School District of South Orange and Maplewood

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SOUTH ORANGE AND MAPLEWOOD

PUBLIC BOARD MEETING

May 18, 2009

FOR ACTION 2503

RESOLUTION NUMBER

SUBJECT Book Adoption

BE IT RESOLVED, THAT

The Board of Education adopts the following books:

SUBJECT / GRADE(S) / TITLE/AUTHOR / PUBLISHER /
Social Studies / 5 / Harcourt Social Studies
The United States: Making a New Nation
Berson, Howard, Salinas / Harcourt School Publishers
2007
Language Arts / 6 / Smiles to Go
Jerry Spinelli / HarperCollins
2008
Language Arts / 6 / Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli / Random House Children’s Books
2003
English 2 and
Junior/Senior English electives / 10-12 / No Fear Shakespeare:
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet
William Shakespeare / Sparknotes
2003

Background Information

Program leaders and teachers are recommending that these books be used in implementing the curriculum in the subject areas/grade levels specified.

Adoption:May 18, 2009