Summer 2012 Dear Incoming Second Graders, Welcome to the 2nd ...
Summer 2012 Dear Incoming Second Graders, Welcome to the 2nd Grade! We look forward to a fabulous year together. 1. Over the summer, READ, READ, READ (at least 20 minutes a day!) Please select at least 3 books to read during the summer – either from the provided reading list or one that your parents approve. 2. Please answer the questions on the attached book report paper for each of the 3 books you read. 3. Please cut out one of the attached pencil or rocket ship posters and write down each of the books you read over the summer. Please bring in your poster on the first day of school. We will hang them up to help decorate the walls! 4. To begin our adventure in second grade together, we will be publishing our very own Second Grade Class Book. Please come prepared on the first day of school with 3-4 pictures of yourself (with and/or without other family members.) 5. Hebrew paper – please fill out the attached sheet to the best of your ability. If you need translation: I’m moving up to 2nd Grade (Picture) My name is ____________. My family name is _____________. My birthday is ________________. I like _______________________. We wish you all a great summer and look forward to seeing you in September. Sincerely, The Second Grade Team
Name: ________________________________ Date: __________________________________ Book Report
Title: ____________________________________________________________________________ Author: _________________________________________________________________________ The most exciting part of the book was when: ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Draw your favorite part of the story.
Write two-four sentences telling what the story is about. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
List three words that would best describe the book: 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________
Incoming 2nd Grade Summer Reading List Picture Books: A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams Albert by Donna-Jo Napoli Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch Big Blue by Shelley Gill The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull Brundibar by Maurice Sendak The Relatives are Coming by Cynthia Rylant Cosmo and the Robot by Brian Pinkney Dahlia by Barbara McClintock Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail Ella Fitzgerald by Andrea Davis Pinkney Ellington was not a Street by Ntozake Shange Fireboat by Maira Kalman Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by Donald B. Johnson Chapter Books: A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy Bailey School Kids (series) by Debbie Dadey
Brave Norman (series) by Andrew Clements Young Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler Cam Jansen by (series) by David Adler Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Henry and Mudge (series) by Cynthia Rylant Horrible Harry (series) by Suzy Kline Iris and Walter (series) by Elissa Guest Magic Treehouse (series) by Mary Pope Osborne Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Sharmat Pinkey and Rex (series) by James Howe Poppleton (series) by Cynthia Rylant Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald J. Sobol Secrets of Droon (series) by Tony Abbott The Zack Files (series) by Dan Greenberg My Weird School (series) by Dan Gutman Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)
Please know that this is only a recommended reading list. If there are other appropriate books that you would rather read (with your parents’ approval), please feel free to read them.
Name: ________________________________ Date: __________________________________ Book Report
Title: ____________________________________________________________________________ Author: _________________________________________________________________________ The most exciting part of the book was when: ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Draw your favorite part of the story.
Write two-four sentences telling what the story is about. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
List three words that would best describe the book: 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________
Incoming 2nd Grade Summer Reading List Picture Books: A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams Albert by Donna-Jo Napoli Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch Big Blue by Shelley Gill The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull Brundibar by Maurice Sendak The Relatives are Coming by Cynthia Rylant Cosmo and the Robot by Brian Pinkney Dahlia by Barbara McClintock Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail Ella Fitzgerald by Andrea Davis Pinkney Ellington was not a Street by Ntozake Shange Fireboat by Maira Kalman Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by Donald B. Johnson Chapter Books: A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy Bailey School Kids (series) by Debbie Dadey
Brave Norman (series) by Andrew Clements Young Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler Cam Jansen by (series) by David Adler Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Henry and Mudge (series) by Cynthia Rylant Horrible Harry (series) by Suzy Kline Iris and Walter (series) by Elissa Guest Magic Treehouse (series) by Mary Pope Osborne Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Sharmat Pinkey and Rex (series) by James Howe Poppleton (series) by Cynthia Rylant Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald J. Sobol Secrets of Droon (series) by Tony Abbott The Zack Files (series) by Dan Greenberg My Weird School (series) by Dan Gutman Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)
Please know that this is only a recommended reading list. If there are other appropriate books that you would rather read (with your parents’ approval), please feel free to read them.
