LA Fall 2010

Ivy

Writing:

- lyrics & music for "Bounce" band she's started with 2 friends
- as many forms, notices, newspapers and posters as she can find content for!
- reflection on the dance class she tried
- Storyworld playing cards for creative writing/storytelling.


Comprehension:

- Artemis Fowl book review
- Accelerated Reader quizzes


Partial book list:

Secret of the Sirens, Julia Golding (of the "Companions Quartet")
Icefire, Chris D'Lacey, of the Last Dragon Chronicles
Septimus Heap, Syren



Ella

Writing:

• Kerpoof story
• Halloween poem
• Planet anthem
• Storyworld games Ella got a pack of these cards for her birthday and both she and Ivy have been involved in creating stories using these visually rich cards and their imaginations. Fun!
  

Comprehension:

• Ruby Gloom book report
• Accelerated Reader quizzes

Book list

• Amulet

• Ivy & Bean, Bound to be Bad and Doomed to Dance

Magic Tree House:

• Viking Ships at Sunrise
• Polar Bears Past Bedtime
• Ghost Town at Sundown
• Day of the Dragon King

Tashi Series by Fienberg, Fienberg & Gamble

• Tashi and the Giant
• Tashi and the Ghosts,
• ...the Baba Yaga
• ...the Dancing Shoes
• ...the big Stinker,
• ...the Demons

• The Cool, Krazy,, Crickets, The Cool, Krazy, Crickets to the Rescue

• Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton)
  
• Amelia's 5th Grade Notebook
• My Father's Dragon
• Tiny Tyrant

Throughout the summer and fall Jeremy has been reading the Harry Potter series to the girls at bedtime. They are very excited to be starting book 7!