Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Friday, September 26, 2014


Announcements and reminders: 

Don't forget to sign the sheet on the clipboard or email me when you finish or revise a piece 

on our Kidblog.  You don't have to do that for the me-bag story, since you're printing and 

sharing them in class. 




The due date for the Reflections Contest is October 22, but if you enter by 

October  15, there is a bonus prize!

Don't forget that extra credit is available for entering the PTSA Reflections Contest!
2014 PTSA Reflections Contest  -- The theme is
The deadline for entries is  The World Would Be A Better Place If ...
Watch the school website for more information, and/or check the front office for entry forms.
You can also go here:  http://utahpta.org/reflections  and scroll down for rules and entry forms.
Submissions due October 22, but there is a bonus prize if the entry is turned in to the front office before Fall Break! 
The categories are Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, Photography, Musical Composition, Film Production, Literature, 3D Art, and Theatre
Students may enter as many categories as they would like, with one entry allowed per category (for a total of up to eight entries)


Today:  Bring a favorite child's book to share.


Scribble:  Colby C. 






Picture Prompt:   Picture Prompts -- Children's Books




Fieldtrip to Legacy on next Thursday, October 2. 

Create these two charts in your composition book -- under Scribbles: 


A Few Books We Remembered Enjoying When We Were Younger
List as many as you can. 

Brynlee -- So Many Bunnies -- liked bunnies, ABC's, rhyme
Willow -- Icky, Sticky Chameleon -- sticky, eyes move, rhyme, silly words
Nicole - Ruby the Copycat  -- funny,
Manuel  --- Kids Vrs. Ants  -- Manuel likes ants
Alyssa -- Fancy Nancy
Kaitlyn -- If You. . .  Give a Mouse a Cookie
Five Chinese Brothers
Haley -- Froggy
Pinkalicious
You are Special
Amelia Bedelia
Hungry Caterpillar
Diary of a Spider   ---worm   -- fly
Teacher From The Black Lagoon
One Little Monster
Berenstein Bears
Quick as a Cricket
Green Eggs and Ham
Frog and Toad
Horton Hears a Who
Llama, llama
One Fish, Two Fish
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day





Qualities of Children's Books That Make Them Enjoyable

a happy ending
funny words
adventurous
easy to read
funny
pictures -- big -- funny -- colorful
entertaining!!!
Rhyme
Rhythm
Refrain
Repetition
hidden faces
hidden pictures
repeating picture to seek
short
sometimes scary, but not horribly so
some have a moral -- teaching something -- life lessons
teach -- parts of speech

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