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Five Novels With Amazing Young Protagonists

by Brain Ninjas

There is nothing better than a good book, but our students have repeatedly loved and reread these novels that feature young protagonists. Come read through our list and learn some of the ways we incorporate reading into our daily routines.

Read-aloud novels are a huge part of our daily literacy routine. We built in fifteen minutes each day where one of us reads from a novel to our students. It is important (even at the higher grades) to model fluency, self-monitoring, and questioning techniques when reading aloud to students. We include these minutes in our weekly Language Arts minutes.

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Filed Under: Classroom Tips Tagged With: books, ELA, fluency, Growth Mindset, literacy, novels, questioning techniques, read aloud, self-monitoring

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