“Wanted the Perfect Pet” is about a boy who wanted the perfect pet. The boy had 27 frogs before he asked for a dog. His mom said no so he went out and put it in a newspaper ad. He waited and waited and the perfect pet to show up but nothing came. But then a duck saw the ad and then he dressed up as a dog and set off for the boy’s house. The disguise fell off and and the boy was shocked. But the boy took the duck in and made a pros list about him and showed the duck. The duck and boy were best friend and lived happily ever after. One connection I made was to a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book where the main character got a dog but the dog wasn’t right for them so they gave it to their grandma. Another connection I made was to my life as I wanted a dog and then we got the dog best for us. One more connection I made was to a movie I saw where the dog and the owner went through their life together and it was really good. All in All this book was really good and is good for 8-10 year olds.

The article we read “Do Cellphones belong in school is about whether or not it’s a good idea to allow phones in schools. There are positives and negatives to it. It also shows what happens in other schools when they remove phones or keep phones.

Just talk about it answers:

1. The benefits are that kids can use their phone to film projects or take a picture of the homework. The drawbacks are that some kids could be irresponsible and use their phone at a bathroom break instead of going to the bathroom. It could distract kids from their learning and affect them long term.

3.  Cellphones will get more advanced and it will get easier for kids to use them in class because they’ll get smaller. I think more schools will ban them but not all schools because the schools will have different ideas about phones than others.

“After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again” is written and illustrated by Dean Santat. It is about what Humpty Dumpty did after he fell off the wall. Humpty Dumpty was repaired by the kings men but now has a fear of heights. Humpty Dumpty’s fear of heights prevents him from getting good cereal at the supermarket and many other things. Humpty Dumpty makes a paper bird after multiple attempts that failed. He climbed up the wall and was nervous. But he did it anyway and flew his bird. It turned out that he was the bird. One connection I made to this was to me as I am afraid of heights like Humpty Dumpty. Another connection I made was to a movie I saw about a character who fell off a high cliff but was saved by people of his country. Overall this was a fun book and a good sequel to the famous story.

“The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art” is a story by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary Grandpre. It is about a Russian boy named Vasya Kandinsky who practiced piano and did math and science while his parents talked at dinner parties. Then his aunt gave him a painting set and he began to paint and paint. He said it was a noisy paint box but his parents laughed. His parents would rather him live the way people expected him to, doing math instead of art and not being creative. When Vasya grew up to be a lawyer he then quit his job and began to do art. He moved from Moscow to Munich to do art with famous teachers. He wanted to paint the sounds of art. He created abstract art which sparked a revolution in art. I connected with this book to many other books as Vasya’s as when his parents wanted him to be a normal kid with a boring job, but they wanted to do something else. I also connected to a story I heard in the news about a woman in Texas who found one of Kandinsky’s artworks, sold it, and got 20 million dollars. Another connection I had was to myself as my sister loves to do art like Kandinsky. Overall this was a great book that introduced Kandinsky very well to me.

This is a book called “There” by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick and also illustrated by her for ages 6-9. The main character in the story is wondering where she will go in life as she is walking around. They is using her imagination with their stuffed bear and imagining stuff like a dragon and climbing to the moon. The person is wandering around. They don’t want to go today, their going tomorrow. It turns out, the main character is a suitcase. The main message of the book I guess is don’t judge a book by it’s cover as our class was asking if it was a boy or a girl, but it was a suitcase dreaming the entire time. I connected to myself as when I traveled when I was little I always brought a little carry-on with me. Now, it’s too small for me, so I use a different one now. Something I’ve seen in a book is in a Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book, the main character’s family takes the wrong suitcase and reading this book reminded me of that.

This book was really good and it made me think a lot.

“Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa” is a book by Jeanette Winter and also illustrated by her is about Wangari Maathai and her journey for 7-10 year old’s. Wangari was excellent in school and gained a scholarship to study in America. When she returned to Kenya, she saw that a whole lot of trees have been cut down. She started to plant trees in her backyard and convinces multiple women to do the same. It was like a green belt of trees. Government men laugh and say they can’t do it, but the women keep going. Cutting down trees continue and Wangari stands in their way but gets attacked and sent to prison. More women plant trees after they hear about the message. The land has more trees and people can get firewood much closer to home. There are millions of trees growing in Kenya now.

I made a connection to myself in a way because I love nature just like Wangari. Another connection I made was to a Harry Potter book where the main characters crash into a tree and are blamed for damaging it kind of like how the trees were damaged and cut down. I connected to the news is that I heard about these people cutting down trees too boost their home value.

All in All this was a good book and more people should learn about her story.

“The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau” is a book by Dan Yaccarina. It is a biography of Jacques Cousteau who loved the water and loved exploring. He was badly hurt in an accident and turned to swimming to become stronger. He also loved tinkering with things. His friend gave him some swim goggles which changed his life. He found ways to take pictures of the water and loved doing things that seemed to be impossible. He had a big boat that was the set for his TV show. He filmed the first fully underwater film ever. The people who watched to movie loved it and wanted to see more, so Jacques made a diving saucer for them. Cousteau explored the antarctic waters and was fascinated. Cousteau wanted to colonize the ocean but people needed the sunlight to live. Cousteau was the global ambassador for the oceans and made 50 books and 2 encyclopedias. Cousteau found coral reefs in the Australian coast. He also found a shipwreck near France that was carrying wine, but the wine was bitter. Cousteau explored the ocean and defended the ocean. He started a society that educated people on the ocean and that helped the cause a lot.

I really liked this book as it connected with my experiences like that field trip in Grade 6 to the beach. Jacques Cousteau wanting to colonize the ocean reminds me of Elon Musk wanting to colonize Mars.

All in All this was a book that was really good and taught me a lot.

:”Bat’s Big Game” is a story by Margaret Read McDonald and illustrated by Eugenia Nobati about a bat who switches teams to try to win, but the players on both teams get mad and bat leaves.

A connection to myself that I found was that I played soccer when I was younger and I was a bit competitive like bat and wanted to win. Another connection I made was to the book “Diary of the Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw” where the main protagonist Greg plays soccer and it doesn’t go to well and he doesn’t do soccer anymore like bat. A connection I made was to a hockey game where a guy was traded right before the hockey game and switched teams. One of the other connections I made was to a show I watched where Will Ferrell went to different baseball teams and played for them and in one of the games he played he switched to the other side like bat does. All in All, it this was a good story that related to me in many ways.

“Sir Cumference and The Dragon of Pi” is a good math book for 9 to 12 year old’s by Cindy Neuschwander and illustrated by Wayne Geehan.

Sir Cumference had a pain in his stomach and it felt like he had a fire belly. His son, Radius goes out to get a cure. The doctor was out so he went and found a potion called Fire Belly. Radius thinks that this will help his father but his father turned into a huge dragon. Radius finds a potion but he needs an exact measurement or his father, will be killed by the knights. He finds his cousin, who is a chef who is making pie and he finds out the the circumference of a circle after measuring different circles with the diameter. He fell asleep with the potion and when he woke up he ran out and saved his father. This book was really great as it taught kids about Pi and Circumferences in a fun tale.

Before the volleyball game on Tuesday, the team had to set up the gym. Mr. Parslow was sweeping the gym because the floor was very dirty due to the dance classes at the school. I moved a bench out of the way so Mr. Parslow could sweep the floor. This made me happy because the floor was clean so we could play volleyball. It made Mr. Parslow happy because he volunteered to clean it and I made it easier for him.