SchmidKids Homework:
3rd, 4th, 5th Grade PEP Reading
•Students are expected to read at least 30 minutes at home daily and
complete any unfinished classroom work.
•All students are expected to complete a minimum of five book reports a
quarter. (Forms are in the black binders.) Books chosen for outside reading
must be of appropriate quality and length.
•In addition, third, fourth and fifth graders will be given book projects to
complete throughout the quarter.
Spelling and Vocabulary
•(Fourth and Fifth graders only) Spelling and vocabulary words will be
presented on Monday with tests on Friday. Students will be expected to learn
challenge words each week.
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Dear 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Pep Readers,
The following is a list of books that will be read in class during the school
year. Please avoid including these selections as part of your outside
reading, if at all possible. If you have already read the books, hopefully
you have enjoyed them.
3rd Grade
Charlotte's Web
Stone Fox
Patricia Polacco books
Sarah, Plain and tTall
Skylark
Shiloh
Wingwalker
Brain Selznick books
Head for the Hills!
Who Stole the Wizard of Oz
Gooney, the Fabulous
The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Venezia Books
100 Penny Box
Fractured Fairy Tales
4th Grade
The BFG/ The Witches
Island of the Aunts
Earthquake Terror
Hundred Dresses
The Van Gogh Cafe
The Lonesome Cafe
Lostman's River
Deadly Waters
Jean Fritz books
Out of the Dust
Esperanza Rising
The Cay
Number the Stars
Twenty and Ten
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
A Wrinkle in Time
Winter Camp
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
5th Grade
Alice in Wonderland
Morning Girl
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Thank you, Sarah
A Writer's Notebook
Seedfolks
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Nightjohn
The Fire Thief
Treasure Island
Codetalker
Tuck Everlasting
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Phantom Tollbooth
The Westing Game
