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review SPOILER ALERT! 2019-01-25 04:54
First Day Jitters
First Day Jitters - Julie Danneberg,Judy Love

This is the one of the best back to school books there is! The main character of this story is SO nervous for her first day of school. Her dad has to encourage her and help her get to school, despite her many protests. However, the reader gets a BIG surprise when they finds out that the main character is actually the teacher who is so nervous for her first day! This book helps show students that we as teachers are just as nervous for our first day of school as they are for theirs and helps relate everyone in the classroom. A fun activity that you could do with this book, is having everyone write down their feeling about the first day of school on an index card ( or for younger grades pick a word out of pre-made stacks) and creating a class  collage to compare how everyone is feeling. I would then personally have my students do a short writing activity on what they learned from seeing how their classmates felt vs how they felt. Was it the same? Was it different? Did it relieve any anxiety seeing how else the rest of the class felt? 

 

Lexile Measure: AD502L

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review 2019-01-19 17:50
David Goes to School
David Goes To School - David Shannon

David is back but this time causing mischief in the school! Follow David as he gets into trouble at school and his teacher try to teach him the school rules. As any other David book, this will have your students cackling and invested in the story. This a story that is great to start the school year off with. This would be a great story to read to students to spark a class discussion on what we can do in school and what we can't do in school. Then you could have your students create their classroom rules after their discussion (all teacher facilitated of course). 

 

Lexile Measurement: BR210L

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review 2019-01-18 00:55
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes - Eric Litwin,James Dean

Pete the cat is back again but this time he is rocking in his school shoes. Pete is starting school and is exploring all different places in the school such as his classroom, the library and the playground. This can be extremely nerve wracking but Pete takes it in stride! This is a great back to school book especially for students who are starting school for the first time. A couple activities that you could link to this is having students doing a writing exercise for something that they experienced for the first time at school and how they handled it. Another activity you could do for this book is having all your students create their own school shoes and explaining to their classmates why they decorated them the way they did. 

 

Lexile Measurement: AD430L

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review 2018-08-20 00:00
Back to School Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery)
Back to School Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery) - Leslie Meier Please see all my reviews on my blog at www.robinlovesreading.blogspot.com.

4.5 Stars

In this fourth book in the Lucy Stone Mystery series, Lucy, a mom of four, has temporarily been working at the newspaper office. In so doing, she was one of the first to hear of something terrible happening at the local elementary school, where her second-grader, Sarah, attends. She rushes to the school and all but one student had gotten out safely. When it is realized that one student is missing, Carol Crane, assistant principal rushes in and saves the child. Shortly afterwards, when someone is murdered, Lucy cannot help herself and begins investigating as only she can.

As has been the case in the previous books in this successful and engaging series, Lucy reprises her role as an amateur detective, with her work at the newspaper office opening a few more doors for her. I have said this once, and will say it again, I really love Lucy. She is a great sleuth and has the respect of those in her life, giving her the opportunity to get to the bottom of things when it comes to finding out the truth.

Back to School Murder was a great read. There were some excellent twists and turns in this terrific read. We learn more about facets of Lucy's personality as she copes with changing experiences, as she has experienced quite a bit of growth in this fourth book in the series. And, just when I thought I knew who the culprit was, I was truly shocked. I experienced similar shock more than once in this book. When it came to the conclusion, I was pleasantly surprised. Good play by the author, Leslie Meier.

These books are quick and fun to read. Valentine Murder is next on tap, and I am definitely looking forward to it. I have also downloaded this series through book eight.
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review 2018-08-20 00:00
Back to School Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery)
Back to School Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery) - Leslie Meier Please see all my reviews on my blog at www.robinlovesreading.blogspot.com.

4.5 Stars

In this fourth book in the Lucy Stone Mystery series, Lucy, a mom of four, has temporarily been working at the newspaper office. In so doing, she was one of the first to hear of something terrible happening at the local elementary school, where her second-grader, Sarah, attends. She rushes to the school and all but one student had gotten out safely. When it is realized that one student is missing, Carol Crane, assistant principal rushes in and saves the child. Shortly afterwards, when someone is murdered, Lucy cannot help herself and begins investigating as only she can.

As has been the case in the previous books in this successful and engaging series, Lucy reprises her role as an amateur detective, with her work at the newspaper office opening a few more doors for her. I have said this once, and will say it again, I really love Lucy. She is a great sleuth and has the respect of those in her life, giving her the opportunity to get to the bottom of things when it comes to finding out the truth.

Back to School Murder was a great read. There were some excellent twists and turns in this terrific read. We learn more about facets of Lucy's personality as she copes with changing experiences, as she has experienced quite a bit of growth in this fourth book in the series. And, just when I thought I knew who the culprit was, I was truly shocked. I experienced similar shock more than once in this book. When it came to the conclusion, I was pleasantly surprised. Good play by the author, Leslie Meier.

These books are quick and fun to read. Valentine Murder is next on tap, and I am definitely looking forward to it. I have also downloaded this series through book eight.
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