If you have ever had a crazy day in your classroom, you are not alone. Just this past week in my field experience, my students were getting ready for PARCC testing--however, something went wrong with the computers, so we had a few minutes of down time. This was a perfect opportunity for a read-aloud. My third graders loved it!
But, what better way to use down time, than to do a read-aloud using a social studies book! Sometimes I feel like I have to be sneaky to incorporate social studies in the classroom. I want my students to get the most out of my class! So I have provided a link here to a great PDF about social studies books to use in your classroom. They are on an assortment of topics and grade levels (from lower elementary to high school). The list of topics is broad--from biography, to environment, to folktales, culture, social relationships and more! Check it out and maybe you would like to add some of these books to your class library!
I absolutely love doing read alouds in class. But I also love your idea of using the read aloud time to bring in a social studies book. I agree that sometimes it's tough to bring it into the curriculum. But it can be done in such a simple way as this. Great post!
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