Research on Learning to Read by Third Grade
THIRD Grade Summer READING LIST
Take aim at the "Summer Slide" and get your students excited about reading with these titles picked specifically for kids at the third class reading level.
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Herdmans are the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson Schoolhouse. In fact, they are the most famous kids in the whole boondocks -- and they are the worst kids in the history of the world. They are muddy, rotten, lazy, and ornery. They tell lies and fume cigars and set fire to things. They stay away from schoolhouse whenever they desire to and won't learn anything when they are there. Every September the students and teachers gear up for another year of dealing with the Herdmans. Only no matter what precautions are taken, these modern-twenty-four hours outlaws withal manage to cause hilarious mayhem year-circular. Their wild behavior always leads to disaster for someone, just somehow all half dozen of them continually escape arraign. Could there be something good about this horrible clan after all? Too recommended: The Best Christmas Pageant Always.
The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (illus.)
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant) who spends his life bravado happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the earth from 9 other man-gobbling cannybull giants. Also recommended: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Pull a fast one on.
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, A Message from Chief Seattle
by Susan Jeffers
During the 1850s, the white man negotiated to buy some land from the Northwest nations. Chief Seattle, head of the Suqamish and Duwamish Indians, spoke to the white man in his native natural language about the importance of preserving the earth. His speech, translated and lushly illustrated by Susan Jeffers, eloquently conveys the message that we must respect the World and all it has on it. This spoken language has been the inspiration for many environmental movements.
Charlotte'due south Web
by Due east. B. White
This is the story of a niggling girl named Fern who loves a footling pig named Wilbur -- and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful, large, gray spider who lives with Wilbur in the befouled. With the help of Templeton, the rat who never does anything for anybody unless there is something in it for him, and by a wonderfully clever plan of their own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this fourth dimension has grown upwardly to be quite a pig.
Encyclopedia Dark-brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown Series #one)
past Donald J. Sobol
A Civil War sword ... a watermelon stabbing ... missing roller skates ... a trapeze artist's inheritance ... and an eyewitness who'due south legally bullheaded! These are just some of the ten encephalon-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brownish must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to scissure the cases forth with him -- answers to all the mysteries are plant in the back of the book!
Go Free or Die, A Story About Harriet Tubman
past Jeri Ferris, Karen Ritz (illus.)
A biography of Harriet Tubman, the black adult female whose brutal experiences equally a slave in the South led her to seek liberty in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad.
How to Eat Fried Worms
past Thomas Rockwell, Emily A. McCully (illus.)
Baton makes a bet with his friends that he tin consume xv worms in 15 days. Even with a costless selection of condiments -- from peanut butter to horseradish -- Billy wonders if he can actually practise it.
The Keeping Quilt
by Patricia Polacco
When Patricia Polacco's bang-up-great-grandmother came to America from Russia, she made a quilt out of the family'southward old apparel. This quilt became a cherished symbol of beloved passed downwardly from mother to girl for almost a century -- and was used for a diverseness of purposes. Heartwarming pictures of the quilt welcoming new babies and celebrating weddings -- even being used as a Sabbath tablecloth -- tie together the lives of iv generations of an immigrant Jewish family and chronicle their enduring dear and faith. In this tenth-ceremony edition, Polacco has expanded her honey story with new pages of text and paintings to include her own two children using the quilt in the same ways that their ancestors did.
Miss Nelson Is Missing!
by Harry Allard, James Marshall (illus.)
The children in Miss Nelson's class go beyond misbehaving; they are downright terrible! Near her wits' end, Miss Nelson thinks up a brilliant plan. The next 24-hour interval the kids take a substitute -- the nasty Viola Swamp -- who loads the boys and girls with homework and never gives them a story hour. Past the time Miss Nelson finally returns, the children are so grateful they comport well. Merely now Viola Swamp is missing!
Mr. Popper'due south Penguins
by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson (illus.)
Information technology is hard enough for Mr. Popper to back up himself, Mrs. Popper, Neb, and Janie Popper. The addition of 12 penguins to the family makes information technology impossible to make both ends meet. Then Mr. Popper has a splendid idea -- the talented penguins will be a sensation on the phase. And and so they are.... A classic of American humor, this Newbery Honor-winning story of a gentle housepainter and his high-stepping penguins has delighted children for generations.
Poppy
by Avi, Brian Floca (illus.)
Equally ruler of Dimwood Forest, Ocax the hoot owl has promised to protect the mice occupying an abandoned farmhouse as long every bit they ask permission before "moving about." Poppy, a timid deer mouse, is a loyal, obedient subject -- until she sees Ocax devour her fiancé. To prove that the intimidating ruler is a phony, Poppy embarks on a dangerous and heart-opening quest, which ends with her one-on-one battle with Ocax.
Poppy and Rye
past Avi, Brian Floca (illus.)
Heartbroken over the death of her fiancé Ragweed, Poppy, a deer mouse, journeys w through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the distressing news to Ragweed'south family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal, Ereth, make it just to notice that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother, Rye, dauntless kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the aforementioned time, Rye -- who has lived in Ragweed's shadow -- fights to prove himself worthy of Poppy'due south dearest.
Ramona Quimby, Historic period 8
by Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (illus.)
Ramona feels quite grown-up taking the bus by herself, helping big sis Beezus make dinner, and trying hard to be nice to pesky Willa Jean after school. Turning eight years old and entering the tertiary grade can do that to a girl. So how can her teacher call her a nuisance?
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
When their father invites a post-social club bride to come live with them in their prairie habitation, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. This tender, reassuring story is a Newbery Medal winner and a timeless classic.
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume, Roy Doty (illus.)
Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter feel similar a fourth-course nothing. Fudge is never far from trouble. He'south a two-year-quondam terror who gets away with everything -- and Peter's had enough. When Fudge walks off with Distill, Peter's pet turtle, it'due south the terminal straw.
Walking the Road to Freedom
by Jeri Ferris
This is the of import and inspiring story of a adult female who called herself Sojourner Truth. Using only the power of her vocalization, she spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.
What Are You lot Figuring At present?, A Story About Benjamin Banneker
by Jeri Ferris, Amy Johnson (illus.)
A biography of the African-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the Usa in 1791, who too calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.
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