Pre-School Requirement: Students should read at least five books from the following list. It is understood that students will not be able to read these books independently;; therefore, a family member can read the books with the student. Booklist: Dr. Suess If I Ran the Zoo There’s a Wocket in my Pocket! Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Dr. Suess ABC Fox in Socks Green Eggs and Ham Hop on Pop Ten Apples Up On Top! The Cat in the Hat The Lorax Oh, The Places You’ll Go One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Sneetches Horton Hears A Who! Yertle the Turtle The Butter Battle Book And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street The Foot Book Horton Hatches the Egg Bartholomew and the Oobleck Happy Birthday To You!
Jan Brett The Mitten Gingerbread Baby The Three Snow Bears The Easter Egg The Umbrella Trouble with Trolls Daisy Comes Home Annie and the Wild Animals Armadillo Rodeo Fritz and the Beautiful Horse Town mouse, Country mouse Comet’s Nine Lives Audrey Wood The Napping House Silly Sally Quick as a Cricket Ten little Fish Piggy Pie Po The Flying Dragon Room
Kindergarten Requirement: Students should read at least five books from the following list. It is understood that students will not be able to read these books independently;; therefore, a family member can read the books with the student. Booklist: Eric Carle A House for Hermit Crab Count with the Very Hungry Caterpillar 10 Little Rubber Ducks Eric Carle’s 123 Eric Carle’s ABC The Grouchy Ladybug The Very Busy Spider The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rita Gelman More Spaghetti, I Say! (Hello Reader! Level 2 Series) Elizabeth Levy Karate Class Mystery (Hello Reader! Series) Wendy Lewison Buzz, Said the Bee (Hello Reader! Series) Grace Maccarone My Tooth is About to Fall Out (Hello Reader! Series) Soccer Game (Hello Reader! Series) Bill Martin Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Chicka Chicka ABC Jean Marzollo I Am Water (Hello Reader! Series) Eva Moore Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog (Hello Reader! Series) Teddy Slater --98,99,100, You’re It! (Hello Reader! Math Series)
First Grade Required Summer Read Curious George at the Zoo by Margaret and H. A. Ray
First Grade required activity: Draw a picture of George at the Zoo In addition, read five books from the First Grade Reading List. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you the first day of school.
First Grade Reading List Requirement: Students should read at least five books from the following list. It is understood that many students will not be able to read these books independently;; therefore, we encourage a family member to read the books with the student. Recommended Author List: Asch, Frank (any) Berenstain, Stan & Jan Berenstain (any) Brown, Marc (any) Bunting, Eve (any) Cannon, Janell (any) Child, Lauren (any) Cousins, Lucy (The Maisy Series) Daly, Niki (Welcome to Zanibar) Ernest, Lisa (Stella Louella’s Runaway Book) Freeman, Don (any Corduroy book) Hazen, Barbara (The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark) Holabird, Katherine (Angelina Series) Inches, Alison (any of the new Corduroy books) Keats, Ezra Jack (The Snowy Day) Kvasnosky, Laura (Zelda and Ivy) Lewis, Paeony (I’ll Always Love You) Lindbergh, Reeve (The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School) Long, Susan (adapter, The Polar Bear Series) Lobel, Arnold (Frog and Toad Series) McPhail, David (Big Brown’s Up and Down Day) Mayer, Mercer (any) Minarik, Else (Little Bear series) Murphy, Stuart, J. (any of the mathematics books) Numeroff, Laura (If You Give a Mouse…series) Orloff, Karen (I Wanna Iguana) Rey, H.A. (Curious George Series) Rylant, Cynthia (any) Dr. Suess (any) Shannon, David (No, David) Valdes, Leslie (Dora The Explorer Series) Wells, Rosemary (Max and Ruby Series) Willems, Mo (Don’t Let the Pigeon Series) Wood, Audrey (any)
Second Grade Required Summer Read Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Second Grade required activity is “Flat Stanley’s Travel Capsule” Visit the following website for activity directions. www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson74.html
In addition, read five books from the Second Grade Reading List. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you the first day of school.
SECOND GRADE READING LIST
Recommended Series: 1. Arthur 2. Henry and Mudge 3. Mr. Putter and Tabby 4. Nate the Great 5. Frog and Toad 6. Horrible Harry 7. Minnie and Moo 8. Young Cam Jansen 9. Amelia Bedelia 10. Franklin 11. Magic Tree House 12. Junie B. Jones Recommended Authors: 1. Cynthia Rylant 2. Lillian Hoban 3. Peggy Parish 4. Syd Hoff 5. Arnold Lobel 6. Barbara Park 7. Ludwig Bemelmans 8. Kevin Henkes 9. Maurice Sendak 10. Stan & Jan Berenstain 11. Pat Hutchins 12. Mem Fox
Third Grade Required Summer Read Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Third Grade required activity is “Shoebox Diorama” • Choose a shoebox from home. Trace the bottom of the shoebox on a plain piece of paper. Cut out the shape. Make sure it fits into the bottom of the shoebox. • Choose a scene from the book or a particular setting. Draw and color this scene on the shoebox cut out, and glue it inside the bottom of the shoebox. • Choose 3 important characters from the book. Draw, color, and cut out the characters. Attach L-shaped strips of heavy paper to the back of each character. Glue each character to a side of the box, so the characters are standing upright. • Choose 2-3 other props from the book. Draw, color, and cut them out. Then add them to the box to make your scene look realistic. • Be prepared to give an oral summary of the book. • Be familiar with the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the story. • Bring completed shoebox with you on the first day of school.
Third Grade Recommended Reading It is required that students read Ramona Quimby Age 8 and at least two of the books listed below. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you on the first day of school. Babe and Me by Dan Gutman Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, A Message from Chief Seattle by Susan Jeffers Clementine by Sara Pennypacker Freckle Juice by Judy Blume How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Diary (My America series) by Patricia Hermes The Lucky Baseball Bat by Matt Christopher The Boxcar Children by Gertrude C. Warner (any of the series) Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary by Patricia Hermes
Fourth Grade Required Summer Read Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Fourth Grade required activity “Charlotte’s Web Story Summary” (see attached)
CHARLOTTE’S WEB STORY SUMMARY SETTING Where did this story take place? Name and describe the place where the story happened.
CHARACTERS Who were the characters? Write their names and write brief descriptions of each one.
CONFLICT What was the action in the story? What gave the story a beginning, middle, and end?
CONCLUSION How did the story end? Was it funny, sad, or something else?
Fourth Grade Recommended Reading It is required that students read Charlotte’s Web and at least two books from the following list. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you on the first day of school. Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger Catch That Pass by Matt Christopher Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Moving Day by Meg Cabot Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dagliesh The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler The Sisters Club by Megan McDonald Truly Winnie by Jennifer Jacobson
Fifth Grade Required Summer Read Great Illustrated Classics “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe (adapted youth version)
Fifth Grade required activities (see attached) It is required that students read Robinson Crusoe and at least two books from the following list. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you on the first day of school.
Required Activities for Robinson Crusoe: 1. Crusoe gives us a detailed description of his home, complete with the cave and fences he builds for protection. Make a drawing of his compound based on the descriptions in the novel. Be as precise as possible. Use nothing larger than a poster board. 2. On Crusoe’s tours of the island, both by land and by foot, he gives clear descriptions of what he sees. Turn these descriptions into a map, looking down at the island from a bird’s eye view. Be prepared to discuss why maps may be similar or different on certain features. 3. Be prepared to do this activity in class the first week of school. With a partner role-play the first “conversation” Crusoe and Friday have once they get back to the cave, safely away from Friday’s captors. Remember that neither one can speak the other’s language but, according to Crusoe, they still manage to get across what they mean. Use pantomime and gestures to communicate. Practice your skit privately and then do it in front of the class. See if they can “translate” what you’re trying to say!
Lee-Scott Academy Grade 5 Newbery Medal and Honor Books Recommended Reading for Summer 2013 Choose two books from this list that you have not already read and record on the Elementary Reading Log
2013 Newbery Medal Winner: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 2012 Newbery Honor Books: ● Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai ● Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin 2011 Newbery Medal Winner: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 2011 Newbery Honor Book: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm 1999 Newbery Honor Book: A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck 1998 Newbery Honor Book: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 1978 Newbery Honor Book: Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary 1944 Newbery Medal Winner: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1941 Newbery Medal Winner: Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Sixth Grade Required Summer Read Holes by Louis Sachar
Sixth Grade required activities (see attached) It is required that students read Holes and at least two books from the following list. Record the titles on the attached Elementary Reading Log. Bring everything with you on the first day of school.
Required Activities for Holes:
The Setting 1. Complete the assignment below and attach it to one of the art projects described below. ● Write a paragraph describing the setting of the novel. Include the time period and the location of the story. 2. Complete one art project. ● Make a map depicting where the action took place in the novel. Put labels on the map to indicate what happened at each location. ● Create a shoebox diorama of a scene from the novel.
Lee-Scott Academy Grade 6 Newbery Medal and Honor Books Recommended Reading for Summer 2013 Choose two books from this list that you have not already read and record on the Elementary Reading Log 2013 Newbery Honor Book: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage 2012 Newbery Medal Winner: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos 2011 Newbery Honor Books: ● Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus ● Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen 2003 Newbery Honor Book: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen 2002 Newbery Medal Winner: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 2001 Newbery Honor Book: The Wanderer by Sharon Creech 2000 Newbery Medal Winner: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1998 Newbery Medal Winner: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 1998 Newbery Honor Book: Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
