50 great read alouds for middle school students
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presented at the 2011 ISLMA conferenceTRANSCRIPT
50 Great Read Alouds for Middle School StudentsKrystina Kelley & Jenny McCrackenBelle Valley School District, Belleville, IL
Why do read alouds?
• Motivates kids to read • Increases comprehension• Improves listening skills• Demonstrates fluency• Builds vocabulary• Provides a spring board for
discussion in a safe atmosphere• Breaks up the monotony• Builds lifetime readers• FUN!
What make a good read aloud?
• Fast-paced• Can't be too long• Lots of action• Not too much dialog (unless you
are really good at doing voices!) • High interest topics• Challenging material
Bibliography• Cunningham, Pat (2005). Struggling Readers: If
they don't read much, how they ever gonna get good?. The Reading Teacher. 59, 88-90.
• Layne, Steven (2009). Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers. Portland: Stenhouse.
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Falling In by Frances O’Roark Dowell
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Mick Hart was Here by Barbara Park
Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes (illustrated by E.B. Lewis)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Scary Stories Treasury collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz