Summer Reading Guidelines

We have come up with the guidelines for summer reading.  This will also go home with your child shortly and be posted on the HBW website.

For every grade we have come up with a suggested list to help guide students in their choice for summer reading.  Within that list, we have selected a "Buzz Book" that we will feature on the grade pages above.  Staff and students will be writing about that book, and others, periodically throughout the summer on this page.   We invite you to check back often and add your comments to their writing and add your own opinion about the "Buzz Books."

For 5th  and 6th Grade:
Students are required to read one of any of the following:

• novel
• non-fiction
• graphic novel
• magazine

and when they return to class in September, their assessment will be to design an advertisement or flyer that will be used to "sell" the book to other students during the school year.  These will be displayed throughout the building and throughout the Media Center during the school year.  To help them choose a book, we've created a "suggested" list to choose from.  You can find that list at either the 5th or 6th grade page.  

For 7th and 8th Grade:
Students are required to read two of any of the following:

• novel
• non-fiction
• graphic novel
• magazine

and when they return to class in September, their assessment will be to create a brochure that will be used to persuade their classmates to read what they read.  These will be used throughout the year to help students self-select books for free reading.   To help them choose a book, we've created a "suggested" list to choose from.  You can find that list at either the 7th or 8th grade page.