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Summer Reading in preparation for the 2023-24 school year

Kindergarten: Incoming Kindergarten students should read or be read books of their choice. Color one picture on the Kindergarten summer reading log for every 20 minutes of reading completed during the summer break. Bring the summer reading log to school on the first day of Kindergarten.

1st grade: Incoming first graders should read or be read 5 books of their choice. Students will choose one of the 5 books to complete the book report provided to be turned in on the first day of school. 

Students entering the grades below are expected to have completed the summer reading book by the first day of school.  Activities and grades will be given at the start of school based on the novels and books listed below.

2nd gradeThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

3rd gradeA Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

4th gradeSkinnybones by Barbara Park 

5th gradeThe Friendship War  by Andrew Clements 

6th gradeBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 

7th gradeA Night Divided  by  Jennifer Nielsen

8th gradeRefugee by Alan Gratz