Mustard Seed School Summer Reading List for Students Entering Fourth & Fifth Grade in 2015

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1 Mustard Seed School Summer Reading List for Students Entering Fourth & Fifth Grade in A Matter of Perspective Thinking Ahead to Next Year: What would it be like to see through another s eyes? How am I perceived by others? How does the place where I stand affect the way I see the future and the past? In history, what is the story of the Colonist? The Loyalist? The Patriot? The North? The South? The Farmer? The Merchant? The Slave? The Abolitionist? What did they really see? What do I see happening now? Next year, students will explore and contemplate the human perspectives that have been lived and expressed throughout the history of New Jersey and the U.S. We will consider the insights of Native Americans, British, French, Spanish, Mexican and Colonial Americans and we will study the views of explorers, colonists, minutemen, pioneers, more. The view of both the land and the city will come together often. Sometimes the people we study will see eye to eye and sometimes they will not. Throughout the term, we will become familiar with the biographies of notable Native Americans, European Americans and African Americans. We will record events on timelines and maps, examine the relationship between natural resources and human migration, and delve into the nature of human decisions in history. Through biblical texts and other resources, we will also become acquainted with the religious, cultural and social settings of each age that our state and country have passed through, especially noticing people in history who were called to lives of faith and courage at critical moments. Summer Reading! As always, one of the summer reads is required. Students entering Grades 4 & 5 will all read The BFG by Roald Dahl. In the Clonkers Home for Girls, young Sophie can't sleep, and she discovers a giant, cloaked man blowing fairy dust into bedrooms. When the ominous figure spies Sophie, he snatches her and takes her to his lair, where she's sure she will be killed. Instead, she's treated to a scrodcumber, a drink that makes her whiz pop, and a song from the big and cuddly Big Friendly Giant (or BFG). The BFG adopts Sophie and takes her on an adventure through the fearsome world of giant country, the ethereal dream way, and his dream cave, where he stores the dreams he's captured. There, he mixes together bits of dreams and delivers the sweetest ones to children around the world. Loveable BFG gives the very serious Sophie a welcome dose of silliness, and the opportunity to dream. But when the other giants threaten to eat children, Sophie and the BFG hatch a plan to save them with the help of the Queen of England. And believe it or not, it just gets more surreal from there. Along the way, the BFG and Sophie learn about courage, loyalty, and love. (From commonsensemedial.org ) In addition, your child should choose three books, each from a different genre, from the list below. Once the books are ready, your review to the homeroom teachers: mmcallihan@mustardseedschool.org, achoi@mustardseedschool.org, and eemma@mustardseedschool.org. Your review will be posted on the class blog for other classmates to read! Maybe someone will read your book based on your review. Parents

2 are encouraged to read and talk about these books with their child. Summer Reading List, Summer 2015: Adventure and Survival The Mysterious Benedict Society Series Stranded The Whipping Boy Saving Shiloh Running Out of Time Shark Beneath the Reef Brian s Winter Brian s Return Brian s Hunt On My Honor Black Star Bright Dawn Call it Courage Mystery Sammy Keyes Series Nancy Drew Series The Secret Series Hardy Boys Series The Wright 3 Poetry New Kid on the Block Where the Sidewalk Ends Inside Out & Back Again A Maze Me Folklore Remaking the Earth The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Grimm s Fairy Tales The People Could Fly (anthology) Fantasy The Wizard of Oz The Borrowers The King s Equal The Secret of the Indian by Trenton Lee Stewart by Jeff Probst by Sid Fleischman by Phyllis Reynold Naylor by Margaret Haddix by Jean Craighead George by Gary Paulsen by Gary Paulsen by Gary Paulsen by Marion Dane Bauer by Scott O Dell by Armstrong Sperry by W. Van Draanen by Carolyn Keene by Pseudonymous Bosch by Franklin W. Dixon by Blue Balliett by Jack Prelutsky by Shel Silverstein by Thanhha Lai by Naomi Shihab Nye by Paul Goble by Paul Goble by Jacob Grimm by Virginia Hamilton (editor) by L. Frank Baum by Mary Norton by Katherine Paterson by Lynne Reid Banks

3 Poppy Ragweed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH The Dragon s Boy Fantastic Mr. Fox The Witches Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ackamarackus The Mouse and the Motorcycle Catwings The Chronicles of Narnia Ella Enchanted The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Dragonsong The Giver Gathering Blue Wrinkle in Time Series Peter Pan Artemis Fowl The Dark is Rising Babe, The Galant Pig Martin s Mice The King s Equal The Chronicles of Prydain (series) Sisters Grimm Redwall Series Charlotte s Web by Avi by Avi by Robert O Brien by Jane Yolen by Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl by Roald dahl by Julius Lester by Beverly Cleary by Ursula LeGuin by CS Lewis by Gail Carson Levine by E. Cameron by Anne McCaffrey by Lois Lowry by Lois Lowry by Madeleine L'engle by J. M. Barrie by Eoin Colfer by Susan Cooper by D. King Smith by D. King Smith by K. Paterson by Lloyd Alexander by Michael Buckley by Brian Jacques by E.B. White Fiction Lunch Money by Andrew Clements No Talking by Andrew Clements Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters by Patricia C. McKissack Fourth Grade Rats Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar Holes by Louis Sachar Frindle by Andrew Clements The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford All About Sam by Lois Lowry Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Grandpa s Mountain by Carolyn Reeder Freckle Juice by Judy Blume 26 Fairmont Avenue by Tomie depaola

4 The Sign of the Beaver All Alone in the Universe Loser Crash Star Girl Hokey Pokey The View from Saturday S.O.R. Losers Joey Pigza Loses Control Where the Red Fern Grows The Wreckers Harriet the Spy Series of Unfortunate Events Liar and Spy When you Reach Me Wonder The Secret Garden by Elizabeth George Speare by Lynne Perkins by E. L. Konigsburg by Avi by Jack Gantos by Wilson Rawls by Iain Lawrence by L. Fitzhugh by Daniel Handler by Rebecca Stead by Rebecca Stead by R. J. Palacio Frances Hodson Burnett Historical Fiction The Misadventure of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brine Sees Behind the Trees by Michael Dorris In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord Trouble River by Betsy Byars Lily s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen Biography The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer s Life by Sid Fleischman My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen Boy by Roald Dahl Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball League by Patricia McKissack The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida Childhood of Famous Americans Series by Various Authors Sky Pioneer: Amelia Earhart by Corrine Szabo How Angel Paterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen It Came From Ohio: My Life as a Writer by R.S. Stine Tomboy of the Air by Cummins Out of the Darkness by Walter Dean Meyers Sacagawea by Judith St. George The Trouble begins at 8: by Sid Fleischman

5 Informational Books The Snake Scientist The Wigwam and the Longhouse The Cactus Hotel DK Eyewitness Book Series Around the World in 100 Years The Cod s Tale Black Hands, White Sails The Great Fire Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence We Were There Too! Blizzard: The Storm that Changed America An American Plague Let it Shine! Remember Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: by Sy Montgomery by David Yue by Brenda Z. Guiberson by various authors by Jean Fritz by Mark Kurlansky by Patricia McKissack by Jim Murphy by Russell Freedman by Phillip Hoose by Jim Murphy by Jim Murphy by Andrea Davis Pinkney by Toni Morrison by Sally M. Walker

GRADE FOUR SUMMER READING LIST 2018

GRADE FOUR SUMMER READING LIST 2018 Dear Rising Fourth Graders, June 1, 2018 We hope you will plan to go to the public library often this summer to select books that interest you and give you information about historical events and people