December
20
Books My Fifth Graders Are Reading On Winter Break by Colby Sharp
The two week break that I get each year in the winter is one of the most magical reading times of the year. I love sitting next to our Christmas tree with a cup of coffee and a great book. We spend a lot of time in my fifth grade classroom getting ready for two weeks of reading without each other. In the video below, I share the books that my students plan on reading first during winter break.
I have spent way too much time trying to figure out which books I should read during winter break, but I think I finally have a plan! After you watch the video below, please let me know in the comments which books you hope to read this winter.
Colby Sharp is a husband and father of five. He teaches fifth grade in Parma, Michigan. Colby is the co-founder of Nerdy Book Club, and he serves on the Nerd Camp Michigan team. He co-hosts The Yarn podcast with Travis Jonker. Colby currently serves as the president-elect of the Michigan Reading Association. He co-authored Game Changer! Book Access for All Kid with Donalyn Miller, and he is the editor of The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection. Be sure to check out his list of AWESOME 2020 BOOKS.
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love the list
Great list! I’m sure they’ll have many reading adventures to talk about after break 🙂
I hope so!
What an excellent list! I am particularly curious about “The Unteachables.” I love that you are inoculating so many people with your love of and enthusiasm for reading!!!!
Thank you for the kind words.
For your graphic novel lovers who also like Percy Jackson type books … The Olympians series is VERY popular! The first one is “Olympians. Zeus, King of the Gods.” I have 11 different ones, each featuring a different God, in my library but seldom have more than 2 on the shelf on any given day (usually none!) We are K-4 but these are checked out by my 4th graders ALL the time!
I am going to read Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt, Ending the First by Katherine Applegate, and Warlight by Michael Ondaatje.
Great list! I’m just finished White Bird (love!) and am starting, Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe.