Book Reviews by You
** We Want Student Online Reviews **
Each month, our principal Terri presents a copy of the selected monthly book to each class at Alice Carlson along with a letter that she has written that makes a personal connection to the book she has chosen. The books chosen for the 2005-2006 school year are located in the main hallway in a glass shelf. The books for months forthcoming remain wrapped until they are unveiled.
Students read the letter and the book and talk about it. Many students write responses making text to self, text to text, or text to world connections. Responses are also received regarding the illustrations. Within Alice Carlson, you may find the Book of the Month responses outside of classrooms. Now, everyone can respond online and talk about the authors and the stories. This further extends our learning community and provides a place where books and reading are shared experiences.
Terri’s Book of the Month Picks for 2005-2006 School Year
August - Hello School by Dee Lillagard
September - ??? by ???
October - ??? by ???
November - ??? by ???
December - ??? by ???
January - ??? by ???
February - ??? by ???
March - ??? - by ???
April - ??? by ???
May - ??? by ???
Please share your online comments! Here are some ideas of what we would like to know:
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Did you enjoy the book?
What would you rate the book on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being best?
What didn’t you like about the book?
Would you recommend the book to others? What grades do you think would enjoy it?
How would you categorize the book? Was it fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, biography or autobiography?
If you’ve read more than one monthly book featured, compare them and tell us which one you liked best and why.
Do you know anything interesting about the author or additional detail about how or why the book was written?
Have you read any other books by the same author or do you know of any other books written by the author? If you have read others, how did the monthly feature book compare?
Did you learn anything? What about new words?
Without the illustrations, would the book have been enjoyable? Why or why not?
Steps to Leaving a Comment
- Click on Comments.
- After doing so, you will see a box that asks for your name, email and URL. Just enter your FIRST name and leave both Email and URL blank.
- Important - You will also see a Comments area. Here is where you want to write a very good description! Be sure to tell us:
a. what book you readb. your comments
c. conclude with your FIRST name again & your grade.
Here’s a Sample Comment: Diary of a Worm - I enjoyed the illustrations and have read other books by this author. If you liked this book, you might want to also read Click, Clack Moo. You can check it out using the Library Tool on the Home Page. Joe, 4th grade
The Three Pigs - I really liked the illustrations. It was different from what I was expecting. Cainan Dorsey, 1st grade
Did you know you can learn more about David Weisner at http://www.vickiblackwell.com/lit/threepigs.html? Happy reading!
I recomend Animorphs to everyone who loves action and likes to read. This series is about 5 kids who are given the power to morph from a Andalite who got ate by the horrible yeerk leader Visser Three. The 5 kids have dedicated there life to destroy as many yeerks as they can until the Andalite mother ship comes, if it ever does.
Chase Dorsey, 3rd Grade
I would recomend The Devil’s Arithmetic to anybody who likes to read books on the holocaust. This is a book about a girl who doesn’t get the point of Passover. She is sent back in time to the holocaust and relizes that her religion and faith is important.
Lion Boy- I liked it because it has alot of action, and its theme in Paris is very unique.
Hank the Cowdog’s Faded Love.
It was very funny. My favorite part was when Bella said, "You stink." Then Miss Scamper drove up and Hank got in her car, and then Bella began to yell at him.
i really liked grasper becuase the message was easy to get and the pictures wre great. Truman grade 5
My favorite book was Rodney Rat. It was funny. the rat couldnt say his name right. He thought the big fat ratsaid "go north" but he really didnt.
Jeffrey Herman - Meredith McWilliams’s Kindergater Class
My favorite book was Rodney Rat. It was funny. the rat couldnt say his name right. He thought the big fat ratsaid "go north" but he really didnt.
Jeffrey Herman - Meredith McWilliams’s Kindergater Class
Diary of a Worm is my favorite book of the month because it was rewally funny like when they were doing the hokey pokey they could only shake one thing - their heads. And because they book a lot of time working into it because they did good illustrations and they put lots of detail in their book. Cainan 1st grade
Animorphs - The Message. by K.A. Applegate. I liked this book because it had great description words that would really make you feel like you were there.
I read When Marian sang,I like it because I studyed her and I used it in my bibleography.
I liked The Tale of Despereaux because Despereax always has something funny to say and it also tells a lot of words and the meanings of them. It’s has lots of characters which are not always the sharpest knife in the drawer.