Sunday, December 30, 2012
ReadKiddoRead asked authors, athletes and celebrities to share their favorite books.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Courtesy of the ReadKiddoRead Foundation Did you give books to your kids as gifts this holiday season? Which did you pick for friends and family? ReadKiddoRead asked authors, athletes and celebrities to finish this sentence: The Best Gift I Ever Got Was a Book, and That Book Was _____. Pick up some of these favorites for the kids in your life, or browse through ReadKiddoRead.com for books that are sure to please any young person this holiday season. Mark Teixeira The best gift I ever got was a book; it was The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. The book is The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, given to me by my friend and high school principal, Barry Fitzpatrick. While I can't single out any book as my favorite, this book stands out …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
A quick guide to required reading for incoming sixth graders.
Needham students entering sixth grade at High Rock School this fall are being asked to read two books from the school's summer reading list in the next few months. The list includes titles such as "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick, "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau, "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd and "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor. See the complete approved reading list as a PDF at right or on the school website, highrock.needham.k12.ma.us. Students don't need to complete a formal written assignment about the books, but they need to come to school in September ready to participate in assignments and activities based on the books. Students should bring one of the books with them to school in September. Outgoing High…
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High Rock School
77 Ferndale Rd, Needham, MA
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Local educators offer a list of great books for elementary schoolers to read while school is out.
While summer reading is not required for Needham elementary school students, local educators recommend that parents encourage their children to continue reading over the summer. A great way to do this is to have the kids sign up for the Summer Reading Clubs at the Needham Free Public Library, where they can track their reading and even earn prizes for every few hours completed. Suggested titles range from picture books such as "The Little Red Pen" by Janet Stevens to beginning reader books such as the Fly Guy series or "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen to early chapter and young reader books such as the Big Nate, Dragonbreath, Ivy and Bean and Penderwicks series. See the full list of suggsested titles as a PDF at right. Other …
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Hillside Elementary School
28 Glen Gary Rd, Needham, MA
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Eliot School
135 Wellesley Ave, Needham, MA
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Mitchell School
187 Brookline St, Needham, MA
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Newman Elementary School
1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA
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Broadmeadow Elementary School
120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, MA
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A quick guide to required reading for students entering seventh and eighth grade in the fall.
School's out at the end of the day today, but that doesn't mean homework is at an end. Over the summer, Pollard Middle School students—those entering seventh and eighth grade in 2012-13—must read at least two books from an approved list of titles. Suggested titles include a few classics such as "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, "Call of the Wild" by Jack London, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker and "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, as well as modern favorites such as "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and "The Hunger Games" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The full list of approved titles can be found as a PDF at right (by genre or author) or on the school website, pollard.needham.k12.ma.us. Note: …
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Pollard Middle School
200 Harris Ave, Needham, MA
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