Category: 4) Grade 3-5

Parenting, education and children’s book resources for parents of 3rd grader, 4th grade, and 5th grade.

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Read Aloud Books for Kids and Other Ideas For Summer Fun

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It all started with a few tweets: Bonnie of @MrsStraitsClass mentioned that she read aloud to her kids every day. I teach elementary actually but even if I didn’t, I’d still read aloud every day. I love using accents and fun voices. 🙂 Accents and fun voices?!!  I had to know more! I begged her to…

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More Books Like Percy Jackson

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We might be in the same shoes. My son just finished all the Rick Riordan books which kept us happily reading for the better part of the school year. But now we are adrift, desperately seeking more books like Percy Jackson.  Riordan’s books are so exciting, we often stay up past my son’s bedtime for…

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10 Great Graphic Novels for 3rd Grade

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Julie Kirkwood, Creekside Learning • 5 hours ago Mia, I wish I could pin a whole board in one pin! My son loves graphic novels and I am always looking for new ones for him. Thank you! Also enjoying perusing your lists of books today on the birds and the bees as well as safe touch….

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Great New Chapter Books for Kids GIVEAWAY

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I’ve been trying to read more children’s book lately to catch up on my pile so I’ve taken to carting around a small pile of books everywhere I go and reading a little here and a little there until the book draws me in such that I am forced to read to the end. Some…

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5th Grade Slavery Unit in Newton

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My daughter is studying slavery and the first thing I thought of what that our town was a part of the Underground Railroad. Not our particular house (not old enough) but the Jackson Homestead in Newton which is a museum and historic home on the National Underground Railroad Millennium Trail. Slavery and The South End…

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Lemonade Stand Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs: 100 Days of Play

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I’m thrilled to be joining Sun Scholars and 99 other bloggers for 100 Days of Play! Need play ideas? Please join us as we explore ideas for playful learning! With nice weather finally arriving in New England, I’ve seen numerous lemonade stand ideas pop up in my neighborhood. It’s been fun to support the neighborhood…

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Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop

Kid Lit Giveaway Hop!

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Celebrate Children’s Book Week with a week of giveways hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews and Youth Literature Reviews. 90 bloggers will be be doing giveaways all this week as part of Kid Lit Giveaway Hop!! I am giving away a box of chapter books and other goodies. Enter using the Rafflecopter below.

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Top 10 Best Chapter Books Set in Florida’s Past

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It could just be me but I find that there is something poetic and Old Hollywood-y about Florida’s past. Perhaps it is just the way old Florida is portrayed in children’s books. The setting also seems like a backdoor shortcut to a Newbery award. From our last trip to Florida in North Captiva Island, we…

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Percy Jackson Book Club for Boys

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Our Percy Jackson The Lightening Thief graphic novel book club for little boys was low key but successful. We made duct tape swords while answering trivia questions and eating spaghetti.

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