Below is a summary of the Summer Reading by Grade and a link to a handout with more details from each teacher.
3rd Grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout
Read the Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary and complete the challenges in the handout.
4th Grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout | Click Here for Writing Packet Worksheets
Students, please use the summer checklist in the detailed handout to ensure that you are on track for starting the new school year off right! Here is the summary of summer reading:
- Novel to read Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and complete the whole packet
- In addition, we are asking that each student also read ONE of the following books listed below and complete the "My Character Chart" in the back of the packet:
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume |
| Treasure Hunters by James Patterson |
| Any book from the I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis |
| Land of Stories by Chris Colfer |
| One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia |
| The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies |
| Wonder by R.J Palacio |
5th grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout | Click Here for Writing Packet Worksheets
We are so excited to get to know you all next year! Until then, we have assigned some Summer Reading for our students to keep their brains strong all summer long.
- Please read the book The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and complete the attached packet.
- Next, choose a book from the list provided to read:
| Wonder by Raquel J. Palacio |
Heat by Mike Lupica |
| City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau |
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloya |
| The BFG by Roald Dahl |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis |
Lam Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai |
| James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl |
The Land Stories by Chris Colfer |
| The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
Refugee by Alan Gratz |
| The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley |
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies |
| The Enemy Above by Michael Spradlin |
I Funny by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson, Laura Park |
6th Grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout
During your summer, you are tasked with reading 2 novels and completing witten (NOT typed) reviews of them.
Novels to read: 1) Hoot by Carl Hiaasen AND 2) The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
7th Grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout
There are four reading assignments. All details about the associated writing assignment can be found in the detailed handout.
- The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander. This book follows the basketball journey of Josh and Jordan Bell.
- The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. This book is a thrilling murder mystery. Sixteen strangers are gathered together and tasked with solving the mystery of Samuel W. Westing's death in hopes of claiming the title of heir to his fortune.
- Poem: The Highway Man, by Alfred Noyes
- A book of your choice.
8th Grade - Click Here for Detailed Handout
There are four reading assignments. All details about the associated writing assignment can be found in the detailed handout.
- The Pearl, by John Steinbeck
- Farewell to Manzanar, by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. After finishing chapter 11, read the following poem, “I Ask My Mother to Sing” by Li Young-Lee.
- Readers’ Choice
- The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost