Grades 5 & 6
Required Religion Books: Grade 5 – Diethelm, Walter, O.S.B.- St. Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope
Grade 6 - C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Students, you must choose at least one nonfiction book, one fiction book, and another of your choice from the list below. You are encouraged to read more. If a title comes from a series, you can read any book within the series. Work related to summer reading will be assigned when school begins. Grades 5 & 6 - Nonfiction
Aronson, Marc- Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners From 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
Burleigh, Robert- O Captain, My Captain
Castaldo, Nancy- Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk and Feel
Ganda, Martin- I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Grandin, Temple - Calling All Minds
Ignotofsky, Rachel- Women in ...series
Kean, Sam- The Disappearing Spoon (young adult adaptation)
Rauch, George -An Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army
Schanzer, Rosalyn- Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Scientists in the Field series- Various Authors
Sweet, Melissa- Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White
Thimmesh, Catherine- Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Tougias, Michael J.- A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue
Tunnell, Michael- Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”
Woodson, Jacqueline- Brown Girl Dreaming
Yousafzai, Malala- I Am Malala (young adult edition)
Fiction Barnhill, Kelly- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Lauren Baratz-Logstead- I Love You, Michael Collins
Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss- Book Scavenger series
Birdsall, Jeanne- The Penderwick series
Brown, Peter- The WIld Robot series
DiCamillo, Kate- Flora and Ulysses, Raymie Nightengale and/or Louisiana Sky series
Fitzhugh, Louise- Harriet the Spy
Gibbs, Stuart- Fun Jungle, Moonbase Alpha and Spy School series
Gidwitz, Adam- Inquisitor’s Tale
MacLachlan, Patricia- The Truth of Me
Martin, Ann- Rain Reign
Medina, Meg- Merci Suarez Changes Gears
Meloy, Colin- Wildwood
Messner, Kate -Capture the Flag, Eye of the Storm and/or The Exact Location of Home
Montgomery, L.M.- Anne of Green Gables
Ponti, James -Framed, Vanished and/or Trapped
Reynolds, Jason-Ghost series
Shovan, Laura- The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Spinelli, Jerry-Stargirl
Sutherland, Tui- The Menagerie series and/or Wings of Fire series
Grade 6 For classroom: Supplies needed (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits)
2 package of loose leaf paper 4 boxes of tissues 3 packages of sanitizing wipes 2 rolls of paper towels
1 box of Ziploc sandwich bags For students:
1 (3 ring) binder w/ loose leaf paper 8 composition notebooks 8 pocket folders 6 jumbo stretchy book covers 6 packages of index cards and Ziploc bags or file box for storage of cards Pencil case - pouches preferred 48 regular (not mechanical) pencils Pens – 6 red and 6 blue or black – NON-CLICKING 1 (child) scissors 2 package markers (thick and thin) 1 package colored pencils 1 package highlighters 2 packages of glue sticks
Other supplies needed (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits) Earbuds for use with Chromebooks (kept at school) 1 family photo Sturdy bag for Religion class Bible - St. Joseph N.C.V. New Testament Vest Pocket Edition (new students) Youth Catechism of Catholic Church (new students)
At home: (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits)
Loose - leaf, graph and printer paper Ruler and protractor