Summer Reading

SUMMER READING

READING SUGGESTIONS:

5th and 6th Graders - Fiction Suggestions

Middle School Nonfiction Book Suggestions

7th and 8th Graders - Fiction Suggestions

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BINGO CARD CHALLENGE!

Try to make a Reading BINGO this summer by getting five in a row!  Use whichever BINGO card you'd like below, although the Early Childhood card might be more suitable for younger readers. Write the names of the book you read in the square and be sure to bring it in to Mrs. Ferguson in the fall to show her what you have read.  Ebooks and audiobooks count too! Or email a photo of your student with their boards to kferguson@blessedsacrament.org! Check out the links below assist you in selecting books to fit the categories. I bet some of you can make more than one BINGO! Have fun! This challenge is optional.

VIEW YOUR BINGO CARDS HERE:

BINGO Card 1 (pdf version here)

B	I	N	G	O
An award winner	Historical Fiction genre	A book that was made into a movie	A book  recom- mended by a friend	Setting in a Spanish speaking country
Book with a one word title	A book that made you laugh or cry	Setting in another country	A nonfiction book	An adventure story
Char-acters are siblings	A graphic novel	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	A biography	Story takes place mainly in the summer
A character with a disability	A Grand-parent is a character	A book with characters from mythology	Read for 30 minutes	Book with a color in the title
Mystery genre	An e-book or an audiobook	First book in a series	Robert F. Sibert Medal (or Honor award) for informational books	A classic

BINGO Card 2 (pdf version here)

B	I	N	G	O
Read in bed	A book that's part of a series	A book that was made into a movie	A book that made you laugh	A number in the title
Book with a color in the title	A book  recom- mended by someone else	Read on a rainy day	An e-book or an audiobook	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!
Read for 30 minutes	A character with a disability	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	Read for 20 minutes three days in a row	A Grand-parent is a character
A graphic novel	Story takes place mainly in the summer	Read a book from the public library	Read for 30 minutes	Book with a one word title
FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	A nonfiction book	Author is a female	Story's setting is in New England	A book that made you cry

BINGO Card 3 (Early Childhood) (pdf version here)

B	I	N	G	O
A wordless picture book	Read a book to a pet or stuffed animal	Read for 30 minutes	A book  recom-mended by someone else	Main character has  a pet
Female author	A book that is also a movie	A book by  Mo Willems	A biography or any nonfiction  book	A book with a number or color in the title
Read a book with a family member or friend	An award winner	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	Mystery genre	Setting in another state or country
Read a book outside	A Grand-parent is a character	Animal is the main character	Read on  a rainy day	A folk tale or a fairy tale
A biography (story of a real person's life)	Story takes place during the summer	A book from your public library	Picture of an animal on the cover	A nonfiction animal book

BINGO Card 4 (pdf version here)

B	I	N	G	O
An award winner	Read for 30 minutes	A book that was made into a movie	A book  recommended by someone else	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!
Read for 20 minutes three days in a row	A book that made you laugh or cry	Setting in another country	A biography or any nonfiction  book	Realistic fiction or historical fiction genre
Characters are siblings	A graphic novel or illustrated chapter book	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	Has a character's name in the title	Story takes place mainly in the summer
A character has a disability	A Grand-parent is a character	Main character has a pet or an animal is a character	FREE CHOICE Any book you want!	Has a color in the title
Book with a one word title	An e-book or an audiobook	Book that's part of a series	Mystery or adventure genre	A book from the public library

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BOOK LISTS / SUGGESTIONS

VIEW ALL THE LISTS AT THIS LINK

GENRES:

• Historical Fiction for Middle School Students
• Historical Fiction for Middle Grade Students (Ages 9-12)
• Mysteries
• Adventure stories
• Nonfiction (geared towards Middle School students)

GRANDPARENTS IN THE STORY

MYTHOLOGY 

BOOKS IN A SERIES 

FOLKTALES (Fairy tales, tall tales, legends, etc) 

WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS

CHARACTERS WITH A DISABILITY

BOOKS THAT MAKE YOU CRY

BOOKS THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH

NUMBERS IN THE TITLE

COLOR IN THE TITLE

BOOKS WITH A ONE-WORD TITLE

BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES

ANIMAL STORIES

STORIES THAT TAKE PLACE DURING THE SUMMER

MAIN CHARACTERS ARE SIBLINGS (or storyline involves the main character's relationship with a brother or sister)

BIOGRAPHIES

BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES

BOOKS SET IN OTHER COUNTRIES:

• Africa 
• Asia
• Europe
• Spanish Speaking Countries - (Spanish is the official language of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela)
  
  

E-BOOKS / AUDIOBOOKS
E-books (or electronic books) are books you can read digitally, either on a computer, Kindle/Nook, iPad, Chromebook, etc. Audiobooks are books you can listen to, either on CD or as a download to your device. The narration on audiobooks is usually outstanding and is a great way to pass the time in the car or on a walk. You can borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your public library for free! You can borrow books on tape/CD from your public library, or borrow Playaways which you simply plug in your own headphones or earbuds and listen to the story. Apps such as Overdrive and Libby can be linked to your library card, and you can browse your library’s collection of ebooks and audiobooks. Here is a Link to the Walpole Public Library Website.

The BSS catalog also offers some ebooks. Students need to log in to the BSS Library Catalog (login information can be found here).


AWARD WINNERS
Here are some links to awards given for Children’s literature. Honor Awards count for BINGO too!

• Caldecott Medal (awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children)
• Newbery Medal (awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children)
• Robert F. Sibert Award for Informational Books (awarded to the author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published for children in America).  
• Schneider Family Book Award (honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences)
• ALSC Notable Books of 2018 (Association for Library Service to Children’s selections of the "best of the best" books of 2018 for children through age 14)
• Geisel Award (awarded to the most distinguished American book for beginning readers)
• Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards (national book awards program where the winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages)
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (awards the best in Picture Books, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction)
• Coretta Scott King Book Awards (awarded to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values)

GRAPHIC NOVELS - Graphic Novels are stories told through the use of images similar to a comic book. Graphic novels can be fiction or nonfiction. Many on my list are series, so be sure to check those out as well!

CLASSIC BOOKS - Classics are well known and stand the test of time.  The characters are likable and children can relate to them.  They are books that children enjoy hearing and parents enjoy reading them. Themes are generally about love, fear, acceptance, anger, and family--all part of the human experience.  Some of them our grandparents read as children, and others are more recent, but they are books that can be read again and again.