Dog - Man's Best Friend

What a great topic we had this week! We read part of the informational text, How to Talk to Your Dog. Then we read the book of poems called Good Dog. We learned how to communicate with a dog and how to read their "talk" to us. Remember, to show a dog who is the boss - you do not have to use your mouth on their muzzzle!! You can use your hand!! Also, dogs LOVE the baby talk! They understand that tone of your voice. The poetry book gave us a glimpse of what some dogs' personalities are like. Our favorites were the chihuahua, the bulldog and the boston terrier.

There are so many great stories about dogs that you want to share! I BEG you to write them for me so that I can read about your favorite dog story.

Happy Reading :)

Mrs. Duckworth

Book Fair

Book Fair was a great success!!! A BIG thanks goes to all that helped make it a success! I enjoyed seeing all your smiling faces come through the doors and all the books that went out in your hands!! The daily door prizes were fun and I hope you are enjoying your prizes - for those of you lucky enough to have your name drawn from the bucket with names from everyone in the WHOLE school!!
I hope you had a restful Spring Break and read a lot of books!!!
I finished The Thing About Georgie - A Novel. It is a very interesting book. I don't want to give it all away but, I felt a little sorry for Georgie. Being a dwarf could make it difficult to make friends but he learns a lot about himself and how his friends see him. You will have to read this great story to understand what I am talking about!

Check it out!!!
Mrs. Duckworth

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

March 2nd was Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)'s Birthday! This week, we shared a few Dr. Seuss stories. There was one common thread through all of them - Use your brain and Always do your best! This was perfect for the upcoming TAKS tests the next week. The stories we shared were Hooray for Diffendoofer Day, And to Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street, and Bartholomew and the Ooblek. Some of you even got to touch green oobleck!! (How to make Ooblek - 2 parts corn starch, 1 part water, green food dye; mix)
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day says the teachers have taught you the most important thing of all - "How to Think!" On the TAKS test, I know you used your brains to think and Prove It! Prove It!!
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Duckworth