References for the summer: Grade 5. Comprehensive school

Literature for the summer (grade 5, GEF - program) is divided into 4 parts. These are myths and tales of the peoples of the world, books of Russian classics, works of Soviet literature and books of foreign writers. The list includes books for children of various genres. These are epic and folklore works (myths and fairy tales), books about nature and animals, about children, autobiographical prose, and also books about adventures.

Myths and Tales

Literature for reading in the summer (Grade 5) is full of works of the world epic. Ancient Greek and Roman myths are offered for summer reading. This will prepare the student for future study of the history of the Ancient World. Also, the list of literature includes myths of other nations: Slavic, Indian, ancient Egyptian. Myths of creating the world are especially recommended for reading. In literature lessons in grade 5, a comparative analysis of the ideas of different peoples about how the world was created will be carried out.

In summer, the student will read a collection of Russian folk tales and collections of fairy tales of the peoples of the world. The list also includes medieval ballads: for example, English ballads about Robin Hood.

The works of Russian classics

The summer literature list (Grade 5) includes a large number of works of Russian classics. Of the works in the genre of fairy tales, a poem-tale about Ruslan and Lyudmila A.S. is recommended for reading Pushkin and the poem in prose “Ashik-Kerib” M.Yu. Lermontov (based on the Turkish folk tale). Children are also invited to read fairy tales in the genre of satire M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (Karas the idealist and others), the tale of A. Pogorelsky about the Black Chicken, the tale of N.S. Leskov about Lefty (based on Russian legends) and the fabulous work of N.D. Teleshova "White Heron".

Suggested for reading the classics books about children: S.T. Aksakova about the childhood of Bagrov the grandson, “A Petka in the Country” and “An Angel” by Leonid Andreev, “A Boy at Christ at the Christmas Tree” by F. M. Dostoevsky.

Recommended for summer reading books about animals. This is the work of Alexander Kuprin about the cat Yu and the white poodle, Leonid Andreev “Kusaka”, Ivan Turgenev “Mumu”.

Also, children should read Leo Tolstoy’s short story “Prisoner of the Caucasus” and several stories by A.P. Chekhov, such as "Surgery", "Attacker" and others.

Works of Soviet Writers of the 20th Century

In the summer literature list (Grade 5) books of Soviet authors in various genres are included. The genre of fairy tales is widely represented. These are the tales of Pavel Bazhov “Stone Flower”, “Sinyushkin Well”, “Fragile Twig”, fairy tales by V. Gubarev about the kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, L. Lagin about the genie of Hottabych, Yu. Olesha about three fat men. And also proposed to read the tale of A.M. Volkov about the wizard of the Emerald City and the tales of Eugene Schwartz. The fairy-tale adventure genre from the list includes the story of A.S. Nekrasov about the adventures of captain Vrungel and the story of Anatoly Aleksin about the country of Eternal Vacations.

Children are encouraged to read many works by Soviet authors on nature and animals. These are the works of Konstantin Paustovsky “The Meshchera side” and “Warm bread”, stories about animals by Evgeny Charushin and Olga Perovskaya, the story of Yuri Kazakov about the hound dog Arcturus. Two autobiographical novels by M. Prishvin (“The Kashcheev Chain” and “The World Cup”) are also recommended for reading, where a lot of attention is paid to descriptions of Russian nature.

An important place in the list of literature is occupied by the works of Soviet writers about childhood and children: the story of A.P. Gaidar "Timur and his team", a story by V.M. Dragunsky's “Girl on the Ball”, as well as A. Tolstoy’s autobiographical novel “Nikita’s Childhood”.

Works of foreign literature

The summer literature list (Grade 5) contains many works by foreign authors written in the genre of a fairy tale. These are the works of the Danish storyteller G.Kh. Andersen, Wilhelm Gauf's “Little Muck”, Selma Lagerlef’s story about Niels’s trip with geese, Astrid Lindgren’s book about Baby and Carlson. Also recommended for reading is the fabulous novel by Pamela Travers “Mary Poppins” and the work of Tove Jansson “The Wizard's Hat”.

During the summer, children are invited to read the works of foreign authors about animals. These are the stories of E. Seton-Thompson and Gerald Darrell, as well as the story of Rudyard Kipling's “Mowgli”.

From adventure literature, Mark Twain’s novel about Tom Sawyer and Daniel Defoe’s novel about adventures on the uninhabited island of Robinson Crusoe are recommended for reading. Daniel Defoe’s novel is the largest work on the list; it will take more than one day to read it. But it is really worthwhile, every child should read this work.

Reading Recommendations

The list of literature for the summer (grade 5) is very extensive. To have time to read all the books from the list during the holidays, you need to follow a few simple rules:

• before the summer holidays to purchase or take in the library all the books necessary for reading;
• write in a notebook all the works from the list with the number of pages;
• create a reading schedule, outline in advance how many pages per day will be read;
• read daily, following your schedule.

How to keep a reader diary

Since summer assignments (Grade 5) in literature include a large number of works, it is useful to record information about books in a special diary. You can make a table in a notebook and divide it into 3 columns: author and work, date of reading, review of the book. In the first column, it is better to first write the name of the book, and then the name of the author, since children better remember the name of what they read, and sometimes they forget the name of the author. In the second column, write the date, if the book was read for several days, then write the date through a dash. In a review of the book, the child should write his impressions of what he read. So the content of the works read over the summer will be better remembered. But filling out a diary is a purely personal matter, you just need to instill in your child a love of systematizing his knowledge.

By the way, various school programs ("School of Russia", "School 2100", etc.) follow the unified educational standard, therefore, works for the summer for 5th graders do not differ.

Conclusion

We can conclude that the literature for the summer (Grade 5, "School of Russia" - the program) is diverse in genres and fascinating in content. If you devote half an hour a day to reading daily, then it is quite possible to read all the books from this list over the summer. Summer reading will prepare the child for a better perception of the school curriculum for 5th grade literature, expand the horizons of the student.