South Western School District

2014 Summer

Reading and Math Ideas

See what fun reading and math

can be in the summer, too!

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Dear Parents:

Summer is such a fun time for our children and families. It is a

great time to play outside, enjoy the sunshine, and get re-

energized. Summer is also a time to continue developing

READING and MATH skills.

With your help and support, as parents, you can help our

students continue to grow in both reading and math. Let’s

avoid any summer slide of skills with a fun reading and

math focus each day.

That is why your child needs your help!

Please schedule time each day for quiet reading time.

This can be 10-20 minutes every day, and can be

done in a variety of ways – silent reading, reading

with a parent, reading to a sibling….just enjoy!

Math skills can also be a focus throughout the

summer through the suggestions included in this

packet. Many websites and Study Island can be utilized by

your child with ease!

Thank you for your continued support of your child!

Enjoy your summer!

Reading Ideas for your Child

Join the Guthrie Memorial Summer

Reading Program. There are many wonderful activities

taking place at the public library, so join the fun!

“Fizz, Boom, Read” is this year’s Summer

Reading Program theme, so come have great fun

at the library with this science-themed program!

Register at the Library or Online:

www.guthrielibrary.org

• Record your reading time and win prizes

• Special programs each week

• Storytime

• And much more!

* Summer Reading Club is for children age birth to 12.

Questions?

Call: 717-632-5183

Open School Library Days – Please come visit your

school’s library for open book exchange on the dates listed

below. What fun to be able to check out books from our

school library in the summer!

o Baresville – Meeting at Guthrie Memorial Library

due to Baresville’s construction project.

June 30 – 10:00AM – 12:00 PM

July 21 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

August 12 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

o Manheim – at Manheim Elementary School

June 30 – 10:00AM – 12:00 PM

July 21 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

August 12 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

o Park Hills – at Park Hills Elementary School

June 30 – 10:00AM – 12:00 PM

July 21 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

August 12 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

o West Manheim – at W. Manheim Elementary School

June 30 – 10:00AM – 12:00 PM

July 21 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

August 12 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Study Island is available. All your child needs is his/her

username and password, and enjoy some great computer

time! Directions are available in this packet for accessing

Study Island on line. Keep reading!

Listed below are suggested reading titles that were

created by Dr. Aileen Hower, our Reading Supervisor.

When possible, these books are leveled using the Fountas

and Pinnell reading levels. It is suggested that you look at

your child’s instructional reading level on June’s report

card, and select books that are close to, and just below, that

report card reading level. That’s where you will find your

son/daughter’s independent reading level which is just

right for summer reading.

Suggested Book Titles for Summer Reading

This is a starter list for your child. Please feel free to read many

different titles and genres throughout the summer!

GOING INTO KINDERGARTEN

Fiction

Barnett, Mac — EXTRA YARN

Clayton, Dallas — AN AWESOME BOOK

Hills, Tad — HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ

Klassen, Jon — THIS IS NOT MY HAT

Long, Ethan — UP TALL AND HIGH

*Raschka, Chris — A BALL FOR DAISY

Reynolds, Aaron — CREEPY CARROTS

Rumford, James — RAIN SCHOOL

Thomson, Bill — CHALK

Wells, Rosemary — YOKO LEARNS TO READ

Willems, Mo — ELEPHANT & PIGGIE (series)

— HOORAY FOR AMANDA & THE ALLIGATOR

Nonfiction

Aston, Dianna — A BUTTERFLY IS PATIENT

Barnwell, Y Saye — WE ARE ONE

Bleiman, Andrew — ABC ZOOBORNS (Reading Level M)

Martin, Bill Jr. — THE BILL MARTIN, JR. BIG BOOK OF POETRY

Marx, Trish — KINDERGARTEN DAY USA AND CHINA

Peck, Jan — THE GREEN MOTHER GOOSE: SAVING THE WORLD ONE RHYME AT A

TIME

*Pinkney, Jerry — THE LION & THE MOUSE

Sayre, April Pulley — RAH, RAH RADISHES

*The Randolph Caldecott Award

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS

GOING INTO KINDERGARTEN - Continued

Alphabet Books

Bingham, Kelly — Z IS FOR MOOSE (Reading Level I)

Bottner, Barbara — AN ANNOYING ABC

Bruel, Nick — BAD KITTY (Reading Level I)

Demarest, Chris — FIREFIGHTERS A TO Z (Reading Level F)

Floca, Brian — A RACE CAR ALPHABET (Reading Level N)

Rose, Deborah Lee — INTO THE A B SEA

McLeod, Bob — SUPERHERO ABC

Palotta, Jerry — THE DINOSAUR ALPHABET BOOK

Counting Books

Baker, Keith — 123 PEAS

Cronin, Doreen — CLICK CLACK SPLISH SPLASH: A COUNTING ADVENTURE

Hawk, Fran — COUNT DOWN TO FALL

Onyefula, Ifeoma — EMEKA’S GIFT: AN AFRICAN COUNTING STORY

Sayre, April Pulley — ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB (Reading Level I)

Sierra, Judy — COUNTING CROCODILES

Sis, Peter — FIRE TRUCK (Reading Level D)

Smith, Danna — TWO AT THE ZOO

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS!

GOING INTO FIRST GRADE

Fiction

Arnold, Tedd — RIDE, FLY GUY, RIDE! (series) (Reading Level K)

Brown, Peter — YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND

Brett, Jan — MOSSY

Dean, James — PETE THE CAT AND HIS FOUR GROOVY BUTTONS (series)

(Reading Levels J & K)

Dyckman, Ame — BOY + BOT

Henkes, Kevin — PENNY AND HER DOLL

Johnson, Angela — WIND FLYERS

Kaplan, Michael B. — BETTY BUNNY WANTS EVERYTHING (series)

Kroll, Virginia — MASAI AND I

Palatini, Margie — GOLDIE AND THE THREE HARES (Reading Level N)

Pearson, Susan — HOW TO TEACH A SLUG TO READ

Smith, Lane — GRANDPA GREEN

Van Dusen, Chris — THE CIRCUS SHIP (Reading Level M)

Watt, Melanie — CHESTER (series)

Wheeler, Lisa — DIN0-BASKETBALL (series) (Reading Level K)

Nonfiction

Conway, David — THE GREAT FAIRY TALE DISASTER

Diakite, Babawagué — THE HATSELLER AND THE MONKEYS: A WEST AFRICAN

TALE (Reading Level N)

*Evans, Shane — UNDERGROUND

Fosberry, Jennifer — MY NAME IS NOT ALEXANDER

Fosberry, Jennifer — MY NAME IS NOT ISABELLA (Reading Level N)

Gibbons, Gail — IT’S SNOWING (Reading Level O)

Hoberman, Mary Ann — YOU READ TO ME, I’LL READ TO YOU (series) (Reading

Levels J & K)

Jenkins, Martin — THE EMPEROR’S EGG (Reading Level M)

Jenkins, Steve — ACTUAL SIZE (Reading Level L)

McDonnell, Patrick — ME . . . JANE

Napoli, Donna Jo — MAMA MITI

Shange, Ntozake — CORETTA SCOTT

Wardlaw, Lee — WON-TON

*Coretta Scott King Award

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS!

GOING INTO SECOND GRADE

Fiction

Buitrago, Jairo — JIMMY THE GREATEST!

Cole, Henry — UNSPOKEN

Compestine, Ying Chang — THE RUNAWAY WOK (Reading Level O)

Diakité, Penda — I LOST MY TOOTH IN AFRICA (Reading Level M)

DiCamillo, Kate — MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE (series) (Reading Level K)

DiCamillo, Kate — BINK & GOLLIE: TWO FOR ONE (series) (Reading Level M)

Garland, Michael — MISS SMITH UNDER THE OCEAN (series) (Reading Level L)

Hills, Tad — ROCKET WRITES A STORY (Reading Level M)

*Mora, Pat — BOOK FIESTA! A BILINGUAL PICTURE BOOK

Piven, Hanoch — MY BEST FRIEND IS AS SHARP AS A PENCIL

Smith, Lane — ABE LINCOLN’S DREAM (Reading Level N)

Solstis, Sue — NOTHING LIKE A PUFFIN

*Pura Belpre Award

Chapter Book Series

Applegate, Katherine — ROSCOE RILEY (series)

