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LS READING LISTS & '09 - '10 SUPPLY LISTS

June 12, 2009

The books listed below have been selected by our faculty because they appeal to a broad range of interests and reading levels. They are suggestions, not requirements. There are many, many wonderful books to enjoy this summer. Please don't let these recommendations limit your son's enthusiasm for reading. The most important requirement is that he reads everyday.

INCOMING JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN (JK) READING LIST

Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
Bailey Goes Camping by Kevin Henkes
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Good Night Moon by Margaret Brown
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
Once Upon a Banana by Jennifer Armstrong
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Brachelet
Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont
I Stink by Kate McMullan
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
Little White Duck by Bernard Zaritsky and Walt Whippo
Max's First Word by Rosemary Wells
"More, More, More," Said the Baby by Vera Williams
Mouse Mess by Linnea A. Riley
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel
Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tufuri
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Wheels on the Bus by Raffi

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming JK suggested summer reading list click here.

JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN SUPPLY LIST

A large backpack for daily use.

Lunch box for transporting juice for morning snack and lunch (PASH supplies the snack food unless your child has special needs due to allergies)

Towel to be used with school supplied rest mat

Special stuffed animal/buddy to rest with

An extra set of clothing, including pants, shirt, socks and underwear. Please label each item. These clothes should be brought in a labeled bag or plastic container. They will remain at school and should be changed seasonally, and replaced after use.

The boys will need to have a pair of non-marking sneakers in order to participate in Physical Education class. These shoes will be used when students have Physical Education class indoors. Students should have a different pair of shoes for outdoor use. Students who do not have the appropriate shoes will not be allowed to participate in gym class. Because of safety precautions students cannot participate in gym class with socks on.

Please label all of your son's belongings.

To download and print the JK 2009 Supply List, click here.

INCOMING KINDERGARTEN SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST

Authors that all children should be familiar with:

Frank Asch, Margaret Wise Brown, Norman Bridwell, Eric Carle, Barbara Cooney, Donald Crews, Tomie dePaola, Lois Ehlert, Don Freeman, Paul Galdone, Kevin Henkes, Eric Hill, Tana Hoban, Ezra Jack keats, Steven kellogg, Robert Kraus, Bill Martin, Jr., Helen Oxenbury, Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendack, Rosemary Wells, Brian Wildsmith.

Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Andy and The Lion, by James Daughtery
Bread and Jam For Frances, by Russell Hoban
Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina
Curious George, by H.A.Rey
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash, by Trinka H. Noble
Doctor De Soto, by William Steig
George and Martha, by James Marshall
Harry,the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion
Lyle,Lyle, Crocodile, by Bernard Waber
Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia L. Burton
Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag
Mother Goose Rhymes
Mouse Paint, by Ellen S. Walsh
Mushroom in the Rain, by Mirra Ginsburg
The Napping House, by Audrey Woods
The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
Rosie's Walk, by Pat Hutchins
Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown
The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
Swimmy, by Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming Kindergarten suggested summer reading list click here.

KINDERGARTEN SUPPLY LIST

All students entering Kindergarten are asked to bring in the following items on the first day of school.

**Please label each one of these items with your son's name. Laundry markers, Sharpies, and iron on tape are all available through fabric and online stores and mail order catalogues.

Book Bag (Please make sure the bag is large to hold a lunch box, library books, and two 9� X 12� folders).
Lunch Box
Towel for rest time (beach towel size)
Small stuffed animal (Beanie Baby size) for rest time
Sneakers that your son can put on independently. These will stay at school and be used twice a day for outdoor play.
Plastic shoe box containing a complete set of clothing:
Pants
Shirt
Socks
Underwear

Homework supplies (for home use) � These items will be needed throughout the year to complete homework.

Glue stick(s)
Kids scissors
Colored pencils or crayons

To download and print Kindergarten Supply List, click here.

