What is your AAP rising 3rd grader reading this summer?

[Anonymous]

I thought it might be interesting to see the range in interests for our kids. My DC could also use book recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Well, mine is a rising 4th grader, but what's he's read in the past year:

All of the Harry Potter books, including Tales of Beetle the Bard and The Cursed Child
All of the Rick Riordan books. He recently finished all of the currently available Rick Riordan books.

Other ideas: Wings of Fire

Now he's been reading some books this summer, but not series, and nothing than he is super interested in like Harry Potter and Rick Riordan! Except that he's really into baseball cards and he actually just got a bunch of baseball books that he's interested in.

[Anonymous]

So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

[Anonymous]

Classic Starts books like The Odyssey, Robinson Crusoe, Around the World in 80 days, Swiss Family Robinson.

+1 to Rick Riordan. Mine loved the first Percy Jackson series, but the other books seem a bit too long and too mature for now.

[Anonymous]

Artemis Fowl
Wings of Fire
Greenglass House and Ghosts of Greenglass House
Warriors books
Stick Dog
Dog Man
Captain Underpants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

Not OP, but they should be advanced readers.

OP, mine is reading Percy Jackson and about to move on to another Rick Riordan series.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a son or daughter? I could give you recommendations if you need some....

my youngest is a rising 3rd grader, though not in AAP (I'm just trying to get her to read, lol!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

Not OP, but they should be advanced readers.

OP, mine is reading Percy Jackson and about to move on to another Rick Riordan series.

Not necessarily. Reading level is not as a reliable indicator of intelligence as other things. Many intellectually gifted students have reading issues that need to be addressed.

[Anonymous]

Hatchet
Love, Ruby Lavender
Sign of the Beaver
My Side of the Mountain
Al Capone Does my Shirts
The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Aurora County All Stars

[Anonymous]

Harry Potter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

Not OP, but they should be advanced readers.

OP, mine is reading Percy Jackson and about to move on to another Rick Riordan series.

Not necessarily. Reading level is not as a reliable indicator of intelligence as other things. Many intellectually gifted students have reading issues that need to be addressed.

True for our DC who is dyslexic

[Anonymous]

Captain Underpants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

Not OP, but they should be advanced readers.

OP, mine is reading Percy Jackson and about to move on to another Rick Riordan series.

Not necessarily. Reading level is not as a reliable indicator of intelligence as other things. Many intellectually gifted students have reading issues that need to be addressed.

+1

Friend's rising 5th grader is finally able to read Judy Moody books. This was an accomplishment. My non-AAP kid is a voracious reader, and started Harry Potter series in 2nd grade. DC didn't comprehend everything initially read independently, but had the stamina to finish the whole series before 3rd. DC then read the series again and again with increasing comprehension and connections to other things. That DC has very good comprehension now, and continues to read more sophisticated books than my own AAP kid who preferred Big Nate and the like. Emphasize a love of reading and a mix of genres rather than the reading level. If your DC is reluctant to choose books at or just above his/her current level, mix one or two in with a bunch he/she loves. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Captain Underpants

Nice to hear an honest parent whose child is reading material that's realistic for his age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our AAP kids are special readers now? OMG.

Not OP, but they should be advanced readers.

OP, mine is reading Percy Jackson and about to move on to another Rick Riordan series.

Not necessarily. Reading level is not as a reliable indicator of intelligence as other things. Many intellectually gifted students have reading issues that need to be addressed.

+1

Friend's rising 5th grader is finally able to read Judy Moody books. This was an accomplishment. My non-AAP kid is a voracious reader, and started Harry Potter series in 2nd grade. DC didn't comprehend everything initially read independently, but had the stamina to finish the whole series before 3rd. DC then read the series again and again with increasing comprehension and connections to other things. That DC has very good comprehension now, and continues to read more sophisticated books than my own AAP kid who preferred Big Nate and the like. Emphasize a love of reading and a mix of genres rather than the reading level. If your DC is reluctant to choose books at or just above his/her current level, mix one or two in with a bunch he/she loves. Good luck!

. Forgot to say friend's rising 5th grade DD is in AAP.