Read Alouds for Fifth Grade

And to round out our elementary lists of Read Alouds...here's a Fifth Grade suggested list.  Picture books are GREAT teaching tools...never underestimate their power to teach, launch lessons,and develop a love of reading:

Classics

·       Sounder by William H. Armstrong

·       The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

·       The Indian In the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Bank

·       Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

·        Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

·        Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

·       From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

·       The Borrowers by Mary Norton

·       The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

·       Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Realistic Fiction  

·       Coco Grimes by Mary Stolz.

·       Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight.

·       The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson.

·       Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs by Jamie Gilson.

·       More Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron.

·       The Skirt by Gary Soto.

·       Wanted: Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars.

·       Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers.

·       No Arm in Left Field by Matt Christopher.

·       Skinnybones by Barbara Park.

·       The Trading Game by Alfred Slote.

Adventure

o       The Cay by Theodore Taylor..

o       Hatchet by Gary Paulson.

o       The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton

o       The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander.

o       Julie by Jean Craighead George.

o       My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.

o       The Scorpio Ghosts and the Black Hole Gang by Kathy Kennedy Tapp.

o       Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan.

o       Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner.

o       Trouble River by Betsy Byars.

Books that Teach in the Content Areas

·       Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander

·       Math Curse by Jon Scieska

·       Science Verse by Jon Scieska

·       Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett 

·       Gorilla Doctors by Pamela S. Turner

·       Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Russell Freedman

·       A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids by Julie Hall

·       Hurricane Force by Joseph Treaster

·       The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns

·       Math Potatoes: Mind Stretching Brain Food by Greg Tang

Award Winners and Honor Books

·       The Cricket in Times Square  by George Selden

·       Airborne by Kenneth Opel

·       Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinnelli

·       Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith

·       Ringold

·       Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

·       A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle.

·       Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

·       The Bicycle Man by Allen Say

·       The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai

·       Gerstein

Fantasy/Mystery

·       The Boggart by Susan Cooper.

·       The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander.

·       The Borrowers by Mary Norton

·       The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper.

·       The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery by Betsy Byars.

·       The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.

·       The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh.

·       Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Justin.

·       The Sea Egg by L.M. Boston.

·       Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt.

Fantasy/Daydreams and Folk/Fairytales

·        The Boy Who Painted Dragons  by Demi  

·        The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley

·        My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

·        Half Magic by Edward Eager

·        In the Time of the Drums by Kim Siegelson & Brian

·       Pinkney

·       The Korean Cinderella by Ruth Heller

Picture Books and Books that Teach a Lesson

·        Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

·       The Wall by Eve Bunting

·       Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

·       Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

·       Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

·       The Gardener by Sarah Stewart

·       Ma Dear’s Aprons by Patricia McKissack

Humor and Books About School

o       Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathon Etra.

o       Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowrey.

o       Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe.

o       Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith

o       The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald.

o       How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

o       Kevin Corbett Eats Flies by P. Hermes

o       The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson.

o       Class President by Johanna Hurwitz

o       Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh.

o       Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli.

o       The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade by Kenneth Derby

o       No Talking by Andrew Clements

o       The Canning Season by Polly Horvath

History and Historical Fiction

·       Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton.

·       Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds,

·       Civil War Spy by S. Reit.

·       Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen.

·       Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink.

·       The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli.

·       A Family Apart (The Orphan Train series) by Joan Lowrey Nixon.

·       Johnny Tremain: A Novel For Young and Old by Esther Forbes.

·       Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

·       Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor.

·       My Brother Sam is Dead by James L. Collier.

·       Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell

Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty