This is not a topic we talk about often on this blog but it is something I spend a great deal of time on with the kids in my life. The situation described by the author, Joan Kindig, about a teacher reading aloud to her third grade class applies to many kids in elementary school. They have already read and enjoyed the read aloud book and can become bored. The solution to the read aloud challenge in the classroom is headphones and audio-books. Let's stop here for a minute. Did you know that audio-books count as reading? I have been on many car trips where we listened to the great Jim Dale use his 101 different voices to read the seven Harry Potter books. The article,
Books For Kids Reading Above Grade Level from the School Library Journal has a list of audio-books that are age appropriate but have more meat. They also are great for read alouds at home and for kids to read by themselves. These are my favorites:
The Sonoma County Library has
six copies of
Stella By Starlight, the AR is 4.8. The library has
ninety copies of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the AR is 5.5; there are
twenty-three copies of
Echo and the AR is 4.9; there are
eleven copies of
The War That Saved My Life, the AR is 4.1 and
twenty-seven copies of
Dead End In Norvelt, the AR is 5.7.
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