Kilby Elementary School - Third Grade Summer Reading

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Third Grade Summer Reading Program

R. Dean Kilby Elementary School

The purpose of the PWCS Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills. Student participation in the program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the summer.

Students participating in the program in Grade 3 will complete a list of books read (minimum of three). The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.

For Grade 3 students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Reading Program, the Public Library documentation will apply.

Students in Grade 3 will receive an extra A for each book completed, for a total of three.

Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.

The following titles are suggestions for summer reading. Other books selected by the student with guidance from a parent/guardian and/or librarian may be used. Participation in the PWC Public Library Summer Reading Program and its documentation are also acceptable.

PWCS Third Grade Summer Reading Program

Suggested Reading

The following titles are suggestions for summer reading. Other books selected by the student with guidance from a parent/guardian and/or librarian are also acceptable. Participation in the PWC Public Library Summer Reading Program and its documentation are also acceptable.

Author	Title	Pub. Date	Lexile Level	Annotations
Buehner, Carolyn	Snowmen at Night	2002	NP	Snowmen play games at night when no one is watching.
Bunting, Eve	The Butterfly House	1999	AD500L	With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva andwatches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after the butterflies come to visit her.
Burns, Marilyn	The Greedy Triange	1994	AD580 L	Dissatisfied with its shape, a triange keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn’t know which side is up.
Cameron, Ann	The Stories Julian Tells	1981		Relates episodes in seven year old Julian’s life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.
Donnelly, Judy	Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found	1988	370L	Describes the burial of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen and the discovery of his long lost tomb by archaeologists more than 3000 years later.
Doering Tourville, Amy	A Jaguar Grows Up	2007	710L	Follow the lives of two jaguar cubs in the rain forest of Belize in Central America from their birth until the age of two when they leave their Mother.
Fleming, Candace	Gabriella’s Song	1997	400L	A young girl finds music all around her as she walks about the city ofVenice, Italy and she shares her song with everyone she meets.
Fleming, Nancy	Be Good to Eddy Lee	1993	AD380L	Although Christy considers him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down's Syndrome follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her
Greenfield, Eloise	For the Love of the Game	1997	NP	Two children discover the importance of determination and find inspiration in the life of Michael Jordan.
Hoffman, Mary	Amazing Grace	1991	680L	Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Kirk, Daniel	Library Mouse	2007	830L	Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories which he places on the shelves with the other library books but when children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.
Krulik, Nancy	Katie Kazoo I Hate Rules	2003	560L	Third grade, Katie Carew gets into trouble for breaking school rules, but when she magically turns into the school’s principal and elimates all rules, things get out of hand.
Martin, Rafe	The Rough Face Girl	1992	AD540L	In this Algonquin Indian Version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.
Miles, Miska	Annie and the Old One	1971	700L	A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
Prelutsky, Jack	Something Big Has Been Here	1990	NP	An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.
Ringgold, Faith	Dinner At Aunt Connie's House	1993	AD640L	Dinner at Aunt Connie's is even more special than usual when Melody meets not only her new adopted cousin but twelve inspiring African American women, who step out of their portraits and join the family for dinner.
Schachner, Judy	Skippyjon Jones	2004	NP	Skippyjon Jones, a little kitten with a big imagination, is sent to his room to contemplate what it means to be a cat, but instead embarks on an imaginary adventure in which his Zorro-like alter ego, El Skippito, rescues a group of Chihuahuas from a bean-eating bumblebee.
Sayre, April	Stars Beneath Your Bed	2005	AD640L	Presents full-color illustrated drawings that describes what house dust is, the different kinds of dust such as pollen, fires, and ash from volcanoes.
Simon, Seymour	Wolves	1993	970L	Text and photographs present the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of wolves.
Suen, Anastasia	A Tiger Grows Up	2006	710L	Deep in the forest, a tiger cub is born. As the tiny tiger grows, she plays in the river and learns to hunt on her own. Watch a tiger grow up, and learn more about this wild hunter.
Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day	1972	970L	On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days, too.
Warner, Gertrude	The Boxcar Children	1967	490L	Four children are orphans and are determine to make it own their own. they set out to find a safe place to live. They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make itinto their home – and become the Boxcar children.
Wiles, Deborah	Freedom Summer	2001	AD460L	In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend, John Henry,who is African-American, to share the town pool and other public placeswith him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.

Prince William County Public Schools

Summer Reading 2009

Documentation Grades 3 – 4

Students in Grades 3 – 4 will receive an A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. Please include the name of the author, the title of the book, and a parent or guardian signature stating that the student has completed the reading.

Book Title	Author
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My student has read the above list of books.

Parent or Guardian signature

**Please note students may also participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program, and the Public Library documentation will apply.

Student’s Name

Classroom Teacher

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