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1 Abraham Pierson School 2017 Summer Reading List Clinton Public Schools Grade 5

2 Abraham Pierson School 2017 Summer Reading List 2018 Nutmeg Nominees...3 Helpful Websites...5 Assignment Governor s Challenge Recording Sheets Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 2

3 GRADE 5 REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT Your Tasks: BOOK CHAT 1. Choose one of the five books below. Read the entire book and complete the book club questions. You must be prepared to discuss the book during a book club meeting on September 8 th. Your book club questions must be handed in to your new 5 th grade teacher by Friday, September 8 th. 2. Read at least two other books and record on the Governor s Reading Challenge sheet. Hand into new 5 th grade teacher by Friday, Sept. 8 th BOOK CHAT CHOICE: Avi: Poppy Ayres, Katherine: Macaroni Boy Clements, Andrew: No Talking Garretson, Dee: Wildfire Run Sachar, Louis: Holes The following list is a recommended reading list. It is divided by genre, subject and difficulty Nutmeg Award Nominees Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Gabriel Finley and the Raven s Riddle by George Hagen Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) by Jeff Rodkey Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 3

4 Fiction Animals Bauer, Marion: A Bear Named Trouble Kehret, Peg: Saving Lilly Smith-King, Dick: Babe Wallace, Bill: Goosed White, EB: Charlotte s Web Fiction Sports Fiction Humor Catling, Patrick: Chocolate Touch Gantos, Jack; Joey Pigza Swallowed a Key Potter, Ellen: Olivia Kidney Roberts, Diane: Made You Look Sachar, Louis: Sideways Stories from Sideways School Christopher, Matt: Baseball Fever Gutman, Dan: Babe and Me Lupica, Mike: Heat Park, Barbara: Skinnybones Fiction Historical Crisp, Marty: Dog on the Titanic Fleischman, Paul: Bull Run Karr, Kathleen: The Great Turkey Walk MacLachlan, Patricia: Sarah, Plain and Tall Fiction Horror/Scary Bruchac, Joseph: Skeleton Man Coville, Bruce: Monsters of Morley Manner San Souci, Robert: Short and Shivery Stanley, Diane: The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine Fiction Adventure George, Jean Craighead: My Side of the Mountain Gardner, John: Stone Fox Hobbs, Will: Wild Man s Island Korman, Gordon: Avalanche Orr, Wendy: Nim s Island Fiction Mystery Adler, David: Cam Jansen series Dixon, Frank: The Hardy Boys Series Haddix, Margaret Peterson: Double Identity Holmes, Barbara: Following Fake Man Keene, Carolyn: Nancy Drew series Van Draamen, Wendy: Sammy Keyes, Detective series Fiction Contemporary Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 4

5 Blume, Judy: Fudge-a-Mania Clements, Andrew: Frindle Creech, Sharon: Bloomability Dower, Laura: Madison Finn Series Fletcher, Ralph: Flying Solo Hiaason, Carl: Hoot Mead, Alice: Junebug Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds: Shiloh Ryan, Pam Munoz: Becoming Naomi Leon Rylant, Cynthia : Missing May Spinelli, Jerry: Maniac Magee Van Draanen, Wendelin: Flipped Wiles, Deborah: Love, Ruby Lavender Fiction Fantasy Abbott, Tony: Secrets of Droon Series Collins, Suzanne: Gregor the Overlander DiCamillo, Kate: The Tale of Despereaux DuPrau, Jeanne: The City of Ember Haddix, Margaret Peterson: Among the Hidden Levine, Gail Carson: Ella Enchanted Beginning Chapter Books Danziger, Paula: A is for Amber Gutman, Dan: My Weird School Kline, Suzy: Herbie Jones McDonald, Megan: Stink Park, Barbara: Junie B. Jones Stilton, Geronimo: Geronimo Stilton Non-Fiction: General Amara, Philip: So, You Want to be a Comic Book Artist George, Jean Craighead: Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts Osborne, Mary Pope: The One-Eyed Giant Ritter, John: The Story of Baseball Timmesh, Catherine: Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women Other recommended series: Eyewitness, Discovery Kids (DK), Seymour Simon, Dangerous Book For Non-Fiction: Poetry Creech, Sharon: Love that Dog Prelutsky, Jack: New Kid on the Block Viorst, Judith: If I Were in Charge of the World Other recommended authors: Shel Silverstein, T.S. Eliot, Kristine O. George, Helpful Websites Henry Carter Hull Library Connecticut Nutmeg Award ard/ Guys Read Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 5

6 Abraham Pierson s Summer Book Club! 5 th Grade *This is a required 5 th grade assignment. Your Task: Choose one of the four books below. Read the entire book and complete the book club questions. You must be prepared to discuss the book during a book club meeting on September 8 th. Your book club questions must be handed in to your new 4 th grade teacher by Friday, September 8 th. You also need to read at least two other books and record them on the Governor s Reading Challenge recording sheet. 5 th Grade Book List Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level No Talking By Andrew Clements R Holes by Louis Sachar Macaroni Boy by Katherine Ayres Poppy by Avi Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson V S S T Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 6

7 Name: Book Title: Summer Book Club Questions- 5 th Grade 1. What was the setting (time and place)? 2. Draw a picture of your favorite part of the book. Then write a few sentences to explain your picture. Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 7

8 3. Who was your favorite or least favorite character? Describe a few of their character traits. 4. Did you like the book? Why or why not? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer. 5. Choose a character from this story. How did this character change throughout the story? 6. What do you think the author s message or theme of this book is? Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 8

9 Connecticut Reads 2017 The Governor s Summer Reading Challenge Reading Journal Name: School: Grade: Please fill in the Title and Number of Pages. Return to School by September 8, TITLE OF BOOK # of Pages Title of Book # of Pages Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 9

10 Grade 5 Summer ReadingPage 10

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