1. Read one book from the 2014 Rhode Island Children’s Book Award nominees. You can view the list here:
2. Read one Battle book from the following four choices below.
The children will participate in a discussion group with other students who have read the same book in the first full week of school. Questions will be provided a few days prior to the discussion to prepare thoughts and answers.
3. Read the Magic Tree House Nonfiction Guide to Pirates.
This non-fiction selection will give the students background information for the fourth grade “Talk Like a Pirate Day” in September.