INCOMING FIRST GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST:

Aliki - Fossils Tell of Long Ago
Anno, Mitsumasa - Anno's Journey and Anno's USA
Asch, Frank - Moonbear's Pet
Banks, Kate - A Gift from the Sea
Bourgeois, Paulette - Franklin Wants a Pet
Bridwell, Norma - Clifford Takes a Trip
Brown, Marc - Arthur's Pet Business and Arthur's New Puppy
Bunting, Eve - A Day's Work and Going Home
Carle, Eric - The Grouchy Ladybug, A House for Hermit Crab, and The Very Lonely Firefly
Christian, Peggy - If You Find a Rock
Day, Alexandra - Carl Makes a Scrapbook
de Paola, Tomie - Strega Nona, Big Anthony, Tomie dePoala's Book of Poems, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, Andy: That's My Name, Cookie's Week (Tomie dePaola illustrated this book), and The Clown of God
deBrunoff, Laurent - Babar the Wully Wully
Dunn, Judy - The Little Kitten
Ehlert, Lois - Moon Rope: A Peruvian, Growing Vegetable Soup, and Planting a Rainbow
Falconer, Ian - Olivia and Olivia Saves the Circus
Fox, Mem - Night Noises
Gams, Roma - Let's Go Rock Collecting
Hartman, Gail - As a Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps
Hooper, Meredith - Tom's Rabbit: A Surprise on the Way to Antarctica
Hurst, Carol Otis - Rocks in His Head
Komaiko, Leah - Aunt Elaine Does the Dance from Spain
Leedy, Loreen - Mapping Penny's World
Lionni, Leo - Six Crowns, Inch by Inch, and On My Beach There are Many Pebbles
Mayer, Mercer - One Frog Too Many
McLerran, Alice - The Mountain that Loved a Bird
Numeroff, Laura - Laura Numeroff's 10 Step Guide to Living with Your Monster
Polacco, Patricia - The Keeping Quilt, Chicken Sunday, When Lightening Comes in a Jar, and Mrs. Katz and Tush
Rylant, Cynthia - The Whales
Schuett, Stacey - Somewhere in the World Right Now
Sweeney, Joan - Me and the Map
Williams, Vera B. - A Chair for My Mother and Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Yaccarino, Dan - An Octopus Followed Me Home
Yolen, Jane - Owl Moon

The books listed above have been selected by our faculty because they appeal to a broad range of interests and reading levels. They are suggestions, not requirements. There are many, many wonderful books to enjoy this summer. Please don't let these recommendations limit your son's enthusiasm for reading. The most important requirement is that he reads everyday.

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming 1st grade suggested summer reading list, click here.

FIRST GRADE SUPPLY LIST

All students entering First Grade are asked to bring in the following items on the first day of school:

1 Pack of LOW ODOR Black Expo markers ( fine point)
2 heavy duty 1/2" 3 ring binders with pockets inside cover
Box of 12 crayons
Plastic case to hold supplies listed - measuring
5w x 8 1/2l x 2h, any larger will not fit in the desk

Please label your son's school supplies. It has been our experience that a gallon zip bag with a labeled change of clothes for your child, including underwear and socks, should be kept in school for those special need days.

THANK YOU!
Mr. Geraci and Ms. Smith

To download and print a copy of the First Grade Supply List, click here.

INCOMING SECOND GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST:

Adler, David - Cam Jansen Series
Allard, Harry - Miss Nelson series
Anderson, C.W. - Billy and Blaze
Avi - Abigail Takes the Wheel
Bemelmans, Ludwig - Madeline
Benchley, N. - Oscar Otter
Berenstain, Jan & Stan - The Berenstain Bears collection
Bonsall, Crosby Newell - The Case of the Cat's Meow and The Case of the Scaredy Cats
Burton, Virginia Lee - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Byers, Betsy - Hooray for the Golly Sisters
Calhoun, Mary - Audubon Cat and Hot -Air Henry
Carrick, Carol - What Happened to Patrick�s Dinosaur
Christopher, Matt - The Hit Away Kid
Cohen, Miriam - First grade series
Cole, Johanna - The Magic School Bus
Dadley, Debbie & Jones, Marcia - The Bailey School Kids
Eyewitness Junior books
Falconer, Ian - Olivia
Freeman, Don - A Pocket for Corduroy
Gage, W. - Mrs. Gady and the Ghost
Gibbons, Gail - all titles
Giff, Patricia - New Kids of Polk Street series
Graham, H. - Educating Arthur
Greene, Stephanie - Owen Foote and Second Grade Strongman
Hiser, Bernice - The Adventures of Charlie and His Wheat-Straw Hat
Hoban, Lillian - The Arthur series, Aunt Eater Mysteries, and Frances books
Henkes, Kevin - all titles
Hurd, Thatcher - Mystery on the Docks
Keats, Ezra Jack - Goggles
Kessler, Leonard - Mr. Pine�s Purple House
Kline, Suzy - Horrible Harry Series
Krensky, Stephen - Lioonel
Leaf, Munro - The Story of Ferdinand
Levy, Elizabeth - Something Queer on Vacation: A Mystery
Lexau, Joan - The Homework Caper
Lobel, Arnold - Frog and Toad series, Mouse Tales, Owl at Home, and Uncle Elephant
Mahy, Margaret - The Boy Who was Followed Home
MacDonald, G. - The Little Island
Marshall, James - George and Martha, Digby and Kate, and the Fox and His Friends series
McCloskey, Robert - Make Way for the Ducklings
Osbourne, Mary Pope - Magic Tree House series
Prelutsky, Jack - Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Rey, Hans Augusto - Curious George series
Roundtree, Katherine - A Carp for Kimiko
Rylant, Cynthia - Mr. Putter series, Henry and Mudge series, and Poppleton series
Sharmat, Majorie Weinman - Nate the Great series and The Kids on the Bus series
Silverstein, Shel - A Light in the Attic
Sobol, Donald - Encyclopedia Brown series
Van Leewen, Jean - Tales of Amanda Pig and Tales of Oliver Pig
Ward, L. - The Biggest Bear
Warner, Gertrude Chandles - The Boxcar Children series
Zion, Gene - Harry by the Sea and Harry, Dirty Dog

Misc. Great Illustrated Classics Series
Misc. DK Lego Readers, Lego Series (e.g., Mission to the Arctic, Rocket Rescue.)
Misc DK Lego Readers, StarWars Series (e.g. I Want to be a Jedi, The Story of Darth Vader
Applegate, Katherine - Roscoe Riley Rules series
Barber, Tiki and Ronde - Kickoff! Go Long!, Teammates, By My Brother's Side, Game Day.
Clements, Andrew - Lunch Money, Report Card, Lost and Found, and others
Dungy, Tony - You Can Do It!
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog series
Gutman, Dan - My Weird School series
McDonald, Meghan - Stink
Osborne, Mary Pope - Magic Tree House
Pilkey, Dav. - Ricky Ricotta series

Roy, Ron - A to Z Mysteries series

Stine, R. L. - Goosebumps series
Stine, R. L. - Horrorland series
Stine, R. L. - Mostly Ghostly series
Stine, R. L. - Rotten School series

Trine, Greg - Melvin Beederman Superhero series (First book: The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich)

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming 2nd grade suggested summer reading list, click here.

SECOND GRADE SUPPLY LIST

2 yellow highlighters
1 Crayola Classic or Washable Markers, Broad Line
1 Crayola Classic or Washable Markers, Fine Line
1 black sharpie
1 old sock to use as an eraser for our whiteboards
(Use one that lost its mate!)
Please DO NOT label these supplies with your son�s name. All of the above items are for SHARED classroom use.

We will supply each child with a pencil box so there is no need to purchase one.

Please have the following supplies at home for homework: pencils, scissors, glue, colored markers or colored pencils, and a ruler that includes inches and metric measures.

To download and print the SECOND GRADE SUPPLY LIST, click here.

INCOMING THIRD GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST

Adler - Cam Jansen Series
Avi - Poppy
Banks - Indian in the Cupboard
Baum. L. Frank - The Wizard of Oz
Brooks - Throwing Smoke
Blume, Judy - Freckle Juice and Super Fudge
Christopher - The Spy on Third Base
Cleary - Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Cuyler - Invisible in the Third Grade
Dahl - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Duffy How To Be Cool in Third Grade
George, Jean Craighead - One Day in the Desert
Mowat - Owls in the Family
Osborne, Mary Pope - The Magic Tree House series
Peterson - The Littles
Prelutsky - Something Big Has Been Here and Pizza the Size of the Sun
Sachar - Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Sharmat - Nate the Great Series
Sobol - Encyclopedia Brown Series
Warner - Box Car Children

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming 3rd grade suggested summer reading list, click here.

THIRD GRADE SUPPLY LIST

1 box (8-10) of Crayola Classic THIN Markers
1 box (12) of colored pencils
Pencil box

NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR HOME:

Ruler with customary and metric
Dictionary and thesaurus
Sticky notes

To download and print the Third Grade Supply List, click here.

INCOMING FOURTH GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST

Amato - The Word Eater
Avi - The Good Dog, S.O.R. Loser, Perloo the Bold, the Poppy series
Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard
Boyd - The Circle of Gold
Buss - Journey of the Sparrow
Byars - The 18th Emergency

Christopher, Matt Any title (sports fiction and non-fiction)

Cleary - (Most of her books are appropriate.)

Clements, Andrew - Lost and Found (and any other title)
Collins - Gregor the Overlander series
Coville - Magic Shop Series (e.g., Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher)
Cowell - How to Speak Dragonese
Dahl - The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
DiTerlizzi & Black - Spiderwick Chronicles - series
Dixon - The Hardy Boys series
Eager - Seven Day Magic
Erickson - Hank the Cowdog series
Fitzgerald - The Great Brain series
Fox - A Likely Place
George - The Talking Earth
Grogan - Marley: A Dog Like No Other
Gutman - Babe and Me and others in series, My Weird School series (Dan Gutman will be visiting Princeton Academy in April of 2010)
Funke - Inkheart trilogy
Hiaasen - Hoot, Flush, and Scat
Horowitz - Alex Rider series, Gatekeeper series
Hunter - The Warrior series, Power of Three series, New Prophecy series
Jacques - The Redwall series
Jones - Witch Week
Kidd - Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow series
Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Korman - Swindle
Lowry - All About Sam
Lubar - Invasion of the Lawn Weenies
Lupica, Mike - Travel Team, Heat, Comeback Kids series
Martin - A Dog's Life
Mcallister - Mismantle Chronicles
Paulson - Voyage of the Frog
Prineas - Magic Thief series
Riordan - Percy Jackson series, 39 Clues series
Rowling - Harry Potter series
Sachar - Wayside School is Falling Down
Scott - Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series (The Alchemyst, The Magician, etc.)
Shwartz, Alvin - Scary Stories series
Snicket - The Series of Unfortunate Events
Stine - Mostly Ghostly series, Goosebumps series
Tolkien - The Hobbit
Ursu - Cronus Chronicles series (Book 1: Shadow Thieves)

To download and print a copy of the 2009 Incoming 4th grade suggested summer reading list, click here.

FOURTH GRADE SUPPLY LIST

1 box of thin Crayola Classic Color Markers (8 or 10)

Notes

We will supply regular pencils, but you are welcome to send in mechanical pencils if your child prefers them.

Please bring these items to orientation.

Your child will need a memory stick this year. We will discuss it on Back-to-School Night.

Necessary Supplies for Home

A ruler with both customary and metric measure

A protractor

A calculator with basic functions

A dictionary and thesaurus

Thank you!

To download and print the Fourth Grade Supply List, click here.

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