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Jul 18, 2014

Chapter Book Read Alouds

I thought it'd be nice to put together a list of the chapter books that I plan to read to my class this year and have them all put together and ready to go. I asked this question on my Facebook page and OOOOOh my goodness I had a HUGE response! I need to somehow keep that post and/or make a huge list out of it so that I won't forget any of them! I thought I'd share my current (as of today!) plan for chapter books to read to my kids this year. I honestly felt like I was living under a rock because I hadn't even heard of some of these titles and they were ones that some teachers were suggesting over and over again in the post. Where have I been!? LOL

As teachers were responding to my question, I quickly ordered these three titles from Amazon because I realized these were obviously a big hit. They were suggested over and over and over again. I can't wait for them to arrive!!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440419603/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064403149/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
 
 
 
 
I also plan to read some other books that introduce a series to my students, so they are motivated to read the other books in the series. Now, mind you, this is my PLAN, and even though this will be my 10th year teaching 2nd grade, I'm not sure how many books I will actually fit into the school year. I suppose it all depends on my new schedule! But, here are some of my ideas:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Also, another classic, mentioned OVER AND OVER (so glad it's still popular!)
 



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  1. Teaching Little MiraclesJuly 18, 2014 at 9:33 AM

    Thanks for sharing! Pinned so I can remember all the great ideas!

    Crystal
    Teaching Little Miracles

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  2. scrambledhenfruitJuly 18, 2014 at 9:52 AM

    The Gooney Bird books are always favorites in my classroom. :)

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  3. Mrs. GoodwinJuly 18, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    I have sets of 6 certain books in the series of those you ordered A-Z mystery, Cam Jansen, Magic School House, Horrible Harry and Ivy and Bean, don't have any sets of Geronimo Stillton. I always use them with my higher kids for Guided Reading and it really gets them into those series. I also have lots of titles of each of those series in my Classroom Library and then they can read other books from the series. My students also love the Stink and Judy Moody books. I have never heard of The Whangdoodles book that looks really interesting. Also our whole Second Grade (5 teachers) always reads Charlotte's Web to our students and then we goto our high school auditorium and watch the move as a grade and compare. It's been a tradition for years!:) Thanks so much for posting your question and blogging about it. I'm going to have to try some of your new read alouds with my class too! ilive2learnilove2grow 

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    1. UnknownJuly 18, 2014 at 10:41 AM

      Oh I love that idea Anita! Well all of those ideas. Read aloud then have lots of copies that they can read. I have a huge classroom library, but you know what they usually do? After I read a book (chapter or picture), they go check same book out of library. We sure are role models for them!!! Love the charlottes web idea. I'm starting at a new school this year so maybe they have certain traditions like this!!!

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  4. susanJuly 18, 2014 at 10:13 AM

    I had a Second Grade boy read all the Magic Tree House books last year in order!! Melted my heart!

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    1. UnknownJuly 18, 2014 at 10:42 AM

      Oh my! Maybe that'd be a good challenge I could give a student! ;-)

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  5. Hope NewportJuly 18, 2014 at 11:42 AM

    I am the same. My list to read always ends up being longer than the school year. I also try to read several from a series right away. Have you read any from the Franny K. Stein or My Weird School series? I had to hunt more down last year because my kids couldn't get enough!!

    Hope
    Teaching with Hope

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    1. UnknownJuly 18, 2014 at 12:37 PM

      I haven't but thank you for the suggestions! List is getting long! Lol

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  6. JuneRJuly 19, 2014 at 7:18 AM

    I followed the list of recommendations and created a google spreadsheet of all the suggested titles. I only did titles due to the amount of time to add all comments and such. Please feel free to share and edit.
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19aHhwFqjtwID5e3hLe2sgv-P-w5ugl8aaMWVn8PGxf8/edit#gid=0

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