Charlotte's Weblog http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net Emmett Till Academy Primary Library Students on Charlotte Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:23:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Comparing the movie and book http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=24 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=24#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:23:12 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=24 Now that you have finished reading Charlotte’s Web and you have watched the movie, think about the things you liked and the things you didn’t like. Answer the following questions with your opinions.

1. What was your favorite part of the book?
2. What was your favorite part of the movie?
3. Which did you like better, the book or the movie? Why?

]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=24 12 Spider Lifestyles http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=22 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=22#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:09:57 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=22 Read this article about spider lifestyles.

Based on this information, what kind of spider do you think Charlotte is? Is she a web-dweller, a tunnel-dweller, or a hunter? Give one reason for your answer.

]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=22 12 Chapter Two Vocabulary http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=21 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=21#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:51:19 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=21 Because we are careful readers, we wrote down all of the unfamiliar words in chapter one. We will look these words up in the dictionary and share their meanings with the group.

  • adoring
  • amused
  • arranged
  • brook
  • carriage
  • delightfully
  • disappeared
  • enchanted
  • firm
  • gaze
  • grated
  • hollered
  • increased
  • journey
  • moist
  • peer
  • relieved
  • snout
  • stroke
  • suggested
  • vanished
  • wade
  • wept
]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=21 1 Finding Charlotte’s Web in Other Books http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=20 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=20#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:17:10 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=20 Charlotte’s Web is such a good book that many authors mention it in their own stories! If you read a book that mentions Charlotte’s Web, comment on this post to report it!

1. What is the name of the story and who is the author?
2. Share a sentence from the story that mentions Charlotte’s Web. What page is it on?

]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=20 2 Mr. Arable http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=19 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=19#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:44 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=19 We first read about Mr. Arable in Chapter One, when he is going out to the hoghouse to kill the runty pig. But Mr. Arable isn’t his only name! To keep track of the characters in the story, here is a list of things that people call him.

  • Papa
  • father
  • Pop
]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=19 0 Chapter One Characters http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=18 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=18#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:43:18 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=18 As we read, we will learn more about these people.

  • Fern
  • Mrs. Arable
  • Mr. Arable
  • Avery
  • Wilbur
]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=18 0 Chapter One Vocabulary http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=17 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=17#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:31:13 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=17 Because we are careful readers, we wrote down all of the unfamiliar words in chapter one. We will look these words up in the dictionary and share their meanings with the group

  • absolutely
  • adoring
  • although
  • appetite
  • approached
  • arranged
  • ax
  • blissful
  • carton
  • cellar
  • certainly
  • controlling
  • crawled
  • damp plaster
  • delightfully
  • demanded
  • disappeared
  • distribute
  • doughnut
  • dreamily
  • early risers
  • enchanted
  • entire
  • gaze
  • granted
  • heavily armed
  • hog
  • hoghouse
  • increased
  • infant
  • injustice
  • litter
  • manure
  • miserable
  • nevertheless
  • nursing
  • oozy
  • pennsylvania
  • perspiration
  • pitcher
  • promptly
  • pupils
  • queer
  • result
  • rifle
  • risers
  • roller towel
  • runt
  • salutations
  • selecting
  • shrieked
  • sneakers
  • sobbed
  • sopping
  • specimen
  • suppertime
  • untimely
  • weakling
  • wobbled
  • wooden dagger
  • woodshed
]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=17 19 A Friend Is… http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=16 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=16#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:47:08 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=16 What is a friend? Press play to see what Brianna thinks.

]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=16 1 A Friend Is… http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=15 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=15#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:58:23 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=15 What is a friend? What do you like about your best friend? Press play to see what Tatianna thinks.

]]> http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?feed=rss2&p=15 1 A Friend Is… http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=14 http://charlotte.cuipblogs.net/?p=14#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:01:42 +0000 MsJacobson http://blogs2.cuip.net/charlotte/?p=14 What is a friend? What do you like about your best friend? Press play to see what Antoinette thinks.

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