2017 Required Summer Reading Program for Elementary School

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1 2017 Required Summer Reading Program for Elementary School WCA students entering grades one through five are required to complete summer reading and reports. The goal of summer reading is to encourage growth in reading by engaging the mind with good books over the summer break. Please choose books from the attached list assigned to the grade level the student will be entering in the fall. Then complete the assigned Book Report(s) which will be turned in to your teacher for a grade. The mandatory reading must be completed and the book reports must be turned in to your teacher by Friday, August 25, All book reports must be turned in at the same time. Not every book is recommended for every child. It is the parent s responsibility to review the book for suitability of content for the student as well as to gauge the book s reading level. If the student has read one of the books before, he/she must select a new book to read this summer. Where Eagles Soar Honors Reading This year again, we will continue a gold standard for summer reading in which we encourage all students to participate; however, participation in this part of the reading program is strictly voluntary. Requirement for Where Eagles Soar Honors Reading: the student must complete all of the grade level summer reading requirements as listed above, plus read two or more additional books from the grade level list. Students will submit a book report for each additional book read from the list (must be a book not previously read by the student). Students completing the honors reading requirement will receive extra credit determined by the classroom teacher and an awards certificate of completion. The due date for the honors reading is also August 25, 2017.

2 Fourth & Fifth Grade Students entering fourth and fifth grades are required to read one book from the list, along with the Bible reading, the book of James and selected chapters from Psalms and Proverbs. A separate book report is attached for the Bible reading. Please use the attached worksheets for the book reports. 1. Encyclopedia Brown books Sobol 2. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume 3. Sugar Creek Gang series Hutchens 4. The Summer of the Swans Byars 5. My Side of the Mountain George 6. Homer Price McCloskey 7. Call of the Wild London 8. White Fang London 9. Lassie Come Home Knight 10. Black Stallion series Farley 11. Bridge to Terabithia Paterson 12. Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls 13. Freedom Train Sterling 14. The Cay Taylor 15. Sounder Armstrong 16. Pippi Longstocking books Lindgren 17. Who Is Who Was What Is What Was series 18. American Girl series 19. The Dreamer/Esperanza Rising Ryan 20. The One and Only Ivan Applegate 21. Ballet Shoes/Dancing Shoes Streatfield 22. Castle in the Attic Winthrop 23. The Borrowers Norton 24. Phantom Tollbooth Juster 25. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Taylor 26. Wonder series Palacio

3 27. Treasure Hunters Patterson 28. Snow Treasure McSwigan 29. Gifted Hands Revised Kids Version 30. Under the Sea (Illustrated Classic) 31. Little Women (Illustrated Classic) 32. Heidi (Illustrated Classic) 33. A Little Princess (Illustrated Classic) 34. The Prince and the Pauper (Classic Starts series) 35. Little Lord Fauntleroy (Classic Starts series) 36. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale Birdsall 37. Lass Gebauer 38. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O Brien 39. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims Limbaugh 40. Carry On Mr. Bowditch Latham 41. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C.S. Lewis 42. The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis 43. The Wind in the Willows Ellen Miles 44. The Jungle Book Jane B. Mason 45. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie 46. Gulliver s Stories Edward Dolch 47. Benjamin Franklin Ingri d Aulaire 48. Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling 49. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 50. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle 51. Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 52. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Vernes 53. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 54. Old Yeller Fred Gibson 55. Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls 56. Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery 57. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 58. Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes 59. Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O Dell 60. Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter

4 61. The Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss 62. The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 63. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 64. Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 65. Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Vernes 66. Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Vernes BIBLE READING LIST Psalm 1 Psalm 19 Psalm 37 Psalm 90 Psalm 145 Proverbs 3 The Book of James (Complete the Bible Book Review Worksheet for this book of the Bible)

5 Book Report for Students Entering 3 th - 5 th Grade Name: Date: Book Title: Author: Write 3 paragraphs summarizing your book using complete sentences. Paragraph 1 (3-5 sentences) Introduce your book, including the setting and main characters. Paragraph 2 (5 sentences) Summarize your book including beginning, problem, solution, and ending.

6 Paragraph 3 (3-5 sentences) Conclusion: Write your opinion of the book. This can include what you liked, your favorite part, what you would change, what you learned from this book, etc. Please check one of the boxes: I completely read the book from cover to cover I read most of the book Student Signature: Parent Signature

7 Book Review for James Grades 4 th and 5 th Only Name Date Grade entering in the fall 1. Briefly describe why you think James was written. (Please use complete sentences.) 2. Write out three verses from this book that meant something to you. Use a complete sentence to explain why you chose each verse. (Don't forget to include the Scripture reference.) Verse 1: Why did you choose this verse?

8 Verse 2: Why did you choose this verse? Verse 3: Why did you choose this verse? 3. What is the main idea of James? (Please answer in complete sentences.)