Summer Reading 2013

Touchdown Reading Program

Dear Parents,

Silverstein Hebrew Academy will be participating in the Touchdown Reading Program, a

reading incentive program in conjunction with TD Bank. Your child will have the opportunity to

improve his or her reading skills while earning cash from TD Bank. Each child will be required to

read three books according to his/her level and complete an assignment related to each book

read over the summer. The grades for the summer assignments will be averaged into the 1 5t

grading period. By reading an additional 7 books, your child will earn $10 deposited in a savings

account at your local TD Bank.

The Game Plan When: June 24, 2013 to August 30

What: Touchdown Reading Program will earn your child cash for a TD

savings account, in addition to yardage in our football game for each leveled book read.

How: Your child needs to read 3 or more books on level

Please keep track of the books your child reads using the Reading Log attached to this

sheet. Each child must hand in the completed Reading Log and assignments to his/her teacher

on the first day of school (Sept. 3). Students will enter the Touchdown Reading contest for prizes. Your TD Bank reading log will be returned within the first week of school so that your child can take the log to a local TD Bank for the $10 deposited into his/her very own savings account.

Please note that we will be emailing all parents a complete list of recommended

summer reading list for levels A-Z. Children should read at their level, but are encouraged to

attempt one level above their own. The more they read over the summer, the greater the

likelihood that a student advances in reading fluency and rises in reading levels.

Here's to a summer full of reading!

Shireen Dean-Butman Sarah Kravitsky Head of School Reading Program Coordinator

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Silverstein Hebrew Academy

Summer 2013 reading assignment grades K-2

Choose 3 activities from the list below to do over the summer. This assignment will count as

students' first homework assignment of the school year and is due to the General Studies

teacher on September 3, 2013.

1. Choose a picture or scene from a book you read. Describe what you see in the picture.

2. Draw a picture to describe a book you read from the summer reading list.

3. Draw a new cover or make an advertisement for a book you read.

4. Read a recipe or cooking directions and have an adult help you to cook it. In a few

sentences tell us what you made and how it tasted.

5. Take a trip to the zoo. See how many animals you can name. Read about each animal

and write three interesting facts you learned about each animal.

6. Write a letter and mail it to someone. It can be a grandparent, a friend, or anyone who

would love to hear from you!

Have a wonderful summer!

Summer Book List Levels P-Z

Level P

Summer Reading is Killing Me- Jon Scieszka (F) Stone Fox — John Reynolds Gardiner (F) Fly Away Home- Eve Bunting ( F) Felita- Nicholasa Mohr ( F) Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl ( F) Encyclopedia Brown — Donald Sobol ( F) Dinosaur Bones — Aliki ( NF) Milton Hershey: Chocolate King- Charnan Simon ( NF) Rosa Parks- Eloise Greenfield ( NF) Ice Mummy- Mark Dubowski ( NF)

Level

Aliens Ate My Homework- Bruce Coville (F) Bunnicula:A Rabbit Tale of Mystery- James Howe (F) Dear Mr. Henshaw- Beverly Cleary (F) James and The Giant Peach — Roald Dahl (F) Just Juice- Karen Hesse (F) Superfudge- Judy Blume (F) Finding of the Titanic — Robert Ballard (NF) If you Traveled West in a Covered Wagon- Ellen Levine (NF) If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island — Ellen Levine (NF) A Medieval Feast- Aliki (NF)

Level R

Because of Winn-Dixie- Kate DiCamillo (F) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl (F) The Great Kapok Tree — Lynne Cherry (F) Every Living Thing — Cynthia Rylant (F) Charlotte's Web- E.B. White(F) Frindle- Andrew Clements (F) Amelia Earhart:Young Aviator- Beatrice Gomley (NF) The Great Migration — Jacob Lawrence (NF) The Top Of The World: Climbing Mt. Everest (NF) Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions And Answers About Weather — Melvin Berger (NF)

