St. Pius X Catholic School
2015 Summer Reading Program
St. Pius X School has a Summer Reading Program for children in grades 2 – 8. Reading is one
of the most important life-long skills a person can ever acquire, and we are seeing a decline for
the “love of reading” in our school students. In this age of technology, we need to encourage
our children to continue to read, read, and read. We cannot give up this most basic skill in
favor of computers, TV, video games, Playstations, etc. To quote a very wise man, “If you can
read, you can do anything you want to do.”
Grades 2 and 3 (children entering these grades for 2015-2016)
A list of suggested books will be sent home with the children along with the final
Report Card on June 4, 2010. Please encourage your children to read any or all of these
books over the summer.
Grades 4 – 8 (children entering these grades for 2015-2016)
This is a mandatory reading program. The teachers have selected specific books to be
read over the summer. There will be assignments, tests, and other assessment methods
used with these books. Specific requirements related to each grade level will be sent
home with the students along with the final Report Card on May 29, 2015.
Students are to choose ONE Book per student grade level
Book Assignments by Grade Level:
Grade 4
Choices:
Tale of Despereaux
Mrs. Frisby & Rats of Nimh
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Ida B.
Esperanza Rising
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Grade 5
Fire girl by Tony Abbott
Grade 6
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Grade 7
The Year of the Book By Andrea Cheng
Peak By Smith
Alibi Junior High By Greg Logsted
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda By Tom Angleberger
Where the Red Fern Grows By Wilson Rawls
Grade 8
If I Stay By Gayle Forman
Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card
Trash By Mulligan
Tiger’s Eye By Judy Bloom
Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury