Lower School Summer Reading
Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace, READ!
Summer is the perfect time to read for pleasure. Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace, Read is this year’s theme. So grab a book and unwind; escape the routine of the busy school year. Let books entertain you and stimulate your imagination. Remember the three A’s and just READ!
Students entering third, fourth, and fifth grades may want to include choices from the 2010-11 Sunshine State Reading Program. Students will be encouraged to read selections from the Sunshine State list throughout the school year. Those students completing the list by the end of the 2010-11 school year will receive a special luncheon in their honor during the last week of school. The Sunshine State program is completely voluntary. What a great way to get a head start!
For a list of the Sunshine State Award books for this year, go to http://myssyra.org/. See below for teacher recommended books (Grades 3-5). The required books are listed below by the grade level students will be entering:
Pre K – Grade 2: Student choice of ten picture books (or two chapter books) read by student or read aloud by parents.
Grade 3: Student choice of three to five chapter books that may include teacher-recommended books or Sunshine State books found at http://myssyra.org/.
Grade 4: Required – Ribsy by Beverly Cleary - AND -
Student choice of three to five other chapter books that may include teacher recommended books or Sunshine State books found at http://myssyra.org/. (Fourth graders should expect activities on their required book when school convenes in August.)
Grade 5: Required –
(1) The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
(2) Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier by Gail Karwoski - AND -
Student choice of three additional chapter books that may include teacher recommended books or Sunshine State books found at http://myssyra.org/. (Fifth graders should expect activities on their required books when school convenes in August.)
Open the appropriate grade level for the list of recommended summer reading.
Pre-K
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade