Eastwood Elementary Library Corner
by Debbie Hollingsworth
March 01, 2007
Library Corner
February 2007
During the month of February the kindergarten and first grade students celebrated author’s birthdays by reading their books. The first author whose birthday was celebrated was Dick Gackenbach. His book “Arabella and Mr. Crack” gave us plenty of laughs when considering how much harder life would be if we made up our own words to use for everyday objects. “Imogene’s Antlers” by David Small was a fun book. Imogene woke one Thursday morning and found she had grown antlers, on Friday she was relieved to find the antlers gone, but she now dealt with her new peacock feathers. We had lots of library fun discussing different animal parts and how our lives would change if we woke one morning to find them part of our bodies.
Second grade classes continue to read their chapter book during their library time. The book “How To Fish For Trouble”, by Valerie Wesley has continued with Willimena finding more ways to get into trouble while trying to get the attention she feels she’s lacking. The second grade students all agree that she needs to spend more time enjoying the company of her visiting cousin and less time worrying that he is getting too much attention from her parents.
Eastwood’s third grade classes are getting ready to finish their chapter book titled “Parachuting Hamsters And Andy Russell” by David Adler. We can’t wait to find out who the “hamster demon” is. After finishing chapter nine of the book, we are fairly certain that the clues seem to be pointing at Jason, but time will tell who the true bandit is.
If you have a fourth or fifth grader living with you, be sure to ask them what a hinky pinky is. These are riddles with rhyming answers that are sure to stump even the hardest thinking adult.
