Santa Cruz Catholic School

2015-2016 Summer Reading and Math Assignments

The summer assignments are a requirement for all students. Please see the
appropriate grade level for further instructions and book choices.

Math Assignments
Incoming Grades 4-8
Students are required to know their Multiplication Times Tables up to 12.
Students should regularly practice using Mathletics online.

Reading Assignments
Incoming Junior Kindergarten (4 yr. olds) 2nd grade:
We ask that these young emergent readers join a local library or bookstore summer
reading club. Please encourage non-fiction as well as fiction books to continue to
develop all types of reading skills.
Incoming 3rd 7th grade:
These independent readers should choose two (2) fiction books and one non-fiction
book from the grade levels lists below. During the first week of school, the teachers will
be assessing what was read. These book selections are the required reading and the
assessment will be one of the first grades given in the new school year.
Incoming 3rd Grade
Fiction All students must read Freckle Juice Judy Blume
Then select ONE of the novels from the list below:
1. How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Betsy Duffy
2. I Was a Third Grade Science Project Mary Janu Auch
3. Stuart Little by E.B. White
4. My Fathers Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett
5. Frindle Andrew Clements
Nonfiction : Read ONE appropriately challenging autobiography or biography of your
choice.
Incoming 4th Grade
Fiction Please Select TWO of the novels from the list below:
1. Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner
2. The Hundred Penny Box Sharon Bell Mathi
3. Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo
4. Trouble with Tuck Theodore Taylor
5. Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh
6. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate Dicamillo
7. The Borrowers Mary Norton
8. Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink
9. Shiloh Phyllis Naylor
10. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine LEngle
11. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
Nonfiction: Read ONE appropriately challenging autobiography or biography of your
choice.

Incoming 5th Grade

Fiction Please Select TWO of the novels from the list below:
1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Holes Louis Sachar
4. Call It Courage Armstrong Perry
5. The Cricket in Times Square George Shelden
6. The Borrowers - Mary Norton
7. Anne of Green Gables- Lucy Maud Montgomery
8. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
9. My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
10. The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
Nonfiction: Read ONE appropriately challenging autobiography or biography of your
choice.
Incoming 6th Grade:
Fiction Please Select TWO of the novels from the list below:
1. One More River - Lynne Reid Banks
2. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
3. Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech
4. My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George
5. Chomp - Carl Hiassesen
6. Redwall - Brian Jacques
7. The Girl Who Could Fly Victoria Forester
8. Touching Spirit Bear - Ben Mikhalsen
9. War Horse - Michael Morpurgo
10. Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli
11. Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
12. The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
13. Island of the Blue Dolphin - Scott ODell
14. The Boys Start the War - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
15. Travel Team- Mike Lupica
Nonfiction: Read ONE appropriately challenging autobiography or biography of your
choice.
Incoming 7th-8th Grade:
Fiction Please Select ONE of the novels from the list below:
1. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
2. Charley Skedaddle - Patricia Beatty
3. A Wind in the Door - Madeline LEngle (Author of A Wrinkle in Time)
4. That Was Then, This is Now - S.E. Hinton (8th Grade ONLY)
5. White Fang - Jack London
6. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
7. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Book 1: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2: The Two
Towers, Book 3: The Return of the King) - J.R.R. Tolkien
8. The Contender - Robert Lipsyte
9. The Cay - Theodore Taylor
10. Banner in the Sky - James Ramsey Ullman

Fiction List 2 Please Select ONE of the novels from the list below:

1. Redwall Brian Jacques

2. Sarah Bishop - Scott ODell
3. Love, Ruby Lavender - Deborah Wiles
4. The Good Bad Boy: The Diary of an Eighth Grade Boy Father Gerald Brennan
5. Leap of Faith Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
6. Dont You Know Theres a War On? James Stevenson
7. Land of the Buffalo Bones Marion Dane Bauer
8. Pay it Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde
9. Love That Dog Sharon Creech
10. While No One Was Watching Jane Leslie Conly

Nonfiction: Read ONE appropriately challenging autobiography or biography of your

choice.