Novel studies

Integrating novel studies in your upper elementary classroom is a wonderful way build community and help students strengthen their reading skills. This list of chapter books for 4th and 5th grade are highly rated as some of the BEST books for novel studies. The post also has a FREE Printable list of information for each book including reading and Lexile levels. #chapterbooks #novelstudies #readinglist #bookchoces

By The Daring English Teacher When teaching a novel, I love to mix things up and throw in a fun, creative, or collaborative activity that engages students as they analyze and interpret the novel’s theme, characters, symbols, or conflict. This allows me to enhance my students’ understanding of the novel, and it gives them a break from the day-to-day routine of reading and reviewing that often accompanies novel studies. Providing students with fun and engaging, yet still rigorous, activities…

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Upper Elementary Novel Study Ideas - favorite book suggestions and novel study ideas for upper elementary ELA classrooms.

Matchbook chapter summaries super simple and fun project that you can have your students complete during your next novel study.

Each year I like to do a different novel study with my students. I’m always on the lookout for novel study activities for any novel. This year I chose the book, “The City of Ember” because it fit in nicely with my science and social studies units (Light and Sound for science and Ancient Civilizations […]

Middle school novel study favorites - top novel study picks for grade 5-9 to engage and encourage young readers.

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Novel studies are a fun way to teach reading to upper elementary students. It's a great way to expose students to a variety of literature.