Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s list is a back to school topic. I decided to write about 10 books that I hope to explore with my class this coming academic year. Just 6 days until we’re back!
I shall be teaching a mixed class this year with ages ranging from 7-9! Here are the books I’m planning to explore with them.
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The Pied Piper Of Hamelin- Michael Morpurgo
We are doing a book study on this book in the first three weeks of term. I’m really excited to explore it with them with some really fun activities.
The World’s Worst Children- David Walliams
I have picked this book as our first class book! I’m excited to explore more of David Walliams’ writing!
Stone Age, Bone Age- Mick Manning
I thought this non fiction book would be great for our first topic of the Stone Age!
Ug- Raymond Briggs
Ug is another Stone Age related book which we’ll be studying in the first few months. I haven’t read it before, so I’m excited to read it with them!
The Heart and The Bottle- Oliver Jeffers
This is another book that I want to study with them. There’s a lot of opportunity for creative writing!
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish- Neil Gaiman
I haven’t read this book, but I can’t wait to read some Neil Gaiman to my new class!
Black Dog- Levi Pinfold
I have heard a lot about this book, but I’ve never read it. I look forward to exploring it with them!
Flotsam- David Weisner
Another one I’ve heard so much about but never got around to reading!
Roman’s On The Rampage- Jeremy Strong
My old class enjoyed a bit of Jeremy Strong, so I aim to try this one with the new class when we study the Romans.
You Wait Til I’m Older Than You- Michael Rosen
I love Michael Rosen. I’m trying to read more poetry to my class, so this is the perfect choice!
That’s so cool that you’ll actually be teaching these books. I’ve always wanted to teach xD my TTT is only pretend lol. These books look great and I’m sure they’d enjoy!
Teaching is a great career. It’s stressful but rewarding. I can’t wait to explore these books with them. 🙂
These look nice, I especially like the Stone Age, Bone Age it looks like it would be great for a stone Age unit, and The Heart and the Bottle just looks so bright and cheery!
Thanks Greg. I’m looking forward to exploring these books with them as I haven’t read many of them myself!
I loved Michael Morpurgo when I was younger!! 😀
He is quite awesome! 🙂
Great bunch of books. I used to be an elementary school teacher, but I’d say I had older students. My TTT lists some sci-fi cat books to read instead of doing homework — one of which I used to read to my class.
I shall check out your list now. Thanks Ed! 🙂
I haven’t read any of these, actually! I hope you’ll get to teach these to your class, and that they’ll enjoy them 😀
Thank you. I love reading to them!
It’s great that you get to teach these books to your class! I don’t remember reading a lot during class in elementary school and I do think it’s important that kids have the chance to grow a love of reading 🙂
This is only my second year of teaching coming up, but I read to my first class loads and they loved it 🙂 I think it’s really important!
My son is 8 and he’s giving me the thumbs up as I’m showing him your list so I think you’ve got some great choices here 🙂
Yay! 😀 I’m so pleased that I made some good choices!
Great list! For my first Top Ten Tuesday, I did an elementary-book theme as well. My daughter is 8, and I made a list of her top 10 books that she read over the summer, and will probably be re-reading again during the school year for her nightly reading homework.
Aw how lovely! 🙂
These books all look so great to read with a class. I love the history themes!
Thanks Alison! If I can get a book into any subject, I try to. A wonderful way to learn.
Great books to share with your class! I used to love the story of the Pied Piper, and then I read about some version of the endings and I just couldn’t look it the same way again.
Aw! It does have some rather different endings…
I don’t have much cause to read books for this age group, but some of these look really cute!
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Thanks Allyson! 🙂
I love the choices! Some of my favorite elementary memories were my teachers reading to us. My favorite was Miss Rumphias (Barbara Cooney). And, of course – Where the Sidewalk Ends. 🙂
Aw. I’m so pleased that they made such an impression on you. It’s what I aim for.
I got halfway through reading The Heart and The Bottle to my daughter last week and had to gloss over some of the really sad bits. I love Oliver Jeffers; he’s brilliant.
Aw yes. It does have some sad moments. 😦
I love the illustrations on the front of these books, they all look so fun. I have been meaning to check out some of David Walliams books because they just look like so much fun! I really hope you get to read them with your class and they all love them!
Thank you. This will be my third David Walliams book and I’ve loved the other two I’ve read, so I’ve got high hopes for this one!
I need to write these down for my 8-year-old! I don’t think she’s read any of them. Nice list!
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Thank you ❤ I hope she likes them, if she does decide to read any of them.
Hopefully you’ll have lots of fun reading them with your class.
I know there were some books I read in school that left a great impact on me (although I was older than your kids).
I’m hoping to inspire them in the same way!
Great picks! I hope they’ll enjoy them!
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Thank you Lauren!
I haven’t read any of these, but they all sound so cute. I hope your class will enjoy them. Thanks for sharing, and for stopping by my TTT earlier. 🙂
Thank you Petra. I hope that they love them!
I’ve never read any of these but Black Dog looks like something I’d read by myself! Haha! Great list 😀
Here are my Top Ten!
Ha! 😀 I know, I can’t wait to read these books!
I haven’t read any of these books but I wish I could. I am especially attracted to the Neil Gaiman book about swapping dad for goldfish. Sounds goofy.
Yes! I can’t wait to explore it.
Aww, wonderful list of books! I hope your students enjoy reading these 😀
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Thank you Lianne! They do look sweet.
Great Plans! I would certainly be excited to be in your class! That’s super fun that you get to cover The Stone Age and The Romans – I don’t remember us getting that far back in history but then my childhood was a LONG time ago so its just, maybe possible I wouldn’t remember even if we did:).
Thanks Jasper! I do love teaching history through books.
I haven’t read any of these, but how much fun it must be to come up with a reading list! I hope you students enjoy all the books you pick 🙂
😀 It is great fun!
Flotsam and Black Dog are the only two I’ve read–both very good. The Gaiman sounds terrific!
😀 Thank you! Fingers crossed.
I don’t recognize any of these! Huh. Wonder what I’m missing. 🙂
Thanks so much for the Finding Wonderland visit, Chrissi.
😀 I don’t always recognise books on lists either. Thank you Rissi!