What a treat! Having Buck Wilder visit our school was a highlight. Students enjoyed his humor, his stories, his tips on creativity, and his encouragement to enjoy reading and writing. After studying a few of his adventure stories, students choose their own settings, characters, problems and solutions. We now have a great set of our own creative adventures. Our winning author, who wrote "The Adventures of Manny Manatee," received an autographed copy of one of Buck Wilder's books.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Friends’ Faves
"Extra Credit, by Andrew Clements, is a very interesting book about how Abby Carson is assigned an extra credit project. As a result, she becomes pen pals with Sadeed Bayat in Afghanistan. The problem is that Afghanistan boys are not to communicate with American girls. Read to find out more about what happens with the friendship across the ocean."
"Patrick Jennings's Guinea Dog is a fun tale of a fifth grader named Rufus, who desperately wants a dog. His dad, who works at home, is not liking the idea. He says dogs: whine, scratch, gnaw, and bark. Rufus's mom thinks of something out of the box and brings home a guinea pig! Read to find out what happens next!"