Sixth Grade
The ultimate goal of summer reading is to help you maintain or even grow your reading and writing skills over the summer. Reading can be a relaxing, enjoyable, and even an exciting way to pass the time over the long summer months. The goal is to enjoy a balanced variety of healthy activities over the break; please make reading for fun just one of the ways you enjoy your break from school!
Directions and Rubrics(See attached rubric for more information.)
Required Reading
Student Choice
(read at least one novel of your choice)
Students will read at least one novel of their own choosing. We ask that this novel be at least 125 pages long. Here are some resources to help students choose what they would like to read this summer:
Suggested Titles from students in previous Sixth Grade classes:
- False Prince
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
- Matilda
- Dragon Rider
- The Lightning Thief
- Middle School, Worst Years of My Life
- Everlost
- Downsiders
- Wonderstruck
- Out of My Mind
- Because of Winn Dixie
- The Secret Tree
- Ender’s Game
- The Compound
- Girl Who Could Fly
- Shimmer
- Dreamland
- George
- Things Not Seen
- The Wishing Spell
- Legend
- Scythe
- Thunderhead
- The Toll
- Ripper
- I Am Number Four
- Wonder
- Counting by 7’s
- The Crossover
- Rules
- Holes
- The Wednesday Wars
- Dragonet Prophecy
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Westing Game
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Mysterious Benedict Society
Required Reading
Student Choice
(students should read one of these books)
Get Organized Without Losing It
by Janet S. Fox
Where’s My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide
by Samatha Moss and Lesley Schwartz Martin
The Middle School Student Guide to Ruling the World
by Susan Mulcaire
The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond
by Donna Goldberg
Read one of the organization books and be ready to apply the concepts this Fall.
Directions for Organization Book
Read the book you chose and talk with your parents about the structures and routines you plan to use to hold yourself accountable for the new responsibilities you are about to take on. Middle school is much different from lower school and having systems in place to support you will make the transition easier.
You do not need to do anything other than read and discuss this book with your parents.
Get Organized Without Losing It cover from Free Spirit Publishing, 2017
Where’s My Stuff: The Ultimate Organizing Guide cover from Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, 2020
The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World cover from Tween Publishing LLC., 2006
The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond cover from Touchstone Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2005