Grades 5 & 6

Required Religion Books: Grade 5 – Diethelm, Walter, O.S.B.- St. Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope

Grade 6 - C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Students, you must choose at least one nonfiction book, one fiction book, and another of your choice from the list below. You are encouraged to read more. If a title comes from a series, you can read any book within the series. Work related to summer reading will be assigned when school begins. Grades 5 & 6 - Nonfiction

Aronson, Marc- Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners From 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert

Burleigh, Robert- O Captain, My Captain

Castaldo, Nancy- Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk and Feel

Ganda, Martin- I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

Grandin, Temple - Calling All Minds

Ignotofsky, Rachel- Women in ...series

Kean, Sam- The Disappearing Spoon (young adult adaptation)

Rauch, George -An Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army

Schanzer, Rosalyn- Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

Scientists in the Field series- Various Authors

Sweet, Melissa- Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White

Thimmesh, Catherine- Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

Tougias, Michael J.- A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue

Tunnell, Michael- Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”

Woodson, Jacqueline- Brown Girl Dreaming

Yousafzai, Malala- I Am Malala (young adult edition)

Fiction Barnhill, Kelly- The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Lauren Baratz-Logstead- I Love You, Michael Collins

Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss- Book Scavenger series

Birdsall, Jeanne- The Penderwick series

Brown, Peter- The WIld Robot series

DiCamillo, Kate- Flora and Ulysses, Raymie Nightengale and/or Louisiana Sky series

Fitzhugh, Louise- Harriet the Spy

Gibbs, Stuart- Fun Jungle, Moonbase Alpha and Spy School series

Gidwitz, Adam- Inquisitor’s Tale

MacLachlan, Patricia- The Truth of Me

Martin, Ann- Rain Reign

Medina, Meg- Merci Suarez Changes Gears

Meloy, Colin- Wildwood

Messner, Kate -Capture the Flag, Eye of the Storm and/or The Exact Location of Home

Montgomery, L.M.- Anne of Green Gables

Ponti, James -Framed, Vanished and/or Trapped

Reynolds, Jason-Ghost series

Shovan, Laura- The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Spinelli, Jerry-Stargirl

Sutherland, Tui- The Menagerie series and/or Wings of Fire series

Grade 6 For classroom: Supplies needed (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits)

2 package of loose leaf paper 4 boxes of tissues 3 packages of sanitizing wipes 2 rolls of paper towels

1 box of Ziploc sandwich bags For students:

1 (3 ring) binder w/ loose leaf paper 8 composition notebooks 8 pocket folders 6 jumbo stretchy book covers 6 packages of index cards and Ziploc bags or file box for storage of cards Pencil case - pouches preferred 48 regular (not mechanical) pencils Pens – 6 red and 6 blue or black – NON-CLICKING 1 (child) scissors 2 package markers (thick and thin) 1 package colored pencils 1 package highlighters 2 packages of glue sticks

Other supplies needed (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits) Earbuds for use with Chromebooks (kept at school) 1 family photo Sturdy bag for Religion class Bible - St. Joseph N.C.V. New Testament Vest Pocket Edition (new students) Youth Catechism of Catholic Church (new students)

At home: (NOT included in Staples pre-ordered kits)

Loose - leaf, graph and printer paper Ruler and protractor