Lowell Public Schools
Summer Reading List Based on DESE rx
K - 1
Stories
Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear
Eastman, P.D. Are You My Mother?
Seuss, Dr. Green Eggs and Ham
Lopshire, Robert Put Me in the Zoo
Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad Together
Lobel, Arnold Owl at Home
DePaola, tomie Pancakes for Breakfast
Read-Aloud Stories (to be enjoyed with an adult)
Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods
Atwater, Richard and Florence Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Haley, Gail E. A Story, A Story
Bang, Molly The Paper Crane
Young, Ed Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Garza, Carmen Lomas Family Pictures
Mora, Pat Tomas and the Library Lady
Henkes, Kevin Kitten’s First Full Moon
Informational Texts
Bulla, Clyde Robert A Tree is a Plant
Aliki My Five Senses
Aliki A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
Crews, Donald Truck
Hoban, Tana Read SignsRead Aloud Informational Texts (to be enjoyed with an adult)
Provensen, Alice and Martin The Year at Maple Hill Farm
Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Pfeffer, Wendy From Seed to Pumpkin
Thomson, Sarah L. Amazing Whales!Grade 2 - 3
Stories
Steig, William Amos & Boris
Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures
Rylant, Cynthia Poppleton in Winter
Rylant, Cynthia The Lighthouse Family: The Storm
Stevens, Janet Tops and Bottoms
Osborne, Mary Pope The One-Eyed Giant
Poetry
Frost, Robert Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Read Aloud Stories (to be enjoyed with an adult)
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square
Babbitt, Natalie The Search for Delicious
Curtis, Christopher Bud, Not Buddy
Say, Allen The Sign PainterInformational Texts
Aliki A Medieval Feast
Gibbons, Gail From Seed to Plant
Milton, Joyce Bats: Creatures of the Night
Beeler, Selby Throw Your Tooth on the Roog: Tooth Traditions Around the World
Ruffin, Frances E. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Floca, Brian Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Thompson, Sarah L. Where Do Polar Bears Live?
Read Aloud Informational Text (to be enjoyed with an adult)
Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography
Coles, Robert The Story of Ruby Bridges
Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World’s People
Arnosky, Jim Wild Tracks! A Guide to Nature’s Footprints
Grade 4 - 5
Stories
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de The Little Prince
Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting
Singer, Isaac Bashevis “Zlateh the Goat”
Hamilton, Virginia Higgins the Great
Erdrich, Louise The Birchbark House
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the MoonPoetry
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence “Casey at the Bat”
Informational Texts
Lauber, Patricia Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms
Koscielniak, Bruce About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks
Hakim, Joy A History of US
Montgomery, Sy Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Simon, Seymour Volcanoes
Nelson, Kadir We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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SUMMER READING PROJECT
Lowell Public Schools
Please show us how much you liked one or more of your summer reading books by making a project from the list below. You can also create your own project that you think up yourself! Bring your completed book project back on the first day of school. You will be recognized and we will display your project.
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE ONE
Draw or paint a picture of your favorite book character and write about it.
Draw or paint a picture about your favorite part of a book.
FIRST GRADE TO SECOND GRADE
Create a colorful new cover for one of your books, showing some event from
the book or something you learned from it.
Draw and write about the beginning, middle, and end of a book.
SECOND GRADE TO THIRD GRADE
Choose a character from two different books and draw a picture of them meeting one another. Draw captions to let us know what interesting things they might say.
Create a book poster using pictures you cut from magazines. Include pictures of the setting, important story words, and characters. Paste your pictures creatively on poster board.
Write a poem about a book.
Make an interesting facts poster about a nonfiction book.
THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE
Write a letter to a friend telling why he/she should read your book.
Write a list of five questions you would ask the main character of a book.
Create a paper chain of events from a book. Each link can describe something
important. Place the links in order.
Write a song or rap about your favorite book.
Pretend you are a teacher. Make a quiz for the book you are reading.
ALL GRADES
Please write the titles and author names of the books you read this summer on the lines below.
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Return this form with your project(s) on the first day of school. We will be using your summer reading as part of our literacy instruction during the first week of school.
For each project you return, your name will be entered into a drawing to represent our school at the October School Committee Meeting.
HAPPY SUMMER READING!!!
Submitted by:
Student: ____________________________________ on ____________________
