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A Bug, A Bear, and A Boy
David McPhail
Benny's Pennies
Pat Brisson
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Steve Jenkins
Bow Wow Meow Meow,
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
Douglas Florian
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin
Do Like a Duck Does
Judy Hindley
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More
Karen Beaumont
I Know an Old Teacher
Anne Bowen
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Knuffle Bunny
Mo Willems
Leo the Late Bloomer
Robert Kraus
Little Dog Poems
Kristine O'Connell
Nate the Great and the Pillowcase
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Old Black Fly
Jim Aylesworth
Rap A Tap Tap Here's Bojangles
Leo Dillon
Un Leon en la Biblioteca
Michelle Knudsen
Un Poquito Más
Yanitzia Canetti
Assignments for each book:
Sheep Blast Off! -
Draw and write a postcard to a friend
about what the book is about.
Book of Choice - Draw a portrait of the main character
and write a one sentence summary to
accompany your sketch. |
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Entering Second
Grade Summer
Reading |
| Required Second Grade
Summer Reading: |
Miss Nelson is Missing |
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Choose one book from the list below:
Alexander and the Horrible,
No Good Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor
Peggy Parish
Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett
Earthdance
Joanne Ryder
El Lorito Pelon
Hilda Perera
Ellington Was Not a Street
Ntozake Shange
Franklin Goes to the Hospital
Sharon Jennings
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
Cynthia Rylant
La Casa Adormecida
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Audry Wood
La Cucarachita Martina
Hector Cuenca Folktale
Miss Nelson is Missing
Harry Allard
Mystery Mouse Soup
Arnold Lobel
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Peggy Rathmann
Polar Bear Night
Lauren Thompson
Poppleton Forever
Cynthia Rylant
Rosa' Room
Barbara Bottner
Stink and the World's Worst
Super-stinky Sneakers
Megan McDonald
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sedak
Assignments for each book:
Miss Nelson is Missing - Draw a portrait of the main
character and write a one sentence summary
to accompany your sketch.
Book of Choice - Draw a comic strip of your favorite scene. |
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Entering Third
Grade Summer Reading |
| Required Third Grade
Summer Reading: |
Horrible Harry and the Ant
Invasion |
|
Choose one book
from the list below:
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents
Lee Wardlaw
A to Z Mysteries
Ron Roy
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
Paul Danziger
Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary
Busybody Nora
Johanna Hurwitz
Cam Jansen and the Green School
Mystery
David A. Adler
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Don't Say Ain't
Irene Smalls Hector
Freaks and Shrieks (Mostly Ghostly Series)
R.L. Stine Mystery
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
Karen English
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Judy Moody Saves the World
Megan McDonald
Las Huellas Secretas
Fabin Negrin
Mallory on the Move
Laurie Friedman
Mi Tio Andy
James Warhola
Mumú
Hilda Perera
No Dogs Allowed
Bill Wallace
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Judy Blume
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dave Pilkey
The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies
The New Kid at School
(Dragon Slayers' Academy Series)
Kate McMullan Fantasy
Assignments for each book:
Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion -
Create a timeline of the major events in your book. Use drawings
or magazine cutouts to show the events along
the timeline. Label each event.
Book of Choice - Send a postcard from one of the
characters. Draw a picture on one side;
write the message on the other |
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Entering Fourth
Grade Summer Reading |
| Required Fourth Grade
Summer Reading: |
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing |
|
Choose one book
from the list below:
Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Bluish
Virginia Hamilton
Brendan Buckley's
Universe and Everything in It
Sandra T. Frazier
Bunnicula
James & Deborah Howe
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Beverly Cleary
Double Dutch
Sharon Draper
Drita, My Homegirl
Jenny Lombard
Federico Garcia Lorca
Georgina Lazaro
Gracias a Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech
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Hank Zipzer
Henry Winkler
Night of the Howling Dogs
Graham Salisbury
No More Dead Dogs
Gordon Korman
Project Mulberry
Linda Sue Park
Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception
Wendelin Van Draamen
The Gold Thread Dress
Carolyn Marsden
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
The Million Dollar Kick
Dan Gutman Sports
The Onts (Dripping Fang series)
Dan Greenburg
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
Tony DiTerlizzi
The Talented Clementine
Sara Pennypacker
The World Acording to Humphrey
Betty G. Barney
Assignments for each book:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing -
Write a character diary, writing at least five journal entries
as if you are the main character in the story.
Write down events that happen during the story and reflect
on how they affected the character and why.
Book of Choice - Draw a portrait of the main character and
write a summary to accompany your
sketch |
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Entering Fifth
Grade Summer Reading |
| Required Fifth Grade
Summer Reading: |
The City of Ember |
|
Choose one book
from the list below:
A Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein
Adam Canfield of the Slash
Michael Winerip
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Azúcar
Ivar Da Coll
Bloomability
Sharon Creech
Chasing the Falconer
Gordon Korman
Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan
Experanza Renace
Pam Munoz Ryan
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
Sheeri Smith
How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay
Julia Alvarez
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Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder /Historical
Out of Patience
Brian Meehl
Phineas L. MacGuire-Erupts
F. O. Dowell
Poppy
Avi
Scat
Carl Hiaasen
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series)
Anthony Horowitz
The Ghost Grave
Peg Kehert
The Kingdon Keepers
Ridley Pearson
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
Yo, Naomi Leon
Pam Munoz Ryan
Assignments for each book:
The City of Ember -
Pick the most important word/line/image/object/event in the chapter
and explain why you chose it. Be sure to support your choice
with examples.
Book of Choice - Draw a portrait of the main character and
write a summary to accompany your
sketch. |
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