~We finished Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli today! It was awesome, as we closed the last page, the class broke into applause! We met some awesome characters such as Jeffrey, Earl, Piper, Russell, Mars Bar, Amanda and Mr. McNab! We learned a lot about character and sequence of events in this great Newberry Medal winning book. Can't wait to get into our next Spinelli book! Our read aloud, also a Spinelli book, is almost completed as well! Our next novel is about a foul mouthed girl, Gilly Hopkins, is who sent from foster home to foster home while she waits for her famous and beautiful mother to come get her!
