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Summer Reading List Grades 3-5 HandoutSummer Reading List Grades 3-5 Handout
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Association for Library Service to Children
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Summer Reading List Grades 3-5

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Encourage your charges to pick up a book (or two, or three) over the summer! They'll find 25 different ideas on this list of summer reading books for kids. Each book is paired with publication information and a brief synopsis, so your pupils can make informed decisions.

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Concepts

summer reading, independent reading, reading nonfiction, fiction, reading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Coordinate with the grade level group either a year ahead or behind you to set up a summer reading requirement
  • Keep the list on your wall for student reference
  • At the end of the year, pass out a copy of the list to your learners
  • Use this as your own reference material when suggesting new books to pupils or adding to your class library

Classroom Considerations

  • It appears that the original idea for the list was to make it into a brochure; however, it is easily printed out and handed out or posted up flat
  • See the materials for a black-and-white version you can copy and distribute

Pros

  • The reading list covers a wide variety of genres so that every individual can find something of interest
  • The list notes when a book is the first in a series

Cons

  • None

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