Summer Reading List Grade 1 NON FICTION BOOKS Actual Size by Steve Jenkins Cool Cars by Tony Mitton Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins If You Decide to go to the Moon by Faith McNulty My Teacher Likes to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson Rosie: A Visiting Dog s Story by Stephanie Calmenson Sharks by Seymour Simon FIRST GRADE FAVORITES Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley Buzz Boy and Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold Mr. Duck Means Business by Tammi Sauer My Teacher for President by Kay Winters Robot Zot! By Jon Scieszka Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner READ ANY BOOKS BY THESE AUTHORS Paulette Bourgeois* Doreen Cronin Max Lucado H.A. Rey Jan Brett Tomie DePaola James Marshall* Cynthia Rylant* Marc Brown* Ian Falconer Kate McMullan* Janet Stevens Margaret Wise Brown Kevin Henkes Else Minarik* Mark Teague Eric Carle Syd Hoff* Laura Numeroff Don & Audrey Wood Alyssa Satin Capucilli* Katharine Holabird Barbara Park* Mo Willems Lauren Child Helen Lester Jane O Connor *Chapter Books
Summer Reading List Grade 2 Each student is required to read 5 books during the summer and complete the following information on 5 x 8 index cards: title, author and main character. Then draw a picture of your favorite part of the book. Please bring in the index cards by the second day of school in September. Title/Author If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Arthur Books by Marc Brown Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole Lilly s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Lunch Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky Henry and Mudge Stories by Rylant Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne Madeline books by Ludwig Bemelmans Berenstain Bears books by Jan & Stan Berenstain Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel Little Bear Series by Else Minarik Little House Picture Books-Laura Ingalls Wilder Nate the Great Series by Marjorie Sharmat The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Stone Soup by Ann McGovern Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park Black Lagoon Series by Mike Thaler Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish Alexander & the Terrible No Good Day by Judith Viorst Corduroy by Don Freeman Morris the Moose Books by B. Wiseman Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Dr. Seuss Books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Caldecott) Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak (Caldecott) The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (Caldecott) Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow Nonfiction Series Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli Mouse & Mole by Wong Herbert Yee Froggy by Jonathan London\ Robin Hill School by Margaret McNamara
Summer Reading List Grade 3 Please choose any 2 books or authors and a biography of your choice. As you read, make an index card with the title, author and two sentences that tells what the book was about. We will do a project in class in September. Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osbourne Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr Why Do Mosquitos Buzz in Peoples Ears? by Leo and Diane Dillon Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary Charlotte s Web by E.B. White Third Grade Detectives by George Stanley The Littles and the Lost Children by John Peterson Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline Any of the sports books by Matt Christopher Biography book of your choice
Summer Reading List Grade 4 Each student is required to read three books over the summer, including the two * required books and one more book from the list. In September, students will be evaluated on their knowledge of the content of the books. As the students are reading, please have him/her take some notes on the setting, characters and significant details of each book. GRADE 4 * Harriet the Spy * The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byers The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilio Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume Matt Christopher (any of his sports fiction books) The Report Card by Andrew Clements No Talking by Andrew Clements The Royal Diary Series American Girl Book Meet Felicity and Felicity Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Valerie Tripp Story of Benjamin Franklin, an Amazing American by Margaret Davison Five Brave Explorers by S. & P. Graff * Required reading
2014 Summer Reading List Grade 5 Grade 5 students are asked to read 3 books over the summer, your choice of ONE from Group A, ONE from Group B, and ONE from Group C. The book selections are of various reading levels from easy to challenging. Please select the books that are of your reading level and interest. If you have any questions or need assistance in selecting books please email Mrs. Tischer at gatischer@yahoo.com and I will be happy to help and recommend book selections. Enjoy reading! Group A A Single Shard - L. Peck A Long Way from Chicago R. Peck Doll Bones - Black Summer of the Swans - Byars Shiloh - Naylor Hatchet - Paulsen Jacob Have I Loved - Paterson Julie of the Wolves - George The Midwife s Apprentice - Cushman Walk Two Moons Creech The Sign of the Beaver Speare My Brother Sam is Dead Collier One Came Home Timberlake Our Only May Amelia Holm Group B Dear Mr. Henshaw - Cleary Absolutely Normal Chaos - Creech The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo Flora and Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures Di Camillo Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt Paper Boy Vawter The Whipping Boy - Fleischman The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai A Gathering of Days Blos Across Five Aprils Hunt The Winter Hero Collier The Wish Giver Brittain Island of the Blue Dolphins O Dell Group C Lewis and Clark - Sullivan Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? - Edwards In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lord The Kid Who Named Pluto: And the Stories of Other Extraordinary Young People in Science McCutcheon A Life in the Wild: George Schaller s Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts Turner Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women Thimmesh Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman Sterling
Summer Reading List Grade 6 Grade 6 students are asked to read 3 books over the summer, your choice of ONE from Group A., ONE from Group B and ONE from Group C. The book selections are of various reading levels from easy to challenging. Please select the books that are of your reading level and interest. If you have any questions or need assistance in selecting books please email Mrs. Johnson at mrsjohnsonsjs@yahoo.com and I will be happy to help and recommend book selections. Enjoy reading! Group A Julie of the Wolves My Side of the Mountain Treasure Island Crazy Lady The Summer of the Swans The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Tiger Rising The Mysterious Benedict Society Group B Ann Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl My Life with the Chimpanzees Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers Ed.) The Westing Game Jean Craighead George Jean Craighead George Robert Louis Stevenson Jane Leslie Conly Betsy Byars Mark Twain Kate DiCamillo Trenton Lee Stewart Ann Frank Jane Goodall Greg Mortenson Ellen Raskin 39 Clues Series(any title) Various From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Secret Garden Gregor the Overlander Inkheart E.L. Konigsburg Frances Hodgson Burnett Suzanne Collins Cornelia Funke Group C Ella Enchanted Catherine Called Birdy The Wind in the Willows The Time Machine Indian in the Cupboard The Spiderwick Chronicles (any title) Johnny Tremain Gail Carson Levine Karen Cushman Kenneth Grahame H.G. Wells Lynne Reid Banks DiTerlizzi and Black Esther Forbes