DO NOT READ
THE FOLLOWING
UNTIL JUNE 18th, 2011
PLEASE NOTE – Listed below are the
Reading Lists for the 2011 – 2012
SCHOOL YEAR.
These ARE the Reading Lists for
Classes beginning in September, 2011.
BOOK LOGS follow Grade 8 Reading List
Please Note: A reading list for a given grade is for a grade that a student will be ENTERING. For example, a Grade 4 reading List is for students ENTERING 4th grade – in other words, these are the books a student should begin reading during the summer months between 3rd and 4th grade.
Changes have be made in Grades 5 and 6: Please note that these
Grades have a different BOOK LOG form (shown at the end of all of
the reading lists) as well as a special READING ASSIGNMENT form
(shown just below the 5th and 6th Grade Reading Lists)
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Please look at the grade that your child will be
ENTERING in September 2011.
1st GRADE
2nd GRADE
3RD GRADE
4th GRADE
5th GRADE
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6th GRADE
5th and 6th GRADE READING ASSIGNMENT
7th GRADE
8th GRADE
BOOK LOG – Gr 1
BOOK LOG – Gr 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
BOOK LOG – Gr 5 and 6
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Here is an Overview of the Reading Lists for All Grades:
1st Grade Summer Reading List
(For Kindergarten going into 1st)
Today Charlie………………………………………………………………………………………. R. Caudill
Be Nice to Spiders……………………………………………………………………………….. M. Graham
The Snowy Day…………………………………………………………………………… Ezra Jack Keats *
Goodbye House ……………………………………………………………………………….. Frank Asch *
Norman the Doorman …………………………………………………………………….. Don Freeman *
Ready! Set! Read!………………………………….. The Beginning Reading Treasury (Doubleday)
Emmett’s Pig ……………………………………………………………………………………… Mary Stolz *
From Head to Toe ………………………………………………………………………………… Eric Carle *
It’s George ……………………………………………………………………………………. Miriam Cohan *
ABC …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Dr. Seuss*
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed …………………………………………..Eileen Christelow
Miss Spider’s ABC …………………………………………………………………………………. David Kirk
Harry the Dirty Dog ………………………………………………………………………………. Gene Zion *
Clifford the Dog books ……………………………………………………………………. Norman Bridwell
The Carrot Seed …………………………………………………………………………………. Ruth Krauss *
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ……………………………………………… B. Martin <& D. Archambault
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie …………………………………………………………Laura J. Numeroff *
A book report on one of these books will be due the second week of school.
Please keep a record of daily reading on a Book Log.
For additional suggestions, please visit: http://www.scholastic.com
Any additional books by this author are acceptable as well.
2ND GRADE READING LIST
(For 1st graders going into 2nd grade)
Alistair in Outer Space Sadler
Commander Toad in Space Yolan
Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff
Frog and Toad Series Books Lobel (read as many as possible)
George and Martha Marshall
Harriet and the Rollar Coaster Carlson
Ira Sleeps Over Waber
Arthur Brown
Miss Nelson is Missing Allard
Nate the Great Sharmat
Professor Curious and the Mytery
of the Hiking Dinosaurs Gil
Thomas’ Snowsuit Munsch
The Story about Ping Flack
Stone Soup McGovern
Stellaluna Cannon
Blueberries for Sal McCloskey
Ready, Set , Read Cole & Calmenson
A Long Way to a New Land Sandin
A Long Way Westward Sandin
No More Monsters for Me Parish
Home Alone Schick
3RD GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
(For 2nd grade going into 3rd)
FANTASY FICTION
Why MosquitoesBuzz in People’s Ears Aardema Charlotte’s Web White
Jaguarundi Hamilton Freckle Juice Dahl
Fairy Rebel Banks Mr. Popper’s Penguins Blume
Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher Coville Nate the Great Sharmat
The Wish Giver Brittain The Reluctant Dragon Grahame
FRIENDSHIP The Velveteen Rabbit Williams
Crow Boy Yashima The Boxcar Children Warner
Pickle Puss Giff Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Danzinger
Best Friend Insurance Gormley Anatole & The Toy Shop Titus
In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson Lord The Gator Girls Cole
Stay Away from Simon Carrick Horrible Harry & The Dungeon Kline
You Can Never Tell Conford
HUMOR
Banana Twist Heide
Chocolate Fever Smith
The Chocolate Touch Catling
Fat Men From Space Pinkwater
Jelly Belly Smith
Owls in the Family Mowat
Romana Quimby, Age 8 Cleary
What I Did Last Summer Prelutsky
The Fortune Tellers Alexander
MYSTERY
Frankenstein Moved in on the 4th Floor Levy
Cam Jensen & the Mystery of the Circus Clown Adler
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular Newman
Eirsteing Anderson Shocks His Friends Simon
Fourth Floor Twins Adler
POETRY
Dragons, Dragons Carle
Let Me Be the Boss Bagert
Where the Sidewalk Ends Silverstein
Mice are Nice Larrick
SPORTS
Baseball Fever Hurwitz
The Meat in the Sandwich Bach
SCIENCE
If Your Are a Hunter of Fossils Baylor
The Way to Start a Day Baylor
A River Ran Wild Cherry
Miss Rumphius Cooney
Professor Curious and the Mytery of
the Hiking Dinosaurs Gil
My Place in Space Hirst
A Tree in a Forest Thornhill
A BOOK REPORT ON ONE OF THESE BOOKS WILL BE DUE THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL.
For additional books go to: http://users.ren.com/schene.ma.ultranet
7TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
(For 6th grade going into 7th)
My Brother Sam is Dead Collier & Collier
Island of the Blue Dolphins . Scott O’Dell
Bearstone Scott O’Dell
Last Summer with Maizon Woodson
The Star Fisher Yap
Strider Cleary
Into the Mummy’s Tomb Ree ves
The Iceman Lessen
Pompeii-Nightmare At Midday Humphrey
The Moon and I Byars
The Wright Brothers Freedman
Pacific Crossing Soto
The Wrong Lunch Line Mohr
The Search for the Right Whale Krauss & Mallory
Treasures in the Dust Porter
A Time of Angels Hesse
Sun and Spoon Henkes
Baby MacLachlan
The Pain and the Great One Blume
Dancing on the Edge Nolan
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Brashares
Hoops Dean
Knots In My Yo Yo String Spinelli
Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Author: Petry
A Wedding in December Shreve
White Fang London
Nothing But the Truth Avi
Walk Two Moons Creech
The Devil’s Arithmetic Yolen
Stargirl Spinelli
Al Capone Does My Shirts Choldenko
Journey Home Uchida
The Sword in the Stone White
The Giver Lowry
For additional books go to: http://users.ren.com/schene.ma.ultranet
A BOOK REPORT ON ONE OF THESE BOOKS WILL BE DUE THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL.
A Book Report On One Of These Books Will Be Due The Second Week Of School
8th Grade Summer Reading List-For 7th grade students entering 8th grade
| Name of Book | Author |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Taylor |
| Number of Stars | Lois Lowry |
| Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare |
| Early Thunder | Jean Fritz |
| Watership Down | Adams |
| Stories of God’s amd Heroes | Benson |
| My Brother Sam is Dead | Collier |
| Catherine, Called Birdie | Cushman |
| Zlata’s Diary | Filipovic |
| Johnny Tremain | Forbes |
| The Outsider | Hinton |
| Charles | Jackson |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Lee |
| Fallen Angels | Myers |
| The Adventure of Tom Sawyer | Twain |
| Dragonwings | Yep |
| The Pigman | Zindel |
| The People Could Fly | Hamilton |
| 1. Robot | Asimov |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Bradbury |
| Swifty Tilting Planet | L’Engle |
| The Giver | Lowry |
| The Hobbit | Tolkien |
| Great Grandfather’s Dragons Tale | Yolen |
| Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle | Dunning |
| The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Zindel |
| Through My Eyes | Bridges |
| Pride & Prejudice | Austen |
| Light on the Snow | Shreive |
| Jane Eyre | Bronte |
| The Second Summer of the Sisterhood | Brashares |
| The Face on the Milk | Cooney |
****You will have an essay test and a book project the second week of school on your summer reading. To be adequately prepared you must have read at least 5 books from this list! ***