it is so admirable how inclusive you are with your books. growing up I never had characters in books to relate to and I'm sure your kids appreciate it soo much! i cannot wait to become a teacher one day and follow your lead
I know this is an older video, but I came back to it because I LOVE your book videos! I am almost finished with school and I am hoping to teach upper elementary. I've been collecting books for so long and your videos are so great for book reviews! Also, the diversity you have in your library is amazing and you have helped me sooo much with learning about inclusion and diversity.
You continue to make me excited to be a teacher! I love how opena and transparent you are with your students with real life things going on and what has gone on. Thank you!🥺
Many years ago i had a student whose father worked at National Geographic. He donated dozens of filmstrips to the school library. They were wonderful. He was a photographer.
I like a lot of those National Geographic books! Last year, one of my kids had a sister who modeled for an NG Kids book about cats, so a photographer came to their house and took a bunch of pictures of her and the family cats- my kid gave me a free copy of it for my classroom library and loved reading it to the class, pointing out the different areas of his house and yard that were shown in the pictures as well as his sister and cats being goofy 😂
When I was in 4th grade , on that year our book fair brought lots of non fiction books . Even though I wanted just Nancy drew or Little House books , we had to pick one of the fiction . I got a story about Clara Barton . I loved the book, her story .
Wow! What an amazing haul. Your students are very blessed to have a teacher like you. Dragons in a bag and its sequel are super cute and very popular with my class of 7-9 year olds. They also love a spooky/scary book. The Haunting of Aveline Jones is great and Real Life Mysteries is a popular non-fiction in my class. Your passion for reading and love for your students shines through. I'm sure you know what is best for your class, so I hope you don't take this as a criticism. Personally, I would just be careful about labelling books as 'Quick Reads' in case I had a student who struggled with reading. I wouldn't want them to feel under pressure to read quickly, or be anxious if they couldn't.
One to add to your YA/adult collection is "Letters to the Lost"! It's aimed more towards high school students, like Dear Martin and Dear Justice, but it's a GREAT read! It's about a teenage girl who loses her mom and starts writing letters to her and leaving them at her gravestone. A fellow classmate who is doing community service at the graveyard picks one up and starts writing back to her about his journey. It's a gripping, fun, very enjoyable read!
I love your book hauls! I have my first classroom (grade 1/2) and I have aimed to fill it with books! The benefits are huge and I love how students can find something they love. Thank you for the inspiration! Also in terms of Indigenous books, I would recommend finding an Indigenous owned book store near you. I’m in Canada so some of my suggestions are more Canadian but I do have a few if you’re interested! (More so picture books).
LOVED this video!!! THank you. Since we are unable to have a class library this year, because of COVID; I decided to rebuild/restock it for next year and all your selections gave me some amazing ones., Anyways, the Real Pigeon books has two others(Real Pigeons Get Ready; Real Pigeons Splash Back); just wanted you to know. Alicia from CT
I teach ESL Middle School Social Studies and my department decided to buy National Geographic subscriptions this year, the BEST IDEA ever! The magazines are great for teaching content and current events!
i was the biggest bookworm in 5th grade and had a book in my hand 24/7 here are some recommendations. :) my family divided ghost boys front desk rebound brown girl dreaming i am malala steph soto and any hazardous tales
Tomie de Paola wrote The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush and The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Also, his Popcorn book has a tie-in to how the Native Americans used popcorn. Duncan Tonatiuh (I hope I spelled that correctly) has The Princess and the Warrior...it’s not US indigenous people, but indigenous people none the less. I hope these titles are useful.
Wow, your kids are going to love all those books. Have you read THe Pegasus series by Katie O'Hearn? Think you would enjoy it and your students might as well. Also The Mysterious Benedict Society.
I just bought a full set of the baby sitters club books because I can neveeeer find them for a cheaper price. All nine. Now if I find more I can just have doubles. Because they love them.
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What part of Michigan do you live in like I know West I was just wondering because I’m Barela school but I’m a nice person now that’s good I have a Lotta oh of books
Hi Kim! I am a second-year third grade teacher and there a big debate surrounding whether or not we should level texts and ensure that our students are reading books at their level. What is your opinion on this debate? Similar to you, I organize my library by genre/by series. However, there are times in which I see why it might be beneficial to level my books. What are your thoughts?
Hi, Alayna! I'm a huge supporter of not leveling books. There's a lot of research on this topic (if you Google "should teachers level books" a bunch of great articles will pop up) and all that I've read (and learned in college) supports allowing students to read what they want. Even Fountas and Pinnell (the company that invented running records) supports allowing students to read their choice of books and not attach a label to a student's identity. It's important for teachers to know a student's level for guided reading and for making good book recommendations to that student, but it's also important for kids to not make their level a part of their identity as a reader.
it is so admirable how inclusive you are with your books. growing up I never had characters in books to relate to and I'm sure your kids appreciate it soo much! i cannot wait to become a teacher one day and follow your lead
I just love how diverse your haul is. I know my 2nd grader soon to be 3rd grader would enjoy many of these books. Thanks for sharing.
I know this is an older video, but I came back to it because I LOVE your book videos! I am almost finished with school and I am hoping to teach upper elementary. I've been collecting books for so long and your videos are so great for book reviews! Also, the diversity you have in your library is amazing and you have helped me sooo much with learning about inclusion and diversity.
You continue to make me excited to be a teacher! I love how opena and transparent you are with your students with real life things going on and what has gone on. Thank you!🥺
Many years ago i had a student whose father worked at National Geographic. He donated dozens of filmstrips to the school library. They were wonderful. He was a photographer.
I like a lot of those National Geographic books! Last year, one of my kids had a sister who modeled for an NG Kids book about cats, so a photographer came to their house and took a bunch of pictures of her and the family cats- my kid gave me a free copy of it for my classroom library and loved reading it to the class, pointing out the different areas of his house and yard that were shown in the pictures as well as his sister and cats being goofy 😂
Wow!! What a cool experience for that student and your class! That’s awesome!
Could you do a video all about your must haves for a first year 5th grade teacher??!
When I was in 4th grade , on that year our book fair brought lots of non fiction books . Even though I wanted just Nancy drew or Little House books , we had to pick one of the fiction . I got a story about Clara Barton . I loved the book, her story .
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is one of my favorite books of all time and I would recommend that for all kiddos as well!
I loveeee when you do a book haul! I just write down all of these titles for my 5th grade classroom too!! ♥️♥️
Wow! What an amazing haul. Your students are very blessed to have a teacher like you. Dragons in a bag and its sequel are super cute and very popular with my class of 7-9 year olds. They also love a spooky/scary book. The Haunting of Aveline Jones is great and Real Life Mysteries is a popular non-fiction in my class. Your passion for reading and love for your students shines through. I'm sure you know what is best for your class, so I hope you don't take this as a criticism. Personally, I would just be careful about labelling books as 'Quick Reads' in case I had a student who struggled with reading. I wouldn't want them to feel under pressure to read quickly, or be anxious if they couldn't.
I always love a book haul from you! So many amazing books. Your classroom library is a dream!
You are so sweet. Thank you!
One to add to your YA/adult collection is "Letters to the Lost"! It's aimed more towards high school students, like Dear Martin and Dear Justice, but it's a GREAT read! It's about a teenage girl who loses her mom and starts writing letters to her and leaving them at her gravestone. A fellow classmate who is doing community service at the graveyard picks one up and starts writing back to her about his journey. It's a gripping, fun, very enjoyable read!
I love your book hauls! I have my first classroom (grade 1/2) and I have aimed to fill it with books! The benefits are huge and I love how students can find something they love. Thank you for the inspiration! Also in terms of Indigenous books, I would recommend finding an Indigenous owned book store near you. I’m in Canada so some of my suggestions are more Canadian but I do have a few if you’re interested! (More so picture books).
I am so glad that I discovered your channel❤️ first of all your accent💕 and thank you for spreading smiles!
I am so excited for so many of these books! I just made a firstbook order with some of these titles. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing these! Your library just keeps getting better 😊
My daughter read The Forgotten Girl at the beginning of the year. She loved it!
Your students are lucky to have such a great library!
AMAZING haul! Love seeing all your choices for your classroom
Thank you!
Hi Elementary In The Mitten, I like your content. I love watching your videos.
Thank you for watching and commenting, Joyleen! Have a great Sunday!
