Podcasts by 5th Grade Book Club

5th Grade Book Club

The comedy podcast for adults who love 5th Grade Literature. We are actual 5th Grade teachers who ask and answer all the questions you've been wondering about these literary classics.

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5th Grade Book Club
EP 14: The Giving Tree from 2017-04-05T03:55:47

It takes quite a lot...to dissect all of Shel Silverstein's classic book, The Giving Tree. Listen as we - gasp - retell the classic tale and provide our professional insight, advice we have for bot...

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EP 13: Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot from 2017-01-18T16:58:49

We were able to sit in on an episode of Lilly Moscovitz's "Lily Tell It Like It Is" with her co-host Mia Thermopolis, the Princess of Genovia. The episode is packed with special guests, as Mia need...

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EP 12: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White from 2016-10-31T03:33:11

This Halloween, we bring you the tales of a spooky road trip we took to Iowa to uncover what happened to Wilbur the pig, if Wilbur's owner Fern ever tried bacon, and uncover other mysteries from Ch...

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EP 11: The BFG by Roald Dahl from 2016-09-29T12:18:26

In our first episode of SEASON TWO, we break down the BFG. It's a BFD. We cover hip grandpas, talk about our many dreams for the future including cars running on toothpaste, and try some impression...

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EP 10 - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing from 2016-07-12T03:31:13

5th Grade Book Club is on summer break...but not without a summer road trip! We celebrate the end of our year with our students by dissecting a potential incoming student, an angsty fourth-grader n...

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EP 9 - Frindle from 2016-06-02T14:24:27

Frindle by Andrew Clements is all about the dictionary, a pen, and those troublemaking Fifth Graders. Otherwise known as what we deal with everyday in Middle School. Listen as we discuss whether Ni...

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EP 8 - Ella Enchanted from 2016-05-18T04:00:13

On this absolutely enchanting episode, we discuss Gail Carson Levine's "behest" novel to date - Ella Enchanted. Just in time for graduation season, Ella provides some real life lessons about love, ...

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EP 7: Shel Silverstein from 2016-04-19T04:49:13

Fifth Grade Book Club brings the party as we celebrate our Spring Break by reading three iconic Shel Silverstein poems about the instamatic flu, caked and dry peanut butter, and beards. Party on, l...

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EP 6: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler from 2016-04-06T11:47:29

On this episode, we explore E. L. Konigsburg's novel about Claudia and Jamie exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We'll discuss how to cheat at card games, wax George Clooney,...

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