Fifth Grade Summer Reading Assignment 2014 Miscoe Hill School, Mendon, MA This summer you will be reading two books. You will choose a book written by one of the authors we have listed below under the heading “fiction”. We have included the author’s website so that you will have a full listing of their work. In addition, please choose a non-fiction book on one of the topics listed below under the heading “non-fiction”. Your non-fiction book can be any format, but it does need to be a book. While you’re reading, please use the note-keeping sheet provided (fiction, pages 8-9, nonfiction page 10). You will need to have this at the start of the school year. FICTION Dan Gutman http://www.dangutman.com/ Avi http://www.avi-writer.com/ Andrew Clements http://www.andrewclements.com/ Jean Craighead George http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/ Jenny Nimmo http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/ Sharon Creech www.sharoncreech.com/ Laurence Yep www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/yep.html Wendelin Van Draanen www.randomhouse.com/kids/vandraanen/ Judy Blume www.judyblume.com/ Louis Sachar www.louissachar.com/ NON-FICTION American Revolution Exploration Marie Curie Albert Einstein Ancient Civilizations Ben Franklin Isaac Newton Any President Colonial America Paul Revere Thomas Edison ***Spanish Immersion Summer Reading Assignment – 5th Grade 2014*** Spanish Immersion students should ALSO read the following novel and complete the recording sheet on page 11: TITLE: Jane Goodall (Spanish Version) (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers) ISBN-13: 9781433344930 Jane Goodall tenía una pasión por aprender sobre animales. Lectores aprenderán sobre su vida aventurera entre los chimpancés y otros primates en este cuento biográfico inspirador de no ficción, traducido al español. 7 Miscoe Hill School Fifth Grade Note-keeping Sheet for Summer Reading Use this paper to help you remember the story elements of your summer reading books. These story elements include such things as characters and setting. When you return to school in the fall, you will be asked to share your book with your class through a project assigned by your teacher. The notes you write on this paper will help you remember what the book was about and how you felt about it. There are no right or wrong answers, just your own ideas. Please make sure you have this paper with you when you return to school. Title: _______________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________________________________ Setting: _______________________ _________________________ (time) Most Important Characters: (place) (Circle the name of the one you think is the main character) Names Who they are _______________________ _______________________________ _______________________ _______________________________ _______________________ _______________________________ _______________________ _______________________________ What event happens to the main character to “kick off” the action in the story? (For example, the family moves to a different town, or a hurricane comes, etc.) How does the character feel about what happens? 8 What plans does the main character make? How do these plans turn out? How does the story end? What part of this story surprised you? (or puzzled you),(or tickled you),(or saddened you),( or excited you) Rate this book from poor (one star) to excellent (five stars). Color in the number of stars. poor fair average very good Who would enjoy this book most (example: a sports fan in grades 4-6) 9 excellent Miscoe Hill School Fifth Grade Note-keeping Sheet for Summer Reading Nonfiction Title: _______________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________________________________ Subject: _____________________________________________________ List five facts that you found interesting. 1. 2. 3. 40. 5. List any questions you still have after reading the book. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 10 LECTURA DE VERANO PARA INMERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL - QUINTO GRADO Nombre: __________________________________ Fecha:______________ TÍTULO: Jane Goodall (Spanish Version) (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers) Título: ______________________________________________________________ Autor: ______________________________________________________________ Tema: ______________________________________________________________ Escribe cinco hechos que te hayan parecido interesantes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Escribe cinco preguntas que aún tienes después de leer el libro. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 11 For a complete Common Core Standards Recommended Reading List with sample performance tasks, visit: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf Stories Grades 4–5 Text Exemplars Carroll, Lewis. Alice’‛s Adventures in Wonderland Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting Singer, Isaac Bashevis. “Zlateh the Goat.” Hamilton, Virginia. M. C. Higgins, the Great Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Poetry Blake, William. “The Echoing Green.” Lazarus, Emma. “The New Colossus.” Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. “Casey at the Bat.” Dickinson, Emily. “A Bird Came Down the Walk.” Sandburg, Carl. “Fog.” Frost, Robert. “Dust of Snow.” Dahl, Roald. “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.” Nichols, Grace. “They Were My People.” Mora, Pat. “Words Free As Confetti.” Informational Texts Berger, Melvin. Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet Carlisle, Madelyn Wood. Let’‛s Investigate Marvelously Meaningful Maps Lauber, Patricia. Hurricanes: Earth’‛s Mightiest Storms Otfinoski, Steve. The Kid’‛s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It Wulffson, Don. Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions Schleichert, Elizabeth. “Good Pet, Bad Pet.” Kavash, E. Barrie. “Ancient Mound Builders.” Koscielniak, Bruce. About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks Banting, Erinn. England the Land Hakim, Joy. A History of US Ruurs, Margriet. My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World Simon, Seymour. Horses. Montgomery, Sy. Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Simon, Seymour. Volcanoes Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball 12 Cutler, Nellie Gonzalez. “Kenya’‛s Long Dry Season.” Hall, Leslie. “Seeing Eye to Eye.” Ronan, Colin A. “Telescopes.” Buckmaster, Henrietta. “Underground Railroad.” Stories Grades 6–8 Text Exemplars Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer L’‛Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings Hamilton, Virginia. “The People Could Fly” Paterson, Katherine. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Cisneros, Sandra. “Eleven.” Sutcliff, Rosemary. Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad Drama Fletcher, Louise. Sorry, Wrong Number Goodrich, Frances and Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play Poetry Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Paul Revere’‛s Ride.” Whitman, Walt. “O Captain! My Captain!” Carroll, Lewis. “Jabberwocky.” Navajo tradition. “Twelfth Song of Thunder.” Dickinson, Emily. “The Railway Train.” Yeats, William Butler. “The Song of Wandering Aengus.” Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Sandburg, Carl. “Chicago.” Hughes, Langston. “I, Too, Sing America.” Neruda, Pablo. “The Book of Questions.” Soto, Gary. “Oranges.” Giovanni, Nikki. “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long.” Informational Texts: English Language Arts Adams, John. “Letter on Thomas Jefferson.” Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself Churchill, Winston. “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.” Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: In Search of America 13 Informational Texts: History/Social Studies United States. Preamble and First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (1787, 1791) Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember Isaacson, Phillip. A Short Walk through the Pyramids and through the World of Art Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire Greenberg, Jan, and Sandra Jordan. Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie Monk, Linda R. Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Subjects Macaulay, David. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Mackay, Donald. The Building of Manhattan Enzensberger, Hans Magnus. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure Peterson, Ivars and Nancy Henderson. Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone Katz, John. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho Petroski, Henry. “The Evolution of the Grocery Bag.” “Geology.” U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science “Space Probe.” Astronomy & Space: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch “Elementary Particles.” New Book of Popular Science California Invasive Plant Council. Invasive Plant Inventory 14 MA Framework Suggested http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/ela/0111.pdf Traditional literature Grimm’s’ fairy tales French fairy tales Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Rudyard Kipling Aesop’s fables Greek, Roman, or Norse myths Suggested Contemporary Authors and Illustrators Suggested Authors in World Literature Grades 5-8, in addition to the Pre-K-4 selections Stories about King Arthur, Robin Hood, Beowulf and Grendel, St. George and the Dragon American Authors and Illustrators Louisa May Alcott Carol Ryrie Brink Lloyd Alexander Elizabeth Coatsworth Isaac Asimov Esther Forbes Natalie Babbitt Paula Fox L. Frank Baum Jean Craighead George Nathaniel Benchley Virginia Hamilton Ray Bradbury Bret Harte British Authors and Illustrators James Barrie Charles Dickens Lucy Boston Arthur Conan Doyle Frances Hodgson Burnett Leon Garfield Lewis Carroll Kenneth Grahame Carlo Collodi Rudyard Kipling Daniel Defoe C. S. Lewis Myths and legends of indigenous The Bible as literature: peoples of North, Central and Old Testament: Genesis, Ten South America Commandments, American folktales and legends Psalms and Proverbs Asian and African folktales New Testament: and legends Sermon on the Mount, Parables O. Henry Washington Irving Jack London L.M. Montgomery Sterling North Scott O’Dell Edgar Allan Poe Howard Pyle Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elizabeth Speare Booth Tarkington James Thurber Mark Twain E. B. White N. C. Wyeth George MacDonald Edith Nesbit Mary Norton Philippa Pearce Arthur Rackham Anna Sewell William Shakespeare Isaac Bashevis Singer Johanna Spyri Robert Louis Stevenson Jonathan Swift Rosemary Sutcliff J.R.R. Tolkien T.H. White British and American Poets William Blake John Ciardi Langston Hughes David McCord Lewis Carroll Rachel Field Edward Lear Ogden Nash Stephen Vincent & Robert Frost Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Richard Wilbur Rosemarie Carr Benét Selections for Grades PreK–8 have been reviewed by the editors of The Horn Book. 15
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