Elementary

Supplies Needed for the 2009-10 School Year

&

Suggested summer reading lists

Table of Contents

Elementary supply lists & suggested summer reading lists

              Pre-Kinder

        Kinder

        First-Grade

        Second

        Third

        Fourth

        Fifth Grade

        Spanish

Pre-Kinder

      The following is a basic supply list for students entering Pre-Kinder in August, 2009.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO LABEL ALL THINGS

SENT TO SCHOOL!  THANKS.

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1.  Backpack

(Please make sure your child can carry this pack by him or herself, and that it does not have wheels on it.)

2.  Plastic Folder

(To carry notes and class work home in.)

3.  P.E. Uniform

(Twice weekly on days when have P.E.)

4.  Lunch box/bag

    (To carry a healthy, daily, snack.)

5.  Change of clothes.

    (A bag with a full change of clothes in case of an accident.)

6. One toothbrush, one toothpaste, one plastic cup.

(We will brush our teeth after snack.)

      Suggested Summer Reading List

while waiting to start Kinder…

Try the following books with your children over the summer:

It’s only one book every week.  But re-reading them throughout the week will help your child master the vocabulary and maybe ‘read’ some from memory.  You can ask them to match letters, find page numbers, name letters and even simple words.  Compare illustrations.  Discuss titles.  The possibilities are endless…

And mostly don’t forget to enjoy this special time together!

Kinder

      The kindergarteners should bring:

-1 backpack (no wheels)

-1 plastic folder to take their work or notes home.

-A lunchbox with a snack and a lunch

-P.E uniform for the P.E class

-A change of clothes to leave in the classroom.

(All the above articles should be labeled)

Recommended Summer Reading for Kindergarten

The Tiny Seed                                                              Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar                                         Eric Carle

Brown Bear, Brown Bear                                               Eric Carle

(Any other book by Eric Carle)

The “David” books                                                         David Shannon

The Chick and the Duckling                                           Mira Ginsburg

Stella Luna                                                                   Janelle Cannon

The “Clifford” books                                                    Norman Bridwell

Poetry books                                                                 Shel Silverstein

Caps for Sale                                                                Esphry Slobodkina

Miss Bindergarten Books                                               Joseph Slate

Miss Nelson is Missing!                                                  Harry Allard

Draw Draw Draw                                                          Lee J. Ames

Madeleine                                                                     Ludwig Bemelmans

There’s a Nightmare in my Closet                                   Mercer Mayer

Make Way for Ducklings                                               Robert McCloskey

The Little Engine that Could                                          Watty Piper

Curious George Books                                                   H.A. Rey

Where the Wild Things Are                                           Maurice Sendak

Dr. Seuss Books                      

The Kissing Hand                                                          Audrey Penn

Swimmy                                                                        Leo Lionni

Rosie’s Walk                                                                 Pat Hutchins

The Doorbell Rang                                                        Pat Hutchins

The Napping House                                                       Audrey Wood

Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young                         Jack Prelutsky

First-Grade

      First Grade Supplies

*Homework Folder

*Clipboard

*One Notebook

*Two Empty Shoeboxes

*A SUPPLY BOX TO HOLD THE FOLLOWING:

*Pencil Sharpener

*Pencils

*Erasers

*Glue—stick and bottle

*Markers

*Crayons

*Scissors

*Ziploc Bags—sandwich size

*Kleenex

**A subscription to the online website readinga-z.com is strongly encouraged to supplement and support our leveled reading at schoolJ

      Recommended Summer Reading for First Grade

We hope that students entering first grade bring with them a love of books! Whether your child is just beginning to read, reading on their own, or are not at that point yet, the most important thing is that they enjoy books and view reading in a positive light.  You can help by making sure that reading is a priority in your home.  Please read to or with your child daily and let them see you reading as well.  Reading books in English is wonderful exposure, but remember that it is also very important to read books in your native language as well.  Choose books of interest to your child.  Help them see how important reading is in everyone’s daily lives, whether it is reading a recipe, the morning paper, or special stories at bedtime.  Choose any book—you can’t go wrong.  If you need a few ideas to get you started, here some titles we suggest:

*Miss Nelson is Missing Series

*Books by Eric Carle:

The Very Grouchy Ladybug

The Very Hungry Cat

The Very Busy Spider

*Dr. Seuss Books:

The Foot Book

The Cat in the Hat

Big Dog, Little Dog

* Arnold Lobel Books:

Frog and Toad Series

Mouse Tales

Mouse Soup

Grasshopper on the Road

*Laura Numeroff Books:

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

*Cynthia Rylant Books:

Henry and Mudge Series

Mr. Putter and Tabby Series

*Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

*Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

*There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Meyer

*Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse and Owen by Kevin Henkes

Second Grade

      2^nd Grade Supply List

1  box of pencils

2  erasers

2  highlighter markers

1  glue stick

1  bottle of liquid glue

1  scissors

1  box of colored pencils

1  box of crayons

1 black Sharpie brand marker

2  small paint brushes

3  lined spiral notebooks (8 ½ X11)

1  spiral notebook with graph paper (8 ½ X 11)

2  folders with two pockets

1  plastic envelope folder

1  box of large and small Ziploc bags

1 bottle of antibacterial gel

1  100 piece puzzle or educational board game

1  white binder (1” code: 2117) or blue binder (1” code: 2137)

(Office Depot Q24.90)

       Recommended Summer Reading for Second Grade

                   Adler, David A. Cam Jensen and the Mystery of the Monster Movie

                   Adler, Susan S. Meet Samantha

                   Avi S.O.R. Losers

                   Blume, Judy Are You There God? It's Me Margaret

                   Boyd, Candy Dawson Circle of Gold

                   Bulla, Clyde Robert A Lion to Guard Us

                   Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells

                   Christopher, Matt Baseball Pals

                   Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Brave

                   Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble

                   Danziger, Paula Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

                   DeClements, Barthe Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade

                   Duncan, Lois Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Snack

                   Etra, Jonathan Aliens for Lunch

                   Gardiner, John R. Stone Fox

                   Giff, Patricia Reilly Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw?

                   Graeber, Charlotte Fudge

                   Haywood, Carolyn Betsy and the Boys

                   Hughes, Dean Making the Team

                   Hurwitz, Johanna Class Clown

                   Jukes, Mavis Blackberries in the Dark

                   Karr, Kathleen Spy in the Sky

                   Kline, Suzy Herbie Jones and the Class Gift

                   Konigsburg, E. L. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and  

                   Me Elizabeth

                   LeGuin, Ursala K. Catwings

                   Lenski, Lois Prairie School

                   Levy, Elizabeth Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor

                   Little, Jean Different Dragons

                   Martin, Ann M. Stage Fright

                   McKenna, Colleen O. Good Grief, Third Grade

                   Myers, Walter Dean Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

                   Orgel, Doris Don't Call Me Slob-o

                   Osborne, Mary Pope Dolphins at Daybreak

                   Park, Barbara Almost Starring Skinnybones

                   Peterson, John The Littles Take a Trip

                   Roop, Peter/Connie Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves

                   Rosner, Ruth I Hate My Best Friend

                   Shaw, Janet Meet Kristen

                   Smith, Doris Buchanan A Taste of Blackberries

                   Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day

                   Tripp, Valerie Molly Saves the Day

                   Turner, Ann Nettie's Trip South

                   VanAllsburg, Chris Jumanji

                   Warner, Getrude C. The Amusement Park Mystery

                   Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods

                   Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit

                   Yolen, Jane Greyling

Third Grade

      Third Grade Supply List

Please send in the following supplies as soon as possible.  Most of these supplies will be kept in a central location and shared by the entire class therefore there is no need to label them.

Please clearly label each of the following with your child’s name:

-4 sewn hard cover notebooks (the Composition type, No Spirals please!)

 (Please label these as follows: Math, Reading , Writer’s Notebook, Spelling)

         Example:

These notebooks can be found in packs of 6 at PriceSmart

The following are community supplies and do not need to be labeled:

EVERYONE bring:

-Pencils: 5 boxes (8 pencils per box)

-1 large eraser

-2 glue sticks

-1 large box of tissue

-1 box colored pencils

-1 clipboard

-2 dry erase markers

-1 bottle of hand sanitizer

-1 highlighter

-1 box of multiplication flashcards

-1 box of division flashcards

Wish List:

-**additional glue sticks** (we go through these quickly)

-dry erase markers

-erasers

-eraser tops

-oil pastels/cray pas

-board games & puzzles

      Recommended Summer Reading for Third Grade

• The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson (Also try
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)
• The BFG by Roald Dahl (Also try Charlie and the Chocolate
• Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the Giant Peach,

      Matilda)

• Captain Contest by Matt Christopher (From the Soccer Cats series)
• The Charm Bracelet by Emily Rodda (From the Fairy Realm series)
• Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
• The Doll People by Ann Martin (also, the sequel Meanest Doll in the World)
• Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
• Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol (fun series!)
• Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Go Free or Die, A Story About Harriet Tubman by Jeri Ferris
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Hedgehogs in the Hall by Ben M. Baglio (From the Animal Ark series)
• The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet by Tony Abbott (Secrets of Droon

      series)

• Ida B—and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster and (possibly) save the

      world by Katherine Hannigan

• Into the Woods by Erin Hunter (From the Warriors series)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Narnia Chronc.)
• Loser by Jerry Spinelli
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (anything by

      Kate DiCamillo!)

• Space Brat by Bruce Coville (many others by Bruce Coville, too!)
• Poppy by Avi (Next in the series is Ragweed, Poppy and Rye , Poppy’s Retun &

      Ereth’s Birthday)

• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (anything by Cleary!)
• Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise (Also try Regarding the Bathrooms,
• Regarding the Sink, Regarding the Trees, Letters From Camp)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Also try More Perfect than the

      Moon)

• School Story by Andrew Clements (anything by Clements!)
• Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar (Also try Wayside
• School is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, Holes, Marvin

      Redpost series)

• Spider Storch’s Teacher Torture by Gina Willner-Pardo (series)
• Stories to Solve: folktales from around the world told by George Shannon
• Summer Reading is Killing Me! By Jon Scieszka (From the Time Warp Trio

      series)

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Also try Double Fudge,
• Fudge-a-mania, Superfudge, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, etc)

Fourth Grade

      4^th Grade Supply List

• These are the supplies needed for 4th grade this year. When you get close to depleting your supplies, please restock! You should have ALL of these supplies with you each and every day!

  • 3 pencils with erasers attached
  • 1 glue stick
  • 1 eraser
  • 1 scissors
  • 1 ruler 12” (inches and centimeters)
  • highlighter (yellow)
  • pencil case
  • 5 spiral notebooks lined (8 ½ X 11”) (writing, reading, spelling, social studies and science)
  • 1 graph lined notebook (the larger grids = 1 cm) (math)
  • colored pencil sets
  • 1 red pen
  • 1 blue pen 
  • homework/Spanish folder
  • AGENDA NOTEBOOK! ½ inch, white or blue. Office Depot: Product #2075 (white) and #2087 (blue), Q22.90. See pictures below.

    
  Outside                                                   Inside                                (Notice the inside pockets to hold papers being sent home.)
  

  Spanish Students Supplies

  • Folder with two pockets (because it will come and go with homework), labeled with your name
  • Small 40, soft cover pages notebook (lined paper, better if it fits in the pockets of the folder) labeled with your name
  • A pencil, crayons, scissors, eraser, ruler, and glue in a pencil case to remain in the Spanish class, labeled with your name
  • A three ring binder with lined paper and a set of binder dividers, labeled with your name and a one whole puncher (the kind that punches one whole) to carry it in your pencil case.
  • A beginners Spanish-Spanish dictionary for level IV, (diccionario básico de nivel primaria) to be used at home
  • A bilingual (Spanish- English or the native language of the student) pocket dictionary to be used at home. (For levels I-II-III)

       

   

      Recommended Summer Reading for Fourth Grade

Adler, David A .......................Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons. Child of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Fourth Floor Twins and the Skyscraper Parade. (See others.)

Ancona , George ....................The American Family Farm: A Photo Essay. Charro: The Mexican Cowboy.Barrio:

Jose’s Neighborhood.

Arnosky, Jim..........................Bug Hunter. (See others.)

Avi ..........................................Windcatcher. The Secret School . (See others.)

Babbitt, Natalie......................Knee Knock Rise. The Search for Delicious.

Balliett, Blue...........................Chasing Vermeer.

Bath , K.P. .............................Secret of Castle Cant.

Baylor, Byrd...........................Hawk, I'm Your Brother. When Clay Sings.

Bellairs, John.........................The House with the Clock in Its Walls.

Blackwood, Gary ...................Shakespeare Stealer, (See others in series.)

Blum, Raymond.....................Math Tricks, Puzzles and Games.

Bond, Michael........................A Bear Called Padington. (See others.)

Borden, Louise ......................Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution.

Boyd, Candy..........................Circle of Gold.

Brenner, Barbara...................The Earth is Painted Green. On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon.

Brink, Carol R. .......................Caddie Woodlawn.

Bruchac, Joseph....................Children of the Longhouse. The Boy Who Lived With the Bears. (See others.)

Buchholz, Quint.....................The Collector of Moments.

Bulla, Clyde ...........................Shoeshine Girl. A Lion to Guard Us. (See others.)

Bunting, Eve ..........................I Am the Mummy Heb-nefert.

Carroll, Lewis......................... Alice in Wonderland.

Catling, Patrick ......................Chocolate Touch.

Christopher, Matt...................Fox Steals Home. Challenge at Second Base. At the Plate with Ken Griffey Jr.

Cleary, Beverly ......................Ramona the Pest . Strider. Henry and the Clubhouse.

Clements, Andrew.................Frindle. The Last Holiday Concert (And many other stories.)

Cobb, Vicki ............................How to Really Fool Yourself: Illusions for All Your Senses.

Cohn, Amy L..........................From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs.

Cole, Joanna .........................Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body. (See others.)

Cooper, Floyd........................Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes.

Courlander, Harold................Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories.

Curtis, Christopher Paul........Bud, not Buddy.

Cushman, Karen ...................The Ballad of Lucy Whipple.

