3rd graders are learning about author Beverly Cleary.  She is an author who lived and wrote in Portland and many of the places she writes about we are finding on a Portland map.
Beverly Cleary characters

Congratulations to Oasis for figuring out that this is Margaret Peterson Haddix.  Check out her books FOUND,  the series that features Tachyon Travel. 

 

 Looking for an interestesting book?

Try one of these, and don't forget to check out the book ideas on the left side of the page!

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year      Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Diamond Willow

Flora and Ulysses

How to Train Your Dragon 

The Lightning Thief 

  A Long Walk to Water

·      Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman: https://youtu.be/zIuipi0h5T4

·      Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle: https://youtu.be/0QSVA7SJAEs

·      No Talking by Andrew Clements: https://youtu.be/Y8NA-AM7eqU

·      Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell: https://youtu.be/ou85rDqQ4e0

·      The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors: https://youtu.be/2aZ-NDnSKG8

·      The Shadows by Jacqueline West: https://youtu.be/N0ayT5Ly3Og

·      Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: https://youtu.be/GZqsRInLfzM

·      What Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Brennan Demuth: https://youtu.be/TMXN2qAvKs8

·      What Was the March on Washington? by Kathleen Krull: https://youtu.be/ZA9TJCV-tks

OBOB Teams!  

Thursday, Nov. 12th
Team Pictures and practice competition
3rd grade 11:35
4th and 5th grade 1:50

Guess which author I met this week? 

 Figure it out and tell Ms. Rolfe to win a prize!

Here's a hint:  Tachyon Travel