See also: science fiction and fantasy recommendations.Social and Emotional Gifted Teen Series by authors Ester R.A. ![]() Picture books: Not a Box, Not a Stick, Froodle, Calvin Can’t Fly, and any Amy Krouse Rosenthal books. of Calpurnia Tate, 4th- Among the Hidden, 3rd-⚡Thief, Despereaux, Hatchet 1&2- 1&only IvanĦth grade: Watership Down (Characters+setting), Westing Game (Mystery), Hobbit (Setting), Hamilton (Arts integration) Buck gr 8 “The Time Machine” gr 7 “Animal Farm” & “The Pearl” tie for gr 6ĥth- Evol. Great at beginning of year to set class culture. We write our own books about what peace meand to us (1st gr). With 3rd grade great parallel with the study of the colonists! I love The Phantom Tollbooth, City of Ember (series), The Giver (series) It’s is my fave chapter book to start the year with. Lions of Little Rock, Code Talker (5th grade), Wrinkle in Time, Westing Game, Book of Three (4th grade)įor 1st grade. An oldie but goody for 6th The View from Saturday (E.L. My dissertation has to do with gifted students and independent reading, so I’m interestingly perusing this thread! I like to recommend The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper to my 4th-5th-6th gifted kids who are Harry Potter fans.Ĭhasing Vermeer and other Blue Balliett books, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Westing Game. ![]() I am a school librarian working on my doctorate. Powerful book for debate and discussion.Ĭhasing Vermeer 4th grade, Esperanza Rising 5th, Sign of the Beaver 4th, Stone Fox, Frindle, 2nd-3rd Unfair accusation and trial of Native American in 1812. Told from two perspectives, one in poetry, one in prose. It’s great! I did it with Grades 3 & 4 as a lunch bunch group.įor Grade 5. Rangers Apprentice series, Gary Paulsen books, Guardians of Gahoole, and one of my all time favorites has to be Time Stops for No Mouse. For my 6th grade class we read “The Unwanteds” My favorite! You can compare the different ways people viewed Edward, the big idea of the story is a huge one and also the changes over time he goes through makes for a great discussion.Ĥ/5 grade class, but am looking for a second book to use every other year. Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Lots of inferencing and story comes together at the end. Probably best for upper elementary but it is amazing.Ĥ3 Old Cemetery Rd: Dying to Meet You by Kate and M. Oh gracious I forgot my favorite book–I adore the Wednesday Wars. I have done a lit circle round robin/jigsaw Socratic using those two Clements books, Charlotte’s Web and Harriet the Spy and discussing “Do words have power?” I can always go far teaching wordplay and communication units with these. No Talking and/or Frindle by Andrew Clements All of those have fabulous tie ins with across disciplines (especially great for depth and complexity lovers!). Is awesome, as are the follow-ups (The Calder Game and The Wright Three). I usually follow that with Westing Game, or Shakespeare’s Secret depending on grade level and interest. Usually with 4th or 5th as an introduction to a mystery unit. Not a chapter book but very complex and loads of fun. We are going to read it together this fall! I assured her that the allegory was enough to make up for it. She said that the Lexile wasn’t high enough. I recommended it to my 7th-grade daughter. Historical fiction is sometimes hard for kiddos but this was great! This was a favorite among my 5th graders last year. Not only is it set during the Great Depression which makes for some great history lessons, but the language is so fun! It was a great book to teach figurative language :) ![]() Repeated recommendations include Lions of Little Rock, A Wrinkle In Time, The Westing Game, City of Ember, and Chasing Vermeer. ⚠️ I haven’t read every book on the list, so use your professional judgment. This is a work in progress! I’m still working on getting everything listed nicely and linked up for easy browsing. Building off the big list of books with 900-1000 Lexile, here is a general list of recommended books from many teacher pals on Twitter and Facebook.
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