Do you like to write?

Our featured writer this week is Kyle from third grade.  He has submitted his writing to Skibbler’s ezine magazine.  It should appear online later this spring.  In the meantime, I would like to share his writing about a visit to the beach.

Mrs. Neddo

BEACH

The ocean is full of surprises.  Here I am watching the waves with my family.  Mom and me go in the waves.  A wave comes and goes around our feet, and swallows a sand castle.  The next wave comes to my stomach.           
Uh-oh!  This wave takes me under.  It tosses me, and turns me, and spits me out.  I have rocks in my suit.  I get up but another wave pushes me down.           
I go back in the waves and another wave takes me under so I decide to get out and play with my brother.  We dig a hole 2 feet deep.  It comes to my shoulders.  I don’t go in the water for a long time.  This hole is so deep that it goes to my brother’s face!           
Later, I go back in the waves.  Uh-oh, the waves are rough!  The next wave is so big! “Ahh!”  I say.  Splash! Ow!  I hit the bottom!  I come out of the water, but suddenly another wave comes!  I can’t swim away!  Swish!  “Help me!”  I scream.  Bam!  I smacked the bottom of the ocean!  A whale swims past me.  I swim to the top which is a long way.  I realize I feel land and I climb out.  I am on a small island.  I run into a foot tall man.  He says the name of the island is Icozmicooz.           
“What???”  I said.           
“I-coz-mi-cooz,” he said in a sterner voice.           
“Okay, okay,” I said.           
“What???” I thought, aloud.  He grunted at me and pushed me in a wave.  Ow!  Ow!  Before I know it, I’m back.  “Ugh”  I said.  My mom is waiting for me.           
“Hi”  she says.  I tell her what happened.           
“Oh my silly little storyteller!” she said.  “I love you.”           
“Me too,”  I said.  “Me too.”

Kitten Video

Henry’s Book Club

 I just got a poster about Henry’s Book Club in one of my book review magazines.  I felt like I had to write about it.  On some leaf in the family tree I am related to Henry Bergh of the ASPCA.  Bergh is my maiden name.  But most of all, I love animals and know that some of the most popular books at Pashley are pet books!  Check out Henry’s Book Club. We have this month’s book- ER Vets.   Visit their Animaland site and check out the pet care section and cartoons, too.

Kittens- Two Weeks Old

Here are some new pictures of the kittens at two weeks old.  They are doing well, but not crawling around.  They kind of scrunch around on their bellies. 
Mrs. Neddo

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New Book Ideas

So, Pashley students… what kinds of new books would you like Mrs. Neddo to buy for Pashley?  Do have a favorite series, author, or title you wish we had more of at Pashley?  Is there a favorite nonfiction subject that you think we should buy more books about?
Click the comment link below and let me know.
Mrs. Neddo

Four New Kittens at Mrs. Neddo’s House

I just came home from work today and found my cat, Calli eating out of her bag of cat food.  She had ripped it open and was chowing down in earnest!  Then I looked to her big fat belly full of babies and her belly was gone!  “Oh, boy,” I thought!  So my son and I searched the house- every closet, corner and dark spot we could find.  It took us 10 minutes to find her in the back of my closet with an old sweater and shoe up against my wedding dress box.  Aren’t they cute! 
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The Mysterious Benedict Society Part II

  I really like the characters in this book.  They each have a unique personality.  Constance lives at the public library.  Kate and Sticky are stowaways on trains and boats.  Reynie lives at an orphanage. So what do runaways and orphans have in common?  They all answered the newspaper ad to take a special test.  I love the tests they have to take.  They are true puzzles and each character uses a different technique to solve the puzzle.  Mr. Benedict and his crew have them find their way through obstacle courses and secret rooms, too. 

Fearless Kate, Timid Sticky, Cranky Constance and Thoughtful Reynie are told they are “the only hope.”  What is their “dangerous mission?”  You’ll have to read to page 100 to find out.  It’s really creepy, too.  Like someone you can’t see whispering in your ear at night when you are in bed.  And to keep the story going… kidnappers are after the kids.  Thank goodness they have the secret rooms to hide in. 

Mrs. Neddo

Edward’s Eyes

  I am reading this new book by Patricia MacLachlan to Mrs. DelMonaco’s class.  The beginning of the book has a chapter called the Prologue.  I remember as a kid getting confused with that word, “Prologue.”  Did that mean what was written happened sometime in the past or future of the story?  I mean, if it was the past, why did the author write it at the beginning of the book?  I knew it would connect to the story, but it would take me some time to figure it out.  And once I did I still didn’t remember how a prologue worked when I saw it in another book.  I know it sounds dumb, but I guess we all have a word or phrase that we mix up a few times until it “clicks.” 

So… if you are listening to this book in Mrs. D’s class or have read it… why do you think Patricia MacLachlan wrote the prologue for Edward’s Eyes?  Click on the comment link below and jot me a note. 
Mrs. Neddo

Mike Lupica Fans

Two new Mike Lupica books just arrived at Pashley Library.  Head on down to check them out.  We also have Heat.  His newest book, The Big Field, is on order.

Mrs. Neddo
 

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls

  This new book by Meg Cabot looks like a book I want to buy for Pashley.  What do you girls think?  Has anyone read it?  Here’s an interview with Meg Cabot to let you know more about the book.

Mrs. Neddo