Dahl, Roald............................Matilda

Dah, Joan ..............................The Longitude Prize.

DeClements, Barthe..............Nothings Fair in Fifth Grade.

DeFelice, Cynthia..................The Ghost of Fossil Glen.

Delton, Judy...........................Angel in Charge. Angel's Mother's Wedding. Camp Ghost Away. (See others.)

DiCamillo, Kate......................Because of Winn-Dixie. Tale of Despereau.

Dingle, Derek T. ....................First in the Field: Baseball HeroJackie Robinson.

Dunbar , Paul Laurence.........Jump Back, Honey: The Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Dunphy, Madeleine ...............Here is the Tropical Rain Forest .

Eager, Edward.......................Half Magic. (Tales of Magic series.)

English, Karen .......................Strawberry Moon.

Erdrich, Louise ......................The Birchbark House.

Estes, Eleanor .......................The Hundred Dresses. The Moffats.

Ferris, Jeri..............................Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte.

Fitzgerald, John D.................The Great Brain series.

Fitzhugh, Louise....................Harriet the Spy. The Long Secret.

Fleischman, Sid.....................Bandit’s Moon.

Florian, Douglas ....................Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs.

Fritz, Jean..............................Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan.

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Gantos, Jack..........................Joey Pigza Loses Control.

Gardiner, John.......................General Butterfingers. Stone Fox.

Garza, Carmen Lomas..........Magic Windows. Making Magic Windows.

George, Jean Craighead ......There's an Owl in the Shower. My Side of the Mountain. Who Really Killed Cock

Robin? An Ecological Mystery. (See others in series.)

Gibbons, Gail.........................Nature’s Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. Sea Turtles. Sharks. (See others.)

Gilson, Jamie......................... Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub. (See others.)

Glass, Andrew .......................A Right Fine Life: Kit Carson on the Santa Fe Trail .

Goldsmith, D. Hoyt................ Pueblo Story Teller.

Greenfield , Eloise..................Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues.

Gutman, Dan .........................Jackie and Me. Babe and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure. (See others.)

Hale, Bruce............................The Malted Falcon. This Gum for Hire. (See others in series.)

Hamilton , Virginia ..................The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. The All Jahdu Storybook. Zeely.

A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America , the West Indies and Africa .

Harness, Cheryl.....................Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi . The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal .

Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women.

Henry, Marguerite .................Justin Morgan Had a Horse. Misty of Chincoteaque. King of the Wind. (New edition.)

Heyer, Marilee .......................Weaving of a Dream.

Ho, Minfong, compiler ...........Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty.

Hoeye, Michael......................Time Stops for No Mouse. (See others in series.)

Hopkins, Lee B......................Side By Side. Been to Yesterdays: Poem of a Life.

Horvath, Polly ........................Everything on a Waffle. The Trolls.

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane.......... Pueblo Storyteller.

Howe, James.........................The Celery Stalks at Midnight. Howliday Inn. Nighty Nightmare.

Hurwitz, Johanna ..................Much Ado About Aldo. Birthday Surprises: Ten Great Stories to Unwrap.

Ibbotson, Eva ........................Island of the Aunts.

Johnson, Sylvia .....................Raptor Rescue: An Eagle Flies Free.

King-Smith, Dick....................Three Terrible Trins. The Cuckoo Child. Mysterious Miss Slade. (See others.)

Kipling, Rudyard....................Just So Stories. (Illustrated by Barry Moser.)

Knight, Margy Burns..............Talking Walls: The Stories Continue. Who Belongs Here?: An American Story.

Konigsburg, E.L.....................Altogether One at a Time. Up from Jericho Tel. Second Mrs. Giaconda.

Lauber,Patricia ......................Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart.

Lannin, Joanne......................A History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues.

Lasky, Kathryn.......................Guardians of Ga’Hoole. (See others in series.)

Lawlor, Laurie........................Addie Across the Prairie. Addie’s Forever Friend. (See others.)

Lester, Julius .........................Knee-High Man and Other Tales.

Levine, Gail Carson...............The Wish.

Lewin, Ted .............................Gorilla Walk. Elephant Quest. Sacred River. (See others.)

Lewis, C.S. ............................Prince Caspian. (See others in Narnia Series.)

Livingston, Myra C. ...............Lots of Limericks. Sky Songs.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth…The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

Lowry, Lois ............................Anastasia Krupnik. (See others in series.) The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline.

Macaulay, David....................City. Pyramid. Unbuilding. Underground. Castle. Ship.

MacBride, Rodger Lea..........Little Farm in the Ozarks. Little House on Rocky Ridge. Little Town in the Ozarks.

MacLachlan, Patricia.............Skylark. All the Places to Love. Journey.

Maestro, B. & G.....................The Story of Money. The Voice of the People: American Democracy in Action.

Maguire, Gregory ..................Six Haunted Hairdos.

Mahy, Margaret .....................The Horribly Haunted School.

Martin, Ann ............................The Doll People. The Meanest Doll in the World.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs .....The Lamp, the Ice and the Boat Called Fish: Based on a True Story.

Mathis, Sharon Bell...............Running Girl:The Diary of Ebonee Rose.

McGovern, Ann .....................Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson.

Matthews, Tom L...................Light in the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey.

Myers, Walter Dean ..............Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid.

Naylor, Phyllis........................Reynolds. Bernie Magruder Mystery Series

Nimmo, Jenny .......................Charlie Bone series.

Norton, Mary..........................The Borrowers series.

Nye, Naomi Shihab ...............Come with Me: Poems for a Journey.

O’Brien, Robert C. ...............Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Oppel, Kenneth .....................Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing.

Orgill, Roxane........................Mahalia Jackson: A Life in Gospel Music.

Orozco, José-Luis .................DeColores and Other Latin American Folk Songs for Chiidren.

Paterson, Katherine ..............Flip-Flop Girl.

Polacco, Patricia....................Pink and Say.

Pomerantz, C. .......................If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages.

Prelutsky, Jack ......................New Kid on the Block: Poems. The Gargoyle on the Roof: Poems. (See others.)

Pullman , Philip.......................I Was a Rat!

Rappaport, Doreen................Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom.

Robinet, Harriette Gillem.......Children of the Fire. Washington City Is Burning. Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues.

Robinson, Babara .................The Best School Year Ever.

Ross, Gayle, reteller..............The Legend of the Windigo: A Tale from Native North America.

Rylant, Cynthia......................The Islander.

Sacher, Louis ........................ Wayside School is Falling Down. There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom. (See others.)

San Souci, Robert D. ............The Boy and the Ghost. Nicholas Pipe. Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales.

Scieszka, Jon ........................Math Curse. The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy. (See others in Time Warp trio)

Selden, George .....................Cricket in Times Square .

Siebert, Diane........................Heartland. Sierra.

Silverstein, Shel.....................A Light in the Attic. Falling Up.

Simon, Seymour....................Destination: Jupiter. Deserts. Bones: Our Skeletal System. (See others.)

Sobol, Donald J..................... Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog. (See others.)

Soto, Gary .............................The Skirt. Canto Familiar.

Springer, Nancy.....................Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest .

Stanley, Diane .......................Leonardo Da Vinci. Michelangelo. Bard of Avon : Story of William Shakespeare.

Strickland, D.S. & M.R. .........Families: Poems Celebrating the African American Experience.

Tate, Eleanora.......................Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Front Porch Stories at the One Room School .

Taylor, Mildred.......................Song of the Trees. Mississippi Bridge .

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence......Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Song in the Year 1888.

Turner, Robyn .......................Georgia O'Keeffe. (See"Portraits of Woman Artists for Children" series.)

Van Allsburg, Chris ...............The Sweetest Fig. The Wreck of the Zephyr.

White, E.B..............................Trumpet of the Swans. Charlotte 's Web. Stuart Little.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls .............Little House in the Big Woods.

Wiles, Deborah......................Love, Ruby Lavender.

Williams, Vera B....................Scooter.

Wright, Courtni C...................Journey to Freedom: A story of the Underground Railroad.

Woodruff, Elvira.....................Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail .

Yolen, Jane............................The Ballad of the Pirate Queens . Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World.

Fifth Grade

      Supply List for Fifth Grade

·            USB Memory Stick

·            Basic Scientific Calculator with exponent functions (graphing calculator not needed)

·            Protractor

·            Plastic ruler (with metric and customary units)

·            English dictionary

·            Pencil case

·            Pencil crayons and/or markers

·            Scissors

·            Glue sticks (1)

·            Pens - blue, black, and red (5 of each)

·            1 package of pencils

·            Pencil sharpener (small individual size)

·             

·            Erasers (2)

·            Highlighters (4 of different assorted colors)

·            4 packages of 3-hole punched line paper

·            4-lined notebooks

·            2- 1 ½ ” three ring binders

·            1 – ½” three ring binder

·            2 file folders (with pockets)

ESOL Students: Please bring a dictionary in your maternal language/English

** Please help to minimize loss of materials by clearly marking each item with student’s name.

      Recommended Summer Reading for Fifth Grade

This is only a suggested reading list.  My only suggestion is for students to “just read”.  Read whatever you want, whenever you want or wherever you want.  See you in August. 

If you are interested in a more extensive book search just run it through a search engine (Google) for other suggested book lists. 

