Summer Reading Program
Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two
Grade Three Grade
Four Grade Five
Kindergarten
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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On Market Street |
Morrow |
1989 |
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Molly Bang |
Ten-Nine-Eight |
Morrow |
1991 |
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Nancy Tafuri |
Who's Counting? |
Scholastic |
1986 |
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Pat Hutchens |
1 Hunter |
Greenwillow |
1982 |
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Stan Mack |
10 Bears in my Bed |
Pantheon |
1974 |
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Donald Crew |
Freight Train |
Morrow |
1978 |
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Tana Hoban |
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is it Blue? |
Mulberry Books |
1978 |
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Leo Lionni |
A Color of His Own |
Knopf |
1975 |
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Tana Hoban |
Look! Look! Look! |
Morrow |
1988 |
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Frank Asch |
Bread and Honey |
Parents Mag. Press |
1981 |
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Margaret Brown |
Goodnight Moon |
Harper& Row |
1947 |
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Eric Carle |
Have You Seen My Cat? |
Picture Book Studio |
1987 |
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Nancy Carlstrom |
How Do You Say It Today, Jesse Bear? |
MacMillan |
1992 |
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Miriam Cohen |
Will I Have a Friend? |
MacMillan |
1967 |
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Sarah Josepha Hale |
Mary Had a Little Lamb |
Scholastic |
1990 |
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Barbara Joossee |
Mama, Do You Love Me? |
Chronicle |
1991 |
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Watty Piper |
The Little Engine That Could |
Platt |
1930 |
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Maurice Sendak |
Chicken Soup With Rice |
Scholastic |
1962 |
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Cindy Ward |
Cookie's Week |
Putnam |
1988 |
Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
Draw a picture a picture about the book. |
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2 |
Then write or dictate to an adult their favorite part of the story. |
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3 |
The child should write their name on the paper. |
Evaluation Strategies
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The dictation and/or picture need to reflect something from the story |
Summer Reading Program
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Jim Aylesworth |
Old Black Fly |
Scholastic |
1992 |
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Bill Martin and John Archambault |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
Simon and Schuster |
1989 |
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Pat Hutchins |
The Doorbell Rang |
Morrow |
1986 |
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Keiko Kesza |
The Wolf's Chicken Stew |
Sandcastle Books |
1987 |
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Olivia Wadsworth |
Over in the Meadow |
Four Winds Press |
1971 |
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Jan Brett |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
Putnam |
1997 |
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Paul Galdone |
The Three Little Pigs |
Houghton Mifflin |
1979 |
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Grimm Brothers |
Little Red Riding Hood |
Holiday |
1982 |
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Janet Stevens |
The Three Billy Goats Gruff |
Harcourt |
1987 |
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Donald Crews |
Shortcut |
Greenwillow |
1992 |
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Don Freeman |
Corduory |
Viking |
1968 |
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Shirley Neitzel |
The Jacket I Wear In the Snow |
Greenwillow |
1989 |
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Laura Joffe Numeroff |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
Harper Festival |
1985 |
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Esphyr Slobodkina |
Caps for Sale |
Harper and Row |
1940 |
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Nadine Bernard Wescott |
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly |
Little, Brown & Co. |
1980 |
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Vera Williams |
A Chair for my Mother |
Greenwillow |
1982 |
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Jan Brett |
The Mitten |
Putnam |
1990 |
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Genal Cannon |
Stellaluna |
Harcourt |
1993 |
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Arthur Dorros |
Animal Tracks |
Scholastic |
1991 |
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Charles Shaw |
It Looked Like Spilt Milk |
Harper |
1947 |
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Janet Stevens |
Tops and Bottoms |
Harcourt |
1995 |
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Linda Williams |
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything |
Harper Collins |
1986 |
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Paul Zelinsky |
Rumpelstiltskin |
Greenwillow |
1986 |
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Stan and Jan Berenstain |
Bears on Wheels |
Random House |
1969 |
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Stan and Jan Berenstain |
Old Hat, New Hat |
Random House |
1970 |
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Dr. Seuss |
The Foot Book |
Random House |
1968 |
Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
Draw a picture about a favorite part and write a sentence telling about your picture. |
Evaluation Strategies
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Dictate/write to show content of story. Evaluation based on creativity, completeness, and neatness. |
Summer Reading Program
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Aliki |
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George W. Carver |
Aladdin |
1988 |
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David Adler |
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones |
Puffin Books |
1991 |
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Frank Asch |
Happy Birthday, Moon |
Aladdin |
1985 |
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Jan Barrett |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
MacMillan |
1982 |
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Marc Brown |
Arthur's Chicken Pox |
Little Brown and Co. |
1996 |
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A. Cameron |
The Stories Julian Tells |
Random House |
1989 |
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Beverly Cleary |
Mouse and Motorcycle |
Avon |
1990 |
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Donald Crews |
Bigmama's |
Greenwillow |
1991 |
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Pat Cummings |
Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! |
Aladdin |
1994 |
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Tomie DePaola |
Bill and Pete |
Putnam |
1992 |
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Tomie DePaola |
The Legend of the Blue Bonnet |
Paper Star |
1996 |
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N. Dooley |
Everybody Cooks Rice |
Carolrhoda Books |
1991 |
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C. Greene |
Rookie Biography Series |
Children's Press |
1995 |
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Fred Gwynne |
The King Who Rained |
Aladdin |
1988 |
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Pat Hutchins |
The Doorbell Rang |
Morrow |
1986 |
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Sarunna Jin |
My First American Friend |
Raintree/Steck-Vaughn |
1990 |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
A Letter to Amy |
Trophy Press |
1984 |
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J. Marshall |
George and Martha |
Houghton Mifflin |
1972 |
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Cynthia Rylant |
Henry and Mudge |
Bradbury Press |
1987 |
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Marjorie Sharmat |
Nate the Great |
Bantam Books |
1988 |
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N. Shaw |
Sheep in a Jeep |
Houghton Mifflin |
1988 |
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Ed Young |
Lon Po Po |
Paper Star |
1996 |
Note Keeping Strategies
Students may
choose to do any of the following for each book read
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1 |
Create a book cover for the story. Explain it. |
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2 |
Make a series of five drawings depicting the major points. Describe them in words. |
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3 |
Make a diorama of your favorite part of the story; be prepared to tell about it. |
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4 |
Write a letter to a character telling about your reaction to him or her in the book. |
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5 |
Create a mask of one of the characters. Tell about it. |
Evaluation Strategies
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Evaluation- Graded on neatness, creativity, oral
presentation, completeness (1-4 scale) |
Summer Reading Program
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Eve Bunting |
How Many Days to America? |
Clarion |
1988 |
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Beverly Cleary |
Muggie Maggie |
Lothrop |
1983 |
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Paula Danziger |
Amber Brown is not a Crayon |
Putnam |
1993 |
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Crescent Dragonwagon |
Home Place |
Macmillan |
1990 |
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Sherry Garland |
The Lotus Seed |
Harcourt |
1993 |
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William Hooks |
Moss Gown |
Dial |
1983 |
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Charlotte Huck |
Princess Furball |
Greenwillow |
1989 |
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Ellen Jackson |
CinderEdna |
Morrow |
1993 |
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Sharon Mathis |
The Hundred Penny Box |
Viking Penguin |
1975 |
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Phil Mendez |
The Black Snowman |
Scholastic |
1989 |
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Faith Ringgold |
Dinner at Aunt Connie's House |
Crown |
1994 |
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Marguerita Rudolph |
The Good Stepmother |
Simon and Shuster |
1992 |
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Robert SanSouci |
The Talking Eggs |
Dial |
1989 |
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Donald Sobol |
Encyclopedia Brown any of 19 different titles |
Morrow |
1976 |
Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
Complete a graphic organizer on the Five W’s. |
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2 |
Complete Brainstorming: 5 W’s Web |
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3 |
Complete Sentence Map |
Evaluation Strategies
