Reading+Adventures

Hello! I'm Allison Pettus and I teach sixth grade at Spanishburg School! I enjoy hiking, swimming, shopping, and traveling! I visited Alaska for 16 days this summer! I had an amazing trip with my family! We saw reindeer, moose, wolves, eagles, and sea otters! The last book I read with my students was Treasure Island! We enjoyed learning about the adventures that Jim, a twelve year old boy, has while trying to locate a treasure. Jim has encounters with several people throughout the story that try to befriend him. I really enjoyed reading the book with my students! What was the last book you read? I look forward to hearing for you!

I also enjoyed Treasure Island. Cynthia

The last book I read was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. I think it's fiction but it's really funny. It's about Greg's life. Greg's the person who wrote the fake diary. ~David

David, I haven't read the book, but didn't it just come out? I bet you were anxiously waiting for the book to be released. What are some funny things that happen to Greg in the book? Have you read all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books?

The last book I read was Beyond the Grave: The 39 Clues. I only read the first page and it is good. ~Curtis

Curtis, what is the book about? What are a few of the 39 clues? Are you still enjoying the book?

The last book I read was Wolves and it was about how wolves live and it was a good book. It was a true story. ~Bryce

Bryce, I also enjoy reading books about animals. Are you interested in all animals for just wolves? Another great book about wolves is //White Fang// by Jack London.

I read The Time Warp Trio: Your Mother Was a Neanderthal. I liked it a lot because I like The Time Warp Trio book because they go back in time and go into the future. ~Abi

Abi, I haven't heard of that book. Do you enjoy reading books where the characters go back in time?

The last book I read was with my third grade class and it was Ramona Quimby, Age 8. My students loved that Ramona was just like them. They laughed a lot when Ramona accidentally cracked the raw egg on her head. Courtney

The last book I read was Shiloh. In my basal my class read an exert from the book and they asked me to read them the rest of the book. So we did! They loved it. In addition to reading Shiloh, we compared and contrasted the movie to the book. The kids loved it! Katie

The last book I read with my third grade class was Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. We all loved the New York City setting, since it is so different from our area.

Cynthia

The last book I have read to my third grade class was Chocolate Fever! It was a story about a boy who ate so much chocolate that he developed brown spots all over his skin and was running from the police. This fiction story has a lot of action in it and talks about being an outcast because of being different from everyone else. It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone! Holly Darnell

The last book I read to my pre-K students was We're Going On a Bear Hunt. It's a great interactive story that goes along with the familiar song that we all know and love. They enjoyed the narrative version and were even more eager afterward to participate in the fun, rhythmic motions and repetition of the song. "I'm not scared! Are you?"

Cindy

Hi Again, This is Terri (Theresa). My reading classes consist of kindergarten up through the fifth grade. In Kindergarten, we are working on learning the letters of the alphabet. The silly book we are working with is __The Alsolutely Awful Alphabet__ by Mordicai Gerstein. My boys love this book because each letter of the alphabet contains a funny little monster character in it which reminds me of the monsters in __Where the Wild Things Are__ by Maurice Sendak. I bet you know that story. Your teacher probably read it to you in first or second grade. This book was also made into a movie! The last book I read to my first grade students was a big book titled: __Where Does the Brown Bear Go?__ by Nicki Weiss. This is a neat book that describes where different animals go at night. At the end of the story a child is at home asleep with stuffed animals that resemble each of the animals in the story. The students take turns explaining the ending of the story. Stephanie

I am STILL reading John Adams. I like the way the author tells the story of history. I have wanted to watch the DVD and look up things on-line to see what happens to different people in the book, but I am going to finish it! I feel like I have learned a lot about history and come to know the man, who was a true American hero with morals and smarts. Willy