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Book Talk on Stink and the Guinea Pig Express

The Third Graders of Room 15 had a great book talk today! Check it out.

Stink and the Guinea Pig Express Book Talk

Shop for Sequoia

Next time you buy something online through Amazon.com (only try this at home, kids, with your parents, kids), make sure to get there by clicking on the Sequoia Amazon link. If you do, our school gets money when you shop!

When you access Amazon.com via our school link, Amazon will donate 4% of your purchase to the Sequoia Dads Club in support of vital enrichment programs for our students. You pay nothing extra!

You can click HERE for now, or look over on the right side of the Sequoia Times and you’ll see a link in the blogroll box.

Pancakes and Praise

Sequoia was recently covered in the local newspaper, The Montclarion! Here’s what they said about us:

Dad’s Club fundraiser raises money,
builds school community

By J.M. Brown
Correspondent

Armed with a metal spatula, new recruit Martin Bond assumed his duties gladly.

As one of the newest members of the 70-year-old Dads’ Club, the Hawaiian-shirt clad Bond tended to the crispy bacon and sizzling sausage accompanying the hot cakes and scrambled eggs that help fund art and garden classes for his son, Miles, and 350 other students at Oakland’s Sequoia Elementary.

Even though it meant a spending a sweaty, grease-laden Sunday morning in front of a steaming grill, the club’s annual Pancake Breakfast and Rummage Sale is exactly the kind of opportunity Bond and his wife sought when choosing the Dimond District school instead of one closer to their neighborhood near Mills College.

“An important reason we chose Sequoia is the active parents’ club,” said Bond, who is among a quarter of the school’s parent population that lives outside its attendance area.

Many parents at last weekend’s event said the high amount of parent involvement is what draws them to Sequoia. Established in 1939, the Dads’ Club is the oldest parent organization at the Lincoln Street school, which itself turned 100 this year. While the group’s name indicates all-male membership, there are plenty of women who take part.

The Dads’ Club has worked with the school’s other key organization, the Friends of Sequoia School, to raise a combined goal of $30,000 annually for the arts, library, garden and other enrichment programs that are often the first to be slashed when public schools suffer deep state funding cuts like those seen this year.At least 270 people gobbled up 700-plus pancakes on May 3, raising more than $1,100. Parents and community members also bought more than $2,000 in books, clothes and other items at the rummage sale, which started Saturday and continued Sunday.

“We try to do the most good for the most number of students,” said breakfast organizer Scott Wikstrom, whose daughters, Clarisse and Eleanor are in the fourth and first grades, respectively.

Attendance at the breakfast has doubled in recent years, and there also has been a steady increase in the Dads’ Club membership, Wikstrom said. He believes a key reason is that parents from the neighborhood are more willing now than in years past to explore the benefits of public school.

Besides fundraising for the school, events like the breakfast are also key social opportunities for parents, who are ethnically and economically diverse, to get to know each other and the school staff.

In fact, the reputation of Sequoia’s staff is a big draw, said parent Leila Abu-Saba, whose son Jacob is a second-grader. Like Bond, Abu-Saba lives closer to another school but chose Sequoia for its teachers.

“We love this school,” she said as she sifted through children’s T-shirts at the rummage sale. “There is not a single teacher you wouldn’t want your student to study with.”

Abu-Saba said she also appreciates the school’s mission to teach nonviolent conflict resolution and nurture a well-developed sense of parental community. Indeed, parent engagement is critical to a school’s success, said Amy Colt, who lives in the neighborhood and teaches at nearby Bret Harte Middle School.

“It’s very, very big,” Colt said of parent fundraising efforts. “They can reach out to many parts of the community, like homeowners who are going to stay here.” At the rummage sale’s crowded clothing table, Colt loaded her arms with shirts and pants for students at her school who have to wear uniforms but can’t afford a bunch of new clothes.

Several feet away, prospective Sequoia parent Kathie Rhodes also rummaged through the piles, hoping to find a bargain.

She and husband Roger King, who live just around the corner, plan to send their two children, now ages 1 and 3, to Sequoia when they are old enough.

“It’s a great fundraiser to bring the neighborhood together,” Rhodes said , adding that she heard Sequoia’s principal, Kyla Trammell, and the teachers are wonderful.

“It’s exciting to have a high-quality school in our neighborhood.”

The school will have another opportunity to raise funds from 5-9 p.m. May 12-14. Red Boy Pizza, 1500 Leimert Blvd., will host Dine Out for Sequoia. The restaurant will donate 15 percent of proceeds from diners who present a flier that can be downloaded at the school’s site, www.sequoiaschool.net.