LOVED this video!!! THank you. Since we are unable to have a class library this year, because of COVID; I decided to rebuild/restock it for next year and all your selections gave me some amazing ones., Anyways, the Real Pigeon books has two others(Real Pigeons Get Ready; Real Pigeons Splash Back); just wanted you to know. Alicia from CT
I teach ESL Middle School Social Studies and my department decided to buy National Geographic subscriptions this year, the BEST IDEA ever! The magazines are great for teaching content and current events!
These books are adorable!
I loved Savvy by Ingrid Law and I just recently listened to Grimm House by Karen McQuestion... both were sooo good!
Love all of these! Even as an adult, I want to read these too LOL
If i traveled abroad u will be my teacher u are so great and nice and caring
One of my favorite authors for middle grade Indigenous books is Joseph Bruchac!
Woah I want to read the Leo book! It sounds so amazing!
i would be lucky to have a smart and a book lover teacher like you i am in 5th grade too
I'm in 4th grade but I love these kinda books!!!!!
i was the biggest bookworm in 5th grade and had a book in my hand 24/7 here are some recommendations. :)
my family divided
ghost boys
front desk
rebound
brown girl dreaming
i am malala
steph soto
and any hazardous tales
Tomie de Paola wrote The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush and The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Also, his Popcorn book has a tie-in to how the Native Americans used popcorn. Duncan Tonatiuh (I hope I spelled that correctly) has The Princess and the Warrior...it’s not US indigenous people, but indigenous people none the less. I hope these titles are useful.
Wow, your kids are going to love all those books.
Have you read THe Pegasus series by Katie O'Hearn? Think you would enjoy it and your students might as well. Also The Mysterious Benedict Society.
The Mysterious Benedict Society is great! Loved every book in the series. Would definitely recommend for 4th-8th grade!
@@ava-cn6ct I am passing my copy onto my God daughter
Great job 😍
_Indian No More_ is great (upper) middle grade novel that deals with Indigenous People. Love your videos, btw.
I just bought a full set of the baby sitters club books because I can neveeeer find them for a cheaper price. All nine. Now if I find more I can just have doubles. Because they love them.
Yes, my students love them too! They also love the “little sisters” versions!
my sister has one of them
I swear I go buy almost every book you share LOL. Why are we sooo addicted to book buying? 😂
Looking for nice books yourselves to give to kids while young? you can't go wrong with *personalised childrens books* - a custom version of educational books that you can theme for a child's liking in terms of labels, cover design and even character names
Oh dragons in a bag is a great book and there’s a sequel
I've just read the package by Sebastian fitzek in 3 days. Really good. Recommended for you not your pupils as there is some adult content in there.
What part of Michigan do you live in like I know West I was just wondering because I’m Barela school but I’m a nice person now that’s good I have a Lotta oh of books
We read dragons in a bag in my 3rd grade class. The kids seemed to really like it There is a second book.
I realized after filming I actually own the second book somehow!! 😂 So I’ll definitely have to read both of them!
Can u post a video of 6 to 8 grade students can read
Hi Kim! I am a second-year third grade teacher and there a big debate surrounding whether or not we should level texts and ensure that our students are reading books at their level. What is your opinion on this debate? Similar to you, I organize my library by genre/by series. However, there are times in which I see why it might be beneficial to level my books. What are your thoughts?
Hi, Alayna! I'm a huge supporter of not leveling books. There's a lot of research on this topic (if you Google "should teachers level books" a bunch of great articles will pop up) and all that I've read (and learned in college) supports allowing students to read what they want. Even Fountas and Pinnell (the company that invented running records) supports allowing students to read their choice of books and not attach a label to a student's identity. It's important for teachers to know a student's level for guided reading and for making good book recommendations to that student, but it's also important for kids to not make their level a part of their identity as a reader.
@@ElementaryInTheMitten This is great! Thanks a ton!!
4:14 that's funny you're so close to your students and called them your children!!!
Wish you would open the books to show the font
The Brave is another book that talks about indigenous people if you don’t have that yet
Another hook haul pls
Runaway bunny and Arthur Ramona Amelia bedelia
Woe i want to be with u and read all ur books
Great books but one thing: Not saying the titles makes your video inaccessible for blind and visually impaired people.