Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading 2017 Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading Program Dear Parents and Students: Research tells us that when students don’t read for two months their skills regress. Reading is a skill, which requires practice, just like sports or math facts. Summer reading helps students of all ages keep their skills sharp so they are ready when school begins again in the fall. Reading throughout the summer not only enhances basic reading skills of young students, it creates unique opportunities for learning, exploring, and growing. The Walpole Public Schools Elementary Summer Reading Program is designed to promote reading and learning as enjoyable activities. The following is a suggested guide to authors, resources and activities for children to share their reading experiences. Please choose any title that may interest you from any other sources. Magazines, graphic novels, audio books and eBooks also provide valuable educational experiences. We strongly encourage parents to read aloud, including to those children who are already independent readers. In addition to being a wonderful family activity, children increase their listening vocabulary, which improves their comprehension. It also allows them to develop interests beyond their reading levels. This summer there is one requirement: Students entering grades 1-5 are required to complete one sharing activity, which will contribute to the first term grade in literacy. The directions and pages for this activity are attached along with a summary and an example of the product. During the first two weeks of school in September, the children should return the assignment to their new teacher (by September 11); their projects will be displayed in their classrooms. A special school recognition will be awarded to any student who participates in this program. The Walpole Public Library offers a summer reading program and events to celebrate reading. Check out the schedule at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/children.asp The Showcase Cinemas at Patriot Place offer free story times every week during the summer. The schedule is at http://www.patriot-place.com/cinemadelux Barnes and Noble book store at the Walpole Mall offers weekly story events as well: https://www.thebalance.com/barnes-and-noble-summer-reading-program-for-kids-1356824 Join the Summer Reading Program and win a free book!
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Walpole Public Schools
Elementary Summer Reading 2017
Walpole Public Schools
Elementary Summer Reading Program
Dear Parents and Students:
Research tells us that when students don’t read for two months their skills regress. Reading is a
skill, which requires practice, just like sports or math facts. Summer reading helps students of
all ages keep their skills sharp so they are ready when school begins again in the fall. Reading
throughout the summer not only enhances basic reading skills of young students, it creates
unique opportunities for learning, exploring, and growing. The Walpole Public Schools
Elementary Summer Reading Program is designed to promote reading and learning as enjoyable
activities. The following is a suggested guide to authors, resources and activities for children to
share their reading experiences. Please choose any title that may interest you from any other
sources. Magazines, graphic novels, audio books and eBooks also provide valuable educational
experiences.
We strongly encourage parents to read aloud, including to those children who are already
independent readers. In addition to being a wonderful family activity, children increase their
listening vocabulary, which improves their comprehension. It also allows them to develop
interests beyond their reading levels.
This summer there is one requirement: Students entering grades 1-5 are required to complete
one sharing activity, which will contribute to the first term grade in literacy. The directions and
pages for this activity are attached along with a summary and an example of the product.
During the first two weeks of school in September, the children should return the assignment to
their new teacher (by September 11); their projects will be displayed in their classrooms. A
special school recognition will be awarded to any student who participates in this program.
The Walpole Public Library offers a summer reading program and events to celebrate reading.
Check out the schedule at http://www.walpolelibrary.org/children.asp
The Showcase Cinemas at Patriot Place offer free story times every week during the summer.
The schedule is at http://www.patriot-place.com/cinemadelux
Barnes and Noble book store at the Walpole Mall offers weekly story events as well:
Gutman, Dan * Mrs. Roopy is Loopy; The Homework Machine
Lowry, Lois* Gooney Bird Greene
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Elementary Summer Reading 2017
Lubar, David Punished!
Maguire, Leaping Beauty, and other Animal Fairy Tales
Naylor, Phyllis* The Grand Escape*
Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever
Sachar, Louis* Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Popular Non-fiction Titles
Markie, Sandra The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop: Marsupials
Murphy, Jim The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American
Revolution; The Giant and How He Humbugged America;
Blizzard!
Brindell Fraden, Dennis The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of
Independence
Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
Bang and Chisholm Ocean Sunlight
Singer, Marilyn A Strange Place to Call Home
Arnold A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How
Climate Change Affects Wildlife
Sy Montgomery and Temple Grandin Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced
Autism and Changed the World
Freedman The Voice That Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and
the Struggle for Equal Rights
Winter You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?
Chin Coral Reefs
Yeserski Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
Rumford Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
Kerley What to Do About Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the
Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy
Crazy!
Aguilar 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System
Sly Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet
Goldsmith Earth: The Life of Our Planet
Carson Inside Tornadoes
Libbrecht The Secret Life of a Snowflake
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Summer Reading Log
Title of Book Author Category (Fiction, nonfiction, Science fiction,
Biography, etc.)
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Elementary Summer Reading 2017
Summer Reading 2017
Share a Book!
You will need: A folder, the attached worksheets, pencil, crayons or colored pencils, glue
1. Please decorate the front of the folder including the title, author, your name and a colorful picture that goes with the book. You may print a picture of the book cover and glue that on if you wish. If you are using a colored folder, please glue a blank white page to the front of the folder and decorate the blank page. Do not color right on the folder as it will be hard for people to read.
2. On the inside of the folder, glue the completed “Summary” worksheet or “Picture of Your Favorite Part” worksheet. *Students entering grade 1 may do the picture sheet. All other students entering grades 2-5 should complete the summary sheet.
4. On the right hand side, glue the completed question sheet. A. What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book?
B. Would you recommend this book for others to read? Why?
* Remember, if you liked the book, make your review interesting so that a classmate would be convinced to read it! Refer to the sample on the next page.
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Elementary Summer Reading 2017
(Students entering grades 2-5 must complete this page) _____________________________
Name
My Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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(Students entering grade 1 may dictate the answers for their parents to write)
________________________________
Name_________________________________
What 3 things would you tell a friend about this book?