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Lexi's reading comments for 2010-2011 school year!
Thanks, Lexi. I see five good ideas here,with explanations, so I am awarding your team ten house points!
 * Mr. Shaw 6.6.11**

Lily 6.5.11 Nice ideas! I like the grammer part, that was creative. __**Lexi 6.5.11**__ Here is my advice for the new coming fifth graders. 1. You always want to get your homework done and to school on time or else you will get an oops slip and you don't want that. 2. You always want to use the right grammar, like you know were capitalizes punctuations go. 3. You want to read every night. If you don't read for 3 night IN A ROW.you will get an oops slip. 4. If you had to read a science assignment and you come to school and you realize you didn't do it, and it comes to be science and the teacher says who knows what it was about and your the only one who is not raising their hand!!! The teacher might also ask you questions. 5. Last, don't cheat on a test. If you do, your report card will be different and it wont be the right info. That is my advice for the new coming fifth graders!

__**L**__**exi 5.25.1__1__** I have two books. One is Dork Diaries and the other one is The mother Daughter book club. The reason why I picked Dork Diaries is because there are mean girls and the girl named Nikki is the nice girl and she is always doing something not to be embarrassed by the mean girls. It always turns out good thought. It also tells you how to make a recipe for throw-up because she didn't want to go to school that day because of something. I don't really remember but I think it was because of the mean girl. They go around the school and they find places where the mom can be the mean girls mom. They go on many adventures around the town. The Mother Daughter book club. The 5 and sort of 4 girls are very close friends. They get embarrassed by the mean girls but their there for each other.They make mean girls nice girls and they make fun journeys adventures and something that you can remember. I learned from the Mother Daughter book club. By reading almost the whole series I have changed my everyday schedule. They do things more properly then I do!!

__** Lexi 5.22.11 **__ I am reading Schooled. The beginning is a boy is home schooled and his parents died. He lives in this town community. He lives with Rain his teacher. He got caught by a police man by driving with out a license. He was driving Rain to the hospital. He said that she was picking plums out of a tree and slipped and fell. He just wanted to drive. So one day Capricorn the person who wasn't suppose to drive. He went outside and he saw his teacher on a tree picking plums. Guess what she fell! I like Google Docs because you can share what you are writing. What I don't like about it is it is hard to know where things are. How to make a new document and presentation. What I am trying to say is it is to hard to find things.

Maddie 5/22/11 That was a really good entry. I hope that you read the whole series.

lily 5.21.11 Nice entery! i hope you are liking the serise! the books get better as you go along, so keep reading! __** Lexi 5.15.11 **__ Thank you Mr. Shaw. I like talking about my books so I am going to talk about my book. I am on the 2nd book of Harry Potter. The Dursley's are having friends over. Mr. and Mrs. Mason. They are having Harry stay in his room. He can not make a sound if he does he will be punished. So the Mason's come over and they talk for a long time. Then this Creature (Dobby) pops up on Harry's bed. He has been keeping Harry's letters from his friends from Hogwart's wizardry school. The friends names are Herminoe and Ron. Dobby says I will give you these letters back if you don't go back to Hogwart's school because there are dangerous things there that are going to happen. Harry refuses because he doesn't want to stay at the Dursley's because they are so mean to him. Dobby runs downstairs were the Mason's are talking with the Dursleys. Harry follows after them. Uncle Vernon screams at him so loud and in a mean way. Uncle Vernon gave him a punishment for his life. It was to lock him in his room and they would slide his meals through his door crack underneath and they would put jail bars on his windows so he cant get out. One morning Ron goes to Harry's window. They haven't seen each other since wizardry school which was about 6 months ago on the book time. Ron has a cool car that flies into space. Ron breaks the bars and Uncle Vernon wakes up and Ron is pulling Harry out of the window but Uncle Vernon comes in and grabs Harry. Harry is being pulled but Ron wins so they get into the car and flies away. They get to Ron's house. His mom is worried and screaming with Ron and his brothers but greets Harry.

Nice work, Lexi! Every week you write a thoughtful comment on your page, and I like how you use color to make the page attractive without making it hard to read. Well done!
 * Mr. Shaw 5.15.11**

__**Lexi 5.4.11**__ I am going to tell you about my book. I am reading the same book Mother Daughter book club. Cassidy's mom is doing this show called Cooking with Clementine. This time the whole book club is going to be on the show. Since Cassidy is like a boy she is finally dressed pretty. While they are doing this show the girls decide to put something in Becca's drink. Now they think that she is going to drink it but NO the producer who announces the show drinks it and they are filming it live. He gets all funny. The girls have a shocked and worried face or expression. But the girls had to tell Cassisy's mom (Clementine) and she told everyone and so now they have to do what Becca's mom says for a month. Emma is taking care of their dog because Becca's grandparents are in and they don't like dogs. The girls are so annoyed. One more thing Megan who use to be the mean won is now the nice one, but Becca use to be her friend and now she is trying to win Megan back and it is working. I don't think the girls are happy about that because they are a good pact!

__**Lexi 5.1.11**__ For the Civil War my topic is The Battle of Gettysburg. It took place on July 1st -3rd in Gettysburg Pennsylvania in the year of 1863. The names Generals of the two armies are George Gordon Meade's and he was the General of the potomac, and Robert E. Lee and he was the army of Northern Virginia. Robert had planned to ruin things which are the railroad bridge at Harrisburg. They walked North for a long time. Then on July 1st at 7:30 they started The confederate troops started to attack. On the 2nd day they drew lines for the two sides. One army would stay on the other side of the line while the other one is on the other side. They were about a mile apart. Lee wanted to attack the ramie. The 3rd day Lee decided to attack again on Cemetery ridge at 1:00 in the afternoon. There were guns going off on both side. It must have sounded loud. But it ended bad. There were 8,000 people dead and 5,000 horses where dead too. It was very bad!!

__**Lexi 4.24.11**__ I am going to tell you about my book. I am reading Much ado about Anne. There is this mean girl named Becca and she is one of the girls in the fab three. The fab three is the mean girls. So she got invited into the mother daughter book club. Everyone in it is so upset with Mrs. Hawthorne and all the other moms because she is very mean and embarrasses everyone. Becca isn't to thrilled either. Cassidy, Jess, megan, and Emma are making a movie and they showed it to the mother daughter book club and Becca was there at the time, so she saw it and Cassdy is a hockey player and more like a boy, and she was in a dress and make-up. Becca was texting everyone. Cassidy was getting annoyed.

__**Lexi 4.7.11**__ I am just starting my new book and I can't find a cause and effect so I am going to tell you one from my other book. A cause is a girl named Savannah Sinclair is very mean and she does pranks on Jess and she makes Jess's life miserable, and the effect is since Jess lives on a farm. It is the weekend so they can go home and since Savannah's parents aren't home Jess's parents invites her over so she goes over and since Savannah is like perfect she has to live with the "farm" for 2 days.

__** Lexi 4.5.11 **__ My hero from my book would be a girl named Jess she is helpful around the house. She has a barn in her back yard and she does part of the work, and she is thoughtful and creative and knows a way to be nice because there is this girl named Savannah Sinclair and her dad is like the president or something here dad is at least famous for like a government job. Savannah thinks that she is all perfect and is mean to Jess and other people. Jess got a scholarship to go to a school called Colonial Academy so they sleep there and Jess is roommates with her so Jess tries to be nice. The part that I am reading is where Savannah is starting to be nice because of something. The reason why she is my hero is because she is a person where you can learn from here her, actions and her thoughts.

Danielle 4.5.11 Great Job Lexi! Last year I read that book. This year I read Much Ado About Anne. That book is in this series. You did a great job giving lots of details. Chloe 3.31.11 i Like how you described the mom and daughter and how u made it sound soo exciting!!!! Great job

Lexi 3.22.11 I no I wrote about Cassidy and the baby, but I am reading it over again so I will remember book. Now I am on a new new chapter.

__** Lexi 3/20/11 **__ I am going to tell a little about my book. I am now reading Mother Daughter Book Club. A girl named Cassidy has a dad who died, and her mother has another husband and they are having a baby but Cassidy doesn't know. So one night which was Thanksgiving, Everyone in the book club including the parents all went to Cassidy's house. In the middle of the dinner Cassidy's mom makes an announcement and can you guess what she is going to say... " I am having a baby"! Cassidy was so surprised with all the rest of the people. What is so funny is Cassidy's mom was a super model and Cassidy is a sports player with very curly hair but red/orange, and she has scares and bad skin. :)

In the book Harry Potter Dudley wants to have a good birthday party so he is whining about his birthday presents. Harry is shy. How he is shy well in the book he doesn't talk much like when he has to get the mail he doesn't talk because he is shy. Uncle Vernon, he screams a lot like when Dudley or Harry don't give him something, example from the book, When Harry gets the mail and he sees theres something for him Uncle Vernon starts to screams. I revised what I wrote before.
 * Lexi 3/13/11 **

Lexi, I like the effort you put into telling us about Harry and Dudley. You included a lot of important information about these two characters. When you are writing a piece like this, don't forget to introduce the two characters at the beginning so that we understand who you're telling us about.
 * Mr. Shaw 3.6.11**

Lily 3.5.11 Nice long comment this week!! great details! i really hope you are liking Harry Potter so far! Lexi 3.5.11 My two characters that I picked from my book that I am reading which is called Harry Potter the sorceres stone. The 1st book of the whole series. How they are alike is they are both boys and they are both 11, and last they are both very scared of Uncle Vernon when he screams so loud and talks in a mean voice. Now here is different. Dudley is a blamer, he blames everything he does wrong on Harry. Harry isn't. I can tell he is a shy person so far definitly around Uncle Vernon because Uncle Vernon is a screaming person Another thing is Harry has no parents and Dudley does. Dudleys parents names are Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. They really don't have Aunt or Uncle infront it is just what Harry calls them because that is there Uncle and Aunt. Now Harry's Parents there names are, Lily and James. They died in a car crash but that is not really what happens. I am going to talk about one other person which is, Uncle Vernon!! He is nothing alike with Harry but he is alike with his son Dudley. They are both very agressive and they are both spoiled. Here is how Harry and Uncle Vernon are different. Different because when Harry meets this pereson named Hagrid he isn't scared of him but Uncle Vernon is. I am not going to tell anymore because if you want to start and read I would give you to much of the first 5 chapters. My favorite Dr. Suess book is Green eggs and ham. That is actually the first Dr. Suess book I have read. I like his book because they rhyme. I like looking at books that rhyme because you never know what they can put down as a ryhme.

Molly 2.27.11 Good job Lexi! I agree with what you said about the book **Dork Diaries**. I also enjoyed reading it.

Lexi 2/21/11 I love the book and author Dork Diaries and the author Rachel Renee Russell. I like how she rights the book in her words. ( Very interesting to read) How she makes her book very funny and in 1 part she put a recipe for someone to use. Last The characters are funny especially the older sister she is very shy and nervous a lot. The book has a lot of settings One more thing she writes great books to read!!!

Lexi 2/21/11 About 35 years

I think you're a little mixed up on the dates of the wars. The Revolutionary War (in My Brother Sam is Dead) was from 1776 to 1783. Number the Stars took place in 1943, which was the middle of World War 2 (1939-1945). So abouthow far apart were these two wars?
 * Mr. Shaw 2.16.11**

I read My brother Sam is dead and it connects really well with Novel book I read (Number the Stars), because Number the Stars was the War ll and in My brother Sam is dead was the same time. (Maybe not the same setting or place but the same time). One other connection is both of those family's ended up being the one with the most attention. On the other hand here is not a connection One of the Meekers family members in My brother Sam is dead was actually in the war.
 * Lexi 2/13/11 **

