I worked for Scholastic Publishers for a period (Canadian division). Loved the book Trapped -- individual chapters were actual accounts of real events (think it was fourth grade but not sure -- used to own but cannot find!). Example, one chapter was the account of the several kindergarten classes that were *on top of* the World Trade Centre when an explosion went off at the bottom (1993 I think) and they were on the scenic rooftop -- pretty exciting as a former kgt. teacher to read of how they got out, how scared the kids were, all that. Also had the account -- think folks may recall years back, a small child (18 months old??) was trapped down a well or something (Texas??) and it was a big procedure to get the child out. Stuff like that.
Think it's the Trapped on this page -- http://education.scholastic.ca/product/9781443014298 . Looks like a good batch there. This also looks good -- http://read180.scholastic.com/about/components/stageb/student-paperbacks Loved Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo -- but it's called early fifth grade here. http://www.scholastic.com/browse/book.jsp?id=1159 Also loved Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak by Deborah Ellis -- interest level lower but looks like higher reading. I had a couple of strong grade threes reading it -- very dramatic and engaging. Here's some Ellis -- http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/deborah-ellis Other angle -- pulling in current events with newspaper articles. I read a great account, very well written, of groups that went in to help after Hurricane Sandy -- I have used this newspaper article format with weaker older readers by giving everyone the whole copy but they worked on several paragraph chunks (I chunked) in partners then reported back. (We prepped with special vocab first.) This was highly engaging and fit with stuff they'd been watching on TV, that sort of thing. http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-11-21/news/hurricane-sandy-is-new-york-s-katrina/all/ Note, there'd be a bit of controversy here -- but not so much that it would be unsuitable, just my opinion! :-) Hope this helps; it was fun to look. :-) Linda Rightmire SD #73 Kamloops BC On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Brenda Keller <[email protected]>wrote: > Great conversation. I also read the article, but now I need to find > resources for elementary age students. I agree that I remember history > more when it's told as a narrative. With that said, do any of you know of > narrative nonfiction for 4th graders? > Thanks, > Brenda > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