Level S

The Cricket in Times Square- George Selden (F) From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller- E.L.Konigsburg (F) Letters From Rifka- Karen Hesse (F) The Pinballs- Betsy Byars (F) Poppy- Avi (F) The Sea Monsters — Rick Riordan (F) The Boy Called Slow — Joseph Bruchac (NF) Eleanor- Barbara Cooney ( NF) The Tarantula In My Purse — Jean C. George (NF) Out Of Darkness — Russell Freedman (NF)

Level T

An Angel For Solomon Singer- Cynthia Rylant (F) Bridge To Tarabithia- Katherine Paterson (F) Diary OF A Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney (F) The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe — C.S. Lewis (F) Sounder- William H. Armstrong (F) Love That Dog — Sharon Creech (F) Boy: Tales Of Childhood- Roald Dahl (NF) Earthquakes- Seymour Simon (NF) Frozen Man — David Getz (NF) Sharks- Seymore Simon (NF)

Level U

Flip-Flop Girl- Katherine Paterson (F) Loser- Jerry Spinelli (F) Wringer- Jerry Spinelli (F) Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson-Levine (F) The BFG- Roald Dahl (F) Tangerine- Edward Bloor (F) Beyond The Grave- Jude Watson (F) Insects — Bettina Bird (NF) The Salem Witch Trials- Michael Martin (NF) The Double Life of Pocahontas- Jean Fritz (NF) Rosa Parks- Rosa Parks (NF)

Level V

The Fighting Ground- Avi (F) The Wrestling Game- Ellen Raskin (F) Oliver's Ocean- Kevin Henkes (F) Esperanza Rising- Pam Munoz Ryan (F) The Clay Marble- Minfong Ho (F) Becoming Naomi Leon- Pam Munoz Ryan (F) Harry Houdini- Vicki Cobb (NF) The Boston Tea Party- R. Conrad Stein (NF) The Snake Scientist- Sy Montgomery (NF) Three Cups OF Tea (Young Reader's Edition)- Greg Mortenson (NF)

Level W

Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt (F) Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech (F) The Skin I'm In — Sharon G. Flake (F) Out From Boneville- Jeff Smith (F) Heartbeat- Sharon Creech (F) Maniac Magee — Jerry Spinelli (F) Anne Frank: Life In Hiding- Johanna Hurwitz (NF) I Am A Star: Child Of The Holocaust-Inge Auerbacher (NF) Around The World In A Hundred Years — Jean Fritz (NF) The Lost Garden — Laurence Yep (NF)

Level X

Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie- Jordan Sonnenblick (F) Out Of The Dust- Karen Hesse (F) Somewhere In The Darkness- Walter Dean Myers (F) Buddha Boy — Kathe Koja (F) Looking Back: A Book Of Memories- Lois Lowry (NF) Zlata's Diary — Zlata Filipovic (NF) Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!- Jean Fritz (NF)

Level Y

The Call Of The Wild- Jack London (F) The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen (F) The Boy Who Dared- Susan C. Bartoletti (F) Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl- Anne Frank (NF) The Endless Steppe- Esther Hautzig(NF) Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America — Jim Murphy (NF)

Level Z

Lord Of The Flies- William Golding (F) To Kill A Mockingbird- Lee Harper (F) Tears Of A Tiger- Sharon M. Draper (F) I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree-Laura Hillman (NF) Living Green- Jeanne Nagle (NF) Never Cry Wolf- Farley Mowat (NF)

Here are a list of books you might be interested in....Levels A -0

Level A

Do You Want To Be My Friend? By Eric Carle

Going To Grandma's Farm By Betsy Franco

Have You Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tafuri

What Can I Be? By Can Meister

Level B Carrots By Gail Saunders-Smith,

Cats! By Larry D.

Game Day By Cari Meister

My Camp-Out By Marcia Leonard

On Market Street By Arnold Lobel

Silly Sally By Betsy Franco

Here Comes Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root

Hey Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root

Monkey Business By David Martin

Monkey Trouble By David Martin

Wow series By Kathy Caple

Level C

All Kinds Of Kids By Christina Mia Gardeski

Bathtime For Biscuit By Alyssa S Capucilli

I Went Walking By Sue Williams

Joshua James Likes Trucks By Catherine A. Petrie

Mice Squeak, We Speak(Board BookEdition) By Arnold Shapiro

Pancakes, Crackers, And Pizza By Marjorie Eberts

Rain By Robert Kalan

A Rainbow Of My Own By Don Freeman

Ethan Out and About By Johanna Hurwitz

Here Comes Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root

Hey Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root

Monkey Business By David Martin

Monkey Trouble By David Martin

Wow, Its Worm! By Kathy Caple

Well Done Worm! By Kathy Caple

Edna Elaphant By Margaret Park Bridges

Level b

Alphabet Under Construction By Denise Fleming

Bright Eyes, Brown Skin By Cheryl Willis Hudson

Energy Is Everywhere By June Young

Feast For Ten By Cathryn Falwell

Footprints In The Snow By Cynthia Benjamin

I Need A Little Help By Kathy Schulz

It's Too Windy! By Hans Wilhelm

Lara Ladybug

Lunch By Denise Fleming

My Family Is Forever By Nancy Carlson

One Happy Classroom By Chaman Simon

Paul The Pitcher By Paul Sharp

Straight To The Pole By Kevin O'Malley

Too Many Balloons By Catherine Matthias & Sydnie Kleinhenz

Work And Play by Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz

Created by Kristen Morris

P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2

Here are a list of books you might be interested in....

Level E

Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by B Barton

A Box Can Be Many Things By Dana M. Rau

Cat In The Bag By Sara Swan Miller

Don't Hit Me! By Bemette Ford

Down On The Farm By Merrily Kutne

Eat Your Peas By Pegeen Louise Snow

Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed By Eileen Christelow

Flying Butter By Patricia Trades

Hello, Doctor By David Marx

I Am Water By Jean Marzollo

I Like It When . . . By Mary Murphy

I Love Trees By Can Meister

Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse By Lindsay Barrett George

Let's Go To A Fair By Cate Foley

Let's Go To The Zoo

By Cate Foley

Look How It Changes!

By June Young

Look! I Can Read!

By Susan Hood

Monkey See, Monkey Do By Marc Gave

My Grandmother Works In A Dress Shop By Sarah Hughes

On My Way To Buy Eggs By Chih-Yuan Chen

On The Farm By Kirsten Hall

One Is Enough By Julie Kidd Cook

Springtime Addition By Jill Fuller

This Is Baseball By Margaret Blackstone

Today Is Monday By Eric Cade,

A Tooth Is Loose By Lisa Trumbauer

Puppy Mudge Series By Cynthia Rylant

Tiny Series By Can Meister

Kipper Series By Mick Inkpen Max series

By Mick Inkpen Sam series By Mick Inkpen

Level F A Bug, A near and a Boy

by David McPhail

Bumpity Bumpity Bump

by Parker C

Cars by Anne Rockwell

Cookies Week

by Cindy Ward

Dinner by Five

by Ready Readers

A Dozen Dogs

by Harriet Ziefert

Frog's Lunch

by Lillgard, Dee &

Zimmerman

Hooray for Snail

by John Stadler

Freddie's Spaghetti

by RH Doyle

Mrs. Wishy Washy series

by Joy Cowley

Baby Bear series

by Beverley Randell

Sled: And Other Fox & Rabbit Stories by David McPhail

Harry Goes to Funland by Harriet Ziefert

Harry Goes to Day Camp

by Harriet Ziefert

The Hungry Giant series

by Joy Cowley

Rosie's Walk

by Pat Hutchins

Shhhh

by Kevin Henkes

Level G Boats

by Anne Rockwell

Calico Cat at School

by Donald Charles

Calico Cat Meets Bookworm by Donald Charles

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet &Allan Ahlberg

Gone Fishing

by Erlene Long

Great Grandpa

by David McPhail

Mine's the Best

by Crosby Bonsall

My Friends

by Taro Gomi

Nicky Upstairs & Downstairs by Harriet Ziefert

When You Were a Baby by Ann Jonas

Harry Gets Ready for School by Harriet Ziefert

Harry Takes a Bath by Harriet Ziefert

Turtle and Snake series by Kate Spohn

Biscuit Series by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Titch series

by Pat Hutchins

Little Chimp series

by Lisa Schroeder

Level H Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Burton

Captain Cat by Syd Hoff

Henny Penny by New Way Green

If I Had An Alligator by Mercer Mayer

Its George by Miriam Cohen

Little Red Riding Hood by Fran Hunia

My Cat by Judy Taylor

NoBall Games Here by Harriet Ziefert

Old Hat New Hat by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Tool Box by Anne Rockwell

We Are Best Friends by Aliki

Where Are You Going Little Mouse? By Robert Krauss

Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold Little Critter Series by Mercer Mayer Dragon series by Day Pilkey

Level I Who's Afraid Of The Dark? by Crosby Bonsall

When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen

Stanley by Syd Hoff

There's A Nightmare In My Closet By Mercer Mayer

Who Took The Farmer's Hat? by Joan L. Nodset

Who said red? by Mary Serfozo

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell

Messy Bessy series by P & F McKissack

Created by Kristen Morris

P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2

Here are a list of books you might be interested in....

Level L

The Wild Swans by Hans C Andersen

The Wizard Of Oz by Rosie Dickins and L F. Baum

Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake by Patricia R Giff

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

Whistle for Willie by Ezra J Keats

Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party by Astrid Lindgren

What Next, Baby Bear? by Jill Murphy

Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Cam Jansen series by David Adler

A Birthday Basket for Tia by Pat Mora

Afternoon On The Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Dog That Stole Football Plays (dog Series) by Matt Christopher

George & Martha series by James Marshall

Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park

Katy & the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

Mystery of The Pirate Ghost by Geoffrey Hayes

Pinky & Rex series by James Howe

Sadie And The Snowman by Allen Morgan

Snaggle Doodles by Patricia Reilly Giff

The Tale Of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Whales, The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton

Picking Apples & Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings

Level M

The Bears' Picnic by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and The Missing Honey by Stan J Berenstain

A Case For Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford

Level M cont'd

Buster's Dino Dilemma by Stephen Krensky and Matt Steinglass

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Arthur series by Marc Brown

A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams

Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla

The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola

Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz

The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume

Level N Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger

Zoo Keepers by Tami Deedrick

Who's in Love With Arthur? by Stephen Krensky, Peter K. Hirsch and Marc T. Brown

Solo Girl by Andrea D Pinkney

Stories of Ganesh by Rajee Raman

School Bus Drivers by Dee Ready

The Absent Author by Ron Roy

What Is A Bird? by Bobbie Kalman

Level 0

Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown.

Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary

Ramona series by Beverly Cleary

Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros

Under My Nose by Lois Ehlert

Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble

Playing With Words by James

Tell Me A Story by Angela Johnson.

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Level J

Who's a pest? by Crosby Bonsall

Porcupine's Pajama Party by Terry W Harshman

Silly Tilly's Valentine by Lillian Hoban

Two Silly Trolls by Nancy Jewell

Stone Soup by Ann McGovern

Big Max by Kin Platt

Franklin is Bossy by Bourgeois & Clark

Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan Londan

Henry & Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Level K

Who Sank The Boat? by Pamela Allen

Thumbelina by Hans C. Andersen

Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner

Three By The Sea by Edward Marshall

When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer

Three Wishes by Harriet Ziefert

Halloween with Morris and Borris by Bernard Wiseman

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

M&M series books by Pat Ross

Created by Kristen Morris P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2