W E L C O M E   P A R E N T S!

We want to do our best to keep you informed & up to date. Please use the links below to access information relevant to the school year.  For any further information, contact the school office at .

2021 Bridgework Update:

While Rochester Christian School does not require summer work, we strongly encourage our students to have fun with math over the summer months! Talk to your children when you’re in a store, restaurant, or other situation where money concepts are being used. Have your child cook with or for you to reinforce those measurement skills. Building creations out of Legos or other building materials really helps reinforce those visual spatial skills. 

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A few minutes each day working on math facts to reinforce and review is probably the best way to help retain those skills during the summer months. To assist parents who would like a little more by way of “formal” math practice, here are a few online suggestions. (Please note that in some cases an online account, although free, is required.)

Grades K-4

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Grades 5-8

We also strongly encourage our students to read, read, and read over the summer months! To assist parents in finding literature for independent reading, we are making the following suggestions. This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it a list unique to RCS. This list has been adapted from “Summer Reading: A Grade-By-Grade Summer Reading List for Kids” by Justin Taylor from The Gospel Coalition. The full blog post may be found here: TCG Blog. 

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Please note: not all books are suitable for all children. Please use your discretion when helping your child choose. As with everything, a book must be read with Scripture as our final standard. 

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Also, grade levels are a good estimation of the point at which a child is able to enjoy a book, however parents should absolutely check out the list for the grade prior and the grade above a child’s current grade level as many books will be suitable from either of those lists as well.

Finally, we encourage you to read with your child! The discussions that come from reading books together can be incredibly rewarding and very important in your child’s spiritual formation.

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Books with a “+” denote that any title in that series would be acceptable.

First Grade Reading List

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• Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley

• Bulla, Clyde. Daniel’s Duck

• Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar +

• Chandler, Edna. Cowboy Sam +

• Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble

• Davoll, Barbara. The Potluck Supper +

• Daugherty, James. Andy and the Lion

• Duvoisin, Roger. Petunia

• Flack, Marjorie. Angus and the Ducks

• Frasconi, Antonio. The House that Jack Built

• Freeman, Don. Corduroy +

• Galdone, Paul. The Little Red Hen

• Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff

• Graham, Margaret. Benjy’s Dog House +

• Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Frances +

• Hoff, Syd. Sammy the Seal

• Hoff, Syd. Danny and the Dinosaur+

• Hunt, Angela. A Gift for Grandpa

• Keats, Ezra. Peter’s Chair

• Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed

• Leaf, Munro. How to Behave and Why

• Leaf, Munro. How to Speak Politely and Why

• Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch

• Littledale, Freya. The Magic Fish

• Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends +

• Marshall, James. George and Martha +

• McGovern, Ann. Stone Soup

• Minarik, Else. Little Bear +

• Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie+

• Offen, Hilda. A Treasury of Mother Goose

• Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia +

• Rey, Margaret & H.A. Curious George +

• Richardson, Arleta. A Day at the Fair

• Seuss, Dr. Beginner Books +

• Seuss, Dr. Bright and Early Books +

• Sharmat, Marjorie. Nate the Great +

• Silverstein, Shel. A Light in the Attic

• Tabak, Simms. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

• Taylor, Helen. Little Pilgrim’s Progress

• Wood, Audrey. Quick as a Cricket

• Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog +

Second Grade Reading List

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• Aardemas, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

• Anderson, C. W. Billy and Blaze +

• Andersen, Hans C. The Emperor’s New Clothes

• Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline +

• Bontemps, Arna & Conroy Jack. The Fast Sooner Hound

• Brown, Marcia. Dick Whittington and His Cat

• Burton, Virginia. The Little House

• Burton, Virginia. Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel

• Calhoun, Mary. Cross-Country Cat

• Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna

• Cauley, Lorinda. The Ugly Duckling

• Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle

• Cleary, Beverly. Ribsy

• Dalgliesh, Alice. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

• DeBrunhoff, Jean. Babar +

• Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats

• Galdone, Paul. The Gingerbread Boy

• Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears

• Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs

• Gauch, Patricia. Thunder at Gettysburg

• Harness, Cheryl. Three Young Pilgrims

• Haywood, Carolyn. Betsy & Billy +

• Hope, Laura Lee. The Bobbsey Twins +

• Kessel, Joyce. Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

• Le Gallienne, Eva. Seven Tales by H. C. Andersen

• Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand

• Lewis, C. S. The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe

• Loveless, Maude. Betsy-Tacy +

• McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal

• McCloskey, Robert. Lentil

• McCloskey, Robert. One Morning in Maine

• McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder

• Milne, A. A. When We Were Young

• Milne, A. A. Now We are Six

• Mowat, Farley. Owls in the Family

• Nesbit, E. The Railway Children +

• Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows

• Roop, Peter and Connie. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

• Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale

• Sobol, Donald. Secret Agents Four

• Sproul, R. C. The King Without a Shadow

• Steig, William. Doctor De Soto

• Steig, William. Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa

• Taha, Karen. A Gift for Tia Rosa

• Warner, Gertrude. The Boxcar Children +

• West, Jerry. The Happy Hollisters +

• Williams, Jay. Danny Dunn +

• Williams, Marjorie. The Velveteen Rabbit

• Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon

• Ziefert, Harriet. A New Coat for Anna

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Third Grade Reading List

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• Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper’s Penguins

• Bailey, Carolyn. Miss Hickory

• Barrie, James. Peter Pan

• Bond, Michael. Paddington +

• Bulla, Clyde. A Lion to Guard Us

• Bulla, Clyde. Shoeshine Girl

• Cleary, Beverly. Henry Huggins +

• Cleary, Beverly. Ramona +

• Collodi C. Pinocchio

• D’Aulaire, I. E. Benjamin Franklin +

• Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble

• Edmonds, Walter. The Matchlock Gun

• Estes, Eleanor. The Moffats

• Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion

• Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy

• Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West

• Gannett, Ruth. My Father’s Dragon

• Gardiner, John. Stone Fox

• Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows (Scholastic Jr. Classic)

• Hall, Donald. Ox-Cart Man

• Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague

• Herriot, James. James Herriot’s Treasury

• Holling, H. C. Paddle-to-the-Sea +

• Hope, Laura Lee. The Bobbsey Twins +

• Hurwitz, Johanna. Aldo Applesauce

• Jackson, Dave & Neta. Trailblazer Series +

• Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan

• Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book (Scholastic Jr. Classic)

• Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories

• Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill

• Lewis, C. S. The Horse and His Boy

• Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking +

• MacGregor, Ellen. Miss Pickerell +

• MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall +

• McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price

• McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure

• Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh

• Nesbit, E. The Railway Children +

• Nesbit, E. The Story of the Treasure Seekers

• Reece, Colleen. American Adventure Series +

• Richardson, Arleta. In Grandma’s Attic +

• Roddy, Lee. Family Adventures +

• Rupp, Rebecca. Dragon of Lonely Island

• Scieszka, Jon. The Time Warp Trio: Sam Samurai

• Sobol, Donald. Encyclopedia Brown +

• Stanley, Diane. The True Adventure of Daniel Hall

• Streatfeild, Noel. Ballet Shoes

• Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Stories (Scholastic Jr. Classic)

• Warner, Gertrude. The Box-Car Children+

• White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web

• White, E. B. Stuart Little

• Wilder, Laura. Little House on the Prairie +

• Winterfeld, Henry. Detectives in Togas+

Fourth Grade Reading List

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• Adamson, Joy. Born Free

• Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women +

• Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three +

• Armstrong, William. Sounder

• Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting

• Blackwood, Gary. The Shakespeare Stealer

• Burnett, Frances H. A Little Princess

• Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden

• Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey

• Carlson, Natalie. The Family Under the Bridge

• Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

• Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• D’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. Leif the Lucky

• Daugherty, James. The Magna Charta

• de Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall

• Du Bois, William Pene. Twenty-one Balloons

• Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye

• Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses

• Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion +

• Field, Rachel. Calico Bush

• Funke, Cornellia. Inkheart +

• Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind

• George, Jean C. My Side of the Mountain

• Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon

• Green, Roger Lancelyn. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

• Hanes, Mari. Two Mighty Rivers

• Jacques, Brian. Redwall +

• Knight, Eric. Lassie Come-Home

• Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basel E. Frankweiler

• L’Engle, Madeliene. A Wrinkle in Time +

• Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me

• Lenski, Lois. Prairie School +

• Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl

• Lewis, C. S. Prince Caspian

• Lofting, Hugh. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle +

• Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars

• McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure

• Morey, Walt. Gentle Ben

• Norton, Mary. The Borrowers

• Prum, Deborah M. Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines

• Rebsamen, Frederick. Beowulf

• Robertson, Keith. Henry Reed, Inc. +

• Robinson, Barbara. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

• Seredy, Kate. The Good Master

• Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty

• Sidney, Margaret. Five Little Peppers +

• Sis, Peter. Starry Messenger: Galileo

• Smith, Dodie. The 101 Dalmations

• Speare, Elizabeth. The Sign of the Beaver

• Stanley, Diane and Peter Vennema. Bard of Avon

• Stanley, Diane. Joan of Arc

• Street, James. Good-bye My Lady

• Taylor, Sydney. All-of-A-Kind Family 

• Thurber, James. Many Moons

• Travers, P. I. Mary Poppins +

• Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

• Vernon, Louise A. Thunderstorm in the Church

• White, E. B. The Trumpet of the Swan

• Wilson, N. D. 100 Cupboards +

• Wilson, N. D. Leepike Ridge

Fifth Grade Reading List

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• Alcott, Louisa. Little Men

• Beatty, Patricia. Turn Homeward, Hannalee

• Brink, Carol. Caddie Woodlawn

• Burnett, Frances. Little Lord Fauntleroy

• Byars, Betsy. The Summer of the Swans

• Cameron, Eleanor. Mushroom Planet +

• Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw

• De Jong, Meindert. The House of Sixty Fathers

• De Jong, Meindert. Journey from Peppermint Street

• De Jong, Meindert. The Wheel on the School

• Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe

• Dodge, Mary. Hans Brinker

• Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer

• Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain

• Gates, Doris. Blue Willow

• George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves

• Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller

• Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows

• Hanes Mari. Two Mighty Rivers

• Lathan, Jean. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

• Lewis, C. S. The Silver Chair

• Lewis, C. S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

• MacDonald, George. The Princess and Curdie

• MacDonald, George. The Princess and the Goblin

• Montgomery, Lucy. Anne of Green Gables

• North, Sterling. Rascal

• O’Brien, Robert. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

• O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphin

• Pearce, Philippa. Tom’s Midnight Garden

• Porter, Eleanor. Pollyanna +

• Rawks, Wilson. Summer of the Monkeys

• Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows

• Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square

• Seredy, Kate. The White Stag

• Spyri, Johanna. Heidi

• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island

• Terhune, Albert. Lad: A Dog

• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit

• Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days

• Verne, Jules. Journey to the Center of the Earth

• Wyss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson

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Sixth Grade Reading List

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• Adams, Richard. Watership Down

• Alexander, Lloyd. The Prydain Chronicles +

• Baum, Frank L. The Wizard of Oz

• Bishop, Claire. Twenty and Ten

• Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles

• Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage

• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol

• Eareckson, Joni. Joni

• Field, Rachel. Hitty: Her First Hundred Years

• Fisher, Dorothy. Understood Betsy

• Henty, G. H. By Right of Conquest

• Henty, G. H. In the Reign of Terror

• Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle

• Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

• Jacques, Brian. Marlfox +

• Kjelgaard, James. Big Red +

• Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book

• Lewis, C. S. The Magician’s Nephew

• Lewis, C. S. The Last Battle

• London, Jack. The Call of the Wild

• London, Jack. White Fang

• Marshall, Catherine. Christy

• O’Hara, Mary. My Friend Flicka

• Orwell, George. Animal Farm

• Rawlings, Marjorie. The Yearling

• Sorensen, Virginia. Miracles on Maple Hill

• Speare, Elizabeth. The Bronze Bow

• Sterling, Dorothy. Freedom Train

• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped

• Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

• Taylor, Theodore. The Cay

• ten Boom, Corrie. The Hiding Place

• Trapp, Maria Augusta. The Story of Trapp Family Singers

• Tunnell, Michael. Candy Bomber

• Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper

• Van Leeuwen, Jean. Bound for Oregon

• Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days

• Wells, H. G. War of the Worlds

• Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man

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Seventh Grade Reading List

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• Aldrich, Thomas. The Story of a Bad Boy

• Brother Andrew. God’s Smuggler

• Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress (original)

• DeJong, Meindert. The House of Sixty Fathers

• de Kruif, Paul. Microbe Hunters

• Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby

• Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist

• Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo

• Dumas, Alexandre. The Three Musketeers

• Eaton, Jeanette. David Livingstone, Foe of Darkness

• Field, Rachel. Calico Bush

• Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain

• Forester, C. S. Horatio Hornblower

• Freedman, Ben. Mrs. Mike

• Grant, George. The Last Crusader

• Henry, O. The Best Short Stories of O. Henry

• Henty, G. A. By Pike and Dyke +

• Henty, G. A. In Freedom’s Cause +

• Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables

• Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous

• Latham, Jean Lee. This Dear-Bought Land

• Lewis, C. S. Out of the Silent Planet

• Lewis, C. S. Perelandra

• Lewis, C. S. That Hideous Strength

• Little, Paul. Know What You Believe

• Little, Paul. Know Why You Believe

• MacDonald, George. The Baronet’s Song

• O’Dell, Scott. Streams to the River, River to the Sea

• O’Dell, Scott. The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day

• Orczy, Baroness. The Scarlet Pimpernel

• Seredy, Kate. The Good Master

• Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow

• Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Black Arrow

• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

• Thomson, Andy. Morning Star of the Reformation

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Eighth Grade Reading List

• Austen, Jane. Emma +

• Austen, Jane. Northhanger Abbey +

• Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice +

• Braithwaite, Edward. To Sir, with Love

• Chesterton, G. K. The Complete Father Brown

• Chesterton, G. K. The Best of Father Brown

• Colson, Charles. Born Again

• Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe

• DeKruif, Paul. Microbe Hunters

• Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities +

• Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield +

• Douglas, Lloyd C. The Robe

• Forester, C. S. Horatio Hornblower +

• Gilbreth & Carey. Cheaper By the Dozen

• Gilbreth & Carey. Bells on Their Toes 

• Henry, O. Best Short Stories of O. Henry

• Herriot, James. All Creatures Great and Small 

• Herriot, James. All Things Bright and Beautiful

• Herriot, James. All Things Wise and Wonderful

• Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils

• Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird

• Lewis, C. S. The Screwtape Letters

• Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe

• Shakespeare, William. Hamlet

• Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar

• Shakespeare, William. Macbeth

• Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing

• Shakespeare, William. Othello

• Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night

• Sheldon, Charles. In His Steps

• Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels

• ten Boom, Corrie. The Hiding Place

• Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

• Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur

• White, T. H. The Sword in the Stone