5th Grade: Lee Eaton Summer Reading 2017-2018 School Year
As always, students are required to read 2 selections over the summer. Why?
“All young people experience learning losses when they don't engage in educational activities during the summer. Summer
reading seeks to close this gap by encouraging students to continue their learning and reading skills through the summer!”
Source: The Johns Hopkins University's Center for Summer Learning.
1​st​ selection: ALL 5th GRADE Yes, that’s right! All 5th grade students entering into Lee Eaton for the 2017-2018 school year are
required to read: ​From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
​
By: E. L. Konigsburg
2​nd​ selection: FREE CHOICE Yes, that’s right! If you love fiction, pick another novel. If you are a nonfiction fan, pick a nonfiction text. However,
this book must be within your ZPD Reading Level. (This will be given to you in final report cards.) Students may use the Accelerated Reader site
to search for books at various levels. Students may select any book of their interest so long as it meets this minimum level requirement! Students
are encouraged to ask family, friends, teachers, local librarians, or the internet for suggestions.
Assignment (To be completed after reading EACH text):
With each book selection, complete 1 assignment from the appropriate menu board (fiction or nonfiction) and have them ready to turn in on the first
day of school. That means, on the first day of school, you will have read 2 new books and have 2 completed assignments ready to turn in to your
new teacher. You are encouraged, but not required, to do your assignment via technology. Use your school Google account throughout your work
sessions.
Happy Summer Reading!
About This Book
-From: Scholastic.com
Bored with her life, twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid is ready for a big change. In fact, she wants to run away from home. But she doesn't like
discomfort. She doesn't even like picnics. So an old-fashioned, knapsack kind of running away is out of the question. Instead of running from
somewhere,​ she decides to run ​to somewhere — some place comfortable, and preferably beautiful. Where else, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York City? Fare on the train from the suburbs takes three weeks of skipping hot fudge sundaes. Taking Jamie, the second youngest of her
three brothers — the quiet one with the largest cache of money — with her, Claudia's life is immediately changed in a big way. Nights she and
Jamie take baths in one of the museum's fountains and they sleep in royal beds in the museum's collection, despite the "Please do not step on the
platform" sign. Every day they check out by 4:30 and re enter the museum around the back at 5:30. To remain inconspicuous, Claudia and Jamie
join school-group tours by day, and when the museum closes, stand on the toilets in the bathroom stalls out of view from the guards checking for
strays.
But she and Jamie's vacation from their "real" life turns into an adventure when Angel, a sculpture rumored to have been carved by Michelangelo,
arrives. Will they solve a mystery that even the experts can't solve?
​2017 - 2018 ​Lee
Eaton​ ​Summer Reading Menu Board
Fiction​ Text Assignment Choices
Talk to the author:​ Write a ​letter to the author ​of the book.
Paragraph 1: ​Why you think he/she wrote the book
Paragraph 2:​ What he/she was trying to show you through the book.
Paragraph 3:​ Explain what you got out of the book.
If the author is still alive, send or ​email​ the letter to the author via the publisher of the book.
Photos or magazine pictures:​ Find 3
​ ​ pictures that would have s
​ pecial significance​ to your character. Mount
each on a sheet of paper and write 3
​ ​paragraphs​ (1 per picture) explaining w
​ hy it would be important to your
character or​ create your design at w
​ ww.canva.com
Text conversation: ​ Use something like ​http://ifaketext.com/​ to create fake text conversations between characters in the
novel. Show you understand the book through the text messages. Create 6 screenshots. Once finished, share your
image by right-clicking and saving to your chromebook, sharing the URL of the image, or embedding it in a google doc.
Create a home page:​ ​Select several characters ​and design a home page for e
​ ach ​of them, picking out appropriate
backgrounds and pictures and then c
​ reating information that would tell a viewer about your character. ​ Also, create
links to at least 5 ​different s
​ ites​ that you think your character would be interested in. Then write up and post on the page
and ​paragraph​ explaining​ how you made the decisions you did​ and ​what you believe this tells us about the character​ or
use ​https://www.easel.ly/
Dream Vacation:​ Where do you think your character would most like to go on a vacation?
Paragraph 1 (short):​ ​Pick a spot, describe it,​ and ​explain why he or she would want to go there​.
Paragraph 2 - 6 (short): ​Write a day-by-day itinerary​ of ​what the character would do each day​ over 5
​ days
and ​why you think the character would enjoy each activity.​ Create on paper or at h
​ ttps://www.glogster.com/
Awards:​ Create an award for each character based on their actions in the novel. One might be awarded “most
courageous” for helping someone in danger, another might be awarded “wisest” for the guidance he or she gave other
characters. ​Must include 5 different awards and 5 short paragraphs​ (1 paragraph per award). ​ ​If you do not have that
many characters, a character may receive more than 1 award. ​For each award, write a short paragraph​ that explains
why this character deserves this award. You could make these awards in ​google slides.
​2017-2018 ​Lee Eaton Summer Reading Menu Board
Nonfiction​ Text Assignment Choices
Text-to-Self:​ Answer each of the following questions in a paragraph.
Paragraph 1:​ How does the topic you read relate to you?
Paragraph 2:​ How will the knowledge you gained affect you?
Paragraph 3: ​ How will you use the new information you learned?
Paragraph 4: ​ What connections can you make to this topic?
You can create on paper, poster board or at w
​ ww.smore.com
Talk to the author:​ Write a ​letter to the author ​of the book.
Paragraph 1: Why you think he/she wrote the book
Paragraph 2: What he/she was trying to show you through the book.
Paragraph 3: ​Explain what you got out of the book.
If the author is still alive, send or e
​ mail​ the letter to the author via the publisher of the book. If you get a letter back
be sure to also share that with the class.
Quiz:​ Keep a ​list of things you learned as you read​. Turn this list into a quiz for your class to take. You get to
choose the types of questions. True/False, multiple choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blanks, etc. Must contain a
minimum of ​20 questions​ and must include an a
​ nswer key.​ You may want to create one at ​https://getkahoot.com/
Cartoon squares:​ Include a series of ​6 drawings​ in​ 6 squares ​ with ​6 short paragraphs​ that shows what you
learned while reading. You could create this on paper, on a website like w
​ ww.storyboardthat.com​ or in google
slides.
Game Board:​ Think Trivia or Monopoly. Create a game using i​ nformation​ you ​gained​ from your ​reading​.
Directions for play​ should be included as well as a
​ ll needed materials​ to play the game. All needed m
​ aterials
should relate to the book ​in some way. You could make a jeopardy game using:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N_5IbXUY3y2PCuhFQ0YA7ZuREwC7ew1Q3fyILBnEBQA/edit
Nonfiction screencast​ - Use the screencastify extension to present information about the topic.