First Grade Summer Assignment List

One of the most important things you can do for your child is to get in the habit of reading to or listening to them read aloud each night. The summer is a perfect time to do this! Suggestions for Great Read-Aloud Books My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff

All the Colors of the Earth Shelia Hamanaka

Silly Sally Audrey Wood

Kitten’s First Full Moon Kevin Henkes

Ten Red Apples Pat Hutchins

In the Small, Small Pond Denise Fleming

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet Mercer Mayer

My Furry Foster Family Debbi Michiko Florence

Chick & Brain: Smell My Foot CeCe Bell

Authors for Fictional Reading Frank Asch Audrey Wood

Margaret Wise Brown Eric Carle

Mo Willems Denise Fleming

Leo Lionni Mercer Mayer

Laura Numeroff Dr. Seuss

Geisel Award Winning Books for Beginning Readers

Stop! Bot! James Yang

Waiting is Not Easy! Mo Willems

Flubby is Not a Good Pet! J.E. Morris Suggestions for Non-Fiction Reading

Sports Biography series Bob Kirkpatrick

Our Animal World series Heather Adamson

Historical Figure series Pamela Walker

Animal Detectives series Rosie Albright

Suggestions for Independent Readers

Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne

Nate the Great Majorie Weinman Sharmat

Cam Jansen David A. Adler

A to Z Mysteries Ron Roy

George and Martha series James Marshall

Summer Assignment We recommend 15 minute sessions 2-3 times a week to practice math skills and math facts by using: Mathletics www.Mathletics.com 99Math Challenges and Live Games https://99math.com/

Mathletics will be available for students to use through the summer until July 31, 2020. All current students have a username and password.

Access to Destiny

Parents can access Destiny to look up books in our Media Center. To access Destiny, go to: http://aca.follettdestiny.com.

Accelerated Reader List

To find out if books are on the Accelerated Reader List, go to: http://www.arbookfind.com.

Additional Reading Options

We recommend 15 minute sessions 2-3 times a week to practice language arts skills by using:

Epic Reading www.getepic.com. Superkids Online Fun www.superkidsreading.com

Second Grade Summer Assignment List Fiction The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt Get Ready for Second Grade Amber Brown Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann Punctuation Takes a Vacation Robin Pulver Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day Robin Pulver Jigsaw Jones mysteries James Preller Horrible Harry series Ready, Freddy! series Mercy Watson series Nate the Great series Cam Jansen series Boxcar Children series Frog and Toad series Magic Tree House series A to Z Mysteries series Marvin Redpost series Non-Fiction The Magic School Bus series National Geographic Readers series Time for Kids biographies Animals at Risk series Michael Portman Butterflies series Nic Bishop Let’s-Read-and-Find Science 2 series Franklyn Branley Junior Buddy series Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff

and Craig Hatkoff Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? Roberta Edwards

(and other books in this series) Hungry Plants Mary Batten

(and other Step-Into-Reading Step 3 and 4) Religion

If Jesus Came to My House Joan G. Thomas

You Are Special Max Lucado

What is God Like? Beverly Lewis

Math

Tyrannosaurus Math Michelle Markel A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure Edward Einhorn Full House: An Invitation to Fractions Dayle Ann Dodds

Summer Assignment Math Facts

Additional skills to review over the summer would be basic addition and subtraction facts. In second grade, we assess the students often on their speed and accuracy of the basic math facts. Math Fact Café This site can be used for addition and subtraction times drills (30 facts in 1 Minute.)

SplashLearn This site offers many different math skills. Parents have the ability to set weekly goals and access reports that track your child’s progress. We suggest 30 minutes per week. www.splashlearn.com

Reading Information As you know, each child’s reading levels develop at different rates. Some of these titles or authors may seem too easy or too difficult for your child. Please encourage your child to read this summer by choosing appropriate reading material and read as much as possible together. If your child picks a book you think may be too hard, have him/her read a full page aloud to you. If there are five or more mistakes while reading, the book is probably too difficult. If there are less than five errors, the book should be appropriate. Read as many books as you can this summer. Please read both fiction and nonfiction books. All children will be using

the Accelerated Reader Program in Second Grade. Epic book This site offers many books for the children to listen to or read on their own. A Daily Reading Log is available to track minutes spent reading. We suggest reading for at least 15 minutes a day. www.getepic.com Reading aloud to your child is very important also to help develop listening comprehension. We suggest the following titles: Gooney Bird Green by Lois Lowry Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Clementine by Sara Pennypacker Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon

Third Grade Summer Assignment List Fiction Books Any books by the following authors:

Beverly Cleary

Roald Dahl

Matt Christopher

Judy Blume

Any books in the following series:

Magic Tree House

The Boxcar Children

I Survived

Any Sunshine State Book

Caterpillar Summer

Olga and the Smelly Thing from Nowhere

Power Forward 1:Zayd Saleem, Chasing the Dream

Non-Fiction Books

Me…Jane Mc Donnell

Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! Winter & Hawkes

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Brian Floca

Here Come the Girl Scouts! Corey & Hooper

Some Writer Melissa Sweet

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King Andrea Davis Pinkney

Moto and Me Suzi Eszterhas

Itch! Anita Sanchez

Avalanche Dog Heroes Elizabeth Rusch

Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum Meghan MccCarthy

The Boy Who Loved Math:

The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos Deborah Helligman

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

Dan Yaccarino

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth

Kathleen Krull

Any books in the following Series:

I Am …

Who Was …

National Geographic Kids Readers

Summer Assignment

Math Information

Since 3rd grade starts multiplication early in the year, it would be very beneficial to introduce basic multiplication facts over the summer. We recommend:

• Xtramath.or

• https://padlet.com/sorondok1/multiplication

Recommended time: 5 – 10 minutes per day.

Reading Information

All incoming 3rd graders are asked to participate in the summer reading program. Please read at least one book from the fiction list and one from the nonfiction list; that has not previously been read. (Most of these are AR books and can be tested when returning to school.) These will be due within the first week of school. After reading the fiction book please complete the following:

• Complete the story map by identifying and illustrating the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story. (template link)

After reading the nonfiction book please complete the following:

• Write a news article about the topic from the book. Include interesting facts and information you learned. (template link)

If you are looking for more resources for practicing reading comprehension or math skills, please visit the following websites:

• Newsela.com

• Khan Academy

• PBS Learning

• Kidzone.ws/grade3.htm

• ABCya.com

Fourth Grade Summer Assignment List Nonfiction Summer Reading List

The Everglades Wayne Lynch Reading Level: 6.2 Castillo de San Marcos Charles Maynard Reading Level: 5.2 Florida Manatees: Warm Water Miracles Meish Goldish Reading Level: 4.6 Florida Julie Murray Reading Level: 3.9 Florida Jonathan Brown Reading Level: 4.2 Florida Jim Ollhof Reading Level: 5.2 Florida Panthers: Struggle for Survival William Caper Reading Level: 4.8 Fort Mose Glennette Turner Reading Level: 6.0 Fiction Summer Reading List Charlottes Web E. B. White Reading Level 5.0 Float Laura Matin Reading Level 5.5 The Edge of Extinction Laura Martin Reading Level 6.2 Braced Alyson Gerber Reading Level 4.7 Click’d Tamara Ireland Stone Reading Level 4.8 Big Nate Lives it Up! Lincoln Peirce Reading Level 3.3 Home Sweet Motel Chris Grabenstein Reading Level 4.5 Any Books from the following series Percy Jackson Series Spy School Series Any Who Was/Is or Where Was Book Series Any Sunshine State Book

Summer Assignment It is important to keep practicing math and language arts skills over the summer to prepare for the start of 4th grade. To prepare properly, https://www.abcya.com/grades/4 and https://www.abcya.com/grades/3 will provide you with many activities in all academic areas. Words Games - vocabulary and grammar are highly recommended. Recommended time: 10 minutes per day, three days a week (M, W, F)

Math Information Since success in fourth grade depends greatly upon the students’ mastery of basic math facts, we strongly encourage you to work with your child to increase speed and accuracy on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. There are many apps available to make this fun. You child will also have access to Mathletics through July 31st.

Reading Information All incoming fourth graders are asked to participate in the summer reading program. Please read at least one book from the fiction list and one from the nonfiction list. (Most of these are AR books and can be tested when returning to school.) For the fiction book please choose one of the following:

Summarize the book into a comic or story aimed for younger students or your classmates to read.

