Kindergarten Charles County Public Schools Elementary Reading Information for Families

By the end of kindergarten, students are typically able to do the following:

 Use the meaning of the text, picture clues, and beginning letters to read a new word.  Monitor his or her reading for understanding.  Make self-corrections when something does not make sense.  Read and write about 30 words.  Hear and write the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words (like bug, dog, sit).  Point to words when reading and follow two lines of print.

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities:

Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books that have a repetitive (Books that can be read (Books for advanced readers.) pattern and should be read to independently by most the student. Encourage your kindergarten students.) student to read with you and find sight words.)  Brown Bear, Brown  Cat The Cat, Who is  Pete the Kitty and the Bear, What Do You That? by Mo Willems Case of the Hiccups by See? by Bill Martin, Jr.  Go, Otto, Go By David James Dean  The Napping House by Milgrim  All By Myself by Mercer Audrey Wood  Goodnight, Gorilla by Meyer  Zebras by Catherine Peggy Rathmann  Fiesta! By Ginger Ipcizade  In the Woods by Akimi Foglesong Guy  Chicka Chicka Boom Gibson  Clifford’s Bedtime by Boom by Bill Martin and  Little Critter: Numbers by Norman Bridwell John Archambault Mercer Mayer  Go, Dog, Go! P.D.  Jabari Jumps by Gaia  School Fun by Stella Eastman Cornwall Baker  Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems

You can find similarly leveled books to support your student’s needs by visiting the Lexile Framework for Reading at https://lexile.com. (Open in Chrome). Use the Search by Grade option, then select difficulty preference.

1st Grade Charles County Public Schools Elementary Reading Information for Families

By the end of 1st grade, students are typically able to do the following:

 Maintain meaning while quickly problem-solving new words.  Use a variety of word solving strategies.  Use known vowel patterns during reading and writing with support.  Respond to questions with interpretation and deeper thinking.  Orally retell a story, recalling events in order.  Describe characters and how they change.

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities:

Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books for reluctant readers.) (Books that can be read (Books for advanced readers.) independently by most 1st graders.)  At the Beach by Shira  Blackout by John Rocco  Pete the Cat series by Eric Evans  The Good Egg by Jory Litwin  Brown Bear, Brown Bear John  Niño Wrestles the World What Do You See by Bill  Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive by Yuyi Morales Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle the Bus! by Mo Williams  This is Not My Hat by Jon  A Color of his Own by Leo  Goodnight Moon by Klassen Lionni Margaret Wise Brown  Pinkalicious: Soccer Star  Good Boy Fergus! by  Fly Guy: Super Fly Guy by by Victoria Kann David Shannon Ted Arnold  Marta! Big and Small by  Please, Mr. Panda by  Can I Play Too? by Mo Jen Arena Steve Antony Williams  Junie B. Jones: First  Feathers for Lunch by  The Kissing Hand by Grader (at Last!) by Barbara Lois Ehlert Audrey Penn Park  Bears on Wheels by Jan  I Just Want to Say  I Like Myself by Karen and Stan Berenstain Goodnight by Rachel Isadora Beaumont  No David! By David  Max and Zoe series by  If You Plant a Seed by Shannon Shelly Swanson Sateren Kadir Nelson

2nd Grade Charles County Public Schools Elementary Reading Information for Families

By the end of 2nd grade, students are typically able to do the following:

 Write about a story with little support.  Use vocabulary strategies to figure out the meaning of new words.  Think about what they know about a character based on what they say and do.  Understand figurative language. Ex: You can’t judge a book by its cover.  Form opinions or make judgements about a text and explain why.

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities:

Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books for reluctant readers.) (Books that can be read (Books for advanced independently by most 2nd readers.) graders.)  How Do Dinosaurs..  I am Enough by Grace  The Invisible Boy by series by Mark Teague Byers Trudy Ludwig  The Bad Seed by Jory  The Dot by Peter Reynolds  A Bad Case of Stripes John  Thank You, Omu by Oge by David Shannon  Duck on a Bike by David Mora  Pinkalicious series by Shannon  If You Take a Mouse to Victoria Kann  Surf’s Up by Kwame School by Laura Numeroff  A Beach Tail by Karen Alexander  Knuffle Bunny: A Lynn Williams Cautionary Tale by Mo  If you Give a Dog a Williams  Alfie: The Turtle that Donut by Laura Numeroff  Pumpkin Soup by Helen Disappeared by Thyra  Only One You by Linda Cooper Heder Kranz  The Word Collector by  Stellaluna by Janell  Hair Love by Matthew A. Peter Reynolds Cannon Cherry  What Do You Do With a  Each Kindness by Tail Like This? by Steven  Max and Zoe series by Jacqueline Woodson Jenkins Shelly Swanson Sateren  Yasmin series by  Jabari Jumps by Gaia Saadia Faruqi Cornwall

By the end of 3rd grade, students are typically able to do the following:

 Use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of new vocabulary words.  Use higher-level comprehension strategies, which include identifying main ideas and important details, making inferences, summarizing, drawing conclusions, analyzing relationships between characters and ideas, and evaluating the author’s purpose.  Read silently and monitor his/her understanding of a text.  Write short responses to the text.  Explore Greek/Latin roots and make spelling/meaning connections.

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities: Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books for reluctant readers) (Books that can be read (Books for advanced readers) independently by most 3rd graders)  The Hello, Goodbye  The Chicken Squad by  Tar Beach by Faith Window by Norton Juster Doreen Cronin Ringgold  Pirates Don’t Change  Never Finished, Never  Gooseberry Park by Diapers by Melinda Long Done by Regina Brooks Cynthia Rylant  Tiger in My Soup by  Stellaluna by Janell  Time Warp Trio series Kashmira Sheth Cannon by Jon Scieszka  Amelia Bedelia series by  Fluffy and Bacon by  EllRay Jakes Stands Herman Parish Laura Rankin Tall! by Sally Warner  Horrible Harry series by  Falling for Rapunzel by  Magic School Bus series Suzy Kline Leah Wilcox by various authors  Officer Buckle and  Capital Mysteries series  Toys Go Out by Emily Gloria by Peggy Rathmann by Ron Roy Jenkins  Magic Tree House  Verdi by Janell Cannon  Dear Mr. Henshaw by series by Mary Pope  Never Girls: In a Blink by Beverly Cleary Osborne Kiki Thorpe  Spy X series by Peter  Ivy + Bean series by  The Mouse and the Lerangis Annie Barrows Motocycle by Beverly Cleary  Adelita by Tomie  If I Were a Lion by Sarah  Geronimo Stilton series DePaola Weeks by Geronimo Stilton  Hank Zipzer series by Lin Oliver and Henry Winkler

By the end of 4th grade, students are typically able to do the following:

 Use a variety of word solving strategies to read new and more complex words.  Use strategies to monitor understanding as they read.  Explore deeper levels of comprehension as texts become longer and more complex.  Use higher-level comprehension strategies, which include identifying main ideas and important details, making inferences, summarizing, drawing conclusions, analyzing relationships between characters and ideas, and evaluating the author’s purpose.

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities:

Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books for reluctant readers) (Books that can be read (Books for advanced readers) independently by most 4th graders)  Last Stop on Market  James and the Giant  The Secret of Platform Street by Matt De La Pena Peach, and The Witches, by 13 by Eva Ibbotson  Fly Guy series by Todd Roald Dahl  The Real McCoys by Arnold  Crenshaw by Katherine Matthew Swanson  Black Lagoon series by Applegate  From the Mixed-Up Files Mike Thaler  Isaiah Dunn is My Hero of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler  The Puppy Place series by Kelly Baptist by E. L. Konigsburg by Ellen Miles  The Serpent’s Secret by  American as Paneer Pie  A to Z Mysteries series Sayantani DasGupta by Supriya Kelkar and Capital Mysteries series  Magic Misfits by Neil  The Tales of Dimwood by Ron Roy Patrick Harris Forest series by AVI  The Dragon Slayer:  Double Fudge by Judy  The Penderwicks series Folktales From Latin Blume by Jeanne Birdsall America by Jaime  The 39 Clues series by  Where the Mountain Hernandez various authors Meets the Moon by Grace  My Weird School series  Through My Eyes by Lin by Dan Gutman Ruby Bridges  One Crazy Summer by  Sci-Fu by Yehudi Rita Williams-Garcia Mercado

By the end of 5th grade, students are typically able to do the following:

The following are books that can support your child’s reading abilities: Extra Support Just Right Higher Level (Books for reluctant readers) (Books that can be read (Books for advanced readers) independently by most 5th graders)  The Best School Year  Brave Irene by William  Bud Not Buddy and The Ever by Barbara Robinson Steig Watson’s Go to Birmingham  Time Warp Trio series  A Dog’s Life by Ann M. by Christopher Paul Curtis by Jon Scieszka Martin  Wringer and Loser by  Hank the Cowdog series  The Young Man and the Jerry Spinelli by John R. Erickson Sea by Rodman Philbrick  The Tale of Despereaux  Between the Lines by  Lily’s Crossing by by Kate DiCamillo Sandra Neil Wallace Patricia Reilly Giff  A Single Shard by Linda  Henry’s Freedom Box by  Penny from Heaven by Sue Park Ellen Levine & Kadir Nelson Jennifer L. Holm  Under the Mesquite by  SPY X series by Peter  The Secret School by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Lerangis AVI  Julie of the Wolves  Spiderwick Chronicles  Listen Slowly by series by Jean Craighead series by Holly Black and Thanhha Lai George Tony DiTerlizzi  Sammy Keyes series by  Holes by Louis Sachar  Because of Winn Dixie Wendelin Van Draanen  Everything on a Waffle by Kate DiCamillo  Whittington by Alan by Polly Horvath  My Weird School series Armstrong  The Day You Begin & by Dan Gutman  Pax by Sara Brown Girl Dreaming by  The 39 Clues series by Pennypacker Jacqueline Woodson various authors  Not if I can Help It by  Ruby Holler by Sharon  Walk Two Moons by Carolyn Mackler Creech Sharon Creech  The Crossover by  Harry Potter series by Kwame Alexander J.K. Rowling