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Howell Township Schools

Summer Reading List 2015

Students entering grades 3 - 5 in September 2015

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.”

- Walt Disney

*****Join our online summer reading book clubs! See the flyer at the end of this booklist. *****

www.howell.k12.nj.us

****The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes.**** ONLINE BOOK CLUB FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 3

Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons. Lexile 620

****White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan.**** ONLINE BOOK CLUB FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 4

A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs. Lexile 450

****Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper *** ONLINE BOOK CLUB FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 5

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time Lexile 700. F&P Guided Reading Level T.

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Scan the QR codes below to view video book trailers about some of our recommended books!

New Literature

Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself. Lexile 750 Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter. Lexile 550 Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, has just moved to a small rural community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans to spend the summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than people are willing to see. Lexile 690

Hope is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera After moving from Oregon to a trailer park in California, ten-year-old Star participates in a poetry club, where she learns some important lessons about herself and her own hopes and dreams for the future. Lexile 850 Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots, but no horse, until he meets Maybelline and it is love at first sight, until Leroy forgets the third rule of caring for Maybelline. Lexile 500

The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham Eleven-year-old Rye O' Chanter and her two friends delve into the secret lore of their village when mysterious creatures of legend reappear on the night of the Black Moon, leading them to the notorious secret society, the Luck Uglies.

Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Cooking by Frances O’Roark Dowell Phineas has a new chore of cooking dinner every night, but his kitchen experiments take a turn for the worse when the school bully takes a huge liking to Phineas's brownies. Lexile 750 Screaming at the Ump by Audrey Vernick Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist. Lexile 750

Old Favorites Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Blume tells the story of Andrew Marcus, a 2nd grade student who wishes he had freckles. Things get funny when a classmate promises to sell him a secret recipe for freckle juice. Lexile Level: 370 F&P Guided Reading Level: M Frindle by Andrew Clements Trying to aggravate a language-arts teacher, a fifth-grade boy invents a new word for pen: "frindle." Soon, the whole country is using this new word. Lexile Level: 830 F&P Guided Reading Level: R Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Wanda Petronski is an immigrant girl in an American school who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of teasing that eventually ends in a lesson for all. Lexile Level: 870 F&P Guided Reading Level: P I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch Josh and his best friend, Brian, buddy up for their science project. While Josh takes a passive interest in it, Brian comes up with the idea of hypnotizing his dog into thinking he's a cat… at least he thought he did. Lexile Level: 600 F&P Guided Reading Level: N Martin Bridge: Blazing Ahead! by Jessica Scott Kerrin Martin’s first overnight camping trip with the Junior Badgers is going to be a weekend with the works! There are badges to earn, gooey campfire treats to eat, hiking trails to explore and Alex’s pranks to avoid. But when Martin finds himself on the receiving end of his friend’s horror movie slime, it’s payback time! Lexile Level: 700 F&P Guided Reading Level: M The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. Lexile Level: 570 F&P Guided Reading Level: T Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Two is a crowd when Peter and his four-year-old brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle, Dribble, know the truth. Fudge is actually a tiny terror in disguise, causing mischief everywhere he goes. Lexile Level: 470 F&P Guided Reading Level: Q Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli Twins Jake and Lily have a very close relationship, but when they turn eleven, their parents give them separate bedrooms and Jake begins to spend time with a group of neighborhood boys. Lily is devastated as she struggles to make friends, and Jake is faced with a bully. Lexile Level: 480 F&P Guided Reading Level: S

Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli A third grade teacher awards her best children with angel halos. George changes his attitude, expresses his thoughts, and works hard to become an angel. Lexile Level: 390 The Ghost of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives- aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale—opens up a paranormal division to solve the ghost’s identity before the town’s big 250th anniversary bash.” Lexile 550 **********************************************************************

Nonfiction

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta.

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca An illustrated account of the flight of Apollo 11 in 1969, the first manned mission to land on the moon. Lexile 990 F&P Guided Reading Level: N

She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernik An illustrated biography of baseball fanatic Effa Manley, describing her childhood in Philadelphia, her career as a business manager, how she came to be the owner of the New Jersey baseball team, the Newark Eagles, and her induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lexile 770

Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick. The Acerra family (from Long Branch!) had 16 children, including 12 baseball-playing brothers. In the 1930s, the boys formed their own semiprofessional team and became the longest playing all-brother baseball team in history. Lexile 780

El Deafo by Cece Bell Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers!

Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird by Misty Copeland Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--and every girl--whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached.

Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. Lexile 870

A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals...

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell An extraordinary portrait for young people of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world.

For more information on Lexile Measures, please visit: www.lexile.com

For more information on Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels, please visit: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/leveling_chart.htm

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Favorite Series Whatever After- Sarah Mlynowski Charlie Joe Jackson- Tommy Greenwald A Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Jeff Kinney The Olympians- Rick Riordan My Life- Jake Tashjian Ivy and Bean- Annie Barrows A-Z Mysteries- Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney Jake Drake Series Andrew Clements Ricky Ricotta Dave Pilkey and Martin Ontiveros Geronimo Stilton- Geronimo Stilton Wayside School- L.Sachar Magic Tree House - Mary Pope Osborne Who was …? Various Authors 39 Clues- Various Authors Big Nate- Lincoln Pierce Bad Kitty- Nick Bruel Dragon Slayers’ Academy- Kate McMullan Dork Diaries- Rachel Renee Russell

FAVORITE AUTHORS

David Adler Roald Dahl Lois Lowry Judy Bloom Kate DiCamillo Doreen Rappaport Eve Bunting Eleanor Estes Louis Sachar Matt Christopher Dan Gutman Jon Scieszka Beverly Clearly James Howe Shel Silverstein Andrew Clements Jerry Spinelli Doreen Cronin Gordon Korman

2015 Award Winners

Caldecott Medal: The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend written and illustrated by Dan

Santat

Caldecott Honor Books: Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sound of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art illustrated by Marie GrandPre

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole illustrated by Jon Klassen Viva Frida written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus illustrated by Melissa Sweet This One Summer illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Newbery Medal:

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Newbery Honor Books: El Deafo by Cece Bell

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Sibert Informational Book Award: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by

Melissa Sweet

Sibert Informational Book Award Honors: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell

Coretta Scott King Author Award Jacqueline Woodson for Brown Girl Dreaming

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

Christopher Myers for Firebird

2015 Children’s Choice Award Titles (3-4) Androcles and the Lion by Carl Sommer Bone Collection: Skulls by Camilla de la Bedoyere and Rob Scott Colson Captain Underpants and the Retaliation of the Tyrannical Turbo Toilet 2000 by Dav Pilkey Claude at the Beach by Alex T. Smith Color Illusions by DK Publishing El Deafo by Cece Bell The Emperor’s New Clothes by Carl Sommer Flying Beaver Brothers and the Hot-Air Baboons by Maxwell Eaton The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza by James Kochalka Happy Birthday, Babymouse by Jennifer and Matthew Holm I Love You Just Enough by Robbin Smith van Frankenhuysen In New York by Marc Brown I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis Kali’s Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis Kay Kay’s Alphabet Safari by Dana Sullivan Lego Ninjago: The Visual Dictionary by Hannah Dolan

Little Red Riding Hood by Carl Sommer Lucky Leopards! And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues by Aline Alexander Newman Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle by Jarrett Krosoczka Minecraft: Redstone Handbook: An Official Mojang Book by Scholastic Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle Next Time You See the Moon by Emily Morgan 101 Hidden Animals by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger Rags, Hero Dog of WWII: A True Story by Margot Theis Raven Sisters by Raina Telgemeier Squish: Fear the Amoeba by Jennifer and Matthew Holm Starring Jules #3: Starring Jules (super-secret spy girl) by Beth Ain Superstars of History by R.J. Grant Target Practice: Cleopatra in Space, Book One by Mike Maihack True or False? by DK Publishing Whatever After #5: Bad Hair Day by Sarah Mlynowski The Yeti Files: Meet the Big Feet by Kevin Sherry

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Monmouth County Library Summer Reading Club Registration begins June 1st

Howell Township Public Library

732-938-2300 Summer Hours

Monday/Wednesday 10-9 Tuesday/Thursday 9-9 Friday 1-5 Saturday (July and August) 9-1

Summer Activities

*****Join our online summer reading book clubs! See the flyers at the end of this booklist. *****

follow us on Instagram for book recommendations at

@howellreads Brief online passages for students entering grades 3-5:

ReadWorks Summer Reading Texts for Grades 3, 4, and 5

Ideas for Sharing Your Reading ☺ Draw a picture or write about your favorite part of the book to

share with your classmates in September! ☺ Make a new cover for your book ☺ Write an advertisement to get kids “just like you” to read the book ☺ Write a letter to the author explaining why you enjoyed the story or

explaining additional story ideas

For additional information on these books and more, visit: Amazon: www.amazon.com

Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com Common Sense Media: www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com

Billy’s school year does not get off to

a good start. Will it turn around?

Join the Howell Public Schools’ Summer

Reading Online Book Club - Grade 3

You are invited to join a summer book club with other students entering third grade all across Howell, and you

never even have to leave your home!

How to participate: 1. Buy or borrow a copy of the book The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes. 2. Join our secure Edmodo online discussion group using the join URL- https://edmo.do/j/78rhms 3. Read each week and log in to Edmodo on Tuesdays throughout the summer to read and respond to a new question or another student’s comments. Edmodo can be accessed through the website www.edmodo.com as well as free apps for Android, iPad, and iPhone. * This site is managed and monitored by the literacy coaches in the Howell Township Public Schools.

Reading Schedule- Grade 3 June 24-June 30 – Read Part 1 (pages 1-51) • Edmodo Post #1: June 30

July 1-7 – Read Part 2 (pages 55-106) • Edmodo Post #2: July 7

July 8-14 – Read Part 3 (pages 111-161) • Edmodo Post #3: July 14

July 15-21 – Read Part 4 (165-229) • Edmodo Post #4: July 21

You can also join the group by scanning this QR code!

Do people rescue dogs or is it the other way around? Read to find out!

Join the Howell Summer Reading Online

Book Club - Grade 4

You are invited to join a summer book club with other students entering fourth grade all across Howell, and you


How to participate: 1. Buy or borrow a copy of the book White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan. 2. Join our secure Edmodo online discussion group using the join URL- https://edmo.do/j/qa6cap 3. Read each week and log in to Edmodo every Tuesday throughout the summer to read and respond to a new question or another student’s comments. Edmodo can be accessed through the website www.edmodo.com as well as free apps for Android, iPad, and iPhone. * This site is managed and monitored by the literacy coaches in the Howell Township Public Schools.

Reading Schedule – grade 4 June 24-June 30 – Read Chapters 1-2 (pages 1-17) • Edmodo Post #1: June 30

July 1-7 – Read Chapters 3-5 (pages 18-37) • Edmodo Post #2: July 7




July 29-August 4 – Read Chapters 14-16 (pages 95-112) • Edmodo Post #6: August 4


What if you were the smartest kid in fifth grade – but no one knew it?

Join the Howell Summer Reading Online

Book Club - Grade 5

You are invited to join a summer book club with other students entering fifth grade all across Howell, and you


How to participate: 1. Buy or borrow a copy of the book Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. 2. Join our secure Edmodo online discussion group using the join URL- https://edmo.do/j/vpnx9k 3. Read each week and log in to Edmodo every Tuesday throughout the summer to read and respond to a new question or another student’s comments. Edmodo can be accessed through the website www.edmodo.com as well as free apps for Android, iPad, and iPhone. * This site is managed and monitored by the literacy coaches in the Howell Township Public Schools.

Reading Schedule – grade 5 June 24-June 30 – Read Chapters 1-6 (pages 1-50) • Edmodo Post #1: June 30





July 29-August 4 – Read Chapters 28-33 (pages 248-295) • Edmodo Post #6: August 4


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