Summer Reading

Listed below is the St. Joseph School Summer Reading List. Students are required to read all selections from their appropriate grade level prior to the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.
Students will be held responsible for these books through accelerated reader tests and projects.

The library will be open during the summer for Accelerated Reader tests on the following dates/times:

Friday, June 11 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Friday, June 25 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Friday, July 2 9:00-11:00 am.
Friday, July 23 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Friday, July 30 9:00-11:00 a.m.

NO parents are allowed in the computer lab during testing. Please wait in the library for your student.

Please be advised that teachers may require projects on the selections in addition to the Accelerated Reader tests. 




The Summer Reading List 2010

Kindergarten—
No required reading list

First Grade—
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Animals Should Definitely not Wear Clothing by Judi Barret
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Second Grade—
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps by Cynthia Rylant

Third Grade -
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume
Helen Keller by David A. Adler

Fourth Grade—
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary

Fifth Grade -
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold

Sixth Grade—
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Seventh Grade—
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Eighth Grade -
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

English I - *
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald

* Students taking English I are responsible for the English I list, not the Eighth Grade List.

Accelerated Reader

ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM
Students in first grade through eighth grade participate in the Accelerated Reader Program, a computer based program which tests students' reading comprehension. Students earning the highest points in each reading class are announced each quarter and again at the end of the year. Students earning a minimum of 100 points are named to the Accelerated Reader 100 Points Club and are given a medallion as well as a certificate at the end awards ceremony in May. Other incentives such as spirit dress days and pizza lunches are used throughout the year.

Our librarian is Mrs. Jeri Carroll.


ACCELERATED READER HIGH POINT READERS - THIRD  QUARTER
Skylar Cheek - First Grade - Mrs. James - 24.3
Evyn Johnson- First Grade - Mrs. Brennan - 6.0
Paige Bankston - Second Grade - Mrs. Dufreche - 27.8
Autumn Matthews - Second Grade - Ms. Robin - 20.8
Vaughn Bell - Third Grade - Miss Jolly - 74.2
Kaitlyn Saari - Third Grade - Mrs. Casey - 9.6
Joseph Pellittieri - Fourth Grade - Mrs. Naquin - 50.5
Courtney Balisteri - Fourth Grade - Mrs. Thomas - 27.2
Emily Ransom - Fifth Grade - Mrs. Gaines - 84.7
Lauren McKneely - Sixth Grade - Mrs. Gaines -  174.5
Catherine McRae - Seventh Grade - Mr. Jay - 265.7
Emily Buddy - Eighth Grade - Mr. Jay - 202.2

ACCELERATED READER POINTS CLUBS - Please see "Photo Albums" on this website for pictures and names of students in our Accelerated Reader 100, 250, 500+ Points Clubs.



ACCELERATED READER LIST OF TITLES
There are over 110,000 AR quizzes available. We do not have every AR book in our library, but we do have access to every AR quiz. Because we have our program online, your child may read any AR book with a quiz, and, athought we may not carry it in our library, will take a test on it.

To determine if your books from home or any other book you may be interested in purchasing are AR books, you may use the AR Bookfinder website. Because there are so many books available to our students, it would not be feasible to print a list for every child. However, the advanced search n the AR Bookfinder website may be used to search for certain book levels and interest levels. You may also look at the collections option for recommendations and lsits of award winning titles. 

HOW IS MY CHILD DOING WITH ACCELERATED READER?
A TOPS Report prints automatically after a child takes a quiz to give feedback on your child's understanding of the book and shows cumulative data for the marking period and school year. These records are given to your child's teacher and may come home in your child's Wednesday packet.

New to our program this year is a special feature called Home Connect that lets you see how many points your child has what quizzes they have taken, and how well they did. You will need your child's username and password to use the site.