Cameron, Ann — STORIES JULIAN TELLS (series) (Reading Level N)

Hoffman, Mary — PRINCESS GRACE (series)

Kline, Suzy — READY FREDDY (series)

Kline, Suzy — HORRIBLE HARRY (series) (Reading Levels L & M)

Lowry, Lois — GOONEY BIRD GREENE (series) (Reading Level O)

Schoenberg, Jane — STUEY LEWIS (series) (Reading Level M)

Nonfiction

Barretta, Gene — NEO LEO: THE AGELSS IDEAS OF LEONARDO DaVINCI (Reading Level

S)

Bildner, Phil — THE HALLELUJAH FLIGHT

Bishop, Nic — NIC BISHOP LIZARDS

Grimes, Nikki — THANKS A MILLION (Reading Level P)

Hall, Michael — A PERFECT SQUARE

Hill, Laban Carrick — DAVE THE POTTER

*Hughes, Langston — I, TOO, AM AMERICA

Jenkins, Steve — JUST A SECOND: A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT TIME

Lyon, George Ella — ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD

Prelutsky, Jack — I’VE LOST MY HIPPOPOTAMUS: MORE THAN 100 POEMS

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse — THIS PLUS THAT: LIFE’S LITTLE EQUATIONS

Sidman, Joyce — SWIRL BY SWIRL: SPIRALS IN NATURE

Smith, Charles R. — BLACK JACK: THE BALLAD OF JACK JOHNSON (Reading Level Q)

Sounders, Taryn — WHOLE-Y-COW

Winters, Jeanette — WANGARI’S TREES OF PEACE

Winters, Jeanette — THE WATCHER: JANE GOODALL’S LIFE WITH THE CHIMPS

*Coretta Scott King Award

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS!

GOING INTO THIRD GRADE

Fiction

Barrows, Annie — IVY AND BEAN (series) (Reading Levels M & N)

Clements, Andrew — JAKE DRAKE, BULLY BUSTER (series) (Reading Level O)

Draper, Sharon — LITTLE SISTER IS NOT MY NAME (series)

Gutman, Dan — MR. KLUTZ IS NUTS (My Weird School series) (Reading Level L)

Hale, Bruce — PRINCE OF UNDERWHERE (series)

Hermes, Patricia — EMMA DILEMMA AND THE NEW NANNY (series) (Reading Level Q)

Krosoczka, Jarrett — LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE (series)

McDonald, Megan — JUDY MOODY or STINK (series) (Reading Levels L & M)

Pennypacker, Sara — CLEMENTINE (series) (Reading Level O)

— STUART GOES TO SCHOOL/STUART’S CAPE (Reading Levels L & M)

Polacco, Patricia — ART OF MISS CHEW

Stine, R. L. — MOSTLY GHOSTLY (series)

Varon, Sara — BAKE SALE

Vernon, Ursula — DRAGONBREATH (series) (Reading Level R)

Wight, Eric — FRANKIE PICKLE (series)

Nonfiction

Cline-Ransome, Lisa — BEFORE THERE WAS MOZART

Geeslin, Campbell — ELENA’S SERENADE (Reading Level Q)

Harness, Cheryl — GHOSTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Hopkins, Lee Bennett — AMAZING FACES (Poetry)

Icanberry, Mark — EXTRAORDINARY PROJECTS FROM ORDINARY OBJECTS

Jenkins, Martin — CAN WE SAVE THE TIGER? (Reading Level S)

Jenkins, Steve — JUST A SECOND

Kuklin, Susan — FAMILIES (Reading Level N)

Laird, Elizabeth — PEA BOY AND OTHER STORIES FROM IRAN

Lichtenheld, Tom — E-MERGENCY (Reading Level O)

Peña, Matt de la — A NATION’S HOPE: THE STORY OF BOXING LEGEND JOE LOUIS

Ramsey, Calvin A. — RUTH AND THE GREEN BOOK (Reading Level R)

Rosenstok, Barb — FEARLESS: THE STORY OF RACING LEGEND LOUIS SMITH

Sidman, Joyce — RED SINGS FROM THE TREETOPS (Poetry)

Singer, Marilyn — MIRROR, MIRROR (Poetry)

Van Allsburg, Chris — QUEEN OF THE FALLS (Reading Level R)

Venezia, Mike — GETTING TO KNOW… (series) (Reading Levels P, S, T, V)

(Artists, Composers & Presidents)

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BY THESE AUTHORS!

GOING INTO FOURTH GRADE

Fiction

Amato, Mary — RIOT BROTHERS (series) (Reading Level M)

Buckley, Michael – N.E.R.D.S. (series) (Reading Levels U & V)

Cabot, Meg — ALLIE FINKLE’S RULES FOR GIRLS (series)

Clements, Andrew — TROUBLEMAKER (Reading Level T)

Conkling, Winifred — SYLVIA & AKI

Dahl, Roald — MATILDA or BFG (Reading Level S)

Gutman, Dan — GENIUS FILES (series)

Korman, Gordan — UNSINKABLE (Titanic Series)

Levine, Kristin — LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK (Reading Level X)

Lin, Grace — WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON

Martin, Ann — THE DOLL PEOPLE (series) (Reading Level Q)

Paulson, Gary — BRIAN’S WINTER (Reading Level R)

Peck, Richard — SECRETS AT SEA (Reading Level V)

Voigt, Cynthia — YOUNG FREDLE

Weeks, Sarah — PIE (Reading Level Q)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls – LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS (series) (Reading Levels K, J, N,

Q)

Yep, Laurence — THE STAR MAKER, THE STAR FISHER (Reading Level S)

Nonfiction

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem — WHAT COLOR IS MY WORLD? (Reading Level U)

Cook, Peter — YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO BE A SECRET AGENT DURING WORLD WAR II

(series) (Reading Levels R & W)

Giovanni, Nikki — HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN (Poetry)

Harness, Cheryl — RABBLE ROUSERS: TWENTY WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

Kelsey, Elin — NOT YOUR TYPICAL BOOK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

Krull, Kathleen — BIG WIG

Schanzer, Rosalyn — GEORGE VS. GEORGE (Reading Level T)

Silverstein, Shel — EVERYTHING ON IT (Reading Level Q)

Smith, David — IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE (Reading Level S)

Vernick, Audrey — BROTHERS AT BAT: THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMAZING ALL-

BROTHER BASEBALL TEAM (Reading Level N)

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS!

GOING INTO FIFTH GRADE

Fiction

*Applegate, Katherine — THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN

Beil, Michael D. — THE RED BLAZER GIRLS (series)

Bosch, Pseudonymous — THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET (series) (Reading Level U)

Broach, Ellen — SHAKESPEARE’S SECRET (Reading Level W)

Buyea, Rob — BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT

Collins, Suzanne — GREGOR THE OVERLANDER (series) (Reading Level V)

Creech, Sharon — THE GREAT UNEXPECTED (Reading Level U)

Curtis, Christopher Paul — THE MIGHTY MISS MALONE (Reading Level U)

Draper, Sharon — OUT OF MY MIND (Reading Level T)

Falls, Kat — DARK LIFE (Reading Level Z)

*Gantos, Jack — DEAD END IN NORVELT (Reading Level Y)

Grisham, John — THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER (Reading Level W)

Haddix, Margaret Peterson — AMONG THE HIDDEN (series) (Reading Level W)

Hiaasen, Carl — CHOMP (Reading Level W)

Ignatow, Amy — POPULARITY PAPERS (series)

Korman, Gordan — SWINDLE (series) (Reading Level T)

Larson, Kirby — THE FRIENDSHIP DOLL (Reading Level V)

Lin, Grace — STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY (Reading Level W)

Riordan, Rick — THE LOST HERO (series) (Reading Levels W & X)

Spinelli, Jerry — JAKE & LILY (Reading Level S)

Stead, Rebecca — LIAR & SPY (Reading Level U)

Stephens, John — EMERALD ATLAS

Walden, Mark — H.I.V.E.: HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION (series)

*The John Newbery Award

Nonfiction

Cummins, Julie — WOMEN DAREDEVILS, THRILLS, CHILLS AND FRILLS

Fleming, Candace — AMELIA LOST

Freedman, Russell — ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FREDERICK DOUGLAS: THE STORY

BEHIND AN AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP

Goldsmith, Michael — I WISH I KNEW THAT

Greenfield, Eloise — THE GREAT MIGRATION: THE JOURNEY TO THE NORTH

Hopkinson, Debra — TITANIC: VOICES FROM THE DISASTER (Reading Level Y)

Jenkins, Steve — BONES: SKELETONS AND HOW THEY WORK (Reading Level Q)

Markle, Sandra — THE CASE OF THE VANISHING GOLDEN FROGS: A SCIENTIFIC

MYSTERY

McKissack, Patricia — NEVER FORGOTTEN

Sommer, Shelley — HAMMERIN’ GREENBERG

Venezia, Mike — DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS: SURGEON WHO OPENED HEARTS AND

MINDS

LOOK FOR OTHER BOOKS

BY THESE AUTHORS!

Math Fun for the Summer

Study Island is available. The directions for accessing

Study Island online are listed below. There are also

several suggested lesson topics for certain incoming grade

levels that would be a great start for your child:

Accessing Study Island

Click on the Study Island icon on the school web page.

o Enter the user name first name, middle initial, last initial, day of month for birthday 1 = 01, and .swsd Example: SuzyQM01.swsd

o Enter the password 1 + lunch number + SW Example: 143215sw

o Click Submit

Practicing Assignments and Content

After you have logged in, you can go to

Assigments in the Prework Summer 2013 Class Your teacher has created assignments to help you practice topics that you will learn about at the beginning of the school next year.

Math topics or ELA (Common Core) topics You get to choose the topic to practice for each subject. 1 – choose your grade for next year 2 – choose the subject

Your summer class will be listed here.

It is called Your Grade

Prework Summer 2013 class to

complete the summer assignments.

Summer 2014 Study Island Math Assignments by next year’s Grade

Your next year teacher has selected the following assignments for you practice over the

summer. Taking time to explore the lessons and questions listed below in Study Island will help

your teacher find out what you know and need to learn. Some topics may be easy and others

may be difficult. That’s ok because your teacher will be able to help you next year. Do your best

and have fun!

1st Graders going into 2nd Grade

1. Addition & Subtraction Facts

2. Counting Money

3. Time

4. Number Patterns

2nd Graders going into 3rd Grade

1. Reading & Writing Numbers

2. Addition

3. Subtraction

4. Real World Problems

5. Time

6. Elapsed Time

7. Patterns

8. Multiplication as Repeated Addition

3rd Graders going into 4th Grade

1. Factors

2. Multiples

3. Real World Whole Numbers

4. Interpret Data

5. Real World Decimal Problems

6. Elapsed Time

4th Graders going into 5th Grade

1. 2- & 3-Dimensional Objects

2. Place Value

3. Addition of Decimal Numbers

4. Subtraction of Decimal Numbers

Math, Reading, and Other Fun

Websites…

Enjoy some SUMMER SURFING!

Listed below are some great websites for your child to enjoy.

Also, keep checking the following link for updated websites

throughout the summer…http://www.mbcurl.me/6YMJ

Reading Math Other

http://www.abcya.com/ http://www.abcya.com/ http://learninglab.org/

http://www.cookie.com/

http://www.sqooltools.com/e

dvideos/shr/master.html

http://www.starfall.com/ http://sumdog.com

http://funschool.kaboose.co

m/parent-teacher/k-

2/games/index.html (K-2)

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/

play/ http://www.ixl.com/math/

http://funschool.kaboose.co

m/parent-teacher/3-

4/games/index.html (3-4)

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/sta

cks/

http://www.numbernut.com/basi

c/activities/index.shtml

http://funschool.kaboose.co

m/parent-teacher/5-

6/games/index.html (5-6)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

web_games_vocab.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/

MathBrain/MathBrain.html

http://www.zooborns.com/z

ooborns/

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/Rea

dingBrain/ReadingBrain.html http://www.switcheroozoo.c

om/default.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/Ma

thBrain/MathBrain.html http://www.nhptv.org/nature

works/

http://www.funology.com/

We hope that the information provided in this packet will help you to fill

your child’s summer with fun reading and math activities. There is

nothing that must be returned to your child’s school in August. Instead,

please enjoy some great reading and math activities on a daily basis

throughout the summer.

Thank you in advance for keeping your child’s reading and math

skills current over the summer.