sweetpea3829 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Title pretty much says it all...what are you using with your 4th graders for literature choices for this year? I'm planning on Nancy and Plum for the holidays, and maybe Ben and Me for the spring. I haven't settled on something for the fall just yet. These would be books that they are reading and we are discussing together. But whatever you're planning on for read-alouds or whatever you're planning on assigning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 We are using Wayfarers Ancient History, so most of our book selections come from that. My 4th grader is reading the literature to go along with ELTL (Dr. Doolittle, Marvelous Land of Oz, etc.). She reads the grammar selections from Wayfarers science and history (either longer picture books or shorter chapter books). For read alouds, we are doing the Narnia series, Little Pilgrim's Progress, and the geography selections from Wayfarers. She also does her own free reading before bed, but I let her choose whatever she wants to read for that. :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thanks Erin! Any other suggestions, folks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 We have random things on the list. Right now he is reading the Island of the Blue Dolphin. He really wants to read the Hobbit, so we will do this next. Then we have MCT lit. We did Alice last year, so we will do Peter Pan and Wind in the Willows after the Hobbit. I think that's it for the classics this year. We will read a ton of Newberry books though in no real order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 These are on our list, though I don't know how many we'll get through: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Misty of Chincoteague, Ginger Pye, A Bear Called Paddington, Sign of the Beaver, A Cricket in Times Square, Because of Winn Dixie, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, The Series of Unfortunate Events series... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Sonlight Core D for read Alouds, selections from AO for school. I really like their free reads, literature, natural history, geography, and biography suggestions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 We use a combo of AO & great books academy lists, and some modern classics peppered in. I don't have my list handy, but from what I remember we are doing 20,000 leagues, Call of the Wild, Island of the Blue Dolphin, Oliver Twist, A Wrinkle in Time, and possibly the Chronicles of Narnia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutheart Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Last year, some of the books my 4th grader read were: Frindle The Borrowers The Indian in the Cupboard Chocolate Fever The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Inkheart No Talking Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Farmer Boy Ella Enchanted A Wrinkle in Time Holes The Boxcar Children The Sisters Grimm Island of the Blue Dolphins Prince Caspian I taught a bookclub-style literature class at our homeschool co-op, so most of those titles were for that class. Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 DD is a bit older, but this is some of what we used for 4th grade: Read Aloud: Hurry Home, Candy The Graveyard Book The Princess and the Goblin A Christmas Carol Little Lord Fauntleroy The Land of Oz Children of the New Forest The Wind Boy Understood Betsy Comet in Moominland Heidi The Wonderful O The Mysterious Benedict Society Black Ships Before Troy Treasure Island The Wind in the Willows A Stranger at Green Knowe The Penderwicks The Wanderings of Odysseus The Jungle Book The Twenty-One Balloons Holes Peter Pan & Wendy Ballet Shoes Black Horses for the King The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Readers: The Chocolate Touch Big Susan Lugalbanda Frindle Stuart Little Harry Houdini, Young Magician Bambi Everything on a Waffle The Magical Monarch of Mo The Golden Fleece Pippi in the South Seas The Ordinary Princess Odd and the Frost Giants The Happy Hollisters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IfIOnly Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 DD is a bit older, but this is some of what we used for 4th grade: Read Aloud: Hurry Home, Candy The Graveyard Book The Princess and the Goblin A Christmas Carol Little Lord Fauntleroy The Land of Oz Children of the New Forest The Wind Boy Understood Betsy Comet in Moominland Heidi The Wonderful O The Mysterious Benedict Society Black Ships Before Troy Treasure Island The Wind in the Willows A Stranger at Green Knowe The Penderwicks The Wanderings of Odysseus The Jungle Book The Twenty-One Balloons Holes Peter Pan & Wendy Ballet Shoes Black Horses for the King The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Readers: The Chocolate Touch Big Susan Lugalbanda Frindle Stuart Little Harry Houdini, Young Magician Bambi Everything on a Waffle The Magical Monarch of Mo The Golden Fleece Pippi in the South Seas The Ordinary Princess Odd and the Frost Giants The Happy Hollisters Are you using any abridged versions or sticking with the originals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Children of the New Forest was abridged, because I didn't notice when I bought it, but everything else was the original version. I used audiobooks for Treasure Island (Alfred Molina does an awesome job), The Jungle Book (I used this version because I thought the reader was excellent), The Wind in the Willows, and Peter Pan & Wendy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Following. I'm feeling uninspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Door in the Wall Adam of the Road Illustrated Classic version of King Arthur Ella Enchanted --What else should I add for Middle Ages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 For free reading, I let him choose. Some things we have on the shelf or library list: From Mixed Up Files of Mrs. B Harry Potter book 4 Green Glass House Fortunately the Milk Lemonade War Frindle Last few books from How To Train Your Dragon Hobbit Starry River of the Sky My 4th grader is a voracious reader. I love seeing all of the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Door in the Wall Adam of the Road Illustrated Classic version of King Arthur Ella Enchanted --What else should I add for Middle Ages? Some options: Robin Hood One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (I like the McCaughrean version) Beowulf, a New Telling Viking Tales A Single Shard The Trumpeter of Krakow A Little Lower Than the Angels Famous Men of the Middle Ages Stories from Shakespeare The Midwife's Apprentice Catherine, Called Birdy Matilda's Secret The White Company The Black Arrow Son of Charlemagne Rolf and the Viking Bow The Prince and the Pauper Crispin, the Cross of Lead Canterbury Tales (McCaughrean version) The Cat Who Went to Heaven I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Minver Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sweetpea3829 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 Thanks for the suggestions folks! I have narrowed my list to four. These are the books that we will be reading together, discussing during literature circle, working on vocabulary, etc. They will read many other books on their own, and we do audiobooks as a family. So my list is: The Secret Garden Johnny Tremain The Miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane Nancy and Plum. There's just one problem...I have three semesters of literature, lol. I have a fall semester, a holiday semester (Nancy and Plum this year) and a spring semester. So I need to narrow my list down a bit. Most likely, Johnny Tremain will stay, as it best fits our history cycle. I'm thinking I'm probably going to go with The Secret Garden. I'm sure my 8 yr old son will LOVE that. :eyeroll: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Thanks for the suggestions folks! I have narrowed my list to four. These are the books that we will be reading together, discussing during literature circle, working on vocabulary, etc. They will read many other books on their own, and we do audiobooks as a family. So my list is: The Secret Garden Johnny Tremain The Miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane Nancy and Plum. There's just one problem...I have three semesters of literature, lol. I have a fall semester, a holiday semester (Nancy and Plum this year) and a spring semester. So I need to narrow my list down a bit. Most likely, Johnny Tremain will stay, as it best fits our history cycle. I'm thinking I'm probably going to go with The Secret Garden. I'm sure my 8 yr old son will LOVE that. :eyeroll: How long will you study each book? An entire semester? We would be bored spending more than a couple of weeks on each book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 First semester mid-September through October...mid-November. Holiday semester...mid-November through December break. Last trimester...mid-January through April-ish. Last year they did three chapters a week, MWF. I can probably amp that up a bit, though perhaps not for this year as I'm trying to simplify a bit until my youngest two are independent. And come to think of it, I can probably squeeze a 4th book in from April through June. Mine haven't gotten bored so far, but that's probably because they aren't just reading this and that's it. They also have their own independent/leisure reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Last year, my 4th grader read these as required for school. I have become a slacker about tracking all the books she reads in her free time! Swallows and Amazons Heidi From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Invention of Hugo Cabret Big Red A Christmas Carol Redwall The Good Master A Wrinkle in Time Tom Sawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieCotton Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 We've got The Secret Garden on the here for 4th too. I'm trying to pick 4 or 5 for our lit study and am also hitting a wall because he has already read so many. This makes it even harder to pick for the boy 1 year behind. I'm considering: A Dangerous Journey A Cricket in Times Square Redwall Lassie or Big Red - he loves animal books Also considering The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe as we have not done it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 We discuss Famous Men of Rome, and after that, FMof Middle Ages,as well as Tiner's Planet Earth. Other than that she just reads children's classics that she picks but we don't discuss. Currently, that is The Cabin Faced West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 We've got The Secret Garden on the here for 4th too. I'm trying to pick 4 or 5 for our lit study and am also hitting a wall because he has already read so many. This makes it even harder to pick for the boy 1 year behind. I'm considering: A Dangerous Journey A Cricket in Times Square Redwall Lassie or Big Red - he loves animal books Also considering The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe as we have not done it yet. Yeah, we've had this issue, too. I was thinking of Woods Runner but one of the two has already read it. Similarly with several other titles. I plan on sitting down and thinking over the titles I specifically want to do WITH them over the next few years. I'll put those books aside so they can't read them ahead. Add in that I have a boy and girl doing lit together and I also have to consider the main protagonist. Too many female main protags and the boy will revolt. Too many male protags and the girl will lose interest quickly. I think my short list will be fair for them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 We use the lists that go with their history (History Odyssey) for the bulk of their literature assignments, but then I supplement by googling lists of great books for other things I want them to read. For family readalouds, I just kind of pick things I would enjoy reading to them; they may or may not have anything to do with history, and they may or may not be in a theme (we've been reading Narnia for a while, for instance). I try to balance stuff the big kids would enjoy with stuff that would appeal to the little ones; fourth graders usually get a kick out of most things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and Little House on the Prairie are our next group reads. She's currently reading Mr. Popper's Penguins to herself. I have a huge tub of books that they get to choose from so I'm not sure what will be on the agenda next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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