Dear SJCS Families,

 

Please review the attached materials for our 2018 Summer Reading Program. 
 

Reading Log - We encourage all members of the school community, including students, faculty, and staff, to read a minimum of 600 minutes (or 10 hours) during the summer months.  We know that summer reading is particularly beneficial in helping students retain and expand upon the literacy skills they have developed during the past year. 
 

Recommended Reading Lists - This summer's recommended reading lists are publications from NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association) and ALA (American Library Association) and are intended to provide guidance as parents and caregivers select summer reading materials for students in grades PreK-8.  Feel free to consult these or other recommended lists at your local public library.

 

Required Summer Reading - A list of  required reading titles for students entering grades 2-8 is also listed below.  Please make sure your incoming 2nd-8th grader reads the book(s) assigned to the grade level she/he will be entering in August. 

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful summer break!

-Shannon Lopez, Librarian

SJCS Required Reading List, Summer 2018

2^nd - D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire

3^rd - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4^th - Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

5^th - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester, Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (choose ONE only!)

6^th - The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

7^th - The Cay by Theodore Taylor and Booked by Kwame Alexander

8^th - The Red Pony by John Steinbeck and Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick