BRISTOW RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUMMER READING:

 

 

 

ENTERING KINDERGARTEN

 

As a part of your regular routine of reading with your child, choose one book from each of the following five categories. (5 books total)

  • Read the book to your child. Then go back a 2nd time and discuss the illustrations and the main idea (what happened.)
  • Have your child illustrate their favorite part.
  • Have your child dictate a sentence about their picture.
  • Please make sure that your child’s name, the title author and their dictation is written on each illustrated page.

1.  Read any ALPHABET BOOK, such as

Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom     Bill Martin Jr.

It Begins With An A     Stephanie Calmeson

Anamalia    Graeme Base

-These books help to introduce the letters of the alphabet as well as sounds associated with each letter.

2.  Read any COUNTING BOOK, such as

            Big Fat Hen     Keith Baker

            Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed     Eileen Christelow

            One Crow:  A Counting  Rhyme     Jim Aylesworth

-These books integrate number and counting skills with good literature.

  3.  Read any NURSERY RHYME BOOK, such as

            Tomie de Paola’s Mother Goose

            The Real Mother Goose

            Rhyme books by Paul Galdone

-These books help children learn about rhyming and ending sounds of words.

4.  Read any SERIES BOOK, such as

            “Bright and Early Books for Beginning Readers” (such as Dr. Seuss)

            “I Can Read It All By Myself” (such as Go Dog, Go)

            Curious George books     H.A. Rey

-These books have lots of repetition and basic sight words to help your child with kindergarten skills.

5.  Read any FAVORITE AUTHOR BOOK, such as

            Frank Asch                            Lois Ehlert                  Eric Carle

            Byron Barton                         Tana Hoban               Leo Lionni                              

  • These are authors that have a variety of books available with excellent text      and illustrations for the primary level.

·        The above listed books are simply suggestions.  You may choose any one book from each category.

 

 

Entering FIRST GRADE

 

*Please pick five titles to read to or with your child.  Please have your child draw and write their favorite part of the story.  Bring the journals back to school in September.

 

By Author:  Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Biscuit Goes to School (I Can Read Series)                   Bathtime for Biscuit (I Can Read Series)  

Biscuit and the Baby (I Can Read Series)                      Biscuit Wants to Play (I Can Read Series)  

Biscuit (I Can Read Series)                                           Biscuit Finds a Friend (I Can Read Series)  

Biscuit’s Big Friend (I Can Read Series)                        Biscuit (I Can Read Series)  

Biscuit’s New Trick (I Can Read Series)                        Happy Birthday Biscuit! (I Can Read Series)  

By Author:  Mo Willems

Knuffle Bunny Too:  A Case of Mistaken Identity          Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!  

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale                                 The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!  

Leonardo the Terrible Monster                                     Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!   

By Author:  David Shannon

Duck On a Bike                                                             A Bad Case of Stripes  

Good Boy Fergus!                                                          Alice the Fairy  

How I Became A Pirate                                                 Pirates Don’t Change Diapers  

By Author:  Bill Martin Jr.

Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?  

Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See?  

By Author:  Dorren Cronin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type                                Diary of a Fly   

Diary of a Worm                                                           Diary of a Spider  

Duck For President                                                       Dooby Dooby Moo  

Giggle Giggle Quack Quack                                           Bounce

Wiggle  

By Author:  Kevin Henkes

A Good Day                                                                  Lilly’s Big Day   

Kitten’s First Full Moon   

By Author:  Eileen Christelow

Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping                                   Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car  

Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car  

 

Clifford Loves Me! (Clifford Series) by Thea Feldman

Clifford:  Too Big? By Dawn Sawyer

Clifford Helps Out (Clifford the Big Red Dog Series) by Apple Jordan

Take Me To School With You (Clifford Series) by Sonali Fry

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen

All About Corduroy by Don Freeman

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Flotsam by David Wiesner

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

Olivia by Ian Falconer

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins

Big Brown Bear’s Birthday Surprise by David McPhail

The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

Bad Dog, Marley! By John Grogan

 

 

       ENTERING SECOND GRADE

 

 

Author                                          Title                        

 

Adler, David                                  Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds                          

                                            Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones

                                            Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the Television Dog

                                      Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery

                                            Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie

                                            Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth

Barrett, Judi                                 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Brown, Marc                                  Arthur’s Family Vacation

                                            Arthur’s Computer Disaster

                                            Arthur’s TV Trouble

                                            Arthur’s Chicken Pox

                                            Arthur and the Lost Diary

                                            Arthur Goes to Camp

                                            Arthur Loses His Marbles

Burton, Virginia                              The Little House

Cannon, Janell                                Stellaluna

Cleary, Beverly                              Ramona Forever

Cooney, Barbara                             Miss Rumphius

Giff, Patricia Reilly                        Today Was a Terrible Day

Numeroff, Laura Joffe                   If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Keats, Ezra Jack                            The Snowy Day

