Mrs. Aquilino’s Book Club Bloggers http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22 Kristin Aquilino is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network, Winner of DENny Best Individual Blog 2010 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:33:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hurricane Katrina Ch. 1-4 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2012/02/08/hurricane-katrina-ch-1-4/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2012/02/08/hurricane-katrina-ch-1-4/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:31 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=184

 

Chapter 1 was filled with a lot of action!  How did it make you feel?  Were you nervous as you read?

 

After we read chapter 1, we are taken back 21 hours in chapter 2.  The family is planning on leaving New Orleans.  Do you think they ever make it out?  Make a prediction on what you think might happen.

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Why do you think Ms. Abbott didn’t let Dexter change the topic of his story?  Why did she make him finish the story about the fight?

 

The last line of the book is “I don’t feel like hitting anyone anymore.”  What has changed that makes Dexter not so angry anymore?

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/12/08/dexter-the-tough-ch-18-end/feed/ 3 Dexter Ch. 14-17 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/12/02/dexter-ch-14-17/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/12/02/dexter-ch-14-17/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:31:52 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=174 Why do you think Robin is trying to get Dexter to like the people that were “mean” to Dexter, such as the janitor and the secretary?

 

Were they really mean to Dexter?

 

Why do you think Dexter thought they were being mean to him?

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/12/02/dexter-ch-14-17/feed/ 5 Dexter Ch.9-13 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/23/dexter-ch-9-13/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/23/dexter-ch-9-13/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:04:01 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=165 When Dexter is speaking to his father on the phone, he covers up the story he is writing about beating up Robin. 

Why do you think he did this? 

 

Robin opens up and tells Dexter why he was crying in the bathroom the day Dexter punched him. 

How does Dexter feel about this? 

Do you think Dexter is jealous that Robin gets to spend so much time with his mom when Dexter’s mom is so far away?

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/23/dexter-ch-9-13/feed/ 7 Dexter Chapters 1-8 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/16/dexter-chapters-1-8/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/16/dexter-chapters-1-8/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:05:17 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=161 The first day Dexter is at his new school, he punches a kid in the bathroom and hates pretty much everything about his new school.

 

Why do you think Dexter punched Robin?  How would you act if you were a new kid at a new school?

 

When Ms. Abbott was talking to Robin on the playground, Robin lied to Ms. Abbott and said the fight never happened. 

 

Why do you think Robin lied?  Would you have told the teacher if you were Robin?

 

Remember, there are no right or wrong answers!  I can’t wait to read your opinions!

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/16/dexter-chapters-1-8/feed/ 7 Dexter the Tough “The Blurb” http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/09/dexter-the-tough-ch-1-4/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/09/dexter-the-tough-ch-1-4/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:24:58 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=151

Hi Boys and Girls!  Welcome to our first blog entry!  Your first assignment will be to read chapters 1-4 by November 16th.  I will have a timeline made for you that will show when each chapter should be read by.

 

Remember, when blogging, there are no wrong answers!  It’s OK if you and your fellow bloggers have different opinions. 

 

Please review the pages on the right of the blog with your parents, especially Internet Safety and Blogging Rules.

 

So, below is the blurb from the back of book.  After reading it, make a prediction of what you think this book will be about.  Do you think you would have chosen to read this book on your own?

 

I’m the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid.

It’s only the first day of school for Dexter, but he’s already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his teacher tells the class to write a story, Dexter writes about how tough he is — and how he’s already gotten into a fight. Is any of Dexter’s story true? Why was the other boy crying before Dexter hit him? And why would the other boy still want to be Dexter’s friend?

Even Dexter doesn’t know the answers to some of those questions. But as he deals with family problems, a persistent teacher, and a boy who’s strangely interested in floor wax, he discovers many surprises hidden in his own tale.

 

Click on the “Comments” link under this entry to leave a comment.

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/11/09/dexter-the-tough-ch-1-4/feed/ 34 Chapters 9-16 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/31/chapters-9-16/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/31/chapters-9-16/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:13:23 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=138 Were you surprised by the ending of the story?  It was a mirale that Barry was reunited with his family!

Barry’s family now lives in NYC.  Do you think that he will ever go back to live in New Orleans?  Would you if you were in his shoes?

 

Also, don’t forget that there are 2 other books in this series…I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic and I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916.

 

   

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/31/chapters-9-16/feed/ 1 Chapters 5-8 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/25/chapters-5-8/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/25/chapters-5-8/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 12:46:19 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=135 Do you think that Barry’s father made the right decision by going back home?  Should they have tried to leave the city?

 

Why do you think Barry’s grandfather left an ax in the attic?  What do you think it is for?

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/25/chapters-5-8/feed/ 5 I Survived Hurricane Katrina Ch. 1-4 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/17/i-survived-hurricane-katrina-ch-1-4/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/17/i-survived-hurricane-katrina-ch-1-4/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 12:24:57 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=131

Chapter 1 was filled with a lot of action!  How did it make you feel?  Were you nervous as you read?

 

After we read chapter 1, we are taken back 21 hours in chapter 2.  The family is planning on leaving New Orleans.  Do yout hink they ever make it out?  Make a prediction on what you think might happen.

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/05/17/i-survived-hurricane-katrina-ch-1-4/feed/ 22 Harvest, The Wonderful Machine & The Deer in the Wood http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/04/12/harvest-the-wonderful-machine-the-deer-in-the-wood/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/2011/04/12/harvest-the-wonderful-machine-the-deer-in-the-wood/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:36:43 +0000 Kristin Aquilino http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kpaige22/?p=123 Do you think that Charlie got what he deserved when he was stung by the yellow jackets?  What other story did this remind you of? 

 

Why is Pa so happy that he was able to use the threshing machine?  How did this machine help him?

 

Why is Laura happy that Pa didn’t shoot the deer?  What does this tell us about her?

 

Chapter 11 Vocabulary

Chapter 12 Voabulary

Chapter 13 Vocabulary

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