SPECIAL MISSION

HELP! The Silver Kooks need your help to pick a song for graduation(promotion). Stop lying around and

GO TO:

Silver Kooks Survey

WAIT. almost forgot. listen to the songs at your favorite music and then choose  by clicking the link

Silver Kooks Exclusive Interview

All About Germs by Khayree

Warning! This slide show you are about to see is so top secret that the president can’t even look at it. Every bacteria you see is MINE all MINE, so don’t steal it from me. This show will make your head erupt. I got so smart that I know every single word in the germ dictionary. 

Can you please rate this at the link: All About Germs!

MLK Rap

Congratulations to our very own Anthony, Victor and Michael, who took Second Place for the entire Oakland Unified School District at the MLK Oratorical Fest!!!

Here is the rap they wrote and performed:

Las Vegas by Laitsuen

I went to Las Vegas with my family. I was playing games there. There was a casino there. It was fun there. I slept in a motel with lots of cool things in it. There was alot of games there.

People were gambling there. My parents were at the slots. I went to a casino that was very weird. I did not like the weird casino because it was inappropriate for kids. The ceiling had women on it. Laitsuen Wu 2/11/09

When It’s Okay To Scream by Frank(Izabella)

Don’t you get annoyed when people scream for no reason whatsoever? Esp in your ear? Well this will tell you if they have a reason so you don’t get in trouble for yelling your head off at them and shove them off of a building? Well you probably haven’t shoved someone off a building, but you get the idea…                            

If you fall off of a really tall chair when you’re not expecting it you can scream, while if you see a tiny spider, not one of those ones with fangs bigger than your arm, but a jumping spider for instance, and its not doing ANYTHING, then its NOT okay to scream and if you do you’ll get pushed off a building. The ones with fangs bigger than your arm (and also poisonous spiders) are en exception. Now if your house blows up or something or yours blows up (including yourself) you can scream. As long as it’s something of YOURS like your car or your house or your dog. If you see something like an airplane blow up on the news, WHY would you scream? WHO in their right mind would scream? Anyway, You’re going to get shoved off a bridge if you do.

Anyway, that gives you a good idea about when you can yell at someone or shove them off a bridge or building (just kidding about the bridge thing)

 

By Frank (Izabella)

Grade 4

EVIL THINGIES by Fred (Clarisse)

You know how you call people mean, right? Well I like to call them EVIL. I can give you many examples of evil people. Like my sister for instance. She’s evil because evil sisters can get very evil. Evil is also one of my very favorite words.

In different places there are different evil things. Like in Joshua Tree there are alot of evil spiky plants that you have to make sure they don’t poke your butt. There are some evil animals in the world, too. Pretend you are in a rainforest and you happen to bump into an evil, evil, fat, scary hippo that wants to eat you! That would be very evil.

by Fred grade 4

La taza de Cafe by Camille grade 4

La taza de  Cafe is one of the best cuban restrunts in the world. There might be other good ones, but this is great!

 The restrunt is near the Grande lake theater. And sort of near the rose garden I think.  Well if you go there you have to get the Sandwich cubano. It is the greatist. Well any ways I think you should go.

      by camille

Ballet By Julia-Rose

Hello. I am going to tell you about ballet. I love going to ballet it is very fun. We do all sorts of streches. Then we dance at the bars. After we dance on the floor. Later we travel around the room. It is fantastic. After ballet I feel very nice.

When  you dance you are not really thinking about anything. It just helps you relax. A lot of people think balllet is just for girls, but that is not at all true. Boys: please do not think that ballet is a girly thing because it is’nt.

Ballet is very helpful in school because it helps your brain work. ballet is a great way to exersize. So if you are ever  low on exersize ballet is the thing to do.

By Julia-Rose

Music by Kierra

Hi kids , I am here to discuss music!  Now there’s all diffrent kinds of  music  Rap, Hip hop, Pop, Rockn’ Roll, Jazz etc.

Now my  favorite type of music is hip hop and rap. I also kinda like pop but not that much.  I really  don’t like Jazz and Rockn’ Roll, But somepeople do .  Bye Bye Hasta la Vista!

hometown buffet by Khayree

Hometown Buffet food is really good. This kind of restaurant is the kind when you go there and eat for about two hours. But when I go there I take the whole family. I mostly eat all the fried chicken up.

When it is dessert time .I get alot of ice cream. And i get some brownies . sometimes i get brain freezes . When it is somebody’s birthday we stay there for three hours eating desert .

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 3!!! By Alycia

    

    Hey do you not like reading? Well now you do!!! I want to tell you about a great book called Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3. It came out on January 13. It is green and AWESOME!!! If you are a fan of Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 and 2 you will love this one, but if you have not read the others then you should read this one!!!

  It looks like you are reading a real diary. The words are not nice and neat. They look like it is someone’s hand writing!!! This one is about him thinking this is the LAST straw. It is really funny and a great book.

By Alycia 

GRADE  4

Sushi by Kelly

     Have you taste sushi? Its really Good! Sushi is made out of  alot of things . like ……………… rice, seaweed , fish, cucomber, and etc. ………………. u can dip your sushi in soy sauce, wasabi, and etc……… 

     this are the stuff u can put on your sushi: ginger, um um,…..i dont know what u put on your sushi. wellllllllll …… bye…  

                                                                                                                                by KelLy

                                                                                                      gRaDe 4th

WALL-E review

WALL-E takes place 3,000 years in the future. WALL-E is the last robot on Earth. Then when a robot named EVE comes to Earth, WALL-E falls in love. All the people left Earth on a big space ship called the Axiom. WALL-E follows EVE into space and has an adventure.

You will like this movie. I give this movie 4.5 stars.Out on DVD and Blu-ray now. So save up your money and buy it. I think it costs $20. So buy it or ask for it on your birthday or christmas or you can rent it. So go get it!!!

by Alex grade 4

Cheese By Julia-Rose

• Hi kids! I love cheese and I want to give you some advice on cheese. When you eat cheese make sure you don’t buy the orange cheddar because that has die and that isn’t healthy.  If you get to choose your own cheese a very delicious kind is sharp cheddar. There is one  kind that is very good, but I can’t remember the name of it. I would recommend a raw cheese.  Those are rather yummy.
• People all over the world eat cheese. Cheese is very useful. We use cheese for sandwiches, pasta, salad (sometimes), crackers, burgers, and a lot of other things. I am very fond of cheese. Cheese was invented in Greece I think. There are milllions of people who love cheese.
• When you eat cheese make sure you savor the moment. It may not be every day you eat that great cheese.
• By Julia-Rose, grade 4

Rain Forest Cafe Review By Camille

There is this GREAT cafe in San Francisco. It is called the Rain Forest Cafe. I’ve gone there for about eight years. Mostly just for my birthday. But I have gone there for other events.

I don’t want to tell you a lot about the Rain Forest Cafe but there is one thing that I do want to tell you. In different times there are basically storms. There are some elephants and rain forest type of stuff. Well I hope I see you there.

by Camille

Grade 4

Elephant Bar by Brigette

Elephant Bar is the greatest  restaurant . It has good food. We usually order chicken, fish, teriyaki bowl, salmon and other kinds of food. The thing I like the best at dinner is desert time! We order double fudge chocolate brownies!

by Brigette

Grade 4

jOSHuA trEe by fRed(ClArissE)

 YOU SHOULD REALLY GO TO JOSHUA TREE!!! but DON’T bring winter clothes or you will DIE of the heat! There is also a very very very long long hike with an anthill. There are maybe too many SPIKY plants!!! there are no evil animals so you can go there and (maybe) have a lot of fun!!!

Spring break is a great time to go to joshua tree. In the winter it would be very very cold. So don’t go in the winter.

by Fred
grade 4

Book Talk with Anthony

Book Talk with Jerome

Book Talk with Ebony

Book Talk is back with some brand new episodes!

The Crazy Show Episode One

Here is a new show by Na Auni!

J & D Experiences Episode One

A new podcast from Jerome and Devon about the WWE!

Victor and Anthony’s Animal Geese Down

i AM STUCK BY ALLISON

do u ever have a time in your life when you were stuck? I mean like you dont know what to do and your options are out… well that is whats happening to me… i am stuck,l i am stuck… do u know what.. i am stuck. no not smuck.. stuck.. thank you and this is a stuck production..

 

Allison grade 5

100 People Who Changed America review by Tiffany

If enjoy history than you should read the book 100 People Who Changed America. Even if you don’t enjoy history than you should still read this book because it might supise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It talks about inventors, first people to………., fantastic athletic people, and alot more!!!!!!!!! This is one of my favorite books!!!!!!!!!! I think you would enjoyit to. You won’t want to put it down.

I think you will love this book so much that I think you should go right down to the library and check out this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tiffany

5th grade

Golden Dragon Acrobats by Pearl

I recently went to a acrobats show. It’s what you call it, uh…… uh…. awesome? Nope………um……..uh……. i guess you could call it “cool”. It’s hecka full of stuff that’d make your back ache. Let’s see, oh yeah! For instance, the HUMAN JUMP ROPE. Ugh! Just hearing it makes my back hurt! Ouch! I think I broke my back! Wait, wait……..nope it’s not broken. Oh no! It’s time to go! I have TONS more to tell you! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Oh well. Bye!

Fun Educational Math Games By: Na Auni

     Just because math can be hard doesn’t mean that it can’t be fun. There are a ton of math games that are educational and fun. Please enjoy this report while I tell you a little bit about some of those fun math games.

     One of those fun games is called “Lemonade Larry”. In the game Lemonade Larry you sell Lemonade to different people. The price will change everytime and the price will be on your lemonade stand. The amount of cups the people will want will change also. Then you enter the amount they are supposed to pay you. This game is pretty easy. If you want to play Lemonade Larry click  right here: http://www.prongo.com/lemon/game.html. 

     Another really fun game is called “Change Maker”. Someone will buy something and you have to make change for their purchase. It can be easy just right or hard. Just pick the level you think you would be right right for you. You can use american, canadian, mexican or even austrailian money to make change for. Keep in mind that their money is different that ours. If you want to play Change Maker click right here:http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html 

Na Auni

Grade 5

i14 Archives

Here’s another great podcast from 2007-2008! These were the first ever podcasts created completely by students. Jerome and Michael, at the time, were in the 4th grade.

1. i14 Episode One

2. i14 Episode Two

3. i14 Episode Three

4. i14 Episode Four

5. i14 Episode Five

6. i14 Episode Six

Book Talk Archives

Here are some great shows from last year (on the old site) which I don’t want to lose

1. Book Talk Dagmawi with Kaden

2. Book Talk Mr. Nichols with Andre

3. Book Talk Dagmawi with William

4. Book Talk Kierra with Jamilah

Fun Math Games By:Ty’Anna

Hey! Some kids don’t like doing there math homework.But if they needed practice or just wanted to have fun they could go to FunBrain.com. If you don’t have time to go right now you can always click this www.FunBrain.com when you are ready to go.

When you go to the site if you like messing around with money then I would recommend a game called change maker . So if you or your want to check just click on the link on the first paragragh.

There is also another site if you want to try other           games. They are sort of the same but some from each site are really fun. If you wanna go to this site click this www.prongo.com . Have FUN and ENJOY yourselves.

Math Gym review by victor

Have you kids ever wondered what the hardest game of mathis? Well your prayers have been answered. The really hard game is Tetrus. It is a game were you get really fustrated. You have to connect the blocks and fill up the whole grid. I truly think it’s impossible.

I tried to finish but the controls are hard to use. You flip you spin jump and do everything. I hope one day I won’t keep on going home feeling like a butter fingers that can’t control the keyboard. Just to let you know this game is really depressing. It makes me feel sad and mad. If you know any cheats I’m begging you to tell me. For the sake of god and the human race. Try this game and go home feeling like a dummy!

By Victor

5th grade

Math Gym Review By Jerome

Hey kids. Are you bored and you don’t want to go to the gym to not learn? Well there is one way. You can go to the math gym. it’s not a real gym, it’s on the computer. I played one of the games. I went to the arcade category.

One of the games that i are really challenging is TETRIS. This game will test your ability. I tried this game before on my gameboy. It was all wrong. I didn’t know that we have to fill the whole spaces. If you dare win that game, come near me and tell me how you won. What is your strategy for this game. Give me some comments.

Just click HERE IF YOU DARE!

Jerome

5 grade

Two Player Math Game Review By Helen and April

     People of earth, people of earth don’t be alarmed! Hello babies and grown ups we are here to tell you about a game we just played at 12:23 pm and it was hilarious and it almost made April pee in her pants. It’s about adding two or one digit numbers and the funny part that April loves is adding letters which you shouldn’t do in this game because if you do that crazy Frankinstien man will yell WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! And trust me that doesn’t look pretty. He has no eyes el zippo and only his round squared glasses and that what makes him crazy. Anyway we just want you to play this game and laugh your underwear off. It is an education game so it is good for your brain.

     Click HERE to visit the website. Hay Yoy, that’s all folks!!!!!!

Helen and April

5th Grade

fun math games By Frances

Hey kids,

Do you like to play bingo well then I have a math divison game for you. The game is called matho. It is good at times when you want to test your divison and multiplacation. All you have to do is click on the highlited part http://http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/divmatho. It can help you make sure that you know your math facts 

         Frances

        5th grade

Two Player Math Game by Ebony

Hey kids I found this really fun game and as you might guess form reading the title that you need a partner to play . The more you get right, the more points you get .After you get 12 points you move up a level. But do not think you can just get by on 1+1 it gets harder as you go but your having so much fun you forget that your learning.  

 Here’s how you get there. Click HERE! http://www.prongo.com/mathtwo/game.html

 

Ebony

Grade 5

InTERaCTIVe gAMes 4 KIdS!!!!by tIFFANy aNd aLLisON

Bored?

Not good @ multiplication facts?

Then go to http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm  

There you can pick from all sorts of fun games to practice your math skills…. While having fun!!!! We reconmend , Classroom Capers!! You practice your multiplication facts and every ten problems you get right you earn a diffrent color of chalk… then when you get all the colors you get to draw your own master piece with your chalk.. SO FUN!!!!!!!! We  couldn’t stop!!!

So click here http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm and get smarter!!!!!!!!! but play the other games too!!!!BYE!!

XD

Tiffany and Allison

5th GRADERS!!!!

Think math is boring?Think again!!!!!By Pearl

Hey guys!

Think math is boring? Well, think again! I discovered a math game called”One False Move”

It’s a cool game, it’s so cool you’ll think,”It’s not math! It’s FUN!”

You should really try it!!! Wanna try it? To start the fun click HERE !!! CLICK IT!!! I said CLICK IT!!!!!!

Math Is Not Boring! By Darice

 Hey Kids,

you think math is boring? Well, think again! Math can be fun when you play games, (math games).

I know this reeaally fun game. It’s called One False Move. To play, click here. Hurry! Click! I’m serious,

just click!

Hey Kids,

l am here to tell you about a good web site for practicing multiplication or addition. It’s called Batter’s Up Baseball. Here’s how it works.

First, you need to choose Addition or Multiplication. Then, you will have a choice of going for a single, a double or a homerun. Be careful, if you go for a homerun some of them are hard! Well, not that hard but you’ll need scratch paper. If you want to be lazy like me and just do it all in your head, you might want to stick mainly to doubles and singles.

Try it out. The worse that can happen is that you get a strike. Three strikes you’re out. Well, actually the worst thing that can happen is you spill your coca-cola on the keyboard and fry your computer’s brain. Actually, even worse would be if you drank that soda and rotted out your teeth and got all full of corn syrup and didn’t fit into any of your clothes anymore and had to come to school in a bathrobe and not smile anymore.

Now that I’ve got you fascinated, here’s how you get there. Just click HERE! Batter up!

by Mr. Nichols

Web Club Teacher

Math Links

I found a page that seems to have a lot of great math links. Attention all parents and students. Please take a look and let me know if you find any math sites you especially like!

Click here:

Great Math Sites!

Tuck Everlasting Review By Helen

Have you dreamed to never die? This book is about a family who drank some water out of a spring and they found out that they can never die. A boy from the family sopose to be 104 years old but he looks about 16 years old. The family looked the same in 87 years. One day a girl name Winnie went out to explore the forest/woods her father owned and saw the boy drinking/washing his face and Winnie saw him. The boy asked her what was she doing here and Winnie told him that his father owned the forest/woods. Winnie was about to leave but she wanted to drink some water but the boy didn’t let her so Winnie ran but then the boy’s brother caught her and etc.

The is a super duper great book and I will recomend this book to everyone because the author Natalie Babbitt has such great sentences/lines in this book that you can really imagine. Please read this wonderful book.

Helen

Grade 5

Did You Know? (What to do in a spicy situation, edition.)By Allison

Ted Allen, Food Detective

Scared? Afraid to eat spicy food? Well don’t be afraid anymore!! Food Detectives on Foodnetwork have found a way to fix it!!! With your host Ted Allen on Food Detectives!!! And the food techs..  Do want to find out how you can fix that??? Watch Food Detectives on Food Network!!!!!! Or you can go to www.foodnetwork.com/fooddetectives. There you can check out all your favorite episodes of Food detectives!!! Also one of my favorite  shows.. Enjoy the wonderful episodes of Food Detectives!!! Bye!!

