14 Book Series for Upper Elementary Boys

When my son graduated from picture books it was so hard to find books that looked interesting to him!  Here is a great list of chapter books for upper elementary one of them is bound to interest your son (but probably more than one will!).

The Secrets of Droon Series


A Series of Unfortunate Events


Dragonbreath Series

Encyclopedia Brown Series

Sugar Creek Gang Series

I Survived Series


Wishbone Series


The Chronicles of Narnia Series

The Library of Doom Series

Redwall Series


Little Britches Series


Geronimo Stilton Series


How to Train your Dragon Series

Dog Tag Series

Other offerings from Usborne Books

Extreme Adventures Series


Oliver Moon Series


Jack Russell:  Dog Detective Series

Many of these series even have pictures which is a bonus for my 3rd grade son, he can read at higher levels, but misses having pictures!  These series have all been read by us or recommended by others with boys in age range of 8-10.  As with any recommendations please evaluate and make your own decision for your own family. 

Workbox Wednesday–3rd grade boxes

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This week I’m featuring my 3rd graders boxes!  For the most part the subjects stay the same, but the items will change from day to day especially for History, Science and Reading.  We rotate Writing and Grammar (well just started to this week, we will see how that goes).  Right now we are studying French and Indian War for History and Volcanoes for Science. (more detailed unit posts will come in the near future).

(L)Scripture Study – New Testament Workbook and Bible
(R)Emergency Number List for Cub Scout Requirement (Health)


Math – 3D shapes, Math- MUS Gamma (We have about 2 months left in this book!)

Science – Volcano stamp sheet set (Postal History Foundation), Writing – Essentials in Writing 2

History – French and Indian War Reading and Questions Sheet, Chinese – Worksheets (If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen that I created worksheets to go with Rosetta Stone Level 1 Chinese…I am almost done with Unit 1 and will post soon).

Read Aloud – Ambush in the Wilderness (written on sticky note because it’s an ebook), Read Alone – Vacation Under the Volcano, Spelling – We are on the last lesson this week!  Next week we start Level 2!!

Other things found in his workboxes this week – wide variety of books about Volcanoes, other French and Indian War worksheets (more on that later), Roman Numeral worksheets, Label the Volcano sheet.

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Workbox Wednesday–FREE Printables for 3rd Graders

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Last week I posted some great Montessori based workbox activities for younger kids.  This week I have some great links to FREE printable worksheets for older kids that are Christmas themed.

My son will be having these colorful multiplication sheets in his boxes!

You can search the site Education.com for all grades and subjects!  It’s FREE to register, you must register to download.

You can search PreK-5th grades in subjects such as Math, Social Studies, Writing, Reading, Art and more.  Searching by Holidays or Seasons!

It’s a great FREE resource that I’m so happy to share with you!

Here are some more FREE Christmas Themed items for older elementary age -

Christmas Themed Puzzle Pages
Christmas Printable Pack for Grades 1-3 
Christmas Math Games Grades 1-3
Christmas Literacy Puzzles Grades 1-4
FREE Christmas Analogy Worksheet with Answer Key
FREE Christmas Break Scavenger Hunt
Christmas Game/Writing Prompts
Christmas Matrix Puzzle
Christmas Santa I Can Draw Fun Pack
Gingerbread Center (Greater Than/Less Than)
Christmas Dictionary Dig
Free Holiday/Christmas Sudoku Page
Shake-a-Bottle for December Holidays
Gingerfolk Freebie (Story and Questions)
FREE Addition Gingerbread Bump
Olive the Other Reindeer Vocabulary Worksheet and Test
Christmas - Subtraction Stockings – Math
Search for Santa- Open-Ended Gameboard
Illustrating Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
FREE Elf Hunt Game for Christmas
In all You do – Handwriting practice and more

Just to list a few!

Most of these are from Teacher’s Pay Teachers you need an account (it’s FREE) to download. 

Happy Workboxing! 

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Workbox Wednesday Link Up #17–Third Grade Boxes

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Front of the boxes

Bible – Church History and Faith in God Program

 

Handwriting/Art – Draw – Write Now (on sale NOW at educents)

Stamp page – Occupations in Colonial America

10 Days to Multiplication Mastery (though we are doing it in more than 10days)

 

All About Spelling

IEW –Fix It! Grammar: The Nose Tree [Book 1] (Student Book) (for review)

 

Cub Scout Manual

Read Aloud

 

Self-Reading - Weather

Science Quiz from Elemental Science

 

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Workbox Wednesday Link Up #13–Third Grade Boxes

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I am running behind this week, but better late than never!  Here are my 8yo’s workboxes from TODAY!

Front of boxes with tags

Writing – Essentials in Writing 1

Read Aloud


Read Alone

Math

 

Spelling

 

Grammer – Synonyms from EnchantedLearning.com

 

Native American Lapbook from Hands of a Child and Dream Catcher Craft

 

Handwriting

 

Religion – Baptism prep

The next series in our US History – Plymouth, Thanksgiving and Native Americans will be posting next week!  Stay Tuned!

 

 

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Workbox Wednesday #10–Third Grade Boxes

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This week in our Third Grade boxes:

I made a new task board for assignments that are on the computer/iPad.  This way they don’t take up workboxes, I will still put some of the core subjects in the workboxes even if electronic if there is room.  This year we have a lot more media supplements due to reviews we are doing and things we have continued with after review. So on the left is his media task board, he has Mathletics (review item), News-O-Matic, Essential Skills Advantage (review item) and Skrafy Minecraft Astronomy (review item).  After completing tasks he moves the button to the blue book that is hanging on the left (this goes for workbox tasks too). 


Draw, Write, Now Pilgrim Page and Lightning Literature & Composition (review item, stay tuned!)  We picked the first grade level of this curriculum, the reading is easy for C, but we are focusing on the writing and composition part.  Stay tuned for the review.


Church History Storied Scriptures, All About Spelling, The box above spelling is media for math – Ubbersmart Math Facts (review item).  We are focusing on memorizing facts right now before moving on with Math U See.


Read to Self – Pilgrims Fact Tracker and Read Aloud with Mom – Pilgrim Stories

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