In the most recent post I gave you some ideas to use with your students for spring break, including a listening log. I just recently found one of the BEST weekly listening logs on Teachers Pay Teachers that I HAD to share! Check this out!
I love that each day focuses on a different skill or question! Do you send out weekly homework assignments or one day at a time?
With standards emphasizing non-fiction and informative texts, here is a list of some of our latest, greatest newly added upper elementary and middle school narratives, novels and non-fiction titles.
- With Wolfe in Canada: A Tale of the French and Indian War
- True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
- Captain Bayley’s Heir: A Tale of the California Gold Mines
- In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
- With Lee in Virginia: A Tale of the American Civil War
- White Faced Dick: A Story of Pine-Tree Gulch (G.A. Henty Short Stories Vol. 1)
- A Brush with the Chinese (G.A. Henty Short Stories Vol. 1)
- A Frontier Girl (G.A. Henty Short Stories Vol. 1)
- Surly Joe (G.A. Henty Short Stories Vol. 1)
- The Plague Ship (G.A. Henty Vol. 1)
- Frederick Douglass: An American Slave (Autobiography)
(Students can follow along with the text on this site: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html. The Tales2Go audio version starts with the appendix and then goes to Chapter 1. Use Ctrl+F to search for words in order)
Here are a few responses and organizers to use with these titles:
Research has shown that exposing students to sophisticated spoken language helps improve their fluency, vocabulary and word knowledge. Here are even more non-fiction or narrative texts that will get your students the vocabulary they need!
- Between the Wars
- Battles of the Civil War
- Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick, Too!
- Climate Challenge (The Magic School Bus Series)
- Dolley Madison: First Lady of the United States
- Lost on a Mountain in Maine
- Modern Middle East
- Pocahontas
- Still Marching Strong: Women in Modern America
- Waterbeds: Sleeping in the Ocean
Happy listening!
