ROSELLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SUMMER READING LIST 2016 K-7 ADDITIONAL LEVELED BOOKS

AVOID SUMMER READING LOSS . . .

Dr. Kevin R. West

Superintendent of Schools

Dr. Dana Walker

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction

Mrs. Miriam Malabanan

Supervisor for Language Arts & Humanities K-12

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Get in the Game, READ!

Good News! The Roselle Public School district has read 3, 697 books last summer of 2015. The

district’s goal of preparing students for college, work and life has been a consistent vision. RPS

continues to encourage all our students to read during the summer. They may choose from the

list of books and complete any of the reading activities below.

Some copies of the books can be found at the Roselle Public Library or can be purchased from Barnes

and Noble in Springfield (Rt.22) and in Clark.

Have fun reading this summer!!!

Grades K – 2 Reading Activities (Select from any of the following activities and

submit to your English teacher on September 12, 2016 to receive credit).

1. Write a new ending.

2. Write a new beginning.

3. Make a new jacket with an original blurb or make a book jacket with an inside summary.

4. Write about a character you liked or disliked.

5. Gather a collection of objects described in the book.

6. Draw or paint pictures of the main characters.

7. Create a puppet show to perform in school.

8. Make a poster to advertise the book.

9. Create a character or animal from the story using clay or some other materials.

10. Make a poster about the book using two or more of the following media: paint, crayons,

chalk, paper, ink, or real materials.

Lexile Levels- BR- 500 DRA Levels (-A1, 2, 3-4, 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 16)

Non-fiction

How to Make a Mudpie by Rozanne Williams

A Giraffe Can Laugh by Kerri O’Donnell

How’s the Weather by Rozanne Williams

I Am Special by Tom Cochrane

A Gardener’s Alphabeth by Mary Azarian

Firefighter by Sheila Rivera

It Started As A Seed by Kimberlee Graves

Signs at School by Mary Hill

Clay Art with Gloria Elliot by Pamela Chanko

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I am Water by Jean Marzollo

In Our Country by Susan Canizares

Let’s Go to the Fair by Cate Foley

Yes, We Can! by Barack Obama

We Are All Alike We Are All Different

Exercise by Sharon Gordon

Jackie Robinson by Philip Abraham

Let’s Get the Rhythm by Anne Miranda

City Signs by Zoran Milich

School Is Cool ! by Colleen Adams

Smile! A Trip to the Dentist by Loren Charles

Treasure Map by Kurt Redondo

Election Day by Margaret McNamara

Apple Fractions by Donna Townsend

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Lisa Trambauer

The Everglades by Lisa Bullard

Fiction

Blue Sea by Robert Kalan

A Boy, A Dog, A Frog, A Friend by Mercer Mayer

Do You Want To Be My Friend? By Eric Carle

The Dog by Rozanne William

The Biggest Fish by Erin Saviola

The Lost Nickel by Zachary Williams

Whose Mouse are You? by Robert Kraus

Footprints in the Snow by Cynthia Benjamin

On the Farm by Kirsten Hall

Monster Math by Grace Maccarone

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Ballerina Girl by Kirsten Hall

Fire Truck by Peter Sis

Look I Can Read! by Susan Hood

What Will I Do If I Can’t Tie My Shoes by Heidi Kilgras

The Tooth Fairy by Kirsten Hall

Lunch by Denise Fleming

Lexile Levels 450-790/ DRA Levels (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30)

Non-fiction

I Can Play Soccer by Edana Eckart

Sink or Float? by Kimberlee Graves

Spring by Tanya Thayer

Maple Trees by Marcia S. Freeman

Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace

What Is A Rainbow? By Catherine Mangieri

Airport by Byron Barton

Friends At School by Rochelle Bunnett

Where Do Puddles Go by Fay Robinson

The Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy

Let’s Make Pizza by Mary Hill

The Best of Times by Greg Tang

Follow the Polar Bears by Sonia W. Black

How to be a Friend by Laurie Krasny Brown

Benjamin Franklin by Philip Abraham

Math At the Store by William Amato

Rabbit’s Party by Eve Bunting

ABC I like Me by Nancy Carlson

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The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford

Sniffles, Sneezes,, Hiccups, and Coughs by Penny Durant

The Snow Walker by Margaret Wetterer

Aunt Flossie’s Hats ( And Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth F. Howard

A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry

Alligators by Kathleen Pohl

The Adventures of Marco Polo by Roger Samlley

Fiction

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Amelia Bedilia by Paula Danzigner

A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban

Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr

Big Fat Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Danny and the Dinosaurs by Syd Hoff

Dophins at Daybreak by May Pope Osborne

The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Sam Goes to School by Mary Labatt

Alien In the Classroom by Carolyn Keene

The Best Detectives by Carolyn Keene

Shoeshine Girl by Clyde R. Bulla

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

Clifford We Love You by Norman Bridwell

Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff

Firehouse Sal by Larry Dane Brimner

Tic-Tac-Toe Three in a Row by Judith Bauer Stamper

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Eat Your Peas, Louise by Pegeen Snow

We Are Painting by Francie Alexander

Me and My Family Tree by Joan Sweeney

Clifford to the Rescue by Norman Bridwell

Disappearing Donuts by Gail Herman

The Kite by Mary Packard

Bilingual Books

Lola by Loufane Gladys Rosa Mendoza

The Weather/El Tiempo by Gladys Mendoza

The Day It Snowed Tortillas/El Dia que Nevaron Tortillas by Joe Hayes

Curious George Cleans Up by H.A. Rey

Buenas noches, luna (Good Night Moon) Margaret Wise Brown

El Conejito Andarín (The Runaway Bunny) Margaret Wise Brown

El Gran Granero Rojo (The Big Red Barn) Margaret Wise Brown

La Oruga Muy Hambrienta (The Very

Hungry Caterpillar)

Eric Carle

De la Cabeza a Los Pies (From Head to Toe) Eric Carle

Tren de Carga (Freight Train) Donald Crews

Perro Grande... Perro Pequeno (Big Dog...

Little Dog)

P.D. Eastman

El canto de las Palomas (Calling the Doves) Juan Filipe Herrera

¿Me Quieres, Mamá? (Mama, Do You Love

Me?)

Barbara M. Joosse

Almuerzo con Ponche (A Lunch with Punch) Jo S. Kittinger

Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, ¿Qué Ves Ahí?

(Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You

See?)

Bill Martin Jr.

Oso polar, oso polar, ¿qué es ese ruido? Bill Martin Jr.

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(Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You

Hear?)

Grades 3- 5 Reading Activities (Select from any of the following activities and submit

to your English teacher on September 12, 2016 to receive credit).

1. Write an article for a newspaper front page that is devoted entirely to the book you read.

The front page should look as much like a real newspaper page as possible. The articles

on the front page should be based on events and characters in the book.

2. Make a collage that represents major characters and events in the book you read. Use

pictures and words cut from magazines in your collage.

3. Make a time line of the major events in the book you read. Be sure the divisions on the

time line reflect the time period in the plot. Use drawings or magazine cutouts to illustrate

events along the time line. You could present this to the class, taking us through time--

event by event, for more marks.

4. Make a shoe box diorama of a scene from the book you read. Write a paragraph

explaining the scene and its relevance to the story.

5. Pretend that you are one of the characters in the book you read. Tape a monologue of that

character telling of his or her experiences. Be sure to write out a script before taping. You

could perform this "live" if you so choose.

6. Make a television box show of ten scenes in the order that they occur in the book you

read. Cut a square form the bottom of a box to serve as a TV screen and make two slits in

opposite sides of the box. Slide a butcher roll on which you have drawn the scenes

through the two side slits. Make a tape to go with your television show. Be sure to write

out a script before taping or performing live.

7. Find a song or a poem that relates to the theme of your book and explain the similarities.

8. For fun, exaggerate either characteristics or events and write a tabloid-style news story

related to your book.

9. Draw a comic-book page complete with bubble-style conversations showing an incident

in your book.

10. Make a diorama showing the setting or a main event from the book.

Lexile Levels 550-910 /DRA LEVELS (8, 10, 12, 14, 16-18, 20-24, 28-30,40)

Non-Fiction

Count Your Way Through China by Jim Haskins

Ponce De Leon : Exploring Florida and Puerto Rico by Rachel Eagen

If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine

Who Was Amelia Earhart by Kate B. Jerome

Atoms and Molecules by Molly Aloian

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Extreme Sports by Richard Platt

Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? By Gare Thompson

Flood and Moonson Alert by Rachel Eagen

If you Lived At The Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine

Harriet Tubman by Philip Abraham

Amelia Earhart by Philip Abraham

Let’s Read About Christopher Columbus by Kimberly Weinberger

Spiders by Carolyn B. Otto

Medieval Castle by Joanna Cole

All About Light by Lisa Traumbauer

Your Brain by Gilda & Melvin Berger

Energy in Motion by Melissa Stewart

We Are Citizens by Laine Falk

Firefighters by Christopher Mitten

Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper

Sea Otter Rescue by Roland Smith

Within Reach: My Everest Story by Mark Pfetzer

Children of the Dust Bow by Jerry Stanley

The Story of Microscoft by Neil Musolf

Fiction

Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson

BFG by Roald Dahl

Big Wave by Pearl Buck

Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Caleb’s Story by Patricia Maclachian

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

It Takes a Village by Jane Fletcher Cowen

The Computer Nut by Betsy Byars

The Barn by AVI

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen

The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Pateson

Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee

Dragons Do Eat Homework by Marcia Thorton Jones

Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Tom Lapadula

Bad Hare Day by R/L. Stein

Arthur and Lost and Found by Marc Brown

First Grade Trouble by Patrice Barton

Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase by Cynthia Rylant

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share by Mike Reiss

The Endless Steepe by Esther Rudomin Hautzig

Lexile Levels 860-980 (14, 16-18, 20-24, 28-30, 34-38, 40,50)

Non –Fiction

Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares by Frank Murphy

I Have a Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson

Art of the Middle Ages by Jennifer Olmsted

Climate Crisis by Steve Parker

Dolphin Adventure by Wayne Grover

Drought and Heat Wave Alert! By Paul Challen

Henry the Navigator: Prince of Portuguese by Lisa

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Multiply This by Melanie Chrismer

What’s in Washington D.C.? by Laine Falk

Election Day by Patricia J. Murphy

Let’s Read About Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges

Vote by Eileen Christelow

Divide It Up by Tonya Leslie

Wright Brothers by Lisa Wade McCormick

All about Money by Erin Roberson

Bengal Tiger by Edana Eckart

Fiction

Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan

Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Al Capoone Does My Shirt by Gennifer

Shoo, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold

Whistle For Willie by Jack Ezra Keats

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting

Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli

There’s An Owl In The Shower by Jean C. George

Angel Child, Dragon Child by Maria Micherlle Surat

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Morning, Noon, Night by Jean George Craighead

Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco

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Double Fudge by Judy Blume

I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer

Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars by Dav Pilkey

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball by David A. Adler

A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

We Beat the Street by Dr. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins and Sharon

Draper

Lost Boy, Lost Girl by John Bul Dau

Grades 6- 7 Summer Reading Activities (Select from any of the following activities

and submit to your English teacher on September 12, 2016 to receive credit).

1. Create a radio ad for your book. Write out the script and tape record it as it would be

presented. Don't forget background music!

2. Make a "wanted" poster for one of the characters or objects in your book. Include the

following: (a) a drawing or cut out picture of the character or object, (b) a physical

description of the character or object, (c) the character's or object's misdeeds (or deeds?),

(d) other information about the character or object which is important, (e) the reward

offered for the capture of the character or object.

3. Research and write a 1 page report on the geographical setting of your story. Explain why

this setting was important to the outcome of the story.

4. Design an advertising campaign to promote the sale of the book you read. Include each of

the following: a poster, a radio or TV commercial, a magazine or newspaper ad, a bumper

sticker, or a button.

5. Find the top 10 web sites a character in your book would most frequently visit. Include 2-

3 sentences for each on why your character likes each of the sites.

6. Plan a party for the characters in the book you read. In order to do this, complete each of

the following tasks: (a) Design an invitation to the party which would appeal to all of the

characters. (b) Imagine that you are five of the characters in the book and tell what each

would wear to the party. (c) Tell what food you would serve and why. (d) Tell what

games or entertainment you will provide and why your choices are appropriate. (e) Tell

how three of the characters will act at the party. (f) What kind of a party is this?

(Birthday, housewarming, un-birthday, anniversary, etc.)

7. Imagine that you have been given the task of conducting a tour of the town in which the

book you read is set. Make a tape describing the homes of your characters and the places

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where important events in the book took place. You may want to use a musical

background for your tape.

8. Create an author study poster by researching you book’s author. Include titles or picture

of other books written by this author, biographical information, and any awards the

author received.

9. Make a collage that represents major characters and events in the book you read. Use

pictures and words cut from magazines in your collage. 10. Make a paper doll likeness of one of the characters in the book you read. Design at least

three costumes for this character. Next, write a paragraph commenting on each outfit; tell

what the clothing reflects about the character or the historical period and events in the

book.

Lexile Levels 950-1040 (28-30, 34-38, 40-50, 60, 70)

Non-Fiction

Genghis Khan by Norman Itzkowitz

Earthquake Alert! By Shilpa Mehta-Jones

Egypt by Howard Gutner

A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Burchac

All About Space Missions by Miriam Gross

Rachel Carson: A Pioneer of Ecology by Kathleen V. Kudllinski

Our Footprint on Earth by Jeanne Sturm

In the Barrio by Alma Flor Ada

Desert Life by Rachel Mann

Roberto Clemente by Carol Greene

The Bald Eagle by Loyd G. Douglas

Christopher Columbus by Connie & Peter Roop

Endangered Animals by Lynn M. Stone

Five Notable Inventors by Wade Hudson

Monarch Butterflies by Kate Waters

Save the Rain Forests by Allan Fowler

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Fiction

Among the Hidden by Margaret Patterson Haddix

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Coffer

Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Boy in the Srriped Pajamas by John Boyne

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

My Side of the Mountain by Jean C. George

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner

White Fang Jack London

Class President by Johanna Hurwitz

My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville

Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

Hiroshima by Laurence Yep

Crash by Jerry Spinelli

Smelly Socks by Rober Munsch

Just Juice by Karen Hesse

The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli

A New Coat For Anna by Harriet Ziefert

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney\