Stuart Little

Book Summary by Miss Mott's Class:

Stuart is a mouse born into a human family. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Little and his brother George. They have one housecat named Snowbell. Stuart meets a bird named Margalo. Margalo stays with the Stuart's for some time. Margalo leaves without saying goodbye after she receives a letter that someone is going to harm her. Stuart sets out on an adventure to find her. Stuart heads north and continues to search for her. No one knows if he found her or not.


Our class watched the Movie, Stuart Little, and compared the book to the movie. We discovered that the book and movie are very different from one another.

We also interviewed Stuart to find what happens at the end of the book. Click on the podcasts below to here the interviews:

Interview 1 by Chelsea and Alex

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Interview 2 by Victoria and Chase

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How to Eat Fried Worms

Book Summary by Miss Mott's Class:

"How to Eat Fried Worms" is about a boy named Billy who makes a bet to eat 15 worms in 15 days. The other boys who made the bet with Billy go to great lengths to stop Billy from eating 15 worms. They tried all kinds of things to stop Billy. In the end, Billy does win the bet. With the money he makes from the bet, Billy buys a minibike. The boys who lost the bet got in trouble and were grounded for a month.

Our class made our own books that spin-off from the book, "How to Eat Fried Worms." Read Miss Mott's book below, "How to Eat Fried Flies."

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Coming Soon..... read the books written by Miss Mott's students!

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Book Summary by Miss Mott's Class:

Mr.Popper is a house painter in Stillwater. He enjoys reading about penguins in the Antarctic. One day, Mr. Popper received a special package in the mail. Inside the package was a real penguin.

Mr.Popper and his family went to great lengths to make the penguin comfortable in its new home. Captain Cook did well for a while, but eventually became sick because he was lonely. That is why Greta, a girl penguin, came to live with the Poppers.

Greta and Captain Cook ended up having several baby penguins. Their wasn't enough room to keep the penguins in the ice box anymore, so Mr. Popper fixed up the basement for them. The basement had a diving pond, ice rink, and more.

The Poppers were running out of money fast because it costed so much to keep the penguins. Mr. Popper decided to train the penguins and take them to theatres to perform. He called the act Popper's Performing Penguins. The penguins were a hit.

After the tour was over, Mr. Popper had a request from Admiral Drake to take the penguins to the North Pole. Mr. Popper agreed to let the penguins go because he knew they didn't belong in Stillwater.

The story ends with Admiral Drake, Mr. Popper, the penguins, and the crew on their way to the North Pole.

Class Project:
Our class watched a Discovery Education Video on penguins. Check out our PowerPoint Presentations to see what we learned!

Faith's PowerPoint

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Dallas' PowerPoint

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Chelsea's PowerPoint

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Chase's PowerPoint

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Alex's PowerPoint

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Fun Penguin Links for Kids

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/puzzle4.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/puzzle3.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/puzzle2.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/puzzle1.htm

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

Book Summary by Miss Mott's Class:

Every year, the church puts on a Christmas Pageant. All of the children dreaded being in the pageant because it was always the same...that is until now.

Mrs. Armstrong, the usual director of the play, broke her leg and was unable to organize the pageant. Mother was left in charge. The Herdman's, a poor family with bad manners,ended up with the lead roles. None of the Herdman's had ever heard of the Christmas story before. They had never gone to church or read the Bible.

Play practices were a disaster. Nothing went right, but Mother was determined to make the pageant the best Christmas pageant ever, even if the Herdmans did have the lead roles.

The pageant ended up being the best one ever. Everyone said so. It was not perfect...Imogene burped baby Jesus, Gladys hollered her lines, and the wiseman brought Jesus a ham. What made the pageant special was that it was different. Imogene's tears, the lessons learned, and the change in the Herdman's behavior revealed what Christmas is all about.

Character Blabbers:
Our class created Blabbers to tell about the main characters in our story. You can make your own Blabber on http://blabberize.com/

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Book Summary by Becky:
Nick created a new word for a pen. He called it a frindle. Nick got all of his friends to use the word frindle. The English teacher, Mrs. Granger, told them not to use the word frindle. She made several kids stay after school because they said the word frindle. Parents were mad, and the principal visited Nick's home.

A reporter heard about the word frindle and put a story in the newspaper. Soon the word frindle spread across the country. Nick was even on TV! Kids everywhere started calling a pen a frindle.

Ten years later, when Nick was in college, Nick's word frindle was entered in the Webster's Dictionary. Mrs. Granger sent him a copy of the dictionary and a letter telling him how proud she was of him.

Frindle Mania:
Check out these cool frindles designed by our students.

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Interview with Nick:
Our class made up interview questions for Nick, the main character in our story. Listen to find out what Nick has to say.

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Build Your Own Dictionary:
Our classs had a chance to create our own words like Nick. Click the link to see some of the words that we made up: http://www.wordcentral.com/byod/byod_index.php

Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

Book Summary by Victoria:
John found a coin with his initials on the sidewalk when he took a left path from Susan Buttercup's house. He used the coin to buy a box of chocolate. That night when he ate the chocolate, he loved it!

When he woke up and went to brush his teeth, he put the toothpaste in his mouth and it tasted like rich, creamy, chocolate. John's pencil, trumpet, lunch, water, and Susan's coin all turned to chocolate!

When John kissed his mother, his mother turned to chocolate! When John went back to the store, he blamed the storekeeper. After John learned his lesson about being greedy, the storekeeper changed everything back to normal.

At the end of the story, John walked home from the candy store. He saw his mother in the kitchen, but she didn't remember turning to chocolate. John's mother offered John a cold glass of milk. When he drank it, it tasted like a regular glass of milk. John's chocolate touch was gone!

Character Voicethread



Everything Chocolate Slideshow

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