Free To Read!
Mondovi Elementary School
Summer Reading Program 2017
4th Grade
Why Read? Summer ishere and with it lots of time for recreational reading. Our summer reading program is designed to help elementary students understand that reading is an enjoyable pastime and that we read for pleasure as well as to acquire information. It is not a secret that reading skills improve with practice so it then becomes even more entertaining. Making time in the day to read is good for the mind and it is a wonderful way to reduce the noise, stress and stimulation often associated with busy lives in our fast paced world. It is well known that reading is essential to providing a solid basis for academic achievement. But most of all, reading is totally fun!Summer Reading Program Requirements:
1. Students need to set a personal reading goal.
How many books will you read over the summer? It is different for everyone. Parent/adult support is necessary so you can access books. Check out our wonderful public library downtown as well as other libraries, local bookstores, online bookstores, electronic books (very cool) and don’t forget to share books with friends.
2. Students MUST read a MINIMUM of 4 “good fit” age appropriate books.
Your personal reading goal may be higher – that’s awesome!Remember four “good fit” age appropriate books are the MINIMUM to be eligible to take part in the summer reading celebration this fall.
3. You MUST fill out a reading log and turn it in by Monday,September 11, 2017.
Reading logs are to be filled in with the date the book was finished, the title and author of the book, and a parent signature for each book completed. Reading logs arefound at the bottom of this pageunder the heading “Summer Reading Logs.” Reading logs are to be turned into your 2017-18 classroom teachers by September 11. Don’t forget to fill out your first AND last name too!
4. Students can read what they want!
Free choice is an important component of this program. Students are encouraged to read at their appropriate reading level. Not sure? Talk with your parents to see if a particular book is a good fit for you. There are SO MANY wonderful books out there! Fiction and non-fiction books are fine!
Book recommendations? Of course! Check outthe list of recommended titles. It is just one helpful resource in choosing fun books to read.
Summer Reading Log Extra summer reading logs are found here. Visit the Mondovi Public Library this summer to find great “good fit” age appropriate books
Summer Reading Log
Keep a list of the books you read by yourself or that someone reads to you during the summer vacation. You must read a MINIMUM of 4 “good fit” age appropriate books. Try to include books from the attached Summer Reading List.
Title Author
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______
9. ______
10. ______
Student’s Name (print) ______Grade in September ______
Student’s Signature: ______
Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature: ______
Bring this form to your new teacher in by September 11.
For Students Entering Grade 4
GENRE KEY: A=Animal, B=Biography, F=Factual, FA=Fantasy, FO=Folklore, H=Historical Fiction, M=Mystery, P=Poetry, R=Realistic, SF=Science Fiction
AUTHOR / TITLE / GENRE* / Scientists in the Field (Series) / F
* / Who Was… (series) / B
Adler, David / Andy Russell (series) / R
Asch, Frank / Journal of a Cardboard Genius (series) / SF
Banerjee, Anjali / Looking for Bapu / R
Berman, Len / And Nobody Got Hurt! (series) / F
Bertman, Jennifer C. / Book Scavenger / M
Blume, Judy / Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / R
Burg, Ann E. / Serafina’s Promise / R
Cheng, Andrea / Year of the Book (series) / R
Clements, Andrew / Frindle / R
Creech, Sharon / Love That Dog / R
Dahl, Roald / The Twits / FA
Danziger, Paula / Amber Brown (series) / R
Davies, Jacqueline / The Lemonade War / R
DiCamillo, Kate / Flora & Ulysses / FA
Dowell, Frances / Phineas L. MacGuire… (series) / R
Eager, Edward / Half Magic (series) / FA
Fairstein, Linda / Rutherford B., Who Was He? / P
Fleischman, Sid / The Whipping Boy / H
Fry, Jason / Jupiter Pirates (series) / SF
Gannett, Ruth Stilles / My Father's Dragon (series) / FA
Gifford, Peggy E. / Moxy Maxwell (series) / R
Giovanni, Nikki, ed. / Hip Hop Speaks to Children / P
Golenbock, Peter / Teammates / F
Halls, Kelly Milner / Alien Investigation / F
Holm, Jennifer / Penny from Heaven / H
Hoberman, Mary Ann / Forget-Me-Not: Poems to Learn… / P
Howe, James / Bunnicula (series) / M
Jones, Allan / The Six Crowns (series) / A
King-Smith, Dick / A Mouse Called Wolf / A
LaFaye, A. / Worth / H
Lindgren, Astrid / PippiLongstocking (series) / FA
Lombard, Jenny / Drita, My Home Girl / R
Lubar, David / Numbed / R
McDonald, Megan / Judy Moody (series) / R
Mills, Claudia / Being Teddy Roosevelt / R
Naidoo, Beverly / Aesop’s Fables / FO
Park, Barbara / Skinnybones (series) / R
Paton Walsh, Jill / The Green Book / SF
Paulsen, Gary / Mudshark / M
Pinkney, Andrea Davis / Dear Benjamin Banneker / B
Pinkwater, Daniel M. / The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (series) / FA
Polacco, Patricia / Pink and Say / H
Prelutsky, Jack / For Laughing Out Loud / P
Rumford, James / Seeker of Knowledge / F
Sage, Angie / AramintaSpookie (series) / F
Salisbury, Graham / Calvin Coconuts: Trouble Magnet (series) / R
San Souci, Robert D. / The Faithful Friend / FO
Scieszka, Jon / Math Curse (series) / FA
Scieszka, Jon / Time Warp Trio (series) / FA
Singer, Marilyn / Into the Lion’s Den (series) / M
Smith, Greg Leitich / Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn / SF
Stilton, Geronimo / Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (series) / A
Stout, Shawn / Penelope Crumb (series) / R
Tarshis, Lauren / I Survived (series) / H
Whybrow, Ian / Little Wolf (series) / A
Williams, Vera / Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart / R