SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Summer Reading Program

Phone:  (703) 530-7541

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Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five

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The purpose of the Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills.  Student participation in the program is voluntary.  Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the summer.

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KINDERGARTEN

• Students who choose to participate are required to read   5 books.
• Participants are required to turn in documentation of their reading including title, author, and parent or guardian signature.
• As an alternative, students may participate in the Summer Quest Reading Program (public library) and turn in documentation from that program.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Asch, Frank	Moonbear books	Simon&Schuster	Many Dates
Bridwell, Norman	Clifford books	Scholastic	Many Dates
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar and others	Philomel	Many Dates
Crews, Donald	Ten Black Dots and others	Greenwillow	Many Dates
Day, Alexandra	Carl books	Farrar	Many Dates
Hutchins, Pat	The Doorbell Rang and others	Greenwillow	Many Dates
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and others	HarperCollins	Many Dates
Rey, H. A.	Curious George books	Houghton Mifflin	Many Dates
Dr. Suess	The Cat in the Hat and other rhyming books	Random House	Many Dates
Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes
	The Emperor's New Clothes	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Hansel and Gretel	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	The Three Pigs	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	The Tortoise and the Hare	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	The Three Bears	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Mother Goose Books	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Little Red Riding Hood	Many Publishers	Many Dates
Other
	Alphabet Books	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Counting Books	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Easy Readers	Many Publishers	Many Dates
	Hello Reader series	Many Publishers	Many Dates

Annotated list

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to participate in the summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher. These are 5 books I read:
	Title                                        Author                                       Parent Initials
1
2
3
4
5

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):
The student may illustrate a picture from each story they have read.  The parent may write what the child is trying to express with their pictures.

Explanation of Extra Credit

Students’ completed lists will be displayed and a certificate will be awarded.

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Grade One

· Students who choose to participate are required to read 5 books.

·   Participants are required to turn in documentation of their reading including title, author, and parent or guardian signature.

·   As an alternative, students may participate in the Summer Quest Reading Program (public library) and turn in documentation from that program.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Ahlberg, Janet & Allen	Each Peach, Pear, Plum	Scholastic	1978
Asch, Frank	Bear Shadow	Aladdin Paperbacks	1985
Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon	Harper & Row	1975
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Philomel	1969
Christelow, Eileen.	Five little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree	Clarion	1991
Eastman, P. D.	Go Dog Go!	Random House	1961
Hutchins, Pat	Rosie's Walk	Macmillan	1968
LeSeig, Theo (Dr. Seuss)	Ten Apples Up on Top	Random House	1989
Lobel, Anita	Alison's Zinnia	Greenwillow	1990
Lobel, Arnold	On Market Street	Mulberry Books	1989
MacDonald, Suse	Alphabatics	Aladdin Books	1992
Martin, Bill	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Simon & Schuster	1989
Martin, Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	Henry Holt & Co.	1983
Martin, Bill	Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?	Henry Holt & Co.	1991
Peek, Merle	Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers	Clarion	1985
Dr. Seuss	The Foot Book	Random House	1976
Dr. Seuss	Hop on Pop	Random House	1963
Dr. Seuss	One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	Random House	1987
Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Macmillan	1980
Series: (Any Title)	My First Readers	Many Publishers	Many Dates
Authors:  (Any Titles)	Norman Bridwell	Scholastic	Many Dates
	Frank Asch	Scholastic	Many Dates
Other:	Any alphabet books	Many Publishers	Many Dates

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to receive extra credit for participating in this summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher.  These are the five books I read:
	Title                                          Author                                    Parent Initials
1
2
3
4
5

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):
The student may illustrate a picture from each story they have read.  Parents and children may work together to write a sentence describing each picture.

