If you purchase through one of these links, The Teacher Next Door, LLC receives a few cents on the dollar. These choices ideally will be books that don’t seem babyish and are engaging but at an easier reading level.īest of all, we can hope that the books are so interesting that the upper grader actually wants to spend time reading that book, and then the next…and the next…! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. The idea though is to have a big enough variety of books that you’re able to provide choices to the child. Of course, every student is different, and what appeals to one may not appeal to another. One of the ways to help struggling readers is to have lots of high interest- low readability books available to them. The artifice of using the magnifying glass to travel to a different world is a good one, since it is simple, effective, and works both ways.When upper elementary kids struggle with reading, as teachers, we want to do everything possible to help these reluctant readers improve their reading skills and to see reading as an enjoyable activity. Max assesses the situation, and using his knowledge of the capabilities of each bug, comes up with a plan to evacuate when it's clear that the bugs can't defeat the lizards.The world building in The Lizard War is great- even though Max sees bugs from all over his world, they are all in one place because they are part of an army. Barton is, too, especially since a volcano has created a bridge between the two islands, and General Komodo and his lizard army are attacking the bugs. When he helps Spike defend himself from a lizard, using his knowledge of the lizard's weakest point, Spike is impressed. He meets Spike, a scorpion who is going to take him back to Barton, the leader of the bugs, and Max is worried that Spike will eat him or sting him. When he looks more closely with the magnifying glass, he gets a tingly feeling and finds himself on Bug Island.
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