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Fifth Grade
Summer Reading List
Ms. Sorrell
*The Skin I’m
In
Lois Lowry
*Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
*Shadows of the Red
Moon
Walter D. Myers
*Safe at
Home
Sharon Robinson
*The school is not
white!: a true story of the
civil
rights
movement Doreen
Rappaport
*Island of the Blue
Dolphins
Scott O’Dell
*The Watson’s Go to
Birmingham
Christopher P. Curtis
*Roxie and the
Hooligans Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor
*Room One: A
Mystery or Two
Andrew Clements
*The
Giver
Lois Lowery
Select 4 novels to
read over your summer break. Read the attached
papers and select one of the novels to present
to the class. The book report is due on the
first day of school.
I hope you enjoy
your reading summer list. We will do activities
and revisit the other books that you read over
the summer.
Dear Parents,
I have prepared the
“Ways to Share a Book” list for the summer
reading requirements for the fifth grade. Each
student is responsible for an oral presentation
of the novel that they read. The written
summary must be (3) well written paragraphs.
During the oral
presentation of the report, the students must be
prepared to present their projects in a clear
and precise manner. He/She must be familiar
with their summary without reading from their
paper.
Point Value
Oral Presentation
50 points
Written
Summary 50 points
Special Project 25
points
Special Projects:
Ways to share a Book:
Design
1.
A
T-shirt for your main character that represents
attributes of the
character’s personality.
2.
A
T-shirt with symbols representing events in the
book
Make
3.
A
board game based upon the book
4.
A cube
on which you draw the key events of the story
5.
A
memory basket with items representing events of
the story
6.
A
power point presentation on your computer and
present to your classmates
Pretend
You are a TV
interviewer. Audio or video tape an interview
with a character in the book.
Select one of the
books denoted with (*) sign for your class
Presentation.
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