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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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.