2012 Summer Reading Activities for Incoming Kindergartners/First Graders

Due the First Week of School

Steps to successful reading this summer:

  1. Read for at least one hour every week.
  2. Record your reading on the reading log provided by the district.
  3. Choose one or more books from the attached list (or choose one of your own favorites).
  4. Fill out the attached book response form.
  5. Return your log and book response form to your teacher during the first week of school.
  6. Receive your Summer Reading Incentive! 

Christina School District Suggested Summer Reading Lists

Kindergarten / First Grade
Stories:
Little Bear—Minarik
Are You My Mother—Eastman
Green Eggs and Ham—Dr. Seuss
Put Me in the Zoo—Lopshire
Owl at Home—Lobel
Pancakes for Breakfast—DePaola
Hi! Fly Guy—Arnold
A Tree is a Plant—Bulla
My Five Senses—Aliki
Starfish—Hurd
Truck—Crews
Hattie the Bad--Devlin / Stories:
Little Bear—Minarik
Are You My Mother—Eastman
Green Eggs and Ham—Dr. Seuss
Put Me in the Zoo—Lopshire
Frog and Toad Together—Lobel
Pancakes for Breakfast—DePaola
Truck—Crews
Born Yesterday: The Diary of a Young Journalist—Solheim
Even Monsters Need Haircuts—McElligott
Furious George Goes Bananas: A Primate Parody—Rex
Hattie the Bad--Devlin
Poetry:
Mother Goose Rhymes and Nursery Rhymes (many versions)
Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young—Prelutsky / Poetry:
Mother Goose Rhymes and Nursery Rhymes (many versions)
Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young—Prelutsky
Folktales:
The Little Red Hen (many versions)
The Three Little Pigs (many versions) / Folktales:
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock—Kimmel
The Egyptian Cinderella—Climo
Rumpelstiltskin—Zelinsky

Name:______

2012 Summer Reading Log for Children Entering Kindergarten/First Grade

Reading over the summer will help your child to maintain the progress they have made in the previous school year. This will ensure a successful start to the school year.

Weeks of the Summer / Amount of Time Read / Parent/Guardian Signature
Week 1
6/18/12
Week 2
6/25/12
Week 3
7/2/12
Week 4
7/9/12
Week 5
7/16/12
Week 6
7/23/12
Week 7
7/30/12
Week 8
8/6/12
Week 9
8/13/12
Week 10
8/20/12

Directions:

  • Students are to read or be read to for at least one hour per week.
  • Book may be chosen from the attached list, or you may choose your own.
  • Students should read 9 out of the 10 weeks. Mark an X in the box for the week you choose not to read.
  • Help your child complete the book response form for ONE of the books that you read.
  • Return complete log and book response form to your classroom teacher within the first week of school.
  • Students who complete the CSD Summer Reading activities will be recognized and rewarded for their participation.

Book Response Form

Name:______

Book Title:______

Book Author:______

Draw a face that shows how you liked the book

Draw a picture that shows something that happened in the book.

Write one or more sentences below about your picture.