Barbara Hawkins Elementary

K-2 Reading Ideas for the Summer!

2016 Dear Parents,

At Barbara Hawkins Elementary, we encourage your child to participate in our summer reading plan. Miami-Dade County Public Schools recognizes the importance of ensuring that students continue to strengthen reading skills and develop a passion for reading beyond instructional requirements. Experience and current research support the idea that students who are actively engaged in reading throughout the summer demonstrate improved academic performance during the following school year. Please select at least three (3) books from the attached list for your summer reading enjoyment. After reading, complete at least one (1) of the following activities for each book. o Complete an attached reading log of the books you have read. Include the title(s), a summary of each book, and

write two or three new words you have learned from your reading. o Make a poster about the book using one or two of the following media: fingerpaint, water colors, crayons, chalk,

real materials. Write an explanation of your poster. o After reading a book select the 5 most important words in the book, and explain why these words are important

to the main idea(s) or information presented. o Cut out magazine pictures to make a collage or poster illustrating the central idea or theme of the book. Add

descriptive words to convey the central idea or theme of the book. o Create a puppet, finger puppet or draw a portrait about your favorite character. Write a sentence or two of what

your character would say to the author. o Using a shoe box, create a diorama (three-dimensional scene which includes models of people, building, plants, and

animals) of an important even in the book. Write a narrative recounting the event. o Draw a picture of your favorite page. Explain in writing why this page is your favorite. Use evidence from the text

to support your answer. Submit your completed reading log to your reading teacher for 3 grades upon your return to school in the 2016–2017 school year.

Barbara Hawkins Elementary

3-5 Reading Ideas for the Summer!

2016 Dear Parents,

At Barbara Hawkins Elementary, we encourage your child to participate in our summer reading plan. Miami-Dade County Public Schools recognizes the importance of ensuring that students continue to strengthen reading skills and develop a passion for reading beyond instructional requirements. Experience and current research support the idea that students who are actively engaged in reading throughout the summer demonstrate improved academic performance during the following school year. Please select at least two (2) books from the attached list for your summer reading enjoyment. After reading, complete at least one (1) of the following activities for each book. o Keep a reading log or journal on the books you have read and make a list of words you have learned. Write the new word,

copy the sentence in which it is used, write a definition using your own words, and draw a picture or symbol, which reminds you what the word means.

o Draw a multi-colored movie poster for the book. Put usual movie information on it. (Who would you cast? location, setting, etc.).

o Create a collage with words and pictures around central idea, theme or characters in the book. o Write a character diary, writing at least five journal entries as if you were the main character in the story. Write down

events that happen and reflect on how they affected the character and why. o Use the Internet to locate a postal, or email address of your favorite author. Write an opinion letter referencing one of their

books. Use evidence from the text to state your opinion. o Create a timeline using drawings, magazine cutouts, pictures and labels to show the events along the timeline, and how they

contribute to the meaning of the text.

Submit your completed reading log to your reading teacher for 2 grades upon your return to school in the 2016–2017 school year.

Parents, you are encouraged to take your child to North Dade Regional Library, 2455 NW 183rd Street, to check out books to complete the summer reading assignment. The library will offer free lunch from June 13- August 12 for kids under the age 18. All meals are served at 12:30 p.m. • Also, we need your child to take advantage of the technology

programs listed below to practice their reading skills:

i-Ready At Home: Access online through the student portal

MyOn At Home: Access online at http://www.myon.com

(Students may complete a summer reading assignment using any of the books read on MyON. There is a summer reading CHALLENGE on MyOn from Miami Dade County Public Schools. Please refer to the next flyer.) • Remember, your child will be given grades for completing the assignments. • Students and their work will be recognized at the beginning of the school year. Rewards and

Prizes will be given out to students who complete their summer reading assignments. If you need additional information, please contact your child’s teacher at 305-624-2615.

List of Books Kindergarten

Book Title Author My Dad Anthony Browne

Underground Shane Evans

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Dr. Seuss

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

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List of Books 1st Grade

Book Title Author A Bug, A Bear, and A Boy

David McPhail

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin

Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles

Leo Dillon

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More

Karen Beaumont

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List of Books 2nd Grade

Book Title Author Alexander and the Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst

Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor

Peggy Parish

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

Deborah Heiligman

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett

Mouse Soup Arnold Lobel

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List of Books 3rd Grade

Book Title Author Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery

David A. Adler

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dave Pilkey

The Lemonade War Davies, Jacqueline

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List of Books 4th Grade

Book Title Author Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

Drita, My Homegirl Jenny Lombard

The Talented Clementine Sara Pennypacker

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List of Books 5th Grade

Book Title Author Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson

A Home for Mr. Emerson Barbara Kerley

The Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero

Barb Rosenstock

Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series)

Anthony Horowitz

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