Spring Has Sprung!

Well, we have been off for a few days now already. I am already thinking about when we get back next Monday and all the work that we must complete before the year is up. It seems like only yesterday you came to school as little fourth graders. Now you are almost fifth graders! How fast the time goes by! When we get back to school there are only ten weeks left! It is really important that you are reading every day towards the 25 book campain! This is important for you to finish in order to be promoted to 5th grade. The more you read, the more you will build your comprehension, vocabulary, fluency and even your writing! It all is tied together!

As we are enjoying these days off, I am sure that there is also a lot of reading going on! I am reading your picture book drafts and excited about you all becoming little authors yourselves!

Here is the question for the week.... In preparing to write our own picture books, we did a lot of work on character development, creating an interest for the audience, and using powerful words as an author. In all of the books you have been reading this year, tell me which author (and the name of the book) you think was your favorite this year! Tell me about why you liked this author.

Here is my favorite author... (Well, one out of many that I love!)

One of my favorite authors ever is Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have talked about her books in class. She wrote the Little House on the Prairie series which was long after turned into a television series when I was a child. I have read these books over and over again. When I was younger, I wanted to be Laura in the stories. Ms. Wilder used powerful and vivid language in her books that as I read, I felt like I was really there, experiencing all the things that Laura experienced. I could feel the wind blowing as I walked to school with my lunch pail, I could feel the sadness of when there was tragedy. This author made you feel like you are part of the book. They were so good I couldn't put them down. I still think the books are way better than the show was. Remember boys and girls, the movies you see are based on the books being written first, not the books written after the movies! The books are always better. I always read the book before I go see the movie. Trust me, the book is always better!!!!!!!! Now, tell me about your favorite!