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Summer Writing Assignment
for Incoming Sixth Graders
1. Keep track of all the fun times you had during the summer.
2. Write Mr. Wiezorek a one-page friendly letter that describes what you did during your summer vacation. Use your best writing skills.
3. Hand in your friendly letter on the first day of school in August.
Summer Reading Assignment for Incoming Sixth Graders!
1. You are expected to read two books this summer. You may choose the books you wish to read. (I have posted some books below that may interest you.)
2. You are expected to make a poster or PowerPoint that shows the major story events in your book and information about the characters. You will present your poster/PowerPoint during the first week of school in the fall.
Peter Pan
James Matthew Barrie
Gutenberg Text
5th to 6th grade reading level
Rudyard Kipling
The Kipling Reader
Captains Courageous
The Jungle Book
The Second Jungle Book
Just So Stories
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
All Gutenberg Texts
5th to 6th grade reading level
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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Gutenberg Text
5th to 6th grade reading level
Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer Detective
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
All Gutenberg Texts
5th to 6th grade reading level
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
New Chronicles of Rebecca
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
5th to 7th grade reading level
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Secret Garden
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gutenberg Text
5th to 7th grade reading level
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of the Island
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne's House of Dreams
by L. M. Montgomery
5th to 7th grade reading level
Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Jack and Jill
Little Women
Little Men
Jo's Boys
by Louisa May Alcott
5th to 8th grade reading level
Daniel Defoe
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
& also The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Gutenberg Text
6th grade reading level
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The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
by Sir James Knowles
6th grade reading level
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
Sea Wolf
6th to 7th grade reading level
Jack London
Gutenberg Texts
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Treasure Island
6th to 7th grade reading level
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
6th to 8th grade reading level
Many More Selections by the Same Author
The Wizard of Oz Collection
by Frank L. Baum
6th to 8th grade reading level
The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
by Washington Irving
Including Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle
Also Muliple Formats at Black Mask
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
6th to 8th grade reading level
Junior High (6th Grade) Supply List
2010-11
Glue sticks/glue
Flash drive
Red pens
Black pens
No. 2 pencils
Scissors
6 notebooks (1 for each subject)
1 special notebook for a journal in Language Arts
6 two-pocket folders (three-hole punch if you like)
Loose-leaf paper
Graph paper
Protractor, compass, and ruler
Colored pencils
Washable markers and/or crayons
Highlighters
Note cards (4 packs of 100)
2 pencil cases
Book covers for textbooks
1 box of tissues (Kleenex)
1 roll of paper towels
3 packs of Post-Its (any size)
3 three-ring binders with dividers (1½-inch thick binder)
A Scientific calculator is required.
A graphing calculator is recommended for 8th Grade.
Recommended: Larousse Concise Spanish-English Dictionary
For Art: 9" x 12" 100 sheet drawing pad (must have)
1 roll of heavy duty aluminum foil
1 roll of paper towels