Horizon Elementary

New Kindergarten Students and Parents:
Join us for Kindergarten Success Night!

Tuesday, August 18th
5pm to 6pm
In the Cafeteria

It's Week 9 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 9 theme is S.T.E.A.M! Read a book about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Math.

Pictured Ideas:
Pigskins to Paintbrushes by Don Tate (non-fiction picture book)
The Magnificent Makers series by Theanne Griffith (early chapter books)
Secret Coders series by Gene Luen Yang (graphic novels)
Pigeon Math by Asia Citro (picture book)
Science Comics: Bridges by Dan Zettowoch (nonfiction graphic novel)
Washed Ashore by Kelly Crull (nonfiction picture book)

Don't forget to track your reading KCLS summer reading journal. If you're finished, email a picture or scan of the reading journal to Mr. Olson at [email protected] and earn a prize.

It's Week 8 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 8 theme based on the KCLS summer reading theme, Curious Creatures! Read a book about a real or mythical animal that sparks your curiosity.

Pictured Ideas:
Unicorn Rescue Society by Adam Gidwitz (chapter book series)
Young Zoologist: Capybara by Dr. Julia Mata (nonfiction picture book)
Bob by Wendy Mass (chapter book)
Pink is for Blobfish by Jess Keating (nonfiction picture book)
The Creature of Habit by Jennifer E. Smith (picture book)
The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors (chapter book)

Don't forget to track your reading on the KCLS summer reading journal. If you're finished, email a picture or scan of the reading journal to Mr. Olson at [email protected] for a prize in the fall.

It's Week 7 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 7 theme is The Book was Better! Read a book that has been adapted into a movie or TV show.

Pictured Ideas:
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (chapter book)
Holes by Louis Sachar (chapter book)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (chapter book)
The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey (early chapter book)
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (picture book)
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (chapter book)

Don't forget to track your reading on the KCLS summer reading journal. If you're finished, email a picture or scan of the reading journal to Mr. Olson at [email protected] for a prize in the fall.

Week 6: Let’s Go to the Beach
We're halfway through the Summer Reading Challenge! It's Week 6!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 6 theme is Let's Go to the Beach! Read a book about the beach or ocean.

Pictured Ideas:
The Ocean Calls by Tina Cho (picture book)
Snow Angel, Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka (picture book)
Orca Rescue! By Donna Sandstrom (nonfiction chapter book)
Hot Dog by Doug Salati (picture book)
Flotsam by Daid Wiesner (picture book)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! by Elise Parsley (picture book)

Don't forget to track your reading on the KCLS summer reading journal. If you're finished, email a picture or scan of the reading journal to Mr. Olson at [email protected] for a prize in the fall.

Week 5 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 5 theme is the World Cup! Read a book about soccer!

Pictured Ideas:
Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi by Karen Bisher (nonfiction)
The Floating Field by Scott Riley (nonfiction picture book)
Mia and Friends by Karlin Gray (graphic novel)
The Field by Baptiste Paul (picture book)
Booked by Kwame Alexander (graphic novel/novel in verse)
What is the world cup? By Bonnie Bader (nonfiction chapter book)

Don't forget to track your reading on your KCLS summer reading journal.

Week 4 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 4 theme is Go on an Adventure! Read a book full of adventure this week!

Pictured Ideas:
Explorer Academy by Trudi Trueit (chapter book series)
Haven: A Small Cat’s Big Adventure by Megan-Wagner Lloyd (Chapter Book)
Get Outside Guide by Nancy Honovich (active nonfiction book)
Ahoy! By Sophie Blackall (picture book)
Spy Ring by Sarah Beth Durst (chapter book)
Can You Survive Antarctica? By Rachael Hanel (You Choose chapter book)

Don't forget to track your reading on your KCLS summer reading journal.

Week 3 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.

The Week 3 theme is Celebrate Independence Day. Read a book about the fourth of July or the U.S.A. this week.

Pictured Ideas:
On the Fourth of July by Maggie Rudd (picture book)
History Smashers: The American Revolution by Kate Messner (nonfiction chapter book)
An American Story by Kwame Alexander (nonfiction poetry picture book)
My Bicentennial Summer (nonfiction picture book)
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis (graphic novel)
Some of Us by Rajani LaRocca (nonfiction picture book)

Don't forget to track your reading on your KCLS summer reading journal.

Week 2 of the Summer Reading Challenge!

Each week Mr. Olson will give a challenge theme for inspiration and ideas for your students' reading. These are not a required reading list, just recommendations.
Our theme for week 2 is Welcome to Summer! Read a book set in the summertime!
Pictured Ideas:
The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson (picture book)
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (chapter book)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island by Gertrude Chandler Warner (early chapter book)
Sunrise Summer by Matthew Swanson (picture book)
And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner (picture book)
Cannonball by Sacha Cotter (picture book)
Don't forget to track your reading on the KCLS summer reading journal!

Here are some books to add to your 4th and 5th grade students' summer reading lists!

Introducing the 26-27 Kent School District Battle of the Books selections. These books were selected by the KSD librarians and will be used for next year for the 4th and 5th grade Battle of the Books competition. Students will learn more about the competition in the fall, but they can get started with reading now!

1. Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
2. At the Edge of Lost by Martha Brockenbrough
3. And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
4. Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia
5. Popcorn by Rob Harrell
6. The Academy by T. Z. Layton
7. Song of the Yellow Dragon by Ying Ping Low
8. Space Chasers by Leland Melvin
9. It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell
10. Orca Rescue! by Donna Sandstrom