: ___________________________ Date: _____________
Title: __________________________________________________________________
Author: ________________________________________________________________
Topic:
Who or what the book is about
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Write 4-5 facts you learned about this topic.
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Write 6 words you learned from this book
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What was the most interesting thing you learned about this topic?
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