Summer Reading Lists

Emerging 1^st graders

(Choose 5 or more)

Noisy Nora                                                              Rosemary Wells

There’s a Wocket in My Pocket                               Dr. Seuss

The Very Busy Spider                                              Eric Carle

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie                               Laura Numeroff

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus                           Mo Willems

Stellaluna                                                                  Janell Cannon

Olivia Saves the Circus                                             Ian Falconer

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb                                    Al Perkins

Hop on Pop                                                             Dr. Seuss

Bears on Wheels                                                      Stan and Jan Berenstain

Emerging 2^nd graders

(Choose 5 or more)

 The Cat In the Hat                                                   Dr. Seuss

Curious George Flies a Kite                                       H.A. Rey

Frog and Toad are Friends                                       Arnold Lobel

Are You My Mother?                                               P.D. Eastman

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut                                Dr. Seuss

Mouse Soup                                                            Arnold Lobel

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus                          Mo Willems

George and Martha                                                 James Marshall

Corduroy                                                                Don Freeman        

Where the Wild Things Are                                     Maurice Sendak

Suggested Summer Reading for 3rd Grade:

 Arnold Lobel:                                                Frog and Toad

Else Minarik:                                                 Little Bear

Chris Van Alsburg:                                        The Stranger, Zathura

William Steig:                                                 The Amazing Bone,

                                                                        Amos and Boris, Gorky Rises

Tomie DePaola:                                             Strega Nona

David Adler:                                                   The  Fourth Floor Twins and

                                                                        The Disappearing Parrott Trick

                                                                        The Cam Jansen Series

Paula Danzinger:                                            The Amber Brown Series

Beverly Cleary:                                              It’s Great to be Eight, 

Janell Cannon:                                                Henry and Ribsy,

                                                                         Verdi, Pinduli, Stellaluna

Suggested Summer Reading for 4th Grade:

Neil Gaiman:                                      The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish

Louis Sachaar:                                   Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Holes,

                                                            There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom

Roald Dahl:                                        James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the

                                                            Chocolate Factory

Mary Pope Osborne:                         The Magic Tree House Series

R. L. Stine:                                         Goosebumps Series

Andrew Clements:                              Frindle, The Report Card

Lemony Snicket:                                A Series of Unfortunate Events

Judy Cox:                                           Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café

Jack Prelutsky:                                  It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles

Suggested Summer Reading for 5^th and 6^th Grade GIRLS 2007-2008:

Please pick two of the following books and have read those two books with a five paragraph book report ready for the first day of school. Enjoy your free time and be safe! 

Judy Blume :                                          Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret

Angie Sage:                                            Flyte

Lois Lawry:                                            Gossamer

Gary Paulson:                                        Hatchet

Carl Hiaasen:                                         Hoot

Roald Dahl:                                            James the Giant Peach

C.S. Lewis:                                             The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Jerry Spinelli:                                         Maniac Magee 

Roald Dahl:                                            Matilda

Richard Atwater:                                   Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Kevin Herkes:                                       Olive’s Ocean

Jennifer L. Holm:                                  Penny from Heaven

C. S. Lewis:                                           The Silver Chair

Sharon G. Flake:                                  The Skin I am In

Jerry Spinelli:                                       Star Girl

Allan Zullo:                                           Survivors

Liz Kessler:                                          Tail of Emily Windsap

Christopher Paul Curtis:                      The Watsons go to Birmingham

Madeleine L’Engle:                             A Wrinkle in Time

FOR 5th & 6th Grade BOYS

Please choose a biography to read over the summer.  This can be a person living or dead, male or female, young or old.  Please have a short summary of their life to share with the class when school begins.  Please have a picture (you can draw one) of the person to show as you share about their life.  Also you are to read a chapter book about an animal.  This can be a fiction or non-fiction critter.  Have a summary of this book ready to share in August along with a drawing or visual aid of the animal.

You need to have your own copy of the Bible for daily Bible time.  It can be any version.  Please make sure your name is in it.

It is the policy at The Foundation Academy to read at least 30 minutes everyday.  Hopefully this can be a family event.

Enjoy your summer and the wonderful world God has given to us.  See you in August.

7^th and 8^th Grade

Suggested Summer Reading List

·     A Child Called “It”                                      Author:  Dave Pelzer

·     Hoops                                                        Author:  Walter Dean Myers

·     The Call of the Wild                                    Author:  Jack London

·     Stargirl                                                        Author:  Jerry Spinelli

·     Chicken Soup for the Pre-teen Soul             Author:  Jack Canfield

·     Holes                                                          Author:  Louis Sachar

·     Scorpions                                                    Author:  Walter Dean Myers

·     The Lost Boy                                              Author:  Dave Pelzer

·     Ghost Canoe                                              Author:  Will Hobbs

·     Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl             Author:  A. Frank

·     Little Women                                             Author:  Louisa May Alcott

·     Across Five Aprils                                     Author:  Irene Hunt

·     Tuck Everlasting                                        Author:  Natalie Babbitt

·     White Fang                                                Author:  Jack London

You are required to read two books over the summer, one of your choice, and one from the list above. A Summary on each book is due the 1^st day of school.

*  Important Note-These summaries will constitute your first grades of the 2007-2008 academic year.  Be sure to bring them in on the first day of school!

HILI 1-4 Summer Reading for 2007

(9th & 10th Grade)

Questions? Call Dr. Kathryn: 242-0607

Due the first day of school.  This will be a very important grade!

Read a novel, biography, or autobiography.  As you read, keep notes on things you might use to write your report, using the instructions below.

1. Introduce your book to your reader by giving the title, author, and date of publication; then explain how you found the book and what kind of person would enjoy this book.

2. Next write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) for each of sections 3-9 below.

3. Tell the main CHARACTER’S name and describe in your own words the character’s appearance and personality.  Then quote (copy and give page number!) a passage from the book that describes the character well.

4. Describe a location (SETTING) in the story and tell what happens in this place.  Quote (give the page number!) a description from the book that clarifies what you have described.

5. Tell three important events in the story (PLOT).  Explain how/why the first causes the second and the second causes the third.  Create a timeline to clarify the sequence of events.

6. Quote (give the page number!) something funny (or scary or some other emotion) (MOOD) and explain why it is funny (or scary).  Then quote something sad (or some other emotion, such as anxious or mysterious, or daring, etc.) and explain how that part makes you feel that emotion.

7. Text to Self:  Find something in the story that reminds you of something you have experienced.  Quote (give the page

number!)  that part of the story and then write a detailed comparison between the story and yourself.

8. Text to Text:  Explain how a part of the story reminds you of another book, movie, song, or other artwork.  Quote (give the page number!) that part of the story and write a detailed comparison between the story and the work it reminds you of.

9. Text to World:  Quote (give the page number!) something from the story that you must research in order to understand it.  For example, maybe the character is wearing a “garanimals” shirt so you must look it up to see what that brand looks like.  Look up the thing you chose and write what you learned.  Tell where you found the information.

10. Create an artwork (a drawing or collage) that illustrates what you wrote for one of the “TEXT to…” parts (7, 8, or 9).

Hi Li 5 - 8 Reading List

(11th & 12th Grade)

This summer, make reading part of your routine. It’s a great way to take adventures.

Please read the following:

1.                  Classical Novel - expand your horizons.

2.                  A book of your choice - always holds your interest.

3.                  A novel by author Maya Angelou - very good writer. Try I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings.

I need two creative book summaries, so let your creative juice flow.

Have a really great summer.

Ms. Reggie