Tisbur y Elementar y School

Favorites

(click on the book to go to the author’s

website)

Max and Zoe: The Science

Fair

by Shelley

Swanson

Satere

Go For the Moon

by Chris Gall

One

Plastic Bag

by

Miranda Paul

SUMMER READING L IST

Best wishes for a safe, happy, fun-filled summer of reading from:

Ms. Burke and Mrs. Krauthamer

and the first grade teachers of Tisbury School.

Based on Waltham Public School’s Summer Reading List. Images from amazon.com.

ENTERING FIRST GRADE

June 2017

Dear Families,

Summer vacation is almost here! We hope that you make it a time to REST, RELAX, READ, but above all ENJOY!

Reading, like a sport, involves practice and skill. Real skill building occurs when children read for pleasure, when children read “just right” books, and when children can explore books about those topics that interest them. The more they practice with someone’s encouragement, suggestions and praise, the better and more confident readers they will become.

Tips to Encourage Reading:

Set aside a regular family reading and/or read aloud time.

Read to your children, even the older ones.

Recognize that your child’s own choice and interests are important ingredients toward reading enjoyment.

Let your child see you reading for pleasure.

Pack a book wherever you go this summer.

Encourage and help your child succeed with reading but do not push or expect too much too soon.

Participate in activities at the local library.

Learn more about children’s books from your child’s friends, from the local library, or from the attached lists.

Happy Reading!

June 2019

Hello First Grade

by Joanne Ryder

Recess Mess

by Grace Maccarone

Emily's Art

by Peter Catalanotto

First Grade Stinks!

by Mary Ann Rodman

Starring First Grade

by Miriam Cohen

Off to First Grade

by Louise Borden

Jan Brett

Eric Carle

Doreen Cronin

Tomie dePaola

Anna Dewdney

Lois Ehlert

Don Freeman

Kevin Henkes

Angela Joshnson

Ezra Jack Keats

Grace Lin

Leo Lionni

Kadir Nelson

Laura Numeroff

Jerry Pinkney

Jane O’Connor

Mary Pope Osborne

Richard Scarry

Maurice Sendak

Rosemary Wells

Mo Willems

Jacqueline Woodson

Summer Reading List

R E A D - A L O U D S Actual Size

by Steve Jenkins

A Tree is a Plant

by Clyde Robert Bulla

DK Nonfiction Readers

A Pocketful of Stars:

Poems about the Night

by Nikki Siegen-Smith

Asana and the Animals: A Book of Pet poems

by Grace Nichols

UnBEElievables

by Douglas Florian

Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

Bunny Cakes

by Rosemary Wells

Strega Nona series

by Tomie dePaola

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N O N F I C T I O N P O E T R Y

B E D T I M E M A T H B O O K S

F A V O R I T E A U T H O R S B O O K S A B O U T F I R S T G R A D E

Summer Reading List

Danny and the

Dinosaur

by Syd Hoff

Hi! Fly Guy

by Tedd Arnold

I Read Signs

by Tana Hoban

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett &

Ron Barrett

Coral Reefs

by Jason Chin

Diary of a Spider

by Doreen Cronin

Pirates Don't

Change

Diapers

by Melinda Long

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight

by Rob Scotton

The Story of

Ferdinand

by Munro Leaf

Doctor

De Soto

by William Steig

Little Bear

by Else Holmelund

Minarik

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

Kite Flying

by Grace Lin

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Amber Brown by Paula Danziger

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Arthur chapter books by Marc Brown

Beezy by Megan McDonald

Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo

Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler

Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Fox by Edward Marshall

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

The Littles by John Peterson

Max Spaniel by David Catrow

Morris and Boris by Bernard Wiseman

Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Nate the Great by Marjorie W. Sharmat

Pony Scouts by Catherine Hapka

Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant

Princess Posey by Stephanie Greene

Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt

Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

Young Cam Jansen by David A. Adler

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman

F A V O R I T E S E R I E S

F A V O R I T E S

Summer Reading List Page 4 Summer Reading List

Ellie the Homesick Puppy

Sharks

Mad Mad Treasure Hunt

The Ugly Truth

Barbie as the Island Princess

Homesick Puppy

James and the Giant Peach

Happy Pig Day

Hot Rod Hamster

Penguin Pup for Pinkerton

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C O M M O N S E N S E M E D I A H A S E P I C ! R E A D S D I G I T A L L I B R A R Y R E V I E W S A N D B O O K L I S T S

STUDENT RECOMMEN DATIONS

Check out your local library for the summer reading program:

Henry and Mudge

Frog and Toad

My First Book of Words

Fly Guy

The Jungle Book

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

Books about baseball

Elephant and Piggie

Books about horses

Little Gingerbread Man

Summer Reading List Page 5 Summer Reading List

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R O C K L A N D T R U S T B A R N E S A N D N O B L E R E A D I N G M A K E S C E N T $ S U M M E R R E A D I N G

TRY SOMETHING NEW

Free Access to EBooks All Summer

• Tisbury School Library

• Common Sense Media

• Pebble Go - go through the Tisbury School Library page for access

• PBS Kids

• Starfall

• Storyline Online

• Vineyard Haven Public Library

T A K E A Q U I Z !

Page 6 Summer Reading List

W E B S I T E S

LITERACY APPS

Book Creator

Epic

Kodable

Overdrive - get

books from your

public library

StoryKit - create your own

stories

Word Mover -

create poetry

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Scholastic

Tisbury School

Click on Web Based

Programs

Username:

tis27firstnamelastinitial

Password: A six letter word with 123 in the middle

Username:

tis27firstnamelastinitial

Password: read

Lexia - Tisbury School

Click on Web Based

Programs

If using the app, enter nkrauthamer@mvyps.org

for the teacher email. That way you will be con-nected to Tisbury School.