Reading Spotlight

Encouraging students to read is essential for their academic success and personal growth. Students will learn to build strong literacy skills, develop critical thinking, expand their knowledge and imagination, improve their communication skills, and fosters a lifelong love of learning. 

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Grade 1- Longer Sentences & New Vocabulary

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson 

Bears in the Night by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Mr. Brown Can Moo by Dr. Seuss

Wacky Wednesday by Theo Lesieg

Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss

Frog & Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel

Grade 2- Chapter books, Less Pictures, and Multiple Characters

One Day Everything Went Wrong by Elizabeth Vreeken

Berenstain Bears – Family Reunion by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat

The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr

The Littles by John Peterson

Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne

The Josephina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr

Frog & Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen

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Grade 3- Few Pictures, Diverse Culture, and New Concepts

Chocolate Fever by Robert Smith

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling

The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla

My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds

Grade 4- Complex Characters and Plots

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield

The Wheel on the School by Meindert de Jong

Charlotte’s Web by E.B.

Naylor Listening to Crickets by Candice Ransom

Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin

The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz

The Cricket in Times Square by Garth Williams

Treasure Island - Junior Classics for Young Readers

Moby Dick - Junior Classics for Young Readers

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

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Grade 5- Pre-adolescent Problems & Complex Narrative ​

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Twenty-One Balloons by William Piene du Bois

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell