December's SSR Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise

December’s Sunshine State Reader book is Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise. This is an interesting book filled with letters, newspaper articles and brochures that tell a story.The questions are due to Mrs. Appelman by Thursday, January 5th. The Book Nook will be held Friday, January 13th.

 

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November's Book is Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee

Join me in reading our new Sunshine State Reader this month. Click here for the questions.

Questions for Extra Credit

Click here to access the questions for Extra Credit. I have added a 2 page that is a Fun Sheet. Only the questions are required to attend the Book Nook. They are due to Mrs. Appelman by October 27, 2011.

The October Book!

The Sunshine State Reader we will be reading is Extra Credit by Andrew Clements.

It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off could cause her to be held back -- for real Unless she wants to repeat the sixth grade, she'll have to meet some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project!

If you want to read more, please join me in reading the October book.

Septemeber Book Flight of the Phoenix

Please obtain the questions from your teacher. We are currently experiencing linking issues on the blog.

September's Book Nook

The September's Book Nook was held on Tuesday and we had 16 students that attended. There was great conversation about the book Captain Nobody. We had our first PTA sponsored drawing for the next month's book. All of the students' names, that participated in the Book Nook, were put into a drawing for our next book. Rachel won the new book, Flight of the Phoenix. Congratulations!

Captain Nobody Questions

Click here for the the Captain Nobody questions. They are due to Mrs. Appelman by September 2nd. Rememeber to really think about and share your thoughts when completing the questions. Mrs. Appelman's Book Nook will be held on September 6th.

Captain Nobody

Captain Nobody will be the first official Sunshine State Reader for KTE in August. I have purchased my copy already and will begin reading it this weekend. If you want to get ahead, start with Captain Nobody so  you will be ready to answer the questions when I post them.

You can also go to the Captain Nobody Official link by clicking here!

2011-12 Book Nook Schedule

Do you want to get a head start in reading the Sunshine State Readers for the upcoming school year.

Click here for the 2011-12 Book Nook Schedule. 

Mrs. Appelman has started reading the Sunshine State Readers. I am almost done with my first book Out of My Mind. The July book that I will be reading is Umbrella Summer. Due to time, I will not have a Book Nook talk on these books, but encourage for you to read with me anyways over the summer. The first book I will have a Book Nook talk on is Captain Nobody. Since we will only be in school for 2 weeks in August, I encourage all that want to participate start reading before we return to school. Enjoy your summer and Happy Reading!!!!!!!!!

Summer Reading for Mrs. Appelman

I received a Amazon Kindle from my family and it allows me to download books. In fact, I can carry hundreds of books in this little device. While looking at the books I could buy, I found one of the new Sunshine State Readers for 2011-12 school year and I downloaded it.

So if you want to know what Mrs. Appelman is reading, the book is Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper.

As I began to read, I realized I really had no idea what this story was going to be about from the story's title. We often use the title of books to predict what may happen in the story. My predictions were all wrong! So as I started to read, I had to adjust my predictions from the story and began using my questioning strategy.

I hope you have started your summer reading!!!!!!

The Girl Who Could Fly

Our May book is The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester. Click here for the questions.

The questions are due June 6th and the Book Nook will be held on Tuesday June 7th.

I hope to see you there!

Next School Year's Sunshine State Readers for 2011-2012

Master List of Titles 2011 - 2012

Grades 3-5

Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program

Barrows, Annie The Magic Half

Buckley, Michael NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

Clements, Andrew  Extra Credit
Draper, Sharon M.   Out of My Mind

Graff, Lisa Umbrella Summer

Jonell, Lynne The Secret of Zoom

Klise, Kate Dying to Meet You

LaFevers, R.L. Flight of the Phoenix

Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Look, Lenore Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

Mills, Claudia How Oliver Olson Changed the World
Pitchford, Dean Captain Nobody
Thomson, Sarah L.     Dragon's Egg

Yee, Lisa Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)

 

Barrett, Tracy The 100-year-old Secret

Key Reading Strategies

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Key Reading Strategies

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May's Sunshine State Reader- The Girl Who Could Fly

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester is Mrs. Appelman's May Sunshine State Reader.

Do you like to read stories about superheroes or X-men? This might be a book for you. Piper can fly, but she is not the only child with extraordinary abilities. Some of her classmates have x-ray vision, can move objects with their minds and even create their own weather. I hope you will join me in reading this exciting new story.

Kenny and the Dragon Book Nook

We had a wonderful Book Nook today. Four students from Mrs. Tyrie's room participated. I particularly liked the recipes that they thought the dragon, Grahame, would make better.

KTE's Sunshine Readers This Year

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April Sunshine State Reader is Safe at Home

This is the April Sunshine State Reader. I have used a strategy to help build my reading stamina. I set a timer for 40 minutes and found a quiet spot to read. I did not allow any distrations and my focus was only on what I was reading. Suprisingly, I read a fourth of the book. It is very interesting and I am learning a bit about baseball.

Set a timer for yourself and dedicate time to just reading without interference from t.v, computers, games, cell phones, etc. Let's see how you do.

Remember the Book Nook for Safe at Home will be held on May 11. Question are due to Mrs. Appelman by MAY 9th. Click here for the questions

February/ March Sunshine State Reader is Kenny and the Dragon

Kenny and the Dragon is in the genre of a fairy tale. It has great fictional characters that show us how important it is to not judge someone before you come to know them.

Mrs. Appelman's Book Nook will be held on Tuesday, April 26th at 2:00. Remember to complete your 3 questions. Click here for questions. The questions are due to Mrs. Appelman by April 21st.