Thursday, July 3, 2014

Greetings,

So I'm in the middle of switching over to a new book, but in the meantime I'm taking a break and reading through some shorter materials.

Yesterday, I dove into the cookbooks we have to start looking for ways to use some of the things from my garden.  I love these little breaks I take between bigger books.  I get a chance to get caught up on some good sources of reading.  We don't always need to be reading  BIGGER books.  Sometimes it's really nice to read something short, such as an article or recipe.

What do you guys think?  Do you ever do things like this?

Take care.

Mr. K

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

WOW!!  Where do a couple days go?  Sorry everyone.  I let myself simply get distracted.  I actually had two meetings up in Grand Haven Monday and Tuesday.  You'll all be excited to hear we had a meeting about how we can use the "Green Tickets" better next year.  Should be good stuff.  I then had computer training yesterday where we are learning about our brand new grade book on the computer for next year.  Yeah!

Hey, I also finished Wildwood by Meloy.  There is a sequel called Under Wildwood as well.  I highly recommend the book for those who love that animal fantasy style.

I picked up the new Time magazine and read an interesting article about all of the gadgets that houses in the future will have.  I do recommend magazines for you guys after you finish books.  Great way to read something very small, but good before selecting a new book.  The article kind of creeped me out.  You guys know I am not much of a techie, but this article talked about syncing all of your home together.  Meals would be cooked by computers before you even got home, you know things like that.  Interesting, but I'm not sure it's for me.

Keep reading out there everyone and sorry for the days off.

Take care.

Mr. K

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Good Morning,

OK, I'm keeping this one short.  I really only have one thing on my mind this AM...Let's Go USA soccer!  We need a draw or win today to make it through to the round of 16 at the World Cup.  Can't wait to watch this afternoon.

I don't know about you guys, but I have sympathy with the fact that some days go by and I have found that I've been so busy I struggle getting my reading in.  Nice to just  be outside working and hanging around, but then I'm tired and just fall asleep at the end of the day.  Gotta get back into my book here on a cloudy morning.

Take care all, and have a great day.

Mr. K

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Good Morning Readers,

I love how characters often show traits in their personalities that seem a lot like me.   That is one of the things that connects me as a reader to a particular book.  Last night as I was reading Wildwood, one of the characters did a great job of SEEMING brave, but when faced with the potential of fighting and ACTUALLY being brave, he got pretty nervous and unsure of himself.  I feel like that a lot.  I have a great ability to talk a pretty good game, but sometimes when it comes to actually doing what is needed I get nervous.  Do you ever feel that way.

It's good this happened to this particular character.  I really hadn't liked his story line very well so far, but now I have a new connection to him.  I like when authors throw a new twist into the story like that, and our opinion of the story and the character has a chance to change for the better.

Keep Reading.

Mr. K

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Good Morning everyone,

So I was able to get back to some good reading on a cloudy rainy day yesterday. 

One of the things I really like is how books can take an unexpected twist.  Just at the moment you feel you have a handle on where your book is going, the author takes you down a path you truly were not expecting.  Wildwood has done that for me.  I really was feeling like this book was following a Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe path, but now it has really gone a very different direction, which I am relieved.  I like authors who mimic some of the great works, but there is nothing better than an original story.

Also, I encountered one of our 6 traits that Mrs. Kenny taught us.  We have a new character who is doing a lot of the Words Of the Wiser on our main character.  Kind of cool that is creeping into my reading.

So, are you reading anything interesting?  Give me a shout folks.

Take care.

Mr. K

Monday, June 23, 2014

Good Morning one and all,

So...how was your weekend reading?  I must admit, I've been a bit distracted in my reading here in the last couple days.  Man, I've been pretty intent on getting caught up on the World Cup after being gone camping last week.  I think Caden and I have fast forwarded through 12 matches now.  We watched the USA completely mess up in the last few seconds last night against Portugal!!!!  Man, I had a hard time going to bed and reading after that one.

OK, so just to let you know, I didn't read last night.  It happens.  I promise to get back to sharing some text tomorrow!  Hope you're all have a great and safe start to summer.  Remember, keep reading and working.  You've got time to grow your skills here yet before 5th grade starts.  Keep it up!  It truly is important.

Take care.

Mr. K

Friday, June 20, 2014

Greetings one and all,

I'm back!  Just returned from camping in the UP here for the past week.  WOW!  I did not know so many mosquitoes could exist in one place!  Barely made it back, they got quite a bit of my blood, but I'm hoping to build my strength back up here with some good reading the next few days.

So, how's everyone doing?  If Charlie, Breckan, Jake, and Aashray are out there...I'll be giving you boys a shout here coming up for our Day with K, so hang in there, we'll get to it!

SO...Wildwood is wrapping up for me.  Again, for those of you who enjoy the fantasy/action genre, man, great book for you!  Also, I've enjoyed another book with a strong female lead character, similar to Charlotte Doyle. 

I'll be starting Higher Power of Lucky next week.

Give me a shout here folks.  How's it going with your summer reading?

Sincerely,

Mr. K