Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading Program

Dear Parents and Students:

Research tells us that when students don’t read for two months their skills regress. Reading is a skill, which requires practice, just like sports or math facts. Summer reading helps students of all ages keep their skills sharp so they are ready when school begins again in the fall. Reading throughout the summer not only enhances basic reading skills of young students, it creates unique opportunities for learning, exploring, and growing. The Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading Program is designed to promote reading and learning as enjoyable activities. The following is a suggested guide to authors, resources and activities for children to share their reading experiences. Please choose any title that may interest you from any other sources. Magazines, graphic novels, audio books and eBooks also provide valuable educational experiences.

We strongly encourage parents to read aloud, including to those children who are already independent readers. In addition to being a wonderful family activity, children increase their listening vocabulary, which improves their comprehension. It also allows them to develop interests beyond their reading levels.

This summer there is one requirement: Students entering grades 1-5 are required to complete one sharing activity, which will contribute to the first term grade in literacy. The directions and pages for this activity are attached along with a summary and an example of the product.

During the first two weeks of school in September, the children should return the assignment to their new teacher (by September 11); their projects will be displayed in their classrooms. A special school recognition will be awarded to any student who participates in this program.

The Walpole Public Library offers a summer reading program and events to celebrate reading. Check out the schedule at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/children.asp

The Showcase Cinemas at Patriot Place offer free story times every week during the summer. The schedule is at http://www.patriot-place.com/cinemadelux

Barnes and Noble book store at the Walpole Mall offers weekly story events as well: https://www.thebalance.com/barnes-and-noble-summer-reading-program-for-kids-1356824 Join the Summer Reading Program and win a free book!

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Happy Reading!

Resources for Summer Reading

Walpole Public Schools District Home Page (http://www.walpole.k12.ma.us). Contains online copies of the author list, activity sheets and reading log. Links to all are provided on the district home page.

Walpole Public Library: Search for books, access programming information, and learn about their summer reading program at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/ .

If readers are participating in the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading, or the Texas Roadhouse programs, those books count towards our program, too! Feel free to “double dip”. Park Street Books on Main Street in Medfield also has the Walpole Public Schools summer reading lists.

Websites to explore: http://www.ala.org American Library Association: Includes Newbery and Caldecott award winner lists. http://www.battleofthebooks.org/book-list/ America’s Battle of the Books. This site provides lists of books for students in grades 3-5 that are used for Battle of the Books competitions within the schools. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/children_booklists.html Monroe County Public Library Booklists of Children’s Literature: This Indiana Public Library has a well organized list of titles suited for many age levels. http://nancykeane.com/ Nancy Keane’s Children’s Literature Webpage: This website contains booklists and book reviews written by children. http://www.guysread.com/ Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read website: The popular author of The Time Warp Trio series and Stinky Cheese Man created this website especially for boys who are reluctant readers. http://www.kidsreads.com/ KidsReads: Kid-friendly site with book reviews, books made into movies, and upcoming titles to be published. http://pbskids.org/lions This is the website for the show Between the Lions. It has easy to read stories you can read on line (or printable), and games that go with each story plus more suggestions for stories to check out at the library. Also Word Games to play on-line, or to print out and play, and songs and video clips from the show. http://pbskids.org/zoom/ Based on the TV show Zoom, this website has directions for activities you can do at home that were featured on the show. Science, “magic” phenomena, arts and crafts, songs, puppet plays, recipes and games are explained with easy to follow directions to try at home. http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html Mad-Libs to fill in, and web-books and comic books to read on-line http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/ Reading Is Fundamental is a website where you can write stories with other kids around the country, listen to

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 and read along with stories and songs, draw like your favorite illustrator, and browse book lists to find a good book. http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp Tumblebooks are animated storybooks for younger readers. This website also has audio books, puzzles, and games for children to play as well.

Other great websites for children: www.scholastic.com www.eduplace.com www.discoverykids.com www.janbrett.com www.randomhouse.com www.starfall.com

Websites for Parents: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/mobile-app-lists/best-book-apps-kids Common Sense Media is a trusted source for media recommendations for kids. This link will take you to their “Best Book Apps for Kids” recommendations. The apps are rated for learning and organized by age group. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/15218/ This link will take you to a great article entitled, “Summer Reading Loss”, written by Maryann Mraz and Timothy Rasinski which discusses the affects of summer loss on student achievement and what can be done to help curb summer reading loss. http://www.readingrockets.org Reading Rockets: Tips for parents of kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, and third graders (written in English and in ten other languages.) Help your child learn to read and read to learn. http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/ Home page for Jim Trelease, author of the best-selling Read Aloud Handbook, is a great resource for information on reading.

Look for these books: They provide excellent ideas for children’s books.

Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Books to Inspire Girls and tomorrow’s Women by Kathleen Odean

Great Books for Boys: More Than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14 by Kathleen Odean

Suggested Authors (and major themes) for Summer Reading Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Elementary K-3 New and Notable Books

Title Author Library Mouse series Daniel Kirk Marty McGuire Kate Messner Lunch Lady Jarrett Krosczka Star of the Week Caroline Adderson Gooney Bird Lois Lowry The Buddy Files Dori Hillestad Butler The Ladybug Girl David Soman Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth Jane O’Connor Frog and Friends Eve Bunting Sticky Burr John Lechner The Flying Beaver Brothers Maxwell Eaton Bad Kitty series Nick Bruel. Squish Jennifer L. Holm Benny and Penny Geoffrey Hayes Dragon Breath Ursula Vernon

Outstanding Picture Book Authors Jan Brett Eric Kimmel (folktales) Marc Brown Leo Lionni Eve Bunting Robert Munsch Eric Carle Patricia Polacco Lauren Child Peggy Rathmann Amy Krouse Rosenthal Peter Reynolds Peter Brown Melanie Watt Tomie DePaola H.A. Rey Lois Ehlert Rosemary Wells Ian Falconer Dr. Seuss Denise Fleming David Shannon Bob Graham William Steig Kevin Henkes Jan Thomas Pat Hutchins Mo Willems Ezra Jack Keats

Beginning Readers David Adler Young Cam Jansen (mystery) Tedd Arnold Fly Guy Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Alyssa Capucilli Biscuit (series) Denys Cazet Minnie and Moo Doug Cushman Inspector Hopper Paula Danziger A is for Amber (series) Elissa Haden Guest Iris and Walter James Howe Houndsley and Catina Mary Labatt Sam (series) Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia (series) Cynthia Rylant Henry and Mudge (series) Cynthia Rylant Poppleton (series) Cynthia Rylant Puppy Mudge (series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Nate the Great (mystery series) Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie

Early Chapter Books and Series Books Tony Abbott The Secrets of Droon (fantasy series) David Adler Cam Jansen and Bones (mystery series) Annie Barrows Ivy + Bean Marion Dane Bauer The Blue Ghost Beverly Cleary Mouse and the Motorcycle Kate DiCamillo Mercy Watson James Howe Pinky and Rex (series) Mary Pope Osborne Magic Tree House (series) Barbara Park Junie B. Jones (series) J. Prellar Jigsaw Jones (mystery series) Ron Roy A to Z Mysteries (series) Jon Scieszka Time Warp Trio (series) Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton (series) Various Authors Star Wars Charise Mericle Harper Just Grace Betty G. Birney The World According to Humphrey Alexander McCall Smith Harriet Bean Kimberly Willis Holt and Christine Piper Reed Davenier Ellen Miles The Puppy Place Hadley Higginson and Lisa Perrett Keeker

Nonfiction Books & Series Jim Arnosky Any title Selby B. Beeler Throw Your Tooth on the Roof Joanna Cole Magic School Bus (series)

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Douglas Florian Poetry Gail Gibbons Any title Steve Jenkins Any title Jack Prelutsky Poetry Shel Silverstein Poetry Seymour Simon Any title

Additional Non-fiction Titles K-3 Prosek Bird, Butterfly, Eel Baines A Den is a Bed for a Bear Pinnington Discover More: Animal Babies; Discover More: My Body Arlon Discover More: See Me Grow; Discover More: Penguins; Discover More: Planets Hickman It’s Moving Day Hoberman All Kinds of Families! Lomas Garza Family Pictures Skutch Who’s In a Family? Sweeney Me and My Amazing Body Davies Dolphin Baby Guiberson Into the Sea Halfman Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish Slade The House That George Built Maestro The Story of the Statue of Liberty Levine Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad Rappaport Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. McConnell Me…Jane Jenkins Looking Down Gibbons The Moon Book; It’s Snowing! Bauer Clouds Lawrence What is Weather? Davies Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth Voake Insect Detective Nic Bishop Nic Bishop: Spiders Curlee Brooklyn Bridge Pinkney Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down Nivola My Father’s Village Nhuong Water Buffalo Days Kamkwamba and Mealer The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Bang and Chisholm Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring Light Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 to Earth Kerley Those Rebels: John and Tom McNulty If You Decide to Go to the Moon Kelsey You are Stardust Buller Smart About the Presidents Jules Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation

Elementary Grades 4 & 5

Note: Titles marked with an asterisk * are the first in a series. Authors marked with an asterisk * are generally children’s favorites. Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees Author Title Auxier Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes Beha Tango, the Tale of an Island Dog Beil The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin Bowen The Perfect Game Christopher World Cup Clements We The Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School) Cohagan The Lost Children Cronin The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J.Tully Mystery Curtis The Mighty Miss Malone Dionne The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet Draper Out of my Mind Flores-Galbis 90 Miles to Havana Frazier The Other Half of my Heart Hiassen Chomp Jacobson Small as an Elephant Lai Inside Out and Back Again Lupica Hero McMann The Unwanteds Pennypacker Summer of the Gypsy Moths Pinkwater The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to all the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There Riordan The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) Simon Emma on Thin Icing Spinelli Jake And Lily Tarshis I Survived: Hurricane Katrina 2005 Vernon Dragon Breath #1 New And Noteworthy Levine Lions of Little Rock Scattergood Glory B Potter Wonder Bell Kepler's Dream Davies The Bell Bandit Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Potter The Humming Room Leeds The Unfortunate Son Blackwood Jinx Palacio Navigating Early Fitzmaurice A Diamond in the Desert

Selected Newbery Award titles Applegate The One and Only Ivan Appelt The Underneath Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead Choldenko Al Capone Does my Shirts Creech The Wanderer Curtis Bud, Not Buddy DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie Giff The Pictures of Hollis Woods Hale Princess Academy Henkes Olive's Ocean Hiaasen Hoot Holm Turtle in Paradise Kelly The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Law Savvy Levine Ella Enchanted Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Lisle Afternoon of the Elves McKissack The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Naylor Shiloh Park A Single Shard Philbrick The Mostly True Adventure of Homer Figg Preus Heart of a Samurai Sachar Holes Schmidt Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Spinelli Maniac Magee Staples Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind Stead When You Reach Me Tolan Surviving the Applewhites Vanderpool Moon Over Manifes William-Garcia One Crazy Summer Woodson Show Way Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Mystery Alvarez, Julia How Tia Lola Came to Stay Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts Balliett, Blue Chasing Vermeer; The Wright Three; The Calder Effect Birdsell, Jeanne The Penderwicks* Bryant, Annie Beacon Street Girls * Clements, Andrew* A Week in the Woods; No Talking Corbett, S. Free Baseball Creech, Sharon* Heartbeat; Hate That Cat

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Davies, J The Lemonade War; The Lemonade Crime DiCamillo The Magician's Elephant Dowd, S The London Eye Mystery Feldman The Gollywhopper Games Feinstein, John Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery* Fitzmaurice The Year the Swallows Came Early French Operation Redwood Gidwditz A Tale Dark and Grimm Haddix Found (The Missing, Book 1) Haddix Double Identity Henkes, Kevin Olive's Ocean Hiaasen, Carl Hoot; Flush; Scat; Chomp Hobbs, Will * Jason's Gold Kadohata Weedflower Klages The Green Glass Sea Konigsburg, E. L.* The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Korman, G Swindle Lupica The Big Field Naylor Emily's Fortune O'Connor How To Steal a Dog Oppel, Kenneth Starclimber (Part of a series) Paterson Bread and Roses Too Paulsen, Gary* Voyage of the Frog Philbrick, W. The Young Man and the Sea Riordan The Red Pyramid*; The Throne of Fire; The Lost Hero Ritter, Jon The Boy Who Saved Baseball Ryan Paint the Wind Schmidt Okay for Now Slote, Alfred The Trading Game Smith, Roland iQ: Independence Hall (Book #1) Smith, Roland Thunder Cave Spinelli, Jerry* Stargirl Stein Racing in the Rain: My life as a dog Tolan Listen! Van Draanen, W. Shredderman: Secret Identity Weston Zorgamazoo Birdsell Penderwicks at Pointe Mouette Clements, Andrew Troublemaker Davies, Jacqueline The Lemonade Crime Hannigan, Katherine True (Sort of…) Hiaasen, Carl Chomp Lai Inside out and Back Again (Newbery Honor) Pennypacker Clementine and the Family Meeting Selznick, Brian Wonderstruck Smith Aliens on Vacation Stein, Garth Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog- student version Stevens, John The Emerald Atlas

Animal Stories

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Birney, Betty The World According to Humphrey * Burnford, Shelia Incredible Journey Fan, Amy Swordbird George, Jean Craighead* There's an Owl in the Shower Ghent, N No Small Thing Harlow, Jean Thunder From the Sea Henry, Marguerite Misty Martin, Ann A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray O'Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka * Oppel, Ken Silverwing* Ryan, Pam Paint the Wind Sewell, Anna Black Beauty

Historical Fiction Avi Iron Thunder: The Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn Curtis, Paul The Watsons Go to Birmingham Duble, K. B. The Sacrifice Hesse, Karen* Stowaway Holm, Jennifer Boston Jane Kadohata Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam Karowski Quake: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Gift from the Sea Krensky, Stephen The Printer's Apprentice Osborne, Mary Pope Adeline Falling Star Rinaldi, Ann * The Fifth of March Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising Whelan, Gloria* Angel on the Square

Just for Fun- Humor Anholt, Laurence Shampoozel: Seriously Funny Stories Babbit, Natalie Jack Plank Tells Tales Bauer, Joan Squashed Colfer, Eoin The Legend of Spud Murphy Fitzgerald, John The Great Brain Gutman, Dan * Mrs. Roopy is Loopy; The Homework Machine Lowry, Lois* Gooney Bird Greene Lubar, David Punished! Maguire, Leaping Beauty, and other Animal Fairy Tales Naylor, Phyllis* The Grand Escape* Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever Sachar, Louis* Sideways Stories from Wayside School Popular Non-fiction Titles Markie, Sandra The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop: Marsupials Murphy, Jim The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution; The Giant and How He Humbugged America; Blizzard!

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Brindell Fraden, Dennis The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge Bang and Chisholm Ocean Sunlight Singer, Marilyn A Strange Place to Call Home Arnold A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife Sy Montgomery and Temple Grandin Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World Freedman The Voice That Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Winter You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax? Chin Coral Reefs Yeserski Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story Rumford Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Kerley What to Do About Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! Aguilar 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System Sly Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet Goldsmith Earth: The Life of Our Planet Carson Inside Tornadoes Libbrecht The Secret Life of a Snowflake

Summer Reading Log

Title of Book Author Category (Fiction, nonfiction, Science fiction, Biography, etc.)

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Share a Book!

You will need: A folder, the attached worksheets, pencil, crayons or colored pencils, glue

1. Please decorate the front of the folder including the title, author, your name and a colorful picture that goes with the book. You may print a picture of the book cover and glue that on if you wish. If you are using a colored folder, please glue a blank white page to the front of the folder and decorate the blank page. Do not color right on the folder as it will be hard for people to read.

Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 2. On the inside of the folder, glue the completed “Summary” worksheet or “Picture of Your Favorite Part” worksheet. *Students entering grade 1 may do the picture sheet. All other students entering grades 2-5 should complete the summary sheet.

4. On the right hand side, glue the completed question sheet. A. What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book? B. Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why? * Remember, if you liked the book, make your review interesting so that a classmate would be convinced to read it!

Refer to the sample on the next page.

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Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 (Students entering grades 2-5 must complete this page) ______Name My Summary: ______

(Students entering grade 1 may dictate the answers for their parents to write) ______Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Name______What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book?

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Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why? Why not?

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