READING
"I do believe something very MAGICAL
can happen when you read a Good Book."
~JK Rowling
Units of Study:
Readers Read with POWER
Interpreting Characters
Informational Reading
Interpretive and Analytic Reading
Informational Reading Research
Historical Fiction Book Clubs
STRATEGIES FOR DEEPER THINKING
Eleven
By: Tom Rogers
This is a story about bullies and heroes. About tragedy and hope. About enemies with two legs and friends with four, and pesky little sisters and cranky old men, and an unexpected lesson in kindness delivered with a slice of pizza. This is Eleven: the journey of a boy turning eleven on 9/11.
SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2021
REALISTIC FICTION (Historical Events)
Reading Lessons: Literature Discussion Groups, Interpreting Characters, Reading with Power, Introduction to recognizing SIGNPOSTS-deeper thinkers =deeper readers!
The Witches by: Roald Dahl
Genre: Fantasy, suspense-OCTOBER 2021
The Witches is a British children's dark fantasy novel by the British writer Roald Dahl. The story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country.
Reading Lessons: Reading fluency (with inflection--Reader's Theater), Interpreting Characters
*SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTION
Used all year for Nonfiction Reading and Learning about Current Events
Realistic Fiction
DECEMBER 2021
The heartwarming and memorable Newbery Honor-winning book about finding family in the unlikeliest places.
Love That Dog is the humorous, endearing story of second grade boy who discovers a hidden potential and love for poetry. Jack starts out explaining to Mrs. Stretchberry, his teacher that boys do not write poetry, and that he has no desire to do so.
January 2022
Connected to writing Poetry Creatively
& Reading Deeply
HISTORICAL FICTION
Number the stars is a wonderful story about bravery and friendship. It is set in occupied Denmark during WWII and tells the story of two families, the Johansens and the Rosens.
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.
*This novel is done after the nonfiction reading unit of study. (Feb./March)
March-April 2022
A Fable partly about life,
partly about revolution (change)
and LOTS about HOPE...
SCIENCE FICTION
In a way Ember City is more than an exciting book that can rekindle a love of reading!
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city.
May/June 2022
REALISTIC FICTION
Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie Pullman becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
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