Summer Reading List
Summer Reading
Grades K-5
2024-2025 Academic Year
To foster a love for reading and promote intellectual growth, the administration and school faculty encourage our students to keep up with their reading activities during summer vacation. Frequent reading correlates with improved vocabulary, writing skills, and test scores. To help with this encouragement, we have created grade-level-appropriate reading assignments.
Incoming Kindergartners:
Required - The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing
→ Students may also read other books of their choice.
Մանկապարտէզէն Ա. Կարգ // Incoming 1st Graders:
Required - ONE of the following
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- Bobo and the Pup: Let’s Make Cake! By Vikram Madan (Advanced Readers)
- The Lunch Box Surprise By Grace Maccarone (Grade Level Reader)
Recommended Book for Fun:
- The Night Before First Grade by Natasha Wing
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Ա. Կարգէն Բ. Կարգ // Incoming 2nd Graders:
Required - Amelia Bedelia Means Business by Herman Parish
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- The Night Before Second Grade by Natasha Wing
- Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All by Cynthia Rylant
- Judy Moody by Peter H. Reynolds
- The Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Բ. Կարգէն Գ. Կարգ // Incoming 3rd Graders:
Required - Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
- The Kid Who Became President by Dann Gutman
Գ. Կարգէն Դ. Կարգ // Incoming 4th Graders:
Required - Frindle by Andrew Clements
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
- George's Marvelous Medicine by Road Dahl
- Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Դ. Կարգէն Ե. Կարգ // Incoming 5th Graders:
Required - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- Ending The Last by Katherine Applegate
- My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
- Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
- The War that Saved My Life by Brubaker Bradley
Summer Reading
Grades 6-8
2024-2025 Academic Year
During the summer, each student must read the book for the grade level they will be entering when we return to school in August. Summer reading in English is mandatory for all incoming middle school students. The book must be read by the first day of school.
This year, we have included a list of recommended books for each grade level in addition to the required reading lists. Each student should pick ONE of the recommended books to read besides the required novel. Students will complete assignments and assessments for the required reading during the first weeks of classes.
Furthermore, students must complete the incoming grade-level Summer Bridge Workbook. The workbook can be purchased by clicking the link and purchasing the appropriate grade-level workbook.
Ե. Կարգէն Զ. Կարգ // Incoming 6th Graders:
Required - Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
- West of the Moon by Margi Preus
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Զ. Կարգէն Է. Կարգ // Incoming 7th Graders:
Required - The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
- The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
- Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Է. Կարգէն Ը. Կարգ // Incoming 8th Graders:
Required - Animal Farm by George Orwell
Pick ONE from the recommended books:
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- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
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