Reading aloud to students is so important.  Even as students get older, and can read to themselves, they can still benefit from hearing someone read aloud to them.  Jim Trelease wrote about this in The Read-Aloud Handbook. Students can benefit from reading books that may be above their reading level.  They can benefit from having proficient reading fluency modeled for them.  It can expose them to more vocabulary.  It gives the whole class something to have discussions on, among other things. I gathered a list of my favorite read-aloud books for upper elementary students. Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling The Harry Potter Series is a personal favorite of mine. …