Dale City Elementary School
Summer Reading Program

Phone: (703) 670-2208

Kindergarten     Grade One      Grade Two     Grade Three     Grade Four     Grade Five

Kindergarten

  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you, or observe them reading the assignment.
  • AR beside the book indicates Accelerated Reader.
  • Read 5 books from the suggested list below.

Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

Crews, Donald

School Bus 

Greenwillow 

1993 

Asch, Frank

Moon Cake (AR) 

Simon 

1983 

Brown, Margaret Wise 

Goodnight Moon (AR)

Harper 

1975 

Wildsmith, Brian

Cat on the Mat 

Oxford 

1982 

Carle, Eric

Have You Seen My cat?

Picture Book Studio 

1987 

Hoban, Tana

Of Colors and Things 

Greenwillow 

1989 

Hoban, Tana

Exactly the Opposite 

Greenwillow 

1990 

Asch, Frank

Happy Birthday Moon (AR) 

Prentice-Hall 

1982

Walsch, Ellen

Mouse Paint 

Harcourt 

1989 

Hoban. Tana

Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?

Greenwillow 

1978

Martin, Bill

Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom

Simon

1989

Seuss, Dr. 

Dr. Seuss's ABC

Random House

1963

Shaw. Nancy

Sheep in a Jeep

Houghton-Mifflin

1986

Brett, Jan

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Putnam

1987

Day, Alexandra

Carl Goes Shopping

Farrar

1989

Johnson, Crockett

Harold and the Purple Crayon (AR)

Harper

1983

De Paola, Tomie

Tomie De Paola's Mother Goose

Putnam 

1985

Crews, Donald

Ten Black Dots

Greenwillow

1968

Walsch, Ellen

Mouse Count

Harcourt

1991

Carle. Eric

Rooster's Off to see the World

Picture Book Studio

1972

Baker, Alan

Black & White Rabbit's ABC

Kingfisher

1994

Hutchins, Pat

Rosie's Walk

MacMillan

1968

Carlson, Nancy

I Like Me

Penguin

1988

Allen, Pamela

Who Sank the Boat

Putnam

1982

Asch, Frank

Milk & Cookies (AR)

Parents Magazine

1982

Annotated List

Note Keeping Strategies

  • Record books you have read and have parent sign when complete. Return to school by September 9

Evaluation Strategies (for extra credit)

  • Students will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of 5.

Grade One

  • Please read any of the titles listed below.  You may also read any other books written by these same authors.
  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you, or observe them reading the assignment.
  • Read 5 books from the suggested list below for extra credit.

*Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

 dePaola, Tomie

Pancakes for Breakfast 

Harcourt 

1978 

 Turkle, Brinton

Deep in the Forest 

Puffin 

1976 

 Hutchins, Pat

Changes, Changes 

MacMillan 

1971 

 Day, Alexandra

Carl goes to Daycare 

Farrow 

1993 

 Day, Alexandra

 Carl goes Shopping

Farrow 

1989 

 Day, Alexandra

Good Dog, Carl 

Green Tiger 

1985 

 Wadsworth, Olivia

Over in the Meadow 

Scholastic 

1992 

 Mack, Stan

Ten Bears in my Bed 

Pantheon 

1974 

Aylesworth, Jim

Old Black Fly

Holt

1992

Feelings, Muriel

Jambo Means Hello

Dial 

1974

Martin, Bill

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Simon

1989

Anno, Mitsumasa

Anno's Alphabet

Harper

1974

Ehlert, Lois

Color Zoo

Lippincott

1989

Martin, Bill

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Holt

1983

Crews, Donald

Ten Black Dots

Greenwillow

1994

Asch, Frank

Happy Birthday Moon (AR)

Prentice Hall

1982

Rosen, Michael

We're Going on a Bear Hunt (AR)

McElderly

1989

Galdone, Paul

The Three Little Kittens

Clarion

1986

Galdone, Paul

The Three Little Pigs

Clarion

1970

McMillan, Bruce

Mary had a Little Lamb

 

 

Taylor, Jane

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

 

 

Brett, Jan

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Putnam

1987

Annotated List

Note Keeping Strategies

  • Record books you have read, have parent sign.

Evaluation Strategies

  • Draw pictures of favorite character or event in a book. Bring to school by September 9th.

*You may also read any other titles by the suggested authors above

Grade Two

  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you, or observe them reading the assignment.
  • AR beside the book indicates Accelerated Reader.
  • Read 5 books from the suggested list below.

Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

Cowcher, Helen

 Tigress

 Farrar

1991 

Gibbons, Gail 

From Seed to Plant 

 

 

Pelligrini, Nina

Families are Different

Scholastic

1991 

 Shaw, Charles 

It Looked like Spilt Milk 

Scholastic 

1947 

 Brown, Jeff

Flat Stanley (AR) 

Harper 

1964 

 Coerr, Eleanor

Josefina Story Quilt 

Harper 

 1986

 Asch, Frank

Happy Birthday Moon (AR)

Prentice Hall 

1986 

Hoffman, Mary

Amazing Grace (AR)

Dial 

1991

Scwartz, Alvin 

And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry From Everyone

 

 

Parrish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia (AR)

Scholastic 

1963

Lobel, Arnold

Small Pig (AR)

Harper 

1988

Adler, David

Abraham Lincoln

Holiday House

1989

Adler, David 

Benjamin Franklin 

Holiday House 

1990

Adler, David 

Eleanor Roosevelt

Trumpewt Club

1991

Adler, David 

Helen Keller 

Holiday House 

1990

Adler, David

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Holiday House 

1989

Adler, David 

Thomas Jefferson

Holiday House 

1990

Choose any books by authors listed below: 

Berenstain, Jan and Stan 

Bridwell, Norman 

Brown, Marc 

Cohen, Miriam 

Cosby, Bill 

Hillert, Margaret 

Hoff, Syd 

Mayer, Mercer 

Minarik, Else 

Osborne, Mary Pope

 

 

 

Annotated List

Note Keeping Strategies

  • Pick your 2 favorite books from the list and draw pictures about them.
  • Talk about each book with your parents.

Evaluation Strategies

  • Write 3-5 sentences about the stories to turn in the first week of school.

Grade Three

  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you, or observe them reading the assignment.
  • AR beside the book indicates Accelerated Reader.
  • Read 3 books from the suggested list below.

Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

 Arnosky, Jim 

All Night Near the Water 

Putnam 

1994 

 Arnosky, Jim

Cuddley Dudley 

Candlewick Press 

1993 

 Ringgold, Faith 

Tar Beach (AR)

Dutton 

1991 

 Ringgold, Faith 

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky (AR) 

Crown 

1992 

Ringgold, Faith 

Dinner at Aunt Connie's House 

Hyperion 

1993 

Rylant, Cynthia 

When the Relatives Came  (AR) 

Bradbury Press 

1985 

Ryder, Joanne 

Chipmunk Song 

Dutton 

1987 

Ryder, Joanne 

Where Butterflies Grow (AR) 

Dutton 

1989 

Polacco, Patricia 

Chicken Sunday(AR) 

Philomel 

1992

Surat, Michele 

Angel Child, Dragon Child (AR)

Scholatic 

1989

Greenfield, Eloise 

Honey, I Love 

Crowell 

1978

Greenfield, Eloise

Nathaniel Talking

Black Butterfly Children's Books

1988

Prelutsky, Jack 

Something Big has been Here

Greenwillow 

1990

Silverstein, Shel

Any poetry book by this author

 

 

Parish, Peggy

Any book in the Amelia Bedelia series

 

 

Sharmat, Marjorie 

Any book in the Nate the Great series

 

 

Rylant, Cynthia

Any book in the Henry and Mudge series

 

 

Lester, Helen

Any book in the Tacky the Penguin series

 

 

Giff, Patricia

Any book in the Polk Street School series

 

 

Peterson, John

Any book in The Little Series

 

 

Susie Kline

Any book from Horrible Henry Series

 

 

David Adler

Any book from Cam Jensen series

 

 

Bill Cosby

Any book Little Bill Series

 

 

Annotated List

Note Keeping Strategies

  •     You may read the books with your child, have them read it to you, or observe them reading the assignment.  Ask them questions about the setting, main characters and the problem in the story (if it applies).

Evaluation Strategies  

  •     Make a poster about your favorite part in the book you have read in the above list.
  •     Place the title and author on your poster and include the main character and setting in your drawing.

Grade Four

  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you, or observe them reading the assignment.
  • Read 3 books from the suggested list below.

Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

Kline, Suzy

Horrible Harry & the Green Slime

Scholastic

1989

Rawls , Wilson

Where the Red Fern Grows

Bantam 

1961

Smith, Doris 

A Taste of Blackberries 

Crowell 

1973 

Gardiner, John 

Stone Fox 

Harper 

1980 

Howe, James 

Bunnicula 

Atheneum 

1971 

Lindgren, Astrid

Pippi Longstocking

Puffin

1950

George, Jean 

My Side of the Mountain 

Dutton 

1959 

Cameron, Ann 

Julian, Secret Agent 

 Knopf 

1988 

Cleary, Beverly

Muggie Maggie 

Morrow

1990

Cohen, Caron

The Mud Pony 

Scholastic

1988

Louie, Ai-Ling 

Yeh-Shen 

Putnam

1990

Mendez, Phil 

Black Snowman 

Scholastic

1989

Miles, Miska

Annie and the Old One 

Little Brown

1971

San Souci, Robert 

The Boy and the Ghost 

Simon 

1989

Hooks, William

Moss Gown

Clarion

1987

 Annotated List

Evaluation Strategies

·        Make a poster about your favorite part in the book you have read in the above list.

·        Place the title and author on your poster and include the main character and setting in your drawing. Bring to school by September 9.

·       

Grade Five

  • You may read the book with your child, have them read to you,or observe them reading the assignment.
  • AR beside the book indicates Accelerated Reader.

Author

Title

Publisher

Publication Date

 Konigsburg, E.L.

 From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (AR)

Atheneum 

1967 

Haddix, Margaret

Running Out of Time 

Simon & Schuster

1995 

Parks, Rosa 

Rosa Parks, my story (AR) 

Dial 

1992 

 Gilson, Jamie

 4B goes wild (AR)

Lothrop 

1983 

Peck, Robert 

Soup (AR)

Knopf 

1974 

Lowery, Lois

Number the Stars

Houghton

1989

Banks, Lynne Reid

Indian in the Cupboard (AR)

Doubleday

1980

Paterson, Katherine

Bridge to Terabithia(AR)

Crowell

1977

Sperry, Armstrong

Call It Courage (AR)

Macmillan

1940

Babbitt, Natalie

Tuck Everlasting (AR)

Farrar

1975

Spinelli,, Jerry

Maniac Magee (AR)

Little Brown

1990

Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter (AR)

Levine

1998

Blume, Judy

Superfudge (AR)

Dutton

1980

Winthrop, Elizabeth

The Castle in the Attic (AR)

Holiday House

1985

Howe, James

The Celery Stalks at Midnight (AR)

Atheneum

1983

Cleary, Beverly

Runaway Ralph (AR)

Morrow

1970

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie(AR)

Garth

1953

Cleary, Beverly

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (AR)

Morrow

1981

George, Jean 

My Side of the Mountain (AR)

Dutton

1988

Annotated List

Note Keeping Strategies

  • Students need to record author, title, publishing information, and explanation of general topic or plot of the book along with a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. Bring to your teacher the first week of school.
  • Students will receive extra credit for each book read (total of 3 books).

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