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SSYRA2009

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Sunshine State Young Reader Award

        Titles for 2008-2009  

  http://myssyra.org      

 

****Another trial source ...  my first NING...  

               Battle of Books NING

 

 

Grades 3-5

 

  The authors have already been linked to a biography page or their own personal web sites. The Editorial Reviews on each of the books are from Amazon.

 

As the books are read... I will add curriculum ties and lesson ideas to this wiki page. At the bottom of this page I have also attached 2 FileMaker Pro data bases . I will house the question one on a FMPro server for any teachers to access within Pinellas... just send me an email for directions..  The other is a fun way for kids to create reviews sheets by creating a bingo game..   It was created with FilemakerPro also.

 

 

 

 Summary from the site:

 

 

 

Last Years Vote Totals....

 

And the winner was...........

 

 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane  by Kate DiCamillo

 

Outside Resources

 

http://myssyra.org/grades3_5/35list.html

 

08Annot3-5.pdf

 




The New Books for this year......

 

The Homework Machine  

by Dan Gutman 

Lex: 680

     Four kids share a secret--a homework machine. Everything is great for a while, but soon the machine becomes more powerful than they ever imagined, and even its inventor is powerless to stop it.

 

f.m. 6/08 -- haven't read the book yet -- but did read his great article about saving the environment on his web site!.. a must see for all teachers to assign to the kids. Be sure to check it out.....

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8/08-- finished this one now.. READ it You will enjoy it... brings up some good value question and friendship issues.


 

 

The Blue Ghost 

by Marion Dane Bauer      

Lex 440

 

While visiting her grandmother's log cabin, Liz encounters the ghost of her great-great-great grandmother and suddenly finds that she has been transported back in time.  A good first chapter mystery novel for the beginning reader.

 

Reviews:  (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375931791/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)

 

Outside Resources:

 

http://www.mariondanebauer.com/bkpages/bk_blueghost.html

 

 another wiki page   http://pcsb.pbwiki.com/The+Blue+Ghost

 


 

 Clementine

 by Sara Pennypacker

         Lex: 790

 

 

  Editorial Reviews   http://www.amazon.com/Clementine-Sara-Pennypacker/dp/B0014JVUMS/ref=pd_sim_b_title_5

 

 


 

 


 

 

 


 

                                                                                       

 

 

 


                                                                                       

 


 

 


 

No Talking. 

Clements, Andrew.  Simon & Schuster, ©2007. 

Lex: 820

 

 

f.m.6/08--- Ok this one has taken the lead for me so far! Another great Clements novel! I loved it, loved the ideas of no talking increasing the creativity and thinking skills of the students.. Loved the teachers ideas .. and also the relationships of the students with peers and adults.. a lot of good discussion possibilities... Be sure to check out Title peak for some good reviews of the book. love the connection to Ghandi..

 

The “unshushables,” Dave Packer’s fifth-grade classmates, are known for being nonstop talkers. After

Dave learns that Mahatma Gandhi practiced being silent one day a week to bring order to his mind,

he decides to try it.  An encounter with Lynsey, another fifth-grade talker, initiates a contest between

the boys and girls for the next 48 hours. The principal and teachers negatively react to the contest

and insist that the students return to their previous behavior. Consequently, Dave finds himself in the

middle of a swirling controversy. This fast-paced, thought-provoking story will quickly grab readers

and could lead to interesting class discussions.  (Grades 3-6)

 


 

 

 

                                                                                          

 


 


Rules

by Cynthia Lord 

New York : Scholastic Inc, c2006 2007 (1st Schoastic printing).

 

Lex: 780

 

            

fm,6/08 - Great book dealing with a 5th graders reactions to having an autistic brother.. and then making friends with a boy.. having a new neighbor move in - a girl - give lots of hope for a new dream friendship.  A great lesson would be having  students communicate; using bliss symbols for a day.                                                                                       


 

The Sloppy Copy Slipup   by DyAnne DiSalvo.

                                Lex 590

 

                 

 

9/2008 -- another good book! Since it is about  a Fourth-grader Brian Higman and his  worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme--nicknamed The General--will react when he fails to hand in a writing assignment, I am sure most of the students will enjoy reading this book.  And it is surprising how he ends up being able to tell his story, after all.

 

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

 FileMaker Pro DB for kids............ questions & an easy to use Bingo card maker. 

 

 

SSYRA Quest-2008-09 .fp5

 

  Bingo Card maker5.5 copy.....

 

 

08Annot3-5.pdf

 

 

 

 

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