5th Grade Book Club Podcast
1) EP 14: The Giving Tree
It takes quite a lot...to dissect all of Shel Silverstein's classic book, The Giving Tree. Listen as we - gasp - retell the classic tale and provide our professional insight, advice we have for both c...Show More
2) EP 13: Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
We were able to sit in on an episode of Lilly Moscovitz's "Lily Tell It Like It Is" with her co-host Mia Thermopolis, the Princess of Genovia. The episode is packed with special guests, as Mia needed ...Show More
3) EP 12: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
This Halloween, we bring you the tales of a spooky road trip we took to Iowa to uncover what happened to Wilbur the pig, if Wilbur's owner Fern ever tried bacon, and uncover other mysteries from Charl...Show More
4) EP 11: The BFG by Roald Dahl
In our first episode of SEASON TWO, we break down the BFG. It's a BFD. We cover hip grandpas, talk about our many dreams for the future including cars running on toothpaste, and try some impressions o...Show More
5) EP 10 - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
5th Grade Book Club is on summer break...but not without a summer road trip! We celebrate the end of our year with our students by dissecting a potential incoming student, an angsty fourth-grader name...Show More
6) EP 9 - Frindle
Frindle by Andrew Clements is all about the dictionary, a pen, and those troublemaking Fifth Graders. Otherwise known as what we deal with everyday in Middle School. Listen as we discuss whether Nick ...Show More
7) EP 8 - Ella Enchanted
On this absolutely enchanting episode, we discuss Gail Carson Levine's "behest" novel to date - Ella Enchanted. Just in time for graduation season, Ella provides some real life lessons about love, los...Show More
8) EP 7: Shel Silverstein
Fifth Grade Book Club brings the party as we celebrate our Spring Break by reading three iconic Shel Silverstein poems about the instamatic flu, caked and dry peanut butter, and beards. Party on, list...Show More
9) EP 6: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
On this episode, we explore E. L. Konigsburg's novel about Claudia and Jamie exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We'll discuss how to cheat at card games, wax George Clooney, an...Show More