Williams Intermediate School

2012 Summer Reading Project for Incoming Fifth Graders

Rather than limiting summer reading to a chosen few, the Williams fifth-grade language arts teachers have decided to give you more freedom of choice. Your choice, however, must meet certain criteria.

Fiction:

     At least 100 pages                       No graphic books (comic-book style)

     No diary-formatted books             No books with more illustrations than words

     No books already read in 4th grade

Nonfiction/Biography:

     At least 65 pages                         No graphic books (comic-book style)

     No poetry                                    No story collections

     No fairy tales

The project will be a two- to three-minute oral presentation or “book talk,” following the “Book in a Bag” format. Design and decorate a small lunch-sized paper bag and fill it with 5 “props” related to your book. (Examples: baseball, whistle, toy car, etc.) The items should be small enough to fit in the bag. You may find things around the house or create objects that are three-dimensional (not flat) from everyday materials. No more than one of your props may be a picture. The outside of the bag should include the title, the author, and your name. For the oral presentation, you will pull out each prop and explain its significance to the story. You will be expected to tell about the main purpose or idea behind the book without giving away key information or endings.

Freedom of choice should make it much easier to find the books you want to read. The list on the back of this paper is filled with suggestions, not limitations. Choose what you want to read, but be sure to meet the criteria listed above. You only have to read ONE book. There will be books that meet the criteria displayed and sold at the Williams Library Book Fair from April 30-May 7. Also, be aware that books can easily be found at the local thrift store to insure that you have a copy of the book when you make your presentation. You may check books out from the public or school library before the presentation, but you may be limited by availability if you don’t have your own copy. Presentations will begin the week of August 20, 2012, so you have plenty of time to work out your presentation.

Happy Summer Reading!!!

                                                Fifth-Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

Series Books:

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Cabot

Books of Ember, DuPrau

Doll People, Martin

Dragon Slippers Trilogy, Martin

Emily Windsnap, Kessler

Gilda Joyce, Allison

Harry Potter, Rowling

Heroes of Olympus, Riordan

Kane Chronicles, Riordan

Maximum Ride, Patterson

Percy Jackson & Olympians, Riordan

Series of Unfortunate Events, Snicket

Sisters Grimm, Buckley

 Warriors, Hunter

 Individual Books:

101 Dalmatians, Smith

Abduction, Grisham

As Simple As It Seems, Weeks

Black Beauty, Sewell

Borrowers, Norton

Bud, Not Buddy, Curtis

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Dahl

Cricket in Times Square, Selden

Emily’s Fortune, Naylor

Enchanted Glass, Jones

Falling In, Dowell

Ghost of Crutchfield Hall, Hahn

Great Gilly Hopkins, Paterson

Harriet the Spy, Fitzhugh

Higher Power of Lucky, Patron

Hothead, Ripken

Hurt Go, Happy, Rorby

Indian in the Cupboard, Banks

Invention of Hugo Cabret, Selznick

Little Women, Alcott

Long Walk to Water, Park

Mimi, Newman

Miracle on 49th Street, Lupica

Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Atwater

Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nimh, O’Brien

Nest for Celeste, Cole

Night Fairy, Schlitz

On the Blue Comet, Wells

Pie, weeks

Pollyanna, Porter

Secrets at Sea, Peck

Shiloh, Naylor

Storyteller, Giff

Tale of Despereaux, diCamillo

Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, Grisham

Tomorrow Code, Falkner

Tuesdays at the Castle, George

Turtle in Paradise, Holm

Where the Red Fern Grows, Rawls

Wonder Struck, Selznick

Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle

Young Fredle, Voigt

 Any books by the following authors:

 Lynne Reid Banks

Andrew Clements

Christopher Paul Curtis

Gordon Korman

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Katherine Paterson