Some of my favorite titles for fourth grade level are: Family Under the Bridge, The Gold Cadillac, The Friendship, Nora Ryan's Song, Sign of the Beaver, Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear and Yolando's Genius. Fifth grade level: Bud,Not Buddy, Esperanza Rising, Dragonwings, Sing Down the Moon, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, Letters From Ritka, Julie of the Wolves, Lily's Crossing, War Comes To Willy Freeman...so many good ones it's hard to stop! Great theme genalizations to go along with these books are: overcoming challenges, justice and injustice, persevering against all odds...I have found that my students can relate their experiences from their own lives easier with theme generalizations. For Example, "What Carries Us Through Hardships?"...Who supported you through hard times?... What did you need to survive it?...How did you make it through something difficult in your life?...some very serious book club discussions can result from thought provoking themes such as these.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rohan Ricardo Hanslip Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] BOOK RECOMMENDATION Hi Everyone, I am compiling a list of reading books with multicultural themes to be used to motivate all readers and also make students more aware of the diversity that exist in their communities; the grade levels are 4th and 5th. I think it is great to have a list of great reading books from which to choose in order to encourage reading among diverse groups of students. I welcome your suggestions, thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
