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while all the wild children are raging through the neighborhood.  Magnus' vacation will start the day that all the wild things go back to the classroom. What is the point? during the heat of the summer, he is inside with the A/C, once it starts cooling down, then he can play and enjoy the quiet of the community.

still working hard on Math.

will pick up Museum of Natural Science is first week of September.

and Texas History http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/ shortly.

7th grade novel list

http://www.k12.com/courses/materials/li7f1#.UhV72pKTir9

Title and Author	Lexile Level
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg	700
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle	740
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury	740
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton	750
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare	760
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech	770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier	770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare	770
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander	770
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt	770
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George	810
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes	840
The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein	860
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor	860
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep	870
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson	880
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson	910
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor	920
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper	920
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis	940
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis	950
White Fang, by Jack London	970
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery	990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli	990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell	1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson	1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne	1030
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle	1090
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt	1100
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman	1170
War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells	1170
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss	1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford	1320

6th grade novel list

http://www.k12.com/courses/materials/li6f1#.UhV7-5KTir8

Title and Author	Lexile Level
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg	740
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle	740
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury	740
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton	750
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare	760
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech	770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier	770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare	770
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt	770
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George	810
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes	840
The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein	860
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor	860
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep	870
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson	880
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson	910
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor	920
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper	920
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis	940
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis	950
White Fang, by Jack London	970
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery	990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli	990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell	1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson	1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne	1030
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle	1090
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt	1100
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman	1170
War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells	1170
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss	1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford	1320

5th grade novel list

http://www.k12.com/courses/materials/li5f1b#.UhV7nZKTir-

Title and Author	Lexile Level
A Lion to Guard Us, by Clyde Robert Bulla	360
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner	550
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan	560
Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary	670
Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White	680
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg	700
Li Lun, Lad of Courage , by Carolyn Treffinger	720
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord	730
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle	740
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare	760
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder	760
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander	770
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt	770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare	770
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech	770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier	770
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden	780
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien	790
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George	810
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry	830
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes	840
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary	860
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren	870
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes	870
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep	870
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	890
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink	890
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson	910
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor	920
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper	920
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis	940
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis	950
White Fang, by Jack London	970
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery	990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli	990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell	1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson	1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne	1030
Hound of the Baskervilles , by Arthur Conan Doyle	1090
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss	1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford	1320

4th grade novel list

http://www.k12.com/courses/materials/li4f1b#.UhV7NpKTir9

Title and Author	Lexile Level
A Lion to Guard Us, by Clyde Robert Bulla	360
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner	550
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan	560
Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary	670
Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White	680
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg	700
Li Lun, Lad of Courage, by Carolyn Treffinger	720
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord	730
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle	740
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare	760
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder	760
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander	770
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt	770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare	770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier	770
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden	780
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien	790
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George	810
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry	830
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes	840
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary	860
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren	870
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes	870
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep	870
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	890
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink	890
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson	910
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis	940
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery	990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli	990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell	1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson	1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne	1030
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle	1090
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss	1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford	1320

300,000 energy points

Fourth 6 week session is nearly over:
July 15 - August 23

Khanacademy: 10K points a day, 5 days a week:
goal: 300,000 new energy points

Starting at the beginning:

• Addition and subtraction
• Telling time
• Multiplication and division
• Negative numbers and absolute value
• Decimals
• Factors and multiples
• Arithmetic properties
• Applying mathematical reasoning
• Perimeter, area and volume
• Exponents, radicals, and scientific notation
• Inferential statistics
• Fractions
• Points, lines, and planes
• Probability and statistics
• Ratios, proportions, units and rates
• Linear equations
• Angles and intersecting lines

Discovery Education:
2 hours a day in Science watching streaming.

goal: 60 hours of video (measurement yet to be determined)

Literature:

The Lord of the Rings 

• Fellowship of the Ring
• Pages: 432
• Two Towers
• Pages: 352
• Return of the King
• Pages: 432