5th Grade Book List

I've finally completed Lydia's book list for this school year.  Like last year, each month will have one book we read aloud and one book she reads independently.  Also like last year, she reads many more books than this on her own!  Unlike last year, I have not read the majority of these books. 

August
  Independent: Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
  Read-Aloud: By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
September
  Independent: The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  Read-Aloud: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
October
  Independent: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
  Read-Aloud: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
Novemeber
  Independent: Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
  Read-Aloud: The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton
December
  Independent: Redwall by Brian Jacques
  Read-Aloud: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
January
  Independent: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  Read-Aloud: Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
February
  Independent: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
  Read-Aloud: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
March
  Independent: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  Read-Aloud: The Borrowed House by Hilda van Stockum
April
  Independent: A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
  Read-Aloud: The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
May
  Independent: Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
  Read-Aloud: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Both kids working side-by-side at the table (which almost never happens):

As you can see, Gyunay is not using his slant board any more.  It was his decision, and he's doing quite well without it.