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Peekskill City School District:
Summer Reading for Entering 4th & 5th Graders

Writing Assignment: Catch the Wave and Write About It

Choose two different writing prompts to respond to the books that you have read. Remember to use supporting details in your responses!!

  1. Visualize one setting from the book, sketch it, and describe it.
  2. If you connected with a particular character, describe the character, and explain how you connected.
  3. Would you change the ending of your book? Tell why or why not.
  4. Write 5 questions you have after reading the book.
  5. Write 5 facts you learned from a non-fiction book. Pick 1, and tell why you think it is interesting.
  6. Based on the ending, predict what will happen next if the author creates a sequel.
  7. Would you recommend one of your books to a friend? Tell why or why not.

DOWNLOAD THE ASSIGNMENT HERE:
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Picture Books

Agee, Jon – Nothing

Best, Cari – Shrinking Violet

Bunting, Eve – Fly Away Home

Buzzeo, Toni – Sea Chest

Cole, Brock – Good Enough to Eat

Collington, Peter – Clever Cat

Egan, Tim – The Pink Refrigerator

Finchler, Judy – Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind (series)

Fleischman, Paul – Weslandia

Fleming, Candace – Sunny Boy: The Life and Times of a Tortoise

Harrington, Janice N. – The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

Hesse, Karen – The Cats in Krasinski Square

Hest, Amy – Mr. George Baker

Hopkinson, Deborah – Apples to Oregon

Hurst, Carol Otis – Rocks in His Head

Jeffers, Oliver – The Incredible Book Eating Boy

LaMarche, Jim – The Raft

Macaulay, David – Angelo

McCully, Emily Arnold – Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu

McKissack, Patricia – Precious and the Boo Hag

McMillan, Bruce – The Problem With Chickens

Perkins, Lynne Rae – Pictures From Our Vacation

Polacco, Patricia – Ginger and Petunia

Pulver, Robin – Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day

Rylant, Cynthia – The Old Woman Who Named Things

Schotter, Roni – The Boy Who Loved Words

Scieszka, Jon – Science Curse

Sierra, Judy – The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School

Smothers, Ethel Footman – The Hard-Times Jar

Stanley, Diane – Saving Sweetness

Steig, William – Wizzil

Weisner, David – Flotsam

Young Reader Chapter Books

Adler, David – Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (series)

Barrows, Annie – Ivy + Bean (series)

Brown, Jeff – Flat Stanley (series)

Clements, Andrew – Jake Drake (series)

Conford, Ellen – Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams (series)

Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is Not a Crayon (series)

Fine, Anne – The Jamie and Angus Stories (series)

Greene, Stephanie – Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman (series)

Greenburg, Dan – The Zack Files (series)

Grindley, Sally – Dear Max (series)

Gutman, Dan – Miss Daisy Is Crazy (series)

Holt, Kimberly – Piper Reed, Navy Brat

Howe, James – Pinky and Rex (series)

Kerrin, Jessica Scott – Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff (series)

King-Smith, Dick – Lady Lollipop (series)

Kline, Suzy – Horrible Harry (series)

Koller, Jackie French – Dragonling (series)

McDonald, Megan – Judy Moody (series)

Lowry, Lois – Gooney Bird (series)

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Roxie and the Hooligans

Osborne, Mary Pope – Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House series)

Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones (series)

Pennypacker, Sara – Clementine (series)

Peterson, John – The Littles (series)

Roy, Ron – The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries series)

Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? (series)

Adventure Chapter Books

Babbitt, Natalie – Jack Plank Tells Tales

Banks, Lynn Reid – Indian in the Cupboard (series)

Creech, Sharon – Ruby Holler

Evans, Douglas – MVP: Magellan Voyage Project

Fleischman, Sid – The Whipping Boy

George, Jean Craighead – My Side of the Mountain (series)

Gutman, Dan – The Get Rich Quick Club

Hirsch, Odo – Bartlett and the Ice Voyage (series)

Hurwitz, Johanna – Fourth-Grade Fuss

Korman, Gordon – Swindle

LaFevers, R.L. – Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

Lindgren, Astrid – Pippi Longstocking (series)

Napoli, Donna Jo – North

Paulsen, Gary – Hatchet

Pullman, Philip – The Fire-Maker's Daughter

Sachar, Louis – Holes

Scieszka, Jon – Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio series)

Wilson, N. D. – Leepike Ridge

Non-Fiction

Armstrong, Jennifer – The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History

Arnold, Caroline – Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age

Backer, Miles – Travels With Charlie: Travelin' the Northeast

Bartoletti, Susan – The Flag Maker

Bishop, Nic – Spiders

Chandra, Deborah – George Washington's Teeth

Cheney, Lynne – When Washington Crossed the Delaware

Christelow, Eileen – Vote!

Chrisp, Peter – Ancient Egypt Revealed

Clements, Gillian – The Picture History of Great Explorers

Cole, Joanna – Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China

Cook, Sally – Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball

Curlee, Lynn – Skyscraper

David, Laurie & Cambria Gordon – The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming

Eskridge, Melissa – Bottle Houses

Fradin, Dennis B. The Signers: The Fifty-Six Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence

Frost, Helen – Monarch and Milkweed

Gerstein, Mordicai – The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Granfield, Linda – America Votes: How Our President Is Elected

Jackson, Ellen It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World

Keller, Laurie – The Scrambled States of America

Kurlansky, Mark – The Story of Salt –

Lauber, Patricia – The True-and-False Book of Horses

Leedy, Loreen There's a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me

Lewin, Ted – At Gleason's Gym

Markle, Sandra – Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs

Micucci, Charles – The Life and Times of the Ant

Miller, Edward – The Tooth Book: A Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums

Nelson, Kadir – We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Older, Jules – Ice Cream

Pringle, Laurence P. – Sharks!: Strange and Wonderful

Schlitz, Laura Amy Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices From a Medieval Village

Schulman, Janet – Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

Siy, Alexandra – Sneeze!

Scott, Elaine – When Is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto

Shannon, George – True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge

Simon, Seymour – Spiders

Smith David J. – If the World Were a Village

Biography

Adler, David A. – A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark

Brown, Monica – My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Busby, Peter – First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

Byrd, Robert – Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer

Christensen, Bonnie – The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter

Farris, Christine King – My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers...

Giblin, James Cross – The Many Rides of Paul Revere

Giovanni, Nikki – Rosa

Golenbock, Peter – Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way

Harness, Cheryl – The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin

Kerley, Barbara – What to Do About Alice?

Krull, Kathleen – Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King

Moss, Marissa – Mighty Jackie, The Strike-Out Queen

Pinkney, Andrea Davis – Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

St. George, Judith – Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln

Stanley, Diane – Michelangelo

Stauffacher, Sue – Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson

Turner, Ann – Abe Lincoln Remembers

Warhola, James – Uncle Andy's

Weatherford, Carole Boston I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer

Winter, Jonah – Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World

Wise, Bill – Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer

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