5th Grade Book Club
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe 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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Episodes
EP 14: The Giving Tree
April 05, 2017 03:55 - 15 minutes - 7.05 MBIt 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 both characters, and our marketing strategy for this podcast.
EP 13: Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
January 18, 2017 16:58 - 20 minutes - 17.4 MBWe 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 needed a lot of advice from other students at Albert Einstein High School.
EP 12: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
October 31, 2016 03:33 - 19 minutes - 9.11 MBThis 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 Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. But what may be the most frightening thing about this episode - our fake Iowan accents.
EP 11: The BFG by Roald Dahl
September 29, 2016 12:18 - 19 minutes - 8.71 MBIn 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 impressions of our favorite celebs.
EP 10 - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
July 12, 2016 03:31 - 14 minutes - 6.74 MB5th 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 named Peter Hatcher from the first book in Judy Blume's "fudge" series, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
EP 9 - Frindle
June 02, 2016 14:24 - 15 minutes - 7.18 MBFrindle 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 Nick Allen deserves detention, whether Merriam Webster was wrong about the bubblegum, and determine the etymology of "fleek." Word up.
EP 8 - Ella Enchanted
May 18, 2016 04:00 - 21 minutes - 9.98 MBOn 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, loss, and what to do if you potentially turn into a squirrel. C'mon, be obedient and listen!
EP 7: Shel Silverstein
April 19, 2016 04:49 - 17 minutes - 7.99 MBFifth 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, listeners.
EP 6: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
April 06, 2016 11:47 - 16 minutes - 7.59 MBOn 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, and answer a question from a very special guest star.