Suggested Reading List

This reading list is provided by the American Library Association for you and your young reader. If you choose to use this list, draw your child's attention to the books on the list, starting with those for the appropriate grade level. Go to the library and find one or more of the books listed here. Let your child look at the front and back covers of the book(s) and thumb through the book(s). Ask whether the book(s) interest your child. Have your child read one page – if there are no difficult words for your child then it is too easy, if there are 4 or more difficult words then it is too hard, if it is somewhere in between then it a good level for you child.

Grades 5 and 6

Ancona, George. Powwow.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham --1963.
Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice.
Frank, Anne. The Dairy of a Young Girl.
Freedman, Russell. Lincoln : A Photobiography.
Hamanada, Sheila. The Journey: Japanese Americans, Racism and Renewal.
Hamilton , Virginia . Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush.
Lomas Garza, Carmen. Family Pictures = Cuadros de Familia.
Soto, Gary . Baseball in April and Other Stories.
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Maizon at Blue Hill.
Zindel, Paul. The Pigman.

Fifth Grade

Poetry

Doodle Dandies: Poems at a Glance, Lewis*

Clever shape poems form into baseballs, a skyscraper, a snake, an umbrella and other objects.

Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings, Florian*

Science and silliness join together in Douglas Florian's colorful insect zoo.

Sad Underwear and Other Complications, Viorst

Like her earlier collection, If I Were In Charge of the World.

Where the Sidewalk Ends, Silverstein*

Funny poems. Very popular.

Picture Books for Older Kids

Baseball Saved Us, Mochizuki

A boy's baseball team in a Japanese-American internment camp.

Bobbin Girl, McCully

A girl working in a weaving mill in 1830 supports the fight for women's rights.

Gulliver in Lilliput, Hodges

Cast ashore, Gulliver awakes to find himself captured by six-inch manikins.

Legend of Sleepy Hollow, San Souci

A superstitious teacher's courtship is spoiled by a headless horseman.

Marven of the Great Woods, Lasky*

Marven, 10, after a 5 hour train ride, skiis 5 miles to become a logging camp's bookkeeper. Early 20th c.

Pink and Say, Polacco

Friendship between a black Union soldier and a wounded white boy.

To Everything There is a Season, Dillon*

Bible verses with striking pictures reflect art and life around the world and through the centuries.

Folktales

Baba Yaga and Vasilissa the Brave, Mayer

Vasilissa is sent on an errand to a fearsome witch.

Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of Tall Tales, Walker

Outlandish, daring American heroes.

Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale, San Souci

Strong, brave, sometimes humorous women from many cultures and regions.

Favorite Norse Myths, Osborne

Tales of the gods and heroes of ancient Scandinavia .

Iroquois Stories, Bruchac

Fearsome, strange, thoughtful stories from the Indians of New York.

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, Hamilton *

Rich variety of stories about animals, slaves, ghosts, and a king/princess tale.

Fiction

Aliens Ate My Homework, Coville

Kidnapped by aliens! The sequel: I Left my Sneakers in Dimension X.

Amber Brown Sees Red, Danziger*

Amber's divorced parents are a challenge to her when her father plans to return from France .

Bandit's Moon, Fleischman*

In California Gold-Rush days Annyrose teaches the bandit Joaquin to read from her cookbook. Humorous fictional history.

Best School Year Ever, Robinson

Those terrible kids return with more wild behavior and outrageous lies.

Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery, Adler*

Cam and Eric crack the case of the Missing CDs of a popular rock group, the Triceratops Pops.

Castle in the Attic, Winthrop

A toy castle comes to life when our hero steps into it.

Dinotopia, Gurney

Will is shipwrecked on a remote island where dinosaurs still roam.

Disappearing Acts: A Herculeah Jones Mystery, Byars*

Meat (Albert) finds a dead body in a restaurant; meanwhile Herculeah looks for Meat's missing father.

Faraway Summer, Lasky*

Dossi from NYC spends 2 weeks on a Vermont farm; meets Snowflake Bentley. Early 20th century.

Frindle, Clements*

What's a "frindle?" A boy tries to confuse his teacher by getting the class to use made-up words.

A Ghost in the Family, Wright*

Chad vacations in a boarding house where a mummy appears and a diamond bracelet vanishes. Is a ghost responsible?

How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? Bailey

A Stevie Diamond mystery. Stevie and her friend Jesse investigate a $1000 heist.

Indian in the Cupboard, Banks

A magic cupboard turns toys into live people and animals.

Jelly Belly, Smith

Overweight boy has funny adventures at a summer diet camp.

Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy, Park*

After her first professional cut, Junie creates hair disasters on her dog, her slippers and herself. Short, silly story.

Marvin Redpost: Alone in his Teacher's House, Sachar*

Marvin dog-sits for his teacher. Short, funny book.

Matilda, Dahl

Matilda applies her mental powers to foil the evil headmistress.

Mick Harte Was Here, Park*

Phoebe grieves her brother's accidental death caused by not wearing his bike helmet. A healing story.

