Summer Reading/Math

Incoming 4th Grade Student Information

2021-2022

The 4th Grade teachers are looking forward to being with your children this upcoming year. We have provided the following information to help you.

Grade 4 Summer Reading—2021- 2022

Read Tales of a 4^th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, then another book from the list below.

For each book:

1. Make a construction paper cover, with Title, Author, a picture from the book, and put your name on the bottom right corner.

2. On looseleaf, write 4-6 sentences about your favorite part of the story. You may type the answers, but don’t have anyone type for you. Writing is in cursive.

3. Write/type 4-6 sentences telling how you are like a character in the story.

Options for Reading the second book:

1. I Survived the American Revolution by Lauren Tarshis

2. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

3. Frindle by Andrew Clements

4. Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen

Read as many books as you can this summer. The more you read, the better it will help you in class.

Book Reports will be due September 10, 2021.

Summer Math: Grade 4

Each child has received a Math packet to be completed. Please show work and computation. That will be due on Sept. 10, 2021.

Stationery

You may purchase the items below anywhere you wish.

5 wooden pencils, no mechanical/push

2 red pens

2 or 3 highlighters

1 twelve inch ruler with inch/metric

3 two-pocket folders

crayons, markers, scissors, liquid glue, glue stick

2 boxes of tissues; 2 rolls of paper towels

2 boxes of Lysol wipes

8 cut tennis balls for the desks and chairs(Please place in bag with name labeled on it)

Contact paper to cover workbooks (Keep contact paper at home)

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The students will receive the following:

Bible

Scholastic News Assignment Book

Copybooks/theme tablets and large/small pencil cases - do not purchase

Summer Math Papers and 2 Book Reports due Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING 2021

Third Grade Entering Fourth Grade

Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman When Charlie's brother, Joe, is called up to fight in World War II, he promises to write letters to ten-year-old Charlie as often as he can. It won't make up for not being there to help Charlie out with the neighborhood bullies, but it's all Joe can do. ©2016 Grade Level 4-5

The Cheese Experiment by Geronimo Stilton New Mouse City was in a panic. A strange epidemic had broken out -- mice everywhere were covered in weird blue spots! Mouse Island's most famouse doctor immediately set to work with his team to try to find the cure... but someone was trying to stop him.

The Chestertons and the Golden Key by Nancy Carpentier Brown Summer vacation turns into an adventure for the three Nicholl sisters when Mr. Gilbert Chesterton and his wife come to town. Eleven-year-old Clare hopes to write a detective story. Eight-year-old Cece wants to be a champion roller-skater. And ten-year-old Joan just wants to learn how to play the locked piano in the family living room. But as they befriend the Chestertons, skating accidents, surprising friendships, puppet shows, and mystery solving ensue! ©2016 Grade Level 4-5

Counting Thyme by Melania Conklin When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. ©2016 Grade Level 4-7

A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean Cally Fisher knows she can see her dead mother, but the only other living soul who does is a mysterious wolfhound who always seems to be there when her mom appears. Schneider Family Book Award ©2014 Grade Level 4-6

Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project by Dan Gutman Four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events. This time, the four friends are headed to 1863 to catch Abraham Lincoln delivering his famous Gettysburg Address. ©2017 Grade Level 4-7

For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzal’s Story by Rebecca Langston-George She grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. She defied the Taliban's rules, spoke out for education for every girl, and was almost killed for her beliefs. ©2016 Grade Level 3-4

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He was only eleven years old! He'd barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. ©2017 Grade Level: 3-5

Katerina's Wish by Jeannie Mobley Thirteen-year-old Trina's family left Bohemia for a Colorado coal town to earn money to buy a farm, but by 1901 she doubts that either hard work or hoping will be enough, even after a strange fish seems to grant her sisters' wishes. ©2012 Grade Level 4-7

Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in the lap of luxury. One was a Republican and one a Democrat. They lived and served a hundred years apart. ©2016 Grade Level 2-5

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was accepted as a servant boy. But soon, the young man was performing miracles. 2013 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration

Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera "At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that makes each learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery, and teamwork.” ©2015 Grade Level 4-6

Raffie on the Run by Jacqueline Resnick Raffie Lipton lives a rat’s dream life. In his family’s subway station home, he has all the food he can forage from the treasure chests humans call trash cans, and the perfect shoebox bed for telling his brother his famous adventure stories. ©2018 Grade Level: 3–6

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's

The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price by Jennifer Mascari "A boy must rescue his sister after she finds - and wants to stay - in an almost-world beneath her bed, where their mother is still alive." ©2016 Grade Level 4-6

Robots in Space by Ruth Owen Discusses how robots are being used in space to explore distant planets, conduct experiments, and fix spacecraft when those tasks are too dangerous for humans. ©2014 Grade Level: 4–6

Rumf: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin. "A most magical feat," writes Newbery Honor-winner Kirby Larson, "Liesl Shurtliff spins words into gold." ©2014 Grade Level 4–7

When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller. ©2016 Grade Level 3-6