Lakewood Summer Literacy Initiative 2013

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Lakewood Summer Literacy Initiative 2013 MENU For Students Entering Grades 3, 4, or 5 1. Preview this menu. 2. Read 4 books: 2 Fiction and 2 Nonfiction (don t forget to complete any pre-reading activities you choose before you read).

1 Lakewood Summer Literacy Initiative 2013 MENU For Students Entering Grades 3, 4, or 5 1. Preview this menu. 2. Read 4 books: 2 Fiction and 2 Nonfiction (don t forget to complete any pre-reading activities you choose before you read). 3. Select and complete an activity from the Appetizers, Entrées, Sides, and Desserts sections of this menu so that you give your brain a complete meal! *Appetizers and Entrées activities are for Fiction and Sides and Desserts activities are for Nonfiction. 4. All students must complete the Complimentary Beverage activity. 5. Completed assignments should be given to your teacher on the first day of school.

Appetizers (Fiction) Predict what the book will be about based only on the cover and the title. After you read, evaluate the accurateness of your prediction.

2 Appetizers (Fiction) Predict what the book will be about based only on the cover and the title. After you read, evaluate the accurateness of your prediction. Respond to the correct pair of questions: A. Were you completely correct? How did you know what would happen? B. Were you close to correct? How did your prediction differ from what really happened? C. Was your prediction completely inaccurate? What made you think that you were predicting correctly and how did your prediction change as you read? Before you read, establish a purpose for reading. After you read the title, review any pictures or illustrations, and read any introduction or preface, write at least two purpose questions that will guide you through your reading. To decide on your questions, think about what you d like to find out about. As you read, find the answers to your purpose questions. Make a connection between one of your books and any other books that you remember (a text-to-text connection) and make a connection between one of your books and something currently happening in the world, something that happened in the past, something you learned about in school, or anything outside of yourself (a text-toworld connection). Don t forget to explain how you make the connections! Create a sign that suggests the conflict of the book. If you can, use the computer to create your sign!

3 Entrees (Fiction) Create a comic strip that tells about your favorite part of the books. The comic strip should have a minimum of six scenes or panels. Include comic-style illustrations in either black and white or color. Include words with dialogue bubbles, captions, or as a part of the panel. Write a Book Review including the following information: Title, author, date of publication, main characters, theme of the book, author s purpose for writing, brief summary (no more than one paragraph), and if you would recommend this book (don t forget to tell why or why not!). Trace one theme throughout your Summer Reading books. Describe how the theme is seen in each text. Then, explain how reading different books with the same theme either helped you to better understand the theme and why or why it didn t help you. Provide examples from the texts to prove your ideas. Sides (Nonfiction) Compare and Contrast the author s point of view on the topic to your point of view on the topic. Explain your reasoning. Describe in writing the organization of sentences and paragraphs in the text (ex. Compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence, etc.). How does this organization help the reader to understand the author s ideas? Explain. Make a list of any words that you didn't understand when you were reading. Use a dictionary to define those words. Then, go back to the text and decide if knowing the definition of the word changed the way you understand the text. If it did, put a check next to the word in your list. If it didn t, put a 0 next to the word on your list.

4 Desserts (Nonfiction) Summarize the text in 1 paragraph. Remember that a summary ought to include only the author s main idea and the key points that support this idea. Write a Nonfiction text using one of your Summer Reading Nonfiction texts as a model. Decide what the purpose of the text will be (to entertain, to persuade, to inform, or to explain) and select one of the following topics on which to write: Your family vacation; Your favorite kind of food; Why everyone should play your favorite sport or game; or your favorite family member. Articles should be 2-3 paragraphs. Complimentary Beverage Complete the Self-Evaluation Rubric!

