Hi Everyone.
Back from San Diego. I am wondering if people are available to meet today at the usual time (4:20 p.m. for Adia, Tyler, and Yoni; 5:00 p.m. for Evan, Samantha, and Sierra -- and Adia and Tyler and Yoni if you'd like). The Roys are out of town -- as well as the Mitchells and the Lis.
Also, for the older kids, I would like to make a change of books. Even though Horrid Henry got rave reviews -- and that's why I picked it -- I finally read it all the way through, and I was surprised and disappointed with its message: Isn't if fun and funny to be a jerk to people? Whereas Alvin Ho, Clementine, and Marty McGuire all face their doubts, take on challenges, and triumph and learn important life lessons, Horrid Henry is, well, horrid. Period. No lessons. No learning, And that's somehow supposed to be good for kids to read. So, I encourage you to not have your kids read it. I'm sorry I had you buy it. It's a lemon. I am going to look around today for a replacement book (I'll look in my classroom too -- for multiple-copy books), and I will also work to find, today, the final book for the River Rafters. In the meantime, the Mountaineers should have finished My Dog the Dinosaur by Jackie French and be reading Stink and the Incredible Super Galactic Jaw Breaker for our last meeting in two weeks.
Ok. Happy reading, Everyone!
Fondly,
Mr. B
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