Ponderosa Elementary School

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Ponderosa Elementary School

• Summer Reading Project
• Grades 3 5

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Requirements

• Students in grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th will be
  required to read one book of their choice from
  the approved reading list supplied.
• Students will complete a written and/or visual
  reading product from the approved product list.
• Each product is designed
• to enhance writing skills for
• the students, as well as reading
• skills.

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Requirements

• To encourage parent involvement with
• the summer reading project, each student will
  be given a reading log to document time shared
  with the parent - reading and discussing their
  book.
• The parent log will be sent home with the parent
  letter, book list, and list of products to choose
  from.
• A rubric which will be used for grading will also
  be provided.

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Summer Reading Project Book List Third Grade

• Charlottes Web EB White
• Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamello
• Best School Year Ever Barbara Robinson
• Mouse on the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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  Ronald Dahl
• Alternate
• Little House in the Big Woods Laura Wilder

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Summer Reading ProjectBook List Fourth Grade

• James and the Giant Peach Ronald Dahl
• Shiloh Phyllis Naylor
• Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing Judy Blume
• Bunnicula James Horoe
• Cricket in Times Square George Selden
• Alternate
• Sarah Plain and Tall Patricia
  MacLachlan

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Summer Reading Project Book List Fifth Grade

• Hatchet Gary Paulsen
• The Cay Theodore Taylor
• Island of the Blue Dolphin Scott
  ODell
• Frindle Andrew Clemens
• The Princess Academy Shannon Hale
• Alternate
• The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster

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Products for Summer Reading

• Make a picture book of the novel.
• Pick a scene from the book and rewrite it as a
  play.
• Build a miniature stage setting or diorama of a
  scene in the book.
• Construct puppets and present a show of one or
  more interesting parts of the book.
• Write and perform an original song that tells the
  story of the book.

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Products for Summer Reading

• Write a full (physical and emotional
  characterization) description of two of the
  characters in the book. Draw a portrait to
  accompany each description.
• Create a newspaper for your book.
• Create a PowerPoint presentation describing the
  elements of fiction (setting, plot, characters,
  theme, mood) as they relate to your book.

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Products for Summer Reading

• Create a board game that incorporates the
  characters, setting, and plot of the novel.
• Choose one of the main characters and rewrite a
  scene or the plot from his/her point of view.
• Create a tri-fold brochure or
• pamphlet advertising your novel.