Phone: (703) 497-7619
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. A parent or guardian statement that the student has completed all reading must accompany the documentation listed below for each grade level.
Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five
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| Asche | Mooncake | Scholastic | 1998 |
| Carle | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Philomel | 1969 |
| Carle | Do You Want to Be My Friend | Crowell | 1971 |
| Carle | 1,2,3, to the Zoo! | Philomel | 1982 |
| Crews | Truck | Greenwillow | 1980 |
| Fleming | In the Tall, Tall Grass | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Hoban | Count and See | Macmillan | 1972 |
| Hoberman | Miss Mary Mack | Scholastic | 1998 |
| Joosse | Mama Do You Love Me? | Chronicle | 1991 |
| Lobel | Whiskers and Rhymes | Greenwillow | 1985 |
| MacDonalds | Alphabatics | Bradbury | 1986 |
| Piper | The Little Engine That Could | Platt & Munk | 1990 |
| Prelutsky | Rhymes for the Very Young | Knopf | 1986 |
| Tafuri | Have You Seen My Duckling | Greenwillow | 1984 |
| Wright | The Mother Goose | Checkerboard Press | 1991 |
| Walsh | Mouse Paint | Harcourt Brace | 1989 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Talk to someone about the book |
Evaluation Strategies
| 1 | Orally identify three events that took place in each of the five stories. |
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| WORDLESS BOOKS | |||
| Arnosky, Jim | Mouse Writing | Harcourt | 1983 |
| DePaola, Tomie | Pancakes for Breakfast | Harcourt Brace | 1990 |
| Hutchins, Pat | Changes, Changes | Simon & Schuster | 1971 |
| Mayer, Mercer | Frog Goes to Dinner | Dial Books | 1992 |
| Tafuri, Nancy | Jungle Walk | Greenwillow | 1988 |
| Turkle, Brinton | Deep in the Forest | E.P. Dutton | 1992 |
| BOOKS TO BE SHARED WITH YOUR CHILD: | |||
| Aylesworth, Jim | Old Black Fly | Henry Holt | 1998 |
| Bang, Molly | Ten-Nine-Eight | Mulberry Books | 1991 |
| Brett, Jean | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Dodd Mead | 1992 |
| Calmenson, Stephanie | It Begins with A | Demco Media | 1994 |
| Charlip, Remy | Hand Talk | MacMillan | 1984 |
| Chess, Victoria | Alfred's Alphabet Walk | Greenwillow | 1979 |
| Conover, Chris | Six Little Ducks | Crowell | 1976 |
| Crew, Donald | Ten Black Dots | Mulberry Books | 1995 |
| Fox, Mem | Hattie and the Fox | Demco Media | 1987 |
| Fox, Mem | Night Noises | Harcourt Brace | 1989 |
| Fox, Mem | Time for Bed | Harcourt Brace | 1997 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Three Little Kittens | Houghton Mifflin | 1988 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Three Little Pigs | Houghton Mifflin | 1979 |
| Grimm Brothers | Little Red Riding Hood | Troll | 1989 |
| Grossman, Virginia
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Ten Little Rabbits | Chronicle Books | 1995 |
| Jones, Carol | Hickory, Dickory, Dock | Houghton Mifflin | 1992 |
| Kellogg, Steven | There Was an Old Woman | Simon and Schuster | 1974 |
| McMillan, Bruce | Mary Had a Little Lamb | Scholastic | 1992 |
| Mack, Stan | 10 Bears in My Bed | Panthenon | 1974 |
| Taylor, Jane | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | William Morrow | 1992 |
| Wadsworth, Olivia | Over in the Meadow | Scholastic | 1991 |
| 1 | Child will point to and say numbers and consonant letters and sounds as the books are read to them. |
| 2 | Parents will ask children to retell the story for wordless books. |
Evaluation Strategies
| 1 | During the first two weeks of First Grade, children will be individually evaluated for the following skills: recognition of capital and lowercase letters, sounds for beginning consonants, and recognition of numbers 1 to 10. |
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| Aliki | Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians | Harper Trophy | 1986 |
| Bond, Jean | A is for Africa | Watts | 1969 |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur Meets the President | Little Brown | 1996 |
| Cummings, Pat | Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! | Demco Media | 1994 |
| Flack, Marjorie | The Story about Ping | Viking Press | 1977 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Monkey and the Crocodile | Houghton Mifflin | 1987 |
| Gibbons, Gail | Dinosaurs | Listening Library | 1989 |
| Giff, Patricia | Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat | Viking Press | 1990 |
| Giganti, Paul | Each Orange had 8 Slices | Greenwillow | 1992 |
| Heller, Ruth | Reasons For a Flower | Putnam | 1983 |
| Hoff, Syd | Mrs. Brice's Mice | Harpercrest | 1988 |
| Hurwitz, Johnanna | New Shoes for Sylvia | Young Morrow Jr. | 1993 |
| Hutchins, Pat | The Doorbell Rang | Greenwillow | 1986 |
| Johnson, Angela | When I am Old with You | Orchard Books | 1993 |
| Kellogg, Steven | Best Friends | E.P. Dutton | 1986 |
| Kellogg, Steven | Johnny Appleseed | William Morrow | 1988 |
| Lavies, Bianca | Tree Trunk Traffic | Puffin Books | 1993 |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad Together | Harpercrest | 1987 |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad are Friends | Harpercollins | 1970 |
| McKissack, Patricia and Frederick | George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist | Enslow Publishing | 1991 |
| McMillan, Bruce | Eating Fractions | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Parker, John | I Love Spiders | Scholastic | 1989 |
| Shaw, Charles G. | It Looked like Spilt Milk | Harpercollins | 1993 |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops and Bottoms | Harcourt Brace | 1995 |
| Williams, Linda | The Little Old Lady who was Not Afraid of Anything | Harper Trophy | 1988 |
| 1 | Summer Quest Record |
| 2 | Names of 5 books read from second grade list. |
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| Aardema, Verna | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples's Ears | Dial Books | 1992 |
| Aardema, Verna | Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain | Dial Books | 1990 |
| Baker, Barbara | Third Grade is Terrible | Minstrel Books | 1991 |
| Cameron, Ann | Julian, Secret Agent | Random House | 1988 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Muggie Maggie | Camelot | 1991 |
| Dorros, Arthur | Ant Cities | Harper Trophy | 1988 |
| Hooks, William | Moss Gown | Clarion | 1990 |
| Howard, Elizabeth | Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) | Clarion | 1995 |
| Livingston, Myra | Celebrations | Holiday House | 1987 |
| McKissack, Patricia | Flossie and the Fox | Dutton | 1986 |
| Miles, Miska | Annie and the Old One | Little Brown | 1985 |
| Mills, Lauren | The Rag Coat | Little Brown | 1991 |
| Rattigan, Jama | Dumpling Soup | Little Brown | 1998 |
| San Souci, Robert | The Boy and the Ghost | Aladdin | 1992 |
| San Souci, Robert | The Talking Eggs | E.P. Dutton | 1989 |
| Sharmat, Marjorie | Nate the Great | Young Yearling | 1977 |
| Smith, Janice | The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer | Harper Trophy | 1988 |
| Warner, Gertrude | The Boxcar Chldren | Albert Whitman | 1989 |
| Yolen, Jane | Owl Moon | Philomel Books | 1987 |
| Young, Ed | Seven Blind Mice | Philomel Books | 1992 |
Evaluation Strategies
| 1 | Summer Quest Record. |
| 2 | Names of 5 books read from third grade list. |
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| Bunting, Eve | How Many Days to America | Demco Media | 1990 |
| Cohlene, Terri | Little Firefly | Troll | 1991 |
| Dragonwagon,Crescent | Home Place | Atheneum | 1990 |
| Durant, Penny Raife | Exploring the World of Plants | Franklin Watts | 1995 |
| Eribach, Arlene | Hurricanes | Children's Press | 1993 |
| Fleischman, Sid | The Whipping Boy | William Morrow | 1987 |
| Goble, Paul | Her Seven Brothers | Simon & Schuster | 1988 |
| Grahame, Kenneth | The Wind in the Willows | Derrydale | 1996 |
| Henry, Marguerite | Black Gold | Aladdin | 1992 |
| Jackson, Ellen | Cinder Edna | Lothrup Lee Shepard | 1994 |
| Kent, Zachary | John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry | Children's Press | 1992 |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Shiloh | Yearling Books | 1992 |
| Prelutsky, Jack | Something Big Has Been Here | William Morrow | 1990 |
| Reiser, Howard | Ken Griffey Jr.:The Kid | Children's Press | 1994 |
| Simon, Seymour | Wolves | Harpercollins | 1993 |
| Sis, Peter | Follow the Dream | Dragonfly | 1996 |
| Spinelli, Eileen | Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch | Simon & Schuster | 1992 |
| Winthrop, Elizabeth | Castle in the Attic | Holiday House | 1985 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Decorate and completethe book report form enclosed in the report card, and return the first day of school. This paper quilt piece will form a class quilt display in the hall. |
Evaluation Strategies
| 1 | Taking an Accelerated Reading test |
| 2 | Participating in a book chat about a book |
| 3 | Writing about the book in a reading response or book log |
| 4 | Drawing a picture about a favorite character or event in the book |
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| Avi | The Fighting Ground | Lippincott | 1984 |
| Bank, Lynn Reid | The Indian in the Cupboard | Avon | 1995 |
| Blume, Judy | Super Fudge | Yearling | 1981 |
| Blume, Judy | Fudge-a-Mania | E.P. Dutton | 1990 |
| Bunting, Eve | Nasty, Stinky Sneakers | Harper Trophy | 1994 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Ralph S. Mouse | Morrow | 1982 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Runaway Ralph | Morrow | 1970 |
| Cleary, Beverly | The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Morrow | 1965 |
| Howe, James | Bunnicula | MacMillan | 1979 |
| Howe, James | Howliday Inn | MacMillan | 1996 |
| Howe, James | The Celery Stalks at Midnight | MacMillan | 1989 |
| Lawlor, Laurie | Addie Across the Prarie | Whitman | 1986 |
| Lowry, Lois | Number the Stars | Mifflin | 1989 |
| Lord, Bette Bao | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Harper and Row | 1984 |
| McCloskey, Robert | Homer Price | Viking | 1943 |
| Naylor,Phyllis Reynolds | Beetles, Lightly Toasted | Athenum | 1987 |
| Polacco, Patricia | Pink and Say | Philomel Books | 1994 |
| Rockwell, Thomas | How to Eat Fried Worms | ABC Clio | 1973 |
| Seldon, George | The Cricket in Times Square | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 1968 |
| Silverstein, Shel | A Light in the Attic | Harper and Row | 1981 |
| Smith, Doris Buchanan | A Taste of Blackberries | Crowell | 1973 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Little House in the Big Woods | Harper | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Little House on the Prarie | Harper | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Farmer Boy | Harper | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | On the Banks of Plum Creek | Harper | l953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | By the Shores of Silver Lake | Harper & Row | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | The Long Winter | Harper | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Little Town on the Prarie | Harper | 1953 |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | These Happy Golden Years | Harper | 1953 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Fill out book response form that you will be given with the report card in June |
Evaluation Strategies
| 1 | Evaluation of the book response form |
| 2 | Taking Accelerated reading tests on their chosen books |
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