__** Lexi 1/23/11 **__ I am reading a book called Mother daughter book club. There are these 4 girls named Emma, Cassidy, Megan, Jess, and Becca. ( Becca isn't really in it so much). First in the chapter that I read is about they are having Thanksgiving and they are sitting on the couch talking about the book they are reading. One of the girls forgot to read it but she never got in trouble. Second they are having dinner and something surprising pops up about Cassidy's mother. Next she tells them about what is happening to her. Oh I forgot to tell you about how Cassidy how she has a new dad. Cassidy's mother is having a baby!! But Cassidy is not so thrilled, but everyone else is. Fourth someone comes up with a great idea to take a walk in the fresh air, So after a few minutes they walk out the front door. Last but not least they go for a walk. Emma is next to someone she likes and they have a wonderful walk.

I am going to answer all of the questions that you have put out. I have been reading a lot more then before. Sometimes when I need to read I feel like my books that I am or going to read can feel not interesting, but when I start to read I just wanna keep on going with the book. Sometimes it can be a joy and sometimes not. Sometimes it can take time of what I am doing. I always have some homework to do and i have school activities after so I really have never have time to read an hour or 40 minutes. But when I have the time I will I always read. That is when I will have the joy of reading. The most memorable for me is dork diaries it always has gotten my attention when I read that book. On my future reading list is when I get older I will have the desire to read more.
 * __ Lexi 1/16/11 __**

**Lexi 1/9/11** The book that I am reading is Mother daughter book club, Pen Pal. The main characters are Cassidy, Emma, Jess, Megan, and their moms. It is about a girl named Jess who gets promoted to this school and her mom wants her to go to that school. So she calls Emma and they have this long discussion. Finally Emma says she should go. So Jess decides to go. On the other hand Megan is complaining about their uniforms they have to wear to school. It is a maroon-purple and Yellow uniform.

Lexi 1/9/11 There is a series.

Joni 1.4.11 Lexi, **The Mother-Daughter Book Club** sounds like a great book. Is it just one book or is there a series of books to go with it?

Lexi 12/19/10 The book that I would recommend to someone is Joni and Molly. The book is The mother daughter book club. First Joni she probably loves to read and would like this because she is a hockey fan, and there is hockey involved and maybe she will be surprised who is playing hockey. Molly, she would love the characters and their traits. Maybe the setting. They would both love to read the series. Here is a little preview: There are these friends and 4 mean girls. The 4 mean girls are trying to embarress other people in front of people. These other friends who are not mean, their names are: Cassidy, Jess, Emma, and and Megan ( she is the main mean girl) This other girl is Becca and she is a mean girl. Megan (in the middle of the book) starts to be nicer and apologizes. Thats it don't want to give out the whole book.

//** Lexi 12.11.10 **// Here are 2 truths and a lie. The book that I am reading is The mother daughter book club. 1. There are 4 mean girls. 2. She has an older brother 3. Her friends dad when away to New York. Which one is the lie?

Lexi 12.3.10 You got the correct answer Liam!


 * Liam 12/3/10**
 * Is it Greg Heffley from the __Diary of a Wimpy Kid series?__**

Lexi 12.3.10 1. This person has 2 brothers. 2. This persons brother has a band truck. 3. This person has a friend named Rowley. 4. This person use to take swim lessons. 5. This person has a crush on someone. Who am I thinking of?

Lexi 11/21/10 The book that I am reading is Earvin Magic Johnson. Here are 3 traits about Earvin Magic Johnson. He is an unselfish player like when he dribbles the ball he looks to pass before he shoots, to see if anyone is opened. By the way he is a basketball player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was one of the tallest guards to ever play basketball. Earvin Magic Johnson was one of the first players ever to leave college early to play in the pros. One of his motives was to win one of the NBA championships. He could do what ever he can to win. What he wants, is to win the championships so badly. He one a lot of championships. One thing that tells me is he is a really brave person why because he has a disease which is AIDS and he battles it very well. One other thing is he is an out going person why because he fought to win the championships and helped his team a lot. He is done playing basketball.

Danielle 11/18/10 Great Job Explaining Niki!!!!

kayla 11-15-10 Great job at describing Niki and from the book I read Niki and Nick have something in common,witch is they are both creative.

Lexi 11/14/10 I am reading a book called Dork Diaries. The character that I pick is Nikki. Nikki is very shy and very creative. For example, she has a red ear because she is allergic to a black spray paint. She is embarrassed to go to school because of the red ear so she can stay home from school, she tries to fool her mom. So what she does is she takes ingredients which are 1 cup of cooked oatmeal, 1/2 cup of sour cream, 2 chopped cheese sticks, 1 uncooked egg, 1 can of split pea soup, 1/4 cup of raisins and that makes throw up. Nikki wants to get a better phone then she has now because their is this girl who is very mean to her so when she is around Nikki, and Nikki's phone rings she does't like to take it out or else she will probably make fun of her. I think she is shy where ever she goes pratically, like she didn't want to go to school because of her ear and she sometimes does not know what is going on, like when the mean girl wants to give this girl name Jessica a birthday invitation she gives it to Nikki to give it to her and Nikki thinks it is for her so she opens it up and she was so happy but until the mean girl see's her and is mad at her for not giving it to Jessica.

Joni 11/10/10- I like how you related the candles at the museum to Mama from **//__Number The Stars__//**. I also like how you gave examples to support your entry.

Danielle 11/4/10 Good Job Explaining How and why Mama is brave. Jordana 11/3/10 I love how you explained about mama and how she is brave. Lexi 11/3/10 The character that I most admire from Number the Stars is Mama. She is very brave and when the soldiers came to the house and wanted to open up the casket she put her and the others life in danger. In the Holocaust Museum we saw a video with these candles carved out of wax and they were dancing. After a few minutes later they put fire on the string and a few seconds later the wax started melting, meaning that when the soldiers almost opening up the casket they could of gotten killed.

Lexi 10/31/10 I have not read a scary book because I do not like scary things. If you are a girl and you like aim and you like meeting new friends, then you would like this book called, Luv ya bunches. I am not that close to the middle yet.

Lexi 10/17/10 I am reading a book called Miss Fortune. The character that I picked is Zoe. She has black hair, rosy cheeks and brown eyes. Sometimes she acts a little bit scared about the things she is doing like riding a roller coaster. She likes riding roller coasters when she is with someone she likes or with a friend and eating corn dogs and doing ballet. Her problem is when they were getting off a roller coaster and someone said " Let's go lovebirds" Zoe got embarrassed. Once she got off the roller coaster and got to her friends Zoe was so mad that she hadn't got to talk to Noah. Her biggest problem is when she wants to be asked out by Noah and Noah won't do it yet. I think of this character as a very nervous person and embarrassed.

Very nice character description, Lexi. Which book is this?
 * Mr. Shaw 10.12.10**

Lexi 10/6/10 The book that I am reading now is Camille McPhee fell under the bus. My character is a girl named Camille McPhee. She is in 4th grade and she is 10 years old. She has a very strong dad and a kickboxing mom. She used to have 3 cats but they either vanished or died. She has brown long curly hair and is very clumsy. She acts embarrassed around people because she does very silly things like fall under the bus. Her best friend Sally moved to Japan and she is really sad. She has no friends. She is diabetic and gets low blood sugar. She has to carry a cooler around with her that has extra food in it. I think of her as a very brave person. She is very clumsy and is a shy person.

Lexi 10/4/10 I just finished reading My Chocolate Year. Sweet Semester finally comes and Dorrie has a great treat to bring in. It is called peppermint sticks. How she came up with it is her cousin Victor came from the war and he talked about being in the war. So she thought that it might be a good idea to make peppermint sticks from all of the sad parts that came to Victor in the war. Then school comes and everybody lays their treats on a big table. They all looked so good. They all got to try each others treats. After they got to try the desserts, Miss Fitzgerald (teacher) called people up to the front of the class to talk about their essay that they wrote. The photographers came in and the news reporter came in too. At the end, Miss Fitzgerald called out the best dessert and it was Melvin Freid and the best essay was Dorrie. She was so happy she won and got to be in the newspaper.

Jordana 10/6/10 Sounds like a good book I look forward to reading it

Lexi 9/26/10 I am reading a book called My Chocolate Year. The main characters are Mom, Dorrie, Miss Fitzgerald, Sunny and Artie. The setting takes place in school and in the house. The plot event is where a girl named Dorrie who is in 5th grade has to make a dessert for school. Her teacher Sunny and Dorrie are bad cooks and bad bakers. When Dorrie makes a cake they fall flat and her cookies look like pancakes. If you win the challenge then you get to be in the newspaper with your picture taken and your essay that goes along with your dessert. Dorrie thinks it will be cool if she gets to be in the newspaper. Her mom is such a great cook. Dorrie has been thinking about cooking one of her moms recipes, but she doesn't want to do them. Here brother Artie had to do the same thing. He made three marshmellows on top of each other and added other candy to it to make it look like a snowman. Will Dorrie find something she can make.

The word is rummaging. The word is used " My mother was rummaging in the cupboards . It means to search thoroughly threw things. Liam 9/21/10I have read that book before, and my only suggestion is to keep reading it. There are also three other books, Rodrick Rules, The Last Straw, and Dog Days. Those are all as funny as the first.Maddie S. 9-20-10Great job! I've read that book already. Good detail!  Danielle 9.19.10good job. that sounds like a great book:)  Lexi 9/19/10  The book that I am reading is Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It's about a kid named Gregory who's dad signs him up for the swim team every summer. So one day he goes to swim practice and they do a practice race. There are only 3 people in the class. The coach blows the horn and they all dive in but Greogery does a cannon ball in the water holding his nose. He does not no how to swim. One day he asked his dad if he could join the Jazz swim team, but his dad said no. Every day after swim practice Rodrick (his brother) has to pick him up in his band truck. Rodrick won't let Gregory sit in the front seat because he thinks that the chlorine will ruin the seats so he has to sit in the back were there are no seats at all.

I think this book so far is a great book to read, it has great details. It also has a lot of intresting stuff like when he goes into Rodrick's car Rodrick won't let Gregory sit in the front seat because he thinks the chlorine will get all over. What I think is funny in the book is, when Gregory jumps into the pool holding his nose.

Lexi 9/12/10 I am reading a book called The English Roses and in the book there's a conflict where a new girl joins the group and some of the girls do not like her. She is from New York and the other girls which are called The English Roses are from London. The conflict in both books is there are new kids coming to a new area and trying to fit in. Another connection is each new person has a friend that is trying to help them get along with all the other kids.

Thanks, Lexi, for telling us about Girly Girl and describing your reading habits. You have earned 3 house points!
 * Mr. Shaw 9.6.10**

Lexi 9/4/10 There is a whole series called the Apple books and that is one of the books in the series.

Molly 8/31/10 Sounds like a book book, I would like to read it

Lexi 8/29/10 The book that I am reading is How to be a Girly Girl in just 10 Days. It is about a a girl named Lauren and Nick (her real name is Nicole) and Nick bumps into this guy she really likes and he asked if she wanted to go out and she said yes. So Lauren is taking her out to stores and has her try on some skirts, dresses and fancy tops. Nick acts like a boy and her hair is short. She wears boy clothes so it is hard for her to try on fancy clothes. I love to read. I go on and on with the book I am reading. I also like to read in my bed. If it is interesting I will probably try to read the whole book or at least half. I like to read books like The English Roses and about people. I am starting to read about Miley Cyrus and how she went from Miley to Hannah Montana. I use to read fairy books. I almost read the whole series.

Sloane 8/11/10sounds like a good book I mite want to read it.