November 4, 2025
Elementary – Read-Aloud Picks by Indigenous Authors
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with stories that honor Indigenous voices, cultures, and lands.
This week’s focus: listening closely to setting details — the places, seasons, and natural surroundings that shape each story.
🪶 Activity:
After the read-aloud, draw one setting detail you notice — maybe the landscape, a special object, or a moment in nature that stood out.
📚 Read-Aloud Picks:
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom (Anishinaabe/Métis)
- Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard (Seminole Nation)
- Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk Nation)
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene)
- Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Nation)
💡 Encourage students to notice how the setting helps tell each story — is it a river, a kitchen, a powwow, or a classroom? Every place holds meaning and memory. Below you will find videos on some read aloud picks.
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