The Great Ones

Think of a story you have read where the author used a lot of details to make you see, feel, hear, or taste the things they wrote about.  How well did you enjoy the story?  How did sensory details make the story better or worse? Why?  Click on the word RESPONSES to tell the world what you think.

We’ve just finished reading book #1 of the Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs series by Sharon M Draper.  In the Buried Bones Mystery, the Black Dinosaurs discover something unusual buried in Ziggy’s backyard.   The boys use their FB of I detective skills to uncover clues that lead them to understand the importance of the unsuspected items they find in the ancient trunk.

Every outstanding reader is able to describe their favorite part of a really good story.  A favorite part might make you laugh out loud, give you goosebumps, or read more when you know you’re supposed to stop. What was your favorite part of the story?

Describe your favorite part of Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Buried Bones Mystery.  Use details from the story and your own thinking to tell why the part is your favorite.

Can you find the 4 little words below our blog title?  If you can’t, let me share them with you.  They are Discover, Remember, Create, and Enjoy.  This is the motto for Mwalimu Lindsey’s Great Ones. What do these 4 words mean to you? What do you think they have to do with “The Great Ones”?   Open up your mind and share your thoughts with us.  Just click on the words “leave a response” below this post to type your ideas.