I LOVE NEWBERY SATURDAYS. I love waking up and watching Mr. Schu share his wealth of book knowledge in his video. I love checking reading what people have to say about our Nerdy videos, and I love that I no longer have to talk about those boring Newbery books of the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.
Newbery Challenge: The Westing Game
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The Styling Librarian
January 12, 2013 at 9:36 am
Loved traveling around the US! Thanks!
Holly Mueller
January 12, 2013 at 9:53 am
I had a hard time keeping everything straight in Westing Game, too, but my 4th graders LOVED it recently during our mystery unit. My students and I just recently Skyped Kate Messner over Capture the Flag – she was awesome! Can’t wait to read Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson. Got the NetGalley of it. Yay! Thanks for the trip around the country!
Brandy
January 12, 2013 at 1:24 pm
I love The Westing Game. It is one of my top 10 favorite Newberys (that I’ve read-I haven’t been able to get to as many as you.) I read it to my 5th graders every year and they all loved it. I turned it into a game and they all participated in the mystery. Of course no one ever got it, but there was always a rush on my class library and the school library for all the copies once I was finished so they could read it again on their own.
(I had that exact same rug in my classroom.)