SPARK 5th Grade Book List 1st Nine Weeks
Theme 1: A Big Responsibility (3-4 weeks) Class Novels (Realistic Fiction) 1. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
Guided Reading: No Guided Reading Groups until after Pre-Assessment Data 1. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 2. Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements 3. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 4. Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith 5. Crash by Jerry Spinelli 6. The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian 7. Flip Flop Girl by Katherine Patterson 8. Baby by Patricia MacLachlan 9. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danzinger 10. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 11. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Theme 2: Conflict and Change (4-5) Weeks Class Novels (Historical Fiction) 1. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick Guided Reading: On level historical fiction short stories centered around the Civil War 1. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 2. The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn 3. Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt 4. Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder 5. Get on Board The Story of the Underground Railroad by Jim Haskins 6. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 7. Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen 8. Which Way Freedom by Joyce Hansen 9. The Last Safe House by Barbara Greenwood 10. Bull Run by Sid Fleischman
*Book Reports Due on Friday, October 3rd 2014. This gives students about three weeks to read a book and another week or so to complete their report.