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Post by Lynne on Jul 31, 2007 8:21:14 GMT -5
Wonderful suggestions you guys! I think I'm doing a book a month now  Ann...........um...........That's NOT a cat!!! |
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Post by adcooper on Jul 31, 2007 21:05:45 GMT -5
Lynne, TELL me you did not want a cat just like that!
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Post by Lynne on Aug 1, 2007 11:27:57 GMT -5
HAHAHAH! I think I have that cat.
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Post by niaru on Aug 4, 2007 16:12:38 GMT -5
I read anything that said horses....including Clan of the Cave Bear and Valley of the Horses by Jean Auel in the 3rd grade...I also did a lenghlthly book report on it. Hahaha! I would have loved to see your teacher's reaction!! Some books that my 11 year old daughter loved: Walk two moonsThe Thief LordA wrinkle in timeBecause of Winn-DixieFlippedAnd all the Harry Potters. I'm trying to get her to read Phil Pullman's series, which I loved, but she's not interested.  When she was younger she devoured the Magic Tree House series and the series of books where you can choose your ending (I forget the names, we borrowed them from the library) |
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Post by Lynne on Aug 6, 2007 19:11:06 GMT -5
LOL!!!! Claire wasn't "Flipped" a fun book?!!! I had a year a couple back where I had 50 or so students in a "reading class" but I used it to read aloud and that book could really keep all of them in. Plus it made for fun sparring between the sexes.....I remember kids walking out and still talking about it and kids that weren't in my class quoting things I'd said about it (which I'd just said to get them involved). Lovely book....for any age.
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Post by adcooper on Aug 7, 2007 8:36:09 GMT -5
Good tip! I haven't read Flipped. This fall I'm starting a read-aloud after-school thing at the library. Very unstructured other than date and time. Kids flop with snacks and I read aloud. (I've promised free bookmarks to those who share snacks with me. Silly, because we give free bookmarks to everyone every day for no reason at all except that we do.) Anyway....I'll look for Flipped. I'm expecting kids up through grade 5 or 6 for this.
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Post by Lynne on Aug 7, 2007 9:21:39 GMT -5
I think Flipped might be appropriate for grades 5-6......the younger kids will probably still like it but it builds a bit on the angst of adolescents?? It does have lovely messages throughout and ......I dunno.....I just dug it. Makes WONDERFUL reading aloud as far as chapter by chapter because the chapters are written first from the female characters point and then from the male characters point. You can really get kids riled when you take sides I love your bookmark scheme!! Brilliant. I'm going to think about ways to incorporate similar things into my classroom. If you bring me treats I'll not chastise you in front of other students? No, that'd be no fun... If you bring me select confections I will allow you to eat lunch. |
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Post by niaru on Aug 7, 2007 16:32:47 GMT -5
Evil Ratounette.
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Post by adcooper on Aug 7, 2007 21:33:30 GMT -5
I looked at Flipped when I went back to work this evening. Yep, it's a little older than the kids I'll probably get, but it does look like fun.
Lynne, I also give out pencils. They are in different colors and I tell kids that the red one is a lucky chemistry pencil and that if you study and use that pencil, you'll do well on your test. Green is for advanced algebra and foreign language. Yellow for literature or geography. And so on. Very silly, the kids know it's silly, but they get oddly serious about which color pencil to choose. I make it all up on the spot, of course, and always include the bit about studying as well as remembering the lucky pencil. Very silly and fun!
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