Our Lady of Consolation School
2007 Summer Reading List Grades 1 - 8
Incoming Grade 1 Summer Reading
“Hop on Pop”
“The Cat in the Hat”
“One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”
“Sail Away Home”
“Rainbow Fish”
“The Wind and the Sun”
“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”
“The Mitten”
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Clifford Books
Arthur Books
Frog and Toad
Books
Incoming Grade
2 Summer Reading
1. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
By: Judith Viorst
2. Corduroy
By: Don Freeman
3. Amelia Bedilia
By: Mary Hoffman
4. The Arthur series
By: Marc Brown
5. One Fish, Two Fish, Red fish, Blue Fish
By: Dr. Seuss
6. If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
By: Laura Numeroff
7. Franklin's Secret Club
By: Paulette Bourgeois and Sharon Jennings
8. Strega Nona
By: Tomie DePaola
9. The Giving Tree
By: Shel Silverstein
10. Ira Sleeps Over
By: Bernard Waber
11. Peter's Chair
By: Ezra Jack Keats
Incoming Grade 3 Summer Reading
Easy
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 1995
Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman 1983
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka 1989
On Grade Level
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto 1996
Manners by Aliki Greenwillow 1990
The Bad Good manners Book by Babette Cole 1995
Challenge
Stepfamilies by Fred Rogers 1997
Eating the Plates: A Pilgram Book of food and Manners by Lucille Recht Penner 1997
From Hand to Mouth by James Cross Giblin 1987
Incoming Grade
4 Summer Reading
All students will read two books, "Ramona
and Her Father"
by: Beverly Cleary must be read by all 4th graders. The
second book can be taken from the list below or any book
written by the authors listed.
Suggested Titles and Authors
"Chocolate Fever" by: Robert Kimmel Smith
"Ralph S. Mouse" by :Beverly Cleary
"Mouse and the Motorcycle" by: Beverly Clearly
"Frindle" by: Andrew Clements
"Wayside School is Falling Down" by: Louis Sachar
"Superfudge" by: Betsy Byars
Incoming Grade 5 Summer Reading
Students must
read 2 books: Shiloh and a book of their
choice listed below.
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds - Will be tested on in
September.
Children may read one of the following and complete a book
report on it.
Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
There's a Boy in the Girls' bathroom by Louis Sachar
Incoming Grade 6 Summer Reading
Bridge to Terabithia ~ by Katherine Patterson (Mandatory)
Because of Winn Dixie ~ by Kate DiCamillo
The Whipping Boy ~ by Sid Fleischman
Incoming Grade
7 Summer Reading
Dear Parents/Guardians;
This summer the incoming seventh graders are required to read three books before the beginning of the new school year. One selection is teacher mandated while the other two are selected by the student.
All students must read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. We will review the book in class in the first weeks of school and a major test on the book will be given during the week of September 24. No book report is required for this book.
Students may choose two (2) other books from the given book list. A book report for each of these books is due on Monday, September 10. Guidelines/instructions for the book reports are attached.
Thank you for your support and cooperation. Have a safe and happy summer.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Barbara Sharp
SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT CHOICE BOOK LIST
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conley
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
Incoming Grade
8 Summer Reading
Dear Parents/Guardians;
This summer the incoming eighth graders are required to read three books before the beginning of the new school year. One selection is teacher mandated while the other two are selected by the student.
All students must read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. We will review the book in class in the first weeks of school and a major test on the book will be given during the week of September 25. No book report is required for this book.
Students may choose two (2) other books from the given book list. A book report for each of these books is due on Monday, September 11. Guidelines/instructions for the book reports are attached.
Thank you for your support and cooperation. Have a safe and happy summer.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Barbara Sharp
EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT CHOICE BOOK LIST
Homecoming by Cynthia Voight
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Something for Joey by Richard E. Peck
Jacob, I Have Loved by Katherine Paterson
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
2007 Summer Math Skill List Grades 1 -
8
For the incoming 1st graders they should review these math skills:
Number names
Counting numbers
For the incoming 2nd graders they should review these math skills:
One digit addition and subtraction
Fact families
Skip counting by 2, 5, and 10
Time to the hour and half hour
Word Problem Solving
For the incoming 3rd graders they should review these math skills:
Place value
Addition, whole numbers two and three addends
Subtraction, whole numbers (one digit)
Review (2) and (5) Times Tables
Word Problem Solving
For the incoming 4th graders they should review these math skills:
Drill Times
Tables
Review Time, Addition and Subtraction of money, and whole
numbers, along with borrowing and renaming.
For
the incoming 5th graders they should review these
math skills:
- addition using whole numbers
- subtraction whole numbers
- estimating
- multiplying whole numbers, two and three digits
- division whole numbers, two and three digits
- review fractions facts
For the incoming 6th graders they should review these skills:
- addition whole numbers and decimals
- subtraction whole numbers and decimals
- estimating
- multiplying whole numbers and decimals, two and
three digits
- division, whole numbers and decimals two and
three digits
- fractions, addition, subtraction (like/unlike
denominators)
For the incoming 7th graders they should review these math skills:
- addition using whole numbers and decimals
- subtraction whole numbers and decimals
- estimating
- multiplying decimals, two, three, four digits
- division decimals, two and three, four digits
- fractions, addition, subtraction (like/unlike
denominators)
- fractions, multiplication, division
- perimeter
For the incoming 8th graders they should review these skills:
-- addition using whole numbers and decimals
- subtraction whole numbers and decimals
- estimating
- multiplying decimals, two and three, four
digits
- division decimals, two and three, four digits
- fractions, addition, subtraction (like/unlike
denominators)
- fractions, multiplication, division
- using integers
- percents
- perimeter and area