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Rising 4th Grade Summer Reading Assignment

I encourage all of you to read, read, read this summer! For school, you are required to choose at least TWO (2) books to read. You MUST read one Newbery Award winner (listed below) and another book of your choice, on your reading level, at least 80 pages without pictures. Please keep a list (titles and authors) of any other books you read this summer that you enjoyed. Happy reading!! Newbery Award Winner Books (1922 – Present) 2014: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo 2013: The One and Only by Katherine Applegate 2012: by Jack Gantos 2011: by Clare Vanderpool 2010: by ) 2009: by Neil Gaiman 2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan 2006: by Lynne Rae Perkins 2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 2004: : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi 2002: by Linda Sue Park 2001: by 2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999: by Louis Sachar 1998: by Karen Hesse 1997: by E.L. Konigsburg 1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 1995: by 1994: by 1993: by Cynthia Rylant 1992: by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991: by Jerry Spinelli 1990: by Lois Lowry 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 1987: by Sid Fleischman 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 1985: by Robin McKinley 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard 1981: by 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos 1979: by Ellen Raskin 1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 1976: by 1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton 1974: by 1973: by 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 1971: by Betsy Byars 1970: by William H. Armstrong 1969: by 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 1967: by Irene Hunt 1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska 1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville 1963: by Madeleine L'Engle 1962: by Elizabeth George Speare 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 1960: by Joseph Krumgold 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 1958: by Harold Keith 1957: by Virginia Sorensen 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 1955: by Meindert DeJong 1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold 1953: by Ann Nolan Clark 1952: by Eleanor Estes 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli 1949: by Marguerite Henry 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois 1947: by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1946: by 1945: by Robert Lawson 1944: by Esther Forbes 1943: by Elizabeth Janet Gray 1942: by Walter Edmonds 1941: by Armstrong Sperry 1940: by James Daugherty 1939: by Elizabeth Enright 1938: by Kate Seredy 1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer 1936: by Carol Ryrie Brink 1935: by Monica Shannon 1934: : The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis 1932: by Laura Adams Armer 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field 1929: by Eric P. Kelly 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James 1926: by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger 1924: by Charles Hawes

1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting 1922: by Hendrik Willem van Loon Project Requirements: For your Newbery Award winner book, you will do an accompanying project. You are free to choose which activity you would like to use to report about your book. Bring the summer reading project with you to Registration or on the first day of school. Have fun and be creative!!

Activity #1: BOOK JACKET 1. Get a 12' X 18" piece of construction paper. You can trim off 2-3" from the long side so it's 10" X 18", if you wish. 2. Fold the paper in half. Then fold each end of the paper into 3 1/2 inches. 3. On the cover, write the title and the author of the book. Draw and color a picture or a design that is appropriate for the book you read. 4. On the front inside flap, write a summary of the story in your own words. Include what kind of book this is, who the main characters are, the setting, and the main events of the story. 5. On the back inside flap, write a short paragraph about the author. Some information you might include is where the author lives, the author's interests, and other good books written by this author. 6. Write your name on the bottom of the back flap.

Activity #2: MOBILE 1. After reading your book, list the most important characters in the book, the setting, and any special objects that were part of the story. For instance, in Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing, Peter Hatcher, Fudge, Sheila, and Turtle were important characters. Central Park and the apartment building in New York City were the setting. Objects that were important were Fudge's tooth, a rock, and??? (You think up the rest...) 2. After listing all the possible characters, settings, and objects you can think of, decide which ones best represent this book. Choose 5-7 to illustrate, drawing both the front and back views. Your items should be colored on both sides. 3. Now you have another choice you can make little figures out of paper, material scraps, or clay, or you may draw the figures. If you draw the characters, objects, and/or settings, use cardboard or sturdy paper. Be sure to draw and color the front and back of each figure. 4. Hang the items from a dowel or hanger. 5. Add a card with the book title, author and your name. 6. Once you have tied the pieces to the mobile and have each piece balanced, place a drop of Elmer's glue on the string so that it doesn't slip on the stick. 7. Carry this to school in a trash bag or other large bag. Paper clip the card parts together so they don't tangle. Hang it when you get to the classroom. 8. In your oral presentation, be ready to tell a summary of your book, and tell why the items you chose are important in the story. Your summary also should include the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the book. Activity #3: BOARD GAME 1. Create a board game using the character and the setting from the story you read. 2. Use buttons, bottle caps, or other small pieces for the markers. 3. Use a spinner or dice for the number of spaces the pieces move. 4. Draw the board on heavy paper. Make the pieces move through places or events that were in the story. 5. You may need to make up question and answer cards to go with the game. 6. Include the set of rules, the game board, and the pieces in a baggie. Be sure your name and the name of the game are on the board and on the baggie. 7. Prepare a summary of the book on a 4 X 6 card. It should include the characters, setting, problem, and solution if the book is fiction. If it's non-fiction, the summary will include the main idea, 3-5 facts or events from the book and a closing.