Summer+Reading+List+2008

** Kindergarten ** __ Biscuit Finds A Friend __  Alyssa Saton Capucilli __ Count Down To Clean Up __ Nancy E. Wallace __ Big Egg __ Molly Coxe __ Circles __ Dana M. Rau __ The Little Red Hen __ Byron Barton __ Everybody bonjours! __ Leslie Kimmelman __ Twenty-six Princesses __ Dave Horowitz __ Hand Rhymes __ Marc Tolon Brown __ Clap Your Hands __ Lorinda Cauley __ Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed __ Eileen Christelow __ Corduroy __ Don Freeman __ Swimmy __ Leo Lionni __ Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? __ Joan Nodset __ If You Give A Mouse A Cookie __ Laura Joffe Numeroff __ Where Fireflies Dance __ Lucha Corpi __ Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella __ Robert D. San Souci ** 1st Grade ** __ There Is A Bird On Your Head __ Mo Willems __ Because Of Your __ B.G. Hennessy __ Benny’s Pennies __ Bob Barner __ Cool Daddy Rat __ Kristyn Carol __ Will Sheila Share? __ Elivia Savadier __ Fancy nancy and the Boy from Paris __ Jane O’Connor __ Hen Hears Gossip __ Megan McDonald __ Little Rabbits New Baby __  Harry Horse __ Sheep Blast Off! __ Nancy E. Shaw __ Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles, Think of That! __ Leo Dillon __ Little Dog Poems __ Kristine O’Connell George __ Kitten’s First Full Moon __ Kevin Henkes __ The Hello, Goodbye Window __ Norton Juster __ Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes __ Lulu Delacre __ From Latin America __ __ I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! __ Karen Beaumont __ Bouki Dances The Kokioka: A Comical Tale __ Diane Wolkstein __ From Haiti __ ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Phonics ** As you read the book together have your child point to words that end with the sounds //–at, -ed, -ig//. For example, //bat, bed, pig//. ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Phonemic Awareness ** Play a rhyming game that involves looking for pictures in the book and having the child make up words that rhyme with the picture. For example, if the book has a picture of a cat, have your child make up words like //bat, hat ,// and// rat.// ** Summer Reading List ** ** 2nd Grade ** __ Diary Of A Spider __  Doreen Cronin __ Best Best Friend __  Margaret C.Irvine __ Owney, The Mail-Pouch Pooch __  Mona Kerby __ First The Egg __  Laura V. Seeger __ Bee-bimp bop! __  Linda S. Park __ Spinning Spiders __  Melvin Berger __ Beautiful Blackbird __  Ashley Bryan __ Diary Of A Worm __  Doreen Cronin __ Breakout At The Bug Lab __  Ruth Horowitz __ What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? __  Steve Jenkins __ Baseball __  Mike Jenkins __ Harvesting Hope: The Story Of Cesar Chavez __  Kathleen Krull __ Amelia Bedelia __  Peggy Parish __ Mud __  Mary Lyn Ray __ Touch The Poem __  Arnold Adoff __ Sally Gets a Job __ Stephen Huneck ** 3rd Grade ** __ Bug Safari __  Bob Barner __ I Was A Third-Grade Science Project __  Mary Jane Auch __ Autumn Lings: Poems And Paintings __  Douglas Florian __ Planting The Trees of Kenya: The Story Of __  Clairet Nivota __ Wongari Maathai __ __ Big and Bad __ Etienne Delesser __ My Name Is Maria Isabel __  Alma floe __ Stanley ____, Flat Again! __  Jeff Brown __ Dandelions __  Eve Bunting __ Our Wet World: Exploring Earth’s __  Sneed B. Collard III __ Aquatic Ecosystem __ __ Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon __  Paula Danziger __ Hot Day On Abbott Avenue __  Karen English __ Leonardo’s Horse __  Jean Fritz __ Rosa __  Nikki Giovanni __ Cool Crazy Crickets __  David Elliot __ Brother Anansi And The Cattle Ranch __  James De Sauza __ Nathaniel Talking __  Eloise Greenfield ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Comprehension ** As you read the book together stop now and then and retell what you just read to the child. Ask your child if this make sense, if there are words they do not understand, and why the author tells the story in this way. ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Fluency ** Take turns rereading each page of the book. Read expressively in order to encourage your child to model your expressions or create new ones. ** Summer Reading List ** ** 4th Grade ** __ Call Me Consuelo __  Ofelia D. Lachtman __ The Red Ghost __ Marion Dane Bauer __ Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for the True Blue Love __ Patricia Martin __ William Shakespeare And The Globe __  Aliki __ The Search For Delicious __  Pete Hautman __ Safari __  Robert Bateman __ Frindle __  Andrew Clements __ Johoaa’ei: Bringer of Dawn __ Veronica Tsinajiannie __ Charlie And The Chocolate Factory __ Roald Dahl __ The Tale Of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse __ Kate DiCamillo __ Princess, some Soup, And A Spool Of Thread __ __ When Rain Falls __ Melissa Stewart __ Yesterday I Had The Blues __ Jeron Frame __ The People Could Fly: The Picture Book __ Virginia Hamilton __ When Jessie Came Across The Sea __ Amy Hest __ Just Like Josh Gibson __ Angela Johnson ** 5th Grade ** __ Fiesta USA __ George Acuna __ Silent Music: A Story Of Baghdad __ James Rumford __ Trouble __ Gary D. Schmidt __ Being Grown-Up Is Cool (Not!) __ Karen McCombie __ Daisy Dawson is on Her Way __ Steve Voake __ Tuck Everlasting __ Natalie Babbitt __ On My Honor __ Marion Dane Bauer __ Portraits Of African-American Heroes __ Tonya Bolden __ The Year of the Rat __ Grace Lin __ Through My Eyes __ Ruby Bridges __ Dear Mr. Henshaw __ Beverly Cleary __ Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices __ Paul Fleischman __ Squarehead __ Harriet Ziefert __ From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler __ E.L. Konigsburg __ Rabbit Hill __ Robert Lawson ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Comprehension ** Ask your child to think about the book and talk to you about any, or all, of the following: (1)  What do you know after reading the story? (2)  What do you feel about what you read? (3)  What else does it make you think about? (4)  What questions do you have? ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Vocabulary ** Ask your child to keep a word journal of 2 or 3 new words they have learned from reading this book. (1)  Write the new word. (2)  Copy the sentence in which it is used. (3)  Write a definition in his/her own words. (4)  Draw a small picture which reminds them what the word means. ** Summer Reading List ** ** 6th Grade ** __ Chicken Feather __ Cowley Joy __ Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, And Folk __  Lulu Delacre __ Tales From Latin America __ __ Angelfish __  Lawrence Yep __ The Million Dollar Shot __ Dan Gutman __ Inkheart __ Cornelia Funke __ Because Of Winn-Dixie __ Kate DiCamillo __ Dive! My Adventures In The Deep Frontier __  Sylvia Earle __ Heartbeat __ Sharon Creech __ Maniac Magee __ Jerry Spinelli __ Silent To The Bone __ E.L. Konigsburg __ Sing Down The Moon __  Scott O’Dell __ Loser __ Jerry Spinelli __ Wenny Has Wings __ Janet Lee Carey __ Whittington __ Alan Armstrong __ Yolanda’s Genius __ Carol Fenner ** 7th Grade ** __ Breaking Through __ Francisco Jimenez __ Adam Canfield Of The Flash __ Michael Winerip __ Among The Hidden __ Margaret Haddix __ Flipped __ Van Draanen __ The Brook Without Words __ Avi __ The Broken Blade __ William Durbin __ Flush __ Carl Hiaasen __ Kira-Kira __  Cynthia Kadohata __ Cool Salsa __ Lori M. Carlson __ Knots In My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography __ Jerry Spinelli __ Of A Kid __ __ The Outcasts Of 19 Schuyler Place __ E.L. Konigsburg __ The Riffle __ Gary Paulsen __ Tangerine __ Edward Boor __ The Tears Of The Salamander __ Peter Dickinson __ Under The Royal Palms __  Alma Flor Ada ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Comprehension ** Ask your child to think about the book and talk to you about any, or all, of the following: (1)  Which character do you like best and why? (2)  Which character did you like least and why? (3)  Why did the author use this setting for the story? (4)  What do you know after reading the story? (5)  What do you feel about what you read? (6)  What else does it make you think about? (7)  What questions do you have? ** Family Opportunities to Help Develop ** ** Vocabulary ** Ask your child to keep a running word log to record words from each chapter which fit into each of the following categories. (1)  Multiple meaning words (2)  Vivid verbs (3)  Figurative language (simile, metaphor) (4)  Words associated with book title (5)  Sense images ( smell, touch, taste, hear, see) (6)  Words associated with main person in the story
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