BES Summer Reading Grade 4

Welcome to fourth 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 fourth graders are required to read one book from this list. You may choose either a fiction or nonfiction title. While you are reading you need to write down your thoughts and any questions that you have.

Please plan to write a letter (Dear fourth 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 anxious to read your letter and find out what you’ve read and how you’ve interacted with the book.

Fiction Titles:

·        The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

·        The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain

·        Room One  by Andrew Clements

·        The Word Eater by Mary Amato

·        The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

·        The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn R. Banks

·        Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

·        Nancy Drew (any book in the series)

·        Hardy Boys (any book in the series)

·        The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant

·        Fame and Glory in Freedom Georgia by Barbara O’Connor

·        Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

·        The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling

·        Hank the Cowdog (any book in the series)

·        Any book in the Matt Christopher Series

Nonfiction Titles:

·        Who Was Sacajawea? By Dennis Fraden

·        Who Was Marco Polo? By Joan Holub

·        Who Was Paul Revere? By Sharon Moore

·        Who Was Ben Franklin? By Dennis Fraden

·        Who Was Betsy Ross? By Colleen Adams

·        Who was Ferdinand Magellan? By Sydelle Kramer

·        Who Was George Washington? By Roberta Edwards

·        Who Was Abraham Lincoln? By Janet B. Pascal

All biographies are AKS related.

Don’t forget to visit your public library this summer!

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!