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Nov042008
POSTED AT 05:04 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Barbara O'Connor's How to Steal a Dog. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Describe something that happened to make Georgina find or lose hope.
- Tell about when Georgina's plan starts to fall apart.
- Describe one funny or surprising thing from How to Steal a Dog.
- Compare one character from How to Steal a Dog with someone you know.
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov042008
POSTED AT 04:55 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Patrick Carman's Atherton : the House of Power. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- The House of Power is the first of a series of books. Predict what could happen in the next Atherton.
- Explain the importance of something that is secret or forbidden in The House of Power.
- Carman uses some vivid description in The House of Power. What is one thing, person, place, or event Carman describes especially well? Share some good describing words or paraphrase what Carman says.
- If you were going to visit one of the three worlds of Atherton, which one would you visit, and why?
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov042008
POSTED AT 04:46 PM
This is the Blog Spot for J.B. Cheaney's The Middle of Somewhere. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Do you like Pop? Why or why not?
- Could you say this book teaches a big sister or brother about babysitting basics? Explain.
- Compare Gee to a kid you know who might be kind of like him.
- This book has many surprising and exciting parts. Describe a part of the book that was so interesting that you could not put the book down.
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 06:12 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Patricia Lauber's What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, and Pajamas. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Describe how one or two illustrations make What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, and Pajamas funnier.
- How could a teacher use What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, and Pajamas in the classroom?
- Would this book be as meaningful to a kid in another country as it might be to American kids?
- Make a short commercial explaining why we must read this book. Or explain why we should not read it.
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 05:57 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Alison Hart's Gabriel's Horses. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Is this book more about the Civil War, about slavery, or about horse racing? Explain.
- How did Gabriel change after he got his freedom?
- Were you satisfied with the ending of the book? Why or why not?
- This book had a lot of characters in it. Describe one minor character and why the author might have insisted on including that character in the book.
- Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 05:50 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Charice Harper's Just Grace. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- What episode in Just Grace seemed the most true for life as a third-grader?
- Did the element of mystery improve or mess up the story? Explain how.
- Are there any qualities of Sammy Stringer that you like or identify with?
- Describe the funniest part of the book. What details make it so funny?
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 05:44 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Gary Paulsen's The Thing About Georgie. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- What was the most interesting or surprising thing you learned about dwarfism?
- How could a teacher use The Thing About Georgie in the classroom?
- How could anyone who might feel different from their classmates learn from The Thing About Georgie?
- Describe the funniest part in the book.
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 05:30 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Cynthia C. DeFelice's One Potato, Two Potato. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Why do you think the author chose potatoes instead of maybe chickens or corn?
- What do you think the author is telling us about life?
- What made the funniest part of One Potato, Two Potato work so well?
- How is this story similar to another folk tale or fairy tale?
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 05:19 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Karen Day's Tall Tales. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Describe a result of one of Meg's "tall tales" (one of the fibs she tells).
- Which sentence(s) in Tall Tales might most clearly describe the mood of the book? Why?
- Which character in Tall Tales would be the easiest to draw a picture of, and why?
- If you could change one aspect of the book, what would it be, and why did that aspect not work for you?
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Oct262008
POSTED AT 04:31 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Gary Paulsen's Lawn Boy. You must read the entire book before you can add a comment here.
A meaningful Blog will include a variety of opinions and a rich discussion of a topic. This Blog will give students a chance to share their unique views about this year's Bluebonnet books.
Here are some ideas for comments:
- Compare Lawn Boy to a similar book or movie.
- How could a teacher use Lawn Boy in the classroom?
- What part of Lawn Boy evoked your emotions the most & how? (laughter, shock, sadness...)
- If you could change one aspect of the book, what would it be, and why did that aspect not work for you?
Once several students have shared their own comments, you may want to respond to those comments. You may respond to your classmates with courtesy. Make sure to add some sort of additional insight, though. (Don't just say, "I agree.")
This is a password-protected, secure Blog. Only Forest Creek Elementary students and staff members are authorized to read and use this site.
Remember, you must read and comment on five books in order to participate in the Bluebonnet voting in January.
--Happy Blogging! Mrs. Smith
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