Take a Look Through Our Eyes: Newbery Medal Books

What makes a truly great book? That is the question we posed to two of our fourth grade classes today. Their answers varied from well developed characters, visual setting, and exciting plot, to lots of action and suspense.
Our next reading unit takes a close look at Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor books. Each child will [...]

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Newbery Books-Literary Salon

Today we held a Literary Salon to celebrate the end of the unit. We served food found in some of the books the children have read. For our salon which is usually held in an elegant setting, each child selected a passage out of their favorite Newbery Award or Honor book to read [...]

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Take A Look Through Our Eyes: Newbery Medal Books

What makes a truly great book? That is the question we posed to two of our fourth grade classes today. Their answers varied from well developed characters, visual setting, and exciting plot, to lots of action and suspense.
Our next reading unit takes a close look at Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor books. [...]

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