ROCKLEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROCKLEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Summer Reading Program

Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five

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. Below are some suggested titles for summer reading. Student-selected books are also acceptable. Participation in Summer Quest at the local public library is also acceptable.

Directions for choosing a book: Please assist your child in the selection of reading material. Have your child read any page in the book to you. If he/she struggles with more than five words on one page, that book is too difficult for enjoyable reading. If the suggested books at the grade level to which your child has been assigned are too difficult, move to the books listed for the previous grade. If you need to drop down more than one grade level, that should be a signal to you that your child needs to read a lot over the summer.

Kindergarten

Students are required to read 5 books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date

Bang, Molly	Ten-nine-Eight	Tupelo	1996
Burton, Katherine	One Gray Mouse	Kids Can Press LTD.	1997
Carle, Eric	1,2,3 to the Zoo	Philomel	1996
Carle, Eric	The Mixed-Up Chameleon	Harper Trophy	1988
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Scholastic	1994
Cohen, Miriam	Will I have a Friend?	Aladdin	1989
Crews, Donald	Ten Black Dots	Greenwillow	1986
Ehlert, Lois	Color Zoo	Lippincott	1989
Feeligs, Muriel	Mojo Means One	Puffin	1992
Hill. Eric	Spot Looks at Shapes	Putnam	2003
Hill, Eric	Spot Goes to School.	Putnam	1984
Hoban, Tana	Count and See	Macmillan	1972
Johnson, Stephen	Alphabet City	Puffin	1999
Lobel, Anita	On Market Street	Harper Trophy	1989
Oxenbury, Helen	First Day of School	Puffin	1999
Rey, H.A.	Curious George Learns the Alphabet	Houghton Mifflin	1973
Seuss. Dr.	Dr. Seuss's ABC	Beginner Books	1963
Seuss, Dr.	Ten Apples Up On Top	Random House	1961
Van Allsburg, Chris	The Z Was Zapped	Houghton Mifflin	1998

You may also choose age appropriate books written by the following authors: Eric Carle, Donald Crews, Lois Ehlert, Tana Hoban, Dr. Seuss

You may also choose age appropriate books with the following themes: back to school numbers colors alphabet shapes

Note Keeping Strategies

Students are asked to keep a list of the books read. Include the title, author, and a parent or guardian statement that the child has read the book. If the child participates in the Summer Quest program, that documentation will apply.

Evaluation Strategies

Students will be expected to turn in the list of books read. They will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five.

Grade One

Students are required to read __5_ books.

Author	Title
Carle, Eric	See annotated list for notes on the author's style and suggested titles to read. Students may choose any title that the author has written.
Cohen, Miriam
Gag, Wanda
Gibbons, Gail
Hillert, Margaret
Hoban, Lillian
Hoff, Syd
Lobel, Arnold
Lionni, Leo
McCloskey, Robert
McPhail
Minarik, Else Holmeland
Rey, H.A.
Sendak, Maurice
Seuss, Dr.

Genre
Alphabet books	See the annotated list for a description of the genre and suggested titles.
Animal books
Counting books
Fairy tales
Nursery rhymes
Plant books
Poetry
Seasons

Note Keeping Strategies

Students are requested to keep a list of the books they read. Include the title, author, and a parent or guardian statement that the child has read the book. Documentation from the Summer Quest program will apply.

Evaluation Strategies

Students will be expected to turn in their list of books read during the summer to their grade one teacher. They will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five.

Grade Two

Students are required to read _5__ books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Brown, Jeff	Flat Stanley	Scholastic	1964
Lee, Virginia	The Little House	Houghton Mifflin	1942
Dooley, Norah	Everybody Cooks Rice	Carolrhoda	1991
Dorros, Arthur	Ant Cities	Scholastic	1987
Gray, Nigel	A Country Far Away	Orchard	1988
Heide, Florence and Judith Gilliland	The Day of Ahmed's Secret	Lothrop	1990
Hoffman, Mary	Amazing Grace	Dial	1991
Mosel, Arlene	Tikki Tikke Tembo	Holt	1985

Aliki	See annotated list for notes on the author's style and a few suggested titles. Students my chose any book written by the chosen author.
Cole, Joanna	"
De Paola, Tomie	"
Gibbons, Gail	"
Lobel, Arnold	"
Polacco, Patricia	"
Rylant, Cynthia	"
Waber, Bernard	"

Animals/Habitats	You may read any books that include information about animals and their characteristics, their habitats and how they have adapted to their environment, or just interesting facts about animals. Some examples are Wolves by Gail Gibbons or Dolphin's First Day by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld.
Citizenship/American Symbols	You may read any books about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship or books about our American symbols. Some suggested titles are A Flag For Our Country by Eve Spencer or The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Natalie Miller.

Note Keeping Strategies

Students are requested to keep a list of the books they read during the summer. Include the title, author, and a parent or guardian statement that the child has read the book. Documentation from Summer Quest will apply.

Evaluation Strategies

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

Grade Three

Students are required to read 3 books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Aardema, Verna	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: a Nandi tale	Scholastic	1995
Aardema, Verna	How the Ostrich Got its Long Neck	Scholastic	1995
Baylor, Byrd	Desert Voices	Alladin	1993
Baylor, Byrd	Hawk, I'm Your Brother	Atheneum	1976
Bunting, Eve	Fly Away Home	Clarion	1991
Bunting, Eve	How Many Days to America: a Thanksgiving Story	Clarion	1990
Greenfield, Eloise	William and the Good Old Days	Harpercrest	1993
Greenfield, Eloise	Nathaniel Talking	Black Butterfly	1988
Greenfield, Eloise	Night on Neighborhood Street	Puffin	1996
Hurwitz, Johanna	The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein	Avon	1995
Hurwitz, Johanna	Baseball Fever	Beech Tree	1991
Hurwitz, Johanna	Class President	Apple	1991
Hyman, Trina Schart	Why don't you get a horse, Sam Adams?	Coward McCann	1974
Hyman, Trina Schart	Saint George and the Dragon	Little, Brown & Company	1990
Kimmel, Eric	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock	Holiday House	1988
Kimmel, Eric	Iron John	Holiday House	1996
Pinkney, Jerry	The Green Lion of Zion Street	Margaret McElderry	1988
Ringgold, Faith	Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky	Crown	1992
Ringgold, Faith	Bonjour, Lonnie	Hyperion	1996
Young, Ed	Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac	Henry Holt	1995

Note Keeping Strategies

Students are asked to keep a list of the titles and authors of the books they read. Include the author, title, and a parent or guardian statement that the child read the book. Documentation from Summer Quest will apply.

Evaluation Strategies

When students enter third grade, they will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.

Grade Four

Students are required to read 3 books.

Please choose one book from the list of fiction books and one from the list of non-fiction books.
The third selection may be student choice.

FICTION
*Realistic Fiction +Historical Fiction #Make-Believe ^Mystery
NON-FICTION
=Biography @Informational

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Bunting, Eve	The Wednesday Surprise*	Clarion	1989
Conrad, Pam	My Daniel*	Harper Trophy	1989
Hurwitz, Johanna	Russell Sprouts*	Puffin	1987
MacLachlan, Patricia	Journey*	Dell	1991
Namioka, Lensey	Yang the Youngest and the Terrible Ear*	Yearling/Dell	1991
Bunting, Eve	How Many Days to America+	Clarion	1988
Bunting, Eve	The Wall+	Clarion	1990
Taylor, Mildred	The Friendship+	Bantam Skylark	1989
Taylor, Mildred	The Gold Cadillac	Bantam Skylark	1989
Taylor, Mildred	Mississippi Bridge+	Bantam Skylark	1990
Smith, Robert	Chocolate Fever#	Dell	1972
Steig, William	Abel's Island#	Farrar	1976
Howe, Deborah and James	Bunnicula^	Avon	1979
Kassem, Lou	A Haunting in Williamsburg^	Avon	1990
Wallace, Barbara Brooks	The Twin in the Tavern^	Aladdin	1995
Davidson, Margaret	The Story of Thomas Alva Edison+	Scholastic	1990
Davidson, Margaret	Helen Keller+	Scholastic	1969
Davidson, Margaret	Louis Braille+	Scholastic	1971
Moore, Eva	The Story of George Washington Carver+	Scholastic	1971
Baker, Lucy	Life in the Oceans@	Scholastic	1990
Ballard, Robert	Finding the Titanic@	Scholastic	1993
Bradley, Catherine	Life in the Mountains@	Scholastic	1991
Simon, Seymour	Sharks@	Harper/Trophy	1995

Note Keeping Strategies

After students have read the book, they should record the title, author, and a parent or guardian statement that the child has read the book. Summer Quest documentation will apply.

Evaluation Strategies

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

Grade Five

Students are required to read __3__ books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Bledsoe, Lucy	The Big Bike Racer	Trophy	1997
Brink, Carol Ryrie	Caddie Woodlawn	Macmilllan	1973
Christopher, Matt	All-Star Fever, Dirt Bike Racer, Quarter Back Switch, or other books by Christopher.	Little Brown	N/A
Creech,Sharon	Walk Two Moons	HarperCollins	1994
Creech, Sharon	The Wanderer	Joanna Cotler Books	2002
Danziger, Paula	Amber Brown Sees Red, or other Amber Brown series books.	Scholastic	N/A
Deans, Sis	Racing the Past	H. Holt	2001
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie	Candlewick	2001
Fitzhugh,Louise	Harriet the Spy	Harper & Row	1964
Fleischman, Paul	Bull Run	Harper Collins	1993