Dumfries Elementary School Summer Reading Program
Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Wood, Audrey |
The Napping House |
Harcourt Brace |
1984 |
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Martin, Bill |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
Scholastic |
1989 |
|
Lionni, Leo |
Swimmy |
Knopf |
1963 |
|
Freeman, Don |
Corduroy |
Puffin |
1968 |
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Martin, Bill |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
Holt |
1983 |
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Asch, Frank |
Mooncake |
Little Simon |
1983 |
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Keats, Ezra Jack |
Peter's Chair |
HarperCollins Childrens Books |
1967 |
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Carle, Eric |
The Very Busy Spider |
Philomel |
1984 |
|
Williams, Vera |
Chair For My Mother |
Mulberry Books |
1982 |
|
Duvoisin, Roger |
Petunia |
Knopf |
1950 |
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Bourgeois, Paulette |
Franklin in the Dark |
Scholastic |
1986 |
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Bridwill, Norman |
Clifford the Big Red Dog |
Scholastic |
1988 |
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Galdone, Paul |
The Three Little Pigs |
Clarion Books |
1987 |
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Potter, Beatrix |
Tale of Peter Rabbit |
Scholastic |
1986 |
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Brett, Jan |
Berlioz the Bear |
Putnam |
1991 |
|
Steptoe, John |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
Scholastic |
1987 |
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Rey, H. A. |
Curious George Rides A Bike |
Houghton Mifflin |
1952 |
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Carlson, Nancy |
I Like Me! |
Puffin Books |
1988 |
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Brett, Jan |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
G.P. Putnam's Son |
1987 |
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De Paola, Tomie |
Strega Nona: an old tale |
Scholastic |
1975 |
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Tresselt, Alvin |
White Snow, Bright Snow |
Scholastic |
1947 |
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Ackerman, Karen |
Song and Dance Man |
Scholastic |
1988 |
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Hoban, Russell |
Bread and Jam for Frances |
Harper and Row |
1964 |
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Gag, Wanda |
Millions of Cats |
Scholastic |
1928 |
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Waber, Bernard |
Ira Says Goodbye |
Houghton Mifflin |
1987 |
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Slobodkina, Esphyr |
Caps for Sale |
Addison Wesley |
1940 |
Note Keeping Strategies
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1 |
*Create a bookmark for the book. |
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2 |
*Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story. |
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* |
Complete only one strategy per book. |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |
|
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Carle, Eric |
Have You Seen My Cat? |
Philomel |
1988 |
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Martin, Bill |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
Holt |
1983 |
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Christelow, Eileen |
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed |
Clarion |
1989 |
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Hill, Eric |
Where's Spot |
Putnam |
1980 |
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Lindgren, Barbo |
Sam's Cookie |
Morrow |
1982 |
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Lindgren, Barbo |
Sam's Ball |
Morrow |
1982 |
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Raffi |
Five Little Ducks |
Crown |
1988 |
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Peek, Merle |
Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers |
Clarion |
1988 |
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McMillan, Bruce |
Growing Colors |
Lothrop |
1988 |
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Asch, Frank |
Just Like Daddy |
Prentice-Hall |
1984 |
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Dr. Seuss |
The Cat in the Hat |
Randon House |
1987 |
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Keats, Ezra Jack |
Peter's Chair |
HarperCollins |
1967 |
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Wood, Audrey |
Quick as a Cricket |
Child's Play |
1990 |
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Gomi, Taro |
The Crocodile and the Dentist |
First Scholastic |
1994 |
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Dr. Seuss |
Fox In Socks |
Random House |
1965 |
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Waddell, Martin |
Farmer Duck |
First Scholastic |
1992 |
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Raschka, Chris |
Yo! Yes? |
Scholastic |
1993 |
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Lionni, Leo |
Swimmy |
Knopf |
1987 |
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Hutchins, Pat |
Rosie's Walk |
Scholastic |
1968 |
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Carlstrom, Nancy |
Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear? |
Scholastic |
1986 |
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Eastman, P. D. |
Are You My Mother? |
Eastman |
1986 |
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Ginsburg, Mira |
Good Morning, Chick |
Scholastic |
1989 |
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Edwards. Pamela Duncan |
Some Smug Slug |
HarperCollins |
1996. |
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Flack, Marjorie |
Ask Mr. Bear |
MacMillan |
1932. |
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Mayer, Mercer |
There's an Alligator Under My Bed |
Dial |
1987 |
Note Keeping Strategies
|
1 |
*The student may make a bookmark for any of the books that are read. |
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2 |
*"My Favorite Sentence": Read the story. copy a sentence from the story. Draw a picture to show what is happening. Include the student's name and the book's title. |
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3 |
*"My Book Cover": Make a book cover that shows what the story was about. Include the student's name and the book's title. |
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* |
A worksheet for each of these activities was provided for each rising first grader by the first grade teachers. The sheets are stapled to the book list and are included in the final report card; new students may pick these up at Dumfries Elementary during regular summer office hours. Complete only one strategy per book. |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |
|
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Crews, Donald |
Flying |
Greenwillow |
1986 |
|
Seuss, Dr. |
Foot Book |
Random Books |
1968 |
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Kraus, Robert |
Herman the Helper |
Simon and Schuster |
1987 |
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Hutchins, Pat |
Rosie's Walk |
Simon and Schuster |
1968 |
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Kraus, Ruth |
The Carrot Seed |
Scholastic |
1989 |
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Shaw, Nancy |
Sheep in a Jeep |
Houghton Mifflin |
1986 |
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Barton, Bryon |
Building a House |
Hampton Brown |
1992 |
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Flack, Marjorie |
Ask Mr. Bear |
Simon and Schuster |
1968 |
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Seuss, Dr. |
Green Eggs and Ham |
Random House |
1966 |
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Lobel, Arnold |
Owl At Home |
Scholastic |
1975 |
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Mayer, Mercer |
There's An Alligator Under My Bed |
Dial Books |
1987 |
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Mayer, Mercer |
There's Something in My Attic |
Dial Books |
1988 |
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Most, Bernard |
A Dinosaur Named After Me |
Harcourt Brace |
1991 |
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Lionni, Leo |
An Extraordinary Egg |
Knopf |
1994 |
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Lobel, Arnold |
Frog and Toad are Friends |
Harper and Row |
1970 |
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Rylant, Cynthia |
Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps |
Aladdin Paperbacks |
1996 |
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Henkes |
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
Greenwillow Books |
1996 |
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Sharmat, Marjorie |
Nate the Great |
Bantam |
1972 |
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Stevens |
Tops and Bottoms |
Harcourt Brace |
1995 |
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Carle, Eric |
The Very Lonely Firefly |
Philomel |
1995 |
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Aliki |
We Are Best Friends |
Mulberry |
1982 |
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DePaola, Tomie |
Charlie Needs a Cloak |
Hsinex International Corporation |
1995 |
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Hoberman, Mary Ann |
A House is a House for Me |
Viking Press |
1978 |
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Viorst, Judith |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day |
Atheneum |
1972 |
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Parrish, Peggy |
Thank you, Amelia Bedelia |
HarperCollins |
1964 |
Note Keeping Strategies
|
1 |
*Create a bookmark for the book. |
|
2 |
*Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story. |
|
3 |
*Draw a picture and write about the beginning, middle, and end of the story. |
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* |
Complete only one strategy per book. |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Sobol, Donald |
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (or other in the series) |
Bantam |
1985 |
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Giff, Patricia R. |
Mystery of the Blue Ring |
Dell |
1987 |
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Sharmat, Marjorie |
Nate the Great and the Sticky Case (or others in the series) |
Dell |
1981 |
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Adler, David |
Onion Sundaes |
Random House |
1994 |
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Warner, Gertrude |
The Boxcar Children |
Bucaneer House |
1992 |
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Osborne, Mary |
Dinosaurs Before Dark |
Random House |
1992 |
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Levy, Elizabeth |
Something Queer at the Library |
Dell |
1989 |
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Van Leeuwen, Jean |
Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver (or others in the series) |
Puffin Books |
1994 |
|
Smith, R. K. |
Chocolate Fever |
Dell |
1994 |
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Marshall, James |
Fox and His Friends (or others in the series) |
Puffin Books |
1993 |
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Cameron, Ann |
Julian's Glorious Summer |
Random House |
1987 |
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Giff, Patricia R. |
Fancy Feet |
Young Yearling |
1988 |
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Rylant, Cynthia |
Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat (or others in the series) |
Macmillian Child Group |
1994 |
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Conford, Ellen |
Can Do, Jenny Archer (or others by the author) |
Little |
1993 |
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Dahl, Roald |
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me |
Puffin Books |
1994 |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona the Pest |
Dell |
1982 |
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Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost, Kidnapped at Birth |
Random House |
1992 |
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Grahame, Kenneth |
The Reluctant Dragon |
Holiday |
1938 |
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Arnold, Tedd |
Green Wilma |
Dial Books |
1993 |
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Lobel, Arnold |
Owl At Home |
HarperCollins |
1975 |
|
Lobel, Arnold |
Frog and Toad Are Friends (or others in the series) |
HarperCollins |
1970 |
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Parish, Peggy |
Good Work Amelia Bedelia (or others in the series) |
Avon |
1980 |
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Cohen, Miriam |
Second Grade Friends (or others in the series) |
Scholastic |
1993 |
Note Keeping Strategies
|
1 |
*Hook - A - Book |
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2 |
*First, Second, Third . . . |
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3 |
*My Literature Report |
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* |
A worksheet for each of these activities was provided for each rising third grader; new students may pick these up at Dumfries Elementary during regular summer office hours. Complete only one strategy per book. |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Rockwell |
How To Eat Fried Worms |
Dell |
1992 |
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Spinelli, Jerry |
Fourth Grade Rats |
Scholastic |
1991 |
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King-Smith, Dave |
Babe: the Gallant Pig |
Puffin |
1992 |
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Cameron, Ann |
Julian Dream Doctor |
Random |
1993 |
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Davidson |
Helen Keller |
Scholastic |
1989 |
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Guthridge |
Thomas Edison: young inventor |
Aladdin |
1986 |
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Estes, Eleanor |
The Hundred Dresses |
Harcourt Brace |
1944 |
|
Stine, R.L. |
Goosebumps- The Haunted Mask |
Scholastic |
1993 |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona Quimby |
Dell Morrow |
1981 |
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McKenna |
Good Grief Third Grade |
Scholastic |
1994 |
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Hiller |
Rent a Third Grader |
Scholastic |
1994 |
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Blume, Judy |
Freckle Juice |
Dell |
1978 |
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Walter |
Justin and the Best Biscuits |
Lothrop |
1986 |
|
Dakos Kali |
Don't Read this Book Whatever You Do |
MacMillan Child Corp. |
1993 |
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Silverstein, Shel |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
Dell |
1986 |
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Hoffman |
Amazing Grace |
Dial |
1991 |
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Bulla |
The Shoeshine Girl |
HarperCollins |
1989 |
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Bunting |
Nasty Stinky Sneakers |
HarperCollins |
1994 |
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Cole, Joanna |
Magic School Bus- Ocean Floor |
Scholastic |
1994 |
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Adler, David |
Cam Jansen- Stolen Diamonds |
Puffin |
1991 |
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Giff, Patricia |
Beast in Miss Rooney's Room |
Dell |
1988 |
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Peterson |
Littles Go to School |
Troll |
1993 |
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Coerr |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
Dell |
1979 |
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Dahl, Roald |
George's Marvelous Medicine |
Bantam |
1987 |
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Prelutsky, Jack |
The Dragons are Singing Tonight |
Scholastic |
1993 |
Note Keeping Strategies
|
1 |
*Create a bookmark for the book. Include the author, title, setting and characters. |
|
2 |
*Write a summary paragraph. |
|
3 |
*Write a response paragraph. |
|
* |
Complete only one strategy per book. |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |
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Author |
Titles |
Publisher |
Publication Date |
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Paulsen, Gary |
Winter Room |
Orchard Books |
1989 |
|
George, Jean |
Julie of the Wolves |
Center Learning |
1993 |
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Miles, Miske |
Annie and the Old One |
Joy Street Books |
1972 |
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Savage, Natalie |
The Family Under the Bridge |
Harper |
1958 |
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Hamilton, Virginia |
Planet of Junior Brown |
MacMillian |
1971 |
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Coman, Carolyn |
What Jamie Saw |
Front Street Ardis |
1995 |
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Sachar, Louis |
There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom |
Knoph Books |
1987 |
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Dahl, Roald |
The BFG (or any children's book by the author) |
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
1982 |
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Fritz, Jean |
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? |
Coward-McCann |
1973 |
|
Ferris, Jeri |
Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story About Sojourner Truth |
Carolrhoda Books |
1988 |
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Tripp, Valerie |
Meet Felicity: An American Girl |
Pleasant Company |
1991 |
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Porter, Connie |
Meet Addy: An American Girl |
Pleasant Company |
1993 |
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Creech, Sharon |
Walk Two Moons |
HarperCollins |
1994 |
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Danziger, Paula |
Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars |
Delacorte |
1992 |
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Peck, Robert |
Soup |
Dell Books |
1979 |
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Estes, Eleanor |
The Hundred Dresses |
Harcourt Brace |
1944 |
|
Lewis, C.S. |
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
Harpercollins |
1994 |
|
Van Allsburg, Chris |
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick |
Houghton Mifflin |
1984 |
|
Hamilton, VJirginia |
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales |
Knopf |
1985 |
|
Fritz, Jean |
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? |
Coward |
1975 |
Note Keeping Strategies
|
1 |
*Create a drawing that illustrates the theme or main idea of the book. |
|
2 |
*Journal reflection - feelings about how each chapter made you feel. |
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3 |
*Turn the book into a sequential comic book. |
|
4 |
*Rewrite the ending of the book. |
|
5 |
*Write a letter to the author and mail it to the publisher. Remember to keep a copy for your teacher. |
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* |
Complete only one strategy per book |
Evaluation Strategies
|
1 |
Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school. |