Write a summary of the book using complete sentences and proper punctuation.

For the nonfiction book please choose one of the following:

Create a travel brochure for visiting one of the places that read about.

Write a news article about the topic from the book. If you are looking for more resources for practicing reading comprehension or math skills, please visit the following websites:

News ELA

Xtramath.org

Kidzone.ws/grade4.htm

Khan Academy

PBS Learning To find the Lexile of any of the books listed here, visit: https://fab.lexile.com/ Finally, and most importantly, remember to include Our Lord by attending Mass wherever you may go. Father Parkes loves to see the church bulletins from all your travels!

Fifth Grade Summer Assignment List Fiction Framed! James Pontu

The Secret Garden Frances Burnett

The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill

Serefina and the Black Cloak Robert Beatty

Nickle Bay Nick Dean Pitchford

Wonder R.J.Palacio

How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Lowell

Zodiac: Book 1 by Stan Lee

Scat by Carl Hiaasen

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson

Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk

Unwanteds (series of 7) Lisa McMann

Percy Jackson (series) Rick Riordan

Summerball Mike Lupica

Neptune Project (series) Tyler Whitesides

The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani

Summerlost Ally Conde

A Land Remembered Patrick D. Smith

Monster Walter Dean Myers

The Black Stallion Walter Farley

Old Yeller Fred Gibson

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat Lynne Jonell

The Borrowers Mary Norton

City of Emby Jeanna DuPrau

Holes Louis Sacher

Any book from the SSYRA 2019-2020 3rd – 5th List

https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra.html

Poetry Casey at the Bat Ernest Thayer

Brown Girls Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson

Words Free as Confetti Pat Mora

Crossover Kwame Alexander

Dust of Snow Robert Frost

Non-Fiction

Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms Patricia Lauber

Area 51 Ted Martin

Can’t You Make Them Behave King George? Jean Fritz

Underground Railroad Henrietta Buckmaster Boy Roald Dahl

A History of US Joy Hakim Caves Steven Kramer

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba Balto and the Great Race Elizabeth Kimmel

Riding Freedom Pam Munoz Ryan

Summer Assignment It is important to keep practicing math and language arts skills over the summer to prepare for the start of 5th grade. To prepare properly, https://www.abcya.com/grades/5 and https://www.abcya.com/grades/4 will provide you with many activities in all academic areas. Words Games - vocabulary and grammar are highly recommended. Recommended time: 15 minutes per day, three days a week (M, W, F)

Math Information Since success in fifth grade depends greatly upon the students’ mastery of basic math facts, we strongly encourage you to work with your child to increase speed and accuracy on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. There are many apps available to make this fun. You child will also have access to Mathletics through July 31st https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.44379428.1242798611.1590694302-1848320406.1590694302 Recommended time: 15 minutes per day, two days a week (T, Th)

Reading Information Summertime is a great time to relax with a good book! In preparation for fifth grade, your child will read two books from the list, and then take an AR test when school starts in the fall. To find the Lexile of any of the book, visit: https://fab.lexile.com/ or download Points Scan app to scan book barcodes for AR book levels. Recommended time: 30 minutes daily

Other Information Fifth graders usually study the history and geography of the United States in Social Studies. While travel is one of the greatest educations, it may not be possible during time of pandemic. If you are able and do travel, we suggest you see, explore, and discover as much as you can. Children learn so much from these experiences. It's good to include holy places on your journeys too! Finally, and most importantly, remember to include Our Lord by attending Mass wherever you may go. Father Parkes loves to see the church bulletins from all your travels!

Sixth Grade Summer Assignment List Fiction Ghost’s Grave P. Kehret A Gathering of Days Joan Blos Soldier’s Heart Gary Paulsen Rising Water P.J. Petersen The Dangerous Days of Daniel X James Patterson Double Helix Nancy Werlin Code Orange Caroline B. Cooney Shakespeare’s Secret Elise Broach Sent Margaret Haddix On My Honor Marion Bauer Eggs Jerry Spinelli Dragon’s Blood Jane Yolen Savvy Ingrid Law Million Dollar Throw Mike Lupica Hatchet Gary Paulsen Watsons Go to Birmingham Christopher Paul Curtis Island of the Blue Dolphin Scott O’Dell Tex S. E. Hinton The Outsiders S.E. Hinton Zoo Break Gordon Korman Gabriel’s Horses Alison Hart Tunnels Gordon/Williams Say Goodnight, Gracie Julie Reese Deever The Great Wide Sea M.H. Herlong Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry Mildred G. Taylor Rules Cynthia Lord The Pike River Phantom Betty Ren Wright Summer of My German Soldier Bette Green The Headless Cupid Zylpha K.Snyder Lily’s Ghost Laura Ruby Holes Louis Sachar The Hypnotist Gordon Korman The Egypt Game Zilpha K. Snyder Non-fiction The Story of My Life Helen Keller

Drowned City: Hurrican Katrina and New Orleans

Don Brown

Behind Rebel Lines Seymour Reit

Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself Finch and Killion

On the Field with…Peyton and Eli Manning

Matt Christopher

On the Field with…Mia Hamm Matt Christopher Any of the Who was…? books written by various authors

Summer Assignment Don’t forget to practice your math facts using Mathletics at https://community.mathletics.com/signin#/student and practice your language arts skills by using BrainPop at https://www.brainpop.com/.

All current students have a username (lastnamefirstname.aca) and password (LfMMDDYY).

6th grade class code: sky5423. New students will be assigned a login when school begins. Brainpop and Mathletics will be available for students to use through the summer until July 31, 2020.

Reading Information

Please read at least TWO Accelerated Reader books

this summer with one being FICTION and the other

being NONFICTION. One of your book choices needs

to be selected from the list below. Make sure that

these books are not ones you have taken an AR test

on already. AR book levels can be checked at

www.arbookfind.com. When you come back to

school, you will be expected to take both AR tests on

your choices and also be prepared to report on ONE

of your book choices, so select your books carefully.

The instructions for your assignment will be given to

you when you return to school in August.

To find the Lexile of any of the books listed here, visit:

https://fab.lexile.com/

Seventh Grade Summer Assignment List

Fiction Narnia Chronicles C.S. Lewis The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Patterson Heat Mike Lupica Summer of My German Soldier Bette Green The Pike River Phantom Betty Ren Wright The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito Sheila Garrigue Zoobreak Gordon Korman Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry Mildred D. Taylor Red Kayak Priscilla Cummings The Year without Michael Susan B. Pfeffer My Brother Sam Is Dead James Collier The Headless Cupid Zylpha K. Snyder Hoot Carl Hiaasen Exploring the Titanic Robert Ballard The Slave Dancer Paula Fox Lily’s Ghosts Laura Ruby Amazing Grace Megan Shull Double Dutch Sharon Draper Eggs Jerry Spinelli Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam Cynthia Kadohata The Great Wide Sea M. H. Herlong Tunnels Gordon and Williams Say Goodnight, Gracie Julie Reece Deaver A Murder for Her Majesty Beth Hilgartner The Sacrifice Kathleen Benner Duble Yesterday’s Dead Pat Bourke The Haunting of Derek Stone Tony Abbott Storm Runners Roland Smith Zach’s Lie Roland Smith The Secret Language of Sisters Luann Rice Endangered (and subsequent Eliot Schrefer

books in series) The Big Dark Rodman Philbrick

Non-fiction Amos Fortune: Free Man Elizabeth Yates Frederick Douglass:

From Slavery to Statesman Henry Elliott Double V. Campaign Michael Cooper Indian School: Teaching the White Man’s Way Michael L. Cooper Father Damien & the Bells Sheehan When Plague Strikes James Cross Giblin The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Russell Freedman

Marian Anderson Lou Gehrig Robert Greenberger The Great Depression Michael Burgan Natural Disasters: Moving Earth Steve Parker Manatees Kris Hirschmann Ancient Greece Philip Ardagh Native Americans Judy Alter

Mother Teresa Tanya Rice The Civil Rights Movement Jim Ollhoff Diana Princess of the People Tanya Lee Stone Hank Aaron Serena Kappes Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big Jennie Finch

and Believe in Yourself On the Field with Peyton Manning Stephanie Peter Sports Technology Linda Bruce

Summer Assignment Don’t forget to practice your math facts using Mathletics at https://community.mathletics.com/signin#/student and practice your language arts skills by using BrainPop at https://www.brainpop.com/. All current students have a username (lastnamefirstname.aca) and password (LfMMDDYY).

7th grade class code: curl3793. New students will be assigned a login when school begins. Brainpop and Mathletics will be available for students to use through the summer until July 31, 2020.

Reading Information Listed on this page are fiction and non-fiction Accelerated Reader books. Please select at least one book from each list. Choose books that you have not previously read, and be prepared to take the AR tests on both when you return in August. If you find a different non-fiction book that appeals to your interest that is fine. Make sure it is appropriately challenging for middle school and that it is also an AR book.

You can check www.arbookfind.com to make sure

your selection is an Accelerated Reader title.

You will also need to do a written report on one of

the books you have chosen. The instructions for this

assignment will be given to you upon returning to

school in August. The due date will be approximately

one week after school starts. We hope you have an

enjoyable summer.

To find the lexile of any of the books listed here, visit

https://fab.lexile.com/

Eighth Grade Summer Assignment List

Fiction At Her Majesty’s Request Walter Dean Meyers The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Treasure Mountain Louis L’Amour Shadow Riders Louis L’Amour Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle Janet Fox The Clay Lion Amelie Jahn Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor The Sacrifice Diane Matchek Robinson Crusoe Daniel DeFoe The Year Without Michael Susan Beth Pfeffer The Inheritance (any book from the trilogy) Christopher Paolini The Light in the Forest Conrad Richter To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee The Call of the Wild Jack London White Fang Jack London Lord of the Flies William Golding Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Elephant Run Roland Smith Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Patterson The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds Rodman Philbrick (The Donner Party Expedition) Peak Roland Smith Crash Jerry Spinelli Eggs Jerry Spinelli Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Calico Joe John Grisham Nine Levels Down William R. Dantz The Secret Garden Frances Burnett Little Women Louisa May Alcott Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury They Never Came Back Caroline Cooney Burning Up Caroline Cooney Black Duck Janet Lisle Ruined Paula Morris La Linea Ann Jamarillo Soldier Dog Sam Angus Runaway Wendelin Van Draanen The Traitor’s Gate Avi

Non-fiction The Gold Rush Bobby Kalmon The Forbidden School House Suzanne Jurmain Bernadette, Our Lady’s Little Servant Hertha Pauli Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Jean Fritz Freedom Roads Hansen & McGowan Harriet Tubman M.J. Cosson Music Was It: Leonard Bernstein Susan G. Rubin The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Russell Freedman

Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights The History of American Folk Music Adam Woog When Plague Strikes James Cross Giblin America at War: The Spanish-American War Michael Golay Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Russell Freedman Events that Changed History Leslie Wheeler

Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Patricia McKissack

Tuskegee Airmen of World War II Albert Einstein Aaron Frisch Leonardo DaVinci Kathleen Krull

The Lincoln Assassination in American History Robert Somerlott The Japanese-American Internment:

Civil Liberties Denied Michael Burgan The Civil Rights Movement Jennifer Zeiger World War II Stewart Ross World War II Battles and Leaders Aaron R. Murray Waging Peace: The Story of Jane Addams Peggy Caravantes Women’s Right to Vote Peter Benoit Sports Heroes Jane Bingham

Summer Assignment Don’t forget to practice your math facts using Mathletics at https://community.mathletics.com/signin#/student and practice your language arts skills by using BrainPop at https://www.brainpop.com/. All current students have a username (lastnamefirstname.aca) and password (LfMMDDYY). 8th grade class code: before8793. New students will be assigned a login when school begins. Brainpop and Mathletics will be available for students to use through the summer until July 31, 2020.

Reading Information

Listed on this page are fiction and non-fiction Accelerated Reader books. Please select at least one book from each list. Choose books that you have not previously read, and be prepared to take the AR tests on both when you return in August. If you find a different non-fiction book that appeals to your interest that is fine. Make sure it is appropriately challenging for middle school and that it is also an AR book.

You can check www.arbookfind.com to make sure your

selection is an Accelerated Reader title.

You will also need to do a written report on one of the

books you have chosen. The instructions for this

assignment will be given to you upon returning to school

in August. The due date will be approximately one week

after school starts. We hope you have an enjoyable

summer.

To find the lexile of any of the books listed here, visit

https://fab.lexile.com/