as we begin reading groups in the 5th grade, i have been reminded of all of my favorite books! i think 5th grade must have been my favorite, because since i started teaching, i haven't been as excited about the kids' books as i was today. i scoured the school and picked out a bunch that i need to read before monday - on my list:
bridge to terabithia
mr. popper's penguins
hatchet
and a few quotes from my reading today of tuck everlasting:
"life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short, you got to take what comes."
"there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. things just are, and fussing don't bring changes."
"you can't have living without dying. so you can't call it living, what we got. we just are we just be, like rocks beside the road."
"people got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world."
why have i not read this book before now?!
xx!
2 comments:
my favorite book i read in fifth grade was the phantom tollboth
I only remember Johnny Tremaine from fifth grade- doubt the little Italian student's will find much relevance there...
Those are some inspirational words from Tuck.
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