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Evaluated on creativity, neatness, and
completeness.(1-4 scale) |
Summer Reading Program
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Elaine Alphin |
Ghost Cadet |
Holt |
1991 |
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Betsy Byars |
The Pinballs |
Harper and Row |
1977 |
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Beverly Cleary |
Ramona Quimby |
Morrow |
1981 |
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Lucille Clifton |
The Luck Stone |
Delacourte Press |
1976 |
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Roald Dahl |
Danny, the Champion of the World |
Knopf |
1975 |
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Norma Farber |
How Does It Feel to be Old? |
Dutton |
1979 |
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Dick King-Smith |
Babe, the Gallant Pig |
Crowell |
1983 |
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Robert Lawson |
Ben and Me |
Little Brown & Co. |
1939 |
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Robert McCloskey |
Homer Price |
Viking |
1976 |
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Ann McGovern |
The Secret Soldier: the Story of Deborah Sampson |
Four Winds |
1975 |
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Marie McSwigan |
Snow Treasure |
E.P. Dutton |
1942 |
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F.N.Monjo |
The One Bad Thing About Father |
Holt |
1974 |
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Vaunda Nelson |
Mayfield Crossing |
Putnum |
1993 |
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Marcy Norton |
The Borrowers |
Harcourt Brace |
1953 |
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George Selden |
The Cricket in Times Square |
Straus and Giroux |
1981 |
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Jerry Spinelli |
Fourth Grade Rats |
Scholastic |
1991 |
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Jan Thomas |
The Comeback Dog |
Houghton Mifflin |
1981 |
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Barbara Wallace |
The Twin in the Tavern |
Macmillan |
1993 |
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Jill Walsh |
The Green Book |
Farrar |
1982 |
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Elizabeth Winthrop |
The Castle in the Attic |
Holiday |
1985 |
Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
Complete a Story Map |
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2 |
Complete the Five “W”s |
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3 |
Complete a Character Chart |
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Evaluated on creativity, neatness, completeness, and
oral presentation. (1-4 scale) |
Summer Reading Program
|
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Natalie Babbit |
Tuck Everlasting |
Sunburst |
1975 |
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Lynne Reid Banks |
Indian in the Cupboard |
Clarion |
1986 |
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Patricia Beatty |
Charley Skedaddle |
Morrow |
1987 |
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Beverly Cleary |
Dear Mr. Henshaw |
Dell Yearling |
1983 |
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Beverly Cleary |
Strider |
Dell Yearling |
1985 |
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Roald Dahl |
Any title |
Penguin |
1970- |
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Marguerite de Angeli |
The Door in the Wall |
Doubleday |
1949 |
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Jean Craighead George |
My Side of the Mountain |
Puffin |
1975 |
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Virginia Hamilton |
House of Dies Drear |
Macmillian |
1967 |
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Mollie Hunter |
A Stranger Came Ashore |
Harper Trophy |
1977 |
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Lois Lowry |
Number the Stars |
Houghton Mifflin |
1989 |
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Jerry Spinelli |
Any title |
Scholastic |
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Bill Martin |
Knots on a Counting Rope |
Holt |
1987 |
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Sharon Mathis |
The Hundred Penny Box |
Puffin |
1975 |
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J.K. Rowling |
Any Harry Potter Book |
Scholastic |
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Scott O'Dell |
Island of the Blue Dolphins |
Dell Yearling |
1960 |
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Katherine Paterson |
Bridge to Terabithia |
Harper Trophy |
1977 |
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John Steptoe |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
Lothrop |
1987 |
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Geraldine Susi |
Looking for Pa: A Civil War Journey |
EPM Publications |
1995 |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Little House on the Prarie |
Harper Collins |
1953 |
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Sid Fleishman |
The Whipping Boy |
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Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
Complete a character map describing the personality traits of the main character. Prepare a presentation to give to the class. |
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2 |
Complete a Book Report Form |
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3 |
Complete a Story Map |
Evaluation Strategies
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Evaluated on creativity, neatness, completeness, and oral presentation. (Evaluation scale is 1-4) |
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