For fifth-grade students: I've used Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner which brings in the scientific process and the students love it. However, it is dated by the use of a rotary telephone. Also, Rex by Fred Yager My students love the story and it also allows us to begin to use the thesaurus for Yager's one flaw which is using "said" too much.
Teri Davis ---- "Stewart wrote: > I know it's been done before but would you share your most favorite, highly > engaging read-alouds for the start of school. My old standbys did not work > well last year. My students weren't enchanted by Roald Dahl or Creecher's > Love That Dog. I am looking for great, not too long, novels. I have many > wonderful picture books to select from, but I would even like to hear of any > newer ones. On that note I just purchased Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader > Behind by Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley and I really enjoyed it. It is > about a teacher trying to find that one book for each of the children in her > classroom that will turn them into readers. > Thanks! > Leslie > > Leslie R. Stewart/Grade 3 > lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us<mailto:lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us> > 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX > > The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and > falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. > ~Michelangelo<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/michelange108779.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
