Summer Learning Resources

If your child will be entering our preschool or kindergarten this fall, we encourage: 

Play Play Play! 
At this age, children learn so much through play. Provide your student with a rich environment during the summer and lots of playful experieneces to be enjoyed together as a family.

Over the summer, we also encourage you to spend time in great books with your child.
Summer is a great time to read books aloud to your student and encourage them to continue practicing their letter recognition and early literacy skills to you. It could be a book you remember fondly as a child, the sequel to a book they read in class this year, or based on a subject in which your child is currently interested. Happy Reading!

Dear Parents of  rising 3rd and 4th Graders,

Here is a list of some recommended books for your child to read over the summer. This is not an assignment, but recommended reading. Of course, any books your child is interested in reading are good too! I have also included links to some free learning websites.

Have a wonderful summer!

God bless you!

Mrs. Wright

Summer Reading List Grades 3 / 4

(Recommended)

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis                   

• Just So Stories | Rudyard Kipling   

• Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan   

• The Boxcar Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner   

• Little House on the Prairie (series) | Laura Ingalls Wilder  

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C. O'Brien

• Stuart Little | E.B. White

• My Father’s Dragon | Ruth Stiles Gannett

• Frindle | Andrew Clements   

• Ramona (series) | Beverly Cleary

• The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett   

• Poppy | Avi   

• Magic Treehouse (series) | Mary Pope Osborne

• Any book(s) of your choice

Here are some links to learning websites you may want to check out for your child this summer. (They’re free!)

https://mathantics.com/ You don’t have to sign up - the videos are all free.

https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en Geography practice

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner3.htm A little bit of everything!

https://www.khanacademy.org/ Especially good for Math review. Click on the “courses” tab in the upper left hand corner.

Dear rising 5th and 6th graders: 

The Summer Reading Requirement texts below have been assigned according to rising grade level. Please read the book assigned for the grade you will be entering in the fall:

Grade 5 & 6 Assignment: Read the book listed below for your grade level over the summer. During the first few weeks of school in the fall, you will analyze the parts of the story (beginning, middle, and end) and answer questions in your literature class about the characters and plot.

• Grade 5  Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• Grade 6 Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Additionally students in both 5th and 6th grade are asked to read the short story Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien. This reading will be discussed in literature class during the opening weeks of the school year.
Required reading for grades 5 and 6 in late August: Farmer Giles of Ham

RISING 6th grade students should also contact Theresa Norman for details about Horatius at the Bridge. Students may begin workong on memorization over the summer. Mrs. Norman's contact info is [email protected] 

Students should be prepared to participate actively in a discussion upon returning for the school year.

Saint Michael School has limited copies of each of these texts in our library. Texts will be loaned on a first come-first serve basis, and each family is responsible for the return and condition of any book borrowed from the school.

If you would like to borrow a copy from the school for the summer, please make arrangements through the front office at (802) 254-6320 or by emailing [email protected].

ADDITIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES:

Lit2Go: This site contains audiobooks along with text, sorted by genre and grade level. While we haven't seen anything inappropriate on the site, it is good practice for parents to help students choose what to read.  
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/readability/flesch_kincaid_grade_level/ 

Math Antics - All the videos are free to watch. 
https://mathantics.com/

Khan Academy - Includes Math and Language Arts/Reading for the elementary grades.
https://www.khanacademy.org/

Sheppard Software - Interactive games, preschool to adult, math, LA, science, social studies, etc. 
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

Grade 7 & 8 Assignment: Read the book for your grade level over the summer. During the first few weeks of school in the fall, you will be given an outlining assignment to analyze the structure of the book. You should also be prepared to discuss the book in your literature class.

• Grade 7 All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
• Grade 8 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

Saint Michael School has limited copies of each of these texts in our library. Texts will be loaned on a first come-first serve basis, and each family is responsible for the return and condition of any book borrowed from the school.

If you would like to borrow a copy from the school for the summer, please make arrangements through the front office at (802) 254-6320 or by emailing [email protected].
 

ADDITIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES:

Lit2Go: This site contains audiobooks along with text, sorted by genre and grade level. While we haven't seen anything inappropriate on the site, it is good practice for parents to help students choose what to read.  
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/readability/flesch_kincaid_grade_level/ 

Math Antics - All the videos are free to watch. 
https://mathantics.com/

Khan Academy - Includes Math and Language Arts/Reading for the elementary grades.
https://www.khanacademy.org/

Sheppard Software - Interactive games, preschool to adult, math, LA, science, social studies, etc. 
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

High School Assignment: Read the book for your grade level over the summer. On one of the first days of school in the fall, students will participate in a seminar class discussion according to their grade level. In addition, reading comprehension questions will be emailed to students and posted on the high school webpage for students to answer during the summer. Additional discussions and/or writing assignments may be required in the first literature classes in the fall.

• High School (Grades 9 & 10) The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
• High School (Grades 11 & 12) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Saint Michael School has limited copies of each of these texts in our library. Texts will be loaned on a first come-first serve basis, and each family is responsible for the return and condition of any book borrowed from the school.

If you would like to borrow a copy from the school for the summer, please make arrangements through the front office at (802) 254-6320 or by emailing [email protected].