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Summer Reading

SUMMER READING

Participation in Summer Reading directly impacts student achievement. Recent research confirms that students who do not read or engage in meaningful thinking activities can lose up to 30% of progress gained during their school year. The good news is that the research also shows that students who engage in reading books, discussing books, and participating in opportunities to have books read aloud or read-along counteracts any possible summer slide. Establishing a habit of lifelong reading early and nurturing it throughout our children’s school years is critical to a child’s success in life.

GPS Summer Reading Lists

 

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS RESOURCES FOR INCOMING GRADE 5 STUDENTS

2021-2022 Battle of the Books

Bookmarks (Useful for memorizing author names and book titles.)

Parent Introduction Letter

Battle of the Books titles for 2022/23:

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie by Leslie Connor

Cog by Greg Van Eekhout

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibbs

Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman

The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

The Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-El