[aisle] Teacher Request

[Tasha Squires]

I agree wholeheartedly with you. I've read it. No way will the 5th graders
be able to understand that book!

If I were you, I'd recommend some other titles to the teacher. I have found
over the years, teachers read what they know, and that might be limited to
what they read when they were in school!

Maybe just start off with the fact that the book has a lot of abstract
concepts that might be hard for 5th graders to grasp and by the way, here
are some titles that might work better for ALL the students.

Good luck!

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 11:47 AM Sara Bell via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have an 5th grade teacher requesting me to loan I Am the Cheese by
> Robert Cormeir to her for a read aloud.
> (She is in an elementary building, only the the high school has that title
> in my district.)
>
> I feel uncomfortable with that choice for a read aloud for that grade.  Am
> I crazy? I have not actually read this book, can someone share
> their opinions on this, please?
>
> Thanks,
> Sara Bell
> District Media Specialist
> Dunlap, IL
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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Tasha Squires
O'Neill Middle School
School Librarian
tsquires at dg58.org
(630) 719-5815

Author of Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and
Public Libraries, 2009, Information Today, Inc.
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