Hicks Reading Log/Wiki Checklist

Reading Log for 30 books (to paste into your blog in at the end of the term)

• Instructions: List the titles and authors you read under each Genre, and use checklist below for Wiki posts. Then, highlight this material and paste it into a final blog post. I have already included (in the 30) the ones we read for discussion. Feel free to read more in each genre as you make time.

Genre / Titles you read

             I.      Non-fiction/Informational (1 chapter book or photo essay book reflection required on blog)

1)      Planet Earth Amazing Animals of the Rainforest by Tracey West

2)      A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston

          II.      Poetry (1 chapter or picture book reflection required on blog)

1)      Witness by Karen Hesse. (required for discussion)

2)      Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

3)      Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy

4)      A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Luis Stevenson

       III.      Modern Fantasy (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)          

1)      The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. (required for discussion)

2)      Pigs might fly by D. King-Smith

3)      Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

4)      Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate Dicamillo

       IV.      Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can be a picture book)     

1)      A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)      George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff

3)      Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

4)      To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

          V.      Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on blog – one can be a picture book)         

1)      Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

2)      Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry by Ashley Bryan

3)      A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

4)      In the Time of the Drums by Kim Siegelson

       VI.      Realistic Fiction (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)

1)      The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)      Rules by Cynthia Lord

3)      The Tiger Rising  by Kate Dicamillo

4)      Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo

5)      Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

    VII.      Picture Books (5 reflections required on blog during the first two weeks of class. There should be a total here of at least six.)

1)      Flossie & the Fox by Patricia McKissack. (required for discussion)

2)      Owl moon  by J. Yolen

3)      The man who walked between the towers  by M. Gerstein

4)      A sick day for Amos Mcgee by P. Stead

5)      My friend rabbit  by E. Rohmann

6)      Faithful elephants: A true story of animals, people, and war by Y. Tsuchiya

7)      Math Fables by Greg Tang

Wiki Checklist

Instructions: Write the number of entries for each category you posted into on the Course Wiki (requirement is four total posts, in four different categories)

__1_ Social Studies

____ Science

____ Math

__1_ Music

__1_ Art

__1_ Reading/Language Arts

____ Physical Education

____ Other