Second Grade
Required Summer Reading and
Supply List
Required Summer Reading
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel is the
book that all incoming second graders must read over the summer. The
second grade teachers love this book and have a lot of activities planned for
September.
Here are some activities you can do with this book at home:
Get to know the author Arnold Lobel and enjoy his other books
Preview and take a Picture Walk through the book before reading
Retell the story in your own words
Draw and write about your favorite part of the story
Recommended Summer Reading:
Emma's Yucky Brother by Jean Little, 2001
Strega Nona by Tomie di Paula
Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
Zack's Alligator Goes to School by Shirley Mozelle, 1989
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Burton, 1989
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack, 2000
Olivia by Ian Falconer, 2000
There's An Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer, 1987
Ira (series) by Bernard Waber
Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins, 2001
On Monday When It Rained by Cherryl Kachenmeister, 1991
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont, 2002
Jamaica Tag-Along by Juanita Havill, 1990
The Berenstein Bears (series) by Jan and Stan Berenstein
Supply List
Here is a list of items that
are important for all second graders:
*Print
your name on each item with a permanent marker
and please purchase only the items on
the list. Your desk isn't big enough for extras!*
*Two colorful file
folders with inside pockets at the bottom
* A small plastic pencil box or a zippered pencil bag
*Dry Erase Marker (thin black point)
*Yellow highlighter
* 2 glue sticks
* Safety scissors
*Hard-cover, marble composition book (9 1/4 x 7 1/2-100 pages)
*Hand Sanitizer (travel size-waterless)
*Pencil sharpener
*Colored Pencils (optional)
ITEMS FROM HOME
*Art smock or an old shirt (name on shirt)
*Lunch box (name on the outside)
*School bag (name on bag)
RAINY DAY BOX
In a shoebox or plastic shoebox, place some of your favorite things to
do on rainy days for indoor recess. Write your name on the outside of the
box.