Some weeks we will have two Books of the Week so we can get through all the great student reviews.
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Flush by Carl Hiassen
Do you like fiction books? If so, Flush is the book for you! Flush is about a boy named Noah who lives in Florida. His dad owns a fishing boat and is accused of sinking another man's gambling boat and goes to jail. Noah later finds out his dad had a pretty good reason for doing what he had done. The boat that Noah's dad sunk, the Coral Queen, is doing something illegal, and Noah needs to find out how to prove it to the police. Flush is a suspenseful book that will make you want to keep reading. Read Flush by Carl Hiassen.
Here are more literary pumpkins from the Lower Campus! (In the second picture, the pumpkin without a book next to it is depicting Who Would Win? Grizzly Vs. Polar Bear. There is a painting of a grizzly and a polar bear on the pumpkin)
This project has been a lot of fun! The kids love looking at the pumpkins as they walk by.
This post brought to you by student blogger Nicole.
The book Sweet by Emmy Laybourne is a mystery book for all mystery lovers. It's about two friends who go on a cruise sponsored by a sweetener called Solu. The sweetener is designed to make people lose weight fast and easy. While aboard the cruise, one of the friends falls in love with a celebrity. Soon on the cruise, people become addicted to the sweetener and will kill for it. Will Laurel, Tom, and Viv be safe on this cruise, for killers? You should read this book to find out the ending, and it's just an amazing book all around. It's a great teen mystery novel!
The students at the lower campus have been having great fun with the Literary Pumpkin Project! This is the fourth year we've done the project and it's been so fun to see all the creative book characters! This is just a sampling of the pumpkins that have been turned in so far. I will post more of the creations later! This has been a great way to generate excitement about books and characters.
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Do you love historical nonfiction? Then you will love Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson! It is the story of the assassination of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. It starts as a story of hatred, then the action-packed story begins. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater. Then he began running and the adventure begins. He hides at many acquaintances' houses and farms, but will he ever be caught? Will he ever pay for what he did? Find out when you read this exciting true story!
Yesterday, our 3rd-5th grade students enjoyed an author visit from Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series. It was so much fun! Lincoln discussed his background in writing and drawing, how he got his start in comics and with the Big Nate books, and even gave us a cartooning lesson. He also played Big Nate trivia and gave frisbees to the winners! Our students did a great job at the trivia questions! They know so much about Big Nate. We were so excited to meet one of our favorite authors!
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Unremembered by Jessica Brody
Do you love books that are very suspenseful? Romantic? With a touch of horror? Then Unremembered is the perfect book for you. When Flight 121 crashed into the Pacific Ocean, you don't expect anyone to survive. That's why when they find a sixteen year old girl floating on a piece of the plane, the news would go nationwide. They find her unharmed, but without a single memory. No one can find out why she is perfectly fine, no one understands why there is no record of her boarding the plane, and no one can explain why her DNA fingerprints can't be found in a single database in the world. She is brought to a home where she figures out the basics of life, and her unexplainable abilities. While she finds out what she is and where she's from, she figures out the most important emotions: bravery, love, and fear.
On Friday, we had our Marathon Day of Service. Students did service projects with their homerooms all over town and on campus. Projects included going to Feed My Starving Children, visiting nursing homes, making crafts for homebound parishioners, making cards for neighbors, and more. Since I had my regular classes in the library, I decided to integrate a service project into our library time. Third graders listened to the story Maddi's Fridge. Maddi's Fridge is about a girl who does not have enough food at home and about the efforts her friend makes to help her. After listening to the story, students decorated grocery bags for Waite House. Waite House is a community center in the Phillips neighborhood. Our school donates to Waite House's food shelf each month. Clients at the food shelf need bags to load their groceries into, and now they will have bags with positive and cheerful messages.
Fourth graders listened to the story A Sick Day for Amos McGee. The story is about a zookeeper who always cares for the animals at the zoo and gives them special attention. When he becomes sick, they go to his house and care for him. After listening to the story, students made projects and cards for our secretary who has been out sick. I won't put a photo of the projects here, as she hasn't received them yet.
This post brought to you by student blogger Luci.
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Madison
Emily and Sloane are best friends but one day Sloane disappears with nothing but a list of thirteen things for Emily to do. Usually Emily would never do anything on the list, but if it means bringing Sloane back, Emily will complete the list. While going on adventures and completing the list, Emily comes out of her shell and makes her life more interesting. Will Sloane ever return? You'll have to read this fun and interesting book to find out.
