My Reading Log

Reading Log for 30 books (to paste into your blog in at the end of the term)

• Instructions: List the titles and authors you read under each Genre, and use checklist below for Wiki posts. Then, highlight this material and paste it into a final blog post. I have already included (in the 30) the ones we read for discussion.

Genre / Titles you read

          I.    Non-fiction/Informational (1 reflection required on blog)

1)   Secrets of the Sphinx by James Cross Giblin    

2)  So You Want to be President?  By Judith St. George

3)  Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander

4)  Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals by Steve Jenkins

5)  The Aquarium Book by George Ancona

         II.    Poetry (1 reflection required on blog)

1)   Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? By Mel Glenn. (required for discussion)

2)  Dinothesaurus By Douglas Florian

3)  Where the Sidewalk Ends By Shel Silverstein

4)  Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems  Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

       III.    Modern Fantasy (1 reflection required on blog)     

1)   A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. (required for discussion)

2)  Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

3)  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

       IV.    Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can be a picture book)    

1)   Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. (required for discussion)

2)  Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

3)  Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

4)  And The What Happened Paul Revere?  by Jean Fritz

         V.    Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on blog – one can be a picture book)     

1)   The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

2)  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears By Verna Aardema

3)  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  By Mildred Taylor

4)  Pecos Bill  By Steven Kellogg

5)  Lon Po Po By Ed Young

       VI.    Realistic Fiction (1 reflection required on blog)

1)   Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis. (required for discussion)

2)  Hatchet  by Gary Paulson

3)  Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco

      VII.    Picture Books (6 reflections required on blog)

1)   Seven  Blind Mice by Ed Young. (required for discussion)

2)  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg

3)  Hooray for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester

4)  Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

5)  Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

6)   The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

Wiki Checklist

Instructions: Write the number of entries for each category you posted into on the Course Wiki (requirement is four total posts, in four different categories)

_x___ Social Studies—Completed Week 4 (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears)

_x___ Science—Completed Week 5 (Dinothesaurus)

____ Math

____ Music

_x___ Art—Completed Week 4 (Lon Po Po)

_x___ Reading/Language Arts—Completed Week 2 (The Relatives Came)

____ Physical Education

____ Other