FROM THE THIRD GRADE TEACHERS:
Each student is required to read THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE by Beverly
Cleary and LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In
addition, students should read a minimum of three additional books, either the titles
on the list or other books by the same author on the same level. Students should keep a list of books read on the form - My Summer Reading Form Link. Parents should sign this list and send it in to the third grade teacher when school starts. A book report will be completed in class during the first week of school on one of these books.
Third graders are urged to read at least fifteen minutes a day from a variety of literature including poetry, fairy tales, biography, and adventure. Even third graders love for adults to read to them! Some of the classics which may be too difficult for independent reading at this stage are wonderful for the active third grade imagination!
Adler; Shaw; ... American Girl series (different authors)
Aesop Aesop’s Fables – any edition
Avi Poppy and Rye
Baglio, Ben Puppies in the Pantry (Animal Ark series)
Barrows, Annie Ivy + Bean series
Bauer, Marion Runt
Birney, Betty Friendship According to Humphrey
Blume, Judy Double Fudge
Bowe, Julie My Last Best Friend
Christopher, Matt Soccer Cats series or any of his sports novels
Cleary, Beverly Henry and Ribsy
Clements, Andrew No Talking
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach
Danziger, Paula Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon or other in series
DiCamillo, Kate The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Dowell, Frances Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Duffey, Betsy How to be Cool in the Third Grade
Fleming, Candace The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
French, Jackie My Mom, the Pirate
Gutman, Dan Getting Air
Hannigan, Katherine Ida B…..And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster,
And (Possibly) Save the World
Hanson, Mary How to Save Your Tail
Harper, Charise Just Grace
Hermes, Patricia Emma Dilemma series
Hoffman, Mary Starring Grace
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out
King-Smith, Dick Lady Lollipop
Levine, Ellen Henry’s Freedom Box
Levine, Gail Carson The Princess Test and other in the Princess Tales series
Lin, Grace The Year of the Dog
Look, Lenore Ruby Lu series
Lowry, Lois All About Sam
Marzollo, Jean Soccer Sam
McDonald, Megan Judy Moody series; Stink series
Osborne, Mary Pope Magic Tree House series
Pennypacker, Sara The Talented Clementine
Prelutsky, Jack For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funny Bone
Richardson, Charisse The Real Slam Dunk; The Real Lucky Charm
Roy, Ron A to Z Mysteries series
Scieszka, Jon Marco? Polo! and others in the Time Warp Trio series
Singh, Vandana Young Uncle Comes to Town
Smith, Robert K. Chocolate Fever
Wallace, Carol Meanest Hound Around
Walter, Mildred Pitts Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
Warner, Gertrude Boxcar Children mystery series
Wise, William Christopher Mouse
Wright, Betty Ren Princess For a Week
Yep, Laurence Skunk Scout