Hi
I'm new at working in a primary school library. I get lots of requests from teachers to find novels suitable for them to read aloud to their classes - mostly Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can help teachers source suitable books? Are there any good websites with guides? It's also great if the books have teacher notes/study guides. I am an early childhood trained teacher (before working in the library) so I'm great with picture books but finding it hard to find suitable material for the older primary classes.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi
I am a middle school teacher in Australia (grade 3,4,5 and 6) and a teacher-librarian. I have just self-published a collection of short stories you may be interested in. I have read it to my classes and other teachers have read the stories to their classes with great results. Kids love them. My book is available in a variety of electronic formats on my web site. There is also a free story from the book on the web site you can print off and test out with your students. The address is http://www.wattlecreekbooks.com .
Please let me know how the students respond to the story.
It takes time but each year I read a lot of books so I can suggest. There is also a ton of information on the web about what books go with certain themes. Some great authors for students this age are Avi - Richard Peck - Jerry Spinelli - Ann Martin - Sharon Creech - Christopher Paul Curtis - Gordon Korman - Gary Paulsen - Rick Riordin - Judy Blume -
These are a few of my favorites but there are many more. Happy reading!