Dear Soon-To-Be Fifth Grade Families

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Dear Soon-To-Be Fifth Grade Families, Middle School is a wonderful time and we hope that you are as excited about being in the fifth grade as we are about you joining the middle school community. Your time at the “Hollow” will be full of new experiences. It is a time for students to become increasingly independent, to grow, and most of all to learn. We would like to start the new school year by getting to know you better. In order to do that, we are asking you to compare yourself to a character in your summer reading book. Many times we read a book and feel that the main characters are very much like we are - they may act the same way, do similar things, or have the same feelings as you. If the reader admires the characters, the reader may want to act like the characters or may imagine living his/her life in a similar. On the other hand, sometimes we may feel as if the main characters are very different from us. If this is the case, we may feel that the main characters are acting in a way that we could never act, and we may even disapprove of their choices. ASSIGNMENT: Use the main character(s) in your summer reading book to introduce yourself to your teachers and fellow classmates. You will do this by comparing yourself to the character(s) in the book. This a short writing piece using examples from the book and from your own life to compare/contrast yourself to a main character in the book, showing how you are alike or different. Due date: Tuesday, September 8. Please remember to proofread and type the assignment (or write neatly), as this is the first piece of work that your Language Arts teacher will see.

Happy Reading, The Fifth Grade Language Arts Teachers at Lounsberry Hollow Middle School

Questions over the summer? - email our literacy coach - Mrs. Rostami: [email protected]

Come to our Summer Reading Book Club on August 19 9:30-11:30am at LHMS to talk about your book with Lounsberry teachers and your future classmates!

Visit the LHMS Media Resource Center website for details about the Summer Reading Assignment, a list of more books to enjoy, and our Summer Reading Book Club meeting (http://www.LHMRC.com) Summer Reading 2015 – Character & Me Comparison Rubric

Topic Score Point 3 Score Point 2 Score Point 1 Score Point 0 Measured (A+) (A-) (B) Reading The student response The student response The student response The student response Comprehensio demonstrates full comprehension demonstrates comprehension demonstrates limited demonstrates no n of Key Ideas of ideas stated explicitly and of ideas stated explicitly and/or comprehension of ideas by comprehension of and Details inferentially by providing an inferentially by providing a providing a minimally accurate ideas by providing accurate analysis and supporting mostly accurate analysis and analysis and supporting the inaccurate or no the analysis with effective textual supporting the analysis with analysis with limited textual analysis and little to CHARACTER- evidence. adequate textual evidence. evidence. no textual evidence. PERSONAL  Correctly identifies  Correctly identifies  May misinterpret  does not COMPARISON character traits in story; character traits in story character traits in story complete insightful inferring  Identifies if the  Identifies if the assignment  Identifies if the comparison comparison is alike or comparison is alike or is alike or different and different and explains different and may explain explains a few reasons why some reasons why why  Uses a few specific  Uses a specific example examples from the text to from the text to explain effectively explain ideas ideas Writing The student response The student response The student response The student response Written ~addresses the prompt and ~ addresses the prompt and ~ addresses the prompt and ~ is undeveloped Expression provides effective development of provides some development of provides minimal development and/or inappropriate the topic that is consistently the topic that is generally of the topic that is limited in its to the task; appropriate to the task by using appropriate to the task by appropriateness to the task by ~ lacks coherence, clear reasoning and relevant, using reasoning and relevant, using limited reasoning and clarity, and cohesion; text-based evidence; text-based evidence; text-based evidence; or ~ uses language that ~demonstrates effective ~demonstrates coherence, ~ is a developed, text-based demonstrates no coherence, clarity, and cohesion clarity, and cohesion response with little or no clear awareness of appropriate to the task; appropriate to the task; awareness of the prompt; the norms of the ~uses language effectively to ~ uses language to clarify ~ demonstrates limited discipline. clarify ideas, attending to the ideas, attending to the norms coherence, clarity, and/or norms and conventions of the and conventions of the cohesion appropriate to the discipline. discipline. task;  Chooses an appropriate  Chooses an appropriate ~ uses language that character to compare character to compare demonstrates limited oneself to oneself to awareness of the norms of the  Compares meaningful  Compares character traits discipline. character traits (attitude, (some may be superficial  May not compare oneself morals, choices, activities, – physical) to a character in the text thoughts, feelings,  Uses a Quote from the  Compares character traits emotions) text (mostly superficial)  Quotes from the text a few  Uses a specific example  Few, if any specific text times, relevant from one’s life to explain examples, quotes of  Uses a few specific ideas personal examples to examples from one’s life to support ideas effectively explain ideas  Or text evidence/personal evidence do not match ideas

Writing The student response to the The student response to the The student response to the The student response Knowledge of prompt demonstrates full prompt demonstrates some prompt demonstrates limited to the prompt Language and command of the conventions of command of the conventions command of the conventions demonstrates no Conventions standard English at an of standard English at an of standard English at an command of the appropriate level of complexity. appropriate level of complexity. appropriate level of complexity. conventions of There may be a few minor errors There may be errors in There may be errors in standard English. in mechanics, grammar, and mechanics, grammar, and mechanics, grammar, and Frequent and varied usage, but meaning is clear. usage that occasionally usage that often impede errors in mechanics,  Complete sentences impede understanding, but the understanding. grammar, and usage  Correct capitalization meaning is generally clear.  Many incomplete impede  Correct punctuation  Mostly complete sentences sentences understanding.  Correct use of quotations  Mostly correct  capitalization errors  Varying sentence type capitalization  punctuation errors  Mostly correct punctuation  quotations errors  Mostly correct use of quotations Standards-based writing rubric – modified for summer reading assignment

GIRLS BOYS  One Crazy Summer (series)  Lemony Snicket series  The Great Trouble  Twerp & Finding The Worm (By Mark Goldblatt)  A Tangle of Knots  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library  Riding Freedom  Wonder  Esperanza Rising  The One and Only Ivan  Walk Two Moons  The Great Trouble  Wonder  Wayside School (series by Louis Sachar)  Absolutely Almost (by Lisa Graff)  North (by Donna Jo Napoli)  The Fourteenth Goldfish (by Jennifer Holm)  Francis Tucket series  Wonder  T.A. Barron's Merlin series  The One and Only Ivan  The Keeping Room  So B. It  Any sports books by Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber  View from Saturday  David Lubar: Hidden Talents, True Talents,  The Thing About Georgie Looniverse series, Flip, Weenies series, Bully Bug,  Mockingbird (by Kathryn Erskine) Gloomy Ghost, Numbed, Punished, and many more  Fish in a Tree  Gordon Korman: Ungifted, Unleashed, Mastermind,  One for the Murphy’s Schooled, many more Gordon Korman books  A Snicker of Magic  Gary Paulsen: Hatchet, River, My Life in Dog Years,  Rules by Cynthia Lord Lawn Boy, Brian’s Saga series, Family Ties, Field Trip)  When You Reach Me  I, Funny series by James Patterson  The War That Saved My Life  Charlie Joe Jackson series  Counting by 7s  the Odd Squad by Karl Fields  Rain Reign by Ann Martin  One for the Murphy’s  Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord  Guitar Notes by Mary Amato  Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson  Pirates by Celia Rees  School for good and evil  The Thing About Georgie  Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place  Liar and Spy  Book Scavenger  When you reach me  The Secret Hum of a Daisy  The Crossover by Kwame Alexander  How to Steal a Dog  There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart  Mighty Miss Malone  Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson  Haichiko Waits  Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein  The Honest Truth  Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson  Dog Called Homeless  the Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos  Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt;  Among the Hidden  Smile by Raina Telgemeier  Kensuke's Kingdom  Sisters by Raina Telgemeier  The Honest Truth  Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick  Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins  The City of Ember series  The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch  Kingdom Keepers series  The False Prince series  Witch and Wizard series by James Patterson  There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (Louis Sachar)  Lightning thief  Cardboard by Doug TenNapel  Dealing With Dragons - series  Kingdom Keepers series  Bliss Bakery Trilogy Series  City of Ember series  The Hero and the Crown  Spiderwick Chronicles

GIRLS BOYS  Stella by Strarlight by Sharon Draper  Found series by Haddix  Maniac Magee  Lightning thief (percy Jackson and the Olympians  Schooled series)  Star Girl by jerry spinelli  Capture the Flag by Kate Messner  Brown Girl Dreaming  Holes by Louis Sachar  Three Cups of Tea – Young Reader’s Edition  The 4th Stall by Chris Rylander  Pay It Forward – Young Reader’s Edition  Alex Rider series  I Am Malala – Young Reader’s Edition  Middle School series by James Patterson  Half Brother  Public School Superhero by James Patterson  Matched  Witch and Wizard series by James Patterson  Legend  Theodore Boone Series by John Grisham  Mr. Terupt series  Any sports books by Matthew Christopher or Mike  Tall Story Lupica  Out of My Mind  Carl Hiassen books: Skink, No Surrender; Chomp,  A Tale Dark and Grimm (& Grimm series by Flush, Hoot, Scat Adam Gidwitz)  The Candymakers  The Candymakers  A Tale Dark and Grimm (& Grimm series by Adam  Carl Hiassen books: Skink, No Surrender; Gidwitz) Chomp, Flush, Hoot, Scat  The Genius Files,  Witch and Wizard series by James Patterson  The Unwanteds series,  The Little Prince  John Feinstein's sports mystery series  Gordon Korman: Ungifted, Unleashed,  Maniac Magee Mastermind, Schooled  The Rangers Apprentice series  Kate DiCamillo: The Magician’s Elephant,  The Origami Yoda series Flora & Ulysses, Because of Winn Dixie,  Brown Girl Dreaming Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Tiger  Daniel X series by James Patterson Rising  Peak  Cynthia Rylant: Gooseberry Park, Missing  Berlin Boxing Club May  Three Cups of Tea – Young Reader’s Edition  My life in dog years by Gary Paulsen  Pay It Forward – Young Reader’s Edition  Al Capone Shines My Shoes; Al Capone Does  Half Brother My Shirts; Al Capone Does My homework  Matched  Legend Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge:  Mr. Terupt series http://www.scholastic.com/summer  Tall Story  Dogs of War www.readkiddoread.com  Wonderstruck  The Invention of Hugo Cabret  The 4th Stall by Chris Rylander  The Little Prince  Sea of Monsters  Rush Revere  Al Capone Shines My Shoes; Al Capone Does My Shirts; Al Capone Does My homework

websites: www.guysread.com www.readkiddoread.com LHMS Media Resource Center: Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge: www.LHMRC.com http://www.scholastic.com/summer

2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST

AGES 8–10 (By Title, Author & Illustrator) 10 True Tales series, Allan Zullo Infinity Ring series, Various Authors A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd 100 Most Feared Creatures on the Planet, Anna Claybourne Inside Out & Back Again, Thanhha Lai Spirit Animals series, Various Authors 11 Birthdays, Wendy Mass The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick Star Wars: Jedi Academy series, Jeffrey Brown The 39 Clues series, Various Authors James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl Starring Jules series, Beth Ain The Baby-sitters Club series, Ann M. Martin Judy Moody series, Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds Sugar, Jewell Parker Rhodes Bad Kitty series, Nick Bruel Kinda Like Brothers, Coe Booth Swindle series, Gordon Korman FA Beneath, Roland Smith FA Loot, Jude Watson FA Tales of Famous Animals, Peter Roop, Connie Roop & Zachary Pullen Big Nate series, Lincoln Peirce Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee TombQuest series, Michael Northrop FA Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The SeaQuel, Mo O’Hara & Marek Jagucki The Way Home Looks Now, Wendy Wan-Long Shang FA Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett FA National Geographic: Our Country’s Presidents, What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Drones: From Insect Spy Drones to Bomber Drones, Ann Bausum Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Scholastic & Martin J. Dougherty Neon Aliens Ate My Homework: And Other Poems, Crazy!, Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham Flora & Ulysses, Kate DiCamillo & K.G. Campbell Nick Cannon, Art Mobb, caliFAWNia, Captain Kris, MAST, We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s Fudge series, Judy Blume Mike P, Morf & Queen Andrea March, Cynthia Levinson Geronimo Stilton series, Geronimo Stilton The New Kid on the Block, Jack Prelutsky & James Stevenson Whatever After series, Sarah Mlynowski FA Goosebumps series, R.L. Stine Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures, While You Were Sleeping (Fun Facts), Steve Murrie & A Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord Maggie Stiefvater & Jackson Pearce FA Matthew Murrie The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling Plunked, Michael Northrop FA Who Would Win? series, Jerry Pallotta & Rob Bolster Honey, Sarah Weeks Scholastic Discover More: Ancient Egypt, Penelope Arlon Wonder, R.J. Palacio How to Speak Dolphin, Ginny Rorby Scholastic Discover More: Explorers, Penelope Arlon The Year of Billy Miller, Kevin Henkes I Am… series, Grace Norwich Sidekicks, Dan Santat The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet, Kevin Sherry I Survived series, Lauren Tarshis FA Sisters, Raina Telgemeier I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters, Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, Lauren Tarshis FA Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney

BOOKLIST KEY: Read Aloud Award Winner Graphic Novel Series Nonfiction FA Summer Challenge Featured Author

Join Lounsberry teachers at “The Hollow”  read together (bring your book)  enjoy snacks (we’ll have some, bring your favorite)  chat about your summer reading book  Grade 5 – The One and Only Ivan  Grade 6 – Because of Mr. Terupt, Peak, Dangerous Days of Daniel X, Three Cups of Tea, A Snicker of Magic, Lions of Little Rock, Tall Story, Out of My Mind

Questions: Email Mrs. Rostami, the Lounsberry Literacy Coach: [email protected] Check the LHMS Media Resource Center website for more info: www.LHMRC.com