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Nov232009
POSTED AT 09:26 AM
This is the Blog Spot for Nic Bishop Frogs. 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 is the most surprising fact in Nic Bishop Frogs?
- At the end of the book, Mr. Bishop describes the things he had to do so that he could take such good photographs of frogs. If you had been his assistant, which of his tasks would have been the toughest to help him with?
- Do you think Mr. Bishop loves frogs? Support your opinion using something from the book.
- Was there something you thought you already knew about frogs --but after reading this book you found out you were wrong? Share your discovery.
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.")
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov232009
POSTED AT 09:10 AM
This is the Blog Spot for Kadir Nelson's We Are the Ship: the Story of Negro League Baseball. 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:
- Which baseball player or person in the book was the most interesting? Explain.
- Describe one thing that shows how times were harder back then from the book.
- Kadir Nelson is very well known as an illustrator, but this time he also wrote the book. Which do you think are better --the illustrations or the story? Explain.
- Do you think this is a good book for elementary school students? Why or why not?
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.")
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 03:05 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Eileen Spinelli's Where I Live. 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:
- Which poem in the book is your favorite and why?
- Have you ever had to move? What are some things in the book that make you think about how your felt when you moved to a new home?
- What does the book tell you about old friends or new friends?
- Does Diana learn anything new about herself or the world by the end of Where I Live? Explain.
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.")
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 02:53 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel's Help Me, Mr. Mutt! 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:
- Help Me, Mr. Mutt has several charts and graphs. If the author's wanted to add another chart or graph to illustrate and explain something in the book, what could they make a chart of? What would be the parts identified or measured?
- Which letter is the funniest? Why?
- What would happen in the sequel to this book?
- Write a letter to Mr. Mutt asking for advice... or, if someone else has written a letter, you can respond to them on this Blog by pretending you are Mr. Mutt, and you can give advice to someone who wrote you a letter!
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.")
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 02:45 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Henry H. Neff's The Hound of Rowan, the first book in The Tapestry series. 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:
- Of all the animals and creatures in this book, which is your favorite and why?
- Compare The Hound of Rowan to another book you have read that might be similar.
- Describe one secret that is revealed from the book.
- Choose an instructor (teacher) or adult from the book who reminds you of a teacher or other grown-up you know. How are they similar? How are they different?
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.")
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 02:44 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Pat Mora's Yum! MmMm! Que Rico! America's Sproutings 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:
- Which food fact is the most interesting? Why?
- Which haiku is your favorite? Why?
- Food is a part of someone's culture. This book is about natural foods that have Latino beginnings. What would the world be like without these Latino influences?
- At the end of the book, Mr. Mora shares one last poem. Read his "Dear Reader" letter. Then share your own jump-rope rhyme using at least eight of the foods mentioned in the book. Or you could write your own haiku about one of these foods or another Latino food.
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.")
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 01:35 PM
This is the Blog Spot for A.W. Flaherty's The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating. 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 is the moral of this story? A moral is a lesson learned about life.
- Do you think a person from Scotland would like this book? Why or why not?
- Who is the main character of this book: Katerina-Elizabeth or the worm? Explain.
- How does this movie remind you of another book you have read? Or how does this movie remind you of a movie you have seen?
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.")
Happy Blogging! --  Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 01:28 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Janet Schulman's Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City. 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 one problem that Pale Male had to overcome.
- Based on what is described in this book, would you like to visit New York? Why or why not?
- The Author's Note at the end of the book re-tells the story in a different way. What makes the story better than the Author's Note? Give at least one example.
- What is one interesting thing you learned about red-tailed hawks from this 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.")
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 01:19 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Lenore Look's Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. 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 the funniest part of the book.
- How is Alvin different from the other children in the book?
- Choose one term from Alvin's Woeful Glossary at the back of the book and explain how it is important in the story.
- Describe how something that happens in the book reminds you of something that happened to you or a friend of yours.
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.")
Happy Blogging! -- Mrs. Smith
Nov192009
POSTED AT 01:00 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Barbara Kerley's What to Do About Alice?. 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:
- How was Alice different from most girls and women who lived more than 100 years ago? Give an example.
- Would this book be as special if it were about a boy?
- What kind of father was Teddy Roosevelt?
- If you could spend one day with Alice, which part of the story would you choose to be in? 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
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