Books and Secret Friends

This week we did a secret friend activity where each student was paired with another (in secret) and did nice things for their friend all week. It worked really well except that there was some confusion with the two Emily's and one got lots of attention and the other got very little (sorry, Emily O!).  We will try again in a couple of weeks. I was very impressed by the way the class stepped up to give thoughtful gifts, compliments and clues, and how everyone treated each other.  Hooray!

After our Read-a-thon on Friday (in honor of the late, great Theodor Geisel's Birthday), we came up with a list of books that the Leverett Fifth Graders recommend to one another and other upper elementary aged students:

The list, in no particular order is....

Emma Jean Lazarus (two books by Lauren Tarshis, who visited our school last month)

Star Girl, Crash, and other Jerry Spinelli books

The Missing (two recommendations)

Lost Hero series

The Ranger's Apprentice books

The Hunger Games (x3 books and x3 recommendations)

Scat and other Carl Hiaasen books

Prince of Mist

Out of My Mind (several recommendations for this MCBA book)

Wonder (3 recommendations)

The Unwanteds, the Island of Silence

The Penderwicks (trilogy) (3 recommendations)

Holes

The Warriors

Wings of Fire series

Harry Potter series

The Whisperer/The Roar

Artemis Fowl series

Redwall series

Peanut

Kane Chronicles

Heroes of Olympus

Lions of Little Rock

False Prince

Paint the Wind

Tale of Despereaux (or any book by Kate DiCamillo)

Percy Jackson series

Heads or Tails

Mistmantle

Planet Tad

Bud Not Buddy or any book by Christopher Paul Curtis

Diary of Anne Frank

My Side of the Mountain

Summer of the Gypsy Moths (MCBA)

Jake and Lily (MCBA)

Three Times Lucky

Happy reading everyone!