Friendship

We are pleased to welcome our first guest bloggers, Ms. Cappadocia's Grade 6 class at Hewitt's Creek!

Today we used this picture to prompt some thinking about Ellie and Brianna’s friendship. What do you think Ellie should do about her relationship with Brianna?

We all agree that Ellie is feeling badly about her friendship with Brianna. However, we have some differences of opinion in how Ellie should deal with how she is feeling.

Student Responses:

I think that Ellie should move on and try to make new friends at school. Brianna is always occupied with volleyball. With Ellie’s grandpa turning into a teenager they don’t have time to get together and hang out anymore. Also, there is a whole school of people that Ellie probably doesn’t know yet. Brianna and Ellie are still friends but not the friends they were before Brianna got into volleyball. I think Ellie should move on and find new friends but still have Brianna as a friend also.

I think Ellie should go watch some of Brianna’s volleyball games so they have more to talk about. In the text it said, “She’s busy every second now with clinics and practices and weekend tournaments.” I think that going and cheering on Brianna would help because then they could so something afterwards and then at lunch they could talk about the tournament together. 

Please leave a comment below to share YOUR answer to the question!

Read Aloud Week Two

The suggested reading schedule for Week 2 is Chapters 7-11 but please read at a pace that is suitable for your class.

Ask your teacher about participating in a mystery hangout or sharing a Padlet with another class to discuss The Fourteenth Goldfish.   

Did you know that the author of The Fourteenth Goldfish also writes the graphic novels about the character Baby Mouse? Did you know that she wears SLIPPERS to work?  Click on this link Book Report Central to go to Jennifer Holm's blog and learn more about this creative and funny author. 

What question would you ask Jennifer Holm?  Post your question below. 

Pre-Reading Thinking

Check out the great pre-reading thinking that Mrs Cappadocia's Crew at Hewitt's Creek shared with us on twitter!  These grade 5 and 6 students certainly had some innovative ideas to share. Thank you for sharing your learning with other "Fourteenth Goldfish" readers!  

How would you answer this question?

First Day

Hope your first day reading has gone well!

As we get going, I wanted to remind you to be sure to click on the Resources tab at the home page of scdsbreadaloud.blogspot.ca, and scroll down and click on The Fourteenth Goldfish for a list of activities specific for this book. Lots of great videos, articles, and many other cool literacy connections to use, many of them organized chapter by chapter. More will be added as we go along, so keep checking back!

Also, check out this blog, created by a teacher back in 2014, when The 14th Goldfish was a Global Read Aloud choice. There are lots of great ideas there.

And if you feel like you still need more, trusty Google will help. Because this book was part of the GRA, we don't need to start from scratch, unless you are feeling creative and inspired! Google the title, and there are so many great resources out there.

Please share whatever you can, tweet, email or get connected somehow, even if it is regular visits back to this blog! Happy Reading Everyone!

Leave us a comment to let us know what you think so far!

Science and The Fourteenth Goldfish

Check out the book trailer for Fourteenth Goldfish.

After watching this trailer what do you wonder? 

What science question do you have?  

Join the conversation!

Welcome to The Fourteenth Goldfish blog!  Here, you will get to get and give ideas about how you are exploring this book during the 2017 SCDSB Read Aloud!