Flowood Elementary School Entering 1 st Grade Students will read (or have a parent read to them) minimum of 10 books chosen from these authors. These are just suggestions for your child. Berenstain, Stan & Jan Berenstain Bears By the Sea Berenstain Bears Catch the Bus Berenstain Bears New Pup Bourgeois, Paulette Franklin and the Thunderstorm Franklin s Bad Day Bridwell, Norman Clifford and the Big Red Dog Clifford s First School Day Clifford s Family Brown, Marc Arthur and the School Pet Arthur s Fire Drill Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight Moon Runaway Bunny Capucilli, Alyssa Satin Bathtime for Biscuit Biscuit Biscuit Goes To School Biscuit s New Trick Carle, Eric The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Busy Spider The Grouchy Ladybug Hoff, Syd Lionni, Leo London, Jonathan Mayer, Mercer Numeroff, Laura O Connor, Jane Rey, Margaret Suess, Dr. Danny and the Dinosaur An Extraordinary Egg Swimmy Little Blue and Little Yellow Frederick Fish is Fish Froggy Goes to School Froggy Goes to the Doctor All By Myself Just a Mess Just My Friend and Me If You take a Mouse to School If You Give a Mouse a Cookie If You Give a Pig a Pancake Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris Fancy Nancy at the Museum Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On Curious George and the Birthday Surprise Curious George at the Aquarium Curious George and the Firefighters Cat in the Hat Fox in Socks
Green Eggs and Ham Students will choose their favorite book from one of the authors and illustrate their favorite part when they return to school. The students will also need to write a sentence about their illustration. Flowood Elementary School Entering 2 nd Grade Students will read a minimum of 10 books chosen from these authors. These books are just a few suggestions from the authors: Beginner Wiseman, B. Morris Series, including Morris Goes to School Morris the Moose Suess, Dr. Foot Book, Fox in Socks The Shape of Me and Other Stuff Numeroff, Laura If You Give a Mouse a Cookie If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight Moon Runaway Bunny Mayer, Mercer Little Critter series including All By Myself I Just Forgot Just Go To Bed Intermediate Lobel, Arnold Frog & Toad Series including Days with Frog and Toad Frog and Toad All Year Frog and Toad are Friends Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane Brown, Marc Arthur s Reading Race Arthur in New York Arthur s Lost Puppy Bridwell, Norman Clifford Visits the Hospital Clifford and the Big Storm Clifford s Good Deeds Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia Independent Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Brave Ramona Forever Ramona s World Mouse and Motorcycle Ralph S. Mouse Runaway Ralph Adler, David Cam Jansen : The Birthday Mystery Cam Jansen: Mystery at the Monkey House Cam Jansen: Mystery of the Television Dog Cole, Joanna Magic School Bus Series, includes Magic School Bus :Voyage to the Volcano Magic School Bus: Food Chain Frenzy Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats Osborne, Mary Pope Magic Tree House Series includes: Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark Magic Tree House: Knight at Dawn Magic Tree House: Midnight on the Moon Assessments: Students will choose their favorite book read from the summer list, and complete a story bag when he/she returns to school. List will be posted on the Flowood website.
Flowood Elementary School Entering 3 rd Grade- All students entering 3 rd Grade must choose one fiction (1) and one (1) nonfiction book to read this summer from the list below. After reading the books, students will need to complete a verification sheet on the fiction book, and create a poster for the nonfiction book. See instructions below; Fiction Choice: Choose one to read this summer Gannett, Ruth Stiles My Father s Dragon Peterson, John The Littles McDonald, Megan Judy Moody was in a Mood Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children Blume, Judy Muggi Maggie Osborne, Mary Pope Park, Barbara Magic Tree House: Tigers at Twilight Magic Tree House: Ghost Town at Sundown Junie B. Jones and the Stupid, Smelly Bus Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky, Peeky Spying Nonfiction Choices: Choose one to read this summer
Adler, David A Picture Book of Helen Keller Hulub, Joan Who Was Babe Ruth? Bader, Bonnie Who Was Martin Luther King, Junior? Gibbons, Gail Cole, Joanna Owls Whales Hungry, Hungry Sharks (Step Into Reading -Step 3) The students will complete a poster project for the nonfiction book. The poster must include: Title Author Topic of the book And new information learned
Flowood Elementary School Entering 4 th Grade- Each student will be required to read one (1) fiction book and one (1) nonfiction book. Fiction Reilly, Patricia Giff Pictures of Hollis Woods Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Nonfiction Santrey, Laurence Young Frederick Douglas: Fight for Freedom Levine, Ellen R. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Carter, Alden R. The Civil War Students will need to complete a verification sheet on one of the books that is read, and on the other book, a poster project will be due one to two weeks after school starts. Flowood Elementary School Entering 5 th Grade-
Students must read two of the four books listed below: Lowry, Lois Number the Stars Coerr, Eleanor Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes O Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins Paulsen, Gary Hatchet 1. Students must complete a reading verification sheet on one of the books. Complete sentences must be used. 2. Students will take a multiplication choice test on the books that they read. The test will be given the second full week of school. Summer reading is required. Flowood Elementary School Entering 6 th Grade- Students should choose one book to read from the list below. When school starts back, students will be given until the end of the month to complete a project. Hiaasen, Carl Rollins, James Steed, Rebecca Bosch, Pseudonymous Bauer, Joan Chomp Jake Ranson and the Skull King s Shadow When You Reach Me The Name of This Book is A Secret Almost Home
Students must complete a reading verification sheet on the book that they read.