Clemsondana Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Has anybody used either 'How to Become a Superstar Student' or 'The Learning Brain' from Great Courses? I was asked to fill in and teach a middle school study skills class this year. We did Oakley's Learning how to Learn book in the first semester (it was great, if you're looking for something), and I need something for spring. If you have other suggestions, I'd love to hear them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaimaBashir Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Flat Stanley was a surprising hit here, but mine really liked Wayside School at that age. Short chapters that stand individually, but are absolutely hilarious. He also reread Mr. Popper's Penguins over and over again. The Fudge series by Judy Blume was another gold mine. We listened to one on audio book and then I bought the rest and Stepped Readers are great at that stage -- illustrations on every page and larger or smaller amount of text per page, depending on the "step" level", so you can gauge according to his need.Books by Margaret Davidson are great at that age -- short, with some illustrations to keep going, and interesting helpful hints and non-fiction topics: Louis Braille Helen Keller Five True Dog Stories Nine True Dolphin Stories The Scholastic Branches series books might work well as a bridge into longer chapter books: Kung Pow Chicken (Marko) Notebook of Doom (Cummings) Eerie Elementary (Chabert) Looniverse (Lubar) Some early chapter book series ideas: Henry and Mudge (Rylant) Billy and Blaze (Anderson) Flat Stanley (Brown) The Littles (Peterson) Catwings (Le Guin) Secrets of Droon (Abbott) Dragon Slayers' Academy (McMullan) Nate the Great (Sharmat) Jigsaw Jones (Prellar) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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