Third Grade Student Edition 2018-2019 - Ms. Bechor's Class · 2018-09-18 · $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books

Third 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. This year, We encouragestudents to select books in a purposeful way, either through an author study, series completion or genrestudy. As was the case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book andcomplete a reflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a$50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books(25 for grades 3-8 and 15 for grades 9-12) during the school year. These students will be recognizednationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine Schools’ students participated in the ARC,and 426 students 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 2

Imagine Schools

Advanced Reading Challenge

Grades 3-8

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 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.

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Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge

Important Dates

Tuesday, April 23, 2019: All student portfolios must be turned in to your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator.

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Monday, September 17, 2018: All students participating in the challenge should return their contract to the ARC Coordinator by the last week in September at the latest.

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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 by April 23, 2019. Happy Reading!


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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

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

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 interested to other readers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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


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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/

Imagine Schools: Developing Character, Enriching Minds!

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.


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Imagine Schools

Advanced Reading Challenge

Portfolio 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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Goal Setting

Set monthly goals for reading:

MONTH # of BOOKS LEXILE OR ATOS LEVEL

September:

October:

November:

December:

January:

February:

March:

April:

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ADVENTURE

The Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid 3.9 570L

Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds 4 550L

Lassie Come Home Knight, Eric 4.8 780L

Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A. A. 4.6 790L

Holes* Sachar, Louis 4.6 660L

The Secret Keepers Stewart, Trenton Lee 4.1 820L

Boxcar Children (Book 1) Warner, Gertrude Warner 3.9 490L

Trumpet of the Swan White, E. B. 4.9 750L

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A Bookworm Who Hatched Aardema, Verna 4.4

On the Bus with Joanna Cole: A Creative Autobiography Cole, Joanna 5.8 990L

Betty Doll Polacco, Patricia 4.3 670L

Firetalking Polacco, Patricia 4.3

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rappaport, Doreen 3.4 AD610L

Drawing from Memory Say, Allen 4.1 HL560L

BIOGRAPHY

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis Asim, Jabari 4.3

Sybil Rides for Independence Brown, Drollene P.

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams Bryant, Jen 4.1 590L

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horrace Pippin Bryant, Jen 4.6 820L

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Bryant, Jen 4.1 610L

I Have a Dream King Jr., Martin Luther 4.7

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Levy, Debbie 4.4

Nelson Mandela Nelson, Kadir 4.8 960L

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Powell, Patricia Hruby 4.6 790L

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Rumford, James 3.7 620L

Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words Schubert, Leda 4.9 740L

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Winter, Jonah 4.5 800L

Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist Wood, Susan 4.6 910L

FANTASY

The Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynn Reid 4.6 780L

The Girl Who Drank the Moon* Barnhill, Kelly 4.8 640L

Peter Pan Barrie, J.M. 980L

The Wish Giver Brittain, Bill 4.4

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Coville, Bruce 4.9 710L

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 4.7 740L

James and the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 4.8 810L

Matilda Dahl, Roald 5 840L

The BFG Dahl, Roald 4.8 720L

The Witches Dahl, Roald 4.8 870L

Tale of Desperaux* DiCamillo, Kate 4.7

Half Magic Eager, Edward 5 830L

Ella Enchanted Levin, Gail Carson 4.6 670L

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Lin, Grace 5.5 810L

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

Tar Beach Ringgold, Faith 3.4 790L

Peter Pan: Retold from the J.M. Barrie Original Zamorsky, Tania 4.7

Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level

Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade

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FOLKTALE or FAIRY TALE

Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia Aardema, Verna 4 1150L

Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa Aardema, Verna 5 760L

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears Aardema, Verna 4 779L

Babushka Baba Yaga Polacco, Patricia 4.4 670L

Babushka Mother Goose Polacco, Patricia 4.1

Princess Cora and the Crocodile Schlitz, Laura Amy 4.1 590L

GENERAL FICTION

The One and Only Ivan Applegate, Katherine 3.6 570L

Wishtree Applegate, Katherine 4.2 590L

Poppy Avi 4.5 670L

Peacebound Trains Balgassi, Haemi 4.7 AD620L

Ada Twist, Scientist Beaty, Andrea 3.4 AD 550L

Lucky Broken Girl Behar, Ruth 4.2 670L

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a

Very Interesting Boy

Birdsall, Jeanne 4.7 800L

Wolf Bloom, Becky 3.5

Blubber Blume, Judy 3.8 610L

Double Fudge Blume, Judy 3.1 370L

Freckle Juice Blume, Judy 3.5 590L

Fudge-a-Mania Blume, Judy 3.3 470L

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Blume, Judy 3.6 450L

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 3.3 490L

Waiting for Biblioburro Brown, Monica 3.7 AD560L

The Great Kapok Tree Cherry, Lynne 3.8 590L

Thank you, Jackie Robinson Cohen, Barbara 4.4 730L

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 4.2 810L

The Wheel on the School DeJong, Meindert 4.7

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle Dennard, Deborah 4.3

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures* DiCamillo, Kate 4.3

Hiroshima Dreams Easton, Kelly 3.6 610L

Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4.5 760L

The Sound of Silence Goldsaito, Katrina 3.9 AD 700L

Stumpdown Kid Gorman & Findley 3.7 620L

Nicholas Goscinny, René 4.9 1070L

Nicholas and the Gang Goscinny, René

Translated by Anthea Bell

4.8 930L

Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4.8 730L

The Year of Billy Miller* Henkes, Kevin 4.2 620L

Garmann’s Summer Hole, Stian Translated by Don 3.8 710L

Full of Beans Holm, Jennifer L. 3.8 490L

Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport Hope, Laura Lee 4.5

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Kningsburg, E.L. 4.7

Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) Lee, Lisa 4.1 650L

Water Dance Locker, Thomas 1.9 310L

Adventures of Riley: Dolphins in Danger Lumry, Amadna and Hurwitz, 3.9 710L

A Different Pond Phi, Bao 3.1 620L

The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity Richter, Jutta

Translated by Anna Brailovsky

4.5 720L

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 5.1 930L

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Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House Rylant, Cynthia 4.4

The Lighthouse Family: The Storm#1 Rylant, Cynthia 4.4 730L

The Lighthouse Family: The Whale #2 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 670L

The Lighthouse Family: The Eagle #3 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 630L

The Lighthouse Family: The Turtle #4 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 720L

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Sachar, Louis 3.3 460L

The Cricket in Times Square Seldon, George 4.9 780L

Black Beauty (Unabridged) Sewell, Anna 3 1010L

A Bad Case of Stripes Shannon, David 3.8 AD610L

Cooper's Lesson Shun, Sun Yung 3.9

The Composition Skármeta, Antonio 3.8 420L

Keeping the Night Watch Smith, Hope Anita 3.6

Li Lun: Lad of Courage Treffinger, Carolyn 4.8 720L

Charlotte's Web White, E. B. 6 920L

Stuart Little White, E. B. 4.4 680L

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground Williams-Garcia, Rita 4.4 710L

Bad Kitty: School Daze Bruel, Nick 3.3 570L

To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel Siegal, Siena Cherson 3.8 610L

Hera: Goddess and Her Glory: Olympians O'Connor, George 3.7 650L

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Fighting Ground Avi 4.2 580L

More Than Anything Else Bradby, Marie 3.3 570L

The War I Finally Won Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 3.7 520L

The Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie Savage 4.7 680L

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 4.1 630L

Eight Days: A Story of Haiti Danticat, Edwidge 3.5 AD590L

Morning Girl Dorris, Michael 4.9

Willow Run Giff, Patricia Reilly 4.9 980L

Phoebe the Spy Griffin, Judith Berry 4.2 650L

The House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 4.8 670L

Letters from Rifka Hesse, Karen 4.2 660L

The Year of Miss Agnes Hill, Kirkpatrick 4.5 790L

Steamboat School Hopkinson, Deborah 4.2 AD660L

Sarah, Plain & Tall MacLachlan, Patricia 3.4 560L

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse Marshall III, Joseph 4.7 620L

The Skylark McLachlan, Patricia 3.2 470L

A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First

International Flight by Balloon in 1785

Olshan, Matthew 3.4

Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln Polacco, Patricia 4.2 730L

Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 3.8 600L

Meet Addy Porter, Connie 4 700L

How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell, Thomas 3.5 560L

Rain School Rumford, James 2.5 AD510L

Felicity Saves the Day: A Summer Story Tripp, Valerie 4.5 640L

GRAPHIC NOVEL

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LEGENDS AND MYTHS

Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend Bushyhead, Robert H. 3.8 720L

Her Stories: African American Folktale, Fairy Tales, and True Tales Hamilton, Virginia 4.6 960L

The People Who Could Fly: American Black Folktales Hamliton, Virginia 480L

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John 4.3 AD720L

MEMOIR

Inside Out & Back Again Lai, Thanhha 4.8 800L

MYSTERY

Orphan Island Synder, Laurel 4.3 650L

Three Times Lucky Turnage, Sheila 3.9 560L

NON-FICTION

Finding the Titanic Ballard, Robert D. 4 650L

Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas Band, Molly 4.5 770L

Nic Bishop Spiders Bishop, Nic 4.8 1050L

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood Campoy, F. Isabel and Howell, 2.8

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

What Do Illustrators Do? Christelow, Eileen 3.7 560L

I Face the Wind Cobb, Vicki 3 540L

Field Trip Facts: Notes from Ms. Fizzle's Kids Cole, Joanna 4.5

The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge Cole, Joanna 4.2 610L

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip Cole, Joanna 4.4 720L

Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival Coleman, Janet Wyman 4.4 710L

The Story of Ruby Bridges Coles, Robert 4.4 730L

14 Cows for America Deedy, Carmen Agra 4.1 540L

Everytihng You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery

Creatures

D.K Publishing 1040L

Young Thomas Edison Dooling, Michael 4.7 830L

I am Not a Number Dupuis, Jenny Kay and Kacer, 4 640L

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure Enzensberger, Hans Magnus 4.4 580L

Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song Erskine, Kathryn 3.9 630L

Giant Squid Fleming, Candace 3.2 990L

Locomotive Floca, Brian 4.7 840L

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Floca, Brian 4.8 990L

Life Cycles Guillain, Charlotte 3.4

Magnets Guillain, Charlotte 4

Roald Dahl Guillain, Charlotte 3

Super Spiders Guillain, Charlotte 3.9 600L

The Street Beneath My Feet Guillain, Charlotte

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of WWII Judge, Ita 3.4

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, 5.8 850L

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a

Young Civil Rights Activist

Levinson, Cynthia 3.9 720L

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix Martin, Jacqueline Briggs 4 710L

Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline Briggs 4.4 830L

Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark Pollotta, Jerry 3.4

Aero and Officer Mike Russell, Joan Plummer 4.8 780L

My Librarian is a Camel; How Books are Brought to Children Around

the World

Ruus, Margaret 6.3 980L

The Journey: Stories of Migration Rylant, Cynthia 5.7 900L

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Strauss, Rochelle 6 960L

Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan Winter, Jeanette 4.2 AD630L

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POETRY

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna 4.6

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Alexander, Kwame

Bronzeville Boys and Girls Brooks, Gwendolyn 3.7

Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs Florian, Douglas 2.8

Garvey's Choice Grimes, Nikki 3.6 620L

Meet Danitra Brown Grimes, Nikki

I'm Just No good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for Mischievous

Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

Harris, Chris 630L

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of

Snowy Day

Pinkney, Andrea Davis 3.8

Wet Cement Raczka, Bob 580L

Ladder to the Moon Soetoro-Ng, Maya 4.2 AD690L

REALISTIC FICTION

Booked Alexander, Kwame 3.9 660L

The Crossover* Alexander, Kwame 4.3 750L

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut* Barnes, Derrick 3.8 700L

The Pinballs Byars, Betsy 3.8 600L

Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Anne 3.4 520L

Forever, or a Long, Long time Carter, Caela 3.7 570L

Firebird Copeland, Misty

Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon 4.3 660L

Last Stop on Market Street* De La Pena, Matt 3.3

Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3.9 610L

Raymie Nightingale DiCamillo, Kate 4.2 550L

Mockingbird Erskine, Kathryn 3.6 630L

Seedfolks Fleischman, Paul 4.3 710L

Pictures of Hollis Woods Giff, Patricia Reilly 4.4 650L

The Road to Paris Grimes, Nikki 4.3 700L

M.C. Higgins, the Great Hamilton, Virginia 4.4 880L

The Whole Story of Half a Girl Hiranandani, Veera 4.2 730L

A Fish in a Tree Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 3.7 520L

One for the Murphys Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 3.4 520L

Roller Girl* Jamieson, Victoria 3.2

Kira-Kira Kadohata, Cynthia 4.7 740L

Rules Lord, Cynthia 3.9 780L

The Hundred Penny Box Mathis, Sharon Bell 3.9 700L

Shiloh* Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 4.4 860L

An A from Miss Keller Polacco, Patricia 4.2 700L

Bully Polacco, Patricia 4.1 630L

Thank you, Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia 4.1 650L

The Junkyard Wonders Polacco, Patricia 4.4 830L

The Keeping Quilt Polacco, Patricia 4 660L

The Journey Sanna, Francesca 3.2 AD630L

Taking Sides Soto, Gary 4.4 750L

Too Many Tamales Soto, Gary 3.4 580L

The Ballad of a Broken Nose Svingen, Arne 4 560L

Gone Crazy in Alabama Williams-Garcia, Rita 4.5 740L

SCIENCE FICTION

Animorphs: The Attack Applegate, K. A. 4.2 510L

Animorphs: The Arrival Applegate, K. A. 4.2 600L

Animorphs: The Beginning Applegate, K. A. 4.8 620L

Animorphs: The Decision Applegate, K. A. 4.5 590L

The List Ford, Patricia 4.4 800L

*Indicates the book received the Newbery Award

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

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

Third Grade Student Edition 2018-2019 - Ms. Bechor's Class · 2018-09-18 · $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books