Hamilton Township School District

Incoming 1st - 5th Grade Summer Reading

2016

Research shows that students score significantly higher on standardized tests

taken at the beginning of summer vacation than they do on the same standardized tests
taken at summers end. This loss is particularly evident in reading. The key to
overcoming summer reading loss is finding ways to get books into students hands
during the summer break. Incoming 1st through 5th graders are being asked to read 15 20 hours over the summer.
Attached you will find suggested reading lists for each grade level and a sheet to
record the titles of the books read. Students are encouraged to read both fiction and
nonfiction books that are on their reading level. Please complete the reading log and
return to your childs teacher on the first day of school.
Barnes and Noble has a summer reading triathlon where students have the opportunity
to earn a free book. Please see the website to learn more information.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/summer-reading/_/N-rs9
What Can Families Do to Get Children Reading Over the Summer?
Let your child choose. Plan a field trip to the library and let your child choose books that
interest them. A librarian can help steer them in the right direction, too. Keep books readily
available at home, in the car, wherever your day takes you.

Read to your child. Establish a routine for reading. Whether before bed or at snack time,
reading can fit into almost any part of your daily routine.

Read aloud together. Its never too early to start reading to your little ones. For older kids,
take turns reading each page of a favorite book.

Talk about what you are reading. Asking questions before, during and after the read helps
your child make connections and increase reading comprehension skills.

Show your child that you enjoy reading. Be a reading model. Children often mimic parent
behavior. Let your child see you enjoying reading and soon you may have an avid reader
yourself.
Source: Reading is Fundamental

Student Name ______________________________

Title

Author

Fiction or
Nonfiction

Minutes
Spent
Reading

Suggested Reading
Incoming 1st
Grade

Incoming 2nd
Grade

Incoming 3rd
Grade

Incoming 4th
Grade

Incoming 5th
Grade

Aliens Ate my
Homework by
Bruce Coville
Dear Mr.
Henshaw by
Beverly Cleary
Tales of a
Fourth Grade
Nothing by Judy
Blume
Superfudge by
Judy Blume
The
Stonekeeper by
Kazu Kibuishi
Hank Zipper
series by Henry
Winkler
The Basket
Counts by Matt
Christopher
The Witches by
Roald Dahl
Big Nate series
by Lincoln Peirce
The Kingdom
Keeper series by
Ridley Pearson
My Weird
School series by
Dan Gutman
Wayside School
is Falling Down
by Louis Sachar
Poppy by Avi
The Jacket by
Andrew Clements

Every Living
Thing by Cynthia
Rylant
Smile by Raina
Telgemeier
Bone series by
Jeff Smith
A Tale Dark
and Grimm by
Adam Gidwitz
Diary of a
Wimpy Kid
series by Jeff
Kinney
Matilda by Roald
Dahl
The Miraculous
Journey of
Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo
From the Mixed
up Files of Mrs.
Basil E.
Frankweiler by
E.L. Konigsburg
The
Penderwicks by
Jeanne Birdsall
Long Shot by
Mike Lupica
Rules by Cynthia
Lord
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton

Fiction
Biscuit Series
by Alyssa Satin
Capucilli
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear
What Do You
See by Bill Martin
I Went Walking
by Sue Williams
Rain by Robert
Kalan
Shoes by
Elizabeth
Winthrop
Wheres Al? By
Byron Barton
Little Bear by
Else Holmelund
Minarik
Are You My
Mother? by P.D.
Eastman
Green Eggs and
Ham by Dr. Seuss
Sams Cookie by
Barbro Lindgren
Here are My
Hands by Bill
Martin
The Foot Book
by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by
Dr. Seuss
Bears on
Wheels by Stan
and Jan
Berenstain

The Fly Guy

Series by Ted
Arnold
Liar Liar Pants
On Fire by
Miriam Cohen
Leo the Late
Bloomer by
Robert Kraus
Noisy Nora by
Rosemary Wells
The Napping
House by Audrey
Wood
Bear Shadow by
Frank Asch
Charlie Needs a
Cloak by Tomie
DePaola
Danny and the
Dinosaur by Syd
Hoff
Fox and his
Friends by
Edward Marshall
Curious George
by Margret Rey
The Franklin
Series by Paulette
Bourgeois
The Doorbell
Rang by Pat
Hutchins
Peters Chair by
Ezra Keats
Jamberry by
Bruce Degen

Judy Moody
series by Megan
McDonald
Pinky and Rex
series by James
Howe
Black Lagoon
series by Mike
Thaler
Nate the Great
series by
Marjorie
Weinman Sharmat
Horrible Harry
series by Suzy
Kline
The Bailey
School Kids
series by Debbie
Dadey
Junie B. Jones
series by Barbara
Park
Magic Tree
House series by
Mary Pope
Osborne
A-Z Mysteries
by Ron Roy
Amber Brown
series by Paula
Danziger
How to be Cool
in the Third
Grade by Betsy
Duffey

Suggested Reading
Incoming 1st
Grade

Incoming 2nd
Grade

Incoming 3rd
Grade

Incoming 4th
Grade

Incoming 5th
Grade

Great
Migration by
Jacob Lawrence
I Survived...
series by Lauren
Tarshis
Escaping
Titanic: A
Young Girls
True Story of
Survival by M.
Lorbiecki
Spectacular
Sharks by Bobbie
Kalman
Reptiles by
Cherie Winner
Owen and
Mazee: The
Story of
Remarkable
Friendship by
Hatkoff,
Kahumbu, and
Greste
Who Was
series by various
authors

A More Perfect
Union by Betsy
Maestro
Desert Animals
by Connor Dayton
How Dogs
Came From
Wolves by Jack
Meyers
Any nonfiction by
Mike Venezia
Any nonfiction by
Seymour Simon
Mummies Made
in Egypt by Aliki
The Amazing
Impossible Erie
Canal by Cheryl
Harness

Non Fiction
Flying by Donald
Crews
I Eat Leaves by
JoAnn Vandine
My Five Senses
by Aliki
Baby Dolphins
First Day by
Connie and Peter
Roop
Its Snowing by
Gail Gibbons
The Moon Book
by Gail Gibbons
Animal Babies
by Andrea
Pinington
See Me Grow by
Arlon Penelope
Starfish by
Edith Thacher
Hurd

How
Mountains Are
Made by
Kathleen
Weidener
Zoehfeld
Germs Make
Me Sick by
Melvin Berger
Volcanoes by
Franklyn Branley
The Sky is Full
of Stars by
Franklyn Branley
Sharks by Gail
Gibbons
The Pumpkin
Book by Gail
Gibbons
Diving
Dolphins by
Karen Wallace
Gorillas Gentle
Giants of the
Forest by Joyce
Milton
A Picture Book
of Eleanor
Roosevelt by
David Adle

The Bravest
Dog Ever: The
True Story of
Balto by Natalie
Standiford
Bug Out! THe
Worlds
Creepiest,
Crawliest
Critters by
Ginjer Clarke
Magic Tree
House series by
Mary pope
Osborne and Will
Pope
Super Storms
by Simon Semour
Kate Shelley
and the
Midnight
Express by
Margret K.
Wetterer
Amazing Bats
by Seymour Simon
Happy
Birthday,
Martin Luther
King by Marzollo