Reading

Our class will be reading a minimum of twenty-five books (approximately 1,000,000 words) and in many different genres this year!  Reading Logs will be a must.  Below is a sample list from which to choose your selections.  Check back often as titles are updated frequently.  Remind your child to be reading and reporting for their STAR!

 

Fiction

Mr. Popper's Penguins

No More Magic

Fudge-a-Mania

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Midnight Fox

Frindle

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

James and the Giant Peach

The Cabin Faced West

Stone Fox

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Felita

Shiloh

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

Taste of Blackberries

Charlotte's Web

The Trumpet and the Swan

The American Girl Series

Hatchet

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Because of Winn Dixie

 

 

 

Non-Fiction

 

Pioneer Girl:The Story of

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Great Kapok Tree

And Then What Happened,

 Paul Revere?

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

One Day in the Alpine Tundra

Helen Keller: Crusader for the

Blind and Deaf

We Want Jobs:  Story of the Great Depression

Exploring with Lewis and Clark

Exploring Space

 

Listen to some great STORYTELLERS!

Little ones listening to a story

Poetry

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems

Sing a Song of Popcorn

Where the Sidewalk Ends

American Folklore and Tall Tales

How Many Ways Can You Report on a Book?

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Classroom Book Reviews

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 1

 

The Wise Old Woman

 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Wilma Unlimited

 

The Wreck of the Zephyr

Tornadoes!- Time For Kids

 

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 2

The Gold Coin

John Henry, a Tall Tale

It's Our World, Too

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Digging Up the Past- Time For Kids

 

 

 

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 3

 

The Marble Champ

 

The Paper Dragon

 

Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon

 

Going Back Home- An Artist Returns to the South

 

A Mountain of a Monument- Time For Kids

 

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 4

Scientific Questions- Theme Project

Carlos and the Skunk

How to Think Like a Scientist

An Island Scrapbook

The Big Storm

Catching Up with Lewis and Clark- Time For Kids

 

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 5

The Riddle

Life in Flatland

Tonweya and the Eagles

Breaker's Bridge

Cleaning Up America's Air- Time For Kids

 

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Unit 6

Amistad Rising- A Story of Freedom

Rip Van Winkle

The Sea Maidens of Japan

The Silent Lobby

Amazon Alert!- Time For Kids

 

 

 

John Henry

Author Study

Beverly Cleary