Here are some recommended chapter books we have read or will read throughout the year. I have also included a list of reference books that are great resources to enhance your child's writing and language arts skills.
Chapter Books
Chocolate Fever - Robert Kimmel Smith
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard and Florance Atwater
Fourth Grade Rats - Jerry Spinelli
Maniac McGee - Jerry Spinelli
How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
Holes - Louis Sachar
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom - Louis Sacher
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Brian's Hunt - Gary Paulsen
Frindle - Andrew Clements
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
Danny Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
Witches - Roald Dahl
Reference Books
Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary
Scholastic Children's Thesaurus
Children's Dictionary
Banish Boring Words! - Scholastic
Word of the Day - Evan-Moor
Daily Oral Language - Evan-Moor
Paragraph Editing - Evan-Moor
Daily Academic Language - Evan-Moor
101 Lessons: Vocabulary Words in Context - Evan-Moor
Chocolate Fever - Robert Kimmel Smith
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard and Florance Atwater
Fourth Grade Rats - Jerry Spinelli
Maniac McGee - Jerry Spinelli
How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
Holes - Louis Sachar
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom - Louis Sacher
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Brian's Hunt - Gary Paulsen
Frindle - Andrew Clements
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
Danny Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
Witches - Roald Dahl
Reference Books
Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary
Scholastic Children's Thesaurus
Children's Dictionary
Banish Boring Words! - Scholastic
Word of the Day - Evan-Moor
Daily Oral Language - Evan-Moor
Paragraph Editing - Evan-Moor
Daily Academic Language - Evan-Moor
101 Lessons: Vocabulary Words in Context - Evan-Moor