Read Aloud List
Read Aloud List
Read Aloud List
Some of the books that we read during my 3rd grade placement to help build a more inclusive community were: Do Unto Otters A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud and David Messing Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr
Here are a few websites with books listed described that are great for starting a new school year: 1. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/BackToSchoolBooklist.pdf 2. http://www.teachingheart.net/backtoschoolreading.html 3. http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/beginning-of-the-school-year 4. http://thepicturebookteachersedition.blogspot.com/2012/08/top-10-back-to-school-books.html 5. http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/school/tp/startingschool.htm 6. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/books-welcome-your-students-school-andmake-them-feel-special 7. http://www.education.com/magazine/article/esme_reading_list/ 8. http://www.greatschools.org/students/books/456-books-for-kids-grades-k-5.gs 9. http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/elementary 10. http://www.ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/greatreads/greatearlyelemreads 11. https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/read-alouds-rule-creation (for rule creation) http://www.readingrumpus.com/2009/08/books-to-help-elementary-age-children.html
Picture books and easy reader going-back-to school titles for beginning readers: Pinky Dinky Doo: Back to School Is Cool by Jim Jinkins Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee, Harry Bliss, and Paul Colin
A Very Full Morning by Eva Montanari Dancing Dinos Go to School by Sally Lucas and Margeaux Lucas My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits and Gabi Swiatkowska It's My School by Sally Grindley Tomorrow is the First Day of School by Maureen Macdowell and Max Hergenrother Miss Mingo and the First Day of School By Jamie Harper Arthur's Back to School Day by Lillian Hoban The New Kid at School by Kate McMullan and Bill Basso Back to School for Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel Little Witch Goes to School by Deborah Hautzig Moses Goes to School by Isaac Millman Max & Mo's First Day at School by Patricia Lakin and Brian Floca Arthur's Back to School Surprise by Marc Brown Amanda Pig, School Girl (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) by Jean Van Leeuwen and Ann Schweninger Morris Goes to School by B. Wiseman Brand New School, Brave New Ruby by Derrick Barnes Pippi Goes to School by Astrid Lindgren and Michael Chesworth Cam Jansen & First Day of School Mystery by David Adler and Susanna Natti School Days Around the World by Catherine E. Chambers Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10 by Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley I've Got the Back-To-School Blues by Gail Herman and Stacy Peterson The Class from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) by Barbara Park and Denise Brunkus -----------------------------------------------------Back to school for independent readers (list gets progressively older themed): Judy Moody was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood. by Megan McDonald *** Butterflies in My Stomach and Other School Hazards by Serge Bloch Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry Back to School, Mallory by Laurie B. Friedman Stuart Goes To School by Sara Pennypacker First Year Letters by Julie Danneberg
*** Wayside School Series by Louis Sachar Littel House: School Days by Laura Ingalls Wilder Back to School with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary My Weird School Daze #3: Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet! by Dan Gutman Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford Main Street: September Surprises by Ann M. Martin Raymond and Graham Rule the School by Mike Knudson The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson by Barbara Robinson Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos Top Ten Ways To Ruin The First Day Of School by Kenneth Derby The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies Diary of a Wimpy Kid by by Jeff Kinney Tripping Over the Lunch Lady by Angela Johnson, David Lubar, James Proimos, and David Talbot Rice Schooled by Gordon Korman The Trouble with Rules by Leslie Bulion Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look