Sinclair Elementary's Summer Reading Program
"WINNERS AND ACHIEVERS ALL GO TO
SINCLAIR SCHOOL "

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 Summer Reading 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 are required to read __5_books.   Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read or share with you at least FIVE of these books in preparation for KINDERGARTEN.  These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER READING!
Kindergarten Teachers

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
GENERAL TITLES:
Lionni, Leo	A Color of His Own	Knopf	1975
Crews, Donald	Freight Train	Greenwillow	1978
Bang, Molly	Ten-Nine-Eight	Morrow	1991
Brown, Margaret Wise	The Big Red Barn	Harper	1989
Crews, Donald	School Bus	Greenwillow	1986
Le Seig (Dr. Seuss)	One Fish, Two Fish...	Random	1960
Le Seig (Dr. Seuss)	Hop on Pop	Random	1963
Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon	Harper	1947
COUNTING BOOKS:
Crews, Donald	Ten Black Dots	Greenwillow	1986
Le Seig (Dr. Seuss)	Ten Apples Up on Top	Beginner	1961
McGrath, Barbara	M and M's Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book	Charlesbridge	1994
Silverstein, Shel	A Light in the Attic
ALPHABET BOOKS:
Lobel, Anita	Alison's Zinnia	Greenwillow	1990
Lobel, Arnold	On Market Street	Morrow	1989
Martin, Jr., Bill and John Archambault	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Simon and Schuster	1989
WORDLESS BOOKS:
Briggs, Raymond	The Snowman	Random	1990
De Paola, Tomie	Pancakes for Breakfast	Harcourt	1978
Mayer, Mercer	Frog Goes to Dinner	Dial	1985
NURSERY RHYMES:
McMillan, Bruce	Mary Had a Little Lamb	Holiday	1984
Stevens, Janet	The House That Jack Built	Holiday	1985
COLLECTIONS OF NURSERY RHYMES:
De Paola, Tomie	Tomie De Paola's Mother Goose	Random House	1986
Lobel, Arnold	The Random House Book of Mother Goose	Random House	1986
Scarry, Richard	Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever	Golden Press	1970
FAIRY TALES:
Brett, Jan	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Putnam	1987
Grimm Brothers	Little Red Riding Hood	Holiday	1982
Stevens, Janet	The Three Billy Goats Gruff	Harcourt	1987

 Annotated list

Kindergarten: Explanation of extra credit:	1. To provide incentive for students to complete Summer reading, Kindergarten students will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five.
2. Extra credit for Kindergarten students will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period.	3. Completion of the Summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

Guidelines for documenting Kindergarten students' Summer reading:	1. Kindergarten students will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
2. For Kindergarten students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply.

Grade One

Student participation in the Summer Reading Program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the Summer.

• Students are required to read __5_books. Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read at least FIVE of these books in preparation for FIRST GRADE. These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores. Have a great summer reading!
  Thank you,
  First Grade Teachers

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Wood, Audrey	* The Napping House	Harcourt Brace	1984
Wlliams, Vera	A Chair for My Mother	Greenwillow	1982
Slobodkina, Esphyr	* Caps for Sale	Harper and Row	1940
Wells, Rosemary	Timothy Goes to School	Dial	1981
Hurwitz, Johanna	New Shoes for Sylvia	Morrow	1993
Gibbons, Gail	* Fire! Fire!	Harper	1984
LeSeig (Dr. Seuss)	Green Eggs and Ham	Random House	1988
Piper, Watty	* The Little Engine That Could	Platt	1930
Gibbons, Gail	Spiders	Holiday House	1991
Brett, Jan	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Putnam and Sons	1987
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan	Each Peach, Pear, Plum	Viking	1979
Anno, M.	Anno's Alphabet	Crowell	1974
Asch, Frank	Just Like Daddy	Prentice-Hall	1983
Asch, Frank	Mooncake	Prentice-Hall	1983
Berenstain, Jan and Stan	Bears on Wheels	Random House	1969
Williams, Sue	I Went Walking	Harcourt Brace	1989
Brown, Margaret Wise	* Goodnight Moon	Harper and Row	1975
Eastman, P. D.	* Are You My Mother?	Random House	1960
Flack, Marjorie	Ask Mr. Bear	Macmillan	1968 (1932)
Galdone, Paul	The Three Little Pigs	Houghton Mifflin	1979
Galdone, Paul	The Three Billy Goats Gruff	Clarion	1973
Grimm Brothers	Little Red Riding Hood	Holiday	1982
Keats, Ezra Jack	A Chair for Peter	Harper	1967
Mayer, Mercer	There's an Alligator Under My Bed	Dial	1987
McCloskey, Robert	* Blueberries for Sal	Viking	1976
Silverstein, Shel	A Light in the Attic

Annotated list

Grade One: Explanation of extra credit:	1. To provide incentive for students to complete Summer reading, First Grade students will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for  a total of five.
2. Extra credit for First Grade students will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period.	3. Completion of the Summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

Guidelines for documenting First Grade students' Summer reading:	1. First Grade students will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
2.For First Grade students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation  will apply.

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Grade Two

Student participation in the Summer Reading Program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the Summer.

• Students are required to read _5_ books.

Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read at least FIVE of  these books in preparation for SECOND GRADE. These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER READING!
SECOND GRADE TEACHERS

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Rylant, Cynthia	Henry and Mudge (any title)	Bradbury Press	1987
Aliki	Mummies Made in Egypt	Harper Trophy	1985
Barrett, Judi	* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Atheneum	1978
Burton, Virginia Lee	* The Little House	Houghton Mifflin	1942
Waber, Bernard	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	Houghton	1965
Cooney, Barbara	Miss Rumphius	Viking	1982
Dorros, Arthur	Ant Cities	Scholastic	1987
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	Harper Collins	1991
McMillan, Bruce	Eating Fractions	Scholastic	1991
Mosel, Arlene	* Tikki Tikki Tembo	Holt	1968
Sabuda, Robert	Tutankhamen's Gift	Athenium Publishers	1994
Viorst, Judith	* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Macmillan	1972
Waters, Kate	* The Story of the White House	Scholastic	1991
Zelinsky, Paul O.	* Rumpelstiltskin	Greenwillow	1986
Hoff, Syd	* Danny and the Dinosaur	Harper	1958
Sharmat, Marjorie	Nate the Great (any title)	Delaco	1993
Freeman, Don	* Corduroy	Viking	1968
Cummings, Pat	Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!	Bradbury	1991
Rey, H. A.	* Curious George	Houghton	1941
Lobel, Arnold	Frog and Toad (any title)	Harper and Row	1979
Brown, Marc	Arthur's Eyes	Little Brown	1979
Allard, James	* Miss Nelson is Missing	Houghton Mifflin	1977
Parrish, Peggy	* Amelia Bedelia	Harper and Row	1963
De Paola, Tomie	The Art Lesson	Putnam	1989
Keats, Ezra Jack	A Letter to Amy (any title)	Trophy Press	1984

Annotated list

Guidelines for documenting Grade Two students' Summer reading:	1. Second Grade students will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
2.For Second Grade students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation  will apply.

Grade Two: Explanation of extra credit:	1. To provide incentive for students to complete Summer reading, Second Grade students will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for  a total of five.
2. Extra credit for Grade Two students will count 10% of  a student's grade in the affected marking period.	3. Completion of the Summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

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Grade Three

Student participation in the Summer Reading Program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the Summer

• Students are required to read __3__books.

Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read at least THREE of these books in preparation for THIRD GRADE. These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER READING!
                                         THIRD GRADE TEACHERS

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Aardema, Verna	* Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears	Dial	1975
Bunting, Eve	How Many Days to America?	Clarion	1988
Cleary, Beverly	* Muggie Maggie	Morrow	1990
Gibbons, Gail	* Weather Forecasting	Macmillan	1987
Haley, Gail E.	A Story, a Story	Macmillan	1970
Heller, Ruth	Reasons for a Flower	Putnam	1983
Hoffman, Mary	* Amazing Grace	Dial	1991
Kimmel, Eric	Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock	Holiday	1988
Livingston, Myra	Celebrations	Scholastic	1985
McDermott, Gerald	Arrow to the Sun	Viking	1974
Prelutsky, Jack	Something Big Has Been Here	Greenwillow	1990
Soto, Gary	Too Many Tamales	Putnam	1993
Spinelli, Eileen	Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch	Macmillan	1991
Steptoe, John	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, an African Tale	Lothrop	1987
McMillan, Bruce	Eating Fractions	Scholastic	1991
Aliki	Mummies Made in Egypt	Harper Trophy	1985
Climo, Shirley	* The Egyptian Cinderella	Crowell	1989
Smith, Janice Lee	The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer	Harper and Row	1981
Dorros, Arthur	Ant Cities	Scholastic	1987
Bunting, Eve	Someday a Tree	Clarion	1993

Annotated list

Guidelines for documenting Grade Three students' Summer reading:	1.Third Grade students will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
2.For Third Grade students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation  will apply.

Grade Three: Explanation of extra credit:	1. To provide incentives for students to complete summer reading, students in Grade Three will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.
2. Extra credit for Grade Three will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period.	3. Completion of the Summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

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Grade Four

Student participation in the Summer Reading Program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the Summer.

• Students are required to read __3__books.

Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read at least THREE of these books in preparation for FOURTH GRADE. These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER READING!
                                                FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Cohlene, Terri	Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend	Rourke	1990
Jeffers, Susan	Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle	Dial	1991
Martin, Rafe	* The Rough-face Girl	Putnam	1992
Steptoe, John	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, an African Tale	Lothrop	1987
Warner, Gertrude Chandler	Boxcar Children	McLeod	1942
Cleary, Beverly	* Beezus and Ramona	Morrow	1955
Cleary, Beverly	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Morrow	1983
Dakos, Kalli	If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand	Four Winds	1990
Hamilton, Virginia	The People Could Fly: American Black Folk Tales	Knopf	1985
Howe, James and Deborah	* Bunnicula	Atheneum	1971
Lobel, Arnold	Fables	Harper	1980
Sachar, Louis	* Wayside School is Falling Down	Lothrop	1989
Steig, William	Abel's Island	Farrar	1976
Dahl, Roald	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Bantam	1982
Sachar, Louis	*There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom	Knopf	1987
Walsh, Jill Patton	* The Green Book	Farrar	1982
Steig, William	Brave Irene	Sunburst Book	1986
Steig, William	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	Windmill/Wanderere	1980
Susi, Geraldine Lee	Looking for Pa	E. M. Press	2001
Beatty, Patricia	Charley Skedaddle	Morrow	1987

Annotated list

Guidelines for rewarding student completion of Summer reading:	1. To provide incentive for students to complete summer reading, students in Grade Four will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three.
2. Extra credit for Grade Four will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period.	3. Completion of the Summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

Guidelines for documenting Grade Four students' Summer reading	1. To assist students in documenting their reading, students in Grade Four will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
2. For Grade Four students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply.

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Grade Five

Student participation in the Summer Reading Program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the Summer.

• Students are required to read _3____books.

Below is the reading list for the summer. Please have your child read at least THREE of these books in preparation for FIFTH GRADE. These books may be found in the Prince William County Library or may be purchased in many of the local book stores.

     HAVE A GREAT SUMMER READING!
                                                            FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck Everlasting	Farrar	1975
Beatty, Patricia	Charley Skedaddle	Morrow	1987
Carson-Levine, Gail	Ella Enchanted	Harper Collins	1997
George, Jean Craighead	My Side of the Mountain	Dutton	1959
George, Jean Craighead	Julie of the Wolves	Harper Collins	1974
King-Smith, Dick	Cuckoo Child	Hyperion	1999
Konigsburg, E.L.	From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	Macmillan	1967
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Beetles Lightly Toasted	Doubleday	1989
O'Dell, Scott	Island of the Blue Dolphins	Houghton Mifflin	1960
Parks, Rosa	Rosa Parks, My Story	Dial	1992
Polacco, Patricia	Pink and Say	Philomel Books	1994
Scieszka, Jon	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!	Viking	1989
Snyder, Zilpha K.	The Egypt Game