First Grade
Summer Reading List
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Concept Books
Catalanotto:
Carle:
Ehlert:
Matthew’s ABC
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Waiting for Wings
Jenkins:
Heller:
Priceman:
The Emperor’s Egg
Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
How to Make an Apple Pie and
See the World
Seven Blind Mice
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny
Tiny Lie
Gibbons:
Hall:
Emergency
It’s Pumpkin Time
Young:
Rankin:
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Again
A Fine Fine School
Shy Charles
I’m Gonna Like Me
Hobbie:
Henkes:
Peiffer:
Falconer:
Toot and Puddle
Jessica
Bark, George
Olivia
dePaola:
Lovasik:
The Story of Saint Francis
Any “St. Joseph Picture Book”
Just For Fun
Childs:
Creech:
Wells:
Curtis:
Religious
dePaola:
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Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Tomie dePaola’s Bible Stories
Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Musgrove:
The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth
Brett:
Scieszka:
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by A. Wolf
Stevens:
Zelinsky:
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folk
Tale
Tops & Bottoms
Rumplestiltskin
Sendak:
McCloskey:
Where the Wild Things Are
Blueberries for Sal
Doodle Dandies, Poems That
Take Shape
20th Century Children’s Poetry
The Spider and the Fly
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Award and Honor Books
Rathman:
Taback:
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Songs, Rhymes and Poems
Adoff:
Touch the Poem
Lewis:
Hoberman:
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very
Short Stories to Read Together
Prelutsky:
Howitt:
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Please read one book from each category to your child or if they are able, have them read to you. After reading,
your child should write one sentence that tells about their favorite part of the story and then draw and color a
picture to go with it. This may be done on basic white printer paper. Please bring these to school at Open House
or on the first day of first grade labeled with your child’s name and the books that were read.
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Dear Second Grader,
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We hope you have a great summer! We are so excited to meet you next school year!
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Please read a total of 10 second grade level books over the summer. After you read each book,
please write 3 or 4 sentences telling what the book was about and what you thought of the
book. Please also illustrate either a character or scene from the book you read to go along with
your sentences.
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Example:
The book I read was Serious Farm. In the story, the animals who live on Farmer Brown’s farm try to
make Farmer Brown laugh, because they know he is way too serious. The animals finally get Farmer
Brown to laugh, and he realizes there is a time to be serious and a time to have fun! I loved this
book because the pictures are very creative, and the story is very funny!
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Love,
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Second Grade Reading List
2014 – 2015
Books by Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad, Mouse Soup, etc.
David Kirk
Little Miss Spider series
Bible story books by Alice Joyce Davidson
Creation, Jonah, etc.
Shel Silverstein
The Giving Tree
Munro Leaf
The Story of Ferdinand
Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who,
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Tomie de Paola
Strega Nonna, The Holy Twins, Patrick, etc.
Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House series
Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus series
Peggy Parish
Amelia Bedelia
David A. Adler
Cam Jansen series
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great series
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Third Grade
Summer Reading List
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Directions: Pick 3 books to read over the summer. Then, use the Third Grade Summer Reading
Summary Page following this reading list to write a summary about each book. Be sure to use
complete sentences!
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne
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Stuart Little by E.B. White
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Judy Moody Was in a Mood by Megan McDonald
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Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
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Moonshot: Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
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Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
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3rd Grade Summer Reading Summary
Directions: Use this page to write a summary about each of the three books
you read from the reading list. Be sure to use complete sentences!
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Title:_______________________________________________
Author:______________________________________________
Pages: ________
Who is the main character in your story? ____________________________________
Name three adjectives that describe the character: 1._____________________
2._____________________
3._____________________
What is the GENRE of this story? _________________________
What is the PLOT of the story?
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What did you LIKE about this story?
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What did you NOT LIKE about this story?
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Could you relate to any of the characters in this story? If yes, how?
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Fourth Grade
Summer Reading List
Reading assignment for the summer: Here is a suggested reading list for the summer. Please
choose at least one book and write a letter to the author to let them know what you thought of it,
and give the letter to your teacher on the first day of school.
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Because Of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: Journey to the Summit
Ana Maria Vazquez
Castle in the Attic
Eliza Winthrop
The Cricket in Time Square
George Selden
Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Francis and Clare, Saints of Assisi
Helen W. Homan
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
Misty of Chincoteague
Marguerite Henry
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman
The Young Life of John Paul II
Clare Jordan Mahon
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Fifth Grade
Summer Reading List
Fifth grade students are required to read The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford and Capture
The Flag by Kate Messner. We will discuss and test on these when the students return in August.
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The Students are also required to read a book of choice (at least 100 pages) and handwrite a 5
paragraph paper. This paper should include a description of one of the main characters, one main
setting and what the student liked best and why.
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Sixth Grade
Summer Reading List
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Please read the following books before you return to school in the fall. During the first weeks of
school we will have class assignments, a project, and a test based on these books. I suggest
purchasing the books rather than borrowing them from the library, because you will need to bring
your books to class when school begins again in August. Happy Reading! ☺
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Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson
You will probably need to order this online.
The ISBN for this book is 978-1-883937-38-6
Published by Bethlehem Books * Ignatius Press
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Questions to consider before reading Hittite Warrior:
*Have you ever made friends with someone very different than you?
*Have you ever moved? If not, have you ever had to go on a long journey?
*Have you ever been scared to jump in the water?
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The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
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Questions to consider before reading The Magician’s Nephew:
*Have you ever felt the urge to touch something fragile you weren't allowed to touch, or eat
something you were forbidden to eat?
*Do you have a guinea pig, or have you ever seen or held one?
*Have you ever wanted to do something exciting or dangerous, like ride on a scary ride at an
amusement park?
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Summer Reading Lists 2014 for Mrs. Rouck
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Please read the summer reading books before you return to school in the fall. During the first
weeks of school we will have class assignments, a project, and a test based on these books. I
suggest purchasing the books rather than borrowing them from the library, because you will need to
bring the book to class during the first few weeks of school.
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Seventh Grade
Summer Reading List
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
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Eighth Grade
Summer Reading List
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Animal Farm by George Orwell