SUMMERREADING

2 0 1 8Dear Parents and Guardians,

Let’s keep literacy alive this summer!

“The value placed on literacy in the home, time spent reading with children, and the availability and use of reading materials have been identified as important elements in children’s reading success.” (Mraz andRasinski, 2007)

Here is how families can grow literacy skills over the summer:

• Make time for reading • Encourage writing • Make time to build vocabulary • Make sure your children are physically active • Get out and experience the world

In order to promote a life-long love of literacy, reading and writing must continue throughout the summer. With this in mind, Pennsbury’s elementary schools have developed a summer reading program in which all students are required to read.

• Students entering Grades 3, 4, and 5 are required to read 3 books (depending upon length). • All students must complete and return one postcard (attached) about one of their summer reading books. • All students who fulfill the summer reading requirement will be invited to a reading celebration!

All of this information is available on the district web site along with additional resources such as book lists, free local library activities, and the Barnes and Noble summer reading program.

Looking forward to hearing about your summer reading adventures!

Sincerely,

Joseph Masgai, Ed.D.Afton Elementary

Stephanie HultquistEdgewood Elementary

Michele A. SpackDirector of Elementary Education

Lisa FollmanEleanor Roosevelt Elementary

Brian G. ShafferFallsington Elementary

Donna McCormick-MillerMakefield Elementary

Terri SalvucciManor Elementary

Donna MinnighOxford Valley Elementary

Barbara HidalgoPenn Valley Elementary

Peggy Schiavone, Ed.D.Quarry Hill Elementary

Laurie A. RuffingWalt Disney Elementary

Postcards from our Summer Vacation

All students must read:

5 – 10 books All students must complete and return:

One postcard (by September 9, 2016)

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!” - Dr. Seuss

All students must read: • 3 books

All students must complete and bring back to school: • One postcard (by September 7, 2018)

Postcards from our Summer Vacation

All students must read:

5 – 10 books All students must complete and return:

One postcard (by September 9, 2016)

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!” - Dr. Seuss

 Summer Reading Suggestions 

From YOUR Librarians  

Grades K-1 Get Ready For September

Kindergarten- Nursery Rhymes 1st Grade – Fairy Tales

Humpty Dumpty Jack and Jill

Three Little Kittens Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe

Little Bo Peep Little Boy Blue

Red Riding Hood Cinderella

Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Sleeping Beauty Emperor’s New Clothes

Little Miss Muffett Hickory Dickory Dock

Insy Weensy Spider Any other ‘Mother Goose’ Rhyme

The Frog Prince Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Rumpelstiltskin Any other classic Fairy Tales

Grades K-1 Suggestions FICTION

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner Antlered Ship by Daska Slater Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket Be Brave Little Penguin by Giles Andrea Bizzy Mizz Lizzie By David Shannon Click Clack Moo: I Love You by Doreen Cronin Elephant and Piggy series by Mo Willem Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel By Adam Rubin Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens By Jane O’Connor Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett Good Day Good Night by Margaret Wise Brown Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins ‘How Do Dinosaurs’ series by Jane Yolen

How to Track a Truck by Jason Carter Eaton King and Kayla: The Case of the Missing Dog Treats by Dori Hillestad Butler The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

By Drew Daywalt Llama, Llama Loves to Read By The Dewdney Foundation Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie By James Dean Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey The Pigeon series by Mo Willems Place to Read by Leigh Hodgkinson Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark By Deborah Diesen What Do You Do With a Chance? By Kobi Yamada Unplugged by Steve Antony Word Collector by Peter Reynolds

NONFICTION Books by Gail Gibbons Books by Jason Chin Books by Steve Jenkins DK Readers series Fly Guy Presents series

‘I Am’ Biography series If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams Meet My Family: Animal Babies and their Families by Laura Purdle Salsa Nic Bishop’s Science series Time for Kids series

Grades K-1 Beginning Readers/Chapter Books Battle Bugs by Jack Patton Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey Bad Kitty series by Nick Bruel Any ‘Branches’ series Captain Awesome series by Stan Kirby The Chicken Squad by Doreen Cronin Daisy Dreamer series by Holly Anna Dory Fantasmagory series by Abby Hanlon Dr. Kitty Cat by Jane Clarke Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

Eerie Elementary series by Jack Chabert Galaxy Zack series by Ray O’Ryan Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant Any ‘I Can Read’ series Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo Step into Reading series Young Cam Jansen Mysteries series

by David Adler   

 

Grades 2-3 Get Ready For September

2nd Grade Folktale/Fables 3rd Grade Tall Tales The Lion and the Mouse

The Tortoise and the Hare The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Grasshopper and the Ants The Fox and the Grapes

Any other Aesop’s Fable

Paul Bunyan John Henry

Johnny Appleseed Pecos Bill

Swamp Angel Any other Tall Tale

Grades 2-3 Suggestions  FICTION 

A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy Bad Kitty series by Nick Bruel Ballpark Mysteries by David Kelly Critter Club by Callie Barkley Dogman series by Dav Pilkey Dr. Kitty Cat by Jane Clarke Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanton Dragon Masters series by Tracey West Eerie Elementary series by Jack Chabert Flat Stanley Adventures by Jeff Brown Geronimo Stilton series Geronimo Stilton

Hardy Boys Clue Book series By Franklin W. Dixon Haunted Library series by Dori Butler Heidi Heckelbeck series by Wanda Coven Here’s Hank by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Humphrey’s Tiny Tales by Betty Birney The Humphrey series by Betty Birney Inspector Flytrap series by Tom Angleberger Ivy + Bean series by Annie Barrows Jigsaw Jones series by James Preller Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald Just Grace series by Charise Mericle Harper

Grades 2-3 Suggestions Continued Little Shaq series by Shaquille O’Neal Lunch Lady series by Jarrett Krosoczka Magic Tree House series by M. P. Osborne Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series by Carolyn Keene Narwhal & Jelly series by Ben Clanton The Never Girls series by Kiki Thorpe Notebook of Doom series by Tony Cummings Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale Puppy Place series by Ellen Miles

Squish series by Jennifer Holm Stink series by Megan McDonald Thea Stilton series by Geronimo Stilton NONFICTION What was….? series Where is ……? series Who was……? series Good Question series  

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 Don’t forget to look for award winners too!   

    Caldecott Geisel Coretta Scott King Newbery Pura Belpre

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Grades 4-5

Get Ready For September  

4th and 5th Grade – Classics and Myths Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Heidi by Johanna Spyri

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Pinnocho by Carolo Collidi Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum Greek Mythology stories

  

Grades 4-5 Suggestions 

FICTION 13 Story Treehouse series Baseball Genius by Tim Green Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce Black Panther: The Young Prince

By Ronald L. Smith Book Scavenger By Jennifer Chamblis Bertman Candymakers: The Great Chocolate Chase By Wendy Mass Curveball by Derek Jeter Endling series by Katherine Applegate Fairy Tale Reform School by Jen Calonita The Flashback Four series by Dan Gutman How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor I Funny series by James Patterson Interactive History Adventure (You Choose) I Survived series… by Lauren Tarshis Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier Last Man Out by Mike Lupica Middle School series by James Patterson My Life as a You-Tuber by Janet Tashjian Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder Ostrich and Other Lost Things by Beth Hautala Panda-monium by Stuart Gibbs

Pax by Sara Pennypacker Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan Spy School by Stuart Gibbs Stick Cat by Tom Watson Stick Dog by Tom Watson Team Players by Mike Lupica Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Warriors series: A Vision of Shadows by Erin Hunter Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown Wishtree by Katherine Applegate NONFICTION Guts and Glory series Hazardous Tales series Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers Ken Jennings Junior Genius Guides That’s a Good Question series Thrifty Guide series by Jonathan Stokes You Wouldn’t Want to -- by various authors You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without … Words That Built a Nation by Marilyn Miller

4 th and 5 th Graders…………………….. Don’t forget to check out the new  READING OLYMPICS LIST! They’re included here or can be found at https://www3.bucksiu.org/page/508

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Check out this FREE Book Club  from Scholastic 

 Happy Camper: Reading Adventure www.scholastic.com/summer

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Happy Reading Everyone! See you in September! Mrs. Dillon, Mrs. Edson , Mrs. Moyle, Mr. Roberts, Mrs. Pesature,

Mrs. Pope, Mrs. Schlosberg, Mrs. Shire, and Mrs. Stolber

ILLUSTRATION:

DIRECTIONS:

*On the FRONT of the postcard:

~ Write the title and the author of the book in the top rectangles.

~ Draw a picture about the book in the rectangle labeled illustration.

~ Include a caption that describes the picture.

*On the BACK of the postcard:

~ Write a greeting such as Dear, Hi, etc. to your new class.

~ Choose one question to answer from the list on the back. Be sure to write your response in complete sentences.

~ Include a closing such as: Your friend, Love, Sincerely, etc.

~ Sign your name – both first and last name and include your incoming grade.

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POSTCARD

TO:

My New Class

1 School Lane

Bookville, PA 12345

TITLE:

AUTHOR:

CAPTION:

ILLUSTRATION:

DIRECTIONS:

*On the FRONT of the postcard:

~ Write the title and the author of the book in the top rectangles.

~ Draw a picture about the book in the rectangle labeled illustration.

~ Include a caption that describes the picture.

*On the BACK of the postcard:

~ Write a greeting such as Dear, Hi, etc. to your new class.

~ Choose one question to answer from the list on the back. Be sure to write your response in complete sentences.

~ Include a closing such as: Your friend, Love, Sincerely, etc.

~ Sign your name – both first and last name and include your incoming grade.

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POSTCARD

TO:

My New Class

1 School Lane

Bookville, PA 12345

TITLE:

AUTHOR:

CAPTION:

Summer Reading Response Questions for Incoming 3rd, 4th and 5th graders~

FICTION:

~ Choose one character and use that character’s voice to write a postcard to a character from any other book that you have read.

~ Write a postcard to a character advising him/her how to resolve a conflict from the story.

~ Do you agree with the actions of the main character in your story? Explain why or why not.

~ What was your favorite line or lines from the book? Why?

~ Pretend you are visiting a character in the story. Use imagery to describe the setting.

~ Describe the plot for a sequel or prequel to the book.

NON-FICTION:

~ Write a postcard to someone who hasn’t read the book and explain the topic including interesting facts you’ve learned.

~ What questions do you still have about the topic? How could you find answers?

~ Explain how the text features in the book help you understand the information.

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FIRST NAME: ______________________LAST NAME:_____________________GRADE: ________

Summer Reading Response Questions for Incoming 3rd, 4th and 5th graders~

FICTION:

~ Choose one character and use that character’s voice to write a postcard to a character from any other book that you have read.

~ Write a postcard to a character advising him/her how to resolve a conflict from the story.

~ Do you agree with the actions of the main character in your story? Explain why or why not.

~ What was your favorite line or lines from the book? Why?

~ Pretend you are visiting a character in the story. Use imagery to describe the setting.

~ Describe the plot for a sequel or prequel to the book.

NON-FICTION:

~ Write a postcard to someone who hasn’t read the book and explain the topic including interesting facts you’ve learned.

~ What questions do you still have about the topic? How could you find answers?

~ Explain how the text features in the book help you understand the information.

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FIRST NAME: ______________________LAST NAME:_____________________GRADE: ________