Reading Log and Wiki List

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. Feel free to read more in each genre as you make time.

Genre / Titles you read

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

1)      Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

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

3)      Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley

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

1)      Witness by Karen Hesse. (required for discussion)

2)      Paul Revere’s Ride: The Landlord’s Tale by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3)      Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose by Tomie dePaola

4)      Hush Little Baby by Brian Pinkney

5)      Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen and Andrew Peters

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

1)      The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. (required for discussion)

2)      Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

3)      The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverley Cleary

4)      The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

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

1)      A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)      Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin

3)      Papa’s Mark by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert

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

1)      Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples

2)      Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

3)      Henny Penny by Jane Wattenburg

4)      Golem by David Wisniewski

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

1)      The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)      Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

3)      Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry

4)      Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

    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)      Flossie & the Fox by Patricia McKissack. (required for discussion)

2)      –The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

3)      –The Hello Goodbye Window by  Norton Juster

4)      –Olivia by Ian Falconer

5)      –The Wizard by Jack Prelutzky

6)      –Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg                  

7)      Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer

8)      Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin

9)      Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin

10)  Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

11)  The Polar Express by 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

_1___ Math

____ Music

_1___ Art

_1___ Reading/Language Arts

____ Physical Education

____ Other