GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are links to general book lists:
---Common Core Exemplar Book List for 4th-5th grades
---Newbery Medal Winners and Honors
QUARTER 3: WORLD WAR II FOCUS
In the third quarter we will focus on learning about how the historical context of a text impacts character feelings, actions, and responses. As we read Number the Stars by Lois Lowery, here are some other books that are related to World War II:
---Surviving Hitler: A Boy in Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
---Who was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
---October 45: Childhood Memories of War by Jean-Louise Besson
---Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
---Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
---The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
---...I Never Saw Another Butterfly...
---Lilly Renee: Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins
---Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp
---Voices of Whisper Bend by Katherine Ayres
---Do You Know There's a War On? by Avi
---My Secret War: The WWII Diary of Madeline Beck by Mary Pope Osbourne
---On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
---The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
---When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
---Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse
---The Watcher by Joan Hiatt Harlow
---The WAR That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
QUARTER 3: READING WITH HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN MIND
As we read Number the Stars and consider historical context, the following books are based on other timer periods/historical events but provide students with an opportunity to continue practicing the strategies we have learned about reading historical fiction:
---The Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
---The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
---The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
---The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
---Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
---The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
---A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielson
---Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
---One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
---The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
---Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
---Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
---The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
---Dragon Wings by Laur Yep
---Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
---Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
---Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
---The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
---A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
---In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
---Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
---Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
---The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
---Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit
---Lyddie by Katherine Patterson
---Between the Lines by Claudia Whitsett
QUARTER 3: POETRY AND PROSE
Towards the end of quarter 3 and beginning of quarter 4, we will spend time studying poetry and prose. Below you will find the titles of highly recommended novels written in poetry/prose:
---Moo by Sharon Creech
---Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
---Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech
---May B by Caroline Starr Rose
---The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
---Looking for Me by Betsy Rosenthal
---Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen
---The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
---Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
---Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
---Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
---Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes
Here are links to general book lists:
---Common Core Exemplar Book List for 4th-5th grades
---Newbery Medal Winners and Honors
QUARTER 3: WORLD WAR II FOCUS
In the third quarter we will focus on learning about how the historical context of a text impacts character feelings, actions, and responses. As we read Number the Stars by Lois Lowery, here are some other books that are related to World War II:
---Surviving Hitler: A Boy in Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
---Who was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
---October 45: Childhood Memories of War by Jean-Louise Besson
---Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
---Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
---The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
---...I Never Saw Another Butterfly...
---Lilly Renee: Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins
---Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp
---Voices of Whisper Bend by Katherine Ayres
---Do You Know There's a War On? by Avi
---My Secret War: The WWII Diary of Madeline Beck by Mary Pope Osbourne
---On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
---The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
---When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
---Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse
---The Watcher by Joan Hiatt Harlow
---The WAR That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
QUARTER 3: READING WITH HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN MIND
As we read Number the Stars and consider historical context, the following books are based on other timer periods/historical events but provide students with an opportunity to continue practicing the strategies we have learned about reading historical fiction:
---The Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
---The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
---The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
---The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
---Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
---The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
---A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielson
---Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
---One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
---The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
---Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
---Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
---The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
---Dragon Wings by Laur Yep
---Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
---Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
---Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
---The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
---A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
---In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
---Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
---Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
---The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
---Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit
---Lyddie by Katherine Patterson
---Between the Lines by Claudia Whitsett
QUARTER 3: POETRY AND PROSE
Towards the end of quarter 3 and beginning of quarter 4, we will spend time studying poetry and prose. Below you will find the titles of highly recommended novels written in poetry/prose:
---Moo by Sharon Creech
---Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
---Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech
---May B by Caroline Starr Rose
---The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
---Looking for Me by Betsy Rosenthal
---Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen
---The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
---Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
---Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
---Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
---Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes