Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five
The Summer Reading Program is to encourage reading over the summer. Student participation in the program is voluntary (by choice). Students in rising Kindergarten through rising Second grade should read 5 or more book choices over the summer. Students in rising Third grade through rising fifth grade should read 3 or more books over the summer. All books should be on the student's reading level or above. Third through Fifth are only reading three books because they are expected to read chapter books. Below are just some suggested titles and/or authors for summer reading. Please feel free to allow your child to choose books s/he enjoys. The Prince William Public Library program may be used if you would prefer to do so.
Rising Kindergarten
Students are encouraged to read 5 books on his or her grade level.
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| Aylesworth, Jim | Old Black Fly | New York Scholastic | 1992 |
| Walsh, Ellen Stoll | Mouse Count | San Diego, Harcourt | 1991 |
| Brett, Jan | Any book by author | New York: Putnam | |
| Wells, Rosemary | Read to Your Bunny | New York: Cartwheel Books | 2003 |
| Conover, Chris | Six Little Ducks | San Diego: Harcourt | 1976 |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz and Pallotta, | The Crayon Counting Book | Massachusettes: Charlesbridge | 1996 |
| Delacre, Lulu | Arroz Con Leche | New York: Scholastic | 1989 |
| Ehlert , Lois | Snowballs | San Diego: Harcourt | 1995 |
| Hague, Kathleen | Numbears or Alphabears | Holt, Rinehart, Winston | 1984 |
| McGrath, Barbara | M & M Counting Book | Watertown:Charlesbridge | 1994 |
| Suess, Dr. | Any Dr. Suess book | ||
| Scary, Richard | Richard Scary’s Best Mother Goose Ever or any Mother Goose | New York:Random House | 1986 |
| Shaw, Nancy | Sheep In a Jeep | Boston: Houghton Mifflin | 1986 |
| Brown, Marc | Any book by author | ||
| Any ABC or counting book | |||
| Baker, Keith | Big Fat Hen | San Diego: Harcourt | 1994 |
| 1 | At home, illustrate a picture depicting an event from each book read Assemble all pictures into a booklet. Ask an adult to write the title of the book over the picture. |
| 1 | Bring book to class during the first week of school. Children will be encouraged to share illustrations with classmates. |
Kindergarten
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| Ahlberg, Janet and Allen | Each Peach Pear Plum | New York: Viking | 1979 |
| Crews, Donald | Shortcut | New York: Greenwillow | 1992 |
| Crews, Donald | Ten Black Dots | New York: Greenwillow | 1986 |
| Flack, Marjorie | The Story about Ping | New York: Viking | 1933 |
| Gibbons, Gail | Fire! Fire! | New York: Harper | 1984 |
| Martin, Bill | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | New York: Simon & Schuster | 1989 |
| Mayer, Mercer | There’s an Alligator Under My Bed | New York | 1987 |
| Numeroff, Laura Joffe | If You Give a Mouse A Cookie | New York: Harper Festival | 1985 |
| Brett, Jan | Any Book | ||
| Shaw, Charles G. | It Looked Like Spilt Milk | New York: Harper | 1947 |
| Slobodkina, Esphyr | Caps For Sale | New York:Harper and Row | 1940 |
| Viorst, Judith | Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | New York:Macmillan | 1972 |
| Any Author | Any Alphabet Book | ||
| Any Author | Seuss, Dr. | ||
| Any Author | Nursery Rhymes/ Fairy Tales | ||
| Norman, Bridwell | Any Clifford Book |
| 1 | Draw a picture to show your favorite part of each book you read. |
| 2 | Parents can help write the name of the book and the favorite part on the picture. |
| 1 | Bring five of the pictures to school, that you drew for the follow-up activity to show to your new classmates. We will display them in your classroom. |
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| Park, Barbara | Junie B. Jones | New York: Random House | various |
| Gelman, Rita | Why Can’t I Fly? | Scholastic | 1976 |
| Barton, Byron | The Wee Little Woman | Harper Collin | 1995 |
| Osborne, Mary Pope | Any book by author | ||
| Gelman, Rita | More Spaghetti, I Say! | New York: Scholastic | 1992 |
| Brown, Margaret Wise | Goodnight Moon | Harper Trophy | 1947 |
| Seuss, Dr. | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | Random House | 1960 |
| De Paola, Tomie | Any book by author | ||
| Rylant, Cynthia | Any Henry & Mudge or other title | New York: Simon Schuster | various |
| 1 | Record the title, author and main character for each story. |
| 1 | Make your own rhyming book. |
| 2 | Draw pictures showing what happened in the beginning, middle, and end for each book. Be ready to share with the class.. |
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| Brown, Marc | Arthur Series | Little Brown Company | |
| Henkes, Kevin | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | Greenwillow | 1996 |
| Greenburg, Dan | Any Zack Files | Grosset & Dunlap | |
| Climo, Shirley | Egyptian Cinderella | Harper Collins | 1992 |
| Warner, Gertrude | Box Car Series | Various | |
| Osborne, Mary Pope | Any Magic Tree House | Random House | |
| Dav Pilkey | Any Title | Scholastic | |
| Erickson, John | Hank the Cowdog | Maverick Books | 1991 |
| authors may vary | Any Non-Fiction | ||
| Danzinger, Paula | Any Amber Brown | Putnam's |
| 1 | Tell the story in three pictures |
| 2 | Write a sentence about each picture |
| 1 | Bring the pictures with the sentences to class during the first week
of school. These will be displayed in the classroom. |
Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five
Students are encouraged to read 3 books on his or her grade level.
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| Danziger, Paula | Amber Brown Any title | Putnam | |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Any Title | ||
| Mendez, P. | The Black Snowman | Scholastic | 1989 |
| Miles, M. | Annie and the Old One | Little Brown | 1971 |
| San Souci, R. | The Talking Eggs | Dial | 1989 |
| Snicket, Lemony. | Series of Unfortunate Events | Harper Collins | 1986 |
| MacLachlan, P. | Arthur for the Very First Time | Harper | 1980 |
| Bulla, C. | Chalk Box Kid | Random House | 1987 |
| McClasky, R. | Homer Price | Viking | 1976 |
| Blume, Judy | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Dutton | 1972 |
| Alder, S. | Meet Samantha, American Girl | Pleasant Valley Company | 1986 |
| Cole, J. | Magic School Bus-Inside the Human Body | Scholastic | 1988 |
| Rylant, C. | When I was Young in the Mountain | Random House | 1982 |
| Christopher, Matt | Johnny Long Legs | Little Brown | 1970 |
| White, E.B. | Stuart Little | Harper and Row | 1945 |
| Park, Barbara | Any Title | Random House | |
| Dakos, K. | If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand | Four Winds | 1990 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Any Title | Avon Camelots Books | |
| Bartone | Peppe the Lamplighter | Scholastic | 1993 |
| Sachar, Louis | Any book by author | ||
| Any book in the Magic School Bus Series | |||
| Rowling, J.K. | Any book in the Harry Potter Series | Scholastic |
| 1 | Do a reading response journal for each book read. Include the title, author, main characters, important events and the setting. These will be turned in during the first week of school. |
| 1 | Response journals will be turned in during the first week of school. After a review at the beginning of the school year, students will take Accelerated Reading tests on the books. |
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| Fitzhugh, Louise | Harriet the Spy | Troll | 1964 |
| Sacher, Louis | Wayside School is Falling Down | Avonl | 1990 |
| Pevsner, Stella | The Night the Whole Class Slept Over | Clarion Books | 1991 |
| Konigsburg, E.L. | From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankewiler | Yearling | 1977 |
| Ashley, Robert | The Stolen Train | Scholastic | 1990 |
| Butterworth, Oliver | The Enormous Egg | Little Brown | 1956 |
| Hurwitz, Johanna | Class President | Scholastic | 1990 |
| Creech, Sharon | Any book by autor | ||
| Korman, Gordon | Any book by author | ||
| Rowling, J.K. | Any book by author | ||
| Lowry, Lois | Any book by author | ||
| Snicket, Lemony | Any book by author | ||
| Paulsen, Gary | Any book by author | ||
| Cleary, Beverly | Any book by author |
| 1 | Fill out reading response form* on each book to be turned in at
beginning of school year. This should include title, author, main
characters, setting, plot sequence of events: beginning,
middle and end and your personal feelings about the book.
*Form was sent home with PVES 4th graders final report card. Additional forms available at the school. |
| 1 | To take AR tests on these books after review at beginning of school year |
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