CCS 2017 Summer Reading for Rising Fourth Graders
Title
Author
Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCammilo
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rufus M.
Eleanor Estes
Neil Armstrong: Young Flier
Montrew Dunhom
Betsy—Tacy
Mary Hart Lovelace
Thimble Summer
Elizabeth Enright
Carry On Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham
Tough to Tackle
Matt Christopher
Henry and Ribsy
Beverly Cleary
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
Big Red
Jim Kjelgaard
Old Yeller
Fred Gipson
Indian Captive
Lois Lenski
Cuckoo Child
Dick King-Smith
The Saturdays
Elizabeth Enright
Misty of Chincoteague
Marguerite Henry
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Marguerite Henry
The Castle in the Attic
Elizabeth Winthrop
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
Miracles on Maple Hill
Virginia Sorensen
Gone-Away Lake
Elizabeth Enright
A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton Porter
ASSIGNMENT #1
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Write a summary of your book.
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Do you agree with the way the main character handled his/her problems
throughout the story? Give at least two specific examples.
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Describe your least favorite character and explain why you feel that way.
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How does the title of the book relate to the story? If you were given the
opportunity to change the title, what would you change it to? Explain why.
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In your opinion, what is the one most important event which had the biggest effect
on the whole story? Describe what happened tell why you believe it was so
important.
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Rising Fourth Grade Assignment #1
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Draw a picture of that situation.
Rising Fourth Grade Assignment #1
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ASSIGNMENT #2
Your Name _____________________________________________________
Book Title ______________________________________________________
Author ________________________________________________________
Write a summary of your book.
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Did anything in this book surprise you? Disappoint you? Make you laugh? Describe
the situation(s) and your reaction(s).
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Rising Fourth Grade Assignment #2
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If you were the author, would you change anything in the story? Why? If so, what
would you change?
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Describe the how the places where events in this book are alike or different from
the places where events happen in your life. (Ideas: city or country, apartment or
house or barn, lots of people living in one house or not, baseball field or lots of
different places)
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Rising Fourth Grade Assignment #2
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Draw a map to show the places this story took place, as you saw it in your mind.
Label the locations. (You may turn the page sideways if you want to.)
Rising Fourth Grade Assignment #2
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