Our Fifth Grade students read a great selection of books this year as independent reading choices. They used an online application called Adobe Spark to create book trailers, or short videos that introduce their books without giving away the endings.
Here are their terrific trailers:
Jenna read the book A Dog’s Purpose, a story about a special dog and all of the friends he makes during his many lives.
Imagine needing to walk miles to survive. Jovana suggests that you read A Long Walk to Water.
If you like dragons and fantasy books, Lilah recommends the Wings of Fire series including The Lost Continent.
Ella recommends Deenie, a book about how a 7th grade girl has to cope with lots of challenges.
If you ever wanted to know what it was like to live with animals in the wild, Siena suggests that you read the biography Who is Jane Goodall?
Frankie recommends The Phantom Tollbooth, a fantasy adventure story, which has been loved for years.
Do you like ghost stories? Chloe suggests that you read All the Lovely Bad Ones.
If you like being in school plays, Charlie thinks you will like Drama.
If you like adventure stories, Landon recommends that you read Hatchet.
Michaela recommends the book Real Friends, a graphic novel about friendship.
Imagine having a brilliant photographic mind but being unable to share your thoughts. Sabrina recommends Out of My Mind.
John recommends that you read the exciting true adventures of a pararescue operator in Never Quit.
Would you like to be a wizard’s apprentice? If so, Ben thinks you will like the Evil Wizard Smallbone.
Imagine being home-schooled and then going to school for the first time in 5th grade! John suggests that you read about August’s story in Wonder.
Neela recommends that you read more about the characters of Wonder in the book Auggie and Me.
Ian read the exciting science fiction book, I am Number Four. It’s the first book in the Lorien Legacies series.
