1st Grade Curricular Materials List First Grade Humanities List of Materials
Materials we already have and will use:
Exploring Nonfiction: A Differentiated Content-Area Reading Program: Level 2 Kit
Item: TCM10772
ISBN: 9780743907729
National Geographic: Explorer magazines
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Rand McNally Junior Classroom Atlas
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Materials we would like to use:
Reading A to Z subscription
Scholastic News: Grade 1 subscription
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Brain Pop Jr.
1st Grade Math Math and Science I Saxon Math 2 will be the curriculum followed in first grade. There is
no text book, each lesson is a work sheet. All the materials needed will be provided in
the classroom. ISBN-13: 978-0-328-52096-1 Pearson Interactive Science 1 will be used to
guide science instruction. Each student will receive an all-in-one workbook/textbook.
All other materials needed will be provided in the classroom.
• Various Math Manipulatives (tiles, clocks, graphs, blocks, geo-boards, etc…)
• Math Puzzles/Games
• Math/Science Videos (via – YouTube, Bill Nye, NatGeo, PBS, NASA….)
• Various Science Manipulatives (beakers, funnels, sieves, etc…)
* This will include any equipment/manipulative needed to safely and effectively
complete science labs.
1st Grade Connections Kelso's Choices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm5si5WQUqY&feature=youtu.be&list=PLFWr94bNx_J1VePA8GJ6c
‐jwjriBWeIrU Kelso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpG8Tk9f8o&feature=youtu.be Martin’s Big Words http://www.schooltube.com/video/434d53dc81da4fdbabf7/Martin's%20Big%20Words;%20The%20Life
%20of%20Dr.%20Martin%20Luther%20King,%20Jr What is a Scientist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn‐xZKlShjE&feature=em‐share_video_user Science Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHAtMzMm5g&feature=em‐share_video_user Brain Pop Videos https://jr.brainpop.com Mandarin 1-2
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Chinese Reading Materials for BOOK CORNER in Classroom:
1. Chinese riddle book(ISBN 753861926/J 1602)
2. Chinese new words (cars and animals) learning books(ISBN
9787542504258; ISBN 753731215 X; ISBN 7806709894/G 341)
3. Chinese characters learning book(ISBN 7539419342)
4. Art drawing book in Chinese (ISBN 7541820520/G 631)
5. Stories about cars, bus, and trains in Chinese(ISBN 7538617302/J 1415)
6. Find Differences book in Chinese for Young Kids (ISBN 97875385)
7. Bilingual(Chinese and English) daily sentences learning book(ISBN
7885191729)
8. The Most Beautiful Traditional Chinese Fairy Stories (ISBN
9787550256255)(20 volumes)
Chinese songs for young kids
Some Chinese learning websites:
1. http://www.zdic.net/
2. bihuachaxun.com (This is for the orders to write a Chinese character.)
3. www. pinterest.com
4. http://www.chinesecharacterart.com/
5. www.chineasy.co
6. www.yes-chinese.com
7. www.betterchinese.com
8. www.getkahoot.com
9. www.bilingualism.sg/resources/online-learning-resources/videos
10. www.youtube.com( Some Chinese learning channels )
11. http://pic.baobao88.com/huiben/ (Chinese online picture books)
Taichi (clothes, plastic and obtuse sword, and video for Taichi)
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Chinese folk or classic dance. (Zang, Meng, Xinjiang, Dai ethnic dances )
Traditional Chinese brush writing and drawing
Chinese traditional festival stories
Chinese maps and games
2nd Grade Curricular Materials List Grade 2 Humanities
Textbook Resources:
Journeys Student Edition Volume 1 Grade 3
ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547251530
Journeys Student Edition Volume 2 Grade 3
ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547251554
Saxon Phonics & Spelling 2 Workbook Materials
ISBN-13/ EAN: 9781591411048
Easy Grammar ISBN-13/ EAN:978-0936981420
Website Resources:
Brainpop Jr. Grade K-3 http://www.brainpopjr.com/
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Google Earth Showcase http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/
Relevant Educational Videos on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/
Relevant Educational Videos and Documentaries on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/?locale=en-US
Reading A-Z Selections http://www.readinga-z.com/samples/leveledreading.html?gclid=COzS6tnd-r8CFStk7AodsUgACQ
Selected Books for Reading:
Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton
The Magic Treehouse Series and accompanying nonfiction companion books by Mary
Pope Osborne
Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong
A Single Pebble: A Story of the Silk Road by Bonnie Christensen
China by Noelle Morris
If You Live at the Time of the Revolutionary War by Kay Moore
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
The 18 Penny Goose by Sally M. Walker and Ellen Beier
The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr
Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner
George VS. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn
Schanzer
Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner and Don Bolognese
Who Were the American Pioneers?: And Other Questions About Westward Expansion
by Martin W. Sandler and Robert Barret
Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley
North American Indians by Douglas Gorseline
Sacagawea by Lisolette Erdrich and Jule Buffalohead
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Dover History Coloring Books of Native American Tribes
You Wouldn't Want to Travel with Captain Cook!: A Voyage You'd Rather Not Make by
Mark
Bergin, David Antran, and David Salariya
The Journals of Captain Cook by James R. Cook
Explorers of North American by Christine Taylor Butler
- various Youtube videos for history and geography (including, but not limited to:
Liberty's Kids, ancient china documentaries, school house rocks videos, map/globe
informational videos, American frontier videos and videos related to grammar topics).
- BrainPop Jr. videos for Maps/Globes, Ancient China, The American Revolution, The
American Frontier and Civics & Government.
- Magic Treehouse book series
- Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary by: Patricia Hermes
- You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Pioneer : A Wilderness You’d Rather Not
Tame. Jacqueline Morley.
- If you lived at the time of the American Revolution by: Kay Moore
- George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from both sides by: Rosalyn
Schanzer
- Who Was Betsy Ross by: James Buckley
- We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, by David Catrow
- If I Were President, by Catherine Stier
- The Bill of Rights: Protecting Our Freedom Then and Now, by Syl Sobel
- How the U.S. Government Works, by Syl Sobel
- All About China: Stories, Songs, Crafts and More for Kids
- You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China!: Defenses You'd Rather Not
Build
- The Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China
- National Geographic magazine articles
- Sports Illustrated Kids articles
- Zoobook articles
- Dig magazine articles
- Bill Nye the Science Guy videos
- Grammaropolis videos
- Tomie dePaola books (various)
Math and Science II
Saxon Math 3 will be the curriculum followed in second grade. There is no text book,
each lesson is a work sheet. All the materials needed will be provided in the classroom.
ISBN-13: 978-1- 600-32540-3 Pearson Interactive Science 2 will be used to guide science
instruction. Each student will receive an all-in-one workbook/textbook. All other
materials needed will be provided in the classroom. ISBN 0-328-52097-7
Other Materials we may be using this year:
Various Math Manipulatives
Graph Paper
Math puzzles/games
Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land video
Bill Nye the Science Guy Videos
You Tube Math/Science Videos
Thermometers
Clay
Beakers
Stop Watches
Meter Sticks
Funnels
Forceps
Cups
Magnifying glasses
Sieves
Other Science Manipulatives/Materials for use in lab activities
Mandarin 1-2
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Chinese Reading Materials for BOOK CORNER in Classroom:
1. Chinese riddle book(ISBN 753861926/J 1602)
2. Chinese new words (cars and animals) learning books(ISBN
9787542504258; ISBN 753731215 X; ISBN 7806709894/G 341)
3. Chinese characters learning book(ISBN 7539419342)
4. Art drawing book in Chinese (ISBN 7541820520/G 631)
5. Stories about cars, bus, and trains in Chinese(ISBN 7538617302/J 1415)
6. Find Differences book in Chinese for Young Kids (ISBN 97875385)
7. Bilingual(Chinese and English) daily sentences learning book(ISBN
7885191729)
8. The Most Beautiful Traditional Chinese Fairy Stories (ISBN
9787550256255)(20 volumes)
Chinese songs for young kids
Some Chinese learning websites:
1. http://www.zdic.net/
2. bihuachaxun.com (This is for the orders to write a Chinese character.)
3. www. pinterest.com
4. http://www.chinesecharacterart.com/
5. www.chineasy.co
6. www.yes-chinese.com
7. www.betterchinese.com
8. www.getkahoot.com
9. www.bilingualism.sg/resources/online-learning-resources/videos
10. www.youtube.com( Some Chinese learning channels )
11. http://pic.baobao88.com/huiben/ (Chinese online picture books)
Taichi (clothes, plastic and obtuse sword, and video for Taichi)
Chinese folk or classic dance. (Zang, Meng, Xinjiang, Dai ethnic dances )
Traditional Chinese brush writing and drawing
Chinese traditional festival stories
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Chinese maps and games
2nd LET Supplemental Materials List 2016‐2017 https://www.gonoodle.com https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLearningStation https://www.pencaderheritage.org/main/teachtool/games.pdf https://www.petfinder.com/pro/for‐shelters/lesson‐plan‐senses‐dogs‐senses/ http://robbygurlscreations.blogspot.com/2013/06/diy‐print‐color‐cut‐jigsaw‐puzzles.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdIVxaBPFS4 https://www.oas.org/cdmp/document/toolkit/toolkit.htm http://inhabitat.com/wind‐shaped‐pavilion/ Reading A‐Z Subscription First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller Zones of Regulation by Leah Kuypers One Zillion Valentines (book and video) by Frank Modell The Magic Tree House: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborn Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! by Mary Pope Osborne The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Matilda by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The BFG by Roald Dahl There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar Wonder by Raquel J. Palacio Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Frindle by Andrew Clements How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Bunnicula by James Howe The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Stuart Little by E.B. White Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint‐Exupéry The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Super Fudge, by Judy Blume Because of Winn‐Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Ben and Me : An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson Ungifted, by Gordon Korman From the Mixed‐Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald The Littles, by John Peterson The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson By Lizzie, by Mary Eccles The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warren Frog and Toad Together, by Arnold Lobel The Chocolate Touch, by Patrick Skene Catling Lulu and the Brontosaurus, by Judith Viorst The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, by Barbara O’Connor Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper The Unforgotten Coat, by Frank Cottrell Boyce A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz Drizzle, by Kathleen Van Cleve Turn Homeward, Hannalee, by Patricia Beatty The Good Dog by, Avi Holes, by Louis Sachar Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide, Tony DiTerlizzi, by Holly Black Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Flora And Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Ghost Hawk, by Susan Cooper The Quilt Walk, by Sandra Dallas Moon over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko The Legend of Bass Reeves, by Gary Paulsen Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse The Dragonfly Pool, by Eva Ibbotson Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express, by Marlene Tig Brill Dork Diaries, by Rachel Renee Russell Anne of Green Gables by Robert Lawson The Horrible Harry Series Suzi Kline Sideways Stories for Wayside School by Louis Sachar Whoppers, Tall Tales and Other Lies by Alvin Schwartz Talking Like the Rain: A Read‐to‐me Book of Poems, Selected by X. J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy Smelly Locker: silly dilly school songs by Alan Katz Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Love That Dog by Sharon Chreech Hate That Cat by Sharon Chreech When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl What’s the Weather Inside? by Karma Wilson Chinatown, by William Low Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea, by Susan L. Roth On My Way to Buy Eggs, by Chih‐Yuan Chen Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year LonPoPo: A Red Riding Hood Story From China, by Ed Young Zen Shorts, by Jon J. Muth The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship and Chinese Characters Cloud Tea Monkeys, by Mal Peet , Elspeth Graham The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, by Tomie dePaola The Legend of Bluebonnet, by Tomie DePaola The Girl Who Loved Horses, by Paul Goble The Table Where Rich People Sit, by Byrd Baylor Hip, Hip Horray, It’s Monsoon Day! by Roni Capin Rivera‐Ashford The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why Commas Really DO Make a Difference, by Lynne Truss Punctuation Takes a Vacation, by Robin Pulver I Wanna New Room, by Karen Kaufman Orloff I Wanna Iguana, by Karen Kaufman Orloff First Year Letters, by Julie Danneberg The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg A Picture Book of Rosa Parks, by David A. Adler Woodrow, the White House Mouse, by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race, by Monica Kulling Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor, Time For Kids A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, by David A. Adler Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne Pele King of Soccer, by Monica Brown Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story of the Underground Railroad, by Ellen Levine Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Doreen Rappaport Tales of Famous Americans, by Connie and Peter Roop Mummies and Tombs, by Fiona Mcdonald Mummy: the inside story, by John H. Taylor How Many Ways Can You Cut a Pie? Even Steven and Odd Todd, by Kathryn Cristaldi Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies, by Louise Mathews Safari Park, by Stuart J. Murphy Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Weights and Measures, by Jerry Pallotta Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola The Pout‐Pout Fish, by Deborah Diesen The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats Thunder Cake, by Patricia Polacco The Monsters’ Monster, by Patrick McDonnell Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon Penguin, by Polly Dunbar Substitute Creature, by Chris Gall The Secret Olivia Told Me, by N. Joy Perfect Percy, by Bonnie Pryor Chester’s Way, by Kevin Henkes Dogzilla, by Dave Pilkey Library Mouse, by Daniel Kirk Library Mouse: A Friend’s Tale, by Daniel Kirk I Need My Monster, by Amanda Noll The Best Story, by Eileen Spinelli Stone Pizza, by Susan K. Mitchell Two Bad Ants, by Chris Van Allsburg The Three Questions: Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, by Jon J. Muth Thomas’ Snowsuit, by Robert Munsch Anything by Robert Munsch Cindy Ellen A Wild Western Cinderella, by Susan Lowell Trust Me, Jack’s Beanstalk Stinks: The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk as Told by The Giant, Eric Braun Honestly Red Riding Hood was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems Ninja Red Riding Hood, by Corey Rosen Schwartz The Three Ninja Pigs, by Corey Rosen Schwartz The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf, by Mark Teague The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, by Jon Sciezka Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst Alexander, Who’s Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever, by Judith Viorst Skippyjon Jones: Class Action, by Judy Schachner Any Skippyjon Jones The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, by Shel Silverstein A Perfectly Messed‐Up Story, by Patrick McDonnell The Worst Day of My Life, Ever, by Julia Cook My Mouth is a Volcano, by Julia Cook What Do You Do with An Idea?, by Kobi Yamada Open This Little Book, by Jesse Klausmeier Please, Mr. Panda, by Steve Antony I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen The Great Paper Caper, by Oliver Jeffers Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers The Incredible Book Eating Boy, by Oliver Jeffers This Moose Belongs to Me, by Oliver Jeffers Anything by Oliver Jeffers The Most Magnificent Thing, by Ashley Spires The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds How to Lose All Your Friends, by Nancy Carlson Burger and the Hotdog, by Jim Aylesworth and Stephen Gammell Coppernickel Goes Mondrian, by Wouter Van Reek I’ve Painted Everything!, by Scott Magoon Making Friends is an Art, by Julia Cook Weberly Worried, by Kevin Henkes The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Kevin Henkes Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes Miss Mingo and the First Day of School, by Jamie Harper My Teacher is a Monster, by Peter Brown Bullies Never Win, by Margery Cuyler What if Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick Be Happy! A little book for a happy you and a better world, by Monica Sheehan The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes, by Mark Bett and Gary Rubinstein Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown The Purple Kangaroo, by Michael Ian Black and Peter Brown Chester, by Melanie Watt Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door, by Adam Rubin The Woods, by Paul Hoppe The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend The Bear’s Song, by Benjamin Chaud Nightsong, by Ari Berk Frankstein Takes the Cake, by Adam Rex Roberto The Insect Architect by Nina Laden This Book Just Ate My Dog, by Richard Byrne Secret Pizza Party, Adam Rubin, by Daniel Salmieri Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt Nugget and Fang, by Tammi Sauer, Michael Slack Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson The Very Inappropriate Word, by Jim Tobin The Boy Who Cried Ninja, by Alex Latimer Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin 3rd Grade Curricular Materials List Math and Science III
Saxon Math Intermediate 4 Student Edition
ISBN -13: 78-1600325403
Saxon Math Intermediate 4 will be the curriculum followed in third grade. Each student will be
issued a text book.
Interactive Science: A Science Curriculum by Pearson Grade 3
ISBN-10: 0328520985
Pearson Interactive Science 3 will be used to guide science instruction. Each student will receive
an all-in-one workbook/textbook. All other materials needed will be provided in the classroom.
We will be using several online resources in class during the year, possibly including:
-National Public Radios Science Fridays http://sciencefriday.com/
-National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
-National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/
-The Geological Society of America http://www.geosociety.org/
-Arizona Game and Fish Department http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/urban_az_wildlife.shtml
-Public Broadcasting Service, Kids ZOOM http://pbskids.org/zoom/index.html
-Bill Nye, "The Science Guy" http://billnye.com/
-Kids' Astronomy http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association http://www.noaa.gov/
-NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
-National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/
-Tread Lightly on Land and Water http://treadlightly.org/
-American Mathematical Society http://www.ams.org/home/page
-Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
-Blue Planet Video Series
-Planet Earth Video Series
-Discovery Channel http://www.discovery.com/
-Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr http://www.brainpop.com/ and http://www.brainpopjr.com/
-Reading A to Z http://www.readinga-z.com/
3rd Grade Humanities
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN
978-0-936981-475
Author
Wanda C. Phillips, Ed.D.
Easy Grammar: Grade 4 Student Workbook
Title
Publisher
Easy Grammar Systems
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN
0679890629
Author
Mary Pope Osbourne
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Treehouse #16)
Title
Publisher
Random House for Young Readers
Strategy
Purchase by the Student
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN
9780007115617
Author
Title
C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
(The Chronicles of Narnia)
Publisher
Harper-Trophy
Strategy
Purchase by the Student
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN
978-1-58037-657-0
Heiti M. C. Dierckx, Ph.D.
Greek and Roman Civilizations
Author
Title
Publisher
Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN
978-1-58037-658-7
Michael Kramme
Mayan, Incan, and Aztec Civilizations
Author
Title
Publisher
Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN-10
978-1-55799-875-0
Marla L. Chang
Greek Myth Plays
Author
Title
Publisher
Evan Moor Educational Publishers
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN-10
0792286738
Author
Title
Kevin Supples
National Geographic Reading Expeditions:
Civilizations Past to Present Series, Greece
National Geographic School Publishers
Publisher
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN-10
Author
Title
0792286812
Kevin Supples
National Geographic Reading Expeditions:
Civilizations Past to Present Series, Rome
National Geographic School Publishers
Publisher
Strategy
Classroom Set
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN-10
Author
Title
0792286812
Various
Journeys Common Core Reading
Textbook (Grade 4)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher
Strategy
Classroom Set
Third Grade Humanities Possible Supplementary Texts/Films
Easy Grammar: Grade 4 Student Workbook ISBN: 978-0-936981-475
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ISBN 0-7868-5629-7
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S.
Lewis ISBN: 9780007115617
Bud, Not Buddy By Christopher Paul Curtis ISBN: 0553494104
Greek and Roman Civilizations: Heiti M. C. Dierckx, Ph.D. ISBN: 978-1-58037-6570
Mayan, Incan, and Aztec Civilizations: Michael Kramme, PH.D. ISBN: 978-158037-658-7
History Grades 4-6: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; The Civil War; Ancient
Maya; Ancient Incas; Ancient Aztecs
Greek Myth Plays: Marla L. Chang ISBN-10: 0-439-64014-8
Kids Discover Magazine: Ancient Greece; Roman Empire; The Maya; Incas;
Immigration; Aztecs; Marco Polo; Civil War; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Lincoln; Ellis
Island; Underground Railroad
National Geographic Reading Expeditions: Civilizations Past to Present Series,
Greece: Kevin Supples ISBN-10: 0792286738
National Geographic Reading Expeditions: Civilizations Past to Present Series,
Rome: Kevin Supples ISBN-10: 0792286812
Journeys Common Core Reading Textbook (Grade 4) ISBN: 978-0-547-88552-0
Journeys Common Core Leveled Readers (Various Titles)
You Wouldn’t Want to Be Series: You wouldn’t want to be An American A Civil
War Soldier; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece; You Wouldn’t
Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice; You wouldn’t Want to Be a Medieval Knight; You
Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete; You Wouldn’t Want to Be A Pyramid
Builder; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Medieval Dungeon
Kay Melchisedech Olson The Gettysburg Address in Translation:What it Really
Means (Kids’ Translations) ISBN-10: 1429628456
Deborah Hopkinson From Slave to Soldier ISBN-10: 0689839669
Marlene Trag Brill Diary of a Drummer Boy ISBN-10: 0761313885
Eve Bunting Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story ISBN-10: 0816765219
Amy Hest When Jessie Came Across the Sea ISBN-10: 076361274X
Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins Rosa Parks: My Story ISBN-10: 0141301201
Mildred D .Taylor The Well: David’s Story ISBN-10: 0140386424
Casey King Oh, Freedom! ISBN-10: 067989005X
Ellen Levine …If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King ISBN-10: 059042582X
Judy Blume Iggy’s House ISBN-10: 1481411047
Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee ISBN-10: 0316809063
Mildred Taylor The Gold Cadillac ISBN-10: 0140389636
Mildred Taylor Mississippi Bridge ISBN-10: 0141308176
Evelyn Colman White Socks Only ISBN-10: 080758956X
Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Gwen Strass Ruth and the Green Book ISBN10: 0761352554
Ellen Levine Henry’s Freedom: A True Story from the Underground Railroad ISBN10: 043977733X
Carole Boston Weatherford Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins ISBN-10: 0142408948
Deborah Wiles Freedom Summer ISBN-10: 068987829X
Possible Films:
Our Friend Martin
Disney’s Ruby Bridges
Selma Lord Selma
An American Tail
PBS Films
The Watson’s Go to Birmingham
Fourth Grade Humanities Possible Supplementary Texts/Films
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali, P. James Oliver ISBN-10: 146805354X
The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo ISBN-10: 0-439-70167-8
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare ISBN: 0-440-47900-2
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry ISBN: 0-440-40327-8
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0-380-43281-1
Easy Grammar Grade 5 ISBN: 978-0-936981-41-3
Medieval Times, Frank Edgar, Ph.D., and George Lee ISBN 978-1-58037-653-2
National Geographic Kids Magazine
Kids Discover Magazine
Selected Books from You Wouldn’t Want to Be Series: ISBN: 0531219135 You
Wouldn’t Want to Be Married to Henry VIII, You wouldn’t Want to Be Ill in the 16th
Century;
Theodore Taylor Air Raid -- Pearl Harbor! The Story of December 7,
1941 (Harcourt Brace, 1991 ISBN 0-15-201655.)
George Sullivan's The Day Pearl Harbor Was Bombed: A Photo History of World
War II- Scholastic, 1991 ISBN 0-590- 43449-7
Jerry Stanley's I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment (Crown,
1994 ISBN 0 517 59786 1.
Penny Colman's Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in WW
II(Crown, 1995 ISBN 0 517 59790 X.)
Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us (Lee & Low, 1993 ISBN 1 880 0001 6)
Eleanor Coerr Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Dell in 1979 ISBN 0 4404
7465 6.) Picture book Sadako with illustrations by Ed Young (Putnam ISBN 0-39921771-1)
Junko Morimoto picture book, My Hiroshima (Viking, 1990 ISBN 0-670-83181-6).
Robert Westall The Kingdom by the Sea (Farrar, 1990 ISBN 0 374 44060 3)
Lois Lowry Autumn Street (Dell, 1980 ISBN 0 440 40344)
Michelle Magorian Goodnight, Mr. Tom (HarperCollins, 1982 ISBN 0 06 024078 4.)
Kit Pearson Lights Go On Again (Viking, 1993 ISBN 0 670 86919 7. )
Susan Cooper Dawn of Fear (Aladdin, 1989 ISBN 0 689 71327 4.)
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn.
Following My Own Footsteps (Clarion, 1996 ISBN 0 395 76477 7.)
Robert Cormier Other Bells for Us to Ring (Dell, 1990 ISBN 0 440 40717 6.)
Rose Blanche, by Roberto Innocenti (Creative Editions, 1986 ISBN 0 87191 994 X.)
Toshi Maruki Hiroshima No Pika (Lothrop, 1982 ISBN 0 688 02197 3.)
Chester Aaron Alex, Who Won His War (Walker, 1991 ISBN 0 8027 8098 9)
Sook Nyul Choi The Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Houghton, 1991 ISBN 0 395
57419 6. )
Sollace Hotze novel Summer Endings (Clarion, 1991 ISBN 0 395 56197 3. )
Marie McSwigan Snow Treasure (Scholastic, 1958 ISBN 0 590 33992 3. )
Michael Morpurgo Waiting for Anya (Viking, 1991 ISBN 0 670 83735 0. )
Sheila Hamanaka On the Wings of Peace: In Memory of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Clarion, 1995 ISBN 0 395 72619 0)
Ellis Dillon The Children of Bach Simon & Schuster, 1992 ISBN 684 19440 6.
Jill Paton Walsh Fireweed Farrar, 1988 ISBN 0 374 4316 4
Laura Williams Behind the Bedroom Wall Milkweed Editions, 1996 ISBN 1 57131 606
X
Bette Greene The Summer of My German Soldier Dial, 1973 ISBN 0 837 8321 3.
Amy Hest Love You, Soldier Four Winds, 1991 ISBN 0 02 743635 7
Amy Hest, The Ring and the Window Seat Scholastic, 1990 ISBN 0 590 41350 3.
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Aloha Means Come Back: The Story of a World
War II Girl Silver Burdett, 1991 ISBN 0 382 24148 7.
Two novels by Yochiko Uchida, Journey to Topaz (Creative Arts, 1985 ISBN 0
916870 85 3.) and Journey Home (Simon & Schuster, 1982 ISBN 0 689 70755 X. )
Don’t Forget Patricia Larkin ISBN 0689848099
I am a Star Inge Auerbacher ISBN 0140364013
The Girl Who Survived: A True Story of the Holocaust Carol Bierman and Bronia
Brandman ISBN-10: 0545175747
Yellow Star Jennifer Roy ISBN-10: 0761463100
The Red Tails: World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen Steven L. Jones ISBN10: 9780789154873
The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House No. 2) Mary Pope Osborne ISBN10: 067982412X
The Buried Bones Mystery (Clubhouse Mysteries) Sharon Draper ASIN: B00DFMESP8
Pearl Harbor Stephen Dougherty ISBN-10: 053125450X
D-Day Landings Richard Platt ISBN-10: 0756602750
The Sword in the Stone Terrence Hanbury White ISBN-10: 0399225021
The Butterfly Patricia Polacco ISBN-10: 0142413062
Summer of the Woods Steven K. Smith ISBN-10: 0989341410
Possible Films:
Inside Hana’s Suitcase
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
PBS Films
Disney’s The Sword in the Stone
3rd and 4th Grade Mandarin curricular materials list:
Tuttle Chinese for Kids Flash Cards--Simplified Version
Chinese Treasure Chest: Simplified Characters Volume 1 (ISBN: 9789814281362)
Chinese Treasure Chest: Simplified Characters Volume 2 (ISBN: 978-9814246620)
My First Chinese Reader 1 Textbook – Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-026-5)
My First Chinese Reader 2 Textbook – Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-140-8)
My First Chinese Reader Vol. 1 Workbook–Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-2344)
My First Chinese Reader Vol. 2 Workbook–Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-2351)
My First Chinese Flash Cards – SIMPLIFIED (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-360-0)
Let's Play Games in Chinese (ISBN: 9780887273605)
Games for Learning Chinese (ISBN: 9787561926871)
Happiness - My First Chinese Stories (ISBN Code: 978-1-60603-238-1)
Better Chinese Stickers (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-365-5 Publisher: Better Chinese)
Happy Chinese 1: Student's Book (ISBN: 978-7887006271)
Happy Chinese 1: Work Book (ISBN: 978-7107205163)
ZhongWen (ISBN 9787810296359)
First Thousand Words in Chinese (ISBN-13: 9780794515508)
Relevant educational Materials:
Hello China
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEuZn5JUvM&list=PLCFDD3F76245D00A9)
A Bite of China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP8dCXCbu8o
Overseas Chinese Language and Culture Education Online
(http://www.hwjyw.com/textbook/dzjc/hy/cd1/default.htm)
Other Chinese/Mandarin videos and audios.
4th Grade Curricular Materials
Fourth Grade English Possible Supplementary Texts/Films for Ms.
Bolden’s Classes
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali, P. James Oliver ISBN-10: 146805354X
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare ISBN: 0-440-47900-2
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry ISBN: 0-440-40327-8
Easy Grammar Grade 5 ISBN: 978-0-936981-41-3
Medieval Times, Frank Edgar, Ph.D., and George Lee ISBN 978-1-58037-653-2
National Geographic Kids Magazine
Kids Discover Magazine
Selected Books from You Wouldn’t Want to Be Series: ISBN: 0531219135 You Wouldn’t Want to Be
Married to Henry VIII, You wouldn’t Want to Be Ill in the 16th Century;
Theodore Taylor Air Raid -- Pearl Harbor! The Story of December 7, 1941 (Harcourt Brace, 1991 ISBN
0-15-201655.)
George Sullivan's The Day Pearl Harbor Was Bombed: A Photo History of World War II- Scholastic,
1991 ISBN 0-590- 43449-7
Jerry Stanley's I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment (Crown, 1994 ISBN 0 517 59786
1.
Penny Colman's Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in WW II(Crown, 1995 ISBN 0
517 59790 X.)
Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us (Lee & Low, 1993 ISBN 1 880 0001 6)
Eleanor Coerr Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Dell in 1979 ISBN 0 4404 7465 6.) Picture
book Sadako with illustrations by Ed Young (Putnam ISBN 0-399-21771-1)
Junko Morimoto picture book, My Hiroshima (Viking, 1990 ISBN 0-670-83181-6).
Robert Westall The Kingdom by the Sea (Farrar, 1990 ISBN 0 374 44060 3)
Lois Lowry Autumn Street (Dell, 1980 ISBN 0 440 40344)
Michelle Magorian Goodnight, Mr. Tom (HarperCollins, 1982 ISBN 0 06 024078 4.)
Kit Pearson Lights Go On Again (Viking, 1993 ISBN 0 670 86919 7. )
Susan Cooper Dawn of Fear (Aladdin, 1989 ISBN 0 689 71327 4.)
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn.
Following My Own Footsteps (Clarion, 1996 ISBN 0 395 76477 7.)
Robert Cormier Other Bells for Us to Ring (Dell, 1990 ISBN 0 440 40717 6.)
Rose Blanche, by Roberto Innocenti (Creative Editions, 1986 ISBN 0 87191 994 X.)
Toshi Maruki Hiroshima No Pika (Lothrop, 1982 ISBN 0 688 02197 3.)
Chester Aaron Alex, Who Won His War (Walker, 1991 ISBN 0 8027 8098 9)
Sook Nyul Choi The Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Houghton, 1991 ISBN 0 395 57419 6. )
Sollace Hotze novel Summer Endings (Clarion, 1991 ISBN 0 395 56197 3. )
Marie McSwigan Snow Treasure (Scholastic, 1958 ISBN 0 590 33992 3. )
Michael Morpurgo Waiting for Anya (Viking, 1991 ISBN 0 670 83735 0. )
Sheila Hamanaka On the Wings of Peace: In Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Clarion, 1995 ISBN 0
395 72619 0)
Ellis Dillon The Children of Bach Simon & Schuster, 1992 ISBN 684 19440 6.
Jill Paton Walsh Fireweed Farrar, 1988 ISBN 0 374 4316 4
Laura Williams Behind the Bedroom Wall Milkweed Editions, 1996 ISBN 1 57131 606 X
Bette Greene The Summer of My German Soldier Dial, 1973 ISBN 0 837 8321 3.
Amy Hest Love You, Soldier Four Winds, 1991 ISBN 0 02 743635 7
Amy Hest, The Ring and the Window Seat Scholastic, 1990 ISBN 0 590 41350 3.
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Aloha Means Come Back: The Story of a World War II Girl Silver Burdett,
1991 ISBN 0 382 24148 7.
Two novels by Yochiko Uchida, Journey to Topaz (Creative Arts, 1985 ISBN 0 916870 85 3.) and
Journey Home (Simon & Schuster, 1982 ISBN 0 689 70755 X. )
Don’t Forget Patricia Larkin ISBN 0689848099
I am a Star Inge Auerbacher ISBN 0140364013
The Girl Who Survived: A True Story of the Holocaust Carol Bierman and Bronia Brandman ISBN-10:
0545175747
Yellow Star Jennifer Roy ISBN-10: 0761463100
The Red Tails: World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen Steven L. Jones ISBN-10: 9780789154873
The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House No. 2) Mary Pope Osborne ISBN-10: 067982412X
The Buried Bones Mystery (Clubhouse Mysteries) Sharon Draper ASIN: B00DFMESP8
Pearl Harbor Stephen Dougherty ISBN-10: 053125450X
D-Day Landings Richard Platt ISBN-10: 0756602750
The Sword in the Stone Terrence Hanbury White ISBN-10: 0399225021
The Butterfly Patricia Polacco ISBN-10: 0142413062
Summer of the Woods Steven K. Smith ISBN-10: 0989341410
Possible Films:
Inside Hana’s Suitcase
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
PBS Films
Disney’s The Sword in the Stone
American Girls Films
4th science
http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/for-teachers/
http://pbskids.org/wildkratts/videos/
http://hubblesite.org
http://www.nasa.gov
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
hhtp://www.planetary.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFPvdNbftOY
Wringing out a water soaked wash cloth in space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDqcv9wIP0
NASA Uses Lasers to Transmit Data From the Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qwCB42_C1I
How Do Spacecraft Take Pictures of Other Planets? | NASA Space Science Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOCixRhRGDw
Take a Tour of the Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGP6Y0Pnhe4
HOW IT WORKS: The International Space Station
http://www.nbclearn.com/science-of-the-summer-olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KonBvfnzdo reactions of group 1 metals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVUtpdK7xw
Reaction (Explosion) of Alkali Metals with Water
BOOKs
Planet Earth/Inside Out by Gail Gibbons
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Why oh Why Are Deserts Dry by Tish Rabe
Oh Say Can You Seed by Tish Rabe
My Heart and Lungs by Sally Hewitt
Who Pooped in the Sonoran Desert by Gary D Robson
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Seed And The Giant Saguaro by Jennifer Ward
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz
Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle
Eloy the Elk and His Desert Friends by Terry T. Clapp
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Crabby & Nabby, A Tale of Two Blue Crabs by Suzanne Tate
Lives of the Scientists by Kathleen Krull
Great Scientists, DK Eyewitness Books
There’s No Place Like Space, Tish Rabe
Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun by Marianne Berkes
National Geographic’s Readers Series
4th Math
School House Rock Videos
Mathematicians Are People Too
4th Grade History National Geographic Kids Everything Money: A wealth of facts, photos, and fun! (2013) by Kathy Furgang
ISBN-13: 978-1426310263
National Geographic Kids United States Atlas (2012) ISBN: 978-1-4263-1052-2
Everything You Need to Know About Geography Homework 4th to 6th Grades (2005) by Anne Zeman and
Kate Kelly ISBN: 0-439-62546-7
Arizona (2009) by Barbara A. Somervill ISBN: 978-0-531-22916-3
Everything You Need to Know About World History Homework 4th to 6th Grades (2005) by Anne Zeman
and Kate Kelly ISBN: 0-439-62521-1
Speeches that Changed the World (2007) edited by Cambridge Editorial Partnership ISBN: 1-84724-369
X
Everything You Need to Know About American History Homework 4th to 6th Grades (2005) by Anne
Zeman and Kate Kelly ISBN: 0-439-62520-3
Time for Kids magazines
National Geographic for Kids magazines 3rd and 4th Grade Mandarin
curricular materials list:
Tuttle Chinese for Kids Flash Cards--Simplified Version
Chinese Treasure Chest: Simplified Characters Volume 1 (ISBN: 9789814281362)
Chinese Treasure Chest: Simplified Characters Volume 2 (ISBN: 978-9814246620)
My First Chinese Reader 1 Textbook – Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-026-5)
My First Chinese Reader 2 Textbook – Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-140-8)
My First Chinese Reader Vol. 1 Workbook–Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-2344)
My First Chinese Reader Vol. 2 Workbook–Simplified (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-2351)
My First Chinese Flash Cards – SIMPLIFIED (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-360-0)
Let's Play Games in Chinese (ISBN: 9780887273605)
Games for Learning Chinese (ISBN: 9787561926871)
Happiness - My First Chinese Stories (ISBN Code: 978-1-60603-238-1)
Better Chinese Stickers (ISBN Code: 978-962-978-365-5 Publisher: Better Chinese)
Happy Chinese 1: Student's Book (ISBN: 978-7887006271)
Happy Chinese 1: Work Book (ISBN: 978-7107205163)
ZhongWen (ISBN 9787810296359)
First Thousand Words in Chinese (ISBN-13: 9780794515508)
Relevant educational Materials:
Hello China
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEuZn5JUvM&list=PLCFDD3F76245D00A9)
A Bite of China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP8dCXCbu8o
Overseas Chinese Language and Culture Education Online
(http://www.hwjyw.com/textbook/dzjc/hy/cd1/default.htm)
Other Chinese/Mandarin videos and audios.
5th Grade Curricular Materials 5th Grade Math Math: 8/7
Saxon Math 8/7
ISBN #: 1-56577-509-0
Math: Algebra I/Geometry
The book used for the course is Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd Edition by
John H. Saxon Jr., ISBN-10: 1565771346.
A classroom set will also be available for Saxon Geometry: 9th Edition, ISBN-10:
160277305X
Math: Algebra 1/2
Algebra 1/2, 3rd edition, by Stephen Hake and John Saxon
ISBN: 1-56577-149-4
Math: Algebra II/Geometry
Title: Algebra 2, Second Edition, Author: Saxon, J., Publisher: Saxon publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0-939798-62-X
A classroom set will also be available for Saxon Geometry: 9th Edition, ISBN-10:
160277305X
Physical Geography
5th grade
Inside the Restless Earth by Holt
ISBN: 0030647843
Water on Earth by Holt
ISBN: 0030647916
Weather and Climate by Holt
ISBN: 0030647924
National Geographic Student World Atlas
ISBN: 1426317751
Useful software/websites/videos:
Google Earth
www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm (good for learning and quizzing country
locations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3NeMVBcXXU (Water Cycle Rap)
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/ (outline maps)
http://www.education.noaa.gov/ (lots of ocean/weather/climate information and resources)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ (real time earthquakes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE (Animaniacs 50 states and capitals song)
geoalliance.asu.edu
Planet Earth Episodes
Any other YouTube or TeacherTube educational videos
Bill Nye videos
National Geographic
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift.html
Introduction to Science
5th grade
Pearson Interactive Science 5
ISBN-13: 9781269318747
Useful software/websites/videos:
Google Earth
Planet Earth Episodes
Any other YouTube or TeacherTube educational videos
Bill Nye videos
National Geographic
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/science.html
Khan Academy
http://www.edheads.org/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities.html
http://www.wonderville.ca/
http://tryscience.org/home.html
http://watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=86
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com//what-we-offer/curricular-resources/sciencesupplemental/index.cfm
http://www.neok12.com/
https://www.brainpop.com/
Quizlet
English Fifth Grade Books 2016-2017
Books:
The Phantom Tollbooth
Holes
The Westing Game
Short Stories:
The Most Dangerous Game
The Toynbee Convector
All Summer in a day
Harrison Bergeron
The Lady or the Tiger
The Speckled Band
The Headless Horseman
Arthurian Legends
Story of Beowulf
Selected fairy tales
The Gift of the Magi by O Henry
After 20 years
The ransom of Red Chief
Bulfinch’s Mythology
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Winnie the Pooh
The thirteen clocks
Aesop’s fables
Shakespeare Stories
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Selected Myths
To build a fire
Other short stories as needed
Selections from Books:
The Sword in the Stone
The Story of my Life by Helen Keller
Wizard of Oz
Anne Frank
And there was light
Other biographies and autobiographies
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Wind in the Willows
Other selections as needed
Poetry:
The Tyger
If
Solitude
Invictus
Opportunity
Casey at Bat
The Duel
The Raven
Paradox and Oxymoron
Poems by Shel Silverstein
Remembrance by Ray Bradbury
Poetry by Dr. Seuss
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
The spider and the Fly
Any Prince to Any Princess
Mother Goose
Still I rise
Hope is a thing with feathers
Dream Deferred
Ode
Hold fast to dreams
The highwayman
Shel Silverstein
The Jabberwock
Edward Lear
Poetry by Roald Dahl
Shakespeare
Poe
Frost
Stevenson
O’Henry
Dahl
Doyle
Other poetry and songs as needed
Essay:
Consider the Lobster
Joyas Voladoras
Essays from “The Journey is Everything”
Essays about Phantom Tollbooth
Other essays as needed
Movies:
The Phantom Tollbooth
Holes
The dot and the line
Movie clips
Youtube videos
Ted-Ed movies
Ted talks
Informational texts as needed
Cartoons
Thurber
Calvin and Hobbes
Texts
Grammar for Middle School
Easy Grammar 5 (Supplemental)
Easy Grams
Editor in Chief
Various websites
Various worksheets
Classics 5th Grade
Class Text:
Bauer, Susan W. The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Vol. 1:
Ancient Times:
From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor.
Peace Hill Press, 2001. ISBN-13:
978-1933339009
Primary and secondary sources used for Classics include, but are not limited to:
Epic of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi
Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy and Prometheus Bound
Selections from Pindar's Odes
Trzaskoma, Stephen, R. Scott Smith, and Stephen Brunet. Anthology of Classical
Myth:
Primary Sources in Translation. Cambridge, MA: Hackett Publishing Co,
2004.
Herodotus's Histories
Selections from Horace's Odes
Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
Vergil's Aeneid
Livy's Ab Urbe Condita
The Twelve Tables
Selections from Pliny the Younger's Letters
Caesar's Gallic War
Sallust's The Conspiracy of Catiline
Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars
Boatwright, Mary T., Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski, and Richard J. A. Talbert. The
Romans from Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the
End of the Western Empire. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Robertson, W. J. and John Henderson. A High School History of Greece and
Rome. The Copp, Clark Co: Toronto, 1896.
Other sources include vetted scholarly websites such as:
"Louvre Museum Official Website" www.louvre.fr.
"The Grand Egyptian Museum Official Website" www.gem.gov.eg.
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art Official Website" www.metmuseum.org.
"BBC History" www.bbc.co.uk/history/0.
Various YouTube video clips on ancient civilizations
Latin 5-8
Class text:
Wheelock, Frederic M. and Richard A. LaFleur. Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition. New
York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0061997228
*Parents may elect to purchase an additional copy of the text for
home use.
Supplemental texts:
• Goldman, Norma and Jacob E. Nyenhuis. Latin Via Ovid, 2nd Edition. Detroit,
MI: Wayne State University Press, 1982. ISBN-13: 978-0814317327
• Groton, Anne H. and James M. May. Thirty-Eight Latin Stories. Mundelein, IL:
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1995; revised 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0865162891
• Wheelock, Frederic M. and Richard A. LaFleur. Scribblers, Sculptors, and
Scribes. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0061259180
Online Resources:
Gibbs, Laura. Bestiaria Latina (Latin Beasts). http://bestlatin.blogspot.com
* Bestiaria Latina is a weblog of translation exercises, fables in Latin with
translation guides, as well as proverbs, crossword puzzles, and other
study aids.
LaFleur, Richard A. et al. http://www.wheelockslatin.com
the
* This website is full of excellent resources related to our core text. Many of
tests will be modified from LaFleur’s own resources
Nuntii Latini (Latin Messages). Radio YLE. Finland: http://areena.yle.fi/1-1931339
* Nuntii Latini are weekly podcasts of global news, broadcast in classical
Latin
alongside transcripts of the podcasts for translation.
YouTube, Latin language and cultural videos