Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading...

Walpole Public Schools

Elementary Summer Reading 2017


Elementary Summer Reading Program

Dear Parents and Students:

Research tells us that when students don’t read for two months their skills regress. Reading is a

skill, which requires practice, just like sports or math facts. Summer reading helps students of

all ages keep their skills sharp so they are ready when school begins again in the fall. Reading

throughout the summer not only enhances basic reading skills of young students, it creates

unique opportunities for learning, exploring, and growing. The Walpole Public Schools

Elementary Summer Reading Program is designed to promote reading and learning as enjoyable

activities. The following is a suggested guide to authors, resources and activities for children to

share their reading experiences. Please choose any title that may interest you from any other

sources. Magazines, graphic novels, audio books and eBooks also provide valuable educational

experiences.

We strongly encourage parents to read aloud, including to those children who are already

independent readers. In addition to being a wonderful family activity, children increase their

listening vocabulary, which improves their comprehension. It also allows them to develop

interests beyond their reading levels.

This summer there is one requirement: Students entering grades 1-5 are required to complete

one sharing activity, which will contribute to the first term grade in literacy. The directions and

pages for this activity are attached along with a summary and an example of the product.

During the first two weeks of school in September, the children should return the assignment to

their new teacher (by September 11); their projects will be displayed in their classrooms. A

special school recognition will be awarded to any student who participates in this program.

The Walpole Public Library offers a summer reading program and events to celebrate reading.

Check out the schedule at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/children.asp

The Showcase Cinemas at Patriot Place offer free story times every week during the summer.

The schedule is at http://www.patriot-place.com/cinemadelux

Barnes and Noble book store at the Walpole Mall offers weekly story events as well:

https://www.thebalance.com/barnes-and-noble-summer-reading-program-for-kids-1356824

Join the Summer Reading Program and win a free book!

http://www.walpolelibrary.org/children.asp

https://www.thebalance.com/barnes-and-noble-summer-reading-program-for-kids-1356824



Happy Reading!

Resources for Summer Reading Walpole Public Schools District Home Page (http://www.walpole.k12.ma.us). Contains online copies of the

author list, activity sheets and reading log. Links to all are provided on the district home page.

Walpole Public Library: Search for books, access programming information, and learn about their summer

reading program at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/ .

If readers are participating in the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading, or the Texas Roadhouse programs, those

books count towards our program, too! Feel free to “double dip”. Park Street Books on Main Street in Medfield

also has the Walpole Public Schools summer reading lists.

Websites to explore:

http://www.ala.org American Library Association: Includes Newbery and Caldecott award winner lists.

http://www.battleofthebooks.org/book-list/ America’s Battle of the Books. This site provides lists of books for

students in grades 3-5 that are used for Battle of the Books competitions within the schools.

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/children_booklists.html Monroe County Public Library

Booklists of Children’s Literature: This Indiana Public Library has a well organized list of titles suited for

many age levels.

http://nancykeane.com/ Nancy Keane’s Children’s Literature Webpage: This website contains booklists and

book reviews written by children.

http://www.guysread.com/ Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read website: The popular author of The Time Warp Trio

series and Stinky Cheese Man created this website especially for boys who are reluctant readers.

http://www.kidsreads.com/ KidsReads: Kid-friendly site with book reviews, books made into movies, and

upcoming titles to be published.

http://pbskids.org/lions

This is the website for the show Between the Lions. It has easy to read stories you can read on line (or

printable), and games that go with each story plus more suggestions for stories to check out at the library. Also

Word Games to play on-line, or to print out and play, and songs and video clips from the show.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/

Based on the TV show Zoom, this website has directions for activities you can do at home that were featured on

the show. Science, “magic” phenomena, arts and crafts, songs, puppet plays, recipes and games are explained

with easy to follow directions to try at home.

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

Mad-Libs to fill in, and web-books and comic books to read on-line

http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/

Reading Is Fundamental is a website where you can write stories with other kids around the country, listen to

http://www.walpole.k12.ma.us/

http://www.walpolelibrary.org/

http://ala.org/

http://www.battleofthebooks.org/book-list/

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/children_booklists.html

http://nancykeane.com/

http://www.guysread.com/

http://www.kidsreads.com/





http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html





and read along with stories and songs, draw like your favorite illustrator, and browse book lists to find a good

book.

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

Tumblebooks are animated storybooks for younger readers. This website also has audio books, puzzles, and

games for children to play as well.

Other great websites for children:

www.scholastic.com

www.eduplace.com

www.discoverykids.com

www.janbrett.com

www.randomhouse.com

www.starfall.com

Websites for Parents:

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/mobile-app-lists/best-book-apps-kids

Common Sense Media is a trusted source for media recommendations for kids. This link will take you to their

“Best Book Apps for Kids” recommendations. The apps are rated for learning and organized by age group.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/15218/

This link will take you to a great article entitled, “Summer Reading Loss”, written by Maryann Mraz and

Timothy Rasinski which discusses the affects of summer loss on student achievement and what can be done to

help curb summer reading loss.

http://www.readingrockets.org

Reading Rockets: Tips for parents of kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, and third graders (written in

English and in ten other languages.) Help your child learn to read and read to learn.

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/

Home page for Jim Trelease, author of the best-selling Read Aloud Handbook, is a great resource for

information on reading.

Look for these books: They provide excellent ideas for children’s books.

Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Books to Inspire Girls and tomorrow’s Women by Kathleen Odean

Great Books for Boys: More Than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14 by Kathleen Odean



http://www.scholastic.com/

http://www.eduplace.com/

http://www.discoverykids.com/

http://www.janbrett.com/

http://www.randomhouse.com/

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/mobile-app-lists/best-book-apps-kids



http://www.readingrockets.org/

http://www.readingrockets.org/





Suggested Authors (and major themes) for Summer Reading

Elementary K-3

New and Notable Books

Title Author

Library Mouse series Daniel Kirk

Marty McGuire Kate Messner

Lunch Lady Jarrett Krosczka

Star of the Week Caroline Adderson

Gooney Bird Lois Lowry

The Buddy Files Dori Hillestad Butler

The Ladybug Girl David Soman

Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth Jane O’Connor

Frog and Friends Eve Bunting

Sticky Burr John Lechner

The Flying Beaver Brothers Maxwell Eaton

Bad Kitty series Nick Bruel.

Squish Jennifer L. Holm

Benny and Penny Geoffrey Hayes

Dragon Breath Ursula Vernon

Outstanding Picture Book Authors

Jan Brett Eric Kimmel (folktales)

Marc Brown Leo Lionni

Eve Bunting Robert Munsch

Eric Carle Patricia Polacco

Lauren Child Peggy Rathmann

Amy Krouse Rosenthal Peter Reynolds

Peter Brown Melanie Watt

Tomie DePaola H.A. Rey

Lois Ehlert Rosemary Wells

Ian Falconer Dr. Seuss

Denise Fleming David Shannon

Bob Graham William Steig

Kevin Henkes Jan Thomas

Pat Hutchins Mo Willems

Ezra Jack Keats



Beginning Readers

David Adler Young Cam Jansen (mystery)

Tedd Arnold Fly Guy

Alyssa Capucilli Biscuit (series)

Denys Cazet Minnie and Moo

Doug Cushman Inspector Hopper

Paula Danziger A is for Amber (series)

Elissa Haden Guest Iris and Walter

James Howe Houndsley and Catina

Mary Labatt Sam (series)

Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad

Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia (series)

Cynthia Rylant Henry and Mudge (series)

Cynthia Rylant Poppleton (series)

Cynthia Rylant Puppy Mudge (series)

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Nate the Great (mystery series)

Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie

Early Chapter Books and Series Books

Tony Abbott The Secrets of Droon (fantasy series)

David Adler Cam Jansen and Bones (mystery series)

Annie Barrows Ivy + Bean

Marion Dane Bauer The Blue Ghost

Beverly Cleary Mouse and the Motorcycle

Kate DiCamillo Mercy Watson

James Howe Pinky and Rex (series)

Mary Pope Osborne Magic Tree House (series)

Barbara Park Junie B. Jones (series)

J. Prellar Jigsaw Jones (mystery series)

Ron Roy A to Z Mysteries (series)

Jon Scieszka Time Warp Trio (series)

Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton (series)

Various Authors Star Wars

Charise Mericle Harper Just Grace

Betty G. Birney The World According to Humphrey

Alexander McCall Smith Harriet Bean

Kimberly Willis Holt and Christine

Davenier

Piper Reed

Ellen Miles The Puppy Place

Hadley Higginson and Lisa Perrett Keeker



Nonfiction Books & Series

Jim Arnosky Any title

Selby B. Beeler Throw Your Tooth on the Roof

Joanna Cole Magic School Bus (series)

Douglas Florian Poetry

Gail Gibbons Any title

Steve Jenkins Any title

Jack Prelutsky Poetry

Shel Silverstein Poetry

Seymour Simon Any title

Additional Non-fiction Titles K-3

Prosek Bird, Butterfly, Eel

Baines A Den is a Bed for a Bear

Pinnington Discover More: Animal Babies; Discover

More: My Body

Arlon Discover More: See Me Grow; Discover

More: Penguins; Discover More: Planets

Hickman It’s Moving Day

Hoberman All Kinds of Families!

