GEN: Library read-alouds for grades 5-6

[Eileen Capelle <ecapelle@MWT.NET>]

Hi!  I am a brand-new library media specialist in a K-12 school.  I will be
conducting library lessons for the K-6 classes, and am interested in doing
fiction read-alouds of chapter books for the upper elementary grades.  I'm
wondering if this is feasible since I will be meeting with each class just
once a week.  At that rate, getting through one book would take an awfully
long time.

My question is whether anyone has tried this, and if it was successful or
not.  I've had two ideas about it-  perhaps the classroom teachers would
take turns reading the book, so that some of it is read in library and some
of it in the classroom.  Or maybe a separate book discussion group in the
library is the way to go...

Also any good suggestions about books to start with?  I'm thinking of Harry
Potter, of course, but would like other titles, too.

Thanks very much.

Eileen Capelle
Library Media Specialist
Wonewoc-Center Schools
Wonewoc, WI
ecapelle@mwt.net

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