Summer Reading Program
2025-2026 CES Summer Reading Fun
*THIS IS A GRADE, AND ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE READING PROJECTS. *
- Look at the list of books for your new grade level below.
- Choose 2 books to read over the summer.
- Look at the project list below. You will be doing something fun for each book you choose to read…. here are your choices for all the fun:
*With each book, do one of the projects ...2 books=2 different projects*
Or
*Choose a project for 1 of your books and for the 2nd, plan to dress up as a character or a scene from the book….be a “Walking Book Report!” The date of the dress-up presentation/walking book report is the same date that all book projects are due, which is August 8th, 2025. On that day, we will have a school wide parade and the best dressed student from each grade will receive an
AMAZON GIFT CARD!!!!
SO….
- Choose 2 books from your new grade level for the 2025-2026 school year.
- All projects are due August 8th, 2025!!
You can visit The Chickamauga Public Library. They will have all our books available.
or
You can go to the CES Library Website and check out books on “E-Books”. At least 2 books at each grade level are E-Books… some have unlimited availability.
- Have a great summer reading some great books!!
Book List
First Grade
- Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
- Junie B. Jones First Grader by Barbara Park
- Basic Needs(eBook) by Jean Feldman
- Ben Franklin's Big Shock(eBook) by Judith Jango-Cohen
- The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room(eBook) by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Second Grade
- High Tide in Hawaii: Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
- Miss Daisy is Crazy: My Weird School by Dan Gutman
- Matter Comes in all Shapes(eBook) by Amy Hansen
- Let's Add Money(eBook) by Kelly Doudna
- From Seed to Plant (eBook) by Gail Gibbons
- Jackie Robinson Baseball Legend (eBook) by Grace Hansen
Third Grade
- Judy Moody Declares Independence (eBook) by Megan McDonald
- The ABC's of Habitats(eBook) by Bobbie Kalman
- Geronimo Stilton & the Gold Medal Mystery (eBook)
- Branches of Government(eBook) by John Hamilton
- Gooney Bird on the Map (eBook) by Lois Lowry
Fourth Grade
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1) by Jeff Kinney
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
- The Top-Secret Adventure of John Darragh, Revolutionary War Spy by Peter and Connie Roop
- Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
- What's the Problem by Kylie Burns (eBook)
- The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson & the Olympian Book 1(eBook) by Rick Riordan
Fifth Grade
- Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
- From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- A Boy at War by Harry Mazer
- A Changing Earth(eBook) by Heather Miller
- Stranded by Jeff Probst & Chris Tebetts
- The Electric Bandit by Robert Jacob
Project List
- Write a different ending for your book.
- Give a book talk on your book.
- Make a diorama that includes a setting and characters from the book. If it is a nonfiction book, include the topic you learned about with facts written around the box.
- Write a letter to the author, telling the author what you thought about the book.
- Compare two books that you have read. How are they alike, how are they different?
- Fact or Fiction- Give a list of interesting facts from a nonfiction book. Number your facts then on the back of the paper list if the fact is Fact or Fiction.
- Present an oral reading, with expression, of some of your favorite selections from the book.
- Make a poster to tell all about your book.
- Pretend to be a salesman and “sell” the book.
- Draw a picture illustrating your favorite part of the book. Write me a description of your illustration below it.
- Create a new book jacket for your book with characters. There must be a summary on the back of the book jacket.
- Write a letter to a friend recommending the book.
- Complete a timeline of events that occurred in your book.
- Fill out a Venn diagram comparing yourself to one of the main characters in the book.
- Keep a diary as one of the characters in your book.
- Make a comic strip retelling the story.