Welcome Moreland Hills 5th Graders!

This blog is dedicated to sharing our thoughts about the books we read and love. All of the fifth grade students and teachers will be able to see the content and information posted. Keep in mind that there are some ground rules that we all need to follow.

This website will be a lot of fun. This is a great way to communicate with each other at all times. We will share thoughts on books, recommendations, and show are strong thinking as readers.

We look forward to having an engaging and fun time!

The 5th grade teachers

Blog Guidelines

1) This blog is for discussions about literacy and books.
2) All comments have to be approved by the teachers-make sure that what you are writing is appropriate for school.
3) Book recommendations, topics, discussion threads, and comments will be both teacher and student driven.
4) We all have our opinions on books-it is fine to disagree with an opinion or comment.
5) Disagreeing is different than disrespectful. Treat everyone and every comment with courtesy and respect.
6) Grading-students that write recommendations and give substantive comments will be able to use their blog entries as a replacement for a journal entry from that week.
7) Names-students will have the option to use their own name or post anonymously.
8) All discussion threads/topics/themes will be teacher monitored.
9) Students will post and comment on book recommendations for each other that they think highly enough of to share with the class.


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Just as Long as We're Together

Just as Long as We're Together is about a girl named Stephanie and her friends. Stephanie and her friend Rachel have been best friends forever.When a new girl named Alison comes along, Stephanie becomes great friends with Alison.When Rachel finds out, Rachel is happy that Stephanie found a new friend. Rachel and Alison become friends too. As Alison and Stephanie grow closer, it seems that she and Rachel are growing apart.Stephanie faces life with her not in their home town in Connecticut, but in California. Her parents aren't divorced though, that's where he works.It's hard for Stephanie to live like that. Stephanie, Alison, and Rachel go to the mall and have a big fight. They haven't been speaking with each other. Will they make up? Read and find Out! This is a touching story about friendship and caring. I hope you read it!

By: Thing II

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

I have recently read the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. The series has five books: Book one - The Lightning Thief; Book two - The Sea of Monsters ; Book three - The Titans Curse; and Book four - The Battle of The Labyrinth. The last book, my favorite, is The Last Olympian. All of thees books have a great plot and outstanding adventure. The main character is Percy Jackson he is a Demi-God along with is friends Grover and Annabeth. If you read this series I HIGHLY recommend that you read the books in order. Each book has great events that change the series. The series represents some of m favorite books . Percy finds out he's a demi-god in the first book and stays at a camp safe for demi-god (half bloods) the camp is called half blood camp. the camp is very important in the series. The evil gods and demi-gods are always going at it. Percy, Grover, and Annabeth are trustworthy in each other and are always ready for a great adventure. In the first book Percy finds out who is father (god) is. Then has to go on an amazingly important "quest". In the begging of the series Percy gets his first Greek rig. He got a pen and when you take the cap off it becomes a sword that he can never lose. I think this is an amazing series and would recommend it to anyone who likes a good and long series. Each book has around 250-390 pages. They are great for response journals, but do take a little while to read. My finale thoughts: This is going in my mind as the greatest series since the well loved Harry Potter. I hope you get a chance to either check the books out from the school library or the Public library that I believe are available most of the time at the Public library and sometimes in the school library. Thank you for reading and enjoy reading books.
Cookie Monster 777

