NAME:
Erin Mangal
SCHOOL:
Cooley Middle School
CLASS:
6th Grade G.A.T.E and Language Arts, Social Studies
SCHOOL PHONE:
(916) 771-1745 X 165
At age 18 I got my first job working with children at Village Montessori
School. I thought the job would be fun and the hours were perfect for someone going to school. I
soon fell in love with the entire experience and changed my major to child development. Within a
year I began teaching preschool and remained doing so until I graduated from CSU Sacramento.
Teaching at a Montessori school for so long has greatly shaped the way I teach now. Giving kids
freedom of movement, accepting their ideas and thoughts and allowing as much choice as I can all
stem from my years at the Montessori school.
My first public school teaching assignment was at Sierra Gardens Elementary
school in Roseville. After two years there, I transferred to Cooley Middle School! I absolutely
love teaching middle school. I am currently in my 11th
year of teaching and my 9th year at Cooley.
In my free time I love to travel, it is definitely my passion! I have been fortunate enough to travel to
Japan, Thailand, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Spain, Mexico,
Canada, Ireland,England, Scotland, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. John (my favorite) and all over
the East Coast USA. If your behavior is great here at Cooley, perhaps we will someday travel to
Europe together on one of Cooley's annual summer Europe trips!
Please note that these books range from 3rd grade to high school level because of the many different
reading levels we have in class. Please check the level before you begin a book. I hope to have the
levels here soon!
**Newbery Gold Medal Winner
A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin (Fiction)
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Fiction)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (Classic Fiction)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Nonfiction)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Nonfiction)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Fiction)
Bloomability by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
Blubber by Judy Blume (Fiction)
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (fiction)
**Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Fiction)
The Cay by Theodore Taylor (Fiction)
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (Fiction)
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
**Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Fiction)
The Chronicals of Narnia: (Fantasy)
The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Fiction/Horror)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Dicey's Sony by Cynthia Voigt (fiction)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (Fantasy)
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (fiction)
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Non-Fiction)
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (Fiction)
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (Fantasy)
**The Giver by Lois Lowry (Science Fiction)
Harry Potter books 1-7: (Fantasy)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chanber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
His Dark Materials Series: (Fantasy) (One of my FAVORITE series)
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fantasy)
**Holes by Louis Sachar (Fiction)
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (Fiction)
The Iliad by Homer (Epic Poem)
**Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Fiction)
Life as we Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (fiction)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (fiction)
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (fiction)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (fiction)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (fiction)
The Lord of the Rings: (Fantasy)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi (Fiction)
**Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Fiction)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Fiction)
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume (fiction)
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (Historical Fiction)
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place E.L. Konigsburg (Fiction)
The Neverending Story by Miachael Ende (Fantasy)
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman (Fiction)
Nowhere, Now Here by Ann Creel (Fiction)
The Odyssey by Homer (Epic Poem)
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Fiction)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Rick Riordan)
Peter and The Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Fiction)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Raven and other Poems by Edgar Allen Poe (Poetry)
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (fiction)
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (Fiction)
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg (Fiction)
The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake (Fiction)
Superfudge by Judy Blume (Fiction)
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Fiction)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Fiction)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (Science Fiction)
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Fiction)
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (Fiction)
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson (Fiction)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (fiction)
Twilight Series: (Fantasy)
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Sorry but I DID not like Breaking Dawn so I just can't recommend it! In my opinion there was no great
action or any suspense whatsoever. It was also sticky sweet, which I do not care for, however many
people do.
Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume (Fiction)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (Science Fiction)
Uglies Series (Sci-fi)
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Pretties by Scott Westerfield
Specials by Scott Westerfield
Extras by Scott Westerfield
**Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (Fiction)
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Science Fiction)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (Fiction)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Fiction)
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein