Suggested Summer Reading Lists for Elementary Students
Creating a Summer Reading List
Summer reading is key to academic success. Creating a summer reading list for your students is important because it allows your students to continue to stimulate their mind over the break. This will help them adjust to their return to class the next school year and they will aid in their retention of knowledge over the summer.
Some teachers have ideas about what they would like for their students to read over the summer. One strategy is to create a list to have all of your upcoming students read so that you can go over it as a class. This is more effective in the higher grades, such as 5th and 6th grade. Another option is to have your students choose reading independently from a comphrensive list and complete a summer reading log. If your school participates in the Accelerated Reader program, you may want to encourage them to read AR books to up their points at the beginning of the year.
There are many ways to make your summer reading list fun. The key is to have your students consistently reading books over the summer that are at grade level. The books found on the following reading lists may be at your local library, at a bookstore or purchased on Amazon. These lists are to aid you in deciding what your students should be reading this summer.
Books for 2nd and 3rd Graders
The Children Who Smelled a Rat Ahlberg
Ivy and Bean Barrows
Flat Stanley Brown
The Stories Julian Tells Cameron
The Legend of Spud Murphy Colfer
Mercy Watson to the Rescue DiCamillo (From the Mercy Watson series)
Happy Go Lucky Earhart
Stone Fox Gardiner
Moxie Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little Gifford
Babymouse: Queen of the World Holm (From the Babymouse series)
On the Dog Greenburg
Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist Greene
Miss Daisy is Crazy Gutman
Starring Grace Hoffman
Class Clown Hurwitz
Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm! Kerrin
Song Lee in Room 2B Kline
Dragonling Koller
Gooney Bird Greene Koller
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle MacDonald
Sarah Plain and Tall MacLachlan
Gold-Threaded Dress Marsden
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean McCall Smith
Judy Moody McDonald (From the Judy Moody series)
Third Grade Stinks McKenna
Violet Bing and the Grand House Paros
Clementine Pennypacker
The Littles Peterson
Marvin Redpost: Class President Sachar (From the Marvin Redpost series)
Knights of the Kitchen Table Sciezza
Chocolate Fever Smith
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Sobol
Best Friend Emma Warner
Magic Paintbrush Yep
Books for 4th and 5th Graders
Firegirl Abbott
Whales on Stilts Anderson
One-Handed Catch Auch
Good Dog Avi
Chasing Vermeer Balliet
The Field Guide Black
Togo Blake
The Fairy-Tale Detectives Buckley
The Report Card Clements
The Miraculous Journey and Edward Tulane DiCamilo
The Thief Lord Funke
The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid Gerenime
The Liberation of Gabriel King Going
The Onts Greenburg
Satch and Me Gutman
Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Hannigan
Goose Chase Kindl
Year of the Dog Lim
Rules Lord
Gossamer Lowry
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining Mazer
Kiki Strikes Inside the Shadow City Miller
Double Life Richards
Safe at Home Robinson
Becoming Naomi Leon Ryan
Magyk Sage
Tees Seidler
Invention of Huge Cabret Selznich
Case of the Missing Marquess Springer
Secret Identity Van Draanen
Niagara Falls, Or Does It? Winkler
Millicent Min, Girl Genius Yee
References
- Lists of books gathered from the Wake County Public Library in Raleigh, North Carolina
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