Frindle
By: Andrew Clements
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They are ALL connected to our One School, One Book program!!
Dear Plymouth Shiloh Families:
A One School, One Book program is designed to strengthen home, school, and community connections with literacy activities using a district-wide text. We have chosen Andrew Clements' Frindle as our book to explore this spring. We hope this will promote a culture of reading and discussion across the district.
Each family will receive a copy of Frindle to read at home and keep for your family library. We have recorded chapters you can listen to, or you can choose to read it as a family. Please see the audio links tab for the chapter videos and read aloud links.
Throughout the next 2 months, we hope you will engage with us and the book through the suggested family discussion questions, during various activities including themed dress up days, or explore the library scavenger hunt (the week of April 6th), or at our Frindle celebration (May 6th).
Refer to the calendar and other resources on this site or from your child's teacher for activity details.
Happy reading!
Dates to Remember:
Friday, March 21st- Books Go Home
Wednesday, March 26th- Beach Dress Up day- Bring the beach vibes to life and dress up in your beach gear: flip flops, sunglasses, swimsuits OR dress in tropical patterns and prints. PLEASE follow all handbook rules.
Wednesday, April 2nd- Big Red Reads Day- Wear your school spirit wear or anything Red or White to show your Big Red Pride!
Week of April 6th- MRCPL Plymouth Branch will host a Frindle scavenger hunt all week. Please see the library for more details.
Monday, April 7th- 1st Bookmark Chapters 1-5 family discussion questions are due. Please turn in your family's paper to be entered into a drawing. If you misplace the bookmark sheet, please send in any page with a thought, an idea, a drawing or answers to the suggested chapter discussion questions.
Tuesday, April 8th- A NEW Word Challenge begins- Your new word is DUE Friday, April 25th.
Thursday, April 10th- We LOVE Kindness dress up day- Wear red or pink to remind us all to be kind to ourselves and one another.
Tuesday, April 15th- Statewide Purple Up Day- April is the month of the military child. With a theme of teamwork, we work together to support and celebrate the 1.6 million military children who face unique challenges and experiences as a result of their parent's service. Ohio is home to 53 Collegiate Purple Star institutions and houses several national guard units, reserve officer training units, and military units such as the Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base.
Wednesday, April 23rd- 2nd Bookmark Chapters 6-10 family discussion questions are due. Please turn in your family's paper to be entered into a drawing. If you misplace the bookmark sheet, please send in any page with a thought, an idea, a drawing or answers to the suggested chapter discussion questions.
Friday, April 25th- NEW Word Challenge Due
Thursday, May 1st- Our Future is BRIGHT! Wear neon or bright colors.
Monday, May 5th- 3rd Bookmark Chapters 10-15 family discussion questions are due. Please turn in your family's paper to be entered into a drawing. If you misplace the bookmark sheet, please send in any page with a thought, an idea, a drawing or answers to the suggested chapter discussion questions.
Tuesday, May 6th- FRINDLE Celebration- Please join us at Shiloh Elementary to celebrate the completion of our One School, One Book program. We will have games, activities and prizes for all to enjoy.
Thursday, May 8th- Last Dress up Day- Teacher Look Alike day- It's Teacher Appreciation Week- Please dress up as one of your favorite teachers to show your appreciation.
Andrew Clements website link
What's the Story?
What's the Story?
Andrew Clements' FRINDLE is the story of a young boy who engages his teacher in a battle of wills about words. Nick Allen tries to find clever ways to use up class time and avoid doing school work. In the past, he has distracted teachers from their lesson plans by asking questions that require long explanations. However, after he asks Mrs. Granger how words get into the dictionary, he's dismayed to be given extra homework: an essay on the history of the dictionary and the origin of words, which he will have to read out loud in class. Nick writes a report that's cleverly designed, again, to take up class time. When Mrs. Granger tells him his time is up, he pushes back again by saying that though he learned a lot about dictionaries from his research, he still doesn't understand where words come from. Who decides that a dog is called a "dog," for example? "You do," answers his teacher, and this inspires Nick to invent a new word for a familiar object- -- an idea that will disrupt school life far more than even Nick can imagine. (Frindle Book Review, 2004)
New Word Challenge Form link
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