ST. ANTHONY KINDERGARTEN READING LIST We encourage our students to read often during the summer. Frequent practice keeps emergent reading skills current. Each kindergarten student is required to read at least 3 of the books listed below. Please note that the reading level of the suggested books varies. If your child is already a reader, have him read a passage from the book aloud to see if it is a good fit. If he struggles with more than one or two words on a page, the book is probably too difficult. Most importantly, we ask that you continue to read aloud to your child. This remains one of the most valuable things that you can do to promote success in reading. Choosing good literature with engaging text and appealing illustrations is the best way to help your student develop listening skills, promote comprehension and build a rich vocabulary. We encourage you to share a good book with your child every day! Kindergarten Guided DRA Level Do You Want to be My Friend-Eric Carle A 1 Have You Seen My Duckling?-Tafuri A 1 I Like Bugs- Brown A 1 Have You Seen My Cat-Eric Carle B 2 On Market Street-Lobel B 2 How Many Fish?-Cohen B 2 Let s Go Visiting-Williams B 2 Boats (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1)-Corey C 3 Rain-Kalan C 3 What s for Lunch-Eric Carle C 3-4 I Love You: A Rebus Poem-Marzollo C 4 Mice Squeak, We Speak-Shapiro C 4 I Can Do It All-Pearson C 4 Bathtime for Biscuit-Capucilli C 4
St. Anthony Summer Reading List 1 st - 3 rd The purpose of the Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading and comprehension skills. Summer reading is an extremely important component of your child s transition from one grade to the next. We encourage you to have your child read as much as possible over the summer; however, each child is required to read at least 4-5 books. An assessment and/or activity will be given within the 1 st week of school. The teachers and staff recommend that the students either read the book to their parent or that the parents become familiar with the book to review it with the child after they have read it. Both Guided Reading and Developmental Reading Assessment levels have been provided to help select various levels texts within each grade. When students come back to school, Scholastic Reading Counts quizzes and points may be available for each title. 1 st Grade Guided DRA Level Biscuit Wins a Prize-Alyssa Capucilli D 6 Sleepy Dog-Harriet Ziefert D 6 Cat Traps-Molly Coxe D 6 Goodnight Gorilla-Rathmann D 6 Feast for 10-Cathryn Falwell D 6 It s too Windy-Wilhem D 6 I m so Grumpy!-Wilhem D 6 Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!-Barner D 6 The Eye Book-Dr. Seuss E 8 Mouse Count-Ellen Stall Walsh E 8 Biscuit-Alyssa Satin Capucilli F 10 Buzz, Said the Bee-Wendy Lewison G 12 Wemberly Worried-Kevin Henkes H 14 The Napping House-Don and Audrey Wood I 16
2 nd Grade Guided DRA Level Amelia Bedila Helps Out-Parish L 20 (Choose at least four) Best Seat in Second Grade-Kenah J 16-18 Off We Go!-Yolan J 18 The Story of Ferdinand-Leaf K 18 Henry and Mudge-Rylant (any in J-L 18-20 series) Tiny Seed-Eric Carle K/L 20 Rain Forest-Miranda K/L 20 Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse- K/L 20 Lionni The Big Rock-Hiscock L 24 Arthur s Pet Business-Brown L 24 The Brementown Musicians-Gross L 24 Amelia Bedelia-Peggy Parish M 28 Days of the Blackbird-dePaola M 28 Junie B. Jones Books-Barbara Park (any in series) Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne (any in series) M 28 M-N 28-34
3 rd Grade Guided DRA Level 26 Fairmount Ave. -Tomie depaola N 28-30 (Choose at least four) Freckle Juice-Judy Blume M 28 The Littles and Their Amazing New Friend-Peterson M 28 Matt Christopher Sports Series (any in M-N 28-34 series) Amber Brown is not a Crayon- N 30 Danzinger How to be Cool in the Third Grade- Betsy Duffey N 30-34 Judy Moody-McDonald (any in series) N 30-34 A Mother s Journey-Markle N 30-34 The Shoeshine Girl-Bulla N 30-34 The Chalk Box Kid-Bulla N 30 The Mouse and the Motorcycle-Cleary O 38 The Boxcar Children-Warner O 38 Ramona Quimby, Age 8-Beverly O 38 Cleary Wayside School is Falling Down-Louis O 38 Sachar Encyclopedia Brown takes the Case- P 38 Lobel Little House in the Big Woods-Ingalls Wilder Q 40 Who was Mother Teresa? Jim Gigliotti Q 40 Who was Jesus? Ellen Morgan Q 40 Who was Helen Keller? Gare Thompson Q 40
4 th Grade Guided DRA Level The Best School Year Ever-Robinson P 38 (Choose at least two) Farmer Boy-Laura Ingalls Wilder M 34 I Survive - any in the series-tarshis O-P 34-38 American Girl Series-Alder Shaw-Trip (any in series) O-Q 38-40 The Spiderwick Chronicles-Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black Q-R 40-44 Mr. Popper s Penguins-Atwater Q 40 Superfudge-Blume Q 40 Fourth Grade Rats-Pinell Q 40 Because of Winn-Dixie-DiCamillo R 44 The Trumpet of the Swan-White R 44 The Penderwicks-Birdsall S 48 Poppy-Avi S 48 The Lion, the Witch, and the T 48 Wardrobe-Lewis Utterly Me, Clarice Bean-Child U 50
