Fourth Grade Student Edition 2018-2019 - Ms. Bechor's Class · 2018-09-18 · reflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a $50

Fourth Grade Student Edition

2018-2019

September 17, 2018Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students,

We invite you to participate in the Eleventh Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge(ARC). This initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as muchand as often as they are able, and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their ImagineSchools Campus. The ARC fosters students “acquiring and owning” their education by “developingacademic and character habits to increase learning opportunities” and “becoming independent, self-directed learners.” (pp. 20-21, Imagine Schools Academic Excellence Framework).

Our research shows that students who participate in the ARC also improve on their academic learning gainsin reading and mathematics. Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limiteddirection and attention from teachers. What they need is encouragement to take risks, to developperseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and knowledge. We also believe that one of thebest ways to become a life-long learner is to develop a love of reading. Each year we survey teachersabout the challenge and this is what a few of them said:

I enjoy seeing students challenge themselves and develop a love for reading. I love motivating the students to read and watch them thrive!

The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools’ students in grades 3-12 who are at or abovegrade level in reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class andhomework assignments. The ARC book list is comprised of high quality, classic and award winning books ator above grade level. The 25 books must come from the grade level lists, however, there are two waysprovided for students to personalize their selection. Students can select up to three books that are not onthe lists to read towards the challenge or students may read from lists higher than their grade level, but notbelow their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator approval.

Grade-level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. We encourage students toselect books in a purposeful way, either through an author study, series completion or genre study. As wasthe case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book and complete areflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a $50 Barnesand Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books (25 forgrades 3-8 and 15 for grades 9-12) during the school year. These students will be recognized nationally byImagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine Schools’ students participated in the ARC, and 426students were given awards for completing the challenge.

We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than theymight have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence fortheir friends and peers.

Sincerely,

Dr. Nancy Hall

Dr. Nancy HallChief Academic OfficerImagine Schools

Imagine Schools

Advanced Reading Challenge

Grades 3-8

Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers.

Your Role as a Student: 1. Sign the commitment form to read the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8) not previously

read. These books must come from the Advanced Reading Challenge grade level list. a. However, you may choose books from a list on a higher grade level. So, you may read “up” on the

lists but not down (you cannot choose books from a lower grade level list). b. Also, you can choose up to three books on your own to count towards the challenge. These books

must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or classroom teacher.

c. In addition, you can listen to up to 3 books towards the challenge on tape or CD. Your local library should have some of your ARC books in an audio version.

d. 25 projects might seem like a lot but 6 of those can be AR quizzes and any of them can be oral summaries. We just need to verify that you actual read the book. See project ideas later in this packet.

2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents)

3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as designated by your school of attendance.

4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school’s Advanced Reading Coordinator.

Helpful Adults: Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine Schools’ office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading challenge. He/she will sign off on your projects, help you select books and may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer questions that you might have along the way, and will find ways to help you complete this challenge.

Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, help you select just the right books, share information with your parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator throughout the school year.

Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by signing the reading contract, helping you find books (at the public library if needed), and asking you about the books you are reading and projects you are completing. Your parent/guardian may participate as an audience for your book summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home.

Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection.

Imagine SchoolsAdvanced Reading Challenge

Important Dates

Tuesday, April 23, 2019: All student portfoliosmust be turned in to your Advanced ReadingChallenge Coordinator.

Start

Monday, September 17, 2018: All studentsparticipating in the challenge should return theircontract to the ARC Coordinator by the last weekin September at the latest.

End

Suggested Pacing Guide

2018 - 2019

Congratulations on taking the Advanced Reading Challenge! Use this schedule as a guideline to pace your reading & project completion. Try to keep on or ahead of schedule.

ALL twenty-five books and projects are due before April 23, 2019. Happy Reading!


