tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19247303199061628502024-03-13T19:47:02.974-04:00Reading and Writing with Mrs. MuellerHolly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-10830245784492843352014-05-21T13:28:00.001-04:002014-05-21T13:28:17.470-04:00Farewell!It's that time of year already! I can't believe the year is almost over. I enjoyed having each and every one of you in class. I'm proud of you all!<br />
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Sixth graders - congratulations on raising over $5,000 so that a village can have clean water. You made a difference in the world! I wish you the best of luck at the junior high. Keep reading and writing, and I hope you keep in touch! Here is the e-mail from Marie Cinti, one of the leaders from Water for South Sudan:<br />
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Here is what I have! Your well was drilled and I have the following information:</div>
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It was drilled in the village of Wuntim, Warrap State, Gogrial East County. The village chief is Bol Majok Deng and this village has a population of approx. 760 people. </div>
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The GPS coordinates I have are : N08 05; 830" E028 15' 053" I can't make the degree sign but it would be read at 8 degrees N, 05 minutes, 830 seconds (etc.)</div>
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I do not have photos yet but will send them as soon as I have them! It might not be until middle of June.</div>
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Fifth graders - this isn't goodbye; it's see you later! :-) You also need to be congratulated because you donated 45 pairs of pajamas to families in need in our area. Scholastic also donated a book for every pair of pajamas. You kept kids warm and reading this winter! Here is the e-mail from a leader in the Pajama Program:<br />
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You <b>all</b> need to be congratulated for the many books you read this year, the writing you created, and all that you learned.<br />
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Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-40051090850952776462014-04-14T16:32:00.003-04:002014-04-14T16:32:45.931-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeTextContainerreview907689774">Aw, I LOVED this book! I was laughing the whole way through and then loved the sweet ending. The illustrations are hilarious and have a Jon Klassen quality (I wrote this before listening to Appelhans's podcast - see link above - in which he talks about Klassen). Love the thick pages and sepia tones. And I love Sparky. I now want a pet sloth. Pair this up with <u>A Little Book of Sloth</u>.</span> </div>
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<span id="freeTextContainerreview907693381">Melissa Sweet never disappoints. This beautifully illustrated book of poems compiled by Paul Janeczko and arranged around the seasons is a must have for the classroom library! Some of my favorite poems like "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "Fog" are given new life. It's amazing that Janeczko is the anthologist of almost fifty collections and Stewart has illustrated almost 100 books. What a team!</span> </div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview907697445">This a strange but intriguing book that makes an environmental point about what might happen if we allow birds to go extinct. The illustrations manage to be beautiful and disturbing at the same time. I look forward to more by this new picture book author/illustrator.</span> </span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview728054706" style="display: none;">I listened to this entertaining mystery, and I loved the narrator's Boston accent. The spunky main character had me rooting for her the whole time, and I thought Dionne's characterization of Grumps was excellent. The way Moxie treated her grandfather's Alzheimer's was touching, and I enjoyed hers and Ollie's friendship. The real life art heist is intriguing - be sure to listen to/read the author's note at the end. This reminded me of Balliett's Chasing Vermeer and Messner's Silver Jaguar Society<a class="actionLinkLite" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101103-moxie-and-the-art-of-rule-breaking#"><span style="color: #993300;">...more</span></a></span> <span id="freeTextreview728054706">I listened to this entertaining mystery, and I loved the narrator's Boston accent. The spunky main character had me rooting for her the whole time, and I thought Dionne's characterization of Grumps was excellent. The way Moxie treated her grandfather's Alzheimer's was touching, and I enjoyed hers and Ollie's friendship. The real life art heist is intriguing - be sure to listen to/read the author's note at the end. This reminded me of Balliett's <u>Chasing Vermeer</u> and Messner's Silver Jaguar Society mysteries. I'm reading aloud to one of my 6th grade classes.</span></span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview896572624">This one was tough for me to decide how to rate/review. I completely understand and appreciate the brilliance of this writer, the raw and honest way he writes, and the ground-breaking storytelling, but it was not my cup of tea. It was gross and disturbing, and I had a hard time liking any of the characters. I debated abandoning it, but I had to find out how it ended (I guess that tells you that it IS compelling). Many Nerdy Book Club folks wrote excellent reviews, and I respect their love of this book. I don't want to take anything away from Andrew Smith's talent. He has a ton of fans, and I know there are older teens out there who would love this book, but it was not for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> I'm excited that Alyson Beecher, at <a href="http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2014/01/nonfiction-picture-book-challenge-2014.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #993300;">Kid Lit Frenzy,</span></a> is continuing her Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge for the third year in a row. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580894319"><span style="color: #993300;">Feathers: Not Just For Flying</span></a> by <a href="http://www.melissa-stewart.com/"><span style="color: #993300;">Melissa Stewart</span></a>, illustrations by <a href="http://sarahbrannen.yellapalooza.com/"><span style="color: #993300;">Sarah S. Brannen</span></a></span></div>
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<strong>You can see Natalie (just barely) on the screen with us. Brady (2nd front left) is holding the <a href="http://www.jenis.com/"><span style="color: #993300;">Jeni's Ice Cream</span></a> we ate during the Skype visit. We sent some to Natalie as a thank you, too!</strong></div>
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I've started reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Kinds-Ellen-Bryan-Obed/dp/0618891293">Twelve Kinds of Ice</a> aloud, and we're practicing identifying figurative language and sensory details so we can put it into our own memoirs and Slices of Life. The memoir writing continues. Enjoy!</div>
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We are participating in a modified way in the <a href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/teachers-join-the-classroom-slice-of-life-story-challenge-in-march/?relatedposts_exclude=16490" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Two Writing Teachers' Classroom Challenge</span></a>. Since my students don't have individual blogs, they are writing a slice every day in their writer's notebooks. Several times a week I will select a few to post here, on our classroom blog, to link up with other classroom slicers. We are writing memoirs this month, so many students are writing about memories. I gave them a choice, though, so some slices are about other topics. We'd love for you to comment on any or all the slices I scanned and posted. I hope you can read them okay. I'm slicing, too, right along with my students, on my own blog: <a href="http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
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In yesterday's mini-lesson, I showed the kids several leads that draw readers in: dialogue, action, description, thoughts/feelings, etc. I asked them to try out their memoirs several different ways and pick their favorite one. I counted the starters as their slices that day.</div>
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Today I gave a mini-lesson on how to write dialogue. There are SO many nuances to writing dialogue, but they got the gist. We'll fine-tune it as we go along. I love the "before the dialogue mini-lesson" in Sam's writing, and the "after." I love seeing the difference!</div>
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This week I have used several mentor texts. These are picture books I have used for years to teach memoirs because they are pretty much perfect.</div>
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We are participating in a modified way in the <a href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/teachers-join-the-classroom-slice-of-life-story-challenge-in-march/?relatedposts_exclude=16490" target="_blank">Two Writing Teachers' Classroom Challenge</a>. Since my students don't have individual blogs, they are writing a slice every day in their writer's notebooks. Several times a week I will select a few to post here, on our classroom blog, to link up with other classroom slicers. We are writing memoirs this month, so many students are writing about memories. I gave them a choice, though, so some slices are about other topics. We'd love for you to comment on any or all the slices I scanned and posted. I hope you can read them okay. I'm slicing, too, right along with my students, on my own blog: <a href="http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/">http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText">What a great series - funny, action-packed, adventurous - just the perfect middle grade/YA fantasy series. I finished this one on the plane to Florida, and I never once thought about the fact that I had to go through Minneapolis instead of taking a shorter direct flight because it kept me so entertained! Jaron is such a great character. I'll miss his reckless, but brave antics, his humor, and the journey on which he and Jennifer Nielsen brought us. Satisfying ending, too! I have a student, Gabby, who finished the series before me and REALLY wanted to talk about it! I love that. Several students are passing around the finale now.</span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText">I listened to this one as well as <u>The Raven Boys</u>, and while I LOVE the narrator of this series, I feel like I need to go back and READ both these books. Stiefvater is so witty and smart, and there are so many nuances, twists, and turns in this book, especially, that I think I missed a lot by listening to it. This one shed more light on Ronan, and the fact that he could steal things from dreams was captivating, and Kavinsky was downright evil. Then there's the Gray Man. There's not as much focus on Blue, and I missed that. I seem to have more questions than answers, and I think when the third one comes out, I'll start from the beginning and read them all straight through. With all that being said, I'm a big Stiefvater fan. I think she's an amazing writer for teens (and adults)!</span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText">I was almost done, and my library e-book loan expired. :-( Will finish it up soon. This is my book club book.</span></div>
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On my regular blog, I participate in Nonfiction Wednesday, so I am going to start posting it here, too. Good nonfiction books are coming out all the time! I know you'll love a lot of these books. Feel free to visit other blogs that participate. Also, I'd love for you to comment!</div>
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I'm excited that Alyson Beecher, at <a href="http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2014/01/nonfiction-picture-book-challenge-2014.html"><span style="color: #993300;">Kid Lit Frenzy,</span></a> is continuing her Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge for the third year in a row.</div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview859216042" style="display: none;">This is the fascinating story of Vasya Kandinsky, one of the pioneers of abstract art. He was a proper boy in Russia, studying math, science, and history (the illustrations show him as bored and uninspired while doing so) until he was given a box of paints. When he mixed the colors together, he heard a hiss that turned into a symphony. Now he was motivated and inspired! The music he heard in the colors drove him to paint wildly, not properly like his teachers wanted him to. He tried to conform a<a class="actionLinkLite" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16718342-the-noisy-paint-box#"><span style="color: #993300;">...more</span></a></span> <span id="freeTextreview859216042">This is the fascinating story of Vasya Kandinsky, one of the pioneers of abstract art. He was a proper boy in Russia, studying math, science, and history (the illustrations show him as bored and uninspired while doing so) until he was given a box of paints. When he mixed the colors together, he heard a hiss that turned into a symphony. Now he was motivated and inspired! The music he heard in the colors drove him to paint wildly, not properly like his teachers wanted him to. He tried to conform again and went to law school and then art school. Even at art school, he tried to paint what his art teachers wanted, but he wasn't happy. Only when he abandoned landscapes and still lifes and painted to the music he heard was he happy. When he finally chose his true passion, abstract art was born, and people came to appreciate it. It wasn't about what people saw, it was about what it made them FEEL. The author's note in the back is fascinating - we know now that he probably had synesthesia (read this book as a companion book to <u>A Mango-Shaped Space</u> by Wendy Mass). Photographs of his gorgeous paintings follow the author's note. Great story and illustrations! Read Mr. Schu's wonderful interview with Barb Rosenstock:</span></span></div>
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I'm participating in this fantastic <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nf10for10&src=typd"><span style="color: #993300;">#nf10for10</span></a> event, hosted by <a href="http://reflectandrefine.blogspot.com/2014/01/nonfiction-event-nf10for10.html"><span style="color: #993300;">Cathy Mere,</span></a> <a href="http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-just-10-days-nonfiction-picture-book.html"><span style="color: #993300;">Mandy Robek,</span></a> and <a href="http://juliebalen.weebly.com/thinking-through-writing.html"><span style="color: #993300;">Julie Balen</span></a>! Oh my, it's so hard to narrow any favorites list down to ten, and I had to think about how I wanted to do that. I decided to go with a theme topic, and when I read<u> The Noisy Paint Box</u>, I thought about all the wonderful nonfiction picture books I've read about art and artists! I knew I had my theme topic! My Top Ten Nonfiction Picture Books about Art and Artists (in no particular order):</div>
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Lincoln Borglum was the son of the sculptor of Mt. Rushmore and took over the gargantuan task of finishing the massive sculpture. It's unbelievable how a work of art like that can be imagined and executed. This is a great book about art, determination, and human ingenuity. </div>
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10. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780547199450"><span style="color: #993300;">Balloons Over Broadway</span></a> by <a href="http://melissasweet.net/"><span style="color: #993300;">Melissa Sweet</span></a></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview284322149" style="display: none;">I loved this one! This is the story of Tony Sarg, the inventor of the Macy's parade puppets/balloons. The illustrations are whimsical and fascinating, and I love the problem-solving process Sarg went through to figure out how to make the puppets/balloons in the parade. Great stuff! I think kids would love this book and be inspired to figure out how things work and make their passions a job! I can't wait to share this book with my 4th graders next year! Thanks, Megan, for alerting me to this book<a class="actionLinkLite" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11360892-balloons-over-broadway#"><span style="color: #993300;">...more</span></a></span> <span id="freeTextreview284322149"> This is the story of Tony Sarg, the inventor of the Macy's parade puppets/balloons. The illustrations are whimsical and fascinating, and I love the problem-solving process Sarg went through to figure out how to make the puppets/balloons in the parade. Great stuff! You'll be inspired to figure out how things work and make your passions into vocations!</span></span></div>
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<br /><br /> I couldn't help it - once I got to school, I had to check in my book crate labeled "Art" to see if I forgot any titles, and sure enough! Here are three bonus books that I have in my classroom but haven't read yet - I'm going to take them home tonight!<br /><br /><img alt="Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O�Keeffe Painted What She Pleased" height="200" id="coverImage" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328834388l/11523324.jpg" width="163" /> <img alt="Fabulous: A Portrait of Andy Warhol" height="155" id="coverImage" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312044434l/9921696.jpg" width="200" /> <img alt="Chuck Close: Face Book" height="200" id="coverImage" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344668015l/12789446.jpg" width="156" /></div>
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The ALA Youth Media Awards, the day I look forward to all year, happened January 27th!</div>
