Post on 28-Jul-2020
Summer Reading 2013
Touchdown Reading Program
Dear Parents,
Silverstein Hebrew Academy will be participating in the Touchdown Reading Program, a
reading incentive program in conjunction with TD Bank. Your child will have the opportunity to
improve his or her reading skills while earning cash from TD Bank. Each child will be required to
read three books according to his/her level and complete an assignment related to each book
read over the summer. The grades for the summer assignments will be averaged into the 1 5t
grading period. By reading an additional 7 books, your child will earn $10 deposited in a savings
account at your local TD Bank.
The Game Plan When: June 24, 2013 to August 30
What: Touchdown Reading Program will earn your child cash for a TD
savings account, in addition to yardage in our football game for each leveled book read.
How: Your child needs to read 3 or more books on level
Please keep track of the books your child reads using the Reading Log attached to this
sheet. Each child must hand in the completed Reading Log and assignments to his/her teacher
on the first day of school (Sept. 3). Students will enter the Touchdown Reading contest for prizes. Your TD Bank reading log will be returned within the first week of school so that your child can take the log to a local TD Bank for the $10 deposited into his/her very own savings account.
Please note that we will be emailing all parents a complete list of recommended
summer reading list for levels A-Z. Children should read at their level, but are encouraged to
attempt one level above their own. The more they read over the summer, the greater the
likelihood that a student advances in reading fluency and rises in reading levels.
Here's to a summer full of reading!
Shireen Dean-Butman Sarah Kravitsky Head of School Reading Program Coordinator
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Silverstein Hebrew Academy
Summer 2013 reading assignment grades K-2
Choose 3 activities from the list below to do over the summer. This assignment will count as
students' first homework assignment of the school year and is due to the General Studies
teacher on September 3, 2013.
1. Choose a picture or scene from a book you read. Describe what you see in the picture.
2. Draw a picture to describe a book you read from the summer reading list.
3. Draw a new cover or make an advertisement for a book you read.
4. Read a recipe or cooking directions and have an adult help you to cook it. In a few
sentences tell us what you made and how it tasted.
5. Take a trip to the zoo. See how many animals you can name. Read about each animal
and write three interesting facts you learned about each animal.
6. Write a letter and mail it to someone. It can be a grandparent, a friend, or anyone who
would love to hear from you!
Have a wonderful summer!
Summer Book List Levels P-Z
Level P
Summer Reading is Killing Me- Jon Scieszka (F) Stone Fox — John Reynolds Gardiner (F) Fly Away Home- Eve Bunting ( F) Felita- Nicholasa Mohr ( F) Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl ( F) Encyclopedia Brown — Donald Sobol ( F) Dinosaur Bones — Aliki ( NF) Milton Hershey: Chocolate King- Charnan Simon ( NF) Rosa Parks- Eloise Greenfield ( NF) Ice Mummy- Mark Dubowski ( NF)
Level
Aliens Ate My Homework- Bruce Coville (F) Bunnicula:A Rabbit Tale of Mystery- James Howe (F) Dear Mr. Henshaw- Beverly Cleary (F) James and The Giant Peach — Roald Dahl (F) Just Juice- Karen Hesse (F) Superfudge- Judy Blume (F) Finding of the Titanic — Robert Ballard (NF) If you Traveled West in a Covered Wagon- Ellen Levine (NF) If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island — Ellen Levine (NF) A Medieval Feast- Aliki (NF)
Level R
Because of Winn-Dixie- Kate DiCamillo (F) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl (F) The Great Kapok Tree — Lynne Cherry (F) Every Living Thing — Cynthia Rylant (F) Charlotte's Web- E.B. White(F) Frindle- Andrew Clements (F) Amelia Earhart:Young Aviator- Beatrice Gomley (NF) The Great Migration — Jacob Lawrence (NF) The Top Of The World: Climbing Mt. Everest (NF) Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions And Answers About Weather — Melvin Berger (NF)
Level S
The Cricket in Times Square- George Selden (F) From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller- E.L.Konigsburg (F) Letters From Rifka- Karen Hesse (F) The Pinballs- Betsy Byars (F) Poppy- Avi (F) The Sea Monsters — Rick Riordan (F) The Boy Called Slow — Joseph Bruchac (NF) Eleanor- Barbara Cooney ( NF) The Tarantula In My Purse — Jean C. George (NF) Out Of Darkness — Russell Freedman (NF)
Level T
An Angel For Solomon Singer- Cynthia Rylant (F) Bridge To Tarabithia- Katherine Paterson (F) Diary OF A Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney (F) The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe — C.S. Lewis (F) Sounder- William H. Armstrong (F) Love That Dog — Sharon Creech (F) Boy: Tales Of Childhood- Roald Dahl (NF) Earthquakes- Seymour Simon (NF) Frozen Man — David Getz (NF) Sharks- Seymore Simon (NF)
Level U
Flip-Flop Girl- Katherine Paterson (F) Loser- Jerry Spinelli (F) Wringer- Jerry Spinelli (F) Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson-Levine (F) The BFG- Roald Dahl (F) Tangerine- Edward Bloor (F) Beyond The Grave- Jude Watson (F) Insects — Bettina Bird (NF) The Salem Witch Trials- Michael Martin (NF) The Double Life of Pocahontas- Jean Fritz (NF) Rosa Parks- Rosa Parks (NF)
Level V
The Fighting Ground- Avi (F) The Wrestling Game- Ellen Raskin (F) Oliver's Ocean- Kevin Henkes (F) Esperanza Rising- Pam Munoz Ryan (F) The Clay Marble- Minfong Ho (F) Becoming Naomi Leon- Pam Munoz Ryan (F) Harry Houdini- Vicki Cobb (NF) The Boston Tea Party- R. Conrad Stein (NF) The Snake Scientist- Sy Montgomery (NF) Three Cups OF Tea (Young Reader's Edition)- Greg Mortenson (NF)
Level W
Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt (F) Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech (F) The Skin I'm In — Sharon G. Flake (F) Out From Boneville- Jeff Smith (F) Heartbeat- Sharon Creech (F) Maniac Magee — Jerry Spinelli (F) Anne Frank: Life In Hiding- Johanna Hurwitz (NF) I Am A Star: Child Of The Holocaust-Inge Auerbacher (NF) Around The World In A Hundred Years — Jean Fritz (NF) The Lost Garden — Laurence Yep (NF)
Level X
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie- Jordan Sonnenblick (F) Out Of The Dust- Karen Hesse (F) Somewhere In The Darkness- Walter Dean Myers (F) Buddha Boy — Kathe Koja (F) Looking Back: A Book Of Memories- Lois Lowry (NF) Zlata's Diary — Zlata Filipovic (NF) Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!- Jean Fritz (NF)
Level Y
The Call Of The Wild- Jack London (F) The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen (F) The Boy Who Dared- Susan C. Bartoletti (F) Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl- Anne Frank (NF) The Endless Steppe- Esther Hautzig(NF) Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America — Jim Murphy (NF)
Level Z
Lord Of The Flies- William Golding (F) To Kill A Mockingbird- Lee Harper (F) Tears Of A Tiger- Sharon M. Draper (F) I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree-Laura Hillman (NF) Living Green- Jeanne Nagle (NF) Never Cry Wolf- Farley Mowat (NF)
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....Levels A -0
Level A
Do You Want To Be My Friend? By Eric Carle
Going To Grandma's Farm By Betsy Franco
Have You Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tafuri
What Can I Be? By Can Meister
Level B Carrots By Gail Saunders-Smith,
Cats! By Larry D.
Game Day By Cari Meister
My Camp-Out By Marcia Leonard
On Market Street By Arnold Lobel
Silly Sally By Betsy Franco
Here Comes Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root
Hey Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root
Monkey Business By David Martin
Monkey Trouble By David Martin
Wow series By Kathy Caple
Level C
All Kinds Of Kids By Christina Mia Gardeski
Bathtime For Biscuit By Alyssa S Capucilli
I Went Walking By Sue Williams
Joshua James Likes Trucks By Catherine A. Petrie
Mice Squeak, We Speak(Board BookEdition) By Arnold Shapiro
Pancakes, Crackers, And Pizza By Marjorie Eberts
Rain By Robert Kalan
A Rainbow Of My Own By Don Freeman
Ethan Out and About By Johanna Hurwitz
Here Comes Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root
Hey Tabby Cat By Phyllis Root
Monkey Business By David Martin
Monkey Trouble By David Martin
Wow, Its Worm! By Kathy Caple
Well Done Worm! By Kathy Caple
Edna Elaphant By Margaret Park Bridges
Level b
Alphabet Under Construction By Denise Fleming
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin By Cheryl Willis Hudson
Energy Is Everywhere By June Young
Feast For Ten By Cathryn Falwell
Footprints In The Snow By Cynthia Benjamin
I Need A Little Help By Kathy Schulz
It's Too Windy! By Hans Wilhelm
Lara Ladybug
Lunch By Denise Fleming
My Family Is Forever By Nancy Carlson
One Happy Classroom By Chaman Simon
Paul The Pitcher By Paul Sharp
Straight To The Pole By Kevin O'Malley
Too Many Balloons By Catherine Matthias & Sydnie Kleinhenz
Work And Play by Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz
Created by Kristen Morris
P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....
Level E
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by B Barton
A Box Can Be Many Things By Dana M. Rau
Cat In The Bag By Sara Swan Miller
Don't Hit Me! By Bemette Ford
Down On The Farm By Merrily Kutne
Eat Your Peas By Pegeen Louise Snow
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed By Eileen Christelow
Flying Butter By Patricia Trades
Hello, Doctor By David Marx
I Am Water By Jean Marzollo
I Like It When . . . By Mary Murphy
I Love Trees By Can Meister
Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse By Lindsay Barrett George
Let's Go To A Fair By Cate Foley
Let's Go To The Zoo
By Cate Foley
Look How It Changes!
By June Young
Look! I Can Read!
