All incoming 6th Grade students are required to read two books over the summer. There will be a test and a project to complete when they return to school in August.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Book cover for Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, showing a girl in a pink dress and brown shoes holding a frog, with the text What if you could live forever? and a quote from The New York Times at the bottom.Book cover for The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, showing an illustrated gorilla and baby elephant sitting back-to-back on a stage, with a gold award medal on the bottom right.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

All of the questions must be completed and turned in on the first day of school. Students may write in the Tuck Everlasting packet. Please complete ONE of the Project Choices from the supplemental page for The One and Only Ivan. (Don’t forget to put your name on all of your work!) If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me via email.

Sbenline@olpschool.org

Students are also required to complete the Summer Math Packet. Return all papers on Covenant Night in August. These papers will count as your first Test Grade in Math.