ARC BOOK AND PROJECT # STARTING ENDING

SIGN CONTRACT & BOOK 1 9.17.18 9.23.18

BOOKS 2 & 3 9.24.18 10.7.18

BOOKS 4 & 5 10.8.18 10.21.18

CATCH UP WEEKS 10.22.18 11.4.18

BOOKS 6 & 7 11.5.18 11.18.18

BOOKS 8 & 9 11.19.18 12.2.18

BOOKS 10 & 11 12.3.18 12.16.18

BOOKS 12 &13 12.17.18 12.30.18

ARC BOOK AND PROJECT # STARTING ENDING

BOOKS 14 & 15 12.31.18 1.13.19

BOOKS 16 & 17 1.14.19 1.27.19

BOOKS 18 & 19 1.28.19 2.10.19

CATCH UP WEEKS 2.11.19 2.24.19

BOOKS 20 & 21 2.25.19 3.10.19

BOOKS 22 & 23 3.11.19 3.24.19

BOOKS 24 AND 25 3.25.19 4.7.19

CATCH UP WEEKS 4.8.19 4.28.19

Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge

Creative Responses to Literature Projects for (Grades 3-8) After reading each book from the ImagineSchools Advance Reading Challenge list, create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table ofContents (*see attached). Then choose a way to present your understanding of the book you justread. Use the table below and pages that follow for ideas. Include each finished project in yourportfolio to share with your class and/or ARC Club. If your finished project is not written, be sure totake a photograph or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you havedone for each book. You may also use up to six Accelerated Reader Quizzes with a passing rate of90% as evidence that you read the book. Keep a print out of an AR quiz or provide notes on thequiz to count as a project to keep in your portfolio. Keep all finished projects organized neatly inyour portfolio. Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help yourfriends to enjoy them too! Think of the best way to share what you liked about this book and whatwould be interesting to other readers.

Oral Kinesthetic Written Visual Graphic Technological

One-Person Show

Puzzle Story It’s All in the Mail

Posting Postcards

The “What” Chart 3-W’s

Glog

Tell –Along Boards

Trading Cards Quotable Quotations

Quilt Mapping the Way

Prezi or PowerPoint

Presentation

The Press Conference

Can a Character

To Market, To Market

Artistic Timelines

Recipe for a Good Book

Book Blog Entry

Book Club Culture Kits Fast Fact Cards Crayon Conversations

The Plot Chart Cartoon

Point of Decision

Rolling the Dice

Catch the News

Story Tree Top Ten List Short Video clip Summary

Now Hear This Tangram Tales Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Caricature Double Bubble

Book Character Avatar

1. One-Person Show: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main character (or another significant character) in your book.

2. Tell-Along Boards: Use puppets and art to create a Tell-Along Board to later use during storytelling—to retell the most important parts of the story or book you read.

3. The Press Conference: Pretend you are the main character in your book and hold a press conference to answer your classmates’ prepared questions.

4. Book Club: Participate in a book club discussion with other students and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book.

5. Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions.

6. Now Hear This: Write a 2 to 3-minute radio advertisement persuading the public that they should buy and read this book.

Ora

lCreative Responses to Literature Descriptions

1. Puzzle Story: Discuss the story and then create a puzzle board, including pictures and a discussion of the story. Then pass on to others who read the story.

2. Trading Cards: Create trading cards of favorite figures in your story. You might use a pattern from a popular sports team.

3. Character Can or Case: Take a gallon coffee can or small suitcase and decorate it to represent a character in your book. Insert strips of events, problems, or challenges characters faced and/or overcame throughout the story.

4. Culture Kits: Create a kit containing items representative of other culture described in the book you read.

5. Rolling the Dice: Create scenes from the book on the sides of oversized dice. One dice depicts the beginning of the book and the other focuses on the scenes at the end of the book.

6. Tan gram Tales: Tan grams are ancient Chinese puzzles. Storytellers use the puzzle pieces, called tans, when they tell stories. You can create a Tan gram Tale in many ways: a) Use your tans to create a puzzle that looks like or represents your character. b) use your tan grams to make a puzzle that looks like the event or place where the majority of action takes place. c) Use your tans to make a puzzle that looks like something from the ending of your book. *Ask your teacher or an art teacher for an example of a tan gram if you need help.

Kinesthetic


Written

Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions

1. It’s All in the Mail: Write and address two friendly letters to characters in your book.

2. Quotable Quotations: Identify important quotations made by different book characters, and explain why each quotation is important in the story.

3. To Market, To Market: As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book.

4. Fast Fact Cards: Share information from nonfiction books by creating sets of Fast Fact Cards. Create a minimum of 10 cards.

5. Catch the News: Create a news report that highlights your story’s main characters and events.

6. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Write a letter to the author asking questions about the book and/or what it is like to be an author.

1. Posting Postcards: Pretend you are a character from your book and create postcards to send to their classmates.

2. Quilt: Create pictures of different scenes and stitch them together to make a quilt.

3. Artistic Timelines: Students visually sequence events and create time lines.

4. Crayon Conversations: Draw highlights from your book as you retell the story.

5. Story Tree: Create a story tree like a family tree highlighting main ideas in the branches and supporting details in the leaves.

6. Caricature: Create a caricature that emphasizes the main characters’ personality with an appropriate background.

Visual


Graphic

Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions

1. The “What” Chart (3W’s): List information about a topic you’re interested in under three headings. “What I know already.” “What I want to know” and “What I’ve learned from reading.”

2. Mapping the Way: Create maps or plot routes in the form of a map. Create a key to clearly show the symbolism.

3. Recipe for a Good Book: Follow a recipe format to put the main idea (dish) and the supporting ideas (ingredients) on an index card and decorate with the tasty delight.

4. The Plot Chart (SWBS): Identify plot elements and write them on a Plot Chart.

5. Top Ten List: Create a Top Ten List of the things you learned from this book.

6. Double Bubble: Create a Thinking Mapping comparing the book to another book you have read.

1. Glog: Create your own interactive blog or “glog” at www.glogster.com. Find creative ways to share your glog with others.

2. Prezi Presentation: Create a PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation at prezi.com. with information about your favorite parts of the book, a summary of the book, and other interesting information. Be sure to present your new creation to your ARC club or classmates, family or friends!

3. Book Blog Entry: Create a book blog and complete an entry about a book you’ve read towards the ARC. Include a summary of the book and your personal reaction to the book in your entry. You can create a free blog at www.blogger.com. Share your blog with friends, your ARC club, or your class!

4. Cartoon: Using a tool like Creaza www.creaza.com or Piki Kids www.pikikids.comcreate a cartoon version of the book.

5. Short Video Clip Summary: Using a tool like Powtoons at www.powtoons.com or Animoto at www.animoto.com

6. Book Character Avatar: Create an avatar for a book character using a tool such as http://avachara.com/avatar/

Technological


http://www.glogster.com/

http://www.blogger.com/

http://www.creaza.com/

http://www.pikikids.com/

http://www.powtoons.com/

http://www.animoto.com/

http://avachara.com/avatar/

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Imagine Schools

Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC) Rubric

Rating Portfolio Criteria Rating Understanding Rating Presentation

Projects display a

variety of creative approaches. Student

utilizes a specific

project type a maximum

of three times.

Student

demonstrates a clear knowledge of main

ideas and themes;

evident in all

projects.

Student work

exemplifies an effective editing

process. The project

is free from

grammatical or

spelling errors that

would hinder their

message.

Student selects texts

from the prescribed

booklists according to

rules of the ARC (or

receives approval for 2-

3 choice books).

Student

demonstrates a deep

understanding of

themes, events, and

details in the text;

evident in all

projects.

Student graphics and

pictures support and

extend their

message.

Parents, teachers or

ARC leaders may

provide guidance but

reading and project

completion must be student’s own work.

Student interprets

symbols, phrases and

sentences to

understand meaning

of text; evident in all projects.

Student effectively

presents portfolio

projects to peers,

parents, and

teachers.

Student includes a

completed cover page

with each title, type of

creative response, date

completed, and

confirmation signature.

Student analyzes text

to express

relationships between

actions, characters,

events or ideas;

evident in all

projects.

Student work

depicts the sequence

of events, an

engaging visual

appearance, and

clear and organized

format.

Students explain their

thinking in their own

words – no plagiarized

excerpts from book

reviews or internet

articles.

4 = Advanced Mastery

3 = Mastery

2 = Nearing Mastery

1 = Emerging

Students who receive a rating of 1 or 2 in

a select area will revise their portfolio to

meet the expectations of that area.


Imagine Schools

Imagine Schools

Advanced Reading ChallengePortfolio Table of Contents Grades 3-8

Name ___________________________________ Grade_______ Teacher__________________

# Title of Book Author Genre Type of Creative

Response ProjectDate

Adult’sInitials

to confirm

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4

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6

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Goal SettingSet monthly goals for reading:

MONTH # of BOOKS LEXILE OR ATOS LEVEL

September:

October:

November:

December:

January:

February:

March:

April:

Title AuthorATOS

Level

Lexile

Level

ADVENTURE

The Big Wave Buck, Pearl S. 5.2 790L

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora Cartaya, Pablo 5 750L

Ralph S. Mouse Cleary, Beverly 5.1 860L

The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly 5.1 860L

The Black Stallion Farley, Walter 5.2 680L

My Father's Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles 5.6 990L

My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 5.2 810L

Pippi Longstocking Lindgren, Astrid 5.2 870L

Hello, Universe* Kelly, Erin Entrada 4.7 690L

Island of the Blue Dolphins * O'Dell, Scott. 5.4 1000L

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 6.7 940L

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 6.7 880L

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 5.5 880L

The Buffalo Knife Steele, William 5.1 850L

Abel's Island Steig, William 5.9 920L

Banner in the Sk*y Ullman, James Ramsey 5.1 680L

Flying Lessons & Other Stories Oh, Ellen 5 800L

Ashley Bryan: Words to my Life's Song Bryan, Ashley 6.2 970L

Knots in my Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid Spinelli, Jerry 6 980L

Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words Abouraya, Karen Leggett 870L

George Eastman Aller, Susan Bivin 4.7 680L

Juliette Low Aller, Susan Bivin 4.6

The Pot That Juan Built Andrews-Goebel, Nancy 6.2 1000L

Sybil Rides for Independence Brown, Drollene P.

A River of Words Bryant, Jen 4.6 AD820L

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring Greenberg, Jan 5.2 AD710L

Walt Whitman: Words for America Kerley, Barbara 5.4 790L

Seeds of Change Johnson, Jen Cullerton 4.8 820L

All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio Mohr, Nicholasa 4.6

Temple Grandin Montgomery, Sy 7 960L

Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet Niven, Penelope 5.9 990L

Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia

Earle

Nivola, Claire A. 5.6 1170L

Alvin Ailey Pinkney, Andrea Davis 5.1

Clara Barton and Her Victory Over Fear Quackenbush, Robert

When Marian Sang Ryan, Pam Munoz 5.2 780L

Silent Days, Silent Dreams Say, Allen 4.6 790L

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel

Basquiat

Steptoe, Javaka 4.7 1050L

Funny Bones: Posada and his day of the dead

Calaveras

Tonatiuh, Duncan 5.1

Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer Wise, Bill 5.7 AD920L

The Plant Hunters Silvey, Anita 8.3 1170L

Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 4th Grade

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

ANTHOLOGY

The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited Giovanni, Nikki 4.5 660L

The Book of Three Alexander, Lloyd 5.3 770L

The Black Cauldron Alexander, Lloyd 5.2 760L

Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 5 770L

Peter and the Starcatchers Barry, Dave & Ridley Pearson 5.2 770L

Half Magic Eager, Edward 5 830L

The Inquisitor's Tale: or, The Three Magical Children

and Their Holy Dog

Gidwitz, Adam 4.5 620L

The Reluctant Dragon Grahame, Kenneth 6.5 1070L

The Borrowers Norton, Mary 5.3 780L

Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert C. 5.1 790L

Older Brother, Younger Brother: A Korean Folktale Jaffe, Nina 4.7 770

The Wolf's Boy Beckhorn, Susan Williams 4.2 570L

Doll Bones* Black, Holly 5.4 840L

Frindle Clements, Andrew 5.4 830L

Mr. Popper's Penguins Atwater, Richard and Florence 5.6 910L

Dear Mr. Henshaw Clearly, Beverly 4.9 910L

Henry Huggins Cleary, Beverly 4.7 670L

Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 5.1 860L

The Report Card Clements, Andrew 5.4 700L

Love that Dog Creech, Sharon 4.5 1010L

Walk Two Moons* Creech, Sharon 4.9 770L

Journey to the Alamo Cuate, Melodie A. 4.5

Rufus M. Estes, Eleanor 5.2 800L

The Moffats Estes, Eleanor 5.2 770L

The Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor 5.8 870L

King of the Wind Henry, Marguerite 5.4 830L

Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling, Holling C. 5.4 840L

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Holt, Kimberly Willis 4.5 700L

Same Sun Here House, Silas 5.2 890L

Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities Jung, Mike 4.8 790L

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Unabridged) Lofting, Hugh 5.7 860L

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacDonald, Betty Bard 5.2 1070L

Pollyanna (Unabridged) Porter, Eleanor H 5.2 870L

Echo* Ryan, Pam Munoz 4.9

Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry 4.7 820L

All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown Taylor, Sydney 4.9 750L

The Storyteller Turk, Evan 4.9 AD870L

FANTASY

FOLKTALE or FAIRY TALE

GENERAL FICTION

FABLE

Title AuthorATOS

Level

Lexile

Level


Title AuthorATOS

Level

Lexile

Level


Older than Dirt: A Wild but True History of the Earth Brown, Don 4.8 730L

Sisters Telgemeier, Raina 2.4 290L

Smile Telgemeier, Raina 2.6 410L

Sounder Armstrong, William H. 5.3 900L

The War that Saved My Life* Bradley, Kimberly 4.1 580L

Freedom over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Bryan, Ashley 4.6 730L

Just Like Martin Davis, Ossie 5.2 820L

Homesick: My Own Story Fritz, Jean 5 860L

Lincoln and Douglas: An American Friendship Giovanni, Nikki 4.9 AD970L

Rosa Giovanni, Nikki 4.9 800L

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a

Protest Song

Golio, Gary 4.8 870L

Out of the Dust * Hesse, Karen 5.3 1040L

Sing Down the Moon O'Dell, Scott 4.9 820L

A Year Down Yonder* Peck, Richard 4.5 610L

Heart of a Samuri Preus, Margi 5.4 760L

The Dreamer Ryan, Pam Munoz 4.6 650L

The Hope Chest Schwabach, Caroline 5.4 800L

One Came Home* Timberlake, Amy 4.8 690L

By the Shore of the Silver Lake Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.3 820L

Farmer Boy Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.2 820L

Little House in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.3 930L

Little Town on the Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.9 760L

On the Banks of Plum Creek Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.6 720L

The First Four Years Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.8 1030L

The Long Winter Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.3 790L

These Happy Golden Years Wilder, Laura Ingalls 5.6 840L

Danger Along the Ohio Willis, Patricia 5.4 840L

Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak Winters, Kay 5 640L

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths D'Aulaire, Ingri 6.6 1070L

D'Aulaire's Book of Trolls D'Aulaire, Ingri 1020L

D’Aulaire’s Norse Gods and Giants D’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin

The Princess and the Warrior Tonatiuh, Duncan 4.3 770L

Blown Away (Hardy Boys Casefiles) Dixon, Franklin W. 5.9 890L

Foul Play (Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers) Dixon, Franklin W. 4.9 660L

The Hardy Boys: Ghost Stories Dixon, Franklin W. 4.9 770L

The Secret of the Old Clock (Book #1 Nancy Drew) Keene, Carolyn 5.4 760L

Quicksand Pond Lisle, Janet Taylor 4.3 600L

Long Way Down Reynolds, Jason 4.3 720L

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick, Brian 5.1 820L

Thornhill Smy, Pam 4.6 730L

HISTORICAL FICTION

LEGENDS AND MYTHS

MYSTERY

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Title AuthorATOS

Level

Lexile

Level


Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s

Treasured Books

Abouraya, Karen Leggett 5.1

Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet Berger, Melvin A. 5.1 670L

Not so Different: What you Really Want to Ask about

Having a Disability

Burcaw, Shane 4.1 860L

Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from

Your Own Backyard

Burns, Loree Griffin 6.8

Look Up!: Bird Watching in Your own Backyard Cate, Annette LeBlanc 810L

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 4.1 690L

Headin' for Better Times: The Arts of the Great

Depression

Damon, Duane 7.6 1030L

A Black Hole is NOT a Hole DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami 6.1 900L

Her Right Foot Eggers, Dave 4.5 800L

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up

with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luterh King, Jr.

Farris, Christine King 5 970L

Barnum's Bones Fern, Tracey 6.2 1010L

Malala: Activist for Girls' Education Frier, Raphaele 5 840L

Wild Horse Scientists Frydenborg, Kay 8.4 1210L

Alien Deep Hague, Bradley 7.9 1120L

The Beetle Book Jenkins, Steve 5.9 980L

About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks Koscielniak, Bruce 6.7 1200L

The Polar Bear Scientists Lourie, Peter 8.3 1260L

The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific

Mystery

Markle, Sandra 5.7 910L

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo Montgomery, Sy 7 960L

Mighty Jackie: They Strike-Out Queen Moses, Marissa 4 770L

We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Nelson, Kadir 5.9 900L

Parrots over Puerto Rico Roth, Susan L. & Cindy

Trumbone

6.6 1330L

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of

California's Farallon Islands

Roy, Katherine 6.6 1330L

The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of

Spirit and Opportunity

Rusch, Elizabeth 6.4 950L

My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to

Children Around the World

Ruurs, Margriet 6.3 980L

Horses Seymour, Simon 5.2 930L

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the

Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

Sweet, Melissa 5.4 AD1000L

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours Tonatiuh, Duncan 4.9 AD1040L

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her

Family's Fight for Desegregation

Tonatiuh, Duncan 5.1 870L

Camping with the President Wadsworth, Ginger 5.1 750L

NON-FICTION

Title AuthorATOS

Level

Lexile

Level


When Green Becomes Tomatoes Fogliano, Julie 4.9

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Morpurgo, Michael 5.9 890L

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night Sidman, Joyce 6.1 1020L

A Light in the Attic Silverstein, Shel 3.2

A Fire in My Hand Soto, Gary 5.1 830L

Casey at Bat: A Ballad of the Republic in the Year 1888 Thayer, Ernest L. 5.3

A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poetry for Innocent and

Experienced Travelers*

Willard, Nancy 4.5

Posted Anderson, John David 5.1 750L

Sidetracked Asher, Daina Harmon 4.4 690L

From Miss Ida's Porch Belton, Sandra 4.4

Tangerine Bloor, Edward 4.3 680L

Because of Mr. Terupt (Book #1) Buyea, Rob 3.7 560L

Mr. Terupt Falls Again (Book #2) Buyea, Rob 4.5 680L

Saving Mr. Terupt (Book #3) Buyea, Rob 5.1 790L

Ashes to Asheville Dooley, Sarah 4.9

The Other Half of My Heart Frazier, Sundee T. 4.9 750L

Protecting Marie Henke, Kevin 5.1 810L

Amina's Voice Khan, Hena 5 800L

Fire in the Streets Magoon, Kekla 4.1 650L

Juana & Lucas Medina, Juana 4.9 870L

The Stars Beneath Our Feet Moore, David Barclay 4.4 650L

Half and Half Namioka, Lensey 5 590L

The First Rule of Punk Perez, Celia C. 4.5 670L

As Brave As You Reynolds, Jason 4.8 750L

Patina Reynolds, Jason 4.7 710L

Baseball in April and Other Stories Soto, Gary 5.1 830L

Loser Spinelli, Jerry 4.3 710L

Maniac Magee* Spinelli, Jerry 4.7 820L

The Library Card Spinelli, Jerry 4.3 690L

The Road to Memphis Taylor, Mildred D. 4.5 670L

Piecing Me Together Watson, Renee 4.5 680L

One Crazy Summer Williams-Garcia, Rita 4.6 750L

Beyond the Bright Sea Wolk, Lauren 4.8 770L

Wolf Hollow Wolk, Lauren 4.9 800L

AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures the textual difficulty of a whole book, not just a single passage.

POETRY

REALISTIC FICTION

*Indicates the book received the Newbery Award

Lexile Level: Measures readability level and text difficulty level. AD - Adult Directed

Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the 2018-2019 School Year.

Documents

Fourth Grade Student Edition 2018-2019 - Ms. Bechor's Class · 2018-09-18 · reflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a $50