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50 Great Read Alouds for Middle School StudentsKrystina Kelley & Jenny McCrackenBelle Valley School District, Belleville, IL
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Why do read alouds?
• Motivates kids to read • Increases comprehension• Improves listening skills• Demonstrates fluency• Builds vocabulary• Provides a spring board for
discussion in a safe atmosphere• Breaks up the monotony• Builds lifetime readers• FUN!
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What make a good read aloud?
• Fast-paced• Can't be too long• Lots of action• Not too much dialog (unless you
are really good at doing voices!) • High interest topics• Challenging material
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Bibliography• Cunningham, Pat (2005). Struggling Readers: If
they don't read much, how they ever gonna get good?. The Reading Teacher. 59, 88-90.
• Layne, Steven (2009). Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers. Portland: Stenhouse.
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Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
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Falling In by Frances O’Roark Dowell
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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Savvy by Ingrid Law
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson
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Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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The River Between Us by Richard Peck
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Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
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Mick Hart was Here by Barbara Park
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Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry
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Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Uglies by Scott Westerfield
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Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
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All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes (illustrated by E.B. Lewis)
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
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The Scary Stories Treasury collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz