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2011 Bluebonnet List!

• Angleberger, Tom. 2010. The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda. New York: Amulet Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780810984257.
• Barnett, Mac. 2009. The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity. Illustrated by Adam Rex. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781416978152; (Paperback) ISBN: 9781416978169; (Audiobook on CD, unabridged) ISBN: 9780307710406, read by Arte Johnson, published by Random House/Listening Library; (Downloadable audio file) ISBN: 9780307710437; (e‐book) ISBN: 9781416997696.
• Bildner, Phil. 2010. The Hallelujah Flight. Illustrated by John Holyfield. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780399247897.
• Butler, Dori Hillestad. 2010. The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy. Illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780807509104; (Paperback) ISBN: 9780807509326.
• Carris, Joan. 2009. Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit. Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780763637057.
• Catanese, P. W. 2009. Happenstance Found. New York: Aladdin. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781416975199; (Paperback) ISBN: 9781416953821; (Audiobook on CD, unabridged) ISBN: 9781440721250, Read by Richard Poe, published by Recorded Books.
• de Seve, Randall. 2009. The Duchess of Whimsy: An Absolutely Delicious Fairy Tale. Illustrated by Peter de Seve. New York: Philomel Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780399250958.
• Draper, Sharon. 2010. Out of My Mind. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781416971702; (e‐book) ISBN: 9781416980452; (Audiobook on CD, unabridged) ISBN: 9781440756153, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson, published by Recorded Books.
• Fleming, Candace. 2009. Imogene’s Last Stand. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780375836077.
• Holm, Jennifer L. 2010. Turtle in Paradise. New York: Random House. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780375836886; (Audiobook on CD, unabridged) ISBN: 9780307738301, read by Becca Battoe, published by Random House Listening Library; (Downloadable audio file MP3) ISBN: 9780307738332; (e‐book) ISBN: 9780375893162.
• Hopkins, Lee Bennett. 2010. Amazing Faces. Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. New York: Lee & Low Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781600603341.
• Javaherbin, Mina. 2010. Goal!. Illustrated by A. G. Ford. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780763645717.
• Kerley, Barbara. 2010. The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy). Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic Press. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780545125086.
• Lewin, Ted and Betsy Lewin. 2009. Balarama: A Royal Elephant. New York: Lee & Low Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781600602658.
• McDonough, Yona Zeldis. 2009. Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott. Illustrated by Bethanne Andersen. New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780805081923.
• McGowan, Keith. 2009. The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children. Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka. New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780805086683; (Audiobook on CD) ISBN: 9781423384878, read by Laurel Merlington, published by Brilliance Audio; (Downloadable audio file MP3) ISBN: 9781423384915.
• Nelson, S. D. 2010. Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780810983991.
• Phelan, Matt. 2009. The Storm in the Barn. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780763636180.
• Singer, Marilyn. 2010. Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. Illustrated by Josée Masse. New York: Dutton Children's Books. (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780525479017.
• West, Jacqueline. 2010. The Shadows. Illustrated by Poly Bernatene. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780803734401; (Large Print, Published by Thorndike) ISBN: 9781410431394; (Audiobook on CD. unabridged) ISBN: 9780143145714, read by Lexy Fridell, published by Penguin Audio; (e‐book) ISBN: 9781101434468; (Downloadable audio file) ISBN: 9781101223420.

List copied from: http://www.txla.org/TBA-nominees

Objectives for the week of March 21st!

This Week’s Objectives:

Reading: Students will question what they know and think about their logic and thinking as we explore bullying. We will be discussing bullying and researchable questions. The students will be reading fiction and nonfiction on bullying as they develop their opinions and form their research outlines for next week.

Science:  Students will examine properties of soils including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants.

Social Studies:  Students will begin to investigate the causes of the Texas Revolution.

Writing: In writing we will complete our expository papers. The students will show that with their topic, they need to choose 3 main ideas, they will have to explain and support their ideas as well.

Math: Students will interpret and create bar graphs as well as determine all possible combinations in a problem situation.   

Spring Break!

Spring Break!





I hope you all have a magnificent Spring Break! Make sure you do plenty of relaxing! PLEASE come back well rested!

See you on March 21st!

What do you plan on doing? List 5 things you'd like to do, or plan to do in the comments!

I plan on...

1. Visiting my little brother in Orlando!

2. Watching every single Harry Potter movie with my friend Ms. Waggoner

3. Going to the Blue Bell Factory with my mom and sister

4. Reading at least 2 books

5. RELAXING! I need some naps!

Objectives for the week of March 7th

Reading: We will continue to let our curiosity drive us, and we gather more background knowledge on slavery. Students will read historical fiction picture books to develop deeper thinking and come up with a researchable question. This discuss will lead us into the question of whether or not slavery is still happening. We will discuss child labor and students will come up with a plan of action to help solve the problem.

Science: Students will investigate simple machines and relate all the important characteristics to see how they work.  To do this we will complete hands-on activities and use computer programs.

Social Studies:  Students will begin investigating Texas as its own country and how Texas became part of the United States of America.

Writing: Students will write to inform or express their opinion. We will use Stop Light Writing to generate an outline of the main ideas, details, and explanations of the students’ opinions on a topic. Students will learn to write a five paragraph expository text paper. 

Math:  Students will continue investigating measurement.  Our focus will be on using customary and metric length to determine area, perimeter, and volume, as well as investigating and converting capacity and weight. 

Shark-a-thon

Parents,

Ms. Rahaman and I want to thank you all for sending in items for our class auction baskets! Ms. Rahaman’s basket is puzzles and games and she has received a few awesome puzzles and games. My class basket is UT Gear, and we’ve gotten some good stuff so far!

Thank you so much for being so giving to our school. If you are interested in donating to our class basket, the deadline to do so is Monday, March 7^th.

From all the plans we’ve heard, this years Shark-a-thon is going to be AMAZING!

Take care and have a wonderful weekend,

Ms. Pickert & Ms. Rahaman