By Susan Hood
Monkey See, Monkey Do By Marc Gave
My Grandmother Works In A Dress Shop By Sarah Hughes
On My Way To Buy Eggs By Chih-Yuan Chen
On The Farm By Kirsten Hall
One Is Enough By Julie Kidd Cook
Springtime Addition By Jill Fuller
This Is Baseball By Margaret Blackstone
Today Is Monday By Eric Cade,
A Tooth Is Loose By Lisa Trumbauer
Puppy Mudge Series By Cynthia Rylant
Tiny Series By Can Meister
Kipper Series By Mick Inkpen Max series
By Mick Inkpen Sam series By Mick Inkpen
Level F A Bug, A near and a Boy
by David McPhail
Bumpity Bumpity Bump
by Parker C
Cars by Anne Rockwell
Cookies Week
by Cindy Ward
Dinner by Five
by Ready Readers
A Dozen Dogs
by Harriet Ziefert
Frog's Lunch
by Lillgard, Dee &
Zimmerman
Hooray for Snail
by John Stadler
Freddie's Spaghetti
by RH Doyle
Mrs. Wishy Washy series
by Joy Cowley
Baby Bear series
by Beverley Randell
Sled: And Other Fox & Rabbit Stories by David McPhail
Harry Goes to Funland by Harriet Ziefert
Harry Goes to Day Camp
by Harriet Ziefert
The Hungry Giant series
by Joy Cowley
Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
Shhhh
by Kevin Henkes
Level G Boats
by Anne Rockwell
Calico Cat at School
by Donald Charles
Calico Cat Meets Bookworm by Donald Charles
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet &Allan Ahlberg
Gone Fishing
by Erlene Long
Great Grandpa
by David McPhail
Mine's the Best
by Crosby Bonsall
My Friends
by Taro Gomi
Nicky Upstairs & Downstairs by Harriet Ziefert
When You Were a Baby by Ann Jonas
Harry Gets Ready for School by Harriet Ziefert
Harry Takes a Bath by Harriet Ziefert
Turtle and Snake series by Kate Spohn
Biscuit Series by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Titch series
by Pat Hutchins
Little Chimp series
by Lisa Schroeder
Level H Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Burton
Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
Henny Penny by New Way Green
If I Had An Alligator by Mercer Mayer
Its George by Miriam Cohen
Little Red Riding Hood by Fran Hunia
My Cat by Judy Taylor
NoBall Games Here by Harriet Ziefert
Old Hat New Hat by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Tool Box by Anne Rockwell
We Are Best Friends by Aliki
Where Are You Going Little Mouse? By Robert Krauss
Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold Little Critter Series by Mercer Mayer Dragon series by Day Pilkey
Level I Who's Afraid Of The Dark? by Crosby Bonsall
When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen
Stanley by Syd Hoff
There's A Nightmare In My Closet By Mercer Mayer
Who Took The Farmer's Hat? by Joan L. Nodset
Who said red? by Mary Serfozo
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Messy Bessy series by P & F McKissack
Created by Kristen Morris
P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....
Level L
The Wild Swans by Hans C Andersen
The Wizard Of Oz by Rosie Dickins and L F. Baum
Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake by Patricia R Giff
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Whistle for Willie by Ezra J Keats
Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party by Astrid Lindgren
What Next, Baby Bear? by Jill Murphy
Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Cam Jansen series by David Adler
A Birthday Basket for Tia by Pat Mora
Afternoon On The Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
Dog That Stole Football Plays (dog Series) by Matt Christopher
George & Martha series by James Marshall
Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
Katy & the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Mystery of The Pirate Ghost by Geoffrey Hayes
Pinky & Rex series by James Howe
Sadie And The Snowman by Allen Morgan
Snaggle Doodles by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Tale Of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Whales, The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton
Picking Apples & Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings
Level M
The Bears' Picnic by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and The Missing Honey by Stan J Berenstain
A Case For Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford
Level M cont'd
Buster's Dino Dilemma by Stephen Krensky and Matt Steinglass
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Arthur series by Marc Brown
A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams
Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola
Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume
Level N Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger
Zoo Keepers by Tami Deedrick
Who's in Love With Arthur? by Stephen Krensky, Peter K. Hirsch and Marc T. Brown
Solo Girl by Andrea D Pinkney
Stories of Ganesh by Rajee Raman
School Bus Drivers by Dee Ready
The Absent Author by Ron Roy
What Is A Bird? by Bobbie Kalman
Level 0
Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown.
Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros
Under My Nose by Lois Ehlert
Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble
Playing With Words by James
Tell Me A Story by Angela Johnson.
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Level J
Who's a pest? by Crosby Bonsall
Porcupine's Pajama Party by Terry W Harshman
Silly Tilly's Valentine by Lillian Hoban
Two Silly Trolls by Nancy Jewell
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
Big Max by Kin Platt
Franklin is Bossy by Bourgeois & Clark
Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan Londan
Henry & Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Level K
Who Sank The Boat? by Pamela Allen
Thumbelina by Hans C. Andersen
Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner
Three By The Sea by Edward Marshall
When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
Three Wishes by Harriet Ziefert
Halloween with Morris and Borris by Bernard Wiseman
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
M&M series books by Pat Ross
Created by Kristen Morris P.S. 19 Queens Literacy Coach K-2