Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School
Required Summer Reading List, 2011
Pre-K3 and PreK4
Parents should select one of the books listed and read this book aloud to and with their child. The bold print title with the asterisk* is a good book for reviewing counting and colors.
EXAMPLE
Bears on Wheels* |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? |
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Green Eggs and Ham |
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*NOTE: Please know that our students in grades 1st -6th will participate in the STB School wide Reading Fair to be held in November 2011. So, please make sure that our students read their books and prepare a project backboard.
Grades K-1st
The Kindergarten and first grade students will be required to read two (2) books from the summer reading list. Students in the grades listed are required to read the bold print title with the asterisk* for that grade. Kindergarten and first grade students will be asked to share one thing that they liked about one of the two books that they have read.
Grade K
K |
Brown Bear What Do You See?* |
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K |
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus |
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K |
Duck on a Bike |
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K |
Goodnight Moon |
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K |
Rosie’s Walk |
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K |
Where is the Green Sheep? |
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1st Grade
1 |
The Carrot Seed* |
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1 |
And I Mean It Stanley! |
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1 |
Kitten’s First Full Moon |
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1 |
Peter’s Chair |
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1 |
Olivia! |
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1 |
Sheep Out to Eat |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading Student (optional)
K |
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten |
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K |
The Night Before Kindergarten |
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K |
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book About Children Around the World |
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1 |
David Gets Into Trouble |
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1 |
Lily's Plastic Purple Purse |
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1 |
We’re Different, We’re the Same |
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Grades 2nd-6th
The students in grades two through six will be required to read three (3) books from the summer reading list. Students in the grades listed are required to read the bold print title with the asterisk* for that grade. In addition, each student should choose one of the books listed that they have read from their grade group to complete an activity or a project. The activity or project will detail what they have read. It could be a summary report (2 handwritten pages or 1 typed page), poster board, or daily journal/diary. The daily journal/diary would outline day-by-day what was read and liked about the story. The activity or project will be due within the first two weeks of returning to school. More information will be given when the students report.
2nd Grade
2 |
Harold and the Purple Crayon* |
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2 |
Amelia Bedelia |
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2 |
The Dot |
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2 |
The Napping House |
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2 |
Pigeon Finds a Hotdog |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading 2nd Grade Student (optional)
2 |
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday |
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2 |
Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright |
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2 |
Something Beautiful |
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3rd Grade
3 |
Through Grandpa’s Eyes* |
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3 |
Mrs. Katz and Tush |
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3 |
Sheila Rae the Brave |
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3 |
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop |
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3 |
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading 3rd Grade Student (optional)
3 |
Great Fuzz Frenzy |
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3 |
Stone Soup |
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3 |
Uptown |
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3 |
Pink and Say |
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4th Grade
4 |
Charlotte’s Web* |
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4 |
Talk About a Family* |
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4 |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
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4 |
Pink and Say |
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4 |
Wayside School is Falling Down |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading 4th Grade Student (optional)
4 |
Diego |
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4 |
The Watson’s Go to Birmingham |
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4 |
Magic School Bus: Inside the Hurricane |
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4 |
Cricket in Times Square |
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4 |
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
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5th Grade
5 |
Maniac Magee* |
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5 |
The Skin I’m In* |
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5 |
Bridge to Terabithia |
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5 |
The Magician’s Nephew |
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5 |
The Watson’s Go to Birmingham |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading 5th Grade Student (optional)
5 |
The Kid Who Ran for President |
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5 |
My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian |
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5 |
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
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5 |
A Single Shard |
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5 |
A Tale of Desperaux |
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6th Grade
6 |
Mississippi Bridge* |
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6 |
Bud, Not Buddy* |
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6 |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
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6 |
Missing May |
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6 |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
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Some Additional Readings for the Advanced Reading 6th Grade Student (optional)
6th Grade
6 |
The Great Gilly Hopkins |
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6 |
Hoops |
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6 |
Tears of Tiger |
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6 |
Roll Thunder, Hear My Cry |
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6 |
The Last Book in the Universe |
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