One of my favorites is:Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie KellerIt
is based on the Golden Rule and very amusing!
Another one I enjoy is an oldie:Miss Nelson is MissingI read them the book on
the first day of school and discuss how their teacher can be Miss Nelson or
Miss Viola
I am a huge Andrew Clements fan. One book I read last year to the fifth
graders (but it is certainly appropriate for 3rd) was Jake Drake Bully
Buster. It lead to engaging discussions and was a way to highlight some of
the ways students don't like to be treated. It also was a great source for
Hi all. We have about 3 chapters left in Book Whisperer. We should be
wrapping this book up in the next two weeks. I wanted to give you advance
notice of our next selection. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. If you wish
to join this discussion, I will keep you posted as to when we are
Sorry about the delay in posting Chapter 4. I was away for a much needed
vacation.
Chapter 4 - Reading Freedom
Donalyn makes a strong case in this chapter for allowing our students to
develop reading identities. She encourages us to resist the temptation to
teach them how to select
Hi,It was late when I wrote the previous email and just realized we were
talking about chapter books and not picture books - sorry...So here is a new
favorite of mine that I will be using at the beginning of the year is:
OBI Gerbil on the Loose! by Michael Delaney
This book has wonderful word
I LOVE Andrew Clements! If you are fifth grade I hope you have done Frindle.
I usually do it with my advanced readers in a literature circle format. I
always read the last chapter with them and cry. That, Love That Dog, and Stone
Fox never fail to bring tears to my eyes which in itself
Is there really a crisis related to our boys and their literacy or is it better
put that education really doesn't care of their level of literacy but simply
pays attention to a biased reading test and how they do bubbling in the right
answer.
As I research, I see that great questions are
There is also a serious problem with the number of males attending 4 year
colleges. My son will be a senior in h.s. in the fall and most of the
colleges that we've visited (or read about) are about 60% female.
This is troubling to me on so many levels. Males, who used to be considered
the
I read the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan last year and my students
loved it. We also went to see the movie as a class and talked about
how much better the book was than the movie. It is a great book to
use for think alouds from the teacher. I kept trying to reiterate how
it is important to
Leslie, you're making me miss 3rd grade--I did all 3 of those, too, and loved
them! Last year was my first year in 5th and to substitute for Love That Dog I
read them Creech's Heartbeat. I didn't adore it like LTD, but I liked it a lot.
And I've spent more time this summer reading kidfiction.
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