5 Grade 3 Suggested Books to Chew On School Stories Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Janet Beeler Shaw Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary Animal Stories The Adventures of Paddington by Michael Bond (book and tape series) Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin The Lion s Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale by Nancy Raines Day Rats on the Roof and Other Stories by James Marshall Books About Friends The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff Pinky and Rex by James Howe Historical Fiction Ben and Me by Robert Lawson Changes for Addy by Connie Rose Porter (and other American Girl books) If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterrer Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me by Simms Taback Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Teammates by Peter Golenbock Folktales Iktomi and the Berries: A Plains Indian Story by Paul Goble

6 Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Northwest by Gerald McDermott The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci Great Series Books Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish American Girl series Arthur series by Marc Brown Berenstain Bears series by Jan and Stan Berenstain Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol Eyewitness Science Explorers Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Nancy Drew Notebooks by Carolyn Keene early series Pee Wee Scouts by Judy Delton Polk Street School by Patricia Reilly Giff Award Winners The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth Doctor De Soto by William Steig How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully Prehistoric Pinkerton by Steven Kellogg Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi Note: These books are only suggestions. Please feel free to add any books that interest you. The staff in the children s area of the public library will also have many wonderful suggestions for you.

7 Grade 4 Suggested Books to Chew On School Stories 4B Goes Wild by Jamie Gilson Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh My Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce Coville Ramona and Her Father by Beverley Cleary Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar Mystery and Adventure Stories The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (Challenging independent read) Culpepper s Cannon by Gary Paulsen Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man by Donald J. Sobol Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron Sports Stories Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz Benjy the Football Hero by Jean Van Leeuwen Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith Dog on Third Base by Constance Hiser Gold Medal Rider by Bonnie Bryant Tall Man in the Pivot by Matt Christopher (There are many other sports stories by this author.) Historical Fiction The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (Challenging independent read)

8 Fantasy and Science Fiction Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Challenging independent read) Series Books The Babysitter s Club by Ann M. Martin Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Cam Jansen by David A. Adler Goosebumps by R. L. Stine The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling Marvin Redpost series Louis Sachar Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket The Stories that Julian Tells by Ann Cameron Note: These books are only suggestions. Please feel free to add any books that interest you. The staff in the children s area of the public library will also have many wonderful suggestions for you.

9 Grade 5 Suggested Books to Chew On Great Reads From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Holes by Louis Sachar Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park Wringer by Jerry Spinelli Mystery and Adventure Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O Dell The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Challenging independent read) Newbery Medal and Honor Books Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman Dragon s Gate by Laurence Yep (Challenging independent read) The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer Homesick, My Own Story by Jean Fritz Missing May by Cynthia Rylant The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Historical Fiction Black Stallion by Walter Farley (Challenging independent read) Bull Run by Paul Fleischman Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac Sarah Bishop by Scott O Dell

10 Fantasy and Science Fiction The BFG by Roald Dahl Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Very challenging independent read) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater Redwall by Brian Jacques (Challenging independent read) A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L Engle Humorous Stories Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Matilda by Roald Dahl Skinnybones by Barbara Park Note: These books are only suggestions. Please feel free to add any books that interest you. The staff in the children s area of the public library will also have many wonderful suggestions for you.

11 Some of Our Favorite Authors Alama Flor Ada Francisco Alarcon David Allard Lloyd Alexander Natalie Babbitt Lynne Reid Banks Judy Blume Bill Brittain Maria Christina Brusca Eve Bunting Betsy Byars Matt Christopher Beverly Cleary Ellen Conford Bruce Coville Barbara Dillon Sid Fleischman Jean Craighead George Mary Dowing Hahn Johanna Hurwitz Francisco Jimenez Charles Keller Suzy Kline Gordon Korman Patricia Lauber Madeleine L Engle Lois Lowry Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Katherine Paterson Gary Paulson Cynthia Rylant Louis Sachar Marily Sachs Robert San Souci Shel Silverstein Elizabeth Speare Mary Stolz Mildred Taylor Gertrude Warner Barbara Williams Laurence Yep

12 Need Assistance? Contact or Visit the Ocean County Library! Lakewood Branch Ocean County Library 301 Lexington Ave. Lakewood, NJ Phone : (732) Hours: Monday - Thursday 9-9, Friday & Saturday 9-5, Sunday 1-5 (September - May)

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