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June 2010
Dear Hughes Families,
Have a wonderful summer and be sure to spend some relaxing, fun time reading. READING IS FUN! You can meet new friends, travel to far away places, get scared with a mystery, or learn about unusual and fascinating things.
Use the author list on the back of this letter to get you started, but find many other things to read that you enjoy. This list is only a suggested guide; there are so many great things to read! Be sure to visit the Berkeley Heights Public Library and join their Summer Reading Club, where you can “Make a Splash! READ”.
For your convenience the Summer Reading Lists are available on our website. Go to http://www.bhpsnj.org and see the link for Thomas Hughes Elementary School to view the lists online.
Have a great summer…I can’t wait to see you all again in September!
Fondly,
Mary Niedenfuhr
Hughes School Library
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Here are the summer reading lists. This website is also worth looking at for more suggestions of books, authors, and family reading ideas. Enjoy!
Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering GRADE 3
Adler, David |
Picture Book of … (Biography Series) |
Adler, David |
Cam Jansen Series (Mysteries) |
Brown, Jeff |
Flat Stanley Series |
Brown, Marc |
Arthur Series |
Gibbons, Gail |
Non-fiction Series |
Giff, Patricia Reilly |
The Kids of Polk Street School |
Greenberg, Dan |
The Zack Files |
Kellogg, Steven |
American Tall Tales |
Osborne, Mary Pope |
The Magic Tree House Series |
Preller, James |
Jigsaw Jones Series |
Roy, Ron |
A to Z Mysteries / Capital Mysteries |
Rylant, Cynthia |
Henry & Mudge / Mr. Putter & Tabby (Series) |
Also check out the Caldecott Award books
Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering GRADE 4
Blume, Judy |
Fudge Series |
Christopher, Matt |
Sports Fiction |
Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona Series |
Conford, Ellen |
Jenny Archer Series |
Dadey, Debbie |
Bailey School Kids Series |
Dahl, Roald |
Fantasy |
Duffey, Betsy |
School Stories/Dog Stories |
Gutman, Dan |
My Weird School Series |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
Russell Series/ Applesauce Series |
King-Smith, Dick |
Animal Fantasy (Babe) |
Kline, Suzy |
Horrible Harry Series / Song Lee Series |
McDonald, Megan |
Judy Moody Series |
McMullan, Kate |
Dragon Slayer Academy |
Prelutsky, Jack |
Poetry |
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost Series |
Scieszka, Jon |
Time Warp Trio Series |
Smith, Lane |
John, Paul, George, & Ben |
Sobol, Donald |
Encyclopedia Brown |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Boxcar Children Series |
White, E.B. |
Charlotte’s Web |
Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering GRADE 5
Baum, L. Frank |
Wizard of Oz |
Blume, Judy |
Realistic Fiction |
Coville, Bruce |
Fantasy |
Clements, Andrew |
Frindle / Realistic Fiction |
Danziger, Paula |
Realistic Fiction / Amber Brown Series |
Dixon, Franklin W. |
Hardy Boys Series |
Gutman, Dan |
Sports Fiction |
Hiassen, Carl |
Hoot |
Howe, James |
Bunnicula Series |
Keene, Carolyn |
Nancy Drew Series |
King-Smith, Dick |
Animal Fantasy |
Lewis, C.S. |
Chronicles of Narnia Series |
Lowry, Lois |
Anastasia Series |
MacLachlan, Patricia |
Historical Fiction |
Martin, Ann |
The Doll People |
Robinson, Barbara |
The Best School Year Ever |
Selden, George |
The Cricket in Times Square Series |
Snicket, Lemony |
The Series of Unfortunate Events |
Wallace, Bill |
Animal Fiction |
Woodruff, Elvira |
Fantasy |
Other series to read:
My Name is America / Dear America / Royal DiariesEyewitness Classics, American Girl
Summer Reading for
Students Entering Grade SixStudents entering sixth grade are to read one of the following books over the summer:
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
Students are responsible for obtaining the books. If this is a problem, please ask your fifth grade
teacher to borrow a copy from the English supervisor before the end of the 2009-2010 school
year.
When you return to school in September, you will be assessed on your summer reading.
You should take notes as you read, focusing on plot events in chronological order, how the
characters change from beginning to end, and the author's purpose for writing the story. A good
way to do this is to write the main ideas for each chapter on a post-it.
Questions regarding the summer assignment should be emailed to Mr. Brader atmbrader@bhpsnj.org no later than June 16, 2010.
Good luck, and see you in September.
Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering GRADE 6
Avi |
Realistic/ Historical Fiction |
Bellairs, John |
Mysteries |
Byars, Betsy |
Realistic Fiction |
Cooper, Susan |
Fantasy / The Boggart Series |
Creech, Sharon |
Realistic Fiction |
DiCamillo, Kate |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Tale of Desperaux Because of Winn Dixie |
Fletcher, Ralph |
Flying Solo / Spider Boy |
Funke, Cornelia |
Inkheart / Dragon Rider/Thief Lord |
Gutman, Dan |
Baseball Card Adventure Series |
Hesse, Karen |
Letters to Rifka |
Jacques, Brian |
Redwall Series |
Levine, Gail Carson |
Fantasy |
Paulsen, Gary |
Realistic Fiction / Hatchet |
Ryan, Pam Munoz |
Riding Freedom / When Marian Sang |
Sachar, Louis |
Wayside School Series |
Winthrop, Elizabeth |
Castle in the Attic Series (Mystery) |
Christopher Paul Curtis Sid Fleischman Virginia Hamilton Karen Hesse E.L. Konigsburg Madeline L’Engle Lois Lowry Robin McKinley |
Check out these Newbery Award winning authors |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Linda Sue Park Katherine
Paterson Richard PeckCynthia Rylant Louis Sachar Cynthia Voigt |
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