It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-...
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Jan 07, 2010
Aspen
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When a boy named Richard Best's class has a candy corn jar guessing contest things for him get exciting but the fact that you have to read a page for each guess you make. He goes throught this rough time trying to guess how many in the jar and only has three more day's and he can just taste them. He know he won't win so wishes for his mom to have them at his soon to be Thanksgiving party. Before you know it he has three big candy corn candies. He wonders and wonders if his teacher Ms. Rooney wil
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Sep 16, 2007
Janine
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This was an easy