Virtual Flat Stanley Exchange

I can't even begin to tell you how much fun I had reading Flat Stanley His Original Adventure by Jeff Brown, coloring our own Flat Stanleys, and receiving Flat Stanleys from our virtual pen pals!  Two of my students participated in this exchange.  We loved seeing where our Flat Stanleys ended up!

We received two Flat Stanleys:

Ninja AJO from  New Jersey visited Bryan

Flat Sally from Salt Lake City, Utah visited Nia

We took them on adventures around the schools and then sent our stories back to our friends.  It was fun showing the schools to our new, flat friends.  Here are some of the pictures from our adventures with them:

Even more fun, we got to see where our Flat Stanleys got to go!  You can see where Nia's Flat Stanley went!  He made it all the way to New York City!

Visit Obseussed to see a slideshow of his trip!

Bryan's Flat Stanley visited New Jersey!

Here is just one picture from his adventures - 

he made a LEGO creation!

Has anyone else read Flat Stanley?  There are so many Flat Stanley Adventures out there now!  Have you ever sent your own Flat Stanley out into the world?  Please share where your Flat Stanley got to visit!

If you can come to school and tell me where either Nia's or Bryan's Flat Stanleys traveled to, you can earn one sticker towards a reading reward!

Flat Stanley

If you don't know who Flat Stanley is, I definitely suggest you check him out!  Stanley is the main character in many books all about his adventures after he is flattened by a bulletin board in his bedroom.  He wakes up one morning to find that he is now flat and the books tell all about his adventures as a boy who is flat.

In the chapter book, Stanley's parents fold him up into an envelope and send him off to California to visit a friend.  Now, children all over the world create their own Flat Stanleys and mail them to friends and family.  These family and friends take pictures of the Flat Stanley they receive in all sorts of fun places.
Last week two of my students sent their Flat Stanleys through e-mail to online pals.

This is Bryan's Flat Stanley:

And this is Nia's Flat Stanley:

While we wait to see where these lucky Flat Stanley's got to go, we have been taking pictures around school with the Flat Stanleys they received from our online buds.  Check back next week if you want to see pictures of where our Flat Stanleys ended up.  If you want to learn more about Stanley, check out any of the books above or books from the Flat Stanley Worldwide Adventures series!

You can also visit the Flat Stanley website or go to the Gallery Page for pictures!

If you can come to school and tell me where you would want to take Flat Stanley if someone sent him to you, you will earn one sticker towards a reading reward!

What Are You Reading Good (11/06/08)

So...what are you reading good this week? REMEMBER..tell me the title, the author, what the book is about right now. Try to really be more specific than just saying it is interesting or it is fun. Make me want to read the book! Or...really support why I shouldn't read the book, if you don't like it.

I am currently reading Travel Team by Mike Lupica.  He is a well-known sports writer who has written many young adult novels about kids who play sports.  This book is about a boy who is really short but is really good at basketball.  He's really upset because for the first time ever, he doesn't make it onto the team.  It made me really sad now that I am a mom because it would make me so sad if my son didn't make the team.  That's all I know so far!

I am currently listening to Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson.  This is the fourth and final book in the Maximum Ride series.  Once I start a series, I like to finish it, or at least keep up with, especially if I like it.  If you remember, this series is about the group of bird-kids who are trying to escape from mad scientists.  They pretty much escaped but I think now someone else is going to come after them.  It's kind of slow in the book right now, but still entertaining.  I love Max as a character, she cracks me up!

The Sea of Monsters

Most Recently Read Book:

The Sea of Monsters

By Rick Riordan

Last night, I finished the second book in the Percy Jackson series: The Sea of Monsters. This series is about Percy Jackson, who is a demigod. A demigod is someone who is part Greek god and part human. I love these books because they incorporate ancient Greek mythology and real life as we know it. I think these books are great for students who like action and adventure.

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

Most Recently Read Book:

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

By James Patterson

I love this series! I think this is such a fun series with great characters. Max, the main character, is really funny and is always making me laugh. This is the third book in the series about a group of kids who are part bird and who are trying to escape from and bring down the mad scientists who created them in order to save the world. I liked this book as much as the others. There was lots of action, a little more drama...and definitely more romance, which I love. Not too much gushy romance, just a little, but it made the book more interesting to me. There were a few twists and turns along the way. I think this is a must read...after you read the first two in the series, that is.

What Are You Reading Good? (10/30/08)

So...what are you reading good this week? REMEMBER..tell me the title, the author, what the book is about right now. Try to really be more specific than just saying it is interesting or it is fun. Make me want to read the book! Or...really support why I shouldn't read the book, if you don't like it.

I am still reading The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.  I've been reading two other books at the same time so I feel like it's taking me a long time to get through this one, but so far the adventure is still pretty fun and getting more and more interesting!  

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is one of the other books I have been reading lately.  I actually read this book when I was in high school.  I remember not really liking it, but it is truly a classic that many high schools require students to read.  I thought I would try and reread it to remember what it was about and to see if maybe as an adult I would think of it differently.  So far, it is pretty much what I remember.  It's about a boy in high school and what is happening in his life.  I also wanted to read it because in the book I just finished, King Dork, the character refers to The Catcher in the Rye.  I'll have to wait until I finish it to decide what I think about it.   I would love to hear what anyone else has to say about Catcher.  

I am now listening to Maximum Ride: Saving The World And Other Extreme Sports.  This book is the 3rd book in this series by James Patterson.  If you remember, this is the series about the bird-kids who are trying to save the world from mad scientists.  I love the adventure in this book...and this one even has some romance!  Very fun!

Brisingr Is Here!

This weekend the third book in the Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini was released: Brisingr!  Many people were eagerly awaiting the release of this book.  The first book in the series is Eragon...you may have seen it, it's a blue book with a cool blue dragon on the front cover.  It's about a boy, Eragon, who discovers a dragon egg that hatches for him.  From there on, he is off on a long adventure to help defend his country and its people by becoming a dragon rider.  The second book is Eldest.  This book has a red cover with a red dragon on it.  I was in the middle of reading this book when I had to abandon it because it was just taking me too long to read.  I definitely like the story but I think I just needed a break from it.  I think I am ready to go back to it though so I can get on to reading Brisingr which is the final book in the series.  I know fantasy lovers were very excited for this third book to be released.  If you are an Eragon  and Eldest fan, you may want to try and get your hands on Brisingr...and then let us know that you think!!