Dear Old Town Academy Students:
Below is a list of Core Knowledge Books for grades K-8. Please choose and read at least one book from the list for the grade you are entering this September. When we start school you will be take an Independent-Reading-Pie Exam on your book where you sit down with your teacher and answer these questions:
- What is the title of your book?
- Who is the author?
- What is the genre? [for example: Fairy tale, Fable, Science, History, Biography, Short Story?]
- Did you like the book? [Please rate it from 1 (not my favorite) to 5 (one of the best books I’ve ever read)] Why or why not?
- Now your teacher will choose a page from the book, read a passage and ask you to discuss it. If you can do this you’re done! That’s how you earn credit for your first Independent Reading project this summer. [Note: during the school year longer Independent Reading books will be broken up into smaller “slices” of, e.g. 50 pages]
Your teacher may also give you a chance to write about the book/s you read this August, or illustrate it with your own drawings, or do other summer-reading-related Projects.
AUGUST READING CHOICES
KINDERGARTEN (Read with a parent or guardian or by yourself)
King Midas and the Golden Touch
The Velveteen Rabbit
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus (Adler)
The Legend of the Teddy Bear (Murphy)
FIRST GRADE (Read with a parent or guardian or by yourself)
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
A Picture Book of Paul Revere (Adler)
Red, White, and Blue: Story of the American Flag (Herman)