Lomas Garza Family Pictures

Skutch Who’s In a Family?

Sweeney Me and My Amazing Body

Davies Dolphin Baby

Guiberson Into the Sea

Halfman Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a

Starfish

Slade The House That George Built

Maestro The Story of the Statue of Liberty

Levine Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from

the Underground Railroad

Rappaport Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

McConnell Me…Jane

Jenkins Looking Down

Gibbons The Moon Book; It’s Snowing!

Bauer Clouds

Lawrence What is Weather?

Davies Extreme Animals: The Toughest

Creatures on Earth

Voake Insect Detective

Nic Bishop Nic Bishop: Spiders

Curlee Brooklyn Bridge



Pinkney Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By

Sitting Down

Nivola My Father’s Village

Nhuong Water Buffalo Days

Kamkwamba and Mealer The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Bang and Chisholm Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring Light

to Earth

Kerley Those Rebels: John and Tom

McNulty If You Decide to Go to the Moon

Kelsey You are Stardust

Buller Smart About the Presidents

Jules Unite or Die: How Thirteen States

Became a Nation

Elementary Grades 4 & 5

Note: Titles marked with an asterisk * are the first in a series.

Authors marked with an asterisk * are generally children’s favorites.

Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees

Author Title

Auxier Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

Beha Tango, the Tale of an Island Dog

Beil The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin

Bowen The Perfect Game

Christopher World Cup

Clements We The Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the

School)

Cohagan The Lost Children

Cronin The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J.Tully Mystery

Curtis The Mighty Miss Malone

Dionne The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

Draper Out of my Mind

Flores-Galbis 90 Miles to Havana

Frazier The Other Half of my Heart

Hiassen Chomp

Jacobson Small as an Elephant

Lai Inside Out and Back Again

Lupica Hero

McMann The Unwanteds

Pennypacker Summer of the Gypsy Moths

Pinkwater The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to all the

Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There

Riordan The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1)

Simon Emma on Thin Icing

Spinelli Jake And Lily

Tarshis I Survived: Hurricane Katrina 2005



Vernon Dragon Breath #1

New And Noteworthy

Levine Lions of Little Rock

Scattergood Glory B

Potter Wonder

Bell Kepler's Dream

Davies The Bell Bandit

Potter The Humming Room

Leeds The Unfortunate Son

Blackwood Jinx

Palacio Navigating Early

Fitzmaurice A Diamond in the Desert

Selected Newbery Award titles

Applegate The One and Only Ivan

Appelt The Underneath

Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Choldenko Al Capone Does my Shirts

Creech The Wanderer

Curtis Bud, Not Buddy

DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux

DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie

Giff The Pictures of Hollis Woods

Hale Princess Academy

Henkes Olive's Ocean

Hiaasen Hoot

Holm Turtle in Paradise

Kelly The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Law Savvy

Levine Ella Enchanted

Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Lisle Afternoon of the Elves

McKissack The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Naylor Shiloh

Park A Single Shard

Philbrick The Mostly True Adventure of Homer Figg

Preus Heart of a Samurai

Sachar Holes

Schmidt Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Spinelli Maniac Magee

Staples Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind

Stead When You Reach Me

Tolan Surviving the Applewhites

Vanderpool Moon Over Manifes

William-Garcia One Crazy Summer

Woodson Show Way



Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Mystery

Alvarez, Julia How Tia Lola Came to Stay

Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts

Balliett, Blue Chasing Vermeer; The Wright Three; The Calder Effect

Birdsell, Jeanne The Penderwicks*

Bryant, Annie Beacon Street Girls *

Clements, Andrew* A Week in the Woods; No Talking

Corbett, S. Free Baseball

Creech, Sharon* Heartbeat; Hate That Cat

Davies, J The Lemonade War; The Lemonade Crime

DiCamillo The Magician's Elephant

Dowd, S The London Eye Mystery

Feldman The Gollywhopper Games

Feinstein, John Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery*

Fitzmaurice The Year the Swallows Came Early

French Operation Redwood

Gidwditz A Tale Dark and Grimm

Haddix Found (The Missing, Book 1)

Haddix Double Identity

Henkes, Kevin Olive's Ocean

Hiaasen, Carl Hoot; Flush; Scat; Chomp

Hobbs, Will * Jason's Gold

Kadohata Weedflower

Klages The Green Glass Sea

Konigsburg, E. L.* The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

Korman, G Swindle

Lupica The Big Field

Naylor Emily's Fortune

O'Connor How To Steal a Dog

Oppel, Kenneth Starclimber (Part of a series)

Paterson Bread and Roses Too

Paulsen, Gary* Voyage of the Frog

Philbrick, W. The Young Man and the Sea

Riordan The Red Pyramid*; The Throne of Fire; The Lost Hero

Ritter, Jon The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Ryan Paint the Wind

Schmidt Okay for Now

Slote, Alfred The Trading Game

Smith, Roland iQ: Independence Hall (Book #1)

Smith, Roland Thunder Cave

Spinelli, Jerry* Stargirl

Stein Racing in the Rain: My life as a dog

Tolan Listen!

Van Draanen, W. Shredderman: Secret Identity

Weston Zorgamazoo

Birdsell Penderwicks at Pointe Mouette

Clements, Andrew Troublemaker

Davies, Jacqueline The Lemonade Crime



Hannigan, Katherine True (Sort of…)

Hiaasen, Carl Chomp

Lai Inside out and Back Again (Newbery Honor)

Pennypacker Clementine and the Family Meeting

Selznick, Brian Wonderstruck

Smith Aliens on Vacation

Stein, Garth Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog- student version

Stevens, John The Emerald Atlas

Animal Stories

Birney, Betty The World According to Humphrey *

Burnford, Shelia Incredible Journey

Fan, Amy Swordbird

George, Jean Craighead* There's an Owl in the Shower

Ghent, N No Small Thing

Harlow, Jean Thunder From the Sea

Henry, Marguerite Misty

Martin, Ann A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray

O'Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka *

Oppel, Ken Silverwing*

Ryan, Pam Paint the Wind

Sewell, Anna Black Beauty

Historical Fiction

Avi Iron Thunder: The Battle between the Monitor and the

Merrimack

Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn

Curtis, Paul The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Duble, K. B. The Sacrifice

Hesse, Karen* Stowaway

Holm, Jennifer Boston Jane

Kadohata Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam

Karowski Quake: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Gift from the Sea

Krensky, Stephen The Printer's Apprentice

Osborne, Mary Pope Adeline Falling Star

Rinaldi, Ann * The Fifth of March

Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising

Whelan, Gloria* Angel on the Square

Just for Fun- Humor

Anholt, Laurence Shampoozel: Seriously Funny Stories

Babbit, Natalie Jack Plank Tells Tales

Bauer, Joan Squashed

Colfer, Eoin The Legend of Spud Murphy

Fitzgerald, John The Great Brain

Gutman, Dan * Mrs. Roopy is Loopy; The Homework Machine

Lowry, Lois* Gooney Bird Greene



Lubar, David Punished!

Maguire, Leaping Beauty, and other Animal Fairy Tales

Naylor, Phyllis* The Grand Escape*

Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever

Sachar, Louis* Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Popular Non-fiction Titles

Markie, Sandra The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery

Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop: Marsupials

Murphy, Jim The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American

Revolution; The Giant and How He Humbugged America;

Blizzard!

Brindell Fraden, Dennis The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of

Independence

Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge

Bang and Chisholm Ocean Sunlight

Singer, Marilyn A Strange Place to Call Home

Arnold A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How

Climate Change Affects Wildlife

Sy Montgomery and Temple Grandin Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced

Autism and Changed the World

Freedman The Voice That Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and

the Struggle for Equal Rights

Winter You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?

Chin Coral Reefs

Yeserski Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story

Rumford Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

Kerley What to Do About Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the

Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy

Crazy!

Aguilar 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System

Sly Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet

Goldsmith Earth: The Life of Our Planet

Carson Inside Tornadoes

Libbrecht The Secret Life of a Snowflake



Summer Reading Log

Title of Book Author Category (Fiction, nonfiction, Science fiction,

Biography, etc.)



Summer Reading 2017

Share a Book!

You will need: A folder, the attached worksheets, pencil, crayons or colored pencils, glue

1. Please decorate the front of the folder including the title, author, your name and a colorful picture that goes with the book. You may print a picture of the book cover and glue that on if you wish. If you are using a colored folder, please glue a blank white page to the front of the folder and decorate the blank page. Do not color right on the folder as it will be hard for people to read.

2. On the inside of the folder, glue the completed “Summary” worksheet or “Picture of Your Favorite Part” worksheet. *Students entering grade 1 may do the picture sheet. All other students entering grades 2-5 should complete the summary sheet.

4. On the right hand side, glue the completed question sheet. A. What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book?

B. Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why?

* Remember, if you liked the book, make your review interesting so that a classmate would be convinced to read it! Refer to the sample on the next page.



(Students entering grades 2-5 must complete this page) _____________________________

Name

My Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



(Students entering grade 1 may dictate the answers for their parents to write)

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Name_________________________________

What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book?

1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why? Why not?

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