"There's 104 days of summer vacation And school comes along just to end it So the annual problem for our generation Is finding a good way to spend it"
Unless your parents let you be like Phineas And Ferb and create rocket ships, tree house robots, or drive your sister insane, you need to find other activities to keep busy during the summer.
Granted Summer should be a fun relaxing time. Swimming, playing, or staying up late can be all the great rewards. But, I hope none of our students take the entire summer off and do no learning! When I was a teacher I always gave a list, to my incoming students, of books they should read during the summer. At one school we even had the students do book reports over the summer. So following is a list (just a few) of books for a few of the grade levels. Depending on your own reading level you could pick a higher grade book or lower grade book.
5th Grade
Alien(series) - Bruce Coville
My Teacher (series)- Bruce Coville
The Best School Year Ever - Barbara Robinson
Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Briat
Everest (series) - Gordon Korman
Holes - Louis Sachar
Wayside School (series) - Louis Sachar
The Laundry News - Andrew Clements
4th Grade
The American Girls Collection - Pleasant Company
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks
Matilda - Roald Dahl
The Secret School - Avi
Superfudge - Judy Blume
Because of Winn Dixie - Kate Dicamillo
Stuart Little - E.B. White
3rd Grade
Boxcar Children (series) - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Judy Moody - Megan McDonald
The Littles - John Peterson
Magic Tree House (series) - Mary Pope Osbourne
Magic Schoolbus (series) - Joanna Cole
The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Beverly Cleary
Encyclopedia Brown (series) - Donald J. Sobol
2nd Grade
Amelia Bedelia (series) - Peggy Parish
The Berenstain Bears - Jan and Stan Berenstain
Clifford the Big Red Dog (chapter books)- Gail Herman
Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown
Nate the Great (series) - Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown - Paula Danzinger
Horrible Harry (series) - Suzy Kline
1st Grade
Dear Zoo - Lois Ehlert
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
The Listening Walk - Paul Showers
Corduroy - Donald Freeman
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Numeroff
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