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I say I look forward to it all year because my Mock Newbery Club starts meeting early - in February, and we start reading new books right away, talk about the characteristics of award winners, and begin making predictions. We meet over the summer at our local library to continue the conversations, and reconvene in the fall. In December we make our predictions and talk about our favorites. Then we anxiously await the announcements. I sometimes do a short Mock Caldecott unit, also, in November or December. My students know I love picture books, and they do, too, so we choose our favorites for that. They knew that <u>Journey</u> was my pick for the Caldecott. </div>
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I was sad when <u>Journey </u>didn't win the top prize, but <u>Locomotive</u> is absolutely deserved of it, and I was happy for Brian Floca. I was very happy for Aaron Becker that <u>Journey</u> won an Honor, though, and I know the committee does the best job possible! <u>Flora and the Flamingo</u> by Molly Idle is such a sweet book. Interesting that two of the Honors books were wordless. I loved that my students and I had read so many of the winners! Lots of us loved <u>Flora and Ulysses</u>, and how perfect was it that our new Ambassador of Children's Literature, Kate DiCamillo won the top award!! Lots of us loved <u>Doll Bones</u> by Holly Black and <u>Paperboy </u>by Vince Vawter, too! I wrote about <u>Flora and Ulysses</u> on a Celebration Saturday post not too long ago:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We celebrated </span><a href="http://www.katedicamillo.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993300;">Kate DiCamillo</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at our Mock Newbery Club meeting in December because I finished </span><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/228566/flora-and-ulysses-by-kate-dicamillo" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993300;">Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and LOVED it! After book talking it, we watched this video and all enjoyed it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Holy bagumba!" I loved this book! Kate DiCamillo is a magician with words and stories. I love how she combines fantasy, friendship, and quirkiness in all her books to make unforgettable characters. This one involves a squirrel who gains superhero powers after being sucked into the Ulysses 2000X vacuum cleaner (weird, I know, but somehow this story element works) and captures the heart of Flora who names him Ulysses, of course. He is a poet and valiant friend, keeping Flora company in her self-professed cynical world. Flora's mother is a romance writer who seems more attached to her tacky lamp than Flora, and William Spiver is the temporarily blinded nephew of the lovable neighbor, Tootie. Flora's parents are divorced, thus her cynicism, but she still believes in superheroes and becomes Ulysses's mentor, giving him his "wings." Even though this book seems suitable for younger elementary kids, it is not for the faint of heart - lots of incredibly challenging vocabulary words are imbedded into life philosophies and sophisticated themes. Here's a smattering of some of the words: malfeasance, vanquish, eradicate, obfuscation, nefarious, euphemism, unremitting - see what I mean? I loved the ending and can't wait to share this with my Mock Newbery Club. Will they like it? I hope so! I feel about Kate's books the way Flora feels about Ulysses when he flies: "It was as if some small peace descended. The world became dreamy, beautiful, slow."</span></div>
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I hung up my personalized "The Journey Never Ends" print in my classroom, but first I snapped a picture:</div>
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Congratulations to all the award winners! Thank you for doing what you do. </div>
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Now for 2014. Let the reading begin! Our 2015 Mock Newbery Club meets for the first time on February 4th (postponed because of snow to Feb. 11th). The journey never ends!!</div>
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There was an NPR segment on the winners:</div>
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/28/267488655/the-annual-awards-for-childrens-books-are-out" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">http://www.npr.org/2014/01/28/267488655/the-annual-awards-for-childrens-books-are-out</a></div>
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Full list of Award Winners:</div>
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners</a></div>
Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-80070626198858226592014-02-10T15:48:00.000-05:002014-02-10T15:48:21.185-05:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<div style="background-color: #ccc199; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">I need to do better with updating blog posts on the classroom site! BOTH parents and students, please leave a comment about what you're reading, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">This is a meme started by <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;">Teach Mentor Texts</span></a> , and I participate every week, along with many other bloggers, in reviewing kids' books I read the previous week. </span><br /> </div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview847160819">Aw! Such a sweet book about the love a mother has for her children. Even when they grow up, she's still a mom! Guion's penguin illustrations are so cute!</span> I won a signed copy from <a href="http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2014/01/baby-penguins-love-their-mama-blog-tour.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Kid Lit Frenzy</a>. It appeared at my front door in a pile of snow. How apropos! I'll share this book with my 5th graders since it will go perfectly with our family/home unit.</span></div>
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Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-1430231090814562242014-01-22T15:15:00.000-05:002014-01-22T15:15:33.136-05:00One Little Word Last week I challenged both 5th and 6th graders to choose One Little Word to focus on in 2014. There are many studies that show that resolutions are often broken within the first couple months of the new year, so choosing one word is a more effective way to make goals. <br />
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My word came to me at the end of the summer. It's JOURNEY. I chose JOURNEY because I am experiencing a lot of journeys this year and so is my family. I moved to Columbia Intermediate to two grade levels and began a journey there. I am in the midst of writing a book about teaching with a former colleague that could possibly be published, and it has been and will continue to be a journey. My parents made the journey to Florida where they bought a house and will permanently move when they sell their house in KY. My youngest daughter, Katie, will graduate from high school and so we won't have any more kids at home. Lots of journeys! The great thing about a journey is that even though it could be full of obstacles, the person on the journey is transformed for the better. Sometimes journeys also turn out differently than how they started. I'm open to that, too. When I discovered Aaron Becker's picture book <u>Journey</u>, it quickly became my favorite picture book of 2013, and I used it to develop a literacy contract around the theme topic JOURNEY for 5th graders.</div>
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When I introduced the concept to all the classes, most students chose one pretty quickly. They discussed them at their tables, wrote about them, and decorated cards with them with why they chose their words and one thing they're going to do to focus on them on the back of the card. They turned out great! Here are some examples. I'll be making a bulletin board out of them so students can see what their words are all year.</div>
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Wow! We've accomplished so much during these last four months! I can't believe it's already time for winter break! I'm proud of the 5th and 6th graders for not only their academic growth and achievements, but what they've done to give back to the community and world. Today Superintendent Valerie Browning with present the 6th graders with $500 from the local Rotary Club to donate to Water for South Sudan! That puts us to just over $4,000 raised! Our goal is still $5,000 by the end of the year so we can officially sponsor a well, and we're close! Thank you to students and parents for all the effort you've put into fundraising. We'll do something in the spring to raise the last of our funds.</div>
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Fifth graders participated in <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/pajamadrive/" target="_blank">Scholastic Book Club's Pajama Drive</a>. For every pair of pajamas donated, Scholastic will donate a book to the <a href="http://pajamaprogram.org/WordPress/" target="_blank">Pajama Program.</a> Fifth graders donated <strong>45</strong> pairs!!</div>
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Our academic accomplishments include completing units of study around the theme topics JOURNEY and FEAR for fifth graders, and CRUSADERS and TYRANTS for sixth graders. Students have learned how to find evidence to support claims, written creative stories around fractured tales and myths, read many books around theme topics and independently, presented book talks, written countless summary response letters over independent books, worked with partners and groups on various projects, and continue to work towards meeting the 50 Book Challenge (several students have already met it)! Some students participated in the Mock Newbery Club. Here are the club's picks for the winners:</div>
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<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399255175/lisa-graff/tangle-knots"><span style="color: #993300;">A Tangle of Knots</span></a> by <a href="http://www.lisagraff.com/"><span style="color: #993300;">Lisa Graff</span></a></div>
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Honors:</div>
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Lots of Honorable Mentions:</div>
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Even though we have accomplished a lot, we have a lot more to go! One way we could end 2013 on a strong note is to make goals for reading over the holiday break. I have some goals! I want to read the books students gave me for Christmas gifts, read a couple of ARCs (Advanced Reader's Copies) I received at the NCTE Convention in Boston, start my LONG January book club book (Donna Tartt's <u>Goldfinch</u>) and finish up some audio books. That adds up to about 8 books I want to complete over break. What are YOUR reading goals? Parents and students, I'd love to hear them in the comments below!</div>
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Have a wonderful, restful break, and I'll see you in January 2014!</div>
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The fifth graders had a great time Skyping Liesl Shurtliff on Friday after we finished our read aloud, <u>Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin.</u> We prepared questions and gathered together first thing in the morning to meet this awesome author. She spent about a half hour with us. I love how accessible authors are now with Twitter, Skype, and blogging. </div>
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The kids wrote terrific thank you notes. Some of the students were really inspired by her and want to become authors themselves! We're really excited about her plans to write companion novels to <u>Rump</u>, and she even said she may send us an Advanced Reader's Copy! Wow! Now we're reading <u>The Real Boy</u> by Anne Urse during our unit on FEAR. Students have filled out almost all of their literacy contracts with due dates and title. All students need to have a nonfiction book about FEAR as of today. They are collecting/marking at least 10 sentences in their nonfiction books that describe fear. The second section and Discussion Plan #2 of the small group books are due Tuesday. New vocabulary lists were distributed today. NO weekly summary response letters next week.</div>
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We hope our 6th graders had fun at camp this week! We had to finish up 1st quarter assessments while they were gone - now everyone's taken them. We'll delve further into our TYRANTS unit next week now that we know everyone will be here! We started our read aloud, <u>Milkweed</u>, by Jerry Spinelli about the Holocaust. </div>
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Exciting news about our #ReadWalkWater project - we've raised over $4,000 so far! Mrs. Kleis and I gave a presentation to the Rotary Club last week, and they generously donated $500. We're asking that kids keep up their fundraising efforts because we're so close to our goal of $5,000!</div>
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Keep reading, reading, reading so we can all meet the 50 Book Challenge! We have 2 fifth graders and 2 6th graders who have already met it! :-)</div>
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REMINDER: Our 5th and 6th grade Written Education Plan meeting will be Thursday, Nov. 14th (conference night) at 5:00 p.m. in the CIS Cafe. I will give the camp kids their reminder fliers on Mon. If you need to schedule a conference that night, please schedule it after 5:30. Anyone who would like to schedule a conference with me that night, just let me know. I have a few slots open. Thank you!</div>
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Wow! What a day yesterday! Sixth graders and staff walked for Water for South Sudan on Friday. It was a beautiful day and the kids got into the spirit by walking with gallon jugs of water, honoring those women and children in South Sudan who have to walk miles a day to get water for their families. My college daughter's friend, Jordan, came to teach my classes about the world water crises. She brought Jerry cans (containers similar to what Sudanese people would use for water - they weigh 44 lbs. when filled) and 10 Day tattoos to remind kids that they're drinking nothing but water for the next 10 days. What was our grand total in fundraising money so far?<br />
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Our goal is $5,000, though, so we're not done yet! Students will be donating money that they saved from not buying beverages for 10 days. Drink water!! We'll be selling #ReadWalkWater bracelets at a few upcoming school events, and I'll be presenting at the local Rotary Club at the end of October. Keep up fundraising efforts and ask for donations from family, friends, and neighbors! We want Columbia Intermediate School to be an official sponsor of a South Sudanese well! Enjoy photos of our wonderful week:</div>
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On Tuesday, we Skyped with Water for South Sudan. That was really cool! Here was their Facebook post:<br />
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My daughter, Libby's, friend, Jordan came to visit to teach about the world water crisis. She's the founder of the Miami University chapter of <a href="https://www.water.cc/"><span style="color: #993300;">Living Water.</span></a></div>
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Jordan brought Jerry cans and water from the well she helped dig in Guatemala.</div>
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She brought 10 Day tattoos to remind kids to drink nothing but water for 10 days!</div>
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The walk begins! It was a beautiful day!</div>
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THANK YOU to our 6th graders for thinking about others, helping to solve world problems, and believing <a href="http://www.lindasuepark.com/books/longwalk/longwalk.html" target="_blank">a book</a> can inspire people to take action!!</div>
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Wow! Time has gotten away from me, and I haven't posted for a long time! So much has been going on! The biggest thing right now is our social action project the 6th graders are doing as a follow-up to finishing <u>A Long Walk to Water</u> by Linda Sue Park. Everyone loved the book, and we were all inspired to raise money to build a well for <a href="http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/" target="_blank">Water for South Sudan, Inc.</a> Megan even wrote about it:</div>
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I loved that Megan found the African Proverb, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." </div>
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After we finished the book, we watched this video:</div>
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This week we started gathering pledges and donations. We're up to $1000, but our goal is $5,000 so we have more work to do! We Skyped the Water for South Sudan, Inc. on Tuesday. It was awesome. The kids did a great job asking questions, showing enthusiasm, and being polite.</div>
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I haven't forgotten the fifth graders! They'll be participating in this project next year, but for now they're writing fractured tales after finishing their small group extended fairy tale books and writing claim paragraphs. They're also enjoying their read aloud, <u>Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin.</u></div>
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This is a meme started by <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;">Teach Mentor Texts</span></a>, and I participate every week on my personal/professional blog, along with many other bloggers, so I thought I'd share them with you, too! In the comments section below, I want to hear what you're reading! Parents, if you'd like to share what you're reading, that would be great!</div>
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Short nonfiction articles will be read to enhance each theme topic. We will be adding to these concept maps throughout the month. Fifth grade is starting to read an article on the Underground Railroad, a journey to freedom.</div>
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Sixth grade read an article on Malala Yousafzai, a strong and brave crusader for the right to go to school in Pakistan.</div>
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Fifth grade will start a unit on traditional literature. A literacy contract will be coming home this this week, outlining upcoming requirements. I'm waiting for all the small group books to come in to the Cincinnati Library. Their read aloud is <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307977939/liesl-shurtliff/rump" target="_blank">Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin</a> by <a href="http://lieslshurtliff.com/" target="_blank">Liesl Shurtliff.</a></div>
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The sixth grade's read aloud is <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780547577319" target="_blank">A Long Walk to Water</a> by <a href="http://www.lindasuepark.com/" target="_blank">Linda Sue Park</a>. A literacy contract will also be coming home soon for sixth grade. They will be reading mythology this month. We will read about crusaders in both fiction and nonfiction.</div>
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I also assigned and went over requirements/rubric for weekly summary response letters. Look for these handouts in your student's ELA binder. The first weekly summary response letter is due by September 6th. We are practicing a summary response letter over the nonfiction articles we read. I will go over requirements/rubrics for book talks and book reviews this week or next. One book talk and one book review are due each quarter.</div>
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Word study will begin shortly. We will be studying prefixes, suffixes, and root words.</div>
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Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-66593567692742870072013-08-06T21:56:00.004-04:002013-08-06T21:59:35.202-04:00The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett!!<h2 style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
Tom Angleberger signs "The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett"</h2>
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About the book:<br />
Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight’s back—and not a moment too soon, as the gang faces the FunTime Menace: a new educational program designed to raise students’ standardized test scores. Instead, it’s driving everyone crazy with its obnoxious videos of Professor FunTime and his insidious singing calculator! When Principal Rabbski cancels the students’ field trip—along with art, music, and LEGO classes—to make time for FunTime, the students turn to Origami Yoda for help. But some crises are too big for Origami Yoda to handle alone: Form a Rebel Alliance the students must. United, can they defeat the FunTime Menace and cope with a surprise attack from Jabba the Puppett?</div>
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Kidreads.com came out with a great August list of new books, too! <a href="http://www.kidsreads.com/coming-soon">http://www.kidsreads.com/coming-soon</a>Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-5797450374021341572013-07-21T16:47:00.002-04:002013-07-21T16:47:39.749-04:00Small but MightyOur group Friday was small, but mighty! We braved the storms and met at the Lebanon Library to discuss books. It was fun to see some of you that couldn't make it to the first meeting! I loved hearing about your summer. :-)<br />
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I hope I can schedule one more meeting before school starts. I may also recruit some of you to help me unpack boxes in my new room! :-) In the meantime, there are some new books coming out in July that you might want to put on hold at the library to read for the club:<br />
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Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-12061228330187597012013-07-18T10:13:00.001-04:002013-07-18T10:13:22.149-04:002nd Summer Mock Newbery 2014 Club Meeting!Hi everyone! The 2nd Summer Mock Newbery 2014 Club Meeting is TOMORROW!<br />
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When: Friday, July 18th, 2:00-3:00<br />
Where: Gazebo park behind the Lebanon Public Library<br />
What to Bring: Books, Newbery Club booklet, a beverage - it's going to be HOT! Remember, you don't have to share ONLY 2013 books - share whatever you're reading!<br />
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2013 Books I read that I'm looking forward to sharing (I have a copy of each one I'm going to lend out!):</div>
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Our first summer Mock Newbery 2014 Club meeting was so fun! I loved that we had a great turnout on this cloudy June day. We caught up with each other's summers so far. We all agreed that it is going too fast! Some kids have gone on great vacations, so we shared stories of those trips. I loved that everyone brought the books they were reading and have read, and many shared. Here are some books we talked about:</div>
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Lindsay and I LOVED this book and both gave it 5 stars!</div>
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Adam has this in his stack of library books. We are both looking forward to reading it!</div>
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Tyler read this one and said it was really funny. He gave us a summary on it, but no spoilers! :-)</div>
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Since I'm in the middle of this one, I shared it and made Ava really mad that I wouldn't give it to her yet. I knew she'd be excited about a new Wendy Mass book!</div>
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Quinn is reading this one. I was excited she was reading it because I wanted to hear if it has "kid appeal." I loved it, but I'm not sure if kids will. She'll let us know her final thoughts next month, I hope! Speaking of "kid appeal," Stephen suggested kid readers should be on the Newbery Committee. I agree!</div>
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This is another book I loved, but didn't know if kids would. Stephen is in the middle of it, gave a summary of it so far, and said he really liked it. He thought it might not appeal to all kids, but to kids who love reading, it would. </div>
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Maggie was excited about Clare Vanderpool because she's reading:</div>
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One of things we're doing is reading former Newbery Award winners and honors so we can determine what characteristics we think the Newbery committee is looking for. Maggie is enjoying this one. </div>
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Another former Newbery winner several kids have been reading and enjoying is:</div>
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I always recommend <u>Okay For Now</u> after kids get done with this one. It's a companion novel, and I like it even more than <u>Wednesday Wars!</u> That's saying a lot because I LOVED <u>Wednesday Wars</u>!</div>
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Kaleigh is reading this one. This was one of my favorites when I was in fifth or sixth grade!</div>
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Here are some more 2013 books we discussed:</div>
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We liked the title of this one!</div>
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<img alt="Destiny, Rewritten" height="200" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352501573l/15818082.jpg" width="138" /> <img alt="Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin" height="200" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1343071412l/15766776.jpg" width="132" /></div>
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Cassandra brought along these two - Lauren read <u>Rump</u>, too.</div>
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Jackson read this one, and Emma is reading it. It's about a boy who stutters. I'm looking forward to reading it.</div>
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At the very end, I shared this one - it hasn't come out yet (September), but I got it from Kate Messner, and it's signed to our class!! I really liked it - it's science fiction, creepy, and exciting! </div>
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I finished this one on vacation and LOVED it. I want all of you to read it!</div>
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We talked about some other books that aren't 2013 OR Newbery books, but that's ok. Whenever we get together, we can talk about ANY books! Abby F. is rereading Harry Potter. It's one of those masterpieces that never won the Newbery, but we all love it anyway, right? I've always wanted to reread the whole series. Maybe one day...</div>
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Abby M. told us about:</div>
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Sorry if I missed talking about a book or one of you. If I did, comment below and remind me! It was so much fun to talk to all of you! I can't wait until July! Keep reading! I will e-mail you soon about a July date. Keep writing reviews in your booklets. You don't want to forget about the books you read.</div>
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Happy reading and thanks so much for coming today! Thank you, parents, for bringing your kids! I know it's such a busy time. We missed all of you who couldn't make it, but we hope to see you in July. :-)</div>
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Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924730319906162850.post-76688457839498781312013-06-12T14:29:00.001-04:002013-06-12T14:29:23.641-04:00MOCK NEWBERY CLUB 2014 POST #4 and MEETING DATE!Hi everyone! I've PICKED A DATE for our first official Mock Newbery 2014 Club meeting!!<br />
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DATE: Thursday, June 27th<br />
TIME: Noon - 1:00<br />
PLACE: Outdoor Gazebo behind the Lebanon Public Library<br />
WHAT TO BRING: Books to share, Mock Newbery booklet with reviews to share, BAGGED LUNCH and drink. <br />
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Parents - you are completely welcome to stay and chat with us. You may also drop your kids off and pick them up at 1:00.<br />
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BAD WEATHER make-up date: Friday, June 28th, same details. I will let you know by e-mail the day before if we postpone it due to bad weather.<br />
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Yay! I'm so excited to talk about books with you and hear about your summer so far! Here are some more books I've been hearing about:<br />
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For all you Wendy Mass fans! This came out YESTERDAY!</div>
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The first 7 chapters are being offered for free on Kindle right now. Also, Mark Turetsky, one of the narrators in one of my all-time favorite audio books, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, is narrating <u>Pi in the Sky </u>for the audio book (he narrated The Candymakers, too)! Here's is a cool blog post and video by him about it:<br />
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<a href="http://www.markturetsky.com/blog/?page=2">http://www.markturetsky.com/blog/?page=2</a></div>
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Also interesting news for Wendy Mass fans - The Candymakers book is being made into a movie!</div>
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I love Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author of the graphic novel series, Lunch Lady) - he's just a great guy (I met him at the Dublin Lit Conference in Feb.) and so creative!</div>
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(Companion to When Life Gives You O.J.)<br />
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(Companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage)<br />
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Let me know if you can attend on the 27th so I have some idea of how many are coming! Can't wait to see you! :-)<br />
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