Summer Reading Assignments

Summer is a wonderful time to foster the love of reading with your child. Suggested books and website links by grade level can be found in the drop down menu above under Summer Reading Recommendations under the Summer Reading menu bar.
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Beginners and Prep I
We encourage you to spend time reading together this summer. Exposure to literature is one of the best things that you can do for your child. When you read, take some time to talk about the story–make predictions about what will happen next, have a conversation about a specific character and decisions they made in the story, or simply discuss whether you liked the book and why.

Prep II and First Grade
We suggest that you set a goal of reading five books this summer. Your child may read independently or, depending on your child’s reading level, you may read them together. You may even choose to partner read–you read one page and your child reads another. Please list the books you have read on the reading log included in the summer work folder and bring the list to your child’s teacher at the beginning of the school year.

Second Grade
Students entering second grade are required to read the assigned summer reading book that was in their folder. Please read a minimum of five books, but we have space for up to ten on the reading log if he or she would like to read more. Your child may choose to read independently or you may read together. Please have your child bring the list to school at the beginning of the school year.

Third Grade
Students entering third grade are required to read and complete the writing activities accompanying the book in the summer work folder. In addition to reading the book, please read at least four other titles of fiction or non-fiction, and add them to the reading log. Please have your child bring the list to school at the beginning of the school year.

Fourth Grade
Students entering fourth grade are required to read the book in their summer reading folder and complete the writing activities accompanying the book. In addition,  please include at least three titles on the reading log. We ask that each parent and child sign the log and bring it to the first day of school along with the competed writing assignment.

Upper School For our summer reading and writing program, all Upper School students are expected to complete the enclosed  assignments in the summer work folder. Assignments are due the first day of school and will be reviewed as part of the English curriculum.

• Required Reading for Fifth Grade: Choose one of the following titles: The Unteachables by Gordon Korman;  or Frindle by Andrew Clements; or Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and one book of the student's choice. Please complete the writing assignment included in the folder.
• Required Reading for Sixth Grade: Choose one of the following titles: Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake Burt; or Extra Credit by Andrew Clements; or Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez/Gabriela Epstein and one book of the student's choice.  Please complete the writing assignment included in the folder.
• Required Reading for Seventh Grade: Ancestor Approved by Cynthia Leitich Smith and one fiction book of the student's choice.  Please complete the writing assignment included in the folder.
• Required Reading for Eighth Grade: Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin and one fiction book of the student's choice.  Please complete the writing assignment included in the folder.