Don't Forget That Tomorrow Is April Fool's Day !

 Add a little bit of humor and excitement into your day tomorrow by playing a little April Fool's Day joke on your family or friends. For some good ideas or inspiration try visiting these great websites:

http://familyfun.go.com/april-fools-day/

http://www.marthastewart.com/274998/april-fools-day-pranks

http://www.aprilfools.com/

 http://www.parenting.com/gallery/family-friendly-april-fools-day-pranks?view=home&pnid=112342

Week-End Book Report # 2

This weeks reading material was a bit heavy on the Mercer Mayer, Marc Brown and Paulette Bourgeois side. Autumn and Alaina adore reading "Franklin," "Little Critter," and "Arthur" books. Remember, they are doing the scoring and it is very subjective. I think they are doing a great job rating the books....but of course they have lots of favorites and want to give them all high scores. However, I am agreeing with all their ratings, and I think you can definitely trust their low scores. We read so much that they are pretty good at saying when then didn't enjoy a book.

Here is our rating scale: (if it scores a 4 or 5 then we recommend it)

1= we'll never check this book out again.
2= If there was nothing else to read we could suffer through it.
3= Enjoyed it once, but once will probably be enough.
4= We would be happy to check this book out again, and will probably look for it again on the shelves. We would recommend it to a friend. 
5= This goes on our list of all-time favorites.We could enjoy it numerous times, and will probably check it out often or already do check it out often. We would recommend or buy it for a friend.

Rating: 4, (Autumn) Chapter Book, 151 pages, Mystery/Adventure, Bayliss Library

Rating: 5 (Autumn) Chapter Book, 127 pages, Mystery, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn) Chapter Book, 87 pages, Adventure/Science, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4, (Autumn) Chapter Book, 121 pages, Mystery, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn) Chapter Book, 87 pages, Adventure/Science, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn) Chapter Book, 117 pages, Mystery, Bayliss Library

Rating: 3 (Autumn and Alaina) Mystery, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Bioggraphy/History, Bayliss Library

Rating: 5 (Autumn and Alaina) Picture Book, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Religion/History/Holidays, Bayliss Library

Rating: 3 (Autumn and Alaina) Rhyming, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Word Usage, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Word Usage, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2  (Autumn and Alaina) Geology, Bayliss Library, For a Science book found in the nonfiction section, this was a very imaginative and enjoyable book.....it is old, but still good!

Rating: 3 (Autumn and Alaina) Anatomy and Physiology, Bayliss Library...Mostly poems...the girls thought the anatomy bodysuits were really cool but kinda weird.

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Responsibility with money and lending funds, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and AlaBina) Similes,  Bayliss Library

Rating:4  (Autumn and Alaina) Looking at Art/ Perspective, Bayliss Library

Rating: 5 (Autumn) Chapter Book/ Series, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Holidays, Bayliss Library

Rating: 3 (Autumn and Alaina), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn) Character/Religion/Morals, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) History, Bayliss Library

 (Thank-You Weber Family!)

Rating: 5 (Autumn) Chapter Book/Series, Bayliss Library

Rating: 5 (Autumn) Chapter Book/Series, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2  (Autumn and Alaina), Overcome Fear,  Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina), Being a true Superhero , Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaian), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4  (Autumn and Alaina), Sleeping away from home/ being a good friend,  Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina), Eles Family Book

Rating: 5 (Autumn and Alaina), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina), Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina) Pet Care,  Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library

Rating: 3 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library, (we always check out birthday books as one of the girl's birthdays gets closer)

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina), funny, Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2 (Autumn and Alaina) Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2  (Autumn and Alaina), overcome fear of public speaking,  Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2  (Autumn and Alaina), thankful for what you have,  Bayliss Library

Rating: 4 1/2, (Autumn and Alaina) Funny, Bayliss Library

Rating:4 1/2  (Autumn and Alaina) Contentment,  Bayliss Library

Study Guide/LapBook Template for "Hound Dog True," by Linda Urban

                 

 I just finished reading "Hound Dog True," by Linda Urban.It was a great book and a quick read...I recommend it! This book is the current read for Autumn's Brown Bag Book Club at the Bayliss Library. (I posted the meeting info at the bottom of this post in case you're kiddos are interested in attending.) I decided I would help Autumn to get ready for her meeting by creating my first ever study guide/ lapbook guide for a book. We don't know very many people who do lapbooks, and so I thought she might have fun sharing this way of studying with her book club friends. There aren't a lot of resources or study guides on the web for this book, so I uploaded what I created to Scribd (a document sharing website) and I would love for you to check it out and even use the guide and ideas within. However I do not own any of the clip-art or images in the document so please do not re-post or sell the document.

You can go straight to the document by clicking on the link below!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/87449861/Hound-Dog-True

P.S. Since this is my first attempt at creating a lapbook study guide I would love your comments or suggestions.

Brown Bag Family Book Club: "Hound Dog True" by Linda Urban

Apr 21, 2012

Time: 12:00 PM

Location: Bayliss Public Library (Children's Room)

Website: www.baylisslibrary.org

Contact: Debbie Lehman

Email: debbiel@baylisslibrary.org

Phone: 906-632-9331

The Brown Bag Family Book Club is for children ages 8-12 and their interested adults (no age limit for the adults!). Pack a sandwich and Bayliss will provide fruit/veggies snack and a drink.

This month's selection is "Hound Dog True" by Linda Urban.