Funny Read Alouds for 2nd and 5th Grades?

[readyin07]

Reading for literacy week in my kids’ classrooms. Any suggestions for new and funny books? I have done shel Silverstein poems, rock, paper, scissors, mother Bruce, book with no pictures, press here....

[Jalapeñomel]

www.amazon.com/Boring-Book-Shinsuke-Yoshitake/dp/1452174563

All Shinsuke Yoshitake books are great!

[lo]

Mo Willems books and Wayside Stories books.

[ginandjucie24]

My 7 year old 2nd grader loves the book. What do they do with all that Poo. It’s about what zoos do with all the animal Poo. It’s ages 4-7.

[dochas]

The Gruffalo or Abiyoyo for 2nd grade.

[jillybean222]

www.amazon.com/7-Ate-9-Tara-Lazar/dp/1484717791/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=7+ate+9&qid=1579889519&sr=8-2

I read 7 Ate 9 to 3rd graders and they thought it was funny! Lots of math puns if you like that sort of thing

[hocus2]

My kids liked Because by mo willems though it was different from his other books. Interrupting Chicken is fun too. Snowy day is good for second. I read it then too.

For 5th graders only you might consider something like Hatchet. It is more mature but very fast paced.

[hermione]

Who Wet My Pants is new and very funny. So is The VERY Impatient Caterpillar.

[lilac05]

My boys classes both LOVED Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups. I use a squeaky little voice for the penguin and they think it’s hilarious. I read it to them in 2nd grade and the kids who are in his class this year requested that I read it again this year.

They also liked The Day the Crayons Quit.

[keh2oblue]

The book with no pictures.

[yentl]

Are Mad Libs an option? Those are hilarious and also help teach grammar.

[egeiger]

The Book with no pictures
The winky wonkey donkey

[bex1973]

My 7 year old loves Wonky Donkey!

[joenali]

Me First! It’s one of my favorite books to read aloud.

[stephm0188]

Jan 24, 2020 13:43:49 GMT -5 hermione said:

Who Wet My Pants is new and very funny. So is The VERY Impatient Caterpillar.

Yes yes yes to Who Wet My Pants. Anything by Bob Shea is fabulous. 
Harold and Hog Pretend For Real by Dan Santat. It's a parody of Elephant and Piggie
Truman is adorable and fun.
Llama Destroys the World would be fun for second. I can't keep it on the shelves.

[nellgirl]

Robert Munsch books are great for that age, and our all-time favourite funny book is Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems. I teach 7th and the kids were killing themselves laughing when I read it to them (I often bring in my 3.5 year old daughter’s books to mix things up a bit).

[nellgirl]

Jan 25, 2020 0:58:27 GMT -5 nellgirl said:

Robert Munsch books are great for that age, and our all-time favourite funny book is Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems. I teach 7th and the kids were killing themselves laughing when I read it to them (I often bring in my 3.5 year old daughter’s books to mix things up a bit).

The other one that my 7s loved was P is for Pterodactyl, but that may be too old for even the 5s.

[sonrisa]

Not funny, but I recently read "before she was Harriet"(tubman) aloud at my kid's class. We talked about how they inverted the traditional chronological biography by going back in time. How they gave more depth to a famous American who is often discussed in classrooms for only a slice of what she did. It starts her in old age, power and wisdom, walking back through her time as a union general, a spy, leading people to freedom, etc. By the time you find her as a young slave girl you can also see her future strength and journey.