What book to read with year four children

mustang121

The Dark Materials by Philip Pullman


Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien


Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee




I remember reading Lord of the Rings and Of Mice and Men in year 5.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

mustang121 wrote: »

The Dark Materials by Philip Pullman


Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien


Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee




I remember reading Lord of the Rings and Of Mice and Men in year 5.

May be a struggle to read a bunch of 8 year olds the entirety of Lord of the Rings in 15 minutes.

cr1mson

Do you know what topic they are doing? As then you may be able to tie it in to that? Do you have to bring the book in? Could you ask to look at the schools books? For instance ORT stage 12-13 books might be suitable and may be readable in that time.

Does it have to be a full story? Personally in order to aid the discussion would be good not to be full story as then can ask what they expect to happen next and why.

mustang121

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

May be a struggle to read a bunch of 8 year olds the entirety of Lord of the Rings in 15 minutes.

Ah, perhaps I should have read the thread author's correctly


Still they are bloody good reads that they should be encouraged to read.

flump345

Thank you for all the replies, I have bought a book of Aseops Fables. I think they may be a little young for year four but I'm hoping to be able to open it up for discussion.

If any one knows any similar type of books maybe a bit older and slightly longer.? Atm thinking of reading two stories with two discussions.

Thank you for all your help some fab ideas.

I did originally buy the twits but as the book is longer than 15 min I thought better to play it safe.

pmlindyloo

flump345 wrote: »

Thank you for all the replies, I have bought a book of Aseops Fables. I think they may be a little young for year four but I'm hoping to be able to open it up for discussion.

If any one knows any similar type of books maybe a bit older and slightly longer.? Atm thinking of reading two stories with two discussions.

Thank you for all your help some fab ideas.

I did originally buy the twits but as the book is longer than 15 min I thought better to play it safe.

Here is a link for you about fables.

https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/browse/english/y3/autumn/108705

If you click next to fables on Fiction 1 Plan there are some very good ideas.

gingerdad

Gangasta granny - david walliams

or find out what reading scheme the school use and pick one of those

mustang121

Goosebumps for a slightly longer, but not too long, read.

Feyfangirl

Diary of a killer cat by Anne Fine http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Diary-Killer-Cat/dp/0140369317 my teacher read this to my class when I was in year 4, we LOVED it there is also the horrid henry series either way, both books appealed to all of us good luck with your reading and job position

liney

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is popular, or find out what their theme is and pick something linked.