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Dd8 is going into 4th this year. Her reading for school includes:

 

HISTORY

Adam of the Road

Augustine, The Farmer's Boy of Tagaste

Bard of Avon

The Beggars' Bible

Beorn the Proud

The Bible Smuggler

Big John's Secret

The Door in the Wall

Duncan's War

Fine Print

The Escape

Huguenot Garden

If All the Swords in England: A Story of Thomas Becket

Ink on His Fingers

King's Arrow

The King's Book

The Lost Baron

Luther the Leader

The Man Who Laid the Egg

The Red Keep

Shakespeare's Scribe

The Shakespeare Stealer

Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow

When the Morning Came

Dispelling the Tyranny

The Beggars' Victory

Sword Song

This was John Calvin

Thunderstorm in Church

The Viking Quest Series

 

 

LITERATURE

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dangerous Journey

Faerie Gold

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

The Hobbit

King Arthur

Leepike Ridge

Mary Poppins

Robin Hood

Twenty-One Balloons

 

BOOK BASKET

In addition to the above, she will have 3 or 4 books per week in her book basket.

10 books from the Red Rock Mysteries

The Sugar Creek Gang Series

The Boy and the Samurai, The Revenge of the 47 Samurai, The Samurai's Tale

Various other titles that we'll choose week by week

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History (A combination of OM 5 and SL D+E - Some titles are quite easy.)

 

Om-Kas-Toe

Pedro's Journal

Pocahontas and the Strangers

Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?

Columbus (D'Aulaire)

If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620

Pocahontas (d'Aulaire)

Sarah Morton's Day

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

The Matchlock Gun

Phoebe the Spy

Johnny Tremain

The Sign of the Beaver

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution...

By the Great Horn Spoon!

Caddie Woodlawn

George Washington (d'Aulaire)

Ben and Me

Benjamin Franklin (d'Aulaire)

some Laura Ingalls Wilder biography - which one is undecided

A Little House in the Big Woods

Children of the Wild West

Farmer Boy

The Wright Brothers

Little House on the Prairie

Hero Over Here

Freedom Train

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

 

Independent Reading (This is a list from which he can choose.)

 

Across Five Aprils

Old Yeller

Thimble Summer

The Pigman and Me

Bridge to Terabithia

A Single Shard

Treasure Island

James and the Giant Peach

The Invisible Man

Black Beauty

The Secret Garden

M.C. Higgins, the Great

Five Children and It

The Saturdays

The Willoughbys

Peter Pan

The Five Littlle Peppers and How They Grew

Then There Were Five

The Wheel on the School

Pollyanna

The Railway Children

Lassie Come Home

Little House books

 

Read Alouds (Combo of American History and Ancients)

 

A Young People's History of the US

Walk the World's Rim

Black Ships Before Troy

The Cabin Faced West

The Odyssey (retelling)

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

50 Famous Stories Retold

Little Britches

Favorite Geek Myths

Plain Girl

Tales from the Odyssey

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Sure!

 

We're also studying US History this year, so keep that in mind.

 

Literature:

 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Island of the Blue Dolphins

My Side of the Mountain

The Search for Delicious

The Whipping Boy

Trumpet of the Swan

 

Historical Reading:

 

Indian Legends

Bears on Hemlock Mountain (she read this already and was offended that I suggested it - oops)

A Lion to Guard Us

Matchlock Gun

The Cabin Faced West

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Sarah Whitcher's Story

Phoebe the Spy

Sarah Plain and Tall

 

I also plan to have her read through a Shakespearean play this year, but I am completely clueless on what we'll do.

 

Edited to say: I forgot to list Read-Alouds. Our Read-Alouds are basically US History - we read Sign of the Beaver, Pedro's Journal, Paddle to the Sea, etc. I would also like to get to Jungle Book, Arabian Nights and something King Arthur...I think those are all suggestions I gathered from TWTM.

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This was our 4th grade list:

 

Silent Reading

 

Accidents May Happen, 50 Inventions Discovered By Mistake

Aesop’s Fables

All That Glitters

Bailey School Kids Joke Book

Bakugan Official Handbook

Chinese Fairy Tales

Chocolate Fever

Cry of the Wolf

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, The Last Straw

Disney's My Side Of The Story, Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent

Doll People, The

Don't Bump The Glump! & Other Fantasies by Shel Silverstein

Eve Of The Emperor Penguin

Fairies and Elves

Favorite Tales, The Princess & the Pea

Felicity Learns A Lesson

Free To Be You And Me

From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Gus The Greedy Puppy

How To Train Your Dragon

Irish Fairy Tales

Jess, American Girl Today

Jewish Fairy Tales

Josefina Learns A Lesson

Josefina's Surprise

Karen's Two Families

Kid Who Invented the Popsicle, The & Other Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things

Little Mermaid and Other Stories, The

Magic Schoolbus Gets All Dried Up, The

Magic Schoolbus Makes A Rainbow, The

Magic Schoolbus Gets Baked In A Cake, The

Magyk

Meanest Doll in The World, The

Meet Felicity

Meet Josefina

Mistakes That Worked

Monster of the Month Club

Monsters In The Attic

Monsters In Cyberspace

Monsters And My One True Love

My Dog Ate My Homework (poems)

Pippi Goes On Board

Pippi In The South Seas

Pippi Longstocking

Place To Belong, A

Race Of The Year

Season Of The Sandstorms

Secret of the Unicorn, The

Sheepdog In The Snow

Silly Things Happen

Stone-Faced Boy, The

Wayside School Is Falling Down

What The Moon Brought

Zombie Zone, The

 

Books We Read Aloud To Each Other

 

Abu Ali, Three Tales of the Middle East

Addie Across The Prairie

Addy Learns A Lesson

Addy Saves The Day

Addy's Surprise

Ancient Near East, The

Barack Obama, An American Story Buffalo Bill & The Pony Express

Care & Keeping Of You, The: The Body Book For Girls

Caught In The Act

Changes For Addy

Child’s Guide To Economics, A: How To Turn Lemons Into Money

Coat Of Many Colors, The

Cornerstones of Freedom, The California Gold Rush

Dance, Sing, Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays

Daniel Boone (partial)

Escape To Witch Mountain

Family Apart, A

Farmer Boy

Feelings Book, The: The Care & Keeping Of Your Emotions

Gilgamesh The King

God's People, Stories From The Old Testament

Happy Birthday, Addy

Heidi

Historical Album of Pennsylvania, A (partial: focused on colonization/Quakers)

History In Art, Ancient China

History Picture Book, A: The Thirteen Colonies

If A Bus Could Talk, The Story Of Rosa Parks

If You Lived In Colonial Times

If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad

Insect World, Praying Mantises, Hungry Insect Heroes

In The Face Of Danger

James Herriot’s Treasury For Children

Jupiter, A New True Book

Kids In Colonial Times

Last Quest of Gilgamesh, The

Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, The

Little Brown Jay, The: A Tale From India

Little House On The Prairie

Magic Schoolbus, Lost In The Solar System, The

Mary Poppins

Meet Addy

Odin's Family, Myths of the Vikings

Once A Mouse...

One Grain Of Rice

On The Banks Of Plum Creek

Orphan Trains, Traveling West To A New Life

Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr., A

Pony Express!

Revenge of Ishtar, The

Search For Delicious, The

Sign Of The Beaver, The

Snowflake Bentley

Story About Ping, The

Story of Benjamin Franklin, The: Amazing American

Story of Harriet Tubman, The: The Conductor Of The Underground Railroad

Stuart Little

Ten Kings And the Worlds They Ruled (partial; read sections on Hammurabi and David)

Trumpet Of The Swan, The

This Land Is Your Land, Pennsylvania

West By Covered Wagon, Retracing The Pioneer Trails

World Myths And Legends, Native American

 

Text Books, Work Books, Reference and/or Resource Material

 

Colonial Kids, An Activity Guide To Life In The New World

Easy To Draw Animals

Exploring The 50 States

Handwriting Without Tears, 4th Grade Cursive Success

Merriam Webster Intermediate Dictionary

National Geographic World Atlas For Young Explorers

Native American Crafts Workshop

Oak Meadow School 4th Grade Math

Oak Meadow School 4th Grade Syllabus

State Sticker Book, The

The Story Of The World Volume One, Ancient Times, Book & Activity Book

Usborne Book of World History, The

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