The Benefits of Summer Reading
The school year is over and the summer fun is about to begin. This is a time for the busyness of the school year to take a back-seat and make way for family and friends, and to simply get recharged to face another school year in August. So does this mean we simply put away the books and hide them until the fall? Your child’s teachers would hope that this would not be the case. At MCA we encourage our students to be readers in the summer. This doesn’t have to be a negative thing – it can actually be a great time for families to connect over a good book. A child’s independent reading performance improves when the child has a chance to listen to, discuss, and read a book on topics he/she chooses. Families can read together and discuss the book, making this time well spent together. Let your child choose a good book this summer, and this in turn will not only improve reading skills, but it will build language skills, vocabulary skills, and even writing skills, helping him/her stay academically sharp for the coming school year. So let’s all grab a book this summer and read on!!
MCA’s Summer Recommended Reading List:
Students entering 6th grade:
**The Magician's Nephew, by CS Lewis
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Out of My MInd by Sharon Draper
Restart by Gordon Korman
Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg
**Students who read The Magician's Nephew will receive a homework pass which can be redeemed for an extra day of grace to finish a homework assignment for Mrs. Atherton’s English class. Sixth graders will read the second book in the series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, during the first semester of school.
Students entering 7th grade:
**The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Light in My Darkness by Helen Keller
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (New to MCA only)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (New to MCA only)
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (New to MCA only)
**Students who read The Dairy of Anne Frank will receive a homework pass which can be redeemed for an extra day of grace to finish a homework assignment for Mrs. Muska’s English class.
Students entering 8th grade:
**The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (New to MCA only)
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (New to MCA only)
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (New to MCA only)
**Students who read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer will receive a homework pass which can be redeemed for an extra day of grace to finish a homework assignment for Mrs. Muska’s English class.