I love reading to students and my 4th grade students are no exception. Mentor texts or chapter books either way I love Read Alouds for 4th grade and these are 5 of my favorites!
First – The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
The first book is Old Willis Place. A colleague introduced this book to me and it HAS to be done as a read-aloud! Ok well, not really but it should be! It’s got a surprise ending! Lissa and her father move to a new town for her father to write his book while being caretaker of “the Old Willis Place”. Lissa longs for a friend in this new place and Diana hasn’t had a friend in so long! She and her brother Georgie have been at the old Willis place for as long as they can remember and have a set of rules they must follow! Dianna must break the rules to be friends with Lissa, once she does, everything changes! Great fall read-a-loud! Leads kiddos to read other Mary Downing-Hahn books!
Next -The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The next book on the list is The Hundred Dresses. This is a lower-level book but the dialect and subject matter make it great for my 4th graders. It is a story about a Polish girl named Wanda. The story is about bullying and standing by and watching bullying. It is a very poignant read excellent for students 3rd grade and up to get across the message that standing by while bullying takes place is nearly as bad as bullying itself. I love this one so much I created a unit for it that you can grab on TPT HERE.
Third – Holes by Louis Sachar
The third book on my list is HOLES. This is a GREAT boy book! It is also a very fun read-aloud. It’s a little higher level with its a twist of three stories woven together! Stanley Yelnats the 3rd is cursed because of his cursed no-good-pig stealing great great grandfather and is sent to Camp Greenlake due to being a victim of the wrong place wrong time. There is no green and no lake at Camp Greenlake. the boys dig holes looking for…well they don’t know they are just to dig holes to improve their character! Great book! And a really good movie!
Fourth – Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Next on the list is Tuck Everlasting. This is a tale of the fountain of youth and everlasting life. Winnie discovers it and the family that drank from it. Will she reveal their secret? Will she drink from the fountain?
Higher level probably end of 5th grade.
The Sisters Grimm Fairytale Detectives Book #1
Finally the Sisters Grimm! This is a fun, exciting read-aloud! What if every Fairy tale you heard growing up was real? What if all those creatures really existed but were kept in one little town away from the normal world? Sisters Daphne and Sabrina Grimm are mysteriously abandoned by their parents they end up in Ferryport Landing with their Granny Relda who is a Fairy-tale Detective. She introduces them to the interesting characters called EverAfters who inhabit the town.
I hope this post has introduced you to some new Read Alouds for 4th grade. Let me know your favorite in the comments.
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I haven't read The Old Willis Place yet so I'll have to check that out. I am a fan of Holes, Tuck Everlasting and The Sisters Grimm. You share lots of good ones.
Heather
room 4 imagination
I love all of these books, such great suggestions! Thanks!
Hunter's Tales from Teaching
We've read Holes and the Hundred Dresses and loved them too! I will check out your other recommends!
Thanks for linking up to the Read-Aloud Round-Up!
You have some great selections to share.
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