1st Grade

Research has shown that the single greatest factor in predicting reading success is whether a child is read to when they are young. So let's grow our children's brains!

Reading contract: Download

Requirements: Students entering First Grade in the fall are asked to read and record 12 books during the summer.

A list of suggested books is attached. These books are merely suggestions. Please feel free to read any books that are appropriate for your reader. The staff at the public library can also be a good source for book suggestions.

Record Keeping: With your child, fill out a summer reading log for each book. There are 2 logs on each page. Please return the Reading Logs to the English teacher the first week of school*. (View - Download)

Incentive: If all 12 summer reading logs are turned into the English teacher, the child will be awarded 4 “casual dress” stickers. Each of the 4 stickers earns the wearer the privilege of a free casual dress day. The stickers are to be used in September.

Reading List (Download list) (Download list and logs)

Please remember- since your child is attending a French Immersion program, we will not be introducing phonics until 2nd grade. This means your child should not be practicing sounds out words and reading over the summer. Spend this time instead practicing comprehension skills! Remember to ask the hard questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Folktales and Fables

• The Boy Who Cried Wolf an Aesop Fable

• The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine

• The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing an Aesop Fable

• The Ugly Ducking by Hans Christian Anderson

• Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg

• Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall

• Mary had a Little Glam by Tammi Sauer

• Rabbit's Snow Dance as told by James & Joseph Bruchac

Rhyming Books

• Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg

• The Best Mother Goose Ever by Richard Scarry

• Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey

• Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw and Margot Apple

• Giraffes can't Dance by Giles Andreae

• Aliens LOVE Underpants by Claire Freeman

• Llama Llama books by Ann Dewdney

Picture Books:
Consider checking out new arrivals from your local library! They always have new books! I also LOVE to read books off the award winner list! Check out: Caldecott Honor Books, Coretta Scott King Honorees, William Allen White Award Winners!

• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

• I am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes

• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

• Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

• Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannan

• Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

• Pete the Cat series by Kimberly & James Dean

Nonfiction Books:

• Ordinary People Change the World, series

•Fly Guy Presents, by Tedd Arnold

• Magic School Bus Books by Joanna Cole

• How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Roma Gans

• Meet George Washington by Patricia A. Pingry

• Our Earth by Anne Rockwell

• What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

• Creature Features by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page