What did you do for read alouds w/ your 3rd grader?

[Darcy from LWM3B]

I have a prelim list, but I don't want to miss ones you've loved for this age. We will also be finishing up medieval and starting 1600-1850 history, so historical fiction would be okay too. But mostly I'm looking for "not to miss" Lit choices.

thanks! :bigear:

[nestof3]

These are the non-history and non-science literature selections I've made for my son's third grade year:


Literature to include:
Five Children and It (Edith Nesbit)
The Family Under the Bridge (Natalie Savage Carlson)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Margaret Sidney)
Mary Poppins (P. L. Travers)
Red Sails to Capri (Ann Weil)
The Twenty-One Baloons (William Pene Du Bois)
The Rescuers (4-book series) (Margery Sharp)
Aesop for Children (Milo Winter)

Poetry to include:
Eric Carle’s Animals Animals
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel)
Poetry Speaks to Children – Book and CD (Elise Paschen)
Dancing Buttercups – Poems for Little Children (Rod and Staff Publishers)
Lessons from the Clock – Poems for Little Children (Rod and Staff Publishers)
Singing Trees (Rod and Staff Publishers)
God Made Them All (Rod and Staff Publishers)

[Trivium Academy]

I hope to read aloud:
Doctor Doolittle
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Mary Poppins (and how it goes depends on if we'll continue reading the series)
The Family Under the Bridge
The Tale of Despereaux
stories from The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass
finish Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales, work on Grimm's
Little House on the Prairie

of course this in addition to our history titles which are wonderful on their own. Really, I could read aloud all day if only my kids would stay engaged, there is so much I want to read to or with them.

[prairiegirl]

This is what we have read this year for 3rd Grade:

The Secret World of Og
Swallows and Amazons
Princess and the Goblin
Jungle Book
Little Princess
Alice in Wonderland
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Prince Caspian
Heroes by Charles Kingsley
Caddie Woodlawn

[MerryAtHope]

Take a look at Sonlight Core 2 selections, they cover that time period.

Merry :-)

[Lori]

I use veritas press and sonlights choices for each grade

[8FillTheHeart]

I am reading my 3rd dd Princess and the Goblin right now as her bedtime story. She loves it. Every night she begs me to read just one more chapter.

BTW.....I like to do our reading of stories like this as bedtime stories not "school."

[Chris in VA]

Princess and the Goblin
We just finished this book a few weeks ago--it's a really good story with lots of interesting vocab--beautiful, descriptive language.
We are slowly working thru Anne of Green Gables--also has that step-up in vocabulary. Well written, but you have to get thru Anne's "chattering."

Love
Heidi--again, don't use an abridged version, has a higher reading level, so lots of rich vocab.

Chancy and the Grand Rascal--Sid Fleischman used setting to great advantage--funny, slice of life of poor young teen looking to reunite his family with the help of a Rascally uncle.

[Lisawa]

Darcy, I loved reading Beverly Clearey books... Socks, Emily's runaway imagination, Ramona.... we loved Tales of the 4Th grade nothing, Fudge and super fudge by Judy Blume, but I do not recommend many others by her... maybe none after those 3..... we had lots of giggles with those.... Fudge is naughty so be forwardned.... but they are funny as long as the kids realize they dont get to behave that way...

We are huge Hank the cow dog fans! Its not "great" literature, but they are funny stories....

Narnia series....

Ralph S. Mouse, mouse and the motorcycle... those are Cleary books too.

Roal Dahl books... Charlie and the Chocolate factory, glass elevator, James and the giant peach, oh we loved the BFG (big friendly giant) he has a lot of good ones.


Wayside

[Lori]

I use veritas press and sonlight for a list of books each year

[Novafan]

Taking notes here. :) I love this message board.