This is the project that goes with your reading log this week. You can do it any time before next Monday!
Post a comment telling the title and author of your book (don’t forget your capital letters.) In 50 words or more, tell us a text-self connection you had to your book. What did the story remind you of? How is what happened to you like what happened in the story? How is it different?
Title: The Relatives Came
Author: Cynthia Rylant
This story reminds me of going to my grandmother’s house in Pennsylvania when I was little. Sometimes all my aunts, uncles, and cousins were there, too, so there weren’t enough beds. We all crowded into the porch on cots and sleeping bags, just like the cousins in the story. The kids would stay up late talking and giggling. It was a fun and happy time.
Title: Shortcut
Author: Donald Cruise
The story mad me think about when my hole family went on a nature trail and we thought my to cousins where missing but the weren’t they just planted a joke on us
Title: The Absent Author
Author: Ron Roy
This story reminded me when I was always late for the bus last and this year. I thought it was funny, but my mom didn't. She would always say," Oh, no. Now I have to drive you to school, sweetie." I don't know why I would burst out laughing in my mad science laugh. It was funny.
Title: Because of Winn Dixie
Author :Kate DiCamillo
The story made me think of when I moved into my new house in Blauvelt. I wanted a dog really bad. I begged my dad for a dog but he said NO. In the story Opal found a dog in the grocery store and then she begged her dad to keep him and he said NO. Opal's dad finally said yes, but I still don't have one at my dad's house.
Title: My Cat Ginger
Author: Jan Wahl
This story reminds me of my dog Ginger. We play together and she's always begging for food. Just like the cat in the story, shes always knocking things over. We play ball together. And somtimes she comes into my room at 3 in the morning and jumps on my bed and wakes me up.
Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Author: Roald Dahl
Mr. Fox makes up really good plans, they are really smart. One smart plan was when the foxes were starving, he made a plan to dig a hole to the farm to get food. Mr. Fox reminds me of my friend Jordan who also makes up really smart games for us to play. Last time we played together we made up a kicking game with a regular playground ball.It was fun.
Title: Hardy Boys
Author: Franklin W Dixon
Frank and Joe are smart and clever. They are very good detectives.
They remind me of my friends Derek and Dylan because they are really smart
and clever. Dylan is good at math and Derek is a great artist.
Title;The Foolish Tortoise
Author;Eric Carle
The tortoise let go of his shell and he got lost and he relized how much he needed his shell.
Also the tortoise.was really sad.
Title : The Boxcar Chrildren : The Lighthouse Mystery
Author : Getrude Chandler Warner
There is a lighthouse for sale and they thought it belonged to the Goverment and they wanted to keep the lighthouse!
Title: A to Z mysteries: The Orange Peel Mystery
Author: Ron Roy
There is a mystery on the loose! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are finding clues about tthe crook!
By the time they come back the "Out On The Sea" painting is stolen and the oranges are peeled!
Title: Diary Of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
On page 139 the character Greg didn't like a Christmas present that his aunt gave him but he said, "Thank you." The next day he wrote a letter to her saying thank you for the picture she to gave to him. My connection is once my aunt gave me a sweater for Christmas that I didn't like and I said, "Thank you for the sweater." I kept it and pretended that I liked it. The next morning I also wrote a thank you note to her for the present.
Title: Chocolate Fever
Author:Robert Kimmel Smith
This story reminds me of when I ate sushi constantly. But I did not get green spots like the boy in the story got brown spots from eating too much chocolate. This also reminds me when I went to the hospital because I could not breathe. It also reminds me of when I got a tasty pill just like the boy in the story.
Title: Diary of a wimpy kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
My t-s connection is one time in first grade I had a giant test all about spelling. In the book there also was a test. I was studying and studying for days, intill one afternoon on Friday I had the test it felt like a big test even through it was nothing. Any ways at home my brother helped me with all my spelling words, just like Greg in the book help Rodick with his big test.
Title: School Smarts
Author: Brooks Whitney
The story reminded me of the day of school spirit day, because a class got their face painted. Also, it reminds me of when I go to ballet because some of the girls go to ballet. They have to study spelling words. the diffrerince is they have spelling tests on thursdays.One girl that does not have a name, has a brother. The End
Title: The Worst Name In Third Grade
Author: Debbie Dadey
This story reminds me of when my teacher told the class that we were getting a substitute for the day . When we came to school the next day we found out that our sub was pretty nice!
The next day Miss Williams came back and everything was back to normal. Before we knew it, Miss Williams said it was time to go to gym because we were supposed to go outside but, we could'nt because it was raining and our coach said NO because she did'nt want us to get wet so instead of having fun outside we had to play something but it was fun , anyway.
Title: The Hardy Boys 1
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
The story reminded me of when my pool aquitment was stolen.The police chief came to the house and the morning after it was stolen, 2 officers came to my house.the time we noticed it was gone,was when my brother and his friend, Jack,was over.They asked my mom to turn on slide with our pool remote.She did press the right buttom,but it didn't turn on so my dad went to check the pool aquitment.He pushed the trees that were hiding them to his side.Nothing was there.That's when he called the 2 police officers.The pool aquitment is still all gone!!!!We got new aquitment.Now my dad has a lock,and chains rapped around the back fence.Thats what the Hardy Boys book made me think of.
Ciaran
Title:Dog Lost
Author:Ingrid Lee
In this book a young boy named MacKenzie was forced to get rid of his dog Cash, that his father won.If I had to get rid of either one of my dogs I would be sad forever and no other dog would be able to replace them.My dogs are a big part of my family and I love them alot.
Title: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
Author" George Beard and Harold Hutchins
The story is about two cavekids who grow up to be Karte Masters. Along the way they get into some touble but always seem to get out of it. This reminds me of me, but with a twist.
I get into trouble, but never get away with it.
Title of Book: The Boxcar Children – The Lighthouse Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
This book reminds me of when I went to Cape Code on vacation. There was a lighthouse on the beach close to the house that we stayed at in Yarmouth. I was wondering what the inside of the lighthouse looked like and who owned it. In the book the children were at their house and they saw a lighthouse with a sign that said For Sale.
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Author: J.K Rowling
In the story harry and his friends go to Wizard School like we go to plan School.
Harrys mom and dad died when he was a fue months old.
When Harry was about 10 he went to wizard school by that time he lived with his ant and uncle
how wern't wizards. They diden't belive in magic.
we arn't magicul in the story they are magicul.
Matilda by Roald Dahl My text-to-self connection is that Matilda likes to read like me.
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tittle:Stand Up For Your Self Author American girl
In this story when the chapter about bullying it reminded me of when a girl bullied me last year in class and recess now i know i shoud of told her she was being mean next time i guess.
surfs up spongbob by David Lewman One time on vacation, at the water park, I did a surfing thing and I didnt really know how to surf like spongbob didnt know how to surf too.But, luckly I ended up doing pretty good like spongbob ended up doing pretty good.
Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling. Harry finds out about the secret passage. We found out about a park that was hidden.