READING LIST – ENTERING GRADE THREE
READING LIST – ENTERING GRADE THREE
Please choose one fiction, one non-fiction, and one poetry book from the list below to read over the summer. You certainly may
read more, if you wish! If you find the books too difficult to read, you may take turns reading pages or chapters with an adult. After you have finished each of your assigned books, fill out the appropriate book report forms neatly in CURSIVE WRITING. Please bring in the three assigned reports in a FOLDER on the FIRST day of school to receive credit for your summer reading.
Fiction
Atwater Mr. Popper’s Penquins
Brink Caddie Woodlawn
Bryant Pony Tails
Burgess, Thornton Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, Paddy the Beaver, etc.
Burnett The Secret Garden
Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Pest, Muggie Maggie, Ralph S. Mouse, etc.
Lindgren Pippi Longstocking Series
Miles Annie and the Old One
Milne Winnie the Pooh
Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
Quattlebaum Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns
Rounds Blind Colt
Selden Cricket in Times Square
Sewell Black Beauty
Smith Chocolate Fever
Sobel Encyclopedia Brown Series
Warner The Boxcar Children Series
White, E.B. Stuart Little
Charlotte’s Web
Trumpet of the Swan
Wilder Little House Series
Magic Attic Series
Historical Fiction
Osborne, Mary Pope The Magic Tree House Series
Scholastic Pub. My America Series
Wilder Dear America Series
Novels whose settings are during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil War era
Non-Fiction
Read books from the Eyewitness Series. Student may need parental assistance reading these. Read biographies about famous people alive during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil War periods. Read books about our Solar System.
Jackson Trail Blazer-Christian Adventure stories
Kendall For the Love of Chimps: The Jane Goodall Story
Schein The Year of the Panda
Shapp Let’s Find Out About the Moon
Christian Heritage Series
“Focus on the Family” youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American History.
Poetry
Bryan Walk Together Children
deRagniers, Moore Sing a Song of Popcorn
Ferris Favorite Poems Old and New
McCord Every Time I Climb a Tree
Prelutsky Something Big Has Been Here (and other books by Prelutsky)
Schenk, deRegniers Poems Children Will Sit Still For
Silverstein A Light in the Attic (or other Silverstein poetry)
Stevenson, Robert Lewis All and Any
SUMMER READING BOOK REPORT FORM
Grade 3 – Fiction Book Report
Name: ________________________________ Date_____________
Book Title: _____________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________________________
Number of pages: _________________
How many main Characters are in your book? ______________________________
Name two characters and give a brief description about each from your book. Like…Thomas Edison, an inventor; or Tom Sawyer, a country boy; or Queen Elizabeth, queen of England; or Columbus, a sailor.
Name Description
1. _____________________________, ________________________________;
2. _____________________________, ________________________________;
Write two sentences about your book. Don’t forget to capitalize and use punctuation marks.
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Where does your story happen?
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When did this story take place?
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What is the problem of the story?
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Draw a picture about your book on a separate blank piece of paper.
*Parent, before signing, please look over the book report and help your child
proof-read it for errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Also,
make sure the answers are neatly written and in complete sentences.
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Parent Signature
SUMMER READING BOOK REPORT FORM
Grade 3 – Non-Fiction Book Report
Name: ________________________________ Date_____________
Book Title: _____________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________________________
Illustrator/Photographer: _________________________________________
Number of pages: _________________
1. Vocabulary: List at least five new vocabulary words that you learned while
reading this book. Include the definition of each new word.
a. __________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________
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c. _________________________________________________
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d. _________________________________________________
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e. _________________________________________________
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2. What was the most interesting part of the book? Be specific.
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3. What did you learn from reading this non-fiction book?
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4. Evaluation: Why would you recommend or not recommend this book to a friend?
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*Parent, before signing, please look over the book report and help your child proof-read it for errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Also, make sure the answers are neatly written and in complete sentences.
X_________________________________________
Parent Signature
SUMMER READING BOOK REPORT FORM
Grade 3 – Poetry Book Report
Name: ________________________________ Date_____________
Book Title: _____________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________________________
Number of pages: _________________
1. What was your favorite poem? Why?
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2. What could you hear? Feel? Smell? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What were some interesting words or phrases used in this poetry?
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4. Why do you like to read poetry?
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5. Why do you think the author wrote these poems?
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6. Get a lined sheet of paper. Copy your favorite poem from the book in your BEST HANDWRITING. Illustrate the poem on an unlined piece of paper.
*Parent, before signing, please look over the book report and help your
child proof-read it for errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
Also, make sure the answers are neatly written and in complete sentences.
X________________________________________
Parent Signature
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