Allison

5th grade

Dog Abuse By Helen

Have you ever seen such cruelty like dog fighting? Training a dog to fight is illegal. If you see dogs fighting on the street tell a parent or call 911. Dog fighting is dog abuse. People think it is funny but this is a serious situation. If you are seen doing this you will go to jail. Dogs are like people and if you kill a dog on purpose it’s just like killing a person. Dogs need care like you do with a person.

Dogs are a mans bestfriend. If you buy a dog and train it to fight, what’s the point of buying a dog. Listen to this ” Treat a person how you wanted to be treated”, said ? Listen to this” Treat a dog how you want to be treated.

By Helen

Grade 5

Rock band play long time on expert drums

This is a song on the video game called rock band. This is one of the hardest songs and it took me long to complete. I’ve seen people on the internet do this and it got me inspired. So when I got the game rock band I quickly unlocked this song and I tried on expert drums. At first I did not know what i was doing so I took a break.

A couple of weeks later I tried it and saw that I still wasn’t very good. So I started to practice. I finally learned how to do it on medium. So then I tried it on hard. It was a big difference. I was on my last couple of notes and I failed. But don’t worry I learned it on hard. Finaly it was my big chance to do it on expert. But I failed. But then that day I DID IT. I was so happy. The hardest part was to do the lefty mode drum role and use your right hand to hit these other notes.

by Victor

Grade 5

The Homework Machine by Kia-Symone

Are you tired of wasting hours and hours doing homework? You already have to do so much work in class. Isn’t it supposed to feel good to go home? Well it doesn’t when you have to go home to do homework.

The Homework Machine is a book about four kids that don’t like spending so much time doing homework. One of the kid’s names is Brenton. He has created an invention that does your homework for you. Kelsy,  Snikwad, Judy and Brenton are the only people on Earth that know about the homework machine.

Now, they all say that they were just having fun at first but then they got addicted to it. Let’s see what Officer M  thinks about it. This book is very interesting. You’ll never know what is going to happen next!

by Kia-Symone

Grade 5

The Adventures Of Captain Underpants By Devon

This is a really funny book and i’m telling you to read it. This book is about a grumpy princeipal who gets hippnotised after two dreded kids hippnotised him. And every time someone snaps there fingers he goes from princepal to superheroin an instant. And the kids names are George Beard and Harold Hutchens and the princepals name is Mr. Krump.

Devon

5th grade

Nancy Drew Mystery of the Mannequin

Nancy Drew is a teenager girl who loves to solve mysteries. Her father is a lawyer so he constantly travles around the world. One day when Mr.Drew’s secretary gives him a strange package with a rug inside of it. Mr.Drew and Nancy soon figure out it was from Mr.Drew’s old client. The carpet was hand wooven and inside of it was a message from the sender. The message wasn’t written in letters. It was written in characters.

Mr.Drew’s old client (The sender of the carpet) use to own a little shop. In the window there was a mannequin. Oh did he loved that mannequin the only time that mannequin wasn’t in the window was when he was changing  the mannequin’s clothing. One day the mannequin was no longer in the window and he disappeared.

Nancy keeps trying to figure out what the message says. Nancy’s friends help her and her maid does also. What happens when a threat from a mysterious stranger comes along Nancy’s way? Does she solve the mystery? Will Nancy find the mannequin?

Na Auni Nair

Grade 5

There’s A Boy In The Girl’s Bathroom

Have you ever wondered what a girl’s bathroom looks like to all of you boys out there? Well then read this book. It has a lot of fun cool things in it.

The story is about a boy named Bradley and he is the school bully. He has trouble making friends and being nice. Only 1 person likes him and that is his guidance counselor. She thinks that Bradley is sweet and has a great imagination. Bradley also has a friend that at first is really nice. A problem Bradley has is treating people with respect. Bradley’s guidance counselor thinks Bradley can be good If he wasn’t afraid to try.

Abels Island Review By Anthony

You! Yes you, you will be reading a mouse book. It’s about a mouse who tries to get home to his wife but he can’t because he got stuck on an island by himself. He spends a year trying to get off the island. Read it and find out what happens.

If you don’t like mice you should not like this book.  So have a good time reading about this book. PS mice are not food.

by Anthony

Grade 5

Because Of Winn-Dixie Review By April

   

  Have you ever had a dog that obeys you? Well opal did and she named him Winn-Dixie. She and that dog went EVERYWHERE together. This is one of my favorite books because each chapter is filled with friendship and love. Like this part when her father told her ten things about her mother becuase her mom left her dad. The first time I read this book I cried I cried even more when I watched the movie.

