Welcome to Mrs. Ballinghoff’s 5th Grade
Summer News Bulletin
Summer break is here! This has been a great school year and I will miss everyone. Please visit me next year! I hope everyone has a fun and safe summer.
Summer Book List
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Clearly
Frindle by Andrew Clements
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Holes by Lois Sachar
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
My Daniel by Pam Conrad
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Wait Till Helen Comes, A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Greetings to my new 5th grade students! I look forward to meeting all of you. I have a lot of fun activities and games planned for this year. We also have DARE and a DARE graduation and dance. In May we go to Historical Philadelphia. 5th grade is so much fun and you will learn a lot. See you in September!
