Summer Reading 2013 Touchdown Reading Program

Summer Reading 2013
Touchdown Reading Program
Dear Parents,
Silverstein Hebrew Academy will be participating in the Touchdown Reading Program, a
reading incentive program in conjunction with TD Bank. Your child will have the opportunity to
improve his or her reading skills while earning cash from TD Bank. Each child will be required to
read three books according to his/her level and complete an assignment related to each book
read over the summer. The grades for the summer assignments will be averaged into the 1 st
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account at your local TD Bank.
The Game Plan
When:
What:
How:
June 24, 2013 to August 30
Touchdown Reading Program will earn your child cash for a TD
savings account, in addition to yardage in our football game for each
leveled book read.
Your child needs to read 3 or more books.
Please keep track of the books your child reads using the Reading Log attached to this
sheet. Each child must hand in the completed Reading Log and assignments to his/her teacher
on the first day of school (Sept. 3). Students will enter the Touchdown Reading contest for
prizes. Your TD Bank reading log will be returned within the first week of school so that your
child can take the log to a local TD Bank for the $10 deposited into his/her very own savings
account.
Please note that we will be emailing all parents a complete list of recommended
summer reading list for levels A-Z. Children should read at their level, but are encouraged to
attempt one level above their own. The more they read over the summer, the greater the
likelihood that a student advances in reading fluency and rises in reading levels.
Here's to a summer full of reading!
Shireen Dean-Butman
Sarah Kravitsky
Head of School
Reading Program Coordinator
Silverstein Hebrew Academy
Summer 2013 reading assignment grades 3-5
Reading response questions
Choose 1 reading response for each of the 3 books you are required to read over the
summer. Each response must be written in a proper paragraph format using a topic sentence,
3-4 supporting detail sentences and a concluding sentence. This assignment will count as
students' first homework assignment of the school year and is due to the General Studies
teacher on September 3, 2013.
1. After you read your book, think of what makes a hero. Make a list of traits a hero should
have. Who is your personal hero and why?
2. Write a letter to the author telling what you thought of the book. Write two questions
that you would love to ask the author if you could.
3. Choose 5 new words you learned in this book. What do they mean?
4. Would you read another book by this author, why or why not?
5. What surprised you in the book? Why?
6. If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?
7. What does this book remind you of in your own life? Why?
Literacy-based fun activities
Choose 2 fun activities from the list below. This assignment will count as students' first
homework assignment of the school year and is due to the General Studies teacher on
September 3, 2013.
1. Draw a new cover or make an advertisement for your favorite book.
2. Write your own poem or song and illustrate it.
3. Read a recipe or cooking directions and have an adult help you to cook it. Describe what
you made and how it tasted.
4. Create a book about your family. Suggestions: a family tree, character traits or favorite
activities of each family member, or describe a family tradition.
5.
Do something to help someone else. Write about how they responded or about how
you felt about being a helper.
Have a wonderful summer!
Summer Book List
Levels P-Z
Level P
Summer Reading is Killing Me- Jon Scieszka (F)
Stone Fox — John Reynolds Gardiner (F)
Fly Away Home- Eve Bunting ( F)
Felita- Nicholasa Mohr ( F)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl ( F)
Encyclopedia Brown — Donald Sobol ( F)
Dinosaur Bones — Aliki ( NF)
Milton Hershey: Chocolate King- Charnan Simon ( NF)
Rosa Parks- Eloise Greenfield ( NF)
Ice Mummy- Mark Dubowski ( NF)
Level Q
Aliens Ate My Homework- Bruce Coville (F)
Bunnicula:A Rabbit Tale of Mystery- James Howe (F)
Dear Mr. Henshaw- Beverly Cleary (F)
James and The Giant Peach — Roald Dahl (F)
Just Juice- Karen Hesse (F)
Superfudge- Judy Blume (F)
Finding of the Titanic — Robert Ballard (NF)
If you Traveled West in a Covered Wagon- Ellen Levine (NF)
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island — Ellen Levine (NF)
A Medieval Feast- Aliki (NF)
Level R
Because of Winn-Dixie- Kate DiCamillo (F)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl (F)
The Great Kapok Tree — Lynne Cherry (F)
Every Living Thing — Cynthia Rylant (F)
Charlotte's Web- E.B. White(F)
Frindle- Andrew Clements (F)
Amelia Earhart:Young Aviator- Beatrice Gomley (NF)
The Great Migration — Jacob Lawrence (NF)
The Top Of The World: Climbing Mt. Everest (NF)
Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions And Answers About Weather — Melvin Berger
(NF)
Level S
The Cricket in Times Square- George Selden (F)
From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller- E.L.Konigsburg (F)
Letters From Rifka- Karen Hesse (F)
The Pinballs- Betsy Byars (F)
Poppy- Avi (F)
The Sea Monsters — Rick Riordan (F)
The Boy Called Slow — Joseph Bruchac (NF)
Eleanor- Barbara Cooney ( NF)
The Tarantula In My Purse — Jean C. George (NF)
Out Of Darkness — Russell Freedman (NF)
Level T
An Angel For Solomon Singer- Cynthia Rylant (F)
Bridge To Tarabithia- Katherine Paterson (F)
Diary OF A Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney (F)
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe — C.S. Lewis (F)
Sounder- William H. Armstrong (F)
Love That Dog — Sharon Creech (F)
Boy: Tales Of Childhood- Roald Dahl (NF)
Earthquakes- Seymour Simon (NF)
Frozen Man — David Getz (NF)
Sharks- Seymore Simon (NF)
Level U
Flip-Flop Girl- Katherine Paterson (F)
Loser- Jerry Spinelli (F)
Wringer- Jerry Spinelli (F)
Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson-Levine (F)
The BFG- Roald Dahl (F)
Tangerine- Edward Bloor (F)
Beyond The Grave- Jude Watson (F)
Insects — Bettina Bird (NF)
The Salem Witch Trials- Michael Martin (NF)
The Double Life of Pocahontas- Jean Fritz (NF)
Rosa Parks- Rosa Parks (NF)
Level V
The Fighting Ground- Avi (F)
The Wrestling Game- Ellen Raskin (F)
Oliver's Ocean- Kevin Henkes (F)
Esperanza Rising- Pam Munoz Ryan (F)
The Clay Marble- Minfong Ho (F)
Becoming Naomi Leon- Pam Munoz Ryan (F)
Harry Houdini- Vicki Cobb (NF)
The Boston Tea Party- R. Conrad Stein (NF)
The Snake Scientist- Sy Montgomery (NF)
Three Cups OF Tea (Young Reader's Edition)- Greg Mortenson (NF)
Level W
Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt (F)
Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech (F)
The Skin I'm In — Sharon G. Flake (F)
Out From Boneville- Jeff Smith (F)
Heartbeat- Sharon Creech (F)
Maniac Magee — Jerry Spinelli (F)
Anne Frank: Life In Hiding- Johanna Hurwitz (NF)
I Am A Star: Child Of The Holocaust-Inge Auerbacher (NF)
Around The World In A Hundred Years — Jean Fritz (NF)
The Lost Garden — Laurence Yep (NF)
Level X
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie- Jordan Sonnenblick (F)
Out Of The Dust- Karen Hesse (F)
Somewhere In The Darkness- Walter Dean Myers (F)
Buddha Boy — Kathe Koja (F)
Looking Back: A Book Of Memories- Lois Lowry (NF)
Zlata's Diary — Zlata Filipovic (NF)
Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!- Jean Fritz (NF)
Level Y
The Call Of The Wild- Jack London (F)
The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen (F)
The Boy Who Dared- Susan C. Bartoletti (F)
Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl- Anne Frank (NF)
The Endless Steppe- Esther Hautzig(NF)
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America — Jim Murphy (NF)
Level Z
Lord Of The Flies- William Golding (F)
To Kill A Mockingbird- Lee Harper (F)
Tears Of A Tiger- Sharon M. Draper (F)
I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree-Laura Hillman (NF)
Living Green- Jeanne Nagle (NF)
Never Cry Wolf- Farley Mowat (NF)
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....Levels A-0
Level A
Do You Want To Be My
Friend?
By Eric Cade
Going To Grandma's Farm
By Betsy Franco
Have You Seen My Duckling?
By Nancy Tafuri
What Can I Be?
By Can Meister
Level B
Carrots
By Gail Saunders-Smith,
Level C
Level b
All Kinds Of Kids
Alphabet Under Construction
By Christina Mia Gardeski
By Denise Fleming
Bathtime For Biscuit
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin
By Alyssa S Capucilli
By Cheryl Willis Hudson
I Went Walking
Energy Is Everywhere
By Sue Williams
By June Young
Joshua James Likes Trucks
Feast For Ten
By Catherine A. Petrie
By Cathryn Falwell
Mice Squeak, We Speak(Board
BookEdition)
Footprints In The Snow
By Cynthia Benjamin
By Arnold Shapiro
I Need A Little Help
Pancakes, Crackers, And Pizza
By Kathy Schulz
By Marjorie Eberts
It's Too Windy!
Cats!
By Larry D.
Rain
Game Day
By Cari Meister
A Rainbow Of My Own
My Camp-Out
By Marcia Leonard
Ethan Out and About
By Hans Wilhelm
By Robert Kalan
Lara Ladybug
By Don Freeman
Lunch
By Denise Fleming
By Johanna Hurwitz
My Family Is Forever
By Nancy Carlson
On Market Street
By Arnold Lobel
Here Comes Tabby Cat
By Phyllis Root
Silly Sally
By Betsy Franco
Hey Tabby Cat
Here Comes Tabby Cat
By Phyllis Root
Monkey Business
Hey Tabby Cat
By Phyllis Root
Monkey Trouble
Monkey Business
By David Martin
Wow, Its Worm!
Monkey Trouble
By David Martin
Wow series
By Kathy Caple
Created by Kristen Morris
Literacy Coach K-2
By Phyllis Root
By David Martin
By David Martin
By Kathy Caple
Well Done Worm!
One Happy Classroom
By Chaman Simon
Paul The Pitcher
By Paul Sharp
Straight To The Pole
By Kevin O'Malley
Too Many Balloons
By Catherine Matthias
& Sydnie Kleinhenz
Work And Play
by Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz
By Kathy Caple
Edna Elaphant
By Margaret Park Bridges
P.S. 19 Queens
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....
Level F
Level E
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones
by B Barton
A Box Can Be Many Things
By Dana M. Rau
Cat In The Bag
By Sara Swan Miller
Don't Hit Me!
By Bemette Ford
by David McPhail
Bumpity Bumpity Bump
by Parker C
Cars
by Anne Rockwell
Cookies Week
by Cindy Ward
Henny Penny
Dinner by Five
by Ready Readers
by New Way Green
A Dozen Dogs
by Harriet Ziefert
Frog's Lunch
by Lillgard, Dee &
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
By Eileen Christelow
Hooray for Snail
by John Stadler
Freddie's Spaghetti
by RH Doyle
Mrs. Wishy Washy series
by Joy Cowley
Baby Bear series
by Beverley Randell
Flying Butter
By Patricia Trattles
Hello, Doctor
By David Marx
Sled: And Other Fox & Rabbit Stories
by David McPhail
I Am Water
By Jean Marzollo
Harry Goes to Funland
by Harriet Ziefert
Harry Goes to Day Camp
by Harriet Ziefert
The Hungry Giant series
by Joy Cowley
Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
Shhhh
by Kevin Henkes
I Like It When... By Mary Murphy
I Love Trees
By Cari Meister
Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse
By Lindsay Barrett George
Let's Go To A Fair
by Syd Hoff
Captain Cat
If I Had An Alligator by Mercer
Mayer
by Miriam Cohen
Its George
Little Red Riding Hood
by Fran Hunia
by Judy Taylor
My Cat
NoBall Games Here by Harriet Ziefert
Old Hat New Hat
by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Tool Box
by Anne Rockwell
We Are Best Friends by Aliki
By Cate Foley
Level G
Boats
by Anne Rockwell
Calico Cat at School
by Donald Charles
Let's Go To The Zoo
By Cate Foley
Look How It Changes!
By June Young
Calico Cat Meets Bookworm by Donald Charles
Look! I Can Read!
By Susan Hood
The Carrot Seed
Monkey See, Monkey Do
By Marc Gave
Each Peach Pear Plum
by Janet &Allan Ahlberg
My Grandmother Works In A Dress Shop
By Sarah Hughes
On My Way To Buy Eggs
By Chih-Yuan Chen
On The Farm
By Kirsten Hall
One Is Enough
By Julie Kidd Cook
Springtime Addition By Jill Fuller
by Ruth Krauss
Gone Fishing
by Erlene Long
Great Grandpa
by David McPhail
When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen
Mine's the Best
by Crosby Bonsall
My Friends
by Taro Gomi
Nicky Upstairs & Downstairs by Harriet Ziefert
When You Were a Baby
by Ann Jonas
Harry Gets Ready for School by Harriet Ziefert
Today Is Monday
By Eric Carle,
Harry Takes a Bath
by Harriet Ziefert
A Tooth Is Loose
By Lisa Trumbauer
Turtle and Snake series
by Kate Spohn
Puppy Mudge Series By Cynthia Rylant
Biscuit Series
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
By Cari Meister
Kipper Series
Max series
Sam series
By Mick Inkpen
By Mick Inkpen
By Mick Inkpen
Fly Guy series
by Tedd Arnold
Little Critter Series by Mercer Mayer
Dragon series
by Day Pilkey
Level I
By Margaret Blackstone
Tiny Series
Where Are You Going Little Mouse?
By Robert Krauss
Who's Afraid Of The Dark? by
Crosby Bonsall
This Is Baseball
Created by Kristen Morris
Literacy Coach K-2
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Burton
Zimmerman
Down On The Farm By Merrily Kutne
Eat Your Peas By Pegeen Louise Snow
Level H
A Bug, A near and a Boy
Stanley by Syd Hoff
There's A Nightmare In My Closet By
Mercer Mayer
Who Took The Farmer's Hat? by Joan
L. Nodset
Who said red? by Mary Serfozo
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne
Rockwell
Titch series
by Pat Hutchins
Little Chimp series
by Lisa Schroeder
Messy Bessy series by P & F
McKissack
P.S. 19 Queens
Here are a list of books you might be interested in....
Level J
Who's a pest? by Crosby Bonsai!
Porcupine's Pajama Party by Terry W
Harshman
Level L
The Wild Swans by Hans C Andersen
The Wizard Of Oz by Rosie Dickins and L F.
Baum
Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake by Patricia R Giff
Level M cont'd
Buster's Dino Dilemma by Stephen Krensky and
Matt Steinglass
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Arthur series by Marc Brown
Silly Tilly's Valentine by Lillian
Hoban
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Two Silly Trolls by Nancy Jewell
Whistle for Willie by Ezra J Keats
The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party
by Astrid Lindgren
Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz
A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams
Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
Big Max by Kin Platt
Franklin is Bossy by Bourgeois &
Clark
What Next, Baby Bear? by Jill Murphy
Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
by Judy Blume
Level N
Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger
Zoo Keepers by Tami Deedrick
Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan
Londan
Cam Jansen series by David Adler
Henry & Mudge series by Cynthia
Rylant
Afternoon On The Amazon
by Mary Pope Osborne
Solo Girl by Andrea D Pinkney
Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
Stories of Ganesh by Rajee Raman
Where the Wild Things Are by
Maurice Sendai(
Dog That Stole Football Plays (dog Series)
by Matt Christopher
School Bus Drivers by Dee Ready
George & Martha series by James Marshall
The Absent Author by Ron Roy
Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus
by Barbara Park
What Is A Bird? by Bobbie Kalman
Level K
Who Sank The Boat? by Pamela
Allen
A Birthday Basket for Tia by Pat Mora
Katy & the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Thumbelina by Hans C. Andersen
Mystery of The Pirate Ghost by Geoffrey Hayes
Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner
Pinky & Rex series by James Howe
Three By The Sea by Edward
Marshall
Who's in Love With Arthur? by Stephen
Krensky, Peter K. Hirsch and Marc T. Brown
Level 0
Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown.
Sadie And The Snowman by Allen Morgan
Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Snaggle Doodles by Patricia Reilly Giff
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
The Tale Of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
Three Wishes by Harriet Ziefert
Halloween with Morris and Borris by
Bernard Wiseman
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by
Laura Numeroff
M&M series books by Pat Ross
Created by Kristen Morris
Literacy Coach K-2
Whales, The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton
Picking Apples & Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings
Level M
The Bears' Picnic by Stan Berenstain and Jan
Berenstain
Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros
Under My Nose by Lois Ehlert
Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble
Playing With Words by James
Tell Me A Story by Angela Johnson.
The Berenstain Bears and The Missing Honey by
Stan J Berenstain
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
A Case For Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
P.S. 19 Queens