Berean Christian School 5 th Grade Summer Reading List 2017-2018 Dear Parents and Student, Welcome to Fifth Grade!! Students entering 5th grade are required to read three books over the summer. The Bible book of Colossians must be one of the books. Choose 2 more books from the list below. Complete a Book Report (see attached) for each book and turn all into your teacher for a grade. T he mandatory reading must be completed and the book reports must be turned in to your teacher by Friday, August 18, 2017. All book reports must be turned in at the same time. Students are encouraged to read additional books from the list. Not every book is recommended for every child. It is the parent s responsibility to review the book for suitability of content for the student as well as to gauge the book s reading level. If the student has read one of the books before, he/she must select a new book to be read this summer. Praying you have a restful and safe summer! Mrs. Blumberg and Mrs. Trotter Elementary School Summer Reading List Fifth Grade Students are required to read the Book of Colossians and two books from the list below for their reading selections. A separate book report form is attached for each. Tuck Everlasting Turn Homeward, Hannalee The Summer of Swans Dear Mr. Henshaw A Christmas Carol Hitty: The First Hundred Years Blue Willow My Side of the Mountain A Father s Promise The Phantom Tollbooth The Jungle Book Big Red Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Call of the Wild Babbitt Beatty Byars Cleary Dickens Field Gates George Hess Juster Kipling Kjelgaard Latham London White Fang London
Rascal North The Borrowers Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Bridge to Terabithia Cooper Kids Adventure Series Pollyanna The Yearling Where the Red Fern Grows The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Good Master Miracles on Maple Hill Star of Light The Tanglewood Secret Kidnapped Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Cay Amos Fortune, Free Man Anne of Green Gables The Hobbit The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Swiss Family Robinson The Wind in the Willows Robinson Crusoe Treasure Island Around the World in Eighty Days Journey to the Center of the Earth Norton O Brien Paterson Peretti Porter Rawlings Rawls Robinson Seredy Sorenson St. John St. John Stevenson Taylor Taylor Yates Montgomery Tolkien Lewis Wyss Grahame Defoe Stevenson Verne Verne
BOOK REVIEW FOR COLOSSIANS Name Date 1. Briefly describe why you think Colossians was written. (Please use complete sentences.) 2. Write out three verses from this book that meant something you. Use a complete sentence to explain why you chose each verse. (Don t forget to include the Scripture reference.) Verse 1: Why did you choose this verse?
Verse 2: Why did you choose this verse? Verse 3: Why did you choose this verse? 3. What is the main idea of Colossians? (Please answer incomplete sentences.)
BOOK REPORT #1 Name Date Book Title: Author: Write 3 paragraphs summarizing your book: Paragraph 1 (3-5 sentences) Introduce your book, including the setting and main characters. Paragraph 2 (5 sentences) Summarize your book including beginning, problem, solution, and ending.
Paragraph 3 (3-5 Sentences) Conclusion: Write your opinion of the book. This can include what you like, your favorite part, what you would change, what you learned from this book, who you would recommend it to, etc.
BOOK REPORT #2 Name Date Book Title: Author: Write 3 paragraphs summarizing your book: Paragraph 1 (3-5 sentences) Introduce your book, including the setting and main characters. Paragraph 2 (5 sentences) Summarize your book including beginning, problem, solution, and ending.
Paragraph 3 (3-5 Sentences) Conclusion: Write your opinion of the book. This can include what you like, your favorite part, what you would change, what you learned from this book, who you would recommend it to, etc.