Zora Neale Hurston S 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade K

Kindergarten:

Please choose 2 books from the following list and complete 1 activity per book.

Books (choose 2):

Activities(choose 1 per book):

• Draw a picture of your favorite page. Explain in writing why this page is your favorite.
• Make a poster about the book using one or two of the following media: finger paint, water colors, crayons, chalk, real materials. Write an explanation of the poster.
• Create a puppet, finger puppet or draw a portrait about your favorite character. Write a sentence or two of what your character would say to the author.

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade 1

First Grade :

Books

Activity for each book

• Use an index card to summarize the book you have read on one side, and on the other side write to explain why you would recommend this book to a friend to read. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade 2

BOOKS AND A SUMMER READING JOURNAL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS BY THE READING DEPARTMENT FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 3.

Activity

• Students complete the summer journal for one of the books.

Second Grade Gifted:

Activities (choose 1 per book):

• Keep a reading log or journal and make a list of words you have learned. Write the new word, copy the sentence in which it is used, write a definition using your own words and draw a picture or symbol which reminds you what the word means.
• Surf the Internet prior to, while, or after reading a book to conduct research about the book, its author, or its subject. Develop a log of your findings.
• Create a collage with words and pictures around central idea, theme, or characters in the book.
• Rewrite a scene and change the gender of the characters to explain how their character in the story. Write down events that happen and reflect on how they affected the character and why.
• Build a miniature stage setting of the book. Include a written explanation how this information contributes to an understanding of the book.
• Choose a character. Write whether or not you would want him/her for a sibling, parent, or friend, (choose one) and explain why.

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade 3

BOOKS AND A SUMMER READING JOURNAL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS BY THE READING DEPARTMENT FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 2 AND 3. STUDENTS WHO ARE NEW TO THE SCHOOL CAN PURCHASE THE BOOKS.

Activities(choose 1 per book):

• Draw a multicolored movie poster for the book.
• Write another beginning and ending for the book.
• Design a poster using multiple print or digital sources

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade 4

Please choose 2 books from the following list and complete 1 activity per book.

Books (choose 2):

Activities(choose 1 per book):

• Using multimedia components (graphics, sounds, visual displays) create a poster advertising your books someone else will want to read it.
• Choose a character. Write whether or not you would want him/her for a sibling, parent of friend, (choose one) and explain why.
• Create a timeline using drawings, magazine cutouts, pictures and labels to show the events along the timeline, and how they contribute to the meaning of the text.
• Design a t-shirt that promotes your book and write a jingle to sell it.

Zora Neale Hurston’s 2017-2018 Summer Reading List

Grade 5

Please choose 2 books from the following list and complete 1 activity per book.

Books (choose 2):

Activities(choose 1 per book):

• Using multimedia components (graphics, sounds, visual displays) create a poster advertising your books someone else will want to read it.
• Choose a character. Write whether or not you would want him/her for a sibling, parent of friend, (choose one) and explain why.
• Create a timeline using drawings, magazine cutouts, pictures and labels to show the events along the timeline, and how they contribute to the meaning of the text.
• Design a t-shirt that promotes your book and write a jingle to sell it.
• Design a poster using multiple print of digital sources to advertise your book. Be creative…use details…elaborate…use color! Try to make it 3-D or movable