SUMMER READING 2009

Students Entering Kindergarten

Students must read Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate with their parents.  Each student then must draw a picture of what he/she would like to learn about in kindergarten or what he/she believes will be the best part of kindergarten.

Students Entering First Grade

Students must read:

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber

A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

Each student should then choose one of the books and draw a picture depicting his/her favorite part of that book.  Students should read as much as possible during the summer, keeping personal logs of all of the books they read.  In September, each student should return to school with a list of books read during summer vacation.

Students Entering Second Grade

Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David Adler

Magic Tree House #8, Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne

Students Entering Third Grade

The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

Flat Stanley Worldwide Adventures #1, The Mount Rushmore Calamity by Jeff Brown

Students Entering Fourth Grade

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Poppy by Avi

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Students Entering Fifth Grade

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdich

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

Students Entering Sixth Grade

Each student must choose two of the following books:

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Students Entering Seventh Grade

All students must read:

            A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

In addition, each student must select one of the following:

            Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

            Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Students are required to keep handwritten notes; typed notes are not accepted.  Notes will be graded.  Students also be prepared for in-class reports in September. 

Students Entering Eighth Grade

All students must read:

            The Witch of Blackbird Pond  by Elizabeth George Speare

In addition, each student must select one of the following:

            Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac (This book will also be used for history class.)

            Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark

Students are required to keep handwritten notes; typed notes are not accepted.  Notes will be graded.  Students also be prepared for in-class reports in September.