Untitled Document

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 that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.
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 a parent sign when complete. Return this record to school during the first week back.

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.
AR beside the book indicates that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.

*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 and have a parent sign.

Evaluation Strategies

Draw pictures of favorite character or event in a book. Please bring this record to school during the first week back.

*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 that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.
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 that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.
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.
Return this to school during the first week back.

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.
AR beside the book indicates that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.

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. Return this to school during the first week back.

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 that we have this title as an Accelerated Reader quiz.

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).

Back to Summer Reading Program List of Schools