Dear Incoming 3 rd grade students & parents, Summer Reading 2015-2016 For incoming 3rd grade WOLCS students Congratulations 3 rd Grader! The reading requirements in this packet are to help ensure that you do not lose the progress you made in reading over the last school year. Studies have proven that over the summer, students who do not read lose up to three months of progress made previously. This summer all students are required to read certain books as well as books they are interested in. First, you are required to read a pair of books on the same topic. These pairings include a fiction book and a nonfiction book. You may choose one pair. This means you must read two books that go together. There are activities for you to complete. Note: You may not just pick any two; you must read the pair in this handout. These books are all available at The Free Library of Philadelphia branches and some are available on the WOLCS website through the link for Tumble Books. They can be borrowed in book version and some can be borrowed electronically. Second, you will choose books to read. Please read as much as possible and record the titles and authors of any other books that you choose to read over the summer on your Summer Reading Log. REMEMBER: You can use your local library and also the Tumble Books link on the WOLCS website for additional reading. Prizes will be given for three students who read the most over the summer. Your summer reading log will also count for a grade and you will receive a reward for turning it in to your new teacher in September on the first day of school. All of these materials will be on our WOLCS website or main office if you lose anything. All of the reading and activities will count for a grade. Finally, parents please read to your child and listen to your child read as well. It is important for parents to read books to their child that are above the child s level. When the child is reading independently, if you hear 3 or more struggles to pronounce words or if they can t retell the story accurately, then it may be too hard for your child. You can read the book to your child, you can read with your child or you can help your child choose a book that he or she can read without difficulty. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are my choices and the oath I make to read over the summer: I will read the following pair (nonfiction and fiction books): I know that I must read these books because I will be graded on them. Finally, I will read more than this and record any books I read on the reading log. I understand that if I don t read, I will lose skills that I learned over the last school year. I understand that I will be graded on all of this work. Student s Name: Teacher: Grade: Student signature: Parent signature: Return this signed portion to your teacher by Wednesday, June 17 th, 2015. Return the completed packet the first day of school in September.
Directions: Choose a pair of books below. Each pair contains a fiction and nonfiction selection concerning the same subject matter. CHOICE #1: Fiction and nonfiction pair on Rivers Fiction: Paddle to the Sea by Holling Clancy Holling (available at the Free Library in book Nonfiction: The Big Rivers: the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio by (available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #2: Fiction and nonfiction pair on Bees FICTION: The Bee Tree by Patricia Palocco (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: The Life and Times of the Honey Bee by Charles Micucci (available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #3: Fiction and nonfiction pair on Flight FICTION: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh OR advanced readers can try Fantastic Flight: One Hundred Years of Flying by Patrick O Brien OR Flight by Andrew Nahum (available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #4: Fiction and nonfiction pair: Stars FICTION: Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: Find the Constellations by H.A. Rey (available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #5: Fiction and nonfiction pairing: Money FICTION: A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams NONFICTION: Money by Joe Cribb (available at the Free Library in book OR The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lancsak (available on the WOLCS website via the Tumble Book Library link)
CHOICE #6: Fiction and nonfiction pairing: Government FICTION: Madame President by Lane Smith (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: Where do Presidents Come From? by Michael Townsend (graphic novel) OR How the US Government Works by Syd Sobel (both available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #7: Fiction and nonfiction pairing: ARCHEOLOGY FICTION: Archeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Ancient Tale with Hieroglyphics by Tamara Bower (available at the Free Library in book CHOICE #8: Fiction and nonfiction pairing: Robots FICTION: Robot Dreams by Sarah Varan (available at the Free Library in book NONFICTION: Robots by Roger Bridgman (available at the Free Library in book I will read this pair of books: Choice # Topic: FICTION: NONFICTION:
For the nonfiction book FACT 1 FACT 2 Title for the nonfiction book: 1. Write a fact that you learned in each square. 2. Draw a picture for each fact. FACT 3 The most interesting fact that I learned is