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REQUIRED SUMMER READING TITLES
Grade 1 Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Grade 2 Amelia Bedelia's Family Album by Peggy Parish
Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin by C. Rylant
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Grade 3 The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
by Judy Blume
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman - Or ANY title from the
school reading list
Grade 4 Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and
Florence Atwater
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
Grade 5 Abel's Island by William Steig
Dear Levi by Elvira Woodruff
Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
Grade 6 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Dirt Bike Racer by Matt Christopher
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Grade 7 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawles
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
Grade 8 The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
A Place To Hide by Jayne Pettit
True Stories of the Second World War by Paul Dowswell
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FOLLOWING ARE SOME POSSIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES YOUR CHILD MIGHT TRY:
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1. Make a cartoon strip showing sequence . . . what happened
first, second, . . .
2. Make a list of 5 questions you would like to ask the author.
3. Write a different ending for the story (or a prequel or
sequel).
4. Design a book cover complete with blurbs about why you like
the book or recommend it.
5. Make up a TEST on this book for your classmates.
6. Make a poster depicting your favorite part of the book.
7. Make a postcard showing the setting of the book.
8. For chapter books, make up headings/titles for each chapter
(good for naming the main idea).
9. Make a windsock . . . a strip each for: title, author,
illustrator, setting, characters, theme, etc.
10. Write a book review for the newspaper. Look at the Sunday
news- Book section with your child. Then have him/her write a
review, complete with one * to five ***** as a rating.
11. Design a t-shirt depicting a character or event from the
book.
12. Make a tape of your child reading the book aloud.
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GOOD WEB SITES
www.bookadventure.com
This site contains lists, quizzes, and activities for grades K-8.
www.randomhouse.com/kids/games/
This site features book reviews, newsletters, activities and
contests for all levels.
www.dltk-teach.com/books/
This is a good site for crafts and coloring activities for primary
grades.
www.scholastic.com/titles/index.htm
Scholastic presents many of their books as well as famous authors.
Dear Parent,
We are happy to be sending you a booklet of suggested reading
titles. Also, at the end of the lists you will find some activities
and web sites which complement the summer reading.
Please help your child choose books to read over the summer months.
These would be in addition to required titles named by the teachers
for each grade. Consider interest, reading level, easy/difficult,
and length when selecting a book with your child. You know your
child best and you may find that summertime is a good time to
encourage your son/daughter to try something a little more
challenging than he/she might be able to tackle during the school
year. On the other hand, we are trying to encourage an appreciation
and joy of reading, so we would not want it to be frustrating. If
your child would like to try a more difficult book, you might read
it with him/her ¨C take turns reading pages or chapters to one
another.
Many of the books selected for our Recommended Lists are award
winners. Other titles were chosen because of high interest level,
relationship with the curriculum, or may be a teacher preference.
We think each of these books, if chosen according to
appropriateness, will help your child become a better reader and to
develop an appreciation of quality literature.
Please note that in addition to the titles on these lists, other
books by the same author are usually good choices. Obviously, the
numbers of excellent books are too many to list in this
publication, however this should provide you with some ¡°good
ones¡±. You may also find more good lists on the web sites that
are
cited on the last page. Of course we respect parent choices as well.
Thank you for being our partner in this learning experience.
Reading can be a most worthwhile pastime and a rewarding one as
well, especially when you help make it a summer priority.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
¡õ Make a cartoon strip showing sequence ¨C what happened
first,
second, . . .
¡õ Make a list of 5 questions you would like to ask the author.
¡õ Write a different ending for the story (or a prequel or
sequel).
¡õ Design a book cover complete with blurbs about why you like
the book or recommend it.
¡õ Make up a ¡°test¡± on this book for your classmates.
¡õ Make a poster depicting your favorite part of the book.
¡õ Make a postcard showing the setting of the book.
¡õ For chapter books, make up headings/titles for each chapter
(good for naming the main idea).
¡õ Make a windsock . . . a strip each for: title, author,
illustrator, setting, characters, theme, etc.
¡õ Write a book review for the newspaper. Look at the Sunday
news- Book section with your child. Then have him/her write a
review, complete with one * to five ***** as a rating.
¡õ Design a t-shirt depicting a character or event from the
book.
¡õ Make a tape of your child reading the book aloud.
GOOD WEB SITES
www.bookadventure.com
This site contains lists, quizzes, and activities for grades
K-8.
www.randomhouse.com/kids/games/
This site features book reviews, newsletters, activities and
contests for all levels.
www.dltk-teach.com/books/
This is a good site for crafts and coloring activities for primary
grades.
www.scholastic.com/titles/index.htm
Scholastic presents many of their books as well as famous authors.
PRIMARY GRADES READING LIST
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
Animals, Animals Eric Carle
The Art Lesson Tomie DePaola
Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina
Clifford the Big Red Dog (series) Norman Bridwell
Corduroy (series) Don Freeman
Curious George (series) H.A. Rey
The Day Jimmy¡¯s Boa Ate the Wash Noble and Kellogg
Fables Arnold Lobel
Frances the Badger (series) Russell Hoban
Frog and Toad (series) Arnold Lobel
George and Martha (series) James Marshall
Goodnight, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann
Hop on Pop (and others) Dr. Seuss
A House is A House For Me Hoberman
The House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Numeroff
Kitten¡¯s First Full Moon Kevin Henkes
Little Bear (series) Else Holmelund
Minarik
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Bernard Waber
Madeline (series) Ludwig Bemelmans
The Magic Fish Littledale
Maisie Goes Swimming Cousins
The Magic School Bus (assorted titles) Cole
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan Virginia Lee Burton
Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann
Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister
The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown
The Snowy Day (and others) Ezra Jack Keats
Stone Soup Marcia Brown
The Story About Ping Marjorie Flack
Swimmy Leo Leonni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
INTERMEDIATE GRADES READING LIST
And Now, Miguel Krumgold
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere Jean Fritz
(and other titles)
The Beast in Mrs. Rooney¡¯sRoom (series) Patricia
Reilly Giff
Ben and Me Lawson
The Black Cauldron (and others) Lloyd Alexander
Boxcar Children (series) Warner
Bunnicula (series) James Howe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Charlotte¡¯s Web E.B. White
The Chocolate Touch Catling
The Courage of Sarah Noble Dalgliesh
Cricket in Times Square George Seldon
The Death of Lincoln Hayman
Doctor Doolittle (series) Lofting
Encyclopedia Brown (series) Sobol
The Enormous Egg Butterworth
Exploring the Titanic Ballard
The Family Under the Bridge Carlson
Fourth Grade Celebrity Patricia Reilly Giff
Freckle Juice Judy Blume
The Great Brain John Fitzgerald
Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh
How to Eat Fried Worms Sockwell
Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Little House on the Prairie (series) Ingalls-Wilder
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart Lauber
Mrs. Frsiby and the Rats of NIMH O¡¯Brien
Misty of Chincoteague Henry
Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary
Nate the Great Sharmat
Old Yeller Gipson
The Story of My Life Helen Keller
The Wind in the Willows Graham
Witches Roald Dahl
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Russell Freedman
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL READING LIST
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Memorial
Ashabranner
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman Gaines
The Call of the Wild Jack London
The Cats in Krasinski Square Karen Hesse
A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Peck
The Devil¡¯s Arithmetic Jane Yolen
Eleanor Roosevelt: Life Russell Freedman
Fantastic Voyage Isaac Asimov
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
The Hobbit Tolkien
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Craven
The Incredible Journey Burnford
Kidnapped Robert Louis
Stevenson
Lillies of the Field Barrett
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
The Miracle Worker Gibson
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
Onion John Krumgold
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton
Rifles For Watie Keith
Robinson Crusoe DeFoe
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor
Sarah Bishop Scott O¡¯Dell
Slave Dancer Fox
To Be A Slave Lester
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
Westing Game Raskin
When the Legends Die Borland
Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
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