Grade Five
Low Level and High Interest
Sasquatch by Roland Smith is a book that has the grade level of a fifth grader and the interest level of grades sixth through eighth. This book is about a boy named Dylan and his father who join a Sasquatch hunting team led by a top big-foot researcher.
Low Level and High Interest
The Walking Stones by Mollie Hunter is a book that has the grade level of a fifth grader and the interest level of grades sixth through eighth. This books is about twelve-year old Donalds and the Bodach, an old man, who are friends who deepen their understanding of each other when the building of a new hydroelectric plant threatens to flood their glen.
Interactive Read Aloud
The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, is about a man named Armand who is an old hobo, who loves his solitary are carefree life under a bridge in Paris. He has no family, and better yet, no children, whom he says, are like starlings: the world is better off without them. One day his life becomes complicated when he discovers a family under his bridge, complete with a working mother and three children. Armand has a tough decision, to leave the family under the bridge or to continue living under the bridge with the family helping out the working mother. Throughout this book, you can discuss topics that deal with decision making and responsibility. You can also propose questions to your students about what it would be like to be a hobo, be carefree and have no responsibilities.
Joke Book
The Bananas Dating Test by Joe Arthur is book is filled with wacky tests, jokes, gags, and tips about dating and romance.
Interactive Read Aloud
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, is about the Logan family in rural Mississippi. Cassie Logan quickly learns the difference between how white children and black children are treated in the Jim Crow South of the Great Depression. Throughout this book you can discuss topics, such as, slavery, the difference between how white children and black children are treated, and equality.