Explanation of Extra Credit

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

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Grade Two

• Students who choose to participate are required to read 5 books.
• Participants are required to turn in documentation of their reading including title, author, and parent or guardian signature.
• As an alternative, students may participate in the Summer Quest Reading Program (public library) and turn in documentation from that program.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Brown, Margaret Wise	The Runaway Bunny	(PBK) Trophy	1977
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Putnam	1987
Coplon, Emily	She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain	(PBK)  Bantam	1994
Giff, Patricia Reilly	In the Dinosaur's Paw	(PBK)  Dell	1985
Hoberman, Mary Ann	A House is a House for Me	(PBK)  Penguin	1978
Kellogg, Steven	Can I Keep Him?	Dial	1971
Kraus, Robert	Leo the Late Bloomer	Simon & Schuster	1971
Lionni, Leo	It's Mine	Random House	1986
Lobel, Arnold	Frog and Toad Together	(PBK)  Trophy	1985
Lobel, Arnold	Mouse Soup	(PBK)  Trophy	1986
Marshall, James	George and Martha	Houghton Mifflin	1972
Martin, Bill	Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?	Henry Holt & Co.	1991
Mayer, Mercer	There's an Alligator Under My Bed	Dial	1987
McKissack, Patricia	Flossie and the Fox	Dial	1986
Parish, Peggy	Amelia Bedelia	Harper Collins	1992
Prelutsky, Jack	Rainy, Rainy Saturday	Greenwillow	1980
Raffi	Shake My Sillies Out	LC Publishing	1988
Titherington, Jeanne	Pumpkin, Pumpkin	William Morrow	1986
Series
Bridwell, Norman	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Scholastic	Many Dates
Lobel, Arnold	Frog and Toad	Trophy	Many Dates
Rylant, Cynthia	Henry and Mudge	Macmillan	Many Dates
Sharmat, Marjorie	Nate the Great	Bantam	Many Dates
Various Authors	Rookie Readers	Children's Press	Many Dates
Various Authors	I Can Read Books	Children's Press	Many Dates

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to receive extra credit for participating in this summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher.  These are the five books I read:
	Title                                          Author                                     Parent initials
1
2
3
4
5

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):  For each book that is read, the student may draw a picture illustrating a favorite part of the story and write a sentence describing each picture.

Explanation of Extra Credit

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

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Grade Three

• Students who choose to participate are required to read  3 books.
• Participants are required to turn in documentation of their reading including title, author, and parent or guardian signature.
• As an alternative, students may participate in the Summer Quest Reading Program (public library) and turn in documentation from that program.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Brown, Jeff	Flat Stanley	Harper Trophy	1996
Flournoy, Valerie	The Patchwork Quilt	Dial Books Young	1985
Lauber, Patricia	Who Eats What? :Food Chains and Food Webs	Harper Trophy	1995
MacLaughlan, Patricia	Sarah, Plain and Tall	HarperTrophy	1987
Martin, Rafe	The Rough-Face Girl	Philomel Books	1992
Monjo, F. N.	The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad	Harper Trophy	1993
Munsch, Robert	Paper Bag Princess	Annick Press	1988
White, E. B.	Charlotte’s Web	HarperCollins	1980
Series
Adler, David	Cam Jansen	Viking	Many Dates
Baglio, Ben	Animal Ark	Scholastic	Many Dates
Dadey, Debbie	Adventures of the Bailey School Kids	Scholastic	Many Dates
Keene, Carolyn	Nancy Drew	Grosset & Dunlap	Many Dates
King-Smith, Dick	Animal fiction stories, including those about Babe the Pig, Lady Lollipop, and many mouse and guinea pig stories.	Various Publishers	Many Dates
Kline, Suzy	Horrible Harry	Viking	Many Dates
McDonald, Megan	Judy Moody	Candlewick	Many Dates
Parish, Peggy	Amelia Bedelia	Greenwillow	Many Dates
Preller, James	Jigsaw Jones	Scholastic	Many Dates
Roy, Ron	A to Z Mysteries	Random House	Many Dates
Snicket, Lemony	A Series of Unfortunate Events	HarperCollins	Many Dates
Stilton, Geronimo	Geronimo Stilton	Scholastic	Many Dates
Thaler, Mike	Black Lagoon	Scholastic	Many Dates
Wilder, Laura Ingalls	Little House	HarperTrophy	Many Dates
Various Authors	My America	Scholastic	Many Dates
Various Authors	First-Start Biographies		Many Dates
More Authors
Cleary, Beverly	Books about Ramona, Henry Huggins and Ralph Mouse.	Various	Many Dates
Kellogg, Steven	Books about Pinkerton the dog, Jimmy’s Boa, and many excellent tall tales.	Dial	Many Dates
Polacco, Patricia	Many Titles, including The Bee Tree, Thank You, Mr. Faulker, and Meteor!	Philomel Books	Many Dates

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to receive extra credit for participating in this summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher.  These are the three books I read:
	Title                                           Author                                       Parent Initials
1
2
3

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):
For each book that is read, the student may keep a journal recording the main events that happened in the story. 

Explanation of Extra Credit

Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.

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Grade Four

• Students who choose to participate are required to read 3 books.
• Participants are required to turn in documentation of their reading including title, author, and parent or guardian signature.
• As an alternative, students may participate in the Summer Quest Reading Program (public library) and turn in documentation from that program.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Blume, Judy	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Puffin	2007
Blume, Judy	Otherwise Known as Shelia the Great	Puffin	2003
Blume, Judy	Freckle Juice	Yearling	1986
Cleary, Beverly	Socks	HarperTrophy	2000
Clements, Andrew	Room One	Simon & Schuster	2006
Clements, Andrew	The Janitor's Boy	Simon & Schuster	2000
Clements, Andrew	The Last Holiday Concert	Simon & Schuster	2004
Clements, Andrew	No Talking	Simon & Schuster	Jun-07 NEW!
Clements, Andrew	The Report Card	Aladdin PaperBack	2002
Clements, Andrew	Lunch Money	Simon & Schuster	2005
Dahl, Roald	Matilda	Puffin	2004
Dahl, Roald	BFG	Puffin	1998
Sachar, Louis	There's a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom	Yearling	2004
Sachar, Louis	Holes	Dell Yearling	2003
Series
Adler, David	Cam Jansen Mysteries	Viking	Many Dates
Blume, Judy	Fudge	Puffin	Many Dates
Cleary, Beverly	Henry Huggins	HarperTrophy	Many Dates
Cleary, Beverly	Ralph Mouse	HarperTrophy	Many Dates
Cleary, Beverly	Ramona Quimby	HarperTrophy	Many Dates
Howe, Deborah and James	Bunnicula	Atheneum	Many Dates
Osborne, Mary Pope	The Magic Tree House	Random House	Many Dates
Sachar, Louis	Wayside School	Yearling	Many Dates
Snicket, Lemony	Series of Unfortunate Events	HarperCollins	Many Dates
Warner, Gertrude Chandler	Boxcar Children	Albert Whitman	Many Dates

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to receive extra credit for participating in this summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher.  These are the three books I read:
	Title                                            Author                                     Parent Initials
1
2
3

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):
For each book that is read, the student may keep a journal recording the main events that happened in the story. 

Explanation of Extra Credit

Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.

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Grade Five

To receive extra credit for reading, students must choose one of the two choices below:

Choice One: Students may choose to read three of the books from the book list and complete documentation of  their reading to include title, author, publication information, and plot summary.  Each documentation must include a parent or guardian signature.

Choice Two: Students may complete the Summer Quest or Teen Reading Program (Public Library).  To receive the three extra credit A's, students must turn in documentation from one of these programs to show they have fully completed the requirements.  No extra credit A's will be given for partially completed documentation.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Blume, Judy	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	(PBK)  Dell Yearling	1976
Bunting, Eve	How Many Days to America	(PBK)  Houghton Mifflin	1988
Butterworth, Oliver	The Enormous Egg	Little Brown	1956
Byars, Betsy	The Summer of the Swans	(PBK)  Viking	1971
Byars, Betsy	Trouble River	(PBK)  Penguin	1969
Fleischman, Sid	The Midnight Horse	(PBK)  Dell	1989
Greene, Constance	Beat the Turtle Drum	(PBK)  Bantam	1976
Lowry, Lois	Anastasia Krupnik	(PBK)  Doubleday	1990
MacLachlan, Patricia	Skylark	(PBK)  Harper Collins	1994
Mead, Alice	Junebug	(PBK)  Bantam	1995
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Shiloh Season	(PBK)  Dell Yearling	1996
Robinson, Barbara	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	(PBK)  Harper & Row	1972
White, E. B.	Charlotte's Web	(PBK)  Harper & Row	1952
Series
Warner, Gertrude Chandler	Boxcar Children series	Whitman	Many Dates
Many Authors	Rookie Biographies	Children's Press	Many Dates
More Authors
Fleischman, Paul	Historical fiction, including Bull Run.	Greenwillow, etc.	Many Dates
Fritz, Jean	Historical fiction, including Can’t You Make them Behave, King George?	Coward, etc.	Many Dates
Paulson, Gary	Adventure fiction, including Hatchet.	Delacourt, etc.	Many Dates

Required Documentation

	Students who wish to receive extra credit for participating in this summer reading program must turn in documentation of their reading by Friday, September 7, 2007 to their classroom teacher.  These are the three books I read:
	For each book include:
1.	Title
2.	Author
3.	Publication Information
4.	Plot summary
5.	Parent's or guardian's statement that the student has completed the reading

Note Keeping Strategies

Optional Activity (will not be collected):
For each book that is read, the student may keep a journal recording the main events that happened in the story.

Explanation of Extra Credit

Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.

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