cect12 4th Grade Name Elementary School Summer Reading Nyack School District 2012
Administration Building 13A Dickinson Avenue Nyack, NY 10960 (845) 353-7000 June 2012 Dear Future Fourth Grader and Parents, At the end of this school year you will no longer be a third grader. To assist you in getting ready for fourth grade, your teachers have put together some reading activities to complete this summer. The attached activity packet is due the first week of school in September. If you misplace your packet, you can locate it on your school s website listed below. The completion of the packet will be indicated on next year s first report card. Your required activities are: 1. Read at least 4 books. One book should be non-fiction. 2. Write down the books you read on the reading log attached in this packet. 3. Pick your 4 favorite books. Complete one activity sheet for each book. Enclosed is a list of suggested authors you might enjoy. The librarian at your local library can help you choose books. You may also use any favorite books that you have at home. As you read, you may listen to any of the titles on cassette tape, CD, e-reader or an MP3 player, all of which are available to circulate from local libraries. The Nyack and Valley Cottage libraries have a summer reading program, along with many free craft and activity programs for children of all ages. The theme of this summer s reading program is Dream Big..Read! Sincerely, Enjoy the summer. Have fun reading. Ellen Rechenberger, Principal Dr. Anne Roberts, Principal Gina Cappiello, Principal Jody Skidd, Anne Jacobs Pat Jacobson, Màire Warzecha Mary L. Mark, Karen Schneider Reading Teachers Reading Teachers Reading Teachers Betty Forkin, Librarian Julie Zwiebel, Librarian Carolyn Travers, Librarian Liberty Elementary School Upper Nyack Elementary School Valley Cottage Elementary School http://lb.nyackschools.org http://un.nyackschools.org http://vc.nyackschools.org Si le hace falta información traducida en español, llame a Yesenia Polanco al 353-7042. Si ou bezwen enfòmasyon tradui an kreyòl, rele Jocelyne Abraham al 353-7044. 2
vces/cect12 Fiction Allison, Jennifer Avi Banks, Lynne Reid Barber, Tiki Barnett, Mac Blume, Judy Bunting, Eve Byars, Betsy Cabot, Meg Cameron, Ann Carmen, Patrick Casanova, Mary Christopher, Matt Cleary, Beverly Clements, Andrew Cole, Joanna Conford, Ellen Conrad, Pam Coville, Bruce Cowell, Cressida Creech, Sharon Curtis, Christopher Cushman, Karen Dahl, Roald Danziger, Paula DiCamillo, Kate Dixon, Franklin Draper, Sharon Erickson, John R. Frederick, Heather Fritz, Jean Funke, Cornelia Gaimen, Neil Gantos, Jack Gauch, Patricia Lee George, Jean Craighead Giff, Patricia Reilly Gilson, Jamie Greenburg, Dan Greenfield, Eloise Gregory, Deborah Gutman, Dan Hahn, Mary Downing Hale, Bruce Hesse, Karen Hiaasen, Carl Hamilton, Virginia Hesse, Karen Hurwitz, Joanna Suggested Author List-Grades 4-5 Irving, Washington Jacques, Brian Johnson, Angela Keene, Carolyn Kehert, Peg Kelly, Jamie Kinney, Jeff Konigsberg, E.L. Korman, Gordon Lerangis, Peter Lewis, C.S. Levine, Gail Carson Lowry, Lois Lubar, David Lupica, Mike MacLachlan, Patricia Martin, Ann Miles, Ellen Milne, A.A. Moss, Marissa Myers, Walter Dean Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Nimmo, Jenny O Brien, Robert C. O Dell, Scott Paolini, Christopher Park, Barbara Patterson, Katherine Paulsen, Gary Peck, Richard Polacco, Patricia Porter, Connnie Pullman, Philip Riordan, Rick Ritter, John H. Robinson, Barbara Rowling, J.K. Rylant, Cynthia Sachar, Louis Scieszka, Jon Selznick, Brian Sewell. Anna Shaw, Janet Smith, Jeff Spinelli, Jerry Stead, Rebecca Stilton, Geronimo Stine, R.L. Strasser, Todd Taylor, Mildred Trine, Greg Tripp, Valerie Vail, Rachel Van Draanen, Wendelin Warner, Gertrude Chandler Watson, Jude Weeks, Sarah White. E.B. Wilder, Laura Ingalls Winkler, Henry Wright, Betty Wren Yee, Lisa Yep, Laurence Non-Fiction General: Adler, David Cole, Joanna Flocca, Brian Fradin, Dennis Freedman, Russell Giblin, James Gutman, Bill Harness, Cheryl Kent, Deborah Krull, Kathleen Landau, Elaine Lauber, Patricia Pringle, Laurence Simon, Seymour Poetry: De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk Florian, Douglas Grimes, Nikki Hopkins, Lee Bennett Hughes, Langston Kennedy, X.J. Lansky, Bruce Nash, Ogden Nye, Naomi Shihab Prelutsky, Jack Sidman, Joyce Silverstein, Shel Viorst, Judith Worth, Valerie Biography: In addition to these non-fiction authors, try the biography section for books on famous people, and choose a book on a person of interest to you. 3
vces/cect12 Does your Book make the Grade? Congratulations!! You have been chosen to grade the book you just read. Think carefully about your assignment. Judge the book fairly. Book Report Card Title_ Type of Book You be the teacher- Author Fiction Non-fiction Adventure Biography Poetry Mystery Fairy tale How-to book Humor Romance Horror Fantasy Folktale Classic Sports Speech Informational Historical Autobiography (Check all the types that apply to your book) Place a check mark beside the words that are true about your book. Funny Sad Interesting Boring Easy to read Difficult to read Believable Could never happen Well-written Couldn t understand the writing Scary No scares here Has pictures No pictures I was surprised at end I knew how it was going to end Recommended Not recommended Overall grade using the scale below A = Awesome C= Could have been Better F = Flop B = Best D= Dud The reason I gave the book this grade is because Signed Date (name) I recommend this book for grade. 4
My Character and Me We are the same and we are different. We are the same because (your name) In the left circle, draw your portrait in the square and list some traits about yourself that are different from the character in the book. In the right circle, draw your book character in the square and list some traits about the character that are different from you. Where the two circles meet in the middle write how the two of you are alike. Me My Character (your character s name) Name My character is different from me because I am different from my character because vces/cect12 Title Author 5
vces/cect12 NEWS Reported by Title Author This is where it happened: Here s what happened: This is who it happened to: Using the prompts above, create a newspaper page about your book. Make up a title for your newspaper that would go with the book you read. Use the box without lines to draw a picture or comic that illustrates your book. Use the box underneath for a caption. Name 6
Date Dear From your book buddy, Name Write a letter to your new teacher about one of the books you read. vces/cect12 7
My 4th Grade Reading Log-2012 My goal for the summer is to read books! # Book Information Fiction or Non-Fiction # of Pages My Opinion 1 Title: Author: 2 3 4 Name vces/cect12 8