Union 28 MCBA Mash-Up List 2017-2018
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
Another Day as Emily by Eileen Spinelli
Clueless McGee (Clueless McGee #1) by Jeff Mack
Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean (Science Comics) by Maris Wicks
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Laurie Hernandez
In the Footsteps of Crazy Hors e by Joseph Marshall III
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angelberger, illustrated by Cece Bell
Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper, illustrated by Raul The Third
Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings Junior Genius Guides) by Ken Jennings
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1) by Jonathan Stroud
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Mike Holmes
Space Case (A Moon Base Alpha Novel) by Stuart Gibbs
Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
The Blackthorn Ke y (The Blackthorn Key, #1) by Kevin Sands
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
The Truth of Me: About a Boy, His Grandmother, and a Very Good Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
Leveled Guide (click here to see the Grade Level Guide for the above list)
The Books in Action Party will be held at Leverett Elementary School on Friday March 9 , 2018 in the evening. To qualify for an invitation, students in grades 4, 5 and 6 must read at least 5 MCBA books by February 13, 2018. The librarians from Swift River, Leverett and Shutesbury schools work together to provide a fun evening of activities based on the 25 MCBA books.
The MCBA Classroom Contest has begun! Students earn points for their classroom by:
- Making posters or bookmarks - Writing Book Reviews - Answering the Question of the Week
- Writing questions for the Battle of the Book competition - Reading the MCBA books
The contest ends the week of April 13, 2018 and the winning class receives a pizza party lunch!
The MCBA Classroom Contest has begun! Students earn points for their classroom by:
- Making posters or bookmarks - Writing Book Reviews - Answering the Question of the Week
- Writing questions for the Battle of the Book competition - Reading the MCBA books
The contest ends the week of April 13, 2018 and the winning class receives a pizza party lunch!
Author Lauren Tarshis recently visited Swift River School. Our focus was on the I Survived series, specifically I Survived: Hurricane Katrina 2005. Ms. Tarshis spoke about her difficulty with reading as a child and teen, then answered questions from the students. The author is shown with some of the artwork made by the students for their play about hurricane Katrina.
You can see this wonderful play performed by the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students here. Special thanks to Sally Alley for the amazing artwork, Christine Morin for the technical help and Brian Bender for the soundtrack. This was a great project to work on and helped the students understand the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina.
You can see this wonderful play performed by the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students here. Special thanks to Sally Alley for the amazing artwork, Christine Morin for the technical help and Brian Bender for the soundtrack. This was a great project to work on and helped the students understand the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina.