THE IMPORANCE OF 'REGULAR' READING

Study after study indicates the vital link between 'readers' and academic achievement. Those students who read on a regular basis and who read a variety of materials tend to score higher on standardized tests, become better critical and analytical thinkers and go on to greater success in collegiate and vocational careers. Because of that link, the Language Arts faculty encourages and reinforces the need to read year-round. The Summer Reading program is one of several reasons MHBS students excel on the reading sections of the ACT and SAT exams.

 

READINGS PROMPT DISCUSSION:

After reading various pieces of literature, students engage in an often spirited discussion of the material.

 

2010 ELEMENTARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM:

1ST GRADE REQUIRED: Biscuit Goes to School (Alyssa Satin Capucilli), R.L.: .9

1ST GRADE ELECTIVE (Must read one): Big Egg (Molly Coxe), R.L.: .4; Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown), R.L.: 1.0; or Sleepy Dog (Harriet Ziefert), R.L.: 1.0.

2ND GRADE REQUIRED: Marvin Redpost Alone in His Teacher's House (Louis Sachar), R.L.: 2.2.

2ND GRADE ELECTIVE (Must read one): June B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder (Barbara Park), R.L. 2.8; Case of the Cool Itch Kid (Patricia Giff), R.L.: 2.2; Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor (Herman Parish), R.L. 2.5.

3RD GRADE REQUIRED: Lions at Lunchtime (Mary Pope Osborne), R.L.: 3.0.

3RD GRADE ELECTIVE (Must read one): Ralph S. Mouse (Beverly Cleary), R.L.: 5.4; Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Beverly Cleary), R.L.: 5.5; The Chocolate Touch (Patrick S. Catling), R.L.: 3.0; A Penny's Worth of Character (Jesse Stuart), R.L.: 4.4.

4TH GRADE REQUIRED: Cricket in Times Square (George Selden), R.L.: 4.3.

4TH GRADE ELECTIVE (Must read one): The Wish Giver (Bill Brittain), R.L.: 6.3; Wanted! Mud Blossom (Betsy Byars), R.L.: 5.2; Chocolate Fever (Robert Kimmel Smith), R.L.: 4.5; Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Megan Stine), R.L.: 4.3.

 

2010 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER READING:

5TH GRADE ELECTIVES (Select any two books): Holes (Louis Sachar), R.L.: 4.6; Bridge to Terebithia (Katherine Patterson), R.L.: 7.0; The Perilous Road (William O. Steele), R.L.: 4.7; Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Lois Glad Leppard), R.L.: 5.9; Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell), R.L.: 6.4.

 

2010 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER READING:

• 6th Grade: Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies (Bunting); Number the Stars (Lowery)
• 7th Grade: On the Far Side of the Mountain (George); Light in the Forest (Richter)
• 8th Grade: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor); The Face on the Milk Cartoon (Cooney)