EN Pelahatchie Elementary, Third Grade
Summer Reading List
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BOOKLISTAGES 8–10 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
10 True Tales series, Allan Zullo
100 Most Feared Creatures on the Planet, Anna Claybourne
11 Birthdays, Wendy Mass
39 Clues series, Various Authors
The Baby-sitters Club series, Ann M. Martin
Bad Kitty series, Nick Bruel
Beneath, Roland Smith
Big Nate series, Lincoln Peirce
Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey
Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett
Drones: From Insect Spy Drones to Bomber Drones,
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Scholastic & Martin J. Dougherty
Flora & Ulysses, Kate DiCamillo & K.G. Campbell
Fudge series, Judy Blume
Geronimo Stilton series, Geronimo Stilton
Goosebumps series, R.L. Stine
A Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord
The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
Honey, Sarah Weeks
How to Speak Dolphin, Ginny Rorby
I Am…series, Grace Norwich
I Survived series, Lauren Tarshis F
I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters, Lauren Tarshis FA
Infinity Ring series, Various Authors
Inside Out & Back Again, Thanhha Lai
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
Judy Moody series, Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds
Kinda Like Brothers, Coe Booth
Loot, Jude Watson FA
Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The SeaQuel, Mo O’Hara & Marek Jagucki
National Geographic: Our Country’s Presidents, Ann Bausum
Neon Aliens Ate My Homework: And Other Poems,
Nick Cannon, Art Mobb, caliFAWNia, Captain Kris, MAST,
Mike P, Morf & Queen Andrea
New Kid on the Block, Jack Prelutsky & James Stevenson
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Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures, Maggie Stiefvater & Jackson Pearce
Plunked, Michael Northrop
Scholastic Discover More: Ancient Egypt, Penelope Arlon
Scholastic Discover More: Explorers, Penelope Arlon
Sidekicks, Dan Santat
Sisters, Raina Telgemeier
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down,
Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
• A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd
• Spirit Animals series, Various Authors
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy series, Jeffrey Brown
• Starring Jules series, Beth Ain
• Sugar, Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Swindle series, Gordon Korman
• Tales of Famous Animals, Peter Roop, Connie Roop &
Zachary Pullen
• TombQuest series, Michael Northrop
• The Way Home Looks Now, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
• What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the
Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy !,
Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham
• We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s
March, Cynthia Levinson
• Whatever After series, Sarah Mlynowski
• While You Were Sleeping (Fun Facts), Steve Murrie &
• Matthew Murrie
• Who Would Win? series, Jerry Pallotta & Rob Bolster
• Wonder, R.J. Palacio
• The Year of Billy Miller, Kevin Henkes
• The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet, Kevin Sherry
• BOOKLIST KEY: Read Aloud Award Winner Graphic Novel Series Nonfiction FA Summer
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Pelahatchie Elementary, Fourth Grade
Summer Reading List
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume
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The Cricket in Times Square, George Selden
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Ida B, Katherine Hannigan
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A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck
Pelahatchie Elementary, Fifth Grade
Summer Reading List
Select two novels one from fiction and one from informational text. Complete a Summer Reading Response
Activity Document, for each novel.
Fiction (Choose One)
• A Long Way to Chicago, by Richard Peck
• Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
• The Black Stallion, by Walter Farley
• Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
Informational Text (Choose One)
• Good Pet, Bad Pet, by Elizabeth Schiechert
• History of Us, by Joy Hakim
• Horses, by Simon Seymour
• Seeing Eye to Eye, by Leslie Hall
• Underground Railroad, Henrietta Buckmaster
Pelahatchie Elementary, Fifth Grade
Summer Reading Response Activity
Title of Book & Author ____________________________________________________
Assignment:
1. Answer each question from the knowledge box.
2. Choose one question from the remaining boxes.
3. Choose three of the prompts below and fully respond. Fully responding requires multiple sentences!
Knowledge
1. Who is the main character?
2. State two things that happened
in the story.
3. Identify the problem or conflict
of the story.
4. How was the problem or
conflict resolved?
Comprehension
1. Retell the story in your own
words. (This should be brief.)
2. List two words that describe the
main character (character traits) and
explain why you chose those
words.
Application
1. Create a time line of the major
events in the story.
2. Illustrate the climax or turning
point of the story.
Analysis
1. Compare yourself with the main
character.
2. Compare this story with another
story you’ve read.
3. How do the characters compare
and contrast with you? Create a
double bubble map or Venn
diagram comparing yourself to one
of the characters in the book. Be
sure to include similarities and
differences.
Synthesis
1. Did you like how the story
ended? How would you have
changed the ending?
2. What character would you be in
this book and why?
Evaluation
1. Write a letter to Mrs. Fletcher to
persuade her to read or not read this
book.
2. Do you think the author chose a
good title for this book? Explain
why or why not. *If not, what title
would you have picked?
3. Would you have acted in the
same manner as the main
character? If not, how and why
would you have acted differently?
Writing Prompts:
*Do any of the characters remind you of friends, family members, or classmates? Explain.
*Has the book helped you in any way? Explain.
*I believe the author wanted the reader to …
*What connections are there between the book and your life?
Pelahatchie Elementary, Sixth Grade
Summer Reading Response Activity
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WHO: All rising sixth graders at PES
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WHAT: Achieve 3000 Summer Reading Program. Read 8 or more total articles during the summer
months. Compose summaries of 4 of your articles. Present these summaries to your new language
teacher in August 2015.
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WHEN: June and July 2015 (4 articles per month suggested)
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WHERE: At the Pelahatchie Public Library, at the house on your own computer, even on a smart phone
– students can get to Achieve 3000 almost anywhere they are!