I know that sometimes you just want ideas for how to help your reader.
Here are some of the best research-based ideas to help your middle
grade learner improve their reading abilities outside of school. Better yet,
they are all very simple and inexpensive!
There are multiple positive effects "The number one indicator of
of students being read to and student success is vocabulary."
students seeing their family read. The more students read, the
If we want our learners to read, larger their vocabulary, and
we have to walk the walk. By then the more texts they can
reading, your learner builds understand and apply. The
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can make it difficult to find Exposing your learner to books, in
time to sit and read every ways that show how awesome
night. Audio books are such a books and reading are, is one of
great way for students to listen the best ways to
to fluent reading, experience Develop their love of
great books, and still get reading. Go to:
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Research continually shows us that, "Independent reading is the best
predictor of reading achievement and also the best predictor of the
amount of gains in reading." Research also constantly points to the " Power
of Choice." Let them choose what they read, and eventually, your learner
will know what books they like and how to choose books they will read.
If you want to read a…..
Funny Book Fantasy Book
• 33 Minutes • A Snicker of Magic
• Big Nate • All the Answers
• The Adventures of Captain Underpants • Children of the Lamp
• Crush • Deep Blue
• Dear Dumb Diary • Eragon
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid • Fablehaven
• Flat Broke • The Girl With the Silver Eyes
• House of Robots • The Golden Compass
• iFunny series • Graceful
• Leven Thumps • Harry Potter
• Liar Liar • Inkheart
• Middle School series • Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
• My Life as a Book • The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
• My Weirdest School • Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales • The Night Gardener
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School • Savvy
• The Terrible Two • Willow Falls Series
• Ungifted • The Witch’s Boy
Graphic Novel Realistic Fiction Book
• American Born Chinese • A Handful of Stars
• Amulet • Because of Mr. Terupt
• The Babysitter’s Club • Half a Chance
• Big Nate • Holes
• The Boxcar Children • Hoot
• Eighth Grade is Making Me Sick • Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun,
• El Deafo Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the
• Drama World
• The Graveyard Book • Elijah of Buxton
• Lunch Lady • Everything on a Waffle
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales • Feathers
• Roller Girl • Freak the Mighty
• Smile • Maniac Magee
• Sisters • No More Dead Dogs
• Star Wars Jedi Academy • Out of My Mind
• Sunny Side Up • Radio Fifth Grade
• This One Summer • So B. It
• Swindle
• Ungifted
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• Wildlife
• Wonder
If you want to read a…..
Short, but great, Book Historical Fiction Book
• Annie and the Old One • Al Capone Does my Shirts
• Bridge to Terabithia • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
• Bunnicula • Bud, Not Buddy
• Call it Courage • Chains
• Dear Mr. Henshaw • Echo
• Feathers • The Fence Between Us
• Freak the Mighty • Forge
• Frindle • I Survived…
• The Giving Tree • The Land
• How to Eat Fried Worms • The Lions of Little Rock
• Island of the Blue Dolphins • One Crazy Summer
• Lawn Boy • Out of the Dust
• Sing Down the Moon • Number the Stars
• Stone Fox • Prisoner B-3087
• Tiger Rising • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• Tuck Everlasting • Sophia’s War
• Stella by Starlight
• Vietnam Series
• The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963
Award Winning Book Science Fiction book
• Because of Winn Dixie • Atlantia
• Fever 1793 • The Bar Code Tattoo
• Hatchet • The Dead Gentlemen
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg • Divergent
• One Came Home • Ender’s Game
• Out of my Mind • The Eye of Minds
• When You Reach Me • The Fourteenth Goldfish
• The Year of Billy Miller • The Giver
• Flora and Ulysses • Legend
• Inside Out and Back Again • Matched
• Moon Over Manifest • The Maze Runner
• The One and Only Ivan • The Missing Series
• Pictures of Hollis Woods • The Power of Six
• Rules • Slated Series
• Three Times Lucky • The Time Machine
• Walk Two Moons • A Wrinkle in Time
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
If you want to read a…..
Middle School/Young Inspirational book
Adult Book
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
• A Corner of the Universe • Chicken Soup for the Kids Soul
• Brown Girl Dreaming • Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
• Counting by 7s • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
• The Crossover • Dear Mr. Henshaw
• Dead End in Norvelt • Esperanza Rising
• Divergent • Fish in a Tree
• Eleven • Frindle
• Greenglass House • The Giving Tree
• The Giver • I am Malala
• Gregor the Overlander • Life of Pi
• The Hunger Games • The Little Prince
• If I Stay • Pay it Forward
• If You’re Reading This • Stargirl
• The Maze Runner • Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
• Nest • Wonder
• Schooled
• Speak
• When You Reach Me
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
• Walk Two Moons
• The Wednesday War
Book About Acceptance Book with animals
• Al Capone Does My Shirts • A Dog’s Life
• Doll Bones • Because of Winn Dixie
• El Deafo • Bunnicula
• Esperanza Rising • The Call of the Wild
• Hound Dog True • Fantastic Mr. Fox
• How to Beat the Bully Without Even Trying • Flora and Ulysses
• Freak the Mighty • Hoot
• Loser • How to Steal a Dog
• One for the Murphys • Julie of the Wolves
• Love That Dog
• Rain Reign
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Rules
• The One and Only Ivan
• The Secret Tree
• Rain Reign
• Stargirl
• Rush Revere and the American Revolution
• Ungifted • Shiloh
• Wonder • Stone Fox
• Swindle
• Warriors
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• White Fang
• Wildlife
If you want to read a…..
Book about sports Book about adventure
• The Batboy • Alex Rider Series
• The Best of the Best • Artemis Fowl
• The Big Time • The BFG
• The Big Field • Big Nate
• The Boy Who Saved Baseball • A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
• The Crossover • Chasing Vermeer
• Deep Zone • Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Diamond in the Desert • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
• Gym Candy • Guys Read
• Heart of a Champion • Hatchet
• Heat • Holes
• Hero • How They Choked…
• High Heat • The Hunger Games
• Fantasy League • I Survived…
• First Team • The Maze Runner
• Football Champ • My Side of the Mountain
• Football Genius • Percy Jackson Series
• Football Hero • The Ranger’s Apprentice
• Force Out • The Saturday Boy
• Lost Boy • A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Million-Dollar Throw • Sideways Stories from Wayside School
• Miracle on 49th Street • The Sign of the Beaver
• New Kid • Swindle Series
• Night Hoops • Wildlife
• No More Dead Dogs
• QB 1
• Rivals
Book that’s a little “dark”
• Runner • The Bar Code Tattoo
• Painting the Black • The Dead Gentlemen
• Perfect Season • The Egypt Game
• Shakespeare Bats Cleanup • Famous Las Words
• Summer Ball • The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
• Tangerine • The Graveyard Book
• Travel Team • Hollow City
• True Legend
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
• The Underdogs
Children
• Unstoppable • The Night Gardener
• Year in Sports • Slated
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
If you want to read a…..
Book written in verse Poetry book
• Addie on the Inside • A Light in the Attic
• All the Broken Pieces • A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete
• Brown Girl Dreaming Poems
• The Crossover • Don’t Bump the Glump
• Girl Coming in for a Landing • Falling Up
• Hate That Cat • Firefly July
• Home of the Brave • Follow Follow: A Book of Reverse Poems
• Inside Out and Back Again • The Giving Tree
• The Llama Who Had No Pajama
• Locomotion
• The Missing Piece
• Love That Dog
• Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and Other
• May B.
Poems
• Out of the Dust
• Night Garden: Poems From the World of
• Pieces of Georgia
Dreams
• Shakespeare Bats Cleanup • Outside the Box: A Book of Poems
• Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs • Poems from Homeroom: A Writer's Place to
• The Trial Start
• The Weight of Water • Poetry for Young People
• Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
• Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms
• Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poem
• What My Mother Doesn't Know
• Where the Sidewalk Ends
Book about growing up Book with a strong
female character
• Dear Dumb Diary
• Dork Diaries • Becoming Naomi Leon
• Ella Enchanted • Coraline
• Ever After High • Divergent
• Hound Dog True • Ella Enchanted
• Little House on the Prairie series • Esperanza Rising
• Matched Series • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
• Pictures of Hollis Woods Frankweiler
• Prairie Evers • Harriet the Spy
• Savvy • Harry Potter Series
• The Secret Garden • The Hunger Games
• The Secret Tree • Island of the Blue Dolphins
• The Swift Boys and Me • Legend
• A Tangle of Knots • Matilda
• A Whole Lot of Lucky • Number the Stars
• This Journal Belongs to Ratchet • Sing Down the Moon
• Three Times Lucky • Walk Two Moons
• The Trouble with May Amelia
• Tuck Everlasting
If you want to read a…..
Book in a series/trilogy Nonfiction book
• The 39 Clues • Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance
• Alex Rider of Amelia Earhart
• The Babysitter’s Club • Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
• Big Nate • Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of
• Bone Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
• The Boxcar Children • Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the
• Captain Underpants World's Most Dangerous Weapon
• Children of the Lamp • The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the
• The Chronicles of Narnia Impossible became Possible… on
• The City of Ember Schindler’s List
• Dear America • Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
• Dear Dumb Diary • El Deafo
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid • Escaping the Holocaust: A True Story
• Divergent • Ripley’s Believe it or Not
• Dork Diaries • Ten True Tales
• Eragon • Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
• Fablehaven • Truce
• The Giver • We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham
• Goosebumps Children's March
• Gregor the Overlander • Who Is…?
• Harry Potter • Year in Sports
• The Heroes of Olympus
• The Hunger Games Book From your list…
• I Survived…
• Infinity Ring
• Inkheart
• Kane Chronicles
• Leven Thumps
• Little House on the Prairie
• The Magic Tree House
• Magyk
• Matched
• The Maze Runner
• Mysterious Benedict Society
• Percy Jackson
• The Ranger’s Apprentice
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Shadow Children Series
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School
• Sisters Grimm
• Spiderwick Chronicles
• Swindle
• Twilight
• Warriors