First Grade Summer Reading List
*Students will write 5 sentences about 2 of the books that they read.
Students will also illustrate their favorite scene from each of the 2
stories that they choose.*
Easy
The Wind Blew
by Pat Hutchins
Rosie’s Walk
by Pat Hutchins
This Plane
by Paul Collicut
Moo, Moo Brown Cow
by Jakki Wood
This is Baseball
by Margaret Blackstone
To Market, To Market
by Anne Mirande
Kitten’s First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
Ten Black Dots
by Donald Crews
Advanced
Lucy and Tom’s 123
by Shirley Hughes
Hattie and the Fox
by Mem Fox
Is Your Mama a Llama?
by Deborah Guarino
Play Rhymes
by Marc Brown
Days with Toad and Frog
by Arnold Lobel
**Any Junie B. Jones, Rookie Reader, Little Critter, and Clifford Books**
Second Grade Reading List
Each student should choose 2 books off of the list below to read over the summer. After reading
the entire book, students will write a one paragraph summary of the book. The summary should
include the title, author, and the main characters. The other sentences should tell some of the
main points of the story and one sentence explaining what the student learned from reading the
story. The summaries should be turned in the first week of the new school year.
Secrets of Droon: The Mysterious Island series
Abott, Tony
Cam Jansen mysteries
Adler, David
The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter and other titles
Christopher, Matt
Ready Freddy series
Klein, Abby
Horry Harry series
Kline, Suzy
Judy Moody series
McDonald, Meagan
Thunder Cake or The Keeping Quilt
Polacco, Patricia
Junie B. Jones series
Park, Barbara
Magic Tree House series
Osborne, Mary Pope
A-Z Mysteries
Roy, Ron
Frog and Toad stories
Lobel, Arnold
Henry and Mudge series or Mr. Putter and Tabby
Rylant, Cynthia
Minnie and Moo
Cazet, Denys
Officer Buckle and Gloria or Ruby the Copycat
Rathmann, Peggy
Gooney Bird Greene
Lowry, Lois
Nate the Great mystery series
Sharmat, Marjorie
Who Was Harriet Tubman? & other titles from the biography series
Various authors
Jump: From the Life of Michael Jordan
Cooper, Floyd
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates or
Winters, Kay
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
3rd Grade Summer Reading List
Each student is to choose 2 books off of the list below to read over the
summer. After the entire book, each student is to write a summary of the
book. The summary must have at least 10 sentences. The summary should
include the title of the book, the author, and the main Characters. the
summaries are to be turned in the first week of the new school year.
1. Where the Wild Things Are
By Sendak, Maurice
2. The Snowy Day
By Keats, Ezra Jack
3. Charlotte's Web
By White, E.B.
4. Go Free or Die, A Story about Harriet Tubman
By Ferris, Jeri
5. Miss Nelson is Missing
By Allard, Harry
6. Mr. Popper's Penguins
By Atwater, Richard
7. Walking the Road to Freedom
By Ferris, Jeri
Thank you in advance for seeing that your child continues to read and grow
academically over the summer break. I am looking forward to reading all of
the wonderful summaries at the beginning of the year.
4th Grade Summer Reading List
Each student is to choose 2 out of the 10 books listed to read
over the summer. After reading the entire book, each student is
to write a one-page summary of what he/she read. The summary
should include the title of the book, the author, the main
characters, the setting and the plot. The summaries are to be
turned in the first week of the new school year.
1. Edgar Allen's Official Crime Investigation by Mary Amato
2. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
3. Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary
4. Tales of the 4th Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
5. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
6. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
8. So You Want to be President by Judith St. George
9. Mason-Dixon: Fourth Grade Disasters by Claudia Mills
10. Troublemaker by Andrew Clements
All of these books can be checked out at any library, purchased
on Amazon.com or your local bookstore.
Thank you in advance for seeing that your child continues to
read and grow academically over the summer break!
Ms. Keith
The more you read, the more you know! The more you know, the
more you grow!
5th Grade Summer Reading
Each student is to choose 2 out of the 4 books listed to read
over the summer. After reading the entire book, each student is
to write a one-page summary of what he/she read. The summary
should include the title of the book, the author, the main
characters, the setting and the plot. The summaries are to be
turned in the first week of the new school year.
1.
Dear Mr. Henshaw, by Beverly Cleary
2.
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
3.
The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1), by Rick Riordan
4.
Frindle, by Andrew Clements
All of these books can be checked out at any library, purchased
on Amazon.com or your local bookstore.
Dear Parents,
Each student is to choose 2 of the books from his or her respective
list to read over the summer. Students will write a one-page book
report for each book that they read. This will be due the first week
of school.
Thank you for supporting your child in their summer reading!
Incoming 6th
1. Unstoppable by Tim Green
2. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
3. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
4. One Crazy Summer or P.S. Be Eleven (series) by Rita Williams-Garcia
5. Maze Runner by James Dashner
6. The Adventures of Tintin by Alex Irvine
Incoming
1.
7th
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
2. The Horse and His Boy (next in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series,
after The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
3.
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller (story about Anne Sullivan)
4.
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers or Slam by Walter Dean Myers
5.
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cumings
6.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Incoming
8th
1.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2.
The Hobbit by J.R.R/ Tolkien
3.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
4.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6.
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo