My students need exposure to classic literature with these 15 classic book titles including "Tom Sawyer" and "Julius Caesar". My advanced third grade students have shown a keen interest in exploring great written works.
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My Students
One way moral character is developed in young children is to see it through the safe realm of literary characters. These likable, and some despicable, characters respond to dilemmas of their own making or to what life deals out. Children see the universality of the frailty of the human condition.
I have 24 advanced third grade students.
This is an advanced class within the school day. Our school is a rural, high poverty school in northern California with 500 students in a K-8 configuration. This class includes one GATE student. All other students have advanced test scores. The racial mix of this class reflects the racial mix of the school population.
My Project
What better way to learn about decisions that affect your life than to live those dangerous choices vicariously through the characters of classic literature? Classic literature brings forth the good in humankind while dealing with the curve balls that life in general throws at you. The students will also be able to see and discuss how a series of decisions made by certain characters can lead you down a path in life to fruition or despair.
The reading of all these illustrated classics will form a base of knowledge that could serve them well through the readings of classic literature in junior high, high school, and beyond. This vast selection of classics are often referred to in other more modern novels. These students will be able to make connections between modern characters and historical, or classic, characters.
Over the years I have had students who have just pored over my basket of classics.
These books are well used and well loved. Some are missing. When I lose a book I always hope it lands in the hands of someone who will cherish it. This group of students is prime for more advanced work. They write well, are on task, question deeply, and explore freely. They create their own projects and take the projects I give them to a higher level. These are well deserving students.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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