[Ohiogift] Book Club for High-Ability Students (Gr. 3-5)

[Heather Cachat]

Hey Chip,
The Book Whisperer blog on EdWeekly has some great book suggestions.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2009/05/so_many_books_so_little_time

It is no longer updated, but the past articles are fantastic.  Happy
hunting!

Heather Cachat	                
Gifted Intervention Specialist	
Holt Crossing Intermediate	
www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/
Twitter: @HeatherCachat

"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are." ~Franklin Delano
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"Edward A. Hawks III" <eah3rd at windstream.net> on Monday, April 07, 2014 at
4:09 PM -0400 wrote:
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>These books were suggested; thank you to those who recommended them:
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>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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>Hugo Cabret series
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>American Plague
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>Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry (check for language)
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>Bull Run
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>The Phantom Tollbooth (great film from the ‘70s)
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>I forgot to mention that the Book Club is for grades 3-5.
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>What he seemed, he was—a wholly human gentleman, the 
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>essential elements of whose positive character were two and 
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>only two, simplicity and spirituality. 
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>(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)
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>From: ohiogift-bounces+eah3rd=windstream.net at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
>[mailto:ohiogift-bounces+eah3rd=windstream.net at lists.service.ohio-state.edu]
>On Behalf Of Edward A. Hawks III
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>Subject: [Ohiogift] Book Club for High-Ability Students (Gr. 3-5)
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>Hi, everyone:
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>One of our elementary schools is forming a Book Club for high-ability
>readers and is seeking suggested titles/authors. Any ideas would be
>greatly appreciated. Incidentally, my 5th graders are reading Across Five
>Aprils (Irene Hunt), which highlights the growth of a boy as he matures
>across the years of the Civil War. They love it, particularly trying to
>speak the southern dialect. 
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>Chip
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>Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.
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>Gifted Intervention Specialist | Exceptional Student Education
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>What he seemed, he was—a wholly human gentleman, the 
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>essential elements of whose positive character were two and 
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>only two, simplicity and spirituality. 
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>(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)
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