Talent Series By: Zoey Dean

The first book is about a girl named Emily who came to Hollywood and is noticed by a 13 year old girl whose mom is the best agent in Hollywood. Emily is noticed when she sneaks into a Hollywood premiere party to see her all time favorite star. mac the girl whose mom is an agent saw this and pretended that Emily was her client to her competition to win Social chair. Mac is now determind to talk Emily into auditioning for movies. Mac's friends Coco and Becks are doubting her until they hear the response. The rest of this book is about how they convince Emily to stay and try to make her the BIGGEST star!!!!
Book#2: In the second book Mac discovers that her newest best friend Emily is not the only one with talent , but her older best friends Coco and becks do too!!!!!! Mac is now trying to win Social Chair AND make her best friends famous. though out this book there are disasters and non-disasters. two of the biggest disasters can cost mac Social Chair and maybe even Emily's audition. The first disaster is that Coco is kicked out of her position as head cheerleader , and when she tries to get revenge she gets embarassed! Also at the four best friends sleepover something is recorded and is posted for EVERYONE to see. This book does have a pretty good ending.
Book#3: In the third book is probably the best because it is when everything they had been working for happens. In this book Emily starts shooting for her new movie that she is starring in with her star crush and biggest obsession Davey. Everything is going well except for that Emily's nerves are taking over and Mac tries to cheer her up a little. Unfourtuneatly Mac's idea of cheering her friend up turns into a disaster. Then Coco ends up singing at a coffee shop in the middle of no where. She gets a lot of applaud and fans , but her mom will not approve of this if she finds out. Becks gets a modeling contract for a surf brand but her first photo shoot might ruin everything. Also a mysterious firing of a model has Becks even more nervous. This book has fights and happiness but also a good story!

By:Skittle20

Love, Stargirl

Love, Stargirl is a realistic fiction book about a girl named Stargirl (cool name, huh?) who can't get over a breakup with her old boyfriend, Leo. She moved from her high school in Arizona to being home schooled in Pennsylvania, and meets some very interesting people in her new neighborhood. The first person she meets is Dootsie, the 5-year-old "human bean" that always cheers her up. Well, not always, especially when she is coming in Stargirl's house and jumping on her at 3:00 in the morning! Sooner or later she meets Perry Delophane, the homeless boy who has a harem and always sucks on lemons, and she starts to like him more everyday. In a couple days, she begins to like like him. She also meets Betty Lou, who hasn't left her house in nine years but is great for advice. So... will she stay true to Leo? Will she choose Perry? Read the book to find out!

I love the characters in this book, but above all, my favorite character is Stargirl. This is because she is kind-hearted, she knows how to treat little kids (she's 16), and even though she can't stop thinking about Leo and is constantly frustrated by Perry, she always tries to make everyone happy. She is unlike any 16-year-old you will ever meet. She is mature. I also think Betty Lou, Dootsie, Perry, Leo, and Stargirl fit together extraordinarily well for people who are not alike in any way. With this book, you get a little bit of everything in a wide variety of events, and that's why I fell in love with it and would recommend Love, Stargirl to anyone without question.

Kittys43

The Ghost Next Door

If your looking for a mystery book that will give you the spooks I no a great one for you!!!!!! The Ghost Next Door is a mystery book about two kids named Danny and Hannah. Danny is an 11 year old boy who just moved next door to a girl named Hannah who is the same age. Hannah has no clue that someone moved next door to her and she starts having weird thoughts that Danny is ghost. When she is around him something weird always happens, and Hannah is begs herself to ask if he is a ghost. Danny has two friends and they are always up to no good whether its stealing or lighting something on fire. Meanwhile there is a ghost that keeps telling Hannah to stay away from Danny. The ghost pops up in her dream and whenever she is alone at night. Its as dark as the night and its eyes are as red as ripe cherries. Danny and his friends accidentally light a house on fire and Danny gets stuck in the house!! I will say no more, read the book and the ending will leave goosebumps on your arms. Tell me if you liked it and if you would recommend it to anyone!!!!
Recommendation by: Kammy 22

The Chain Letter

The Chain Letter is a Realistic Fiction book about two girls who get chain letters from a mystery person! The chain letters told them to send it to ten people and Livvie decided that chain letters are dumb and don't need to be sent or give anyone bad luck.That's when the bad luck starts! Livvie thinks the only way to stop the bad luck is to find out who sent it. While this is all happening Livvie's mom gets invited to her best friends dad's Thanksgiving celebration and Livvie is super mad. Her mom doesn't think Phil is flirting on her,she thinks he's just trying to be nice. This book was really interesting and it was kinda like a mystery to find out who sent her the chain letter, who is stalking Mr.Finch and what is Mr.Finch hiding upstairs. All of these things you will have to figure out in this book The Chain letter. Tell me how you liked it!!!!!! Asiya Ann-Marie Benifield