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Language Arts
Summer Activities
Please take some time this summer to practice your reading skills by enjoying some books. Try to read some fiction and non-fiction and keep a journal of what you read and your reaction to what you read. Strive to read at a minimum 2 books.
When you come back to school in August, bring you journal notes. One of our first assignments will be an oral book report using the books you have read this summer.
Also take some pictures of activities you enjoy doing this summer. Keep these pictures because when we come back in August you will use one of the pictures as your inspiration for a composition entitled “Summer Snapshot.”
Below you will find a selection of recommended reading.
· O’Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins
· Lowry Gathering Blue
· Steinbeck The Pearl
· Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society
· Spinelli Maniac Magee
· Spinelli Star Girl
· Burnett The Secret Garden
· Forbes Johnny Tremain
· White The Sword in the Stone
· Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
· Pyle The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
· Snyder The Egypt Game
· Tales of Greek Heroes
· Pegasus the Winged Horse
· Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows
· Baum The Wizard of Oz
· Leeder Shades of Gray
· Mohr Going Home
· Yep Child of the Owl
· Gantos Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
· Sachar Holes
· Avi Nothing But the Truth
· Avi Midnight Magic
· Avi True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
· Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia
· Susan Cooper Books
· Judy Blume Books
· Farmer A Girl Named Disaster
· Conly Crazy Lady
· Brooks What Hearts
· Paulsen The Island
· Golding Lord of the Flies
· Whelan Homeless Bird
· Zindel The Pig Man
· Creech Chasing Redbird
· Hinton The Outsiders
· Ayers Macaroni Boy
· Morpurgo Kensuke’s Kingdom
· Choldenko Al Capone Does My Shirts
· Creech Ruby Holler
· Perkins Criss Cross
Supply List 2010-2011
Grades 5-7
General
· 3 boxes of tissue for classroom use
· Book bag
· Folders
· Filler paper
· Notebooks – Wide ruled with perforated edges
· Pens – blue or black and red
· #2 pencils with erasers
· Ultra fine black Sharpie™
· Pencil Case – soft & easily fits into desk
· Markers (thin and thick), colored pencils, and crayons (max 24)
· Glue Sticks
· Scientific Calculator (i.e. TI30)
Social Studies 5-6
· 1 inch binder
· Small hard cover composition book
Science
· Swing Arm Binder
· Disposable Camera (Grade 5 only)
Art
· Sketch Pad
Language Arts
· Filler Paper
· 5 notebooks
· Composition Journal (Grade 7 only)
Please purchase sufficient supplies during the summer sales and replenish every nine weeks or as needed.
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