Category: Fifth Grade

Week 9 Fifth Grade Scientists on the Cutting Edge (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Anita Robb My fifth grader Elijah absolutely loves to teach, which I’m finding is both a blessing and a challenge that I quite deserve since I was always the same way in school. This week his love for teaching was…
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Week 8 Fifth Grade Martial Arts (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Donna Malane “Did you know there are over 300 different types of martial arts? And some of them are actually Olympic sports!” These are just some of the words that floated into the living room from my 5th grader as he studied Martial…
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Week 7 Fifth Grade My Name is Yun Jin (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Catherine Murphy A little boy who moved to a new place and felt different from everyone else for a while, a bully who pointed out his differences day after day, and a new way to make friends wherever you might…
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Week 6 Fifth Grade   Lured In (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Errol Broome Earlier this year we ventured into an oddities shop in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine, where we spent the summer, and the kids were amazed to see tiny Venus’s flytraps, pitcher plants, bladderworts and butterworts growing in small planters to purchase.…
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Week 5 Fifth Grade Five Strange Packages (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 2) by Mark Littleton What could be more intriguing than a few young friends discovering 5 mysterious packages in a storm drain, hearing whimpers and wines from those packages and realizing there is an ensuing storm? This week’s book had all of that and…
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Week 4 Fifth Grade News Flash (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Sharon Hill We carried on this week with the news/media theme by using News Flash, a book written to help kids learn about the process of news becoming The News and the different media outlets that carry it, such as radio, print and…
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Week 3 Fifth Grade Knightly News (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 2) by Anna Kenna This week’s book is about a young man and his favorite hobby, filming his own news show. Throughout the story problems arise for both the boy and his mom, opportunities present themselves, and solutions come. We really enjoyed this book this…
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Week 2 Fifth Grade Lasers (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Lynne Kelly Boy did we learn a lot about lasers this week! This week’s book was designed for use over 2 weeks, but it was so interesting and full of exciting information that I couldn’t stop my fantastic fifth grader from reading it all…
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The Happy Hackers (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Sandy Lanton Fifth grade is upon us, and despite a few tears shed over the end of summer break (and a few of Mama’s tears shed over being old enough to have a fifth grader), we are happy to be getting back into the school groove…
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