This summer you are required to read 3 books. This includes the required book, and 2 other selections off of the list below. On the required reading book, Wonder by RJ Palacio, you will write a book report. I recommend that you complete this during the summer. It will be due at the beginning of school. The students also have the option of typing the book report in a Power Point or Prezi presentation, but the format should be the same. You will take Scholastic tests on the other two selections. Please use the following book report format: Cover The cover page must include the title and author of the book. Page One- Main Characters Please write a detailed description of the main characters in your book. Use paragraph form. Please tell me, not only about their appearance, but also about their personality characteristics. Setting Please state in paragraph form where and when the story takes place. Is it in a specific city, state or country? Is it set in the past, present or future? Page Two Summary- Please compose a short summary of the plot of the book. This summary will include only the important events in the book. What is the main action in the book? Who does it involve? What problem or problems are the characters trying to solve? How do they solve them? Page Three-Opinion - Please give your opinion of the story. Was it interesting? What did you like or dislike about the book? Would you recommend the book to other students in the class? Would you read other books by the same author? Make sure this paragraph is at least 5 sentences. 5 th Grade Reading list Wonder RJ Palacio V 50 (Choose at least two) The Unusual Suspects-Buckley R 44 (4.5) When You Reach Me-Rebecca Stead S 46 Fair Weather-Peck T 48 Holes-Sachar U 50 Al Capone Does My Shirts-Choldenleo T 50 The Best Bad Thing-Uchida U 50 Tuck Everlasting-Natalie Babbit V 50 The BFG-Dahl U 50 Series of Unfortunate Events-Snicket V 50 On the Far Side of the Mountain-George V 50 (5.8) The Watson s Go to Birmingham-Curtis U-W 50 Harry Potter-Rowling (any in series-but U-W 50-60 recommended in order) Hoot-Lare Hiaasen W 60 Al Capone Does My Shoes-Choldenleo X 60
This summer you are required to read 3 books. This includes the required book, and 2 other selections off the list below. On the required reading book, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, you will write a book report. I recommend that you complete this during the summer. It will be due at the beginning of school. The students also have the option of typing the book report in a Power Point or Prezi presentation, but the format should be the same. You will take Scholastic tests on the other two selections. Please use the following book report format: Cover The cover page must include the title and author of the book. Page One- Main Characters Please write a detailed description of the main characters in your book. Use paragraph form. Please tell me, not only about their appearance, but also about their personality characteristics. Setting Please state in paragraph form where and when the story takes place. Is it in a specific city, state or country? Is it set in the past, present or future? Page Two Summary- Please compose a short summary of the plot of the book. This summary will include only the important events in the book. What is the main action in the book? Who does it involve? What problem or problems are the characters trying to solve? How do they solve them? Page Three-Opinion - Please give your opinion of the story. Was it interesting? What did you like or dislike about the book? Would you recommend the book to other students in the class? Would you read other books by the same author? Make sure this paragraph is at least 5 sentences. 6 th Grade Reading list Among the Hidden - Margaret Peterson Haddix, Required- Book Report A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L Engle L 740 Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne L 1080 Chains - Laurie Halse Anderson L 780 Dragonwings - Laurence Yelp L 870 Fever, 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson L 580 Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry L 680 Hope Was Here - Joan Bauer L 710 Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien L 920 The Giver Series - Lois Lowry L 760 The Green Book - Jill Paton Walsh L 980 Voyage on the Great Titanic - Ellen Emerson White L 1010 A Night to Remember - Walter Lord I 950 Chasing Lincoln s Killer - James L. Swanson I 980 Soul Surfer - Bethany Hamilton I 960 Through My Eyes - Tim Tebow I 930 Tale of the Mandarin Ducks - Katherine Paterson L 930