Friday, April 29, 2016

Awesome Letter

Thursday , April 28,2016
Dear third graders,
 I believe you should read the book, The One And Only Ivan.
     It is a good book too! One reason you should read it is because the library will only have it for so long, so you should really use your time wisely. The book is very interesting and exiting. I bet it will get you so exited that you will want to stop and predict what will happen next. If you read it, you can learn special lessons like to treat animals the way you would want to be treated. Sure, it is long, but you will be proud after you read it.
    This is why I would like you to read the One And Only Ivan. So, Read it while you can.
Your friend,
        Hannah

Friendly Letter

Dear third graders,                                                                                                              April 28, 2016

         I strongly believe that you should read the book The One and Only Ivan. 

         Here are some reasons why you should read this book. First of all,the book,The One and Only Ivan,Teaches you a lot of things. One of the things is that tomorrow will be a better day and you can be anything you want to be. This book is a unique book because it shows what you can do in the world,Who you are in the world,and why you were made for this world.Those are some reasons you should read this book! I hope you are persuaded to read The One and Only Ivan! 





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This is the book!





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Friendly Letter

Friday April, 29th
Dear their graders,
This is The One And Only Ivan
         I think you should read the book called The One And Only Ivan by Catherine Applegate.One reason to read this book is it is a good story. It will also give you a book to read when it is guided reading time. You will learn new things when you read this book. It is a good book so maybe you will come up with your own story. You'll  get smarter and better at reading. It might give you some ideas to play or make your own game. You might share the book with a friend. It will give you something to do at your house. At your house your parents might see you reading the book and then they'll want to read it. In the book it has many good ending, you just wont want to stop reading.
          This is why I think you should read The One And Only Ivan  by Catherine Applegate

Friendly Letter

 4-27-16

  Dear Third Graders,
       
         I believe that you should read the book, The One And Only Ivan.
         Here are some reasons you should read it. First, it is a wonderful book that you will enjoy. Second, it is very interesting. Third, it will teach you things you didn't know. The last reason, is that it might help you learn about what they do to animals at a circus.
        That is why I believe you should read The One And Only Ivan.
                                         
                                                                        Your friend,
                                                                               Ana
                                                                             
This is the author of the book. Her name is Katherine Applegate. 
This is the book The One And Only Ivan.

Friendly Letter

Wednesday April 27,2016
 Dear Third Graders,

         My opinion about the book The One and Only Ivan is that you should read it.

         You should read it because it teaches you about animals and life.  It helps you see an animals perspective in different things.  It helps you learn about what happens before an animal comes to the circus or zoo.  It also helps you see what it is like to be a gorilla, elephant, dog or any other animal.

         I feel strongly about the book the One and Only Ivan!  It is a good book to read and a lot of people should hear what it is all about










Thursday, April 21, 2016

Awesome Quotes

April 21, 2016

We just got finished reading more pages out of the book The One And Only Ivan  and I got a chance to be Quote Collector and I got some quotes for you to read.

The first quote I found was on page 300 paragraph 6. I can just make out Bob's little head sticking out of Julia's backpack. "You're the One And Only Ivan" he calls. I picked this because Ivan is happy that bob got Julia, Ruby got her family and Ivan got a new family.

The Second quote I found was on page 288 paragraph 4. I tell my troop about Mack and Ruby and Bob and Stella and Julia and George, about my mother and father and sister. I picked this because Ivan is telling his troop about the people he loved the most.


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This is Ivan's troop.
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This is Ruby happy

Happy Feelings

4-21-16 I am disussion director this week and here are some questions I would like to ask you.

How would you feel if you saw Ruby playing in the mud then see Julia later with Bob in her backpack?
My answer is that I would feel so happy that I knew Bob and Ruby were okay.
 
What caused Ivan to finally go inside his cage?
My answer is that Ivan saw that Maya was trying to get him in with marshmallows and that was not working so,she tried yogurt raisins and he couldn't resist.

How would you feel if you did not know what you were playing until you found found out you were it in a game of tag?
My answer is that I would feel confused because I would not know what was going on.

                                        Thank you for reading!BYE!!!!!

        
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This is a elephant in the mud.
                                                                                                    
This is a dog in a bag.
These are kids playing tag.

Interesting Images

   Thursday, April 21, 2016
               We got done reading the last few pages of The One And Only Ivan. Today I got to be the Imaginative Illustrator, and I got some pictures to share with you.

I included the picture of the gorillas because it is showing the 5 gorillas, Ivan, the three females and the juvenile male. Then I included the picture of the elephants because it shows Ruby and the other elephants Ivan saw with Ruby. The last picture is one of the Zoo and I included it because it is showing that Ivan and Ruby are in the Zoo.

                                                             Bye hope you enjoyed! 
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This is the Zoo Ruby and Ivan are in. 
These are the elephants Ivan saw. 

These are the gorillas. 

A Good Story

Thursday, April 21, 2016
In the first part of what I read, from the book The One And Only Ivan, Ivan is taken to the zoo. There, he only knows a nice lady with soft hands and more people. Ivan does not know any animals in the zoo yet. Then Ivan met the other gorillas and they were fun. That is where the zoo changes to Ivan. Later in the story, Ivan wanted to climb a tree. First he fell on a hard landing. But then he used all his might and made it to the top of the tree. Ivan sees many animals. But soon he sees elephants. In the crowd of elephants, Ivan sees Ruby standing happy with other elephants. Now, he knows Ruby is safe in a free home. After that, all the gorillas start to leave. That was when Ivan heard someone shouting, and then Julia pops up with George. Julia says hi to Ivan. Then, Bob pops his little head out of her bag. He has his own home now. He says George got a job at the zoo and Julia's mom wants to keep Bob for company and Bob likes it that way too!
Now, I know that this is a real good, and happy ending.

Hard Words

April 21, 2016
This week I finished reading the book The One and Only Ivan.  I am the word wizard this week and here are some hard words that I found.
People Talking


Word: Beckoning
page/paragraph: page 296, paragraph 3
Antonym: Talking
New Sentence:  My teacher Beckons when a student should say more.

Word: Relent
Page/paragraph: page 282, paragraph 2
Antonym: Relax
New Sentence:  I relent when I have to watch T.V.  
Relaxing

Happy Connections

Tuesday April, 19, 2016

In the book The One And Only Ivan the gorilla named Ivan is helping Ruby the elephant go to the zoo. At the zoo Ivan mud painted on a wall. My text-to self connection is that I like to paint on the the concrete floor with mud.

This is where Ivan might have put his mud painting

This book reminded me of a text-to-text connection with  The Boxcar Children books. In that book the children lived in a boxcar. Their grandfather is looking for them. Their grandfather finds them in good condition. He takes them to his house and he is happy that they live there.
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zoo

Thursday, April 14, 2016

All Alone!

I am the snazzy summarizer this week and he is the summary I put together:

First,Ruby has shows at day and starts having bad dreams at night.Then,camera people come to the mall and start  taking pictures of everything inspector comes and checks if everything is right. The  man leaves and comes back with a woman. including  all of the animals.The next morning people with signs come saying that Ruby and all the other animals should be free to go to the zoo. The next day   The woman gives George a paper. George puts his hands over his face,turns around,walks to the office,and slams the door when he sees the paper. The day after that, the lady comes back with a box.Ivan thinks that the box is to take Ruby away to the zoo. Ivan hoped that he was not going in the box because the last time he was in a box his sister died.Later,Julia tells Ivan and all of the other animals that she is leaving because her dad got fired.This was the last time she would see them in a while.Then,Ivan hears George talk about Ivan going to the zoo. Ivan doesn't think he is ready for the zoo. The next morning the lady comes back and says that she is ready to take a;; the animals away.First,she takes Ruby,and Ruby says she is not ready to go to the zoo yet. Ivan goes next.He gives Bob a stuffed gorilla to help him sleep. Ivan falls asleep in the box and wakes up moving. Then, he falls back to sleep again. Ivan finds himself in a zoo when he wakes up again. He says he misses Bob and Ruby.The lady pulls a string in front of Ivan. He sees three female gorillas and one male.Ivan finally gets outside alone.Then  the lady takes him back inside.

Thank you for reading! Hopefully it did not take too long! 

This looks like the camera the camera people were carrying.


This could have been the size of the box Ivan could have gone into.
                             
This might look like the stuffed gorilla Ivan gave Bob.
Ivan got out alone for once, this might have been a long time since he had seen the sun.