Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn

Tell me what you think of this book! Do you like reading mysteries?

Was this your first mystery you have ever read?

Send me your comments.

As a class assignment, please answer these questions:

Did the characters seem real and believable? Can you relate to their predicaments? To what extent do they remind you of yourself or someone you know????

I can't wait to hear your comments!! ~Mrs. Carr

Quick View of ALL DCF Books

Check this out . . .

http://prezi.com/ei3aybvksdzz/dcf-book-list-2010-2011/

You can see all of the DCF books for 2010-2011

A N D You can see a PREZI presentaion!

New School Year is Underway

All the DCF books are now at our school library for the next 2 months. Read as many as you can! Please tell me what you think.

Bystander by James Preller

I thought this was a very thought provoking book. It got me thinking about things.

How do you define bullying? Who were the bullies in this book? Did you sense the darkness and evil? Even if you are NOT a bully is it right to stand by knowing bad things are going on around you? The author liked this quote of Martin Luther King, Jr. and I do too: "In the end, we'll remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

What do you think that means?

Leave me your comments . . .

(you can earn money to spend at the school store if you do)

Brady the Frisbee Collector

Brady the dog in the pool

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

SO far I have been able to read a few DCF books. Remember DCF= Dorothy Canfield Fisher and this is a collection of 30 books. Fourth through eighth grade can vote on their favorite.

AND all 30 books are at our town library for the summer!! GO CHECK THEM OUT!!

The first DCF book I read was The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman. This book has LOTS of great illustrations by David Roberts. This is a quick read. It reminds me of Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard. However this teacher is scarier than Viola Swamp and never as nice as Miss Nelson!GREAT CHARACTERS and a couple nice surprises at the end! Enjoy this one!

TELL me what you have been reading and you will earn $$ to spend in our new School Store! : )

My summer goal . . .

. . . is to read 7 books, at least one of them has to be nonfiction, AND to also read 20 of the DCF books! Whew, that part is a tall order, not sure if I can do it but I'll try! I may have to do a little skimming. Have you ever done that? I may not read every word cover to cover but enough words to get a good idea of the story. Have you found a good book to read? How is your summer going?

AND THE WINNERS ARE . . .

Cady

Shannon

Brittnay

and Michael !

CONGRATULATIONS and thanks for responding to the questions.

Check back again this summer for more give away chances!

Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

Hi all you BIG NATE fans!Thanks to HarperCollins publishers MSES has 5 copies of this book being passed around. If you have read it and can answer these questions you will be entered to win a BIG NATE T-shirt, also donated by HarperCollins!

Just email Mrs. Carr your answers at kim.carr@rswsu.org.

Question #1 (not really a question, but can you fill in this blank?)

Throughout the book Nate was trying to be known for ____________.

Question #2

What was your favorite part of Nate's day? Describe what he was doing, you can even include what page I can find it (but page number is not necessary to be included in the drawing).

Email your answers. I will "draw" FOUR winners on June 11th, the last day of school.

GOOD LUCK! : )

Check this site out for more BIG NATE fun:
http://www.bignatebooks.com/

Book Fair

Click here to see all the information about our up coming book fair

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/middletownspringselementary