Fifth Grade~ February
The fifth grade students are wrapping up their unit on Nonfiction/ Report Writing. They have become experts in many different subjects. I hope you have had the opportunity to read their awesome reports!
The students are supported with a lot of informational texts. Listed below are some of the mentor texts.
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Planet Earth/ Inside and out
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Top of the World
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Everglades
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Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times
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Exploding Ants
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Daily Life in A Covered Wagon
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Destination: Jupiter
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The Brain: Our Nervous System
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The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
Here are a list of suggested independent books organized by DRA and Lexile:
DRA: 34-38 Lexile: 500-800
The Daring Rescue of Marlon the Swimming Pig by Susan Saunders
Felicia the Critic by Ellen Conford
Fire at the Triangle Factory by Holly Litchfield
A Girl Called Al by Constance C. Greene
Jazz Pizzazz and the Silver Threads by Mary Quattlebaum
The Lucky Stone by Lucille Clifton
A Nose for Trouble by Nancy Wilson
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Piglet in a Playpen by Lucy DanielsThe Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11 by Amy HestShoebag by Mary James
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
The Sub by P.J. Peterson
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Where in the World Is the Perfect Family? By Amy Hest
Who Shot the President? By Judy Donnelly
DRA 40-44 Lexile: 600-900
Zeely by Virginia Hamilton
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs
Matilda by Roald Dahl
My Sister Annie by Bill Dodds
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
The Star Fisher by Lawrence Yep
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
An Early Winter by Marion Dane Bauer
Blubber by Judy Blume
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Kid Who Ran For President by Dan Gutman
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Fifth Grade Monthly Book Recommendations – November/December
The lists below are book titles that your children are experiencing during the Literacy Block. Your child has just begun an Author Study on Roald Dahl. Soon, they will be fully immersed in these awesome books! Take a trip to the library and experience a few of these books with your children. Powerful book discussions can take place at home too.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Danny the Champion of the World
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The BFG
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The Witches
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Matilda
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James and the Giant Peach
Below are some leveled texts that you can find at your local libraries…
Book List
DRA 34-38 (O-P) 500-800
Dragon Bones by Paul Hindman & Nate Evans
E Is for Elisa by Johanna Hurwitz
Foolish Gretel by Jennifer Armstrong
George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff
Godzilla Ate My Homework by Marcia Jones
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen O’Shaughnessy
Happily Ever After by Anna Quindlen
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
In the Treetops by M. Wooley & K. Pigdon
Jason and the Aliens Down the Street by Greg Greer & Bob Ruddick
The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
Make a Wish, Molly by Barbara Cohen
McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm by Sid Fleischman
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron
Much Ado About Aldo by Johanna Hurwitz
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Mystery on October Road by Alison C. Herzig & Jane Mali
Next Stop, New York City! by Patricia Reilly Giff
No One Is Going to Nashville by Mavis Jukes
Patrick Doyle Is Full of Blarney by Jennifer Armstrong
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
Rent a Third Grader by Bonnie Bryant Hiller
Socks by Beverly Cleary
Tamika and the Wisdom Rings by Camille Yarbrough
Teacher’s Pet by Johanna Hurwitz
The Trickster Ghost by Ellen Showell
The Vicar of Nibbleswick by Roald Dahl
Virtual Fred by Vincent Courtney
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
Circle of Gold by Candy Boyd Dawson
Book List
DRA 40-44 (Q-R-S-T)600-1000
Pedro’s Journal by Pam Conrad
The Samurai’s Daughter by Robert D. San Souci
The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden
Sixth Grade Sleepover by Eve Bunting
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Caleb’s Choice by Clifton G. Wisler
The Cybil War by Betsy Byars
Just Juice by Karen Hesse
Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues by Eloise Greenfield
The Lemonade Trick by Scott Corbett
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
Plain Girl by Virginia Sorensen
Superfudge by Judy Blume
There’s A Boy In The Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Computer Nut by Betsy Byars
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
Mary McLeod Bethune by Eloise Greenfield
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
Phoebe The Spy by Judith Berry Griffin
Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Stray by Dick King-Smith
Super Amos by Gary Paulsen
Thunder Valley by Gary Paulsen
Tomorrow’s Wizard by Patricia MacLachlan
Fifth Grade Monthly Book Recommendations – October
The lists below are book titles that your children are experiencing during the Literacy Block. Your child may want to borrow one of these books from the library. These are wonderful books for you or your child to read aloud. Practice retelling the story together!
· My Family/ En Mi Familia
· When I Was Young in the Mountains
· The House on Mango Street
· A Writer's Notebook
· Come On, Rain!
· What You Know First
· My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
· When I Was Young In the Mountains
· Journey
· Salmon
Ask your child’s teacher for the DRA2 level or their lexile range… then you can match an appropriate text with your child to read independently.
Book List
DRA 34-38 (O-P) 500-800
Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary
The Cat’s Meow Gary Soto
Class Clown Johanna Hurwitz
Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack
Laura Ingalls Wilder Thomas Allen
All About Sam Lois Lowry
Angel Park Hoopstars (series) Dean Hughes
Armies of Ants Walter Retan
Baby Animal Zoo Ann Martin M.
The Baby-sitter’s Club (series) Ann Martin M.
Baseball Fever Johanna Hurwitz
The Boxcar Children (series) Gertrude Chandler Warner
Chocolate Fever Robert Smith
Culpepper’s Canyon Gary Paulsen
Herbie Jones Series Suzy Kline
Meg Mackintosh Mysteries Lucinda Landon
Ralph S. Mouse Beverly Cleary
Bunnicula James Howe
A Dragon in the Family Jackie French Koller
Encyclopedia Brown (series) Donald and Rose Sobol
Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl
A Lion to Guard Us Clyde Robert Bulla
Magic School Bus Series Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
Yang the Youngest & His Terrible Ear Lensey Namiak
The Broken Window and Other Cases Seymour Simon
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? Jean Fritz
Class Clown Johanna Hurwitz
Book List
DRA 40-44 (Q-R-S-T)600-1000
Fudge-A-Mania Judy Blume
Grandpa’s Face Eloise Greenfield
Homer Price Robert McCloskey
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
Onion Tears Diana Kidd
Plain Girl Virginia Sorensen
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume
And Then What Happened Paul Revere? Jean Fritz
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
The Enormous Egg Oliver Butterworth
The Library Card Jerry Spinelli
Stuart Little E.B. White
The Borrowers Mary Norton
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
My Teacher is an Alien Bruce Corville
The Pinballs Betsy Byars
The Van Gogh Café Cynthia Rylant
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
The Wish Giver Bill Brittain
Bunnicula James Howe
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
Fourth Grade Celebrity Patricia Reilly Giff
Help! I’m Trapped in My Teacher’s Body Todd Strasser
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater