Skip Navigation
Navigation

 

Summer Reading Lists & Math Review Packets

Pack these books for your vacation and keep your children reading all summer long! Students should complete their grades assigned reading, and activities. Fall activities and assignments will be planned around this reading for the first week of school. In addition, each grade has a math review packet that should also be completed by the first day of school. Please contact your teacher with any questions. 

Kindergarten Summer Packet

Incoming kindergartners should read Mother Goose Favorites by Tomie de Paola and draw a picture of their favorite nursery rhyme to bring on the first day of school. Click here for the Kindergarten assignment.
  • Mother Goose Favorites by Tomie de Paola

First Grade Summer Packet

Incoming First Grade students need to complete this packet and read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

  • Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes - required
  • Read Your way into first grade with these titles (optional)
    • First Grade, Here I Come!  by Nancy Carlson
    • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
    • Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
    • The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
    • Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
    • Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
    • Olivia Series by Ian Falconer
    • Beatrice Doesn't Want To by Laura Numeroff
    • Me I Am by Jack Prelutsky
    • Elephant and Piggie Series by Mo Willems
    • Fox and His Friends Series by James Marshall
    • Ruby the Copycat by Margaret Rathmann
    • Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli
    • A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
    • More Spaghetti I Say! by Rita Gelman

Second Grade Summer Packet

Students entering 2nd grade should complete the attached packet by the start of school. They will need to read There Might Be Lobsters as well as one book of their choosing off the list below. 

  • There Might Be Lobsters by Caroline Crimi required
  • Fly High, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
  • Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch by James Dean
  • Franklin Stays Up by Sharon Jennings
  • Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont
  • Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry G. Allard, Jr.
  • Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
  • Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Third Grade Summer Packet

Incoming 3rd graders should read one book (they haven't read) from the list below and complete the packet: 3rd Grade Summer Packet.
  • Ivy and Bean Make the Rules by Annie Barrows
  • Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
  • Frindle by Andrew Clements
  • Judy Moody Was in a Mood by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
  • Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
  • Big Nate Out Loud by Lincoln Peirce
  • Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
  • Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli
  • Wish by Barbara O'Connor
  • The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
  • Ava & Pip by Carol Weston

Fourth Grade Summer Packet

Please complete one book of your choice from the list below (that you haven't previously read). Complete this packet. 

  • Poppy by Avi
  • The Contest: Everest #1 by Gordon Korman
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
  • School Days According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
  • The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
  • Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesel Shurtiff
  • The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
  • Wish by Barabara O'Connor
  • The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
  • Ava & Pip by Carol Weston

Fifth Grade Summer Packet

Students entering 5th grade should read one book from the list below and complete this packet which includes a math review.
  • Chester and Gus by Carrie McGovern
  • The Big Game by Tim Green
  • 5 Times Revenge by Lindsay Eland
  • Journey to the Alamo by Melodie Cuate
  • Baseball Genius by Tim Green & Derek Jeter
  • Emma and the Ruby Ring by Yvonne MacGrory
  • Chasing Helicity: Force of Nature by Ginger Zee
  • The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Book 1) by Tui Sutherland
  • Marabel and the Book of Fate by Tracy Barrett
  • A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese
  • Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things by Simon Van Booy
  • The Baking Life of Amelia Day by Vanessa Curtis
  • Missing Pieces by Carly Anne West
  • How to Train Your Dragon (Book 1) by Cressida Cowell

Sixth Grade Summer Packet

All incoming 6th grade students should complete this math review packet before the first day of school. 
This summer, to maintain and enhance their literacy skills your son or daughter should select a book from the list below to read:

  • Bridge Over Terabithia – by Katherine Paterson
    This is a story about Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke, two fifth-graders who become friends and create an imaginary world called Terabithia, which is inhabited by all manner of magical creatures and where they can go to forget your problems. Though difficulties fill their ordinary lives, Jesse and Leslie rule as king and queen in Terabithia. Soon, one of the friends must draw on the strength of their imaginary kingdom to cope with a tragedy.
  • The Crossover – by Kwame Alexander
    Josh Bell is almost 13 years old, and basketball is his life. His identical twin brother, Jordan, whose nickname is JB, is his best friend and co-star on the court. Life as an almost teenager isn’t easy, especially when your brother gets a girlfriend, and your father is having health problems. Basketball, however, solves everything and makes everything better. Until it doesn’t. The Crossover is a heartwarming story written entirely in poems that will capture children's and adults' hearts.
  • Moon over Manifest – by Clare Vanderpool 
    The story follows a twelve-year-old girl, Abilene, who is sent by her laborer father to spend the summer of 1936 in the town of Manifest, Kansas. In the house of the pastor who takes her in, Abilene finds a hidden box of documents that leads her to a mystery about the history of the town.
  • Old Yeller – by Fred Gipson
    Old Yeller is a classic historical fiction novel about the bond between a boy and his dog. With his Papa away on a cattle drive, 14-year-old Travis Coates gets help from a brave stray dog. Together, they defend the homestead and protect Travis's mother and little brother. 

Seventh Grade Summer Packet

All incoming 7th grade students should complete a math packet (below) for their level. 

7th grade students should choose one of the following books to read:

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 
    The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, and follows the adventures of a young boy named Tom Sawyer who is known for his mischievous and adventurous nature. The novel explores his various escapades, including treasure hunts, whitewashing a fence, and witnessing a murder. 
  • Savvy 
    This is a story about a girl named Mibs who is turning thirteen and, in her family, means turning into a teenager means that she will receive her special ability called a Savvy. It's a great novel filled with many fun adventures. In the story Savvy, where Mibs lives between Nebraska and Kansas, it is obvious that she is no ordinary girl. It is a touching tale of a special girl’s journey to find her place in the world, along with a band of misfits she never thought would stand by her side. 
  • Shiloh 
    The story is about Marty Preston, a boy who finds and falls in love with a dog. He names the young beagle Shiloh. He does everything he can to keep it, but Shiloh belongs to his neighbor, Judd, a mean man who breaks rules and treats animals badly. 
  • The Headless Cupid 
    The Stanleys' old house has an alleged past history of being inhabited by a destructive poltergeist, who caused rocks to fly through the house and beheaded a wooden cupid that is carved into the stairs. When David's father is away, the poltergeist suddenly becomes active and again begins to wreak havoc in the house.

Eighth Grade Packet