Summer Reading for Students Entering Grade 1
First Grade Summer Reading List
- The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
- Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
- Owen by Kevin Henkes
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
- Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni
- Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Goodbye House by Frank Asch
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
- Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin
These are some books you can choose to read. These authors also have other wonderful books to read. You may have favorite stories of your own you want to share with your child. Feel free!! The important thing is to read over the summer with your child.
Assignment: Read eight to ten books. For each book that is read, have your child illustrate a picture of his/her favorite part and a write a sentence that tells about the picture, with the focus coming from what happened in the story.
Please don't help your child with the writing. You can discuss what happened in the story and ask questions. I am not looking for perfect spelling. Please ask your child to sound out the words as best they can.
Materials: Composition book, pencil and crayons.
Please send this book in on your child's first day of school. We will all share something we wrote and we will continue to use this book for our journaling.
Some good Internet sites to practice reading, math and writing are: