Fifth Grade Summer Reading Program Swans Creek Elementary School
The purpose of the PWCS Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills. Student participation in the program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum of three books.
Students in Fifth Grade who participate will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, an explanation of the general topic or plot of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading.
Fifth Grade students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Reading Program, the Public Library
documentation will apply. Students will receive an extra “A” (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. The summer reading documentation will be submitted by the student by the end of the first week of school.
Lexile Levels
To help in choosing books that can promote reading growth, this year each child’s 2013 English SOL score will include a Lexile Level. The Lexile Level is based on a student’s SOL score on the English portion of the SOL and approximates his/her reading level. This means a child should be able to read and understand books in a Lexile range of approximately 100 points below to 50 points above the designated score.
Knowing a child’s Lexile range can help to locate books that he/she might enjoy reading. Student interest and motivation for reading books that are age appropriate are critical factors to consider as book choices are made. Remember that nothing replaces conversation with the student, his teachers, and librarians in making great choices.
It is important to note that the Lexile measure does not address the content or quality of the book. Many other factors affect the
relationship between a reader and a book, including its content, the age and interests of the reader, and the design of the actual book. The Lexile measure is a good starting point in the book-selection process, but parents should always consider these other factors when making a decision about which book to choose.
PWCS Fifth Grade Summer Reading Program Suggested Reading
The following titles are suggestions for summer reading. Other books selected by the student with guidance from a parent/guardian and/or librarian are also acceptable. Participation in the PWC Public Library Summer Reading Program and its documentation are also acceptable.
Author Title Pub.
Date
Lexile Level
Annotation
Buyea, Rob Because of Mr. Terupt Seven 5th Graders at Snowhill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by “rookie teacher” Mr. Terupt
Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden (series)
1998 800 In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
Hiaasen, Carl Hoot 2002 760 Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Hiaasen, Carl Flush 2005 830 With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
Lord, Cynthia Touch Blue 2012 750 When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island school 11 year old Tess and her family take in a foster child to increase the schools population.
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985 560 When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated
McMullan, Kate Story of Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad
1991 630 A biography of the former slave who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad and lead over 300 slaves to freedom.
Norma, Charles Star Girl Series 2002 Star Girl flies again in this sequel to the bestselling, award-winning Sophie Sea to Sea. Starting her new classes at the new French school in British Columbia, Sophie is happy to escape the old Alderson Avenue School where stuck-up Elizabeth Proctor and her friends rule. But trouble develops when the teachers go on strike and Sophie is forced back into
Author Title Pub. Date
Lexile Level
Annotation O’Connor, Barbara The Fantastic Secret
of Owen Jester
2010 After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, named Tooley Graham, he releases it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the pond, while avoiding nosy
neighbor Viola. O’Dell,Scott
The Island Of The Blue Dolphins
1960 1000 Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Parks, Rosa Rosa Park, My Story 1992 970 Rosa Park's life story reveals the deliberate choices she made that earned her the title "Mother to a Movement."
Reynolds Naylor, Phyllis
Emily’s Fortune 2011 While traveling to her aunt’s home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily’s inheritance.
Riordan, Rick Percy Jackson Series
2009 1040 Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr.
Sachar, Louis Holes 2008 660 Stanley Yelnats begins a journey of self-discovery when he is sent to a juvenile detention center in Texas and suspects the motives of a warden who forces him and the other boys to dig five-foot-deep holes as
Selden, Bernice Story of Walt Disney, Maker of Magical Worlds
1989 870 Looks at the life of Walt Disney, discussing how his vivid imagination and
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage 1968 830 Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.
Wilder, Laura Little House on the Prairie
(series)
1953 760 A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, dig a well, and fight a prairie fire.
Prince William County Public
Schools
Summer Reading 2013
Documentation Grade 5
Students in Grade 5 who read a minimum of three books will receive an extra “A”
(100) for each book completed, for a total of three. Please include the name of the
author, the title of the book, publishing information, and an explanation of the general
topic or plot of the book along with a parent or guardian signature stating that the
student has completed the reading. Completion of the summer reading will be
recorded for students by the end of the second week of school.
The format to use in recording the bibliographic information includes the name of the
author, the title of the book, the location and name of the publisher, and date of
publication.
Example:
Christopher, Matt.
Great Moments in the Summer Olympics.
New York: Brown and
Co., 2012. Print.
**Please note students may also participate in the Prince William County Public Library
Summer Quest Program, and the Public Library documentation will apply.
Summer Reading Documentation Form
Grade 5
Use this form for
EACH
title you read.
Student Name:Bibliographic Information Sample:
Using MLA format (author’s last name, first name. Title. City of publication: Publishing Company, date. Medium of Publication.)
Example:
Christopher, Matt. Great Moments in the Summer Olympics. New York: Brown and Co., 2012. Print.
Bibliographic Information:
Explanation of the general topic or plot of book:
Parent or Guardian Signature Date
