5-8+List

[|Hamden Grade 5] [|Hamden Grade 6 list]iRather than listing specific titles these list present authors and also recommend nonfiction topics related to the curriculum - what do you think of that idea? [|Hamden Grade 7] and [|Hamden Grade 8] include writing prompts as well as recommended authors and curriculum-related nonfiction. They also have a very nice [|reading journa]l which indlues a 5-level rating system,

Just out of curiosity as someone who is new to the district -- why are these four grades lumped together? What I see 5th and 6th graders wanting (and being able) to read as opposed to 7th and 8th graders is really different. - SMS

Great point! Put another grade configuration out there. GH

The list of authors looks great. I would suggest that james Patterson be removed because we call him a YA author and thus shelve in another area. Also might consider adding following:

Lawrence Yep Gloria Whelan Ann Martin Laurie H Anderson Nicolasa Mohr Peg Kehert

though the list seems pretty full! - JJessen

Grade 5 Hamden Authors ([|for whole grade 5 list]) (4) = also on grade 4 list Avi. Barry, Dave. Benton, Jim. (4) Bryant, Annie, (4) Byng, Georgia Christopher, Matt.(4) Clements, Andrew. (4) Collins, Suzanne Coville, Bruce. Creech, Susan Curtis, Christopher Paul. Dahl, Roald (4) DiCamillo, Kate (4) DuPrau, Jeanne Funke, Cornelia. George, Jean Craighead Gutman, Dan (4) Haddix, Margaret Peterson Hobbs, Will Howe, James Korman, Gordon (4) Lowery, Lois Lupica, Mike. Maddox, Jake (4) Mazer, Annie MacHale, MacDonald, Meghan (4) Namioka, Leslie Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Paolini, Christopher Park, Barbara. Riordan, Rick (4) Rowling, J.K. Ryan, Pam Munoz Sachar, Louis(4) Scieska, Jon (4) Spinelli, Jerry Stilton, Geronimo Tayleur, Karen (4) VanDraanen, Wendolyn SERIES: Dear America Royal Diaries 39 Clues My Name is America