Cambridge Christian School Summer Reading List Students entering Third Grade 2014 2015 Summer vacation is almost here! I hope that you make it a time to rest, relax, and read, but above all enjoy! Reading, like a sport, involves practice and skill. Real skill building occurs when children read for pleasure, when too easy, and when children can explore books about topics that interest them. The more they practice with someone s encouragement, suggestions, and praise, the better and more confident readers they will become. Tips to encourage reading: Set aside a regular family reading time or read aloud time. Recognize that your child s own choice and interests are important ingredients toward reading enjoyment. Don t forget to pack a book wherever you go. Encourage and help your child succeed with reading but do not push or expect too much too soon. Please have students choose ONE fiction book and ONE nonfiction book to read, and then complete the given activities. These activities are due the first day of school and are to be turned in to Ms. Gerrard. Suggested reading list Owen and Mzee Isabella Hatkoff The Tree House Lois Lowry The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron Charlotte s Web E.B. White Betsy Tacy Maud Lovelace Clementine (series) Pennypacker A Log s Life Wendy Pfeffer Wildlife Habitats Emily Stetson The Empty Lot Dale Fife Armadillos Sleep in Dugouts and Other Places Animals Live Pam Ryan Raymond s Perfect Present Therese On Louie
Suggested reading list continued Henry's Freedom Box Ellen Levin The Greatest Treasure Demi Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Deborah Shearer Save, Spend, or Donate? A Book About Managing Money Nancy Loewen Out and About at the United States Mint Nancy Garhan Attebury Round and Round the Money Goes Melvin Berger The Lemonade Wars Jacqueline Davies The Earth and Sky Gallimard Jeunesse What the Moon is Like Franklyn Branley The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon Bea Schyffert The Lizard and the Sun Alma Flor Ada A to Z Mysteries Ron Roy Cam Jansen David Adler Dinosaur Cove Rex Stone Flat Stanley Jeff Brown Geronimo Stilton series books Geronimo Stilton Mercy Watson Kate DiCamillo My Weird School Dan Gutman Boxcar Children #1 Gertrude Warner Ramona the Brave #3 Beverly Cleary Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia Maclachlan My Father s Dragon Ruth Gannett Miss Hickory Carolyn Bailey The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman Who was series books Who Is series books What was series books Classic Authors Hans Christian Anderson Aesop Matt Christopher Barbara Cooney Robert McCloskey A.A. Milne Bill Peet Beatrix Potter Laura Ingalls wilder
3 rd Grade Summer Reading Assignment 2014-2015 NONFICTION BOOK REPORT Title Author Write the subject and a short description of the book. Why did you choose to read this book? Write five important facts you learned from reading this book. One book cannot tell everything there is to know about a subject. Write a question about the subject that the book did not answer. How much more do you know about the subject now that you did before you read this book? the same some more very little more very much more On the back of this sheet illustrate your subject. Brainwork! Choose and do one activity about your book: Make a book jacket, make a poster, or make a bookmark for yourself and one for a friend. Bring to class on the first day.
3 rd Grade Summer Reading Assignment 2014-2015 Title Author FICTION BOOK REPORT Describe where and when the story takes place. Write a summary of the plot. Describe your favorite character in the book. Tell why you like this character. If you could change something about the book or the story, what would it be and why? Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Brainwork! If you were to take the part of a character in this book, whom would you choose and why? On the back of this sheet draw a colorful picture of an important event in the book. Write a caption below your picture.