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The Importance Of Mockingbird In Elementary Schools

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I personally would not make Mockingbird a choice for independent reading in my elementary classroom. After reading the book I felt that it would be most appropriate for middle school, fifth grade at the earliest. However, if I was teaching either third, fourth, or fifth grade I would make it available for students I felt could benefit from reading the book and was at the students reading and comprehension level. I would not keep Mockingbird in my library because of the themes in the book, some of those themes being loss of a loved one, social and emotional development, developing empathy, and finding closure. Students at elementary age are not able to fully comprehend certain themes because they haven’t had the experience to make the connections.

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