On Board the Titanic, Tanaka

Fictional boy Jack sails on the ill-fated Titanic in this informative, exciting novel.

Penalty Shot, Christopher

Jeff can't make the hockey team til he discovers who ruined his English paper.

Shiloh , Naylor

Marty tries to rescue a beagle who is abused by its owner.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School , Sachar

Hilarious happenings in a wacky school. Good for belly laughs.

Skull of Truth, Coville

Disaster strikes when Charlie's Magic Shop skull makes him tell the truth.

Soup, Peck

Two country boys, Rob Peck and Soup, get in and out of mischief.

Space Brat, Coville*

A spoiled space child meets a spaceman with even worse tantrums. Easy science fiction series.

Stone Fox, Gardiner*

Rocky Mountain legend of a boy and an old Indian who compete in a dog sled contest.

Summer Reading Is Killing Me ("Time Warp Trio"), Scieszka*

Joe, Sam and Fred are trapped inside their summer reading list. Short, funny novel.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Blume

Peter has a challenge: his two-year-old brother.

Three Terrible Trins, King-Smith*

Three downstairs mice have fun and make trouble for the cats of the house.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham , 1963, Curtis

A Northern black family sees the violence of whites against blacks in the South.

Advanced Fiction

Bat 6, Wolff*

Annual softball game between sixth grade girls in rival towns turns nasty when prejudice flares.

Beyond the Western Sea : 1. Escape from Home & 2. Lord Kirkle's Money, Avi

A stowaway lord's son and two Irish peasants flee to America and freedom.

The Book of Three, Alexander

Taran, assistant pig-keeper, and some magical companions go on a quest.

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of...a Jewish Immigrant Girl, NYC 1903, Lasky*

Coming from Russia to the U.S. , Zippy, 12, struggles to learn English & hopes to act on the stage. ("Dear America " series).

Ella Enchanted, Levine

Ella's two fairy godmothers rule her life until Prince Char comes along.

The Giver, Lowry

The Elders choose Jonas to receive the memories of the community.

The Golden Compass (Book 1 of "His Dark Materials"), Pullman*

Lyra, 12, a wild, magical child, sees the future in a compass and fights a "dark principle" she cannot see. Fantasy.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Rowling*

Harry, 11, learns to fly a broomstick and use a magic wand while fighting evil forces at wizard school.

Holes, Sachar*

Wrongly imprisoned, Stanley digs holes for the treasure-seeking warden, then escapes into a waterless desert.

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Denenberg*

Will, an orphan, spies for the patriots in 1774 Boston just before the war begins. ("My Name Is America" series)

A Long Way from Chicago, Peck*

City kids Joey and Mary Alice spend summers with their bossy, funny grandmother who plays tricks on phony people.

Lyddie, Paterson

Lyddie works in a factory to help feed her family on the farm.

Perloo the Bold, Avi*

Perloo is the unwilling leader of an animal society at war. Redwall fans might like this tale.

Redwall, Jacques

Matthias the Mouse seeks a sword to smite Cluny the Rat and his followers.

The Shakespeare Stealer, Blackwood*

Can Widge, whose master wants him to steal a play from the Globe Theater, betray his friends? Historical fiction, 16c.

Soldier's Heart, Paulsen*

Charley leaves his Minnesota farm in 1861 to fight in the Civil War. Historical fiction.

Trouble's Daughter: The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive, Kirkpatrick*

Susanna, captured in 1643, learns to love the people who massacred her family. Based on a true story.

Weasel, DeFelice

Nathan, caring for his sister alone, is stalked by a killer.

Where the Red Fern Grows, Rawls

A boy and his two hound dogs.

Wrinkle in Time, L'Engle

Science fiction, ESP, in a quest story that travels through time.

Classic Fiction to Read Aloud to the Whole Family

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll

Alice finds strange characters when she falls down a rabbit hole.

The Hobbit, Tolkien

Various companions join forces to steal a ring from a dragon.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis

Four children go through a cupboard to a land ruled by a wicked witch.

The Secret Garden , Burnett

Selfish Mary and sickly, pampered Colin restore an abandoned garden.

Treasure Island , Stevenson

A boy sails with a treasure map to find a pirate's hidden gold.

Factual Books

Apollo 13: Space emergency, Cole

The exciting true story of the astronauts who were nearly lost going to the moon.

Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters ("We Are Still Here" series), Swentzell*

A modern Tewa Indian family in New Mexico use the old ways to make clay objects.

Fossil ("Eyewitness Books" series), Taylor *

Great photos and information about the fossils of ancient birds, mammals and tiny bacteria.

Inside the Titanic, Marshall

Extraordinary pictures and narrative about the famous ship.

Janice Van Cleve's Rocks and Minerals, Van Cleve

Easy-to-do projects.

Pond Life, Reid

A thorough field guide to animals and plants in ponds and rivers.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton, Armstrong*

Shackleton's Antarctic trek with 27 men across the ice and over storm-swept seas after his ship sank.

Tae Kwon Do, Gutman

Text and photos explain the theory and techniques of this martial art.

Walter Wick's Optical Tricks, Wick*

3-dimensional objects, mirrors and carvings trick the eye. Great fun to pour over.

Biography

Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood, Duggleby*

Wood, a self-taught artist, painted in a realistic, unfashionable style in the early 20th century. Pictorial narrative.

Chuck Close Up Close, Greenberg*

Pictorial account showing the dot-painted, colossal canvasses of this artist who paints from a wheel chair.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedman

Wife of a great U.S. president, she fought hard for minority rights.

Escape from Slavery: Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words, Douglass

Excerpts from his longer autobiography.

Good Queen Bess, Stanley

Pictorial account of the amazing life of Queen Elizabeth I of England .

Journey for Peace: The Story of Rigoberta Menchu, Brill and Menchu

Guatemala Indian who won the Nobel Peace Prize tells of her fight for basic rights.

Last Princess: The Story of Princess Kaiu'lani of Hawaii , Stanley

The princess whose 19th century throne was lost by U.S. government fiat.

Leon 's Story, Tillage

Amazing autobiography of a black child growing up in the South of the 1930's.

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, Kehret*

Paralyzed from the neck down, author Peg Kehret at age 13 started her lifetime struggle with polio.

Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy, Murphy

Gripping account of a soldier's life in war with some humor thrown in.

Zlata's Diary, Filipovic

Young Zlata Filipovic reveals the trials of citizens during the Bosnian war.

This summer reading list was compiled by Joan Kimball, elementary school librarian, and formatted for the Web by Dale Copps, founder and webmaster of All Together Now. The list represents many children's authors, incorporates many types of books, and appeals to many interests. We hope it will provide fun summer reading for the whole family.

Copyright 1999 by Joan Kimball. All Rights Reserved.

Spanish

K-2 Grades Recommended Reading

Books for levels I & II

·            Fairy tale stories

·            The children mini-books that comes as appendix in Guatemalan newspapers

Books for levels III & IV

Colección Torre de Papel a partir de los 7 años

Colección Barcos de Vapor a partir de los 7 años

Colección A la Orilla del viento, Para los que están aprendiendo a leer, Fondo de Cultura Económica

Revistas en español de acuerdo al interés y la edad

1^st and 2^nd Grade Supplies

·            Folder with two pockets (because it will come and go with homework), labeled with your name

·            Small, soft cover 40 pages notebook (lined paper, better if it fits in the pockets of the folder), labeled with your name

·            A pencil, crayons, scissors, eraser, ruler, and glue in a pencil case to remain in the Spanish class, labeled with your name.

1^st – 2^nd  Grade Recommended Reading

Books for levels I & II

·            Fairy tale stories

·            The children mini-books that comes as appendix in Guatemalan newspapers

Books for levels III & IV

Colección Torre de Papel a partir de los 7 años

Colección Barcos de Vapor a partir de los 7 años

Colección A la Orilla del viento, Para los que están aprendiendo a leer, Fondo de Cultura Económica

Revistas en español de acuerdo al interés y la edad

3^rd, 4^th and 5^th  Grade Supplies

·            Folder with two pockets (because it will come and go with homework), labeled with your name

·            Small 40, soft cover pages notebook (lined paper, better if it fits in the pockets of the folder) labeled with your name

·            A pencil, crayons, scissors, eraser, ruler, and glue in a pencil case to remain in the Spanish class, labeled with your name

·            A three ring binder with lined paper and a set of binder dividers, labeled with your name and a one whole puncher (the kind that punches one whole) to carry it in your pencil case.

·            A beginners Spanish-Spanish dictionary for level IV, (diccionario básico de nivel primaria) to be used at home

·            A bilingual (Spanish- English or the native language of the student) pocket dictionary to be used at home. (For levels I-II-III)

3-5 Grades Recommended Reading

Books for levels I & II:

Any easy story book or picture book

Books for levels III & IV

Colección Torre de Papel a partir de los 9 años

Colección Barcos de Vapor a partir de los 9 años

Revistas en español de acuerdo al interés y la edad

También te recomendamos a los siguientes autores(as) y editoriales:

Autores:

·            María de la Luz Uribe                                      

·            Marta Osorio

·            Alma Flor Ada                                                  

·            Zoraida Vásquez

·            Verónica Uribe

·            Eduardo Robles Boza

·            Fernando González                  

·            David García    

·            María Elena Walsh

Editoriales:

·            Editoriales Piedra Santa                            

·            Grupo Editorial Norma

·            Susaeta     

·            Santillana