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Who can resist the dog, named after a grocery store, and all the warm, caring characters who share their stories, and eventually become friends? Your students will love it.

Because of Winn Dixie is such a great book, again I enjoyed reading it with my 4th graders. One last recommendation.This is a newer book that many people are familiar with, probably because of the movie. I could go on and on.but it's Friday night, 7:00 and I need to get organized for these last two weeks of school and get home to my family. I teach in an urban school district and my young students can identify with these characters and enjoy reading about them. They have fun adventures with each other and learn a lesson from their experiences. The main characters are three Africa-American children. These are wonderful stories for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th graders. Next, I love reading the books by Ann Cameron.Stories Julian Tells, Julian, Secret Agent, Stories Huey Tells, More Stories Julian Tells, More Stories Huey Tells, Gloria's Way, and Gloria Rising. I think it teaches a good lesson as well as being entertaining. It also touches on how sometimes we try to impress people at the expense of hurting someone else. This is a funny, but very touching story about a boy trying to make friends in a new school. (I think the little girl in the story could have been the forerunner to Junie B. Thus the Chinese people, as the story goes, think it is wise to give their children very short names.Īnother favorite that I love to read to 4th graders is The Kid in the Red Jacket, by Barbara Park. The main character falls into a well and it takes a long time to rescue him because it is hard to say his long, long name. If you like to do 'story souvenirs' with your read alouds, the students can make a ladder from toothpicks to remind them of what happened in the story. They ask to hear the story over several times. Even before you get to the end of the book the children will be saying the name with you. It's a great book to read at the beginning of the year, because the kids have so much fun repeating the long, long name of the main character.Tikki tikki-tembo-no-sa rembo-chari bari-ruchi-pip peri pembo. They are beautifully offset against white backgrounds, making the graphics appear like woodblock prints and giving a distinctly Asian feel to the setting.I love reading the book Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, to second or third graders. Illustrations in a blue, green and mustard palette use just the right amount of flourish.

TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO READ ALOUD FULL

Motifs of folktales, rhythm and repetition play a key role in the storytelling, making for a thrilling read full of anticipation and fulfilled expectations: “Then he pumped the water out of him and pushed the air into him, and pumped the water out of him and pushed the air into him.” After that, all children in China were given “short names instead of great long ones.” But the reckless boys return to play at the well some months later and this time, when Tikki tikki tembo falls in, his very long name nearly prevents him from being rescued. Tikki tikki tembo manages to alert his mother to the problem and gets the “Old Man With The Ladder” to rescue him.

As was customary at the time, her firstborn had a very long name, Tiki tiki tembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, meaning “the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!” Her second son is named Chang, meaning “little or nothing.”ĭespite their mother’s repeated warnings not to play near the well in their small mountain village, the brothers do so, and one day Chang falls in. This retelling of an old Chinese folktale features a mother and her two sons.

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