2017 Required Summer Reading Program

for Elementary School

WCA students entering grades one through five are required to complete summer

reading and reports. The goal of summer reading is to encourage growth in

reading by engaging the mind with good books over the summer break. Please

choose books from the attached list assigned to the grade level the student will be

entering in the fall. Then complete the assigned Book Report(s) which will be

turned in to your teacher for a grade. The mandatory reading must be

completed and the book reports must be turned in to your teacher by Friday,

August 25, 2017. All book reports must be turned in at the same time.

Not every book is recommended for every child. It is the parent’s responsibility to

review the book for suitability of content for the student as well as to gauge the

book’s reading level. If the student has read one of the books before, he/she must

select a new book to read this summer.

Where Eagles Soar Honors Reading

This year again, we will continue a “gold standard” for summer reading in which

we encourage all students to participate; however, participation in this part of the

reading program is strictly voluntary.

Requirement for Where Eagles Soar Honors Reading: the student must

complete all of the grade level summer reading requirements as listed above, plus

read two or more additional books from the grade level list. Students will submit a

book report for each additional book read from the list (must be a book not

previously read by the student). Students completing the honors reading

requirement will receive extra credit determined by the classroom teacher and an

awards certificate of completion. The due date for the honors reading is also

August 25, 2017.

Second Grade

Students entering second grade are required to read five short books over the summer and

complete two book reports on their favorite books. Please use the attached instructions and

worksheet for the book reports.

1. Anansi the Spider McDermott

2. Brambly Hedge series Barkle

3. Madeline books Bemelmens

4. Magic Tree House series Osborne

5. Henry and Beezus books Cleary

6. Cam Jansen mysteries Adler

7. Cul-de-Sac Kids series Lewis

8. Berenstain Bears books Berenstain

9. Aesop’s Fables

10. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Martin

11. Nate the Great series Sharmat

12. The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo Blume

13. Adaptations from Little House books Wilder

14. Stellaluna/Verdi Cannon

15. Virginia Lee Burton books Burton

16. Curdoroy books Freeman

17. Mercy Watson DiCamillo

18. Click, Clack, Moo (and other duck books) Cronin

19. Owl at Home Lobel

20. Dr. Seuss books

21. P.D. Eastman books

22. Ladybug Girl books Soman

23. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams

24. The Three Bears Paul Galdone

25. The Emperor’s New Clothes Hans Christian Anderson

26. The Ugly Duckling Jerry Pinkney

27. When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh) A.A. Milne

28. The King Without a Shadow R.C. Sproul

Book Report for Students Entering 1st and 2

rd Grade

Please complete your book report(s) on the activity sheet on the next page. For

each box on the activity sheet, write your responses in complete sentences. You

may also include pictures and/or color/decorate each activity sheet.

Genre: Fiction (Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, etc.)

Characters: Write a sentence listing the characters in your book.

Setting: Write a sentence describing where and when the story took place.

Summary: Write a brief summary of your book, including beginning, middle, and

ending.

Problem: Write a sentence describing the problem in your book.

Solution: Write a sentence describing the solution for the problem in your book.