Reading and More for Nov.18th

Dear Friends,

This weekend, please work on your Social Studies (gr.4 worksheet; gr.5 ch.2, task 3). We will be wrapping up our units in Canada and World Connections this Friday with our persuasive speeches for a class election (Gr.5) and class vote (Gr.4). You will have class time to peer edit and write the final copy of your speech.

We will be starting a new math unit on Whole Numbers. How do we read, represent and order whole number to 10, 000 (Gr. 4) and 100,000 (Gr. 5)? Also, we will continue problem solving, using I.C.E. (illustrations, calculations, explanations) as a strategy to show our thinking.

It seems that you have all been excited to design a Science cover page for our new units in Life Systems. What do you already know/think about Habitats and Communities (Gr.4) and Human Organ Systems/Human Body (Gr.5)? I look forward to sharing our cover pages and beginning investigations in science.

I look forward to receiving your next Reading Letter, due on Monday November 28. I have compiled a list of Recommended Reading for students ages 9-12. I have categorized the books by gender but, of course, they are not exclusive to boys or girls. If you love a book and want to recommend it, please reply to this post with a recommendation!

For Boys:
-The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (adventure series)
-Holes by Louis Sachar
-Coraline by Neil Gaman (Mystery)
-Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel (novel series)
-The Hardy Boys series (Mystery)
-Hoot by Carl Hiasen
-Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Canadian Adventure)
-Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverley Cleary)
-Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
-novels by Matt Christopher (Sports Fiction)
-The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
-Olympians (Graphic Novel series)
-Bone by Jeff Smith (Graphic Novel series)
-Sherlock Holmes (Graphic Novel series)
-The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Graphic Novel series)
-Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo (historical fiction)
-Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
-Redwall by Brian Jacques (fiction series)
-Artemis Foul by Eion Colfer (Graphic Novel series)
-The Boxcar Children (Graphic Novel series)
-The Boy from Nine Miles: The Early Life of Bob Marley (biography)
For Girls
-The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (historical fiction)
-Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (historical fiction)
-novels by Kate DiCamillo (funny, adventure)
-Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (fantasy)
-Number the Stars by Louis Lowry (historical fiction)
-Black Beauty by June Brigman (graphic novel series)
-Helen Keller: A Light for the Blind (Biography)
-The First Woman Doctor by Rachel Baker (biography)
General
-Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (series)
-The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Happy Reading,
Ms. Perlmutter