Lobel, Arnold                                 Frog and Toad All Year

Lobel, Arnold                                 Mouse Soup

Marshall, James                    George and Martha

                                            George and Martha Encore

                                            The Three Little Pigs

                                            Goldilocks & The Three Bears

Fox at School

                                            Fox All Week

                                            Fox and His Friends

Minarik, Else Homelund                   Little Bear

Osborne, Mary Pope                       Dinosaurs Before Dark

                                            Dolphins at Daybreak

                                            Polar Bears Past Bedtime

                                            High Tide in Hawaii

                                            Summer of the Sea Serpent

                                            Night of the Ninjas

Parish, Peggy                                  Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia

                                            Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping

                                            Amelia Bedelia’s Family Album

                                            Amelia Bedelia Helps Out

Sharmat, Majorie                           Nate the Great

                                            Nate the Great & the Monster Mess

                                            Nate the Great Goes Undercover

                                            Nate the Great & the Stolen Base

Viorst, Judith                                Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No     

                                                     Good, Very Bad Day

Yolen, Jane                                    Owl Moon

 

Note Keeping Strategies:

1.       Assist your child, if needed, with reading five books.

 

Evaluation Strategies:

1.       Record the title and author.

2.     Have a parent sign your record and bring it to school during the first week for extra credit.

3.     If you participate in Summer Quest at the local public library, you may bring in that documentation for extra credit also.

Student will receive and extra S+ for each book completed for a total of five.

 

 

 

 

 Entering Third Grade

 

Choose a minimum of 3 books on your level that you have not read.

Write a summary including character, setting and plot with the title and author listed.  Summer Quest forms can be substituted instead of summaries.

                                     

AUTHORS: 

Arnold Lobel (“Frog and Toad” series, Uncle Elephant, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, Owl at Home, etc.)

Patricia Polacco (My Old Man, Mrs. Katz and Tush, Chicken Sunday, Thunder Cake, etc.)

Marc Brown (“Arthur” chapter books: Arthur Makes the Team, Arthur and the Perfect Brother, etc.)

Beverly Cleary (Ramona, Henry, and Ralph S. Mouse series)

Judy Blume (Freckle Juice or The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo)

 

SERIES: 

“Magic Tree House” by Mary Pope Osborne (Night of the Ninja, etc.)   

“American Girl” (Historical Fiction by the Pleasant Company)

“Nate the Great” by Sharmat (Easy-to-Read mysteries)

“Rookie Biography” by Children’s Press (Elizabeth Blackwell, etc)

 “Cam Jansen” mysteries by David Adler

“Magic School Bus” science books by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan

“Time Warp Trio” books by Jon Scieszka (humorous fantasy stories)

“Horrible Harry” books by Susan Klein

“Bailey School Kids” books by Debbie Dadley

“A to Z mysteries” by Ron Roy

“Chronicles of Spiderwick” by Tony DiTerlizzi

“Boxcar” books by Gertrude Warner

 

 

ENTERING GRADE FOUR

 

Note Keeping Strategy:

 

As you read, focus on setting, characters and main events.

 

Evaluation Strategies:

 

Record the title and author of your book from the list below.

Have your parent sign your record and bring it to school during the first week for extra credit.

If you participate in Summer Quest at the local library, you may bring in that documentation also.

 

Students will receive an extra A for each book completed for a total of 3.

 

Author                        Title

Blume, Judy                            Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Bunting, Eve                            How Many Days to America?

Christopher, Matt                   All Star Fever

Cleary, Beverly                                Henry Huggins

E.B. White                                        Stuart Little          

Howe, James                           Nighty-Nightmare

Huck, Charlotte                              Princess Furball

Goble, Paul                            **Star Boy

Jacobsen, Karen                           **Computers

MacLachlan, Patricia                      Three Names

Marzollo, Jean                             ** Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

Poolos, Christine                     The American Flag

Ransom, Candice                  **Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender

Sans Souci, Robert                 The Boy and the Ghost

Stone, Lynn M.                             **Endangered Animals

Wallner, Alexandra              **Betsy Ross

** nonfiction books

 

 

 

 

For Students Entering Fifth Grade

 

 

 

Author                                               Title

Banks, Lynne Reid                       The Indian in the Cupboard

Cleary, Beverly                         Strider

Clements, Roger                         Frindle

Dahl, Roald                                The BFG

                                                Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dakos, Kalli                                If You’re Not Here, Raise Your Hand

Ferris, Jeri                               Arctic Explorer:  The Story of Matthew Hensen

Fritz, Jean                               Any title

George, Jean Craighead              My Side of the Mountain

Hamilton, Virginia                      The People Could Fly:  American Black Folktales

Lewis, C.S.                                The Magician’s Nephew

Lowry, Lois                               Number the Stars

Paulson, Gary                             Hatchet

Ride, Sally                                Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solor System

Sachar, Louis                             There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom

Simon, Seymour                         Any title

Walsh, Jill Paton                       The Green Book

 

 

 

 

Requirements:  You may read a maximum of three books from the list

above. Please write a two-paragraph summary for each book describing

the characters, plot, setting, and outcome of the story.  Be sure to

include your opinion of the book  and your likes/dislikes.  The title and

 author should also be included.  You will receive an “A” for each

book/book report you have completed.  Please ask a parent or guardian

to sign your completed work.  Happy Reading!