Summer Reading
Summer reading is voluntary, but highly encouraged. We purchased books and sent them home with students the last week of school. Have fun using activities from the choice boards below. There is one for grades 1-3 and one for grades 4-6.
1st-3rd Grade Summer Reading Choice Board
4th-5th Grade Summer Reading Choice Board
Additional titles for more reading engagement:
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Entering Kindergarten |
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Frog and Toad are Friends |
Arnold Lobel |
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The Boy Who Loved Words |
Roni Schotter |
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Goodnight Moon |
Margaret Wise Brown |
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There is a Bird on Your Head! |
Mo Willems |
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Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach |
James Dean |
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Biscuit Goes Camping |
Alyssa Satin Capucilli |
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Corduroy |
Don Freeman |
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Entering First Grade |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
Bill Martin |
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
Laura Joffe Numeroff |
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Grow Up, David! |
David Shannon |
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I Love Rocks |
Cari Meister |
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The Day the Crayons Quit |
Drew Daywalt |
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Swimmy |
Leo Lionni |
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If You Take a Mouse to School |
Laura Numeroff |
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Entering Second Grade |
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Encyclopedia Brown |
Donald J. Sobal |
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Cam Jansen series |
David A. Adler |
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Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book Series) |
Peggy Parish |
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Flat Stanley |
Jeff Brown |
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Second Grade Rules |
Abby Klein |
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Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy, Junie B. Jones Series #12 |
Barbara Park |
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
Kevin Henkes |
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Entering Second Grade |
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Encyclopedia Brown |
Donald J. Sobal |
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Cam Jansen series |
David A. Adler |
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Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book Series) |
Peggy Parish |
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Flat Stanley |
Jeff Brown |
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Second Grade Rules |
Abby Klein |
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Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy, Junie B. Jones Series #12 |
Barbara Park |
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
Kevin Henkes |
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Entering Third Grade |
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Amos and Boris |
William Steig |
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Judy Blume books (Fudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing) |
Judy Blume |
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Judy Moody series |
Megan McDonald |
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A to Z Mysteries |
Ron Roy |
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The Chocolate Touch |
Patrick Skene Catling |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Roald Dahl |
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Third Grade Angels |
Jerry Spinelli |
| Entering Fourth Grade | |
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A Series of Unfortunate Events books |
Lemony Snicket |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
Kate DiCamillo |
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Clementine |
Sara Pennypacker |
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Tiger Rising |
Kate DiCamillo |
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Cricket in Times Square |
George Selden |
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I Survived (Series) |
Lauren Tarshis |
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The Indian in the Cupboard |
Lynne Reid Banks |
| Entering Fifth Grade | |
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The Sign of the Beaver |
Elizabeth George Speare |
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Frindle |
Andrew Clements |
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Hatchet |
Gary Paulsen |
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The Secret Garden |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins |
Scott O'Dell |
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Harriet the Spy |
Louise Fitzhugh |
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Summer of the Swans |
Betsey Byars |
| Entering Sixth Grade | |
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Bridge to Terabithia |
Katherine Paterson |
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Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
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Wringer |
Jerry Spinelli |
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Wonder |
R. J. Palacio |
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Smile |
Raina Telgemeier |
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Ella Enchanted |
Gail Carson Levine |
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Hoot |
Carl Hiaasen |