Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 10, July 30th

Today's blog post was authored by Kyra and Lucas. Thank you!

We made Chris Van Allsburg book jacket pictures. Our parents and other family members and friends are coming to see us on this last day, our 10th day, of writing camp!

Winbert is writing about dragons.
Tyler is writing about wizards.

Way to go!

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 9, July 29th

Today's blog post was authored by Deborah and Emily. Thanks, campers!

We did things like finishing up everything like our "All About Me" books and posters. We also did some folder and notebook stuff -- writing projects, to be exact.

What are other campers doing at the moment?

• Rahul is talking to a friend ; )
• Haley is reading Ella the Rose Fairy by Daisy Meadows (series: Petal Fairies #7).
• Anika is working on her poster.

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 8, July 28th

Today we read The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsberg. We also enjoyed Christmas in July when reading The Polar Express, also by Chris Van Allsberg. We also performed our fairy tale finger puppet plays.

Campers in the spotlight today---

Isha made a puppet show!

Today's post was authored by Anika and Helena. Thank you!

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 7, July 27th

Today we read two Chris Van Allsburg titles, The Stranger and Widow's Broom.

We wrote a play using medieval fingerpuppets --

What are medieval finger puppets, you ask? To name a few (or more)...

--a princess
--a frog prince
--a knight
--a unicorn

We are looking forward to tomorrow when we will perform our play.

We worked on our All About Me books and posters. We wrote about what we would do if we met a stranger.

Devina is writing about someone new.
Rahul is reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

-authored by Tyler and Isha

Thank you, campers!

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 6, July 26th

Today we wrote about our favorite bugs. We also learned about insects. Do you know that an insect has six legs?

We wrote the last sentences of Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose.

Tyler likes the praying mantis.
Winbert's favorite book is Harry Potter.
Bridgette's favorite books are bug books.

Today's post was written by Rahul and Dharshan.

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 5, July 23rd

Today's blog post was written by Melena, Lily, and Haley (and some help from Rahul)...

Today we wrote lists of our favorite thing in our Auto-Alphabet books. We read our last alphabet book, The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg. We wrote a story to go along with our Auto-Alphabet. Also, in the computer lab, we typed a story that we wrote on Thursday.

Rahul is writing about his birthday in India.
Emily is writing about puppies.
Isha is writing about becoming a pediatrician.

Campers, you are writing machines today! Wow!

Author Adventures -- Center Valley -- Day 2, July 20th

Today we enjoyed prewriting by brainstorming for a piece called "My Summer," which we shared aloud. Our "All About Me" posters helped us to detail who we are and list our favorite foods, books, friends, pets, and more.

Rahul shared a writing piece about his lemonade stand and included the recipe --

Rahul's Lemonade

1. Lemons
2. Water
3. Ice
4. Secret ingredient
5. Stir
6. Drink!