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"IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS

TO BECOME GOOD READERS......

THEY NEED TO READ

AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE

EVERY SINGLE DAY!"

"CLUES TO THE BOOK CASE"

Throughout each Trimester students will be required to read a book from each of the assigned reading genres and complete several "Clues to the Book Case" book reports. Students must receive approval from their teacher for each book they choose during the semester. These book reports must be completed and submitted by the scheduled due dates listed on the Book Report Calendar. If a student needs assistance finding a book, I would be happy to give them some suggestions.

Students should be reading at home at least 20 minutes per night and will also be given SSR (sustained silent reading) time in the classroom. Students are responsible for managing their time and completing their book reports by the scheduled due dates.

First Book Report Due: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3rd - REALISTIC FICTION

Clues to the Book Case Book Report Form

2008-2009 Book Report Calendar

HOW TO CHOOSE A BOOK THAT FITS

1.

Find an interesting Book

2.

Skim four sentences

3.

Hold up 1 finger each time you find a word you don't know.

4.

If you hold up all five fingers before you finish skimming, the book may be too hard. Choose another book.

5.

Happy Reading!!!

Do you often get confused when reading a story and wonder if you read something correctly or not? Here is a practice exercise you can use to help you develop your reading skills.

DID I READ IT OR NOT?

THE CHESTER COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM

GREAT 4th GRADE BOOKS

AUTHOR

My Painted House

Angelou, Maya

Blue Heron
Crispin, the Cross of Lead

Night Journeys

The Fighting Ground

Ragweed

Avi

Bingo Brown series

Blossoms series

Coast to Coast

The Summer of the Swans

The Computer Nut

The Cybil War

The Dark Stairs

The Night Swimmers

Tornado

Byars, Betsy

Dirt Bike Racer

The Fox Steals Home

Ice Magic

Long Stretch at First Base

No Arm in the Left Field

Skateboard Tough

Christopher, Matt

Bloomability

Love That Dog

Walk Two Moons

Creech, Sharon

The B.F.G.
Esio Trot

Witches (and any other book by Roald Dahl)

Dahl, Roald

WEBSITE

Charlotte's Web

Stuart Little

The Trumpet of the Swan

White, E. B.

The Boxcar Children (series)

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

The Little House (series)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

READING TEXTBOOK: Harcourt Collections

READING VOCABULARY WORDS

Theme 1

The Gardener: anxious-retire-vacant-sprucing-adore-recognizing

Donavan's Word Jar: leisure-disappointment-perseverance-uneasy-compromise-chortle

My Name is Maria Isabella: pageant-restless-tropical-rehearsals-attentively-troublesome

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man: courageous-immigrants-salary-tremendous-appreciation-valuable-modest-sportsmanship

On the Banks of Plum Creek: earnestly-blizzard-frantically-stagger-scoured-bustled

Theme 2

The Seven Children: A Fable About Unity: anticipation-unfamiliar-thicket-clearing-unity

The Garden of Happiness: lavender-haze-inhaled-mural-skidded

Night of the Pufflings: uninhabited-burrows-venture-stranded-nestles-instinctively

Charlotte's Web: narrator-offstage-acrobat-encourage-fragile-exhausting-sustenance-conspiracy

How to Babysit An Orangutan: displeasure-jealous-endangered-smuggled-facial-manageable-coordination

Theme 3

Sarah, Plain and Tall: alarmed-windbreak-conch-paddock-rustle

Stealing Home: pastimes-tutor-disposition-glumly-bicker-impose-grudge-irritably

The Cricket in Times Square: scrounging-eavesdropping-wistfully-excitable-logical-sympathetically-acquaintance

Look to the North: tundra-piteously-surrender-ceases-abundant-bonding

Saguaro Cactus: brush-spiny-teeming-habitat-topple-decomposes

Theme 4

The Kids Invention Book: document-prosthetic-device-disabilities-circular-scholarship-modify

The Case of Pablo's Nose: sculptor-straightaway-alibi-retorted-muttered-strengthening

In the Days of King Arthur: thrifty-generous-roguish-rascally-fascinated

Red Writing Hood: script-triumphantly-desperately-injustice-repentant-acceptable-discards-circumstances

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale: decreed-famine-implored-trickle-plentifully

Theme 5

Fire!: dedication-loyalty-billowing-brigade-ventilate-flammable-curfew

A Very Important Day: enrich-apologized-obliged-certificate-examiner-petitioners-resounded

House, House: sweltering-gymnasium-attic-patent-installed-local

Blue Willow: sulkily-indifferent-protruded-loathe-undoubtedly-heartily-certainly

In My Family: culture-chili-mesquite-barbecue-accordian-confetti

Theme 6

I have Heard of A Land: pioneer-harmony-possibilities-fertile-arbor

Paul Bunyan and Babe: bellowing-softhearted-ration-tragedy-fateful-gadgets

Two Lands, One Heart: equivalent-interpreter-irrigation-occasionally-appetizing-overwhelm-hysterically

Fly Traps: Plants That Bite Back: buggiest-dissolve-chemicals-carnivorous-accidentally-fertilizer-victim

The Down and Up Fall: transformed-investigate-enthusiastically-decor-apparently-corridor

TYPES OF BOOKS

EASY BOOKS
1. I know all of the words
2. I never stumble
3. I understand all of the text

JUST RIGHT BOOKS
1. I know most of the words
2. I sometimes stumble
3. I understand most of the text

SOMEDAY BOOKS
1. I know some of the words
2. I stumble frequently
3. I understand some of the text

by: Adam Bloom, Dawn, Borusky, & Mary Ellen Lane - Reading Specialists

WHAT'S THE MAIN IDEA?

Do you need practice finding the main idea? Here are some links to fun sites that will help you.

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA

GET THE IDEA TUTORIAL

SUMMARIZING

It is very important to SUMMARIZE as you read to find the MAIN IDEA of a story.

SUMMARIZE AS YOU READ

PRACTICE WRITING A LESSON SUMMARY