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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!!
- Visualize one setting from the book, sketch it, and describe it.
- If you connected with a particular character, describe the character, and explain how you connected.
- Would you change the ending of your book? Tell why or why not.
- Write 5 questions you have after reading the book.
- Write 5 facts you learned from a non-fiction book. Pick 1, and tell why you think it is interesting.
- Based on the ending, predict what will happen next if the author creates a sequel.
- Would you recommend one of your books to a friend? Tell why or why not.
DOWNLOAD THE ASSIGNMENT HERE: Download the assignment (.doc)
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Picture Books
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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
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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
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Young Reader Chapter Books
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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)
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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)
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Adventure Chapter Books
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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)
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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
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Non-Fiction
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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
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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
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Biography
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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
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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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