Gravely Elementary School - Summer Reading Lists

2009 Summer Reading Lists

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Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade
3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade

Kindergarten

Alphabet Time Four by Ruth Brown
An Island Alphabet by Erica Rutherford
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Curious George Learns the Alphabet by H.A. Rey
Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr
Clifford's ABC by Norman Bridwell
Miss Spider's ABC by David Kirk

1, 2, 3 by Tana Hoban
Count and See by Tana Hoban
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

Hickory Dickory Dock by Robin Muller
Eency Weency Spider by Joanna Cole
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hall
Mother Goose by Tomie de Paola
One, Two Buckle My Shoe by Maggie Swanson
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
The Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Iza Trapani

Do You Want to be my Friend by Eric Carle
Will I have a Friend? by Mirriam Cohen
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
School Bus by Donald Crews
What Game Shall We Play? by Pat Hutchins
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! by Nancy Carlson
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

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First Grade

Choose at least 5 books to read together. Please have your first grader write the title and illustrate a picture to represent his or her favorite part of 5 of the selected books. In addition, your child may include a list of all the other books that your family read this summer, even those that are not from this list. Please return this assignment during the first week of school. Enjoy the Adventures!

Authors:
              Jan Brett (The Mitten, The Hat, etc.)
              Arnold Lobel (Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, etc.)
              Cynthia Rylant (The Relatives Came, Henry and Mudge series books, etc.)
              Janet Stevens (Tops and Bottoms, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo, etc.)
              Pat Hutchins (The Doorbell Rang, The Wind Blew, etc.)
              Gail Gibbons (The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, Sun Up Sun Down, etc.)
              Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny, Pigeon books, etc.)

Specific Titles:
              One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
              Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
              The Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
              Pigs Will Be Pigs by Amy Axelrod
              Side by Side: Poems to Read Together compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins
              This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch by Edith Baer
              The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Series:
              "Biscuit (I Can Read)" series by Alyssa Satin Capuucilli
              "Hello Reader" series Step 1 or 2
              "D.W." or "Arthur" series by Marc Brown
              "George and Martha" series by James Marshall
              "A Picture Book of..." biography series by David Adler
              "Step Into Reading" series Step 1 or 2

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Second Grade

Adler, David                              Young Cam Jansen series
Brett, Jan
Brown, Marc                                                Arthur series
Cole, Joanna                               Magic School Bus series
DiCamillo, Kate                                Mercy Watson series
Gannett, Ruth Stiles                           My Father's Dragon
Kline, Suzy                                       Horrible Harry series
Klein, Abby                                       Ready Freddy series
Meadows, Daisy                              Rainbow Fairy series
Miles, Ellen                                   The Puppy Place series
Osborne, Mary Pope                  Magic Tree House series
Rylant, Cynthia
Sharmat, Margorie                         Nate the Great books
Stevens, Janet
Warner, Gertrude Chandler      The Boxcar Children series

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Third Grade

Choose a minimum of 5 books to read with your child. Please have your third grader write the title and illustrate a picture to represent his or her favorite part of 5 of the selected books. In addition, your child may include a list of all the other books that your family read this summer, even those not from this compilation. Return the stapled reading journal the first week of school. Enjoy the adventure that awaits you!

Authors:
              Arnold Lobel ("Frog and Toad" series, Uncle Elephant, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, etc)
              Patricia Polacco (My Old Man, Mrs. Katz and Tush, Chicken Sunday, Thunder Cake, etc.)
              Marc Brown ("Arthur" chapter books: Arthur Makes the Team, Arthur and the Perfect Brother, etc.)
              Beverly Cleary (Ramona, Henry, and Ralph S. Mouse series)
              Judy Blume (Freckle Juice or The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo)
              Geronimo Stilton (Field Trip to Niagara Falls, Valley of the Giant Skeletons)
              Roald Dahl (The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach)

Series:
              "Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne (Night of the Ninja, etc)
              "Nate the Great" by Sharmat (Easy-to-Read mysteries)
              "Cam Jansen" Mysteries by David Adler
              "Magic School Bus" Science Books by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan
              "Time Warp Trio" by Jon Scieszka (humorous fantasy stories)
              "Horrible Harry" by Susan Klein
              "Bailey School Kids" by Debbie Dadley
              "A to Z Mysteries" by Ron Roy
              "Chronicles of Spiderwick" by Tony DiTerlizzi
              "Boxcar" books by Gertrude Warner

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Fourth Grade

"The more your read the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you'll go." ~Dr. Seuss

Suggested Authors/Book Collections:

FICTION:

Roald Dahl -- Madeline L'Engle -- Louis Sachar -- Gordon Korman -- Jerry Spinelli --
Louis Lowry --Judy Blume -- Andrew Clements -- Elizabeth George Speare

POETRY:

Jack Prelutsky -- Shel Silverstein

HISTORICAL FICTION:

Dear America (Series) -- The American Girl Collection

NON FICTION TOPICS:

Plants -- Electricity -- solar System -- Weather -- Simple and Complex Machines
Early Colonization -- American Revolution -- Civil War

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
~Frederick Douglas

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Fifth Grade

Choose 3 books from the following list and complete the reading log.

Reading Log

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt – 770L
Artemis Fowl by Erin Colfer – 600L
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis – 950L
Stone Fox by John Gardiner – 550L
Ida B. by Katherine Hanningan – 970L
Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe – 700L
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg – 700L
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle – 740L
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine – 670L
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis – 940L
Holes by Louis Sachar – 660L
Cricket in Times Square by George Selden – 780L

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