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      WELCOME to Saints Peter and Paul School Library

SUMMER READING BOOKFAIR                BARNES & NOBLE     EXTON       JUNE 1, 2, 3

 

      Summer Reading List

 

Grade                               Book                                                  Author

 

Pre -3                    The Rainbow Fish                                      Marcus Pfister

 

Pre-4                       Brown Bear, Brown Bear                        Bill Martin Jr.

                                What Do You See?

 

                                 Caps For Sale                                          Esphyr Slobodkina

 

Kindergarten          The Kissing Hand                                    Audrey Penn

 

                                 Franklin Goes to School                          Paulette Bourgeois

 

Grade 1                    Frog and Toad Together                          Arnold Lobel

 

                                 Biscuit Goes to School                             Alyssa S Capucilli

 

Grade 2                  Frog and Toad All Year                             Arnold Lobel

 

                               Magic Treehouse #1 Dinosaurs                  Mary Pope Osborne

                                Before Dark

  

Grade 3                 Three Young Pilgrims                                    Cheryl Harness         

 

                               7x9=Trouble                                                  Brian Karas

 

Grade 4                 Because of Winn Dixie                                  D. Camilo

                                   

                              The Lemonade War                                        J. Davies

 

Grade 5                When You Reach Me                                      Rebecca Stead

                                   

                              Who Was Ben Franklin                                   Dennis B. Frandin

 
         Optional:       
          Eggs                                                             Jerry Spinelli

 

Grade 6                 Al Capone Does My Shirts                            Jennifer Choldenko

 

                                 Bud, Not Buddy                                           Christopher Paul Curtis

 

                                  Optional:

                                 Wednesday Wars                                         Gary D. Schmidt

 

Grade 7                    Fever                                                             Laurie Halsee Andersen

 

                                  Hero                                                              Mike Lupica

 

 

Grade 8                   The Outsiders                                                 S.E. Hinton

 

                                  Hunger Games - Sequels                              Suzanne Collins

 

                                   Esperanza Rising                                         Pam Munoz

 

                                   Secret Life of Bees                                     Sue Monk

 

                                   Tuesdays With Morrie                                Mitch Albom

           

                                   Found                                                           Margaret Peterson Haddix


If you have read    The Outsiders, please choose 3 books from list

If you have not read The Outsiders, choose that book and 2 books from the list

 
LIBRARY PROCEDURES:

 
Books should be returned to the library on time and in good condition.
If a student forgets to return his/her book at the scheduled library period, he/she may return the book the following day. 
 
 
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
 
The students may celebrate their birthday by selecting a new book in the Library.  The student's name will be placed in the front of the book.  Please send $15.00 to the Library with the student's name, grade, and date of birthday to join the Birthday book club.

OVER-DUE BOOK/LOST BOOKS 

A notice will be sent home if a child has forgotten a book after two library periods.  If 2 or more books are over-due, the student may not check-out a book for that week.

Since books have a way of returning to the library after having been lost, they do not have to be replaced until the end of the school year.
A student who has not returned a book will receive a replacement book cost at the end of the year.   

 

 September  Lessons                              

 Grade 8     How Literature evolved from ancient times through the centuries

 Grade 7     Realistic Fiction Genre: Stories take could really happen in Modern Times

 Grade 6     Fantasy Genre: The use of magic as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting

  Grade 5     Folktales: Stories that have stood the test of time; handed down orally in every culture

  Grade 4     Navigating the Library

October Lessons

  Grade 8   Analze the Elements of Fiction to show how an author develops a story. (how Setting can be used to move the plot forward, create Mood and provide emotional information to the reader

  Grade 7  Judge the quality of Primary & Secondary sources; How to apply the bias Rule to every source 

  Grade 6   How Mystery Stories engage the reader's higher level thinking skills by synthesising all of the elements into a pattern.

  Grade 5   Fairy Tales have evolved from centuries-old stories that have appeared, with variations, in multiple cultures around the world.

  Grade 4   Research: U.S. A. Road Trip  Identify the aspects of a  famous location and recommend the area by formulating an advertisment to encourage tourism to that place

  Grade 3   Students read from a Magic School Bus Book that presents scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen. They develop two scientic facts from what they have learned from the story.

 
   
November Lessons

Grade 8   To analyze the Elements of Fiction

Grade 7   
Grade 6    To study the myth, a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humankind came to be in their present form, within the field of folklore 

Grade 5     To study a fable  that features animals mythical creatures, which are given human qualities, and that illustrates a moral lesson. 

Grade 4   Research: U.S. A. Road Trip  Identify the aspects of a  famous location and recommend the area by formulating an advertisment to encourage tourism to that place

  Grade 3   Students read from a Magic School Bus Book that presents scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen. They develop two scientic facts from what they have learned from the story

December Lessons

Grades 7/8  students are engaged in learning Spanish, using the Rosetts Stone Program, to acquire critical language skills.

January Lessons

Grades 7/8  students are engaged in learning Spanish, using the Rosetta Stone Program, to acquire critical language skills.

Grade 6   The genre of Fiction

Grade 5   The genre of Fantasy


February Lessons

Grade 6   The genre of Science Fiction

Grade 5   Biography    How the Biography is a link to our past

Grade 4     Analyze a poem : The author's message, how sensory language is employed to give meaning



     
                    
          

                              

 

 

 

 
 
 
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