Reading

Summer Reading for students entering Grade 4 in September 2023

Below is a suggested list of books from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for students that are in Third Grade Entering Fourth Grade in September.  (If you have any books that you also enjoy reading please feel free to select them.)

It is important that you continue to read over the summer months in order to keep your vocabulary and reading skills up to date.

We will discuss the proper way to complete a fourth grade Book Report and then you will be assigned a Book Report for one of the books that you read over the summer from the list below. You will be required to have that Chapter Book in the classroom for your presentation of the written report. (This will be one of your first required assessments for fourth grade. Also remember that watching the video is not the same as reading the book. There are events that can be quite different between a video and a book.)

Happy Reading!
Mrs. Bowski  

Third Grade Entering Fourth Grade- Archdiocesan Suggestions

**Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman When Charlie's brother, Joe, is called up to fight in World War II, he promises to write letters to ten-year-old Charlie as often as he can. It won't make up for not being there to help Charlie out with the neighborhood bullies, but it's all Joe can do. ©2016 Grade Level 4


**Raffie on the Run by Jacqueline Resnick Raffie Lipton lives a rat’s dream life. In his family’s subway station home, he has all the food he can forage from the treasure chests humans call trash cans, and the perfect shoebox bed for telling his brother his famous adventure stories. 2018 Grade Level: 3–6

**Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin Peter Stone’s parents and siblings are extroverts, musicians, and yellers—and the louder they get, the less Peter talks, or even moves, until he practically fits his last name. When his family moves to the Texas Hill Country, though, Peter finds a tranquil, natural valley where he can, at last, hear himself think. ©2016 Grade Level 4-6

 Other Suggestions you may choose are:

Because of Winn Dixie   By-Kate DiCamillo

Stuart Little     By-E B White

Charlotte's Web  By- E B White

The War with Grandpa. By- Robert Kimmel Smith

The One and Only Ivan  By-Katherine Applegate

****Diary of A Wimpy Kid Books are NOT used for Book Reports in Fourth Grade.