Cider Mill Summer Reading 2013 Entering Grade 4

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1 Cider Mill Summer Reading 2013 Entering Grade 4 Dear Parents/Guardians, Imagine an athlete who takes several months off from training. It will take weeks, if not months of training to return to peak performance. The same is true with readers and their reading. Children who don t read during the summer vacation experience summer reading loss. For those students who are below or just approaching grade level benchmarks it is even more critical to establish a regular reading routine during the summer. Research has shown that providing access to texts, giving students choice, and helping them pick books at their just right reading level helps to reduce a summer slide or summer reading loss. (Allington & McGill-Franzen 2012) Cider Mill has provided you and your child(ren) with a few ways to access and have choices of texts to read over the summer: 1. A list of books attached to this letter with reading levels. These books are all available at The Wilton Library in the Children s Library. *The Children s Library also has a binder w/leveled book lists- great resource! 2. Access to StarWalk Kids -Click Sign In in upper right-hand corner -Username: Cider Mill - Password: apple - browse and read over 160 books! 3. Access to Follett Shelf ebooks through the Cider Mill Library website or Great for researching vacation destinations! -Username: ebook -Password: cidermill All students will be required to log their summer reading- either through the Wilton Library Summer Reading Program or the attached log. All students will be required to choose at least ONE Seymour Simon book to read over the summer and complete the attached graphic organizer. The log and graphic organizer will be handed in on the first day of school, Monday, August 26 th. Student Name: Independent Reading Level: Sincerely, Grade 4 Teachers

2 Realistic Fiction (look for other books by these great authors, too!) Junie B. Jones (M)* by Barbara Park Katie Kazoo Switcheroo (M) by Nancy Krulik Chocolate Touch (N) by Patrick Skene Catling Ruby Lu Series (N) by Lenore Look The Kid in the Red Jacket (O) by Barbara Park Ramona (O) by Beverly Cleary No Talking (P) by Andrew Clements Stone Fox (P) by John Reynolds Gardner Tales of the 4 th Grade Nothing, Fudge, Double Fudge (Q) all by Judy Blume The Trumpet of the Swan (R) by Edward Frascino A Dog Called Kitty (R) by Bill Wallace Frindle (R) by Andrew Clements Charlotte s Web (R) by E.B. White *indicates approximate text level Historical Fiction Magic Tree House Series: (M, N, O) Revolutionary War on Wednesday, Abe Lincoln at Last!, Buffalo Before Breakfast, An Afternoon on the Amazon all by Mary Pope Osborne The Courage of Sarah Noble (O) by Alice Dalgliesh Meet Felicity: American Girls Series (Q) by Valerie Tripp Fantasy Magic Tree House Series (M/N/O) by Mary Pope Osborne Secrets of Droon Series (N) by Tony Abbott Catwing Series (N) Ursulla K. Le Guin Dragon Slayers Academy Series (N-Q) by Kate McMullan Martin s Mice, Clever Lollipop (P) both by Dick King Smith James and the Giant Peach (Q) by Roald Dahl Spiderwick Chronicles: Books 1-3 (Q) by H. Black and T. DiTerlizz Indian in the Cupboard (R) by Lynne Reid Banks

3 Mystery A to Z Mysteries (M)* by Ron Roy Jigsaw Jones Mysteries (N) by James Preller Boxcar Children (O) by Gertrude Chanler Warner Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries (Series) (O) by Ann M. Martin Encyclopedia Brown (Series) (P) by Donald Sobol Hank the Cowdog (Series) (P-Q) by John R. Erickson Half-Moon Investigations (Q) by Eoin Colfer Chasing Vermeer (S) by Blue Balliett NonFiction If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution (Q) by Kay Moore If You Lived with the Cherokee (Q*) by Peter Roop Questions and Answers Series (P-R) by Melvin and Gilda Berger Stars, Weather, Ocean, Tornados, and Insects Titles by Seymour Simon (there are many more on StarWalk Kids Media!) The Moon (P) Earthquakes (Q) Lightning (Q) Muscles: Our Muscular System (Q) Titles by Gail Gibbons Giant Pandas (O) Planet Earth, Inside and Out (O) The Moon Book (P) Bicycle Book (P) *indicates approximate text level

4 Reading Log Date Started Date Ended Book Title Level # of pages Ex: 6/24 7/1 Secrets of Droon: Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet N 96

5 StarWalk Kids Media Book Assignment My name: 4 th Grade Teacher: One Seymour Simon book I read this summer that I enjoyed is : The main idea of this book was I know this is the main idea because I found these key details to support my thinking right in the text

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