Summer
Reading
 Summer Reading List –
Grade 2
2009-2010
Dear Parents
and Students,
Welcome to second
grade. You are requested to read three
books over the
summer from the following lists. At
least one book must be a chapter book. Please
choose books that your child has not yet read.
Pick at least one chapter book from this list of book
series:
• A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy
Parish
• Cam
Jansen by David Adler
• Henry and Mudge
by Cynthia Rylant
• Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline
• Jigsaw Jones by James Preller
• Mr. Putter and Tabby by
Cynthia Rylant
Pick two
books (or one if two chapter books are chosen) by the following
authors:
• Eric Carle (except for Do You
Want to be
My Friend?)
• Tomie de Paola
Assignment: After reading each book,
complete the
following questions. Please write neatly
in pencil and in complete sentences in a journal or on primary tablet
paper.
- Who are the
characters in the story?
- What is the
setting in the story? (Where does the
story take place?)
- Sequence
the story (tell the beginning, middle and end).
OR
3. What is the problem
in the story? What are the steps taken to
solve the
problem? What is the solution to the
problem?
- Make a
cartoon strip to tell the story. Draw five
pictures. Label each picture clearly and
color each picture neatly.
When your child has
read all
of his/her books, please write one paragraph comparing and contrasting
characters in one book to those in another book. How
are they alike? How are they different?
Summer Reading List –
Grade 3
2009-2010
Dear
Parents and Students,
Welcome
to third grade! Below you will find the
reading list for
rising third grade students. Your child
is asked to read two books over the summer. One
book is required (Molly’s Pilgrim)
and the other is the
student’s choice from the fiction/nonfiction selection below:
1.
Required Reading: Molly’s
Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
Project:
Create a bound journal with the following
activities inside:
• Find a blank copy of the United States
and print/copy it. Color the state
of Massachusetts
red and label the town of Plymouth. Color the state in which we live in
blue. Label your town/city.
• Answer the following
questions in your
journal. Please write the questions down
and answer them in complete sentences.
1.
Why did
the other
children make fun of Molly?
2.
Where did
Molly
and her family come from and why can’t they go back?
3.
What
special
opportunity does Molly have in America
she wouldn’t have had in her old home?
4.
What was
Molly’s
special school project?
5.
Why was
Molly
afraid to take her project to school?
6.
What
special
lesson did Molly’s class learn from her project?
• Choose your favorite
scene from the
book. Draw and label the scene on a
piece of colored paper.
**Your
journal should have the title, author and your name on the front cover. This project will be due the first
week of school. Your teacher will let
you know the exact
date.
2.
Fiction/Nonfiction
Slection: In
addition to the above required reading,
students will need to select a fiction or a nonfiction book from the
list
below. While reading your fiction or
nonfiction book, please use note cards to take notes on your story. The note cards should have:
• A description of
the main
character(s) – not more than two
•
The setting of your story
•
Four main events from the book (in order)
•
Part of the book that made you smile (your
favorite part)
•
Your opinion of the book
•
What part of the book was sad or sweet?
•
Author, title and illustrator (if
applicable).
The note
cards will be used for a project that will be
completed once school is in session.
Selected Titles:
Encyclopedia
Brown series by Donald Sobol
Amber
Brown Is Not A Crayon by Paula
Danziger
Fantastic
Fox by Roal Dahl
Tales
of a Fourth Grade Nothing & Freckle
Juice by Judy Blume
Little
House in the Big Woods by Laura
Ingalls Wilder
Boxcar
Children series by Gertrude Warner
The
Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice
Dalgliesh
The
Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Clementine by Pennypacker
Chalk
Box Kid or Paint Brush Kid by Clyde Bulla
My
Father’s Dragon by Ruth Gannett
The
Little’s series by John Peterson
The
Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling
Honus
and Me & Jackie and Me by
Dan Gutman (any other book in this series is fine)
The
Magic School Bus Chapter Book series
In
Their Own Words series by Peter and
Connie Roop
Who
Is? Series by Peter and Connie Roop
Dear
America or My America series
 Summer Reading List –
Grade 5
2009-2010
Dear
Parents and Students,
Welcome
to fifth grade. You are requested to read
two novels over the
summer (one is required and one is your choice).
1. Required Reading:
Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Assignment -
Please choose one of the following:
Diorama
– After you have read Shiloh,
choose a chapter for which you would like to make a diorama. A diorama is a three-dimensional scene with
modeled figures against a painted background. You
may use a shoe box for your diorama. The
diorama has to depict a scene from your chapter
and needs to be
accompanied by a 5x8 index card summarizing the chapter.
OR
Marty’s
Journal – Marty is unable to tell
anyone about his secret, yet he is dying to
tell someone. He also has mixed emotions
about what he is doing, especially about keeping things from his
parents. Pretend that you are Marty and
keep a personal
journal throughout this book. You can
write how Marty might feel, the questions and fears he might have, his
dreams
and so on. Your journam is to have no
less than five paragraphs.
2. For your second novel, you may choose a book
to read from the list below. Once you
have finished reading your book, complete the following assignment. Design, draw, color, etc. a new book cover
for your book. On the front, you must
have a drawing, the title and author. On
the back, please write a persuasive summary encouraging someone else to
read
the book. (A persuasive summary tries to
convince the reader to support an opinion). Also,
be sure to have your name and homeroom on the
back. If you want to draw something else
for the
back, you may. Be creative as possible
with this assignment and have fun doing it.
The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
My Side of the
Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats
of Nimh by Robert O’Brien
The Magician’s
Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Pictures of Hollis
Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Holes by Louis Sachar
Summer Reading List –
Grade 4
2009-2010
Dear
Parents and Students,
Welcome to fourth grade! Please choose two
books from the following
list to read during the summer. This is
a required reading assignment. The first
two grades for Language Arts will be assigned according to reports you
will
create. You will write these reports in class during the first two weeks of school. You will need to complete your reading of
both books by the first day of school.
Plan to read 30-40 minutes
during most days of your summer vacation, so you won’t get
overwhelmed at the
end of the summer. You are required to
take notes as you read using the attached graphic organizers so you
don’t
forget the details of the stories. You
will be graded on your ability to be specific in your reports.
Remember to choose two books
to read from this list:
1. The Cricket in Times
Square by George Seldon, ISBN 9780312380038
2.
Felicity: An
American Girl ISBN 9781562470043
3.
Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the
American Revolution by Marcella Fisher Anderson &
Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt, ISBN
1-59078-241-0
4.
The Borrowers by Mary Norton, ISBN
9780152047375
5.
Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn,
ISBN 9780380724697
Enjoy your reading!! We going
to have a GREAT year in fourth grade.
 Summer
Reading List –
Grade 6
2009-2010
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome
to sixth grade. You are asked to read two
books over the
summer; one is required and one is to be chosen from a list of books. After reading your books, please complete the
following assignments:
1. Required
Reading: The Bronze
Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
In this book, three
different
ancient civilizations or religions meet: the
Roman Empire, Jews in 1st century Palestine, and
the dawn of Christianity in
the Person of Jesus. Make a poster
describing the influences of Rome,
Judaisn and Jesus on the character of Daniel. You
can be very creative with how you arrange, write
and organize the
poster. All posters must include the
following components:
a.
a brief
description of three events in which Daniel encounters these three
civilizations (one event for each civilization)
b.
an
explanation of
what each event reveals about the character of Daniel and/or how the
event
changes Daniel
c.
an
explanation of
what this event reveals about the civilizations or religion Daniel is
encountering
d.
at least
one
image (you can draw your own picture or find one) representing Daniel
and/or
one of the civilizations in the book
You will be graded on
how
well your poster fulfills the above requirements, as well as on the
overall
neatness and presentation of the poster. The
poster should show, through charts, boxes and
dialogue bubbles,
pictures, etc., the influence these three civilizations had on Daniel.
2. Read one of
the following books (which you have not already read) and complete the
following assignment:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolken
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Carry On, Mr.
Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Pictures of Hollis
Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
After you read a book
from
the above list, pick two main characters from the book and choose what
you
think is the turning point or most important event in the book. Write three paragraphs about the characters
and the event. See below:
Write one paragraph describing the two characters
and
include:
a.
Name,
age, where
they live
b.
Personality
type
c.
What is
most
important to each character?
d.
Who is
most
important to each character?
e.
Describe
relationship with each other.
Write
one paragraph explaining what the turning point is and why it is so
important
and include:
a.
What
happened?
b.
What
changes took
place because of this event?
c.
What led
up to
this event?
Write
one paragraph discussing the two characters in releationship to this
event and
include:
a.
What role
did the
characters play in the event?
b.
How did
they respond
to the event? Did it change them? How?
c.
Does this
event
reveal any new characteristics in the two people?
 Summer
Reading List –
Grade 7
2009-2010
Dear
Parents and Students,
Welcome to the seventh
grade. Be prepared to take an
unforgettable journey that will test and challenge the human spirit! You are requested to read three books. In the pages of the books listed below, the
characters will overcome persecution, dreaded epidemics, the vastness
of the
ocean and outer space, the hopelessness of the Great Depression and
much more!
In all of these books, you will find that anything is possible with
courage,
perseverance, faith and hope!
Required Reading: Letters
from Rifka by Karen Hesse
In addition to the required
reading, students must read at least two other books from the list
below, and
write a one-page summary that discusses setting, characers, plot and
theme. A hand-written summary is
mandatory for each book read, including the required reading.
The summary should be
hand-written in cursive and should include details regarding the
following
components of the story: What is the
setting? How does it affect the
characters and the plot? How do the main
charactes act alone? How do they
interact with each other and how do they learn as the story progresses? Give a physical description of the characters
and their personalities. How do problems
arise and how are they resolved? List
the series of events sequentially from rising action leading to the
climax and
concluding with falling action and the resolution.
Make sure your summaries are
written using complete sentences, supporting examples and details. It must also include an introduction, a main
body (minimum of three paragraphs) and a concluding paragraph.
Choose
two of the following:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Treasure
Island by Robert Louis
Stevenson
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Around the World in
Eighty
Days by Jules Verne
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
Jeremy Fink and the
Meaning of Life by Wendy Maas
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Roll of Thunder Hear
My
Cry by Mildred Taylor
 Summer
Reading List - Grade 8
2009-2010
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to the eighth
grade. You are asked to read three books
by the same author. When you return to
school, you will be writing a paper comparing the three books in the
areas of characterization,
setting, theme and plot. You should be
able to find three to five similarities in each area.
Please take thorough notes in each
area…remember you are looking for similarities, not trying to
summarize the
book.
Please choose from the
following authors and books. Be
sure you read three books by the same
author.
Ann Rinaldi
An
Acquaintance With Darkness, Girl in Blue, Cast Two
Shadows, Fifth of March, Wolf
by the Ears, Numbering All the Bones,
Karen
Cushman
Rodzina, The
Midwife’s Apprentice, Catherine
Called Birdy, The Ballad of Lucy
Whipple
Gary
Paulsen
Hatchet, Whitewater, Dogsong,
The Haymeadow, Canyons, Soldier’s
Heart, Mr. Tucket
Gloria
Whelan
Homeless
Bird, Chu-Ju’s House, Angel on the Square, The
Impossible
Journey, Burying the Sun, Listening for Lions
S.E.
Hinton
The Outsiders, That Was Then, This is Now,
Tex,
Rumblefish
H.G. Wells
The
War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man,
The Island
of Dr. Moreau
UNABRIDGED
VERSIONS ONLY
Mike
Lupica
Travel
Team Or Summer Ball, Heat, The Big Field, Miracle
on 49th Street
Please choose your book
early. If you find that a particular
author does not appeal to you, there will be time to select another. You will need your notes the first full
day of school – plan accordingly.
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