     My favorite part in the book was when Winn-Dixxie got lost because he was scared of thunder storms but he was actually under the bed in a room. He also liked to smile alot and trust me APRIL LOVES attractive dogs. So get your handS on that book now! I really recomend this book to all of you. Thats all folks! HA HA HA!

BY APRIL

GRADE 5

Crayfish

     The other day I was riding bikes around Mills College when I came to a little pond. I stopped to rest and sat on a bench next to the water. Suddenly, something moved. I looked closer. It had antennae and pincers, like some sort of strange alien. It was a crayfish!

     Crayfish are faster than you think. They seem to crawl about awkwardly but when you reach for them they suddenly shoot backwards. It’s amazing! They do this by flapping their tail hard and bending it under them. It’s a sneaky trick.

    Crayfish have cool bodies. Not only do they have these big freaky pincers, they also have little pincers on their front legs. They have eight legs in all. They also have an exoskeleton to protect their body, kind of like Iron Man. If I were a superhero, I might be CrawDaddy.

by Mr. Nichols

Teacher

The A.B.C Murders reveiwed by ClarisseFred

     Do you like murders? Do you like blood? Do you like knives? Do you like all of them together? Then you will like A.B.C Murders because it is a very interesting murder book. It is very exciting and the part that I think is exciting is the part when Hercule Poirot and Hastings talk to Alexander Bornaparte cust and when he admits he’s the murder, but doesn’t know if he committed the Murders. Find out if he is the Murderer if you read this book.

But, ahah! I am not done yet, so do not dare to leave. A.B.C Murders is by Agatha Christie and you can borrow it at Dimond Library, or, buy it online, I’m thinking Amazon. So read!

by fred/clarisse 4th grade

Chasing Vermeer reveiwed by Izabella

     Do you like books? Do you like art? How about a book about art? Then you will like this book because it’s about art, and if you don’t like nonfiction then you can still enjoy it. This book is a combintaion of both nonfiction and fiction. Vermeer is actually a real artist but the two sixth graders that look for one of his stolen paintings are just made up by Blue Balliett, the author.

     I enjoy the part when Ms. Hussy breaks her arm somehow and everyone is wondering what happened. Maybe you will enjoy that part too. So go to your local bookstore or library and read it!

Izabella, 4th Grade 

 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban Book Review By Ty’Anna

When you read really good books do you ever find yourself after you read the book thinking you were just watching a movie? Well if you ever read this book or any other Harry Potter, and you like reading that will happen to you. So far I’ve read all of them one through four and now I am reading the fifth one. If you like exciting, adventurous, and mysterious books then you’ll love these books.

I would even reccomend these books to first graders but only if they’re really really really good readers. Probably even as high as tenth graders. So if you like books like that then you should read these books. And if you don’t read them in order then nothing will make sense.

by Ty’anna

Grade 5

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Review By Jerome

Have you ever wanted to read someone’s personal diary? Well you can. But not a real diary. There was this boy name Greg.  He got a diary from his mom. He said he wanted to get a journal not a diary. So he writes wacky stuff about what happens at school, home, and even almost every day. He’s like your life if you have something to say. When I heard of this book, it was very funny and hilarious.

The part I like is the comic strip. So Greg and his friend Rowley are trying to win to be the next cartoonists. So they make a comic strip. The comic book that thy are making is called Zoo Wee Mama. But then Rowley quits and Greg is trying to make another comic book that is better than that comic. He got finished with the whole Zoo Wee Mama comic. So he decided to start on another comic of his own.

This is a good book to know. It’s about something that you have to learn. I learned that to not get the cheese touch. There was this cheese that if anybody touches it, they get the cheese touch. It’s like the cooties, but it is a very stinky cheese. It’s been standing in the basketball court for a long time. If that was real I would never touch that cheese ever. But still this book is my favorite book I ever read. So picture if you had the cheese touch, what would it feel like?

So thanks people for reading this review of the book Diary of a Wimpy or the second part of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules. Rodrick is his older brother. So be on the look out next time.

By Jerome

Grade 5

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules Book Review By Allison

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a historical book…  It is one of those books that pulls you into the text! In other words it makes you want to read more!!!!! 

 The author is a fantastic writer, and artist….. I would love to read more of his pieces throughout my life.. Not only his pieces but other authors also…. But mostly his…..

I would definitely recomend this book. You can read this book anywhere, any time, and any place… IT DOESN”T REALLY MATTER!!!!!!!! You are a good person and you deserve to read a fantasic book like this.. Not only like this… This, this!!!!!

