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How Is My Fifth Grader Doing in School?: What to Expect and How to Help 1 review
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Fireside, 2000
Right on the Money
How Is My Fifth Grader Doing in School is a thorough and "parent-friendly" guide to helping your fifth grader where a parent can help best. This book answered questions in a straightforward manner and offered suggestions that bridged the gap between home and school. I found the terminology to be understandable and free of excessive "educationalese" that plagues other books of this genre. I ...
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How Is My First Grader Doing in School? What to Expect and How to Help3 reviews
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Fireside, 1999
Filled with great ideas to help your child!
Ms. Jacobson's book is marvelous! It's easy to use and helped me identify exactly where my son was strong, and where he needed a little help. I have very limited time to work with my kids on their school work, and I really appreciated the author's fun ideas for working with my 5-year old son to help him with various skills that only take a few minutes each. I felt I was able to make a ...
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How Is My Third Grader Doing in School? What to Expect and How to Help3 reviews
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Fireside, 1999
Right on target for parents and teachers of third graders!
I found this book to be the most practical of any I have seen for parents helping their kids in school. As a public school teacher, I wish I had the same top quality assessment tools available throughout our district. The author clearly shows a thorough understanding of elementary curriculum as well as awareness of a parents need to be informed and involved in a child's education. This a ...
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Help! My Child is Starting Middle School!: A Survival Handbook for Parents6 reviews
Jerry L Parks
Weekly Reader Teacher's Press, 2007
Great resource, a MUST for parents of Sixth Graders!
When I saw the title of this book, I was hooked. That was exactly how I felt - my baby was going to middle school, and I wasn't sure what to expect! Having read other books by Dr. Parks, I knew this one would be useful, and it was!
In this book, there are lessons about homework, behavior, character, peer pressure, learning independence, gaining responsibility, and so much more. My child ...
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My Weird School Daze #3: Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet! (My Weird School Daze)2 reviews
Dan Gutman
HarperTrophy, 2008
Mr Granite is from another Planet by Dan Gutman
This series is so funny. It is about 2nd grade children and their days at school. Each book is about a different teacher. My grandson is 8 and laughs about something in each chapter. I love the books as much as he does and I am a Grandmother. I would recommend this book and the other ones in the series to every child since the book's main character are both boys and girls so funny for both ...
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My Teacher Is an Alien 38 reviews
Bruce Coville
Collins, 1995
Clever storytelling and excellent suspense
I loved this book when I was a kid, and decided to re-read it recently. Doing that gave me a new appreciation for what Bruce has done with this story.
Told from the perspective of Susan Simmons, the story fairly believably tells a tale of the impossible. Susan discovers that her new teacher, rigid and demanding Mr. Smith, is actually an alien. Furthermore, he has plans to take several of the ...
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My Weird School #16: Ms. Coco Is Loco! (My Weird School)2 reviews
Dan Gutman
HarperCollins, 2007
Funny poetry that makes you laugh out loud!
My sons and I have been reading this series. This has to be one of the best! My oldest read it by himself first and then asked me to read it out loud. I honestly had to stop reading at times because I was laughing so hard.
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My Teacher Flunked the Planet14 reviews
Bruce Coville
Aladdin, 1992
A sobering story
Many science fiction books that are written for children aim to take them away into a fantasy land where anything can happen. Not this one. This story takes a hopeful mind back to the grim reality of the planet we live in, with all its violence, disease, and emotional pain presented in the book the way it really is. A continuation to a trilogy of somewhat less exciting books, My Teacher ...
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My Teacher is My Hero: Tributes to the People Who Gave Us Knowledge, Motivation, and Wisdom3 reviews
Susan Reynolds
Adams Media, 2008
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!
What a great idea! I bought the book after a friend recommended it and i read it all the way through in three days! Really inspiring. I will buy another copy for my nephew who teaches. I hope they come out with others because this is so much better than the Chicken Soup books where the editors seem to let any kind of writing in the series. 5 stars!
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Mr. Docker Is Off His Rocker! (My Weird School)2 reviews
D. Gutman
Topeka Bindery, 2006
Mr.Docker is a Rocker
Hi my name is Erik and I am 8 years old. If you never read the Weird School books Mr. Docker is off his Rocker should be your first. It is about a wack scientist that loves potatoes. I don't want to tell you any more because that takes the fun out of reading it. I hope you were listening because I'm expecting you to read it! Bye Bye.
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My Tooth Is About To Fall Out (level 1) (Hello Reader) 4 reviews
Grace Maccarone
Cartwheel, 1995
great for beginner readers
This book doesn't have the best art work or the most original story, but what it does have is exactly what a beginner reader is interested in reading about. A great vocabulary builder for your beginner reader. Your 4-7 year old will ask to read this book again and again. "uh-oh! It wobbles. It wiggles. It joggles. It Jiggles. My tooth is about to fall out." The book continues with, " I hope it ...
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My Teacher Glows in the Dark (My Teacher is an Alien, Bk. 3)9 reviews
Bruce Coville
Aladdin, 1991
Coville takes the My Teacher series to a whole new level
My Teacher Glows in the Dark is the third book in Bruce Coville's My Teacher series. While these books are written primarily for a 4th-6th grade audience, I as an adult have had a lot of fun reading them. I especially love Coville's way of presenting each story in the series. The series revolves around three pretty normal kids on Earth - the smart and brave Susan Simmons, nerdy dreamer Peter ...
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A Guide for Using My Brother Sam is Dead in the Classroom 4 reviews
Patty Carratello, John Carratello
Teacher Created Resources, 2004
It was a good book
I think out of a lot of books My brother Sam is Dead is a good read. i think when it comes to history this book fits in really well. I think that because i learned about the past reading this book. So i hope kids read this book and i know that they will learn from reading this book....
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How Is My Fourth Grader Doing in School?: What to Expect and How to Help2 reviews
Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Dottie Raymer
Fireside, 2000
I needed some answers
After a rocky year in fourth grade my husband and I were at our wits end as what to do with our fourth grader. She has loved school until this year Math in particular was my daughter's problem. The book, How is my fourth grader doing in school, certaintly helped shed some light on what should actually be expected from a student in this age bracket. Fourtunately, the book gives countless ...
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How do I know if my child's teacher is qualified?2 reviews
Parmalee P Hawk
ERIC, 1991
Very realistic and easy to read
This girl has to start a new life, together with her family. There are used to constant traveling, but after their caravan burns down they have to live in a house. Children have to go to school as well. This is where the problem starts - many of the other people do not like gypsies and harass them around. The book approaches several aspects of discrimination that minorities have to face on daily ...
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My Teacher Fried My Brains (My Teacher Is An Alien Series)14 reviews
Bruce Coville
Aladdin, 1991
Laughed out loud!
My girls loved it! PLUS, they get credit for it as an AR book at school! FANTASTIC!!!
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My Weird School #18: Mrs. Yonkers Is Bonkers! (My Weird School)1 review
Dan Gutman
HarperTrophy, 2007
Excellent book
This book is not the usual boring book. My son loved it, and is asking for more like that.
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My Weird School #12: Ms. Todd Is Odd!2 reviews
HarperCollins e-books, 2008
Mr. Todd is Odd
Dan Gutman has inspired my 9 yr. old grandson to read on his own! I was beginning to despair he would ever enjoy reading. But he has lapped up every one of the 20 books in this series. They are funny, often expressing the hidden desires children might have. The teachers of this weird school are not always reliable. Leaving the teaching to others. Sometimes dressing up or enacting a point in ...
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Miss Daisy Is Crazy! (My Weird School)8 reviews
Dan Gutman
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2004
If you've ever taught second grade...
I discovered Dan Gutman's Weird School series from tutoring a second grade boy who "hated reading." Not only did he like the books, I loved them!
Second graders are the crazy ones, and these books remind me of when I taught second grade. In fact, I think Dan Gutman must really be a second grader in disguise as a grown-up...
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Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind! (My Weird School)3 reviews
Dan Gutman
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2005
this book rocks
hi im 10 years old and i know im a little old to be reading these books but they are GREAT!!!Reading is not my favorite thing to do but when i read these werid school books I can't put them down!!!
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