~We are off and running in our first piece of literature, Maniac Magee. It was fun listening to the kids narrate, and hearing how fast they picked up the dialogue and how they waited for others to jump in with their assigned dialogue. Maniac's parents were killed in a train accident, and Jeffrey (Maniac) was shipped off to live with his hateful and selfish aunt and uncle. He couldn't take and ran away at age 11 to the town of Two Mills.
~The Apes are also falling in love with Donald Zinkoff in Loser. The boy sure does love school, and we have a giraffe hat just like his...... our first STAR Student actually gets to wear the giraffe hat... we call him Alonzo. Former Ape below with ALonzo on his head.
~Don't forget to ask your child about tsunamis and earthquakes..... we are becoming experts on these natural disasters in only a couple of days!
Narrators Brighty, Harrell, and Rasata
this Ape looks a little like an Ape from a few years ago....hmmmm
