Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

A Hysterical Must-Read By Maddy Have you looked for the perfect book that makes you laugh out loud and haven’t found it? Well, I’ve got found one for you. My literature circles group just finished reading Almost Starring Skinny-Bones, written by Barbara Park. With the main character of Alex “Skinnybones” Frankovitch, this fictional book will [...]

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Getting Good Grades Vs. Getting Bad Grades By Katie On a day you need a book that will leave you hanging. Checkout or buy The Report Card by Andrew Clements. By the end of the book you will have learned a very important lesson. That lesson would be that no matter how smart or not [...]

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Surfing Into Trouble By Spencer There he goes surfing into other peoples business. I just got done reading a odd, but fascinatting book about Kai and his adventures in Catching Waves. The famous author Matt Christopher actually did not write this book. It was, at least the text, by Stephanie Peters. Matt Christopher just owns [...]

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The Amazing Surfer By Garrett Do you think Kai will keep his nose out of other people’s business? If you want to know more about Kai you should read Catching Waves from the amazing Matt Christopher series. The author is Stephanie Peters and there are no illustrations [pictures] so there is no illustrator. The story [...]

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Is That a Dead Dog In Your Locker? By Nathan Have you ever wanted to read a great book with lots of humor? Well then Is That a Dead Dog In Your Locker? is the book for you. This book is written by Todd Strasser and illustrated by Greg Swearingen. In this book, there is [...]

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Attention: New Book to Read By Emma Have you been longing to find just the right book to read? If so, here is a splashtastic book that I just finished. Written by Stephanie Peters and in the Matt Christopher series, the book is titled Catching Waves! Catching Waves is about a boy who loves surfing [...]

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Kai’s amazing life By Caroline I think that Kai is very talented and smart, but sometimes he shoots in and gets into things he shouldn’t. For an example:  the time he went online and wrote a letter he should not have. In Kai’s letter he told a man where to find his own rescuer. This [...]

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The Report Card By Davis She’s Nora Rowly girl genius but nobody knows until…she haches a plan that goes really wrong. Dr. Trindle finds that out. Soon everyone in Philbrook Elementery. She even outsmarts some adults in her plan. Her plan was to do Really good then do badly. Nora and Stephen encourage other students [...]

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Almost Starring Skinny-Bones By Emma Have you ever wanted to read a book that you’ll feel like your in the story? Well, this book’s the one Almost Starring Skinny-Bones! The author is Barbara Park and the genre of this book is realistic fiction. Some of the characters in this book are Alex who is the [...]

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Is that a Dead Dog in your Locker?By John Do you want to read a funny, hilarious book? Then this book is just right for you! This book is called Is That a Dead Dog in your Locker? The author of this book is Todd Strasser! The main characters of this book are Wade, Wheezy, [...]

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A Skinny Bag of Bones By Alec Why you skinny little bag of bones!!! That is what Ned the Bully says to Alex “Skinny-bones” Frankovitch. I just finished reading a great book called Almost Starring Skinny-Bones by Barbara Park (the author of the Junie B. Jones series). The cover art is done by Jeff Walker. [...]

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What the Heck is living in Your Locker? By Gracie Have you ever wanted to read a book that was realistic fiction and a comedy together? Well, if so,  I’ve got the book for you! The book is called Is That a Dead Dog In Your Locker? by Todd Strasser with cover art by Carla [...]

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The Mystery about Nora By Chris Do you want to know the real side of Nora’s smartness? Andrew Clements wrote a great-complicated story about the report card, and being smart. Andrew won the Christopher award for writing a lot of great books such as Frindle. He’s the man! A girl named Nora, who usually get’s [...]

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The Report on the The Report Card By Susan Have you ever read a book you could not stop reading? Me too, The Report Card, written by Andrew Clements. When I was reading this book, all I wanted to do was read more, when I was done reading I wanted there to be a sequel. [...]

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Dead dogs By Josef Have you read, Is that that a sick cat in your backpack? or Is that a glow-in-the-dark bunny in your pillowcase? but were left with some unanswered questions? Then Is that a dead dog in your locker? is just for you. The title is, as you probably know but I just [...]

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Time To Surf By Brooks I just finished a great book called Catching Waves. It’s part of the Matt Christopher series with text by Stephanie Peters. This fantastic book is a fictional story. The book takes place in Southern California. The main characters are Kai Ford, Mr. Ford, Sunny, Vaughn, and Roger. Roger is an [...]

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The Really Bad Report Card By: Zack I just got done reading a fantastic about a girl and her bad report card. The title is The Report Card, written by Andrew Clements. In this great book the characters are Nora, the genius, Stephen, Nora’s best friend, Mrs. Byrne, the school librarian, and Mrs. Hackney, the [...]

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Surf’s Up By Jordan Hey look! A big wave’s coming to you! But, can there be something better? Say a book! Of course! It is called Catching Waves, by Stephanie Peters in the Matt Christopher series. This jam-packed, realistic fiction/ mystery is so thrilling you’ll want to read it 10,000 times! Well, what happens is [...]

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New commercial to see By Charlie Have you read a funny book lately? Well, if you haven’t, I’d recommend Almost Starring Skinnybones. Almost Starring Skinnybones is a hilarious book! But yet, Skinnybones is always up to no good. In this book there’s a very funny little boy named Alex (Skinnybones). He goes out to New [...]

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