BES Summer Reading Grade 3

Welcome to third grade! We know how hard you worked all year to make great progress in reading and it’s important to keep that effort going over the summer. Rising third graders need to read one book from this list. You are welcome to partner read with your friends and parents. While you are reading you need to write down your thoughts and any questions that you have.

You will need to write a letter (Dear third grade teacher…this summer I read ____________ and this is what I was thinking about as I read it,) and bring it to Meet Your Teacher Day in August. Your teacher will be excited to see what you’ve read and see how you interacted with the book!                    

·        Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary

·        Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

·        Superfudge by Judy Blume

·        Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald

·        Hank Zipzer series by Henry Winkler

·        Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker

·        Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol

·        Good Grief…Third Grade by Colleen McKenna

·        Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott

·        Spiderwick series by Tony DiTerlizzi

·        Geronimo Stilton series by G. Stilton

·        Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry

·        How to Be Cool in the Third Grade by Betsy Duffey

·        Amber Brown (any book in the series) by Paula Danzinger

·        The Boxcar Children (any book in the series) by Gertrude Warner

·        Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

·        Magic Tree House (any book in the series) by Mary Pope Osborne

·        Arthur (any book in the chapter book series) by Marc Brown

·        The Magic School Bus (any book in the series) by Joanna Cole

     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.