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Oct262008
POSTED AT 07:15 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Ruth White's Way Down Deep. 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:
- If you were going to visit Way Down Deep, where would you go first and why?
- Were you pleased or surprised by the ending? Explain.
- What does a panther have to do with Ruby?
- Would this story have been as good if it were set in a big, modern city? 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.")
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 07:05 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Tim Tingle's Crossing Bok Chitto. 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 do the pictures show the mood of the story?
- Did you think the friendship in Crossing Bok Chitto was realistic? Could it have really happened?
- What did you learn about Choctaws?
- Was this story exciting or frightening? 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.")
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 06:58 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Katherine Thimmesh's Team Moon. 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 is Team Moon different from other books about space?
- Share a couple sentences from the book that explain the importance of teamwork.
- What was the most surprising thing from Team Moon?
- Which did the author focus more on: before the space mission, during the space mission, or after the space mission? Why did the author spend more time on this section?
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 06:53 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Joyce Sidman's This is Just to Say. 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 might you choose if you were going to put one in a greeting card? Why?
- Which poem was your least favorite? Why?
- Why might these poems be more important or useful than other poetry books? Or would they?
- If you could make a song out of one of these poems, which one would it be, and who would perform it? 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.")
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 06:42 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret. 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:
- Explain how the pictures affect the mood of the novel.
- Find one part of The Invention of Hugo Cabret that sounds like poetry when you read it aloud. What words or phrases spice up the sentence(s)?
- Was there a part of the book that was a little confusing? What would you like to know more about?
- Whom does the Toymaker remind you of?
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 06:35 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Nancy Ruth Patterson's The Winner's Walk. 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 The Winner's Walk to another book about a kid and his or her pet.
- What does Case learn about himself in The Winner's Walk?
- Describe the most exciting part of your favorite chapter.
- Does the author feel sorry for Meg? How might you describe Meg's personality?
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 06:27 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Charice Harper'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 any one small mistake Georgina makes and the result of that mistake.
- Choose one sentence that shows how Georgina feels about herself and explain why that sentence is important.
- What are your feelings about Georgina's mother?
- Describe the most surprising 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 06:19 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Patricia Lauber's Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor. 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 Mattie had to overcome and how she did it.
- Describe what is happening on the page that has the most interesting picture.
- How could a teacher use Marvelous Mattie in the classroom?
- How were things different for girls and women back then?
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 06:04 PM
This is the Blog Spot for Emily Jenkins' Toys Go Out. 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:
- There is already a sequel to Toys Go Out. Predict what might happen in the sequel.
- If you and your best friend each be one of these toys, which would you be and which would be your friend? Why?
- What did you think when Plastic's identity was revealed?
- Which chapter is your favorite 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
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