Reading Log and Wiki Posts

Reading Log for 30 books

Genre / Titles you read

             I.      Non-fiction/Informational (1 chapter book or photo essay book reflection required on blog)

1)      How Animals Live – Bernard Stonehouse and Ester Bertram

2)      Frontier Kentucky – Robert A. Powell

3)      Danger! Earthquakes – Seymour Simon

          II.      Poetry (1 chapter or picture book reflection required on blog)

1)      Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Poetry for Young People – Langston Hughes

3)      Dirt on my Shirt – Jeff Foxworthy

4)      Falling Up – Shell Silverstein

       III.      Modern Fantasy (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)          

1)      Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit

2)      Where the Wild Things Are

3)      The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Jon Scieszka

4)      Jumanji – Chris Van Allsburg

5)      Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

6)      Amos & Boris – William Steig

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

1)      The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      A New Coat for Anna – Harriet Ziefert

3)      Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story – Eve Bunting

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

1)      Hiroshima: A Novella by Laurence Yep (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

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

3)      Pepita Talks Twice - Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

4)      Lon Po Po – Ed Young

5)      Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) – Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

       VI.      Realistic Fiction (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)

1)      Baby by Patricia MacLachlan. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Bridge to Terebithia – Katherine Patterson

    VII.      Picture Books (5 reflections required on blog during the first two weeks of class. There should be a total here of at least six.)

1)      The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Officer Buckle and Gloria – Peggy Rathman

3)      A Story A Story – Gail E. Haley

4)      Piggies – Audry Wood

5)      Johnny Appleseed and the Bears – David Novak and David Wenzel

6)      A Tree is Nice – Janice Udry

7)      Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg

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)

__1__ Social Studies

____ Science

____ Math

____ Music

____ Art

___1_ Reading/Language Arts

____ Physical Education

____ Other