Possible Summer Reading Titles

Hi girls!
Here are the four choices for summer reading:
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
The Secret Garden
100 Cupboards
Project Mulberry

Click on the hyperlinks to read the description of each book. Decide together which book you want to start with this summer. Let's get reading!!!

Summer 2010

Summer is almost here! We need to decide on our first book to read for the summer that we can discuss on the blog. I am coming up with a list for you to choose from. If you have a title in mind, tell me and we'll look into it together! I would like each of you to create your own virtual bookshelf on Shelfari www.shelfari.com. That way you can keep track of all the books you have read, the ones you are currently reading and books that you want to read. You can even invite friends to see your shelves. I will show you my shelf so you can see how it works! More later....

On-Hold

Hi Girls,
I think that we have decided to put the Borrowers on hold so that we can get Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade read before you go back to school. I know....school, already! But, we can finish the Borrowers after we have completed your school book and then have a Bookclub night at Borders to discuss the ending. I am working on creating a packet for you for the Fifth Grade book that I will email to your moms!
Enjoy the remaining days of freedom!
Erin

Chapter 10 Discussion

What does Arrietty say is the difference between stealing and borrowing? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Chapter 9 Discussion

After Arrietty and the Boy talked, Arrietty says,"Oh, don't be silly...Surely you don't think there are many people in the world your size?" and the Boy says, "There are more my size than yours." (pg 78) Why do you think that they disagree about this?

Chapter 8 discussion

Arrietty has a lot to learn about the rules of borrowing, but she has learned quite a lot already. Discuss two things that she has learned or discovered on her first borrowing trip.

Chapter 7 discussion

On pg 61 as Arrietty watched Pod run across the upstairs floor she "suddenly saw him as 'small'. " What did Arrietty mean by "small?" Why do you think that she sees her father differently now?