“Dive Into Reading”- Summer Reading Program
Entering Fourth Grade
2011-2012 School Year
You may choose from the following book choices:
•
Any Books from the Suggested List Below
• Any fiction, Nonfiction, or Picture Book Recommended by the
Public Librarian or Teacher
• Other Books by the Same Author if the Title Listed Is Not Available
See instructions on the Summer Reading cover letter concerning the activities.
The Cuyahoga County Public Library will be able to assist you in your choices.
Entering Fourth Grade
Summer 2011
Administration
John Brzozowski, Big Creek
Mike Kostyack, BPM
Tracy Schneid, Brookview
Teri Grimm, Smith
Summer Reading Program
4th Grade
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Welcome to our Elementary Summer Reading Program! Reading is the most important lifelong skill that
we can help our children to learn and to practice.
Goal: To encourage our students to read for pleasure every day as they continue to refine their reading and
comprehension skills over the summer months.
Requirements:
• Read and/or listen to THREE books
• Complete a reading log entry for EACH book
• Complete a graphic organizer for ONE of the three books read. Choose the graphic organizer that
best fits the book’s genre (either fiction or nonfiction)
• Parents are encouraged to read aloud to and with their children
Expectations:
• Summer reading log and picture are due by Thursday, September 1
Booklists Available At:
• Cuyahoga County Public Libraries (Brook Park, Berea, Middleburg Heights)
• Each elementary school’s websites
• Your school office in June and August (starting Aug. 10)
Suggestions:
• Please understand that the titles listed are just suggested readings.
Reading Log and Graphic Organizers Found:
• Attached to this letter OR
• On your elementary schools website
Through reading your child learns, and by learning your child establishes earning power for his/her future!
Suggested Book List for Students Entering Fourth Grade
AUTHOR
Adler, David A.
Alder, David
Atwater, Richard & Florence
Avi
Banks, Lynne
Bauer, Marion
Baylor, Byrd
Blume, Judy
Bulla, Clyde Robert
Burleigh, Robert
Butts, Nancy
Byars, Betsy
Cameron, Ann
Catling, Patrick
Cerullo, Mary M.
Christopher, Matt
Cleary, Beverly
Coville, Bruce
Coville, Bruce
Curlee, Lynn
Curry, Jane Louise
Cutler, Jane
Dahl,Roald
Danziger, Paula
de Paloa, Tomie
de Paloa, Tomie
DiCamillo
Diterlizzi, Tony
Donnelly, Judy
Estes, Eleanor
Fleischman, Sid
Frank, John
Fritz, Jean
Gardiner, J.R.
George, Linda
Gleitzman, Morris
Graves, Bonnie B.
Griffith, Helen V
Hendry, Linda
Hicks, Betty
Howe, Deborah & James
Howe, James
Hurwitz,Johanna
Hurwitz,Johanna
Isadora, Rachel
Joose, Barbara
Jordan, Deloris
Karas, Brian G.
Keene, Carolyn
TITLE
A Hero & the Holocaust: Story of Janusz Korczak…
Cam Jansen series
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Any children's book by this author
Any children's book by this author
Dane On My Honor
Hawk I'm Your Brother
Judy Blume books
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims
Into the Air: Story of the Wright Brother's First Flight
The Door in the Lake
Herculeah Jones mysteries
Julian series
Chocolate Fever
The Truth about Great White Sharks
Any children's book by this author
Any children's book by this author
My Teacher Flunked the Planet
My Teacher Is an Alien
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Egyptian Box
Leap Frog
Matilda
Amber Brown series
Any children's book by this author
26 Fairmount Avenue series
Tales of Desperaux
The Spiderwick Chronicles
True-Life Treasure Hunts
Moffats series
The Whipping Boy
The Tomb of the Boy King: A True Story in Verse
Any children's book by this author
Stone Fox
Jimmy Carter: Builder of Peace
Toad Rage
Taking Care of Trouble
Dinosaur Habitat
Dog Crafts
I Smell Like Ham
Any children's book by this author
Howie Monroe and the Doghouse of Doom
Baseball Fever
Class President
Nick Plays Baseball
Wild Willie mysteries
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a
Dream
Atlantic
Nancy Drew series
GENRE
*Biography
Mystery & detective
Humorous stories
Historical, realistic, etc.
Fantasy, historical
Friendship, accidents
*Hawks, flight
Realistic, humorous
*Indians of N. America
*Biography/flight
Science fiction
Mystery & detective
Family life
Humorous stories
*White shark
Sports fiction
Realistic, humorous
Science fiction
Science fiction
*7 Wonders of world
Supernatural
Contests
Humorous stories
Realistic, family
Varied fiction
*Biography
Fairy tale
Supernatural
*Buried treasures
Family life
Adventure fiction
*King Tut
Historical, realistic, etc.
*Sled dog racing
*Biography
Animal fiction
Humorous stories
*Dinosaurs, time travel
*Handicraft
Sports, school
Mystery & detective
Humorous stories
Baseball fiction
Schools fiction
Baseball fiction
Detectives fiction
*Biography
*Ocean fiction
Mystery & detective
AUTHOR
Kellogg, Steven
Kerlely, Barbara
TITLE
Stephen Kellogg's books about tall tales
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
King-Smith, Dick
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie
Kline, Suzy
Krensky, Stephen
George Speaks
A Doctor Like Papa
Horrible Harry series
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of StarSpangled Banner
Tom Mouse
Measuring Penny Dogs,
John Henry
Carson Ella Enchanted
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Any children's book by this author
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Meanest Doll in the World
Blueberries for Sal
Judy Moody series
The Life and Time of the Apple
Annie and the Old One
7 X 9 = Trouble
Baseball Saved Us
Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend
Amelia Notebook series
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale
Any children's book by this author
Any children's book by this author
Junie B. Jones series
Amelia Earhart: A Pioneer in the Sky
The Field of Dogs
The Pilgrims at Plymouth
Captain Underpants series
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Luke on the High Seas
Freddy in Peril
Rowan of Rin series
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Degas and the Dance: The Painter & the Petites …
Fireflies in the Dark: Story of Friedl Dicker-randeis…
Riding Freedom
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective series
Marvin Redpost series
Wayside School series
Time Warp Trio books
Cricket in Times Square
Nate the Great series
Silverstein's poetry books
Indian Shoes
The War with Grandpa
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Faithful Friend
Kroll, Stephen
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Leedy, Loreen
Lester, Julius
Levine, Gail
Levine,Ellen
Lord, Bette Bao
MacLachlan, Patricia
Manes, Stephan
Martin, Ann M.
McCloskey, Robert
McDonald, Megan
Micucci, Charles
Miles, Miska
Mills, Claudia
Mochizuki, Ken
Moses, Will
Moss, Marissa
Myers, Laurie
Naylor, Phillis Reynolds
Osborne, Mary Pope
Park, Barbara
Parlin, John
Paterson, Katherine
Penner, Lucille Recht
Pilkey, Dav
Polacco, Patricia
Pryor, Bonnie
Reiche, Dietlof
Rodda, Emily
Rowlings, J. K.
Rubin, Susan Goldman
Rubin, Susan Goldman
Ryan, Pam M.
Sabol, Donald
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Scieszka, Jon
Selden, George
Sharmat, Majorie
Silverstein, Shel
Smith, Cynthia L.
Smith, Robert
Snicket, Lemony
Souci, Robert San
GENRE
Tall tales
*Dinosaurs
Brothers & sisters
fiction
Historical fiction
Schools fiction
*U.S. Revolution
*U.S.History
Friendship fiction
math fiction
Tall tales
Fantasy
*Civil rights
Historical fiction
Fiction variety
Humorous stories
Fantasy
Bears fiction
Humorous stories
*Apples
*Indians of N.America
Schools fiction
Historical fiction
Tall tales
Schools fiction
Historical fiction
Variety of fiction
Adventure fiction
Humorous stories
*Biography
Dogs fiction
*Pilgrims
Humorous stories
Humorous stories
Historical fiction
Pets fiction
Fantasy
Fantasy
*Artists & Dance
*Children's Art/ History
California fiction
Mystery & detective
Humorous stories
Humorous stories
Time travel fiction
Animal fiction
Mystery & detective
*Humorous poetry
*Indians of N. America
Family life
Humorous stories
Folklore
AUTHOR
Sperry, Armstrong
Spinner, Stephanie
St. George, Judith
Steptoe, John
Stewart, Jennifer J.
Turner, Anne
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Various Authors
Various Authors
Various Authors
Wallace, Bill
Weaver, Gertude
Wetterer, Margaret K.
White, E.B.
White, E.B.
Whybrow,Ian
Woodruff, Elvira
TITLE
Call It Courage
Who Was Annie Oakley?
So You Want to Be an Inventor?
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!
Warren Nettie's Trip South
Going West
Photo-Illustrated Biographies
Actions Sports / New Action Sports (Capstone)
American Girls series
No Dogs Allowed
Chandler Box Car Children series
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Charlotte’s Web
Stuart Little
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
George Washington’s Socks
GENRE
Survival folklore
*Biography
*Inventors, inventions
Fairy tale
Time travel fiction
Slavery fiction
Historical fiction
*Biography
*Sports
Historical fiction
Animal fiction
Mystery & detective
*Biography
Fantasy
Fantasy
Wolves fiction
Time travel fiction
“DIVE INTO READING”
Through reading your child learns, and by learning your child establishes
earning power for his/her future!
My Summer Reading Log
(Reading logs are due Thursday, September 1, 2011)
Grades 4-5
Student __________________________
Grade ______
Teacher ______________________
1. Book Title:_______________________________________________________________________
Author ______________________________________ # of Pages __________________
Month Read: (circle one)
June
July
August
Genre: ____________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature ____________________________________________________________
2. Book Title:_________________________________________________________________________
Author ______________________________________ # of Pages __________________
Month Read: (circle one)
June
July
August
Genre: ____________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature _____________________________________________________________
3. Book Title:__________________________________________________________________________
Author ______________________________________ # of Pages __________________
Month Read: (circle one)
June
July
August
Genre: ____________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature ______________________________________________________________
Be ready to discuss these questions about the book you chose for your graphic organizer!
• Explain the main character (s) in your book
• What was the lesson learned (theme) of the book?
• What was the author’s purpose (reason) for writing the book?
• Would you recommend this book to someone? Why or why not?
Entering Grade 4
Non-Fiction Graphic Organizer- Entering Grades 4 and 5
Student________________________________ Grade __________ Book Title ____________________________________________
Author _______________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature_________________________________
Each main idea has three supporting details that go with it.
Topic:
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Supporting Detail:
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FICTION Graphic Organizer- Entering Grades 4 and 5
Student________________________________ Grade __________ Book Title ____________________________________________
Author _______________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature_________________________________
Characters: Neatly list characters in the book. Circle the main
character(s)
Setting: (Time and Place)
Sequence of Events/ Plot:
Beginning:
Problem (conflict):
Middle:
Conclusion/Resolution:
End: