2021- 2022 Summer Reading List Elementary Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr *Choose two The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Jesse Bear, What will you wear by Nancy White My Five Senses by Aliki Carlstrom I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carson The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Gladone A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchings Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Louis Ehlert Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate 1st Grade 2nd Grade * Choose 3 * Choose 2 - Independent Books Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See? By The Listening Walk by Paul Showers Eric Carle A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Llama Llama picture book series by Anna Numeroff Dewdney Pete the Cat picture book series by Eric Litwin The Case of the Cat’s Meow by Crosby Bonsall The Book with no Pictures by B.J. Novak Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan Ninja Bunny by Jennifer Gray Olson McDonald Junie B Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park (chapter book) * Choose 1- Chapter Books Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 1: Amelia Means Business by Herman Parish The Best Seat in Second Grade by Katharine Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant (chapter book) Kenah Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (chapter book) Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows (chapter book) The Case of the Food Fight by James Preller The Story of Ferdinand by Robert Lawson, Munro Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzie Kline Leaf The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 3rd Grade 4th Grade *Choose 3 books *Choose 2 books Freckle Juice by Judy Blume The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Matilda by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Pigsty by Mark Teague Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep Ramona series by Beverly Cleary Fourth Grade Raps by Jerry Spinelli My Weird School series by Dan Gutman Skinnybones by Barbara Park Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler School Story by Andrew Clements Jigsaw Jones Mystery series by James Preller Little House series by Laura Ingles Wilder A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy Magic Tree House series by Mary Pople Osborne Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis Magic Tree House series by Mary Pople Osborne Matt Christopher sport series by Matt Christopher I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis Matt Christopher sport series by Matt Christopher 5th Grade *Choose 2 books The Moon by Seymour Simon The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy Maestro The One and Only by Katherine Applegate Loser by Jerry Spinelli A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Wonder by RJ Placio Middle School 6th Grade 7th Grade *Choose two *Choose two Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Giver by Lois Lowery Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Role of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Williams-Garcia Taylor Dough Boys by Paua Chase Ghost by Jason Reynolds So Done by Paula Chase 8th Grade *Choose two Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Romitte and Julio by Sharon Draper Slam! by Walter Dean Myers High School 9th Grade 10th Grade Mandatory Mandatory The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Choose one of the following Choose one of the following Night by Elie Wiesel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper L Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 11th Grade 12th Grade Mandatory Mandatory Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Choose one of the following Choose one of the following A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison The Awakening by Kate Chopin That was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 9th and 10th Grade Book Assignments Complete for one novel -Complete a dialectical journal for the book you read. Collect 15-20 quotes and in your own words explain how those quotes helped you understand the PLOT, SETTING, CHARACTER, CONFLICT, or THEME. The quotes should come from various portions and characters in the novel to show true understanding of the novel. This should be done in a composition notebook or small tablet. This can absolutely not be typed and must be written in blue or black ink in the below format: Quote# with actual quote written out in quotation marks (Page # in Novel)-Character who stated the quote. Quote Breakdown- Explain the quote in your own words. Explanation- (the explanation should explain how the quote helped you understand the plot, setting, character, conflict, or theme.) 2) Be prepared for a test and/or discussion on the novel. 11th and 12th Grade Book Assignments High school students should keep a reader response journal of the mandatory reading text for their grade level. You are to find significant quotes throughout the book -- 15 total -- that cover the scope of the book. In other words, spread them out through the beginning, middle and end of the book. Include only one entry per page. The cover or beginning section of the book should include the title, author and an illustration. Your reader response journal should include: → 5 quotes from the beginning of the book → 5 quotes from the middle of the book → 5 quotes from the end of the book a. Each quote should contain the page number and paragraph number b. Identify who said the quote c. Explain what it reveals about the character or the situation (1 paragraph long, 5-7 sentences) d. Identify any literary devices (imagery, symbolism, figurative language, etc.) present that make the quote stand out and its effect on the quote (1 paragraph long, 5-7 sentences). e. Make a personal connection. (1 paragraph long, 5-7 sentences) Be prepared to complete a project and take a written test about the books once school begins..