BES Summer Reading Suggestions Grade 2

Welcome to second grade! You’ve worked very hard this year to make progress with your reading and we don’t want you to let that progress slip over the summer.  It’s important that you keep reading all summer long. Complete a summer reading log and bring it to school on Meet Your Teacher Day and earn a prize! Have a great summer and we’ll see you in August!

Print out a Reading Log

·        Andrew Lost series by Dan Gutman

·        Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel

·        Skippyjon Jones stories by Judy Schachner

·        Fancy Nancy stories by Jane O’Conner

·        Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

·        Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

·        Cam Jansen series by David Adler

·        Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows

·        Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

·        Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

·        Amelia Bedelia stories by Peggy Parish

·        Flat Stanley stories by Jeff Brown

·        Capitol Mysteries by Ron Roy

The Five Forks Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library is located across the street from Ronald Reagan Park. They will be offering summer reading programs all summer long. If you didn’t sign up online with your class at Brookwood E.S. you can go to your library to get started with all of the summer fun.

Read for the World Record! Summer Reading Activity

Visit:  www.scholastic.com/summer  and you can be part of a world record effort!  The website keeps track of the number of minutes you have read and lets you compete against other readers in other schools just like we did for World Math!

Other Ways to Enjoy Reading This Summer:

·        Start a book club with your friends.

·        Listen to a book being read aloud.

·        Take turns reading to a friend or parent.

·        Read the book by yourself and tell someone about your favorite parts.

·        Record yourself reading a book and listen to the tape or watch the video.

·        Make a list of the books you have read and rate them.

·        Visit the public library.

·        Check out poetry books and make copies of your favorite poems.

·        Keep a reading journal and write down what you are thinking about while you read.

·        Draw or paint pictures about what you’ve read.

·        Be creative all summer long.

·        Read different kinds of books like comic books, magazines, and non-fiction stories.