Pinedale’s Suggested Summer Reading List: Entering 2nd Grade
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Teachers at Pinedale will find it particularly helpful to see their incoming Second Graders familiar with spelling patterns and rhyming,
fluent in phrasing, expression, pacing and punctuation, capable of decoding words using strategies such as chunking, flipping vowel
sounds, stretching words, etc., and able to organize ideas into clear, complete sentences. Please spend a little time going over these
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reading fundamentals with your child so that they can get off to a good start in 2 Grade!
Adler, David Young
Brown, Marc
Brown, Marcia
Christopher, Matt
Danziger, Paula
Delton, Judy
Foley, Greg
Gerstein, Mordicai
Henkes, Kevin
Horowitz, Dave
Howe, James
Lionni, Leo
Parks, Barbara
Parrish, Peggy
Pinkney, Jerry
Priceman, Marjorie
Rappaport, Doreen
Raschka, Chris
Rocco, John
Rylant, Cynthia
Say, Allen
Scanlon Garton, Liz
Sharmat, Marjorie
Sidman, Joyce
Silverstein, Shel
Stevens, Jannett
Stead, Phillip C.
Viorst, Judith
Cam Jansen (series)
Arthur’s Teacher Moves In
Stone Soup
Soccer Cats (series)
Amber Brown (series)
Pee Wee Scouts (series)
Willoughby and the Lion
The Man who Walked Between the Towers
Owen
Sheila Rae the Brave
Buy My Hats
Pinky and Rex (series)
Swimmy
Junie B. Jones First Grader (series)
Amelia Bedelia (series)
The Lion & The Mouse
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride
Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Ball for Daisy
Black Out
Henry and Mudge (series)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (series)
Grandfather’s Journey
All the World
Nate the Great (series)
Olivia Sharp (series)
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Little Red Pen
A Sick Day For Amos McGee
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,Very Bad Day
Pinedale’s Suggested Summer Math Practice: Entering 2nd Grade
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Teachers at Pinedale will find it particularly helpful to see their incoming Second Graders capable of counting forward and backward
into 100’s, skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 100’s (both on/off landmarks: 34, 44, 54, etc.), fluent in all combinations of 10 in both
addition and subtraction, able to identify coins and their values, and tell time to the hour and half-hour. Please spend a little time
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going over these math fundamentals with your child so that they can get off to a good start in 2 Grade!
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Solve this: 3 + 10 + 7 + 6 + 10 + 4. What was your strategy?
Draw eight cookies and color four of them. Write the fraction that you colored.
Measure the length of your bed in feet and then in inches. Write down these measurements.
Estimate the number of postage stamps it would take to cover the back of this piece of paper. What was your strategy?
Look for sets of parallel lines in your house. How many can you find?
Estimate the number of pockets your family is wearing today. Count them and compare your answers.
Take a ride in a car and see how many odd numbers you can find on signs.
If you have 20 nickels, how much money would you have?
Fold a napkin into a shape with six sides. Name the shape and count the corners.
Write the numbers counting by 25’s to 500.
Find five things that are one inch long.
Find a leaf outside that has a line of symmetry.
Make a cube shape with marshmallows and toothpicks.
Find a graph in a newspaper or magazine. What does the graph tell you?
Write a guess for how much you think you weigh. Weigh yourself and compare your answers.
Draw a trapezoid so that when you cut it in half, the halves are congruent.
Write down all the numbers on a phone. Add these numbers together. What is your answer?
Get a pencil and estimate how long it is in centimeters. Then measure it to compare your answer.
Draw a rectangle. Color a third of it and write the fraction that you colored.
How many squares can you find in your kitchen?
Get a handful of coins and name them. Count them and write down how much money you have.
Estimate how many doors are in your house. Now count them and write down that number.
Estimate how long it will take an ice cube to melt in the sun. How long did it take? Try one in the shade and compare.
Count by 10’s, starting with 86. Write the next 20 numbers.
Find five things in your house that are one foot long.
Find two things that are congruent and compare how they are similar and different.
Grab a handful of pebbles or small candies. How many groups of 2, 4, 5, 10, 25, and 50 can you make?
If you saw 12 cats, how many eyes would you see? How many legs?
Draw six lollipops. Color three of them red. Write the fraction that you colored.
Count backwards by 2’s from 20.
Solve this equation two different ways: 352 + 547
Measure the length of your shoe in both inches and centimeters.
Get out several pieces of notebook paper. Fold each piece only once. How many different 4-sided shapes can you make?
With help, gently lift a watermelon and write an estimate of how much it weighs. Then weigh it and compare your answers.
What time will it be in five minutes? 15 minutes? 35 minutes?
Draw the actual size of a dollar bill without looking at one. Then get a real one and compare. Now try coins.
Draw a circle and divide it into thirds and then into sixths. Color one sixth and write this fraction.
Investigate to see if all the doors in your house are the same width. How about windows?
Estimate how many spoons are in your drawer and then count them.
What date will it be in three weeks?
Go on a rectangular prism hunt. Count how many you find.
Get two bananas. Cut one into half and the other into fourths. How many fourths make one half?
Roll two dice together and find the sum. Do this 15 times. What sum did you get most often? Why?
If there are 30 toes under the table, how many people are sitting at the table?
I have four seashells. I found two more. Then I found three more. Then I lost two. How many do I have?
Count backwards by 10’s from 100.