You can go to the libaray and borrow this… You can go and buy it.. I don’t really care how you do this.. YOU NEED TO READ THISSSS!!!!!!!!!! This is such a great book!!

I bet that you will like this book….Not only like it you would want to read MORE!!!! But before you get your hands on this book.. Get your hands on the first one…

ENJOY!!!!!!

by Allison

Grade 5

The house of a million pets Review By Ebony

Hi my name is Ebony and I want to tell you about a really good book no awesome no stupendous one. It’s called The House Of a Million Pets. It is a memoir about a woman whose house was full of pets.

She had Ducks and Ducklings, a bat, cats and mice and rats and I know you may think it’s nowhere near a million but there are still more animals to come. This is the best book I have read and I hope you read it. Bye.

by  Ebony

Grade 5

Charlie and the great glass elevator Review by Frances

If you liked  Charlie and the Chocolate factory you will love Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Charlie wins the Chocolate factory, but when Willy Wonka blasts the glass elevator out of the factory he goes to far! They go out into space. The people in the glass elevator is the whole family. It’s Charlie’s mom, dad, his dad’s dad, his dad’s mom, his mom’s mom, his mom’s dad, and Mr. Wonka. Then they land on the space hotel. The people in a space station think that they’re aliens. To find out what happens next you have to read the book.

I like this book because it is very funny in some parts. For example, when one of the grandmas gets mad at Willy Wonka she tries to get up but instead she starts to float. It takes a lot of the people in the elevator to help her get back into bed.

by Frances

Grade 5

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules Review by Tiffany

HELLO people! Want to read a great book full of fun adventures and comedy? Well, you’ve come to the right person. I am here to recommend the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney. This is book two of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. If you ever read Diary of a Wimpy Kid and you liked it then you will love this book. You will laugh so hard that you better not be drinking milk when you read or it will come right out.

This is one of my favorite books because as I said it is full of fun adventures and comedy. I read this book so many times I know almost all the events in order. I just can’t get enough of it. I am pretty darn sure you will LOVE this book as much as I do. Trust me. If you are a kid then you can connect to most of the events and Greg the main character does lots of embarrassing things. So if you have ever been embarrassed then you will know he understands your embarrassment. Anyway, this is a GREAT book. Thank you for reading my book review.

By Tiffany

5th grade

Haunted Animals Review By Helen

Have you read a book when an animal dies and comes back to their former owner? Well this book is full of stories about dogs and other animals coming back to their owner and haunting them or just visiting them. Some of these stories are emotional and really sad. When I first read a chapter about the book it reminds me of when my dog dies will she come back and haunt me because I just love her so much (sometimes she gets a little crazy.) I read this book over and over again because it is such a great book.

This book is a chapter book but there are other series like haunting teachers or something like that. Well I forget. I will recommend this book to everybody because it makes you learn what will maybe happen to you if your pet dies. Well maybe it won’t happen or maybe it will.

My favorite chapter in the book was Bingo’s Secret. It is about a dog who protects his owner but one day his owner died of leukemia cancer in the blood. At the end the owner died and the dog died too but the boss of the grave sight didn’t let them bury the dog. So they secretly buried him there and at night when you passed by the graveyard you might hear a boy laughing and a dog barking.

By Helen

Grade 5

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid review by Pearl

Hey you! Yes you! Have you ever read a diary? If you did, this is no diary. I know what it says on the cover. The “wimpy kid” specificly told his mom to not buy something with diary across it.hope you get to read it!

Now i’m going to tell you about it! This book is about a “wimpy” kid’s life. He has many hillarious accidents. There’s even a accident where somebody get’s hit by a car while playing. It’s not as funny but it’s how they say it. So anyways, you should get this book!!!!!!

-Pearl Lai,5th grade

Phantom Tollbooth Review

     Do you ever feel bored? Do you ever sit in your room and wish something would happen to you? So did Milo. Then a large package arrived and the adventure began! It is the tale of a journey between two lands, a land of words and a land of numbers.

     The Phantom Tollbooth is one of my favorite books because it is filled with word jokes. For example, there’s the time when the car is not moving and someone says, “Shhh. Don’t talk.” “Why not?” asks Milo. “Because it goes without saying.”

     This book is also filled with great characters. There is the boy who comes from a land where you are born in the air and then grown down until your feet touch the ground. There is the guy who says he is either the tallest midget in the world or the smallest giant. There is Tock the watch dog. Also, the Mathemagician. Try it! You won’t be disappointed!

by Mr. Nichols

Teacher