Summer
Reading List
Kinder-9th
2017-2018
2017-2018 Required
Kindergarten Summer
Reading List
Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
Alphabet Rescue
By Audrey Wood
Miss Bindergarten gets
ready for Kindergarten
By Joseph Slate
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate their academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at the beginning of
the school year.
This summer, we ask that parents would read at least one book from this
list with their children over the summer. It is our hope that you will
make reading a part of your family’s summer. It is not just about keeping up
with the skill of decoding but it is to continue to work with the meanings and
ideas that authors have offered to us and to grow in our ability to articulate our
own thoughts and ideas. Our thinking and writing cannot mature without
growth in our language.
Some ideas to help things go smoothly:
Have a set time each day for reading.
Choose the topic of highest interest for your child.
Have thoughtful questions ready to spur discussions about the book.
Read portions of the book with them.
Visit the library to explore books of interest.
Incoming Kindergarteners will be required to complete an oral retelling.
Oral retellings will be completed in class during the first two weeks of
school.
The Apple Pie Tree
By Zoe Hall
Growing Vegetable Soup
By Lois Ehlert
The Kissing Hand
By Audrey Penn & Ruth
Harper
Llama Llama Red Pajama
By Anna Dewdney
Revised 4.12.17
2017-2018 Required
First Grade Summer
Reading List
Rosie’s Walk
By Pat Hutchins
(level 0.6)
Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive
the Bus
By Mo Willems
(level 0.9)
Nighttime Ninja
By Barbara DaCosta
(level 1.0)
Just Critters Who Care
By Mercer Meyer
(level 1.1)
Tale of a Tadpole
By Karen Wallace
(level 2.1)
Kitten’s First Full Moon
By Kevin Henkes
(level 2.3)
A Day’s Work
By Eve Bunting
(level 3.0)
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate their academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at the beginning of
the school year.
This summer, we ask that students would read at least one book from this
list .
It is our hope that you will make reading a part of your family’s summer. It is
not just about keeping up with the skill of decoding but it is to continue to work
with the meanings and ideas that authors have offered to us and to grow in our
ability to articulate our own thoughts and ideas. Our thinking and writing cannot mature without growth in our language.
Some ideas to help things go smoothly:
Have a set time each day for reading.
Choose the topic of highest interest for your child.
Have thoughtful questions ready to spur discussions about the book.
Read portions of the book with them.
Visit the library to explore books of interest.
Incoming first graders will be required to complete an oral retelling. Oral
retellings will be completed in class during the first two weeks of school.
Revised 4.12.17
2017-2018 Required
Second Grade Summer
Reading List
Henry & Mudge and the
Careful Cousins
By Cynthia Rylant
(Level 2.0)
Frog & Toad Together
By Arnold Lobel
(level 2.3)
Summer Vacation from the
Black Lagooon
By Mike Thaler
(level 2.5)
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate their
academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at the beginning of the school year.
This summer, students read at least one book from this list the summer.
It is our hope that you will make reading a part of your family’s summer. It
is not just about keeping up with the skill of decoding but it is to continue to
work with the meanings and ideas that authors have offered to us and to
grow in our ability to articulate our own thoughts and ideas. Our thinking
and writing cannot mature without growth in our language.
Anansi: The Spider
By Gerald McDermott
(level 3.0)
Tigers
By Valeria Bodden
(level 2.6) Expository
Dinosaurs Before Dark
By Mary Pope Osborne
(level 2.6)
When Jessie Came Across the
Sea
By Amy Hest
Please have your child read widely and often both with you and independently! This suggested list is only the beginning.
Incoming second graders will required to complete an oral retelling.
Oral retellings will be completed in class during the first two weeks
of school.
(level 3.5)
Revised 4.12.17
2017-2018 Required
Third Grade Summer
Reading List
George Washington’s
Breakfast
By Jean Fritz
On the Banks of Plum
Creek
By Laura Ingalls Wilder
Detectives in Togas
By Henry Winterfield
The Keeping Quilt
By Patricia Polacco
Earthquake
By Marion Bauer
My Basketball Book
By Gail Gibbons
Night of the Ninjas
By Mary Pope Osborne
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate
their academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at
the beginning of the school year.
It is our hope that you will make reading a part of your family’s summer. It is not just about keeping up with the skill of decoding but it is
to continue to work with the meanings and ideas that authors have
offered to us and to grow in our ability to articulate our own thoughts
and ideas. Our thinking and writing cannot mature without growth in
our language.
This summer, students will read at least one book from this list
the summer. Please have your child read widely and often both
with you and independently! This suggested list is only the beginning!
Incoming third graders will be required to complete one Summer
Reading Project from the list of projects provided. Projects are due
the Friday of the first week of school.
Revised 4.5.17
2017-2018 Required
Fourth Grade Summer
Reading List
Guns for General Washington
By Seymour Reit
Can’t You Make Them Behave,
King George?
By Jean Fritz
Enemy Pie
By Derek Munson
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate
their academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at
the beginning of the school year.
It is our hope that you will make reading a part of your family’s summer. It is not just about keeping up with the skill of decoding but it is
to continue to work with the meanings and ideas that authors have
offered to us and to grow in our ability to articulate our own thoughts
and ideas. Our thinking and writing cannot mature without growth in
our language.
A Paradise Called Texas
By Janice J. Shefelman
Make Way for Sam Houston
By Jean Fritz
Jesse Owens: Running into
History
Time For Kids Editors
Hurricanes
By Nathan Olson
This summer, students will read at least one book from this list
the summer. Please have your child read widely and often both
with you and independently! This suggested list is only the beginning!
Incoming fourth graders will be required to complete one Summer
Reading Project from the list of projects provided. Projects are due
the Friday of the first week of school.
Revised 4.5.17
2017-2018 Required
Fifth Grade Summer
Reading List
Abraham Lincoln the Freedom
President
By Susan Sloate
Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer
By G. Clifton Wisler
Anne of Green Gables
By L.M. Montgomery
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate
their academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at
the beginning of the school year.
It is our hope that you will make reading a part of your family’s summer. It is not just about keeping up with the skill of decoding but it is
to continue to work with the meanings and ideas that authors have
offered to us and to grow in our ability to articulate our own thoughts
and ideas. Our thinking and writing cannot mature without growth in
our language.
In the Year of the Boar &
Jackie Robinson
By Betto Bao Lord
George Washington Carver
By Sam Wellman
Jackie Robinson: Strong
Inside Out
Editors of Time For Kids
Old Yeller
By Fred Gibson
This summer, students will read at least one book from this list
the summer. Please have your child read widely and often both
with you and independently! This suggested list is only the beginning!
Incoming fifth graders will be required to complete one Summer
Reading Project from the list of projects provided. Projects are due
the Friday of the first week of school.
Revised 4.5.17
2017-2018 Required
Summer Reading List for
Middle & High School
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
The Magician’s Nephew
by C.S. Lewis
A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Grade 7 Pre AP
Grade 8 Pre AP
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
(and the selection above)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(and the selection above)
Grade 9
Grade 9 Pre AP
Summer reading provides students with an opportunity to activate their
academic skills and become a launch pad for critical thinking at the
beginning of the school year.
This summer, students are required to read two books. Students involved in
our Pre AP classes will read the required books listed, as well as a selfselected title from the “Summer Reading Self-Selected Title List” provided.
The attached book list is available to allow students to have some choice in
the books they read. Some novels tend to be more designed for mature
audience than others; content and reading levels vary.
It is our recommendation that you choose a novel with the guidance of your
parents. Common Sense Media is a good website to help families determine
the age appropriateness of a novel.
It is important to note that your teacher may not necessarily recommend
each of the novels for everyone. The list provides a wide variety of choices
so you and your family can determine a best fit for you.
Available from
School Office
You will be required to complete one Summer Reading Project from the list
of projects provided. Projects are due the Friday of the first week of school.
Bulfinch’s Greek Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch
Available from
School Office
“Eleven” excerpt from Woman
Hollering Creek by
Sandra Cisneros
(and Bulfinch’s Greek Mythology)
Revised 3.31.17