DECEMBER’S READING IN ENGLISH
GRADE 5
READING FOCUS: This month, fifth graders will read cleverly plotted books. Students will come to appreciate how characters react to the problems they face and why they react the way they do.
Creativity & Curiosity
Save Me a Seat Written by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Joe has lived in the same town all his life and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi’s family just moved to America from India, and he’s finding it hard to figure out where he fits in. Joe and Ravi don’t think they have anything in common—but soon enough they realize they have both been victims of the biggest bully in their class. Joe and Ravi then unite on a common mission: to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week. Told in alternating chapters through Joe’s and Ravi’s points of view, this book brings to life two memorable characters.
FASCINATING PEOPLE & PLACES
HUMOR
Imagination & Exploration
I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900 Written by Lauren Tarshis & illustrated by Scott Dawson In 1900, Galveston was Texas’s richest and most important city. Just a few years before, a weather forecaster had said the idea of a hurricane striking Galveston was absurd. So, when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, people gathered on the beach to cheer on the wild waves. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as those waves crashed into the city. In this thrilling installment of Lauren Tarshis’s I Survived series, fifth graders will keep turning pages to discover what happens when a boy named Charlie battles the treacherous waters to make sure his neighbors are safe.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH
THE WORLD AROUND US
New Worlds Reading Initiative Selections: December | 7
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