I had the best time Monday morning meeting with one of my reading groups. This group has a goal of giving historical fiction a try. They all said that they wanted this to be their goal when we came back from spring break a couple of weeks ago. The kids each brought the historical fiction book that they were reading with them to our meeting space. Here are the books they brought, and a quick breakdown of each reader.
Tell Kid 4 thanks for reading and listening to the Refugee audio book--and that I share their appreciation of the audio book! Scholastic did such a great job with it. The music is all original too--and was written to be a combination of music from the three different cultures represented by the three main characters.
I love that you have reading groups in 5th grade. It's a thing near and dear to my reading teacher heart. I love having the chance to connect with kids more deeply about books. One of my favorite things is how they notice things that I hadn't sometimes - a real treat. Keep up the awesome work!
Tell Kid 4 thanks for reading and listening to the Refugee audio book--and that I share their appreciation of the audio book! Scholastic did such a great job with it. The music is all original too--and was written to be a combination of music from the three different cultures represented by the three main characters.
I love that you have reading groups in 5th grade. It's a thing near and dear to my reading teacher heart. I love having the chance to connect with kids more deeply about books. One of my favorite things is how they notice things that I hadn't sometimes - a real treat. Keep up the awesome work!
Yay for historical fiction! Refugee is my favorite Alan Gratz book :)