Just Read, Families!
Last updated May 21st, 2009 at 3:37 p.m.
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http://www.justreadflorida.com/docs/kit.pdf
Summer Reading List 2009
Kindergarten
Kindergarten Rocks: Katie Davis
Animals At The Farm/Animales De La Granja: Gardner
Welcome To Kindergarten: Anne Rockwell
What Do You See: Louise Gikow and George Ulrich
The Night Before Kindergarten: Natasha Wing and Julie Durrell
How Many Fish: Caron Cohen and S.D. Schindler
Biscuit Finds A Friend: Alyssa Saton Capucilli
Count Down To Clean Up: Nancy E. Wallace
Big Egg: Molly Coxe
Circles: Dana M. Rau
The Little Red Hen: Byron Barton
Hand Rhymes: Marc Tolon Brown
Clap Your Hands: Lorinda Cauley
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed: Eileen Christelow
Corduroy: Don Freeman
Swimmy: Leo Lionni
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt: Michael Rosen
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Where Fireflies Dance: Lucha Corpi
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella: Robert D. San Souci
1st Grade
Layla’s Head Scarf: Miriam Cohen and Ronald Himler
First Grade Here I Come: Nancy Carlson
Jackson and Bud’s Bumpy Ride:America’s First Cross-Country Automobile Trip: Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
The First Grade Friends: Lunch Box Surprise: Grace Maccarone and Betsy Lewin There Is A Bird On Your Head: Mo Willems
Benny’s Pennies: Bob Barner
Cool Daddy Rat: Kristyn Carol
Will Sheila Share?: Elivia Savadier
The Pot That Juan Built: Nancy Andrews-Goebel
Old Black Fly: Jim Aylesworth
Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles, Think of That!: Leo Dillon
Can You See The Wind?: Allan fowler
Little Dog Poems: Kristine O’Connell George
Kitten’s First Full Moon: Kevin Henkes
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest: Steven Jenkins
The Hello, Goodbye Window: Norton Juster
Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes: Lulu Delacre
From Latin AmericaNorma Jean, Jumping Bean: Joanna Cole
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!: Karen Beaumont
Bouki Dances The Kokioka: A Comical Tale From Haiti: Diane Wolkstein
Read aloud to your child
Last updated January 28th, 2008 at 2:29 p.m.
1. Make listening to a story a regular part of your child’s bedtime routine. This will help your child develop a lifetime habit of reading before he or she goes to sleep.
2. Help your child select the story or book. (Take turns selecting - sometimes you select and sometimes your child selects.)
3. Relax! Sit your child beside you, or make sure that he or she is lying comfortable in bed.
4. Talk very briefly about the cover, illustrations, and the book’s title before you start.
5. Make sure that your child can see the pictures. Pictures help a young reader follow the story or understand the information in a nonfiction book.
6. From time to time, run your finger under the print to show that your voice follows the line of text.
7. After reading a story, talk about it for a minute or two (not too long!) You might ask some questions, but be careful not to destroy your child’s enjoyment of the book. Ask questions such as:
- Why do you think he/she did that?
- What did you think was going to happen then?
- What might have happened if…?
8. If the child prefers to read about factual subjects, ask questions such as:
- What did you learn about…that you didn’t know before?
- Did this book tell you what you wanted to know about…?
