Summer Reading

2011 Summer Reading Program

Encouraging and supporting summer reading is an important part of the goals of the City School District of Albany’s English Language Arts team. It supports and builds on work during the previous school year and prepares students for success in the year ahead.

Please follow the links below for more information about required reading and related projects for students in grades 6-12, and suggested reading and writing ideas that parents can do together during the summer with students in prekindergarten through grade 5.

Have a great summer!

• Summer Reading directions for students in high school and middle school

  • Required summer reading for students in high school

  • Required summer reading for students in grades 6-8

•  For students in kindergarten-grade 5

  • Summer reading letter for parents and guardians

  • Summer reading responses

  • A list of great elementary reads

 

• Check out these links for required summer reading materials and more fun summer reading resources and projects:

  • Albany Public Library

  • New York State Library

  • Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza

  • The Little Book House

  • Barnes and Noble, Colonie Center

  • Borders, Crossgates Mall

  • Amazon

 At Her Majesty's        Triumph: The            Orphan Train                 Things Fall             Persepolis             Immigrant Kids

 Request: An              Untold Story            Rider: One Boy's            Apart

 African Princess        of Jesse Owens      True Story

 in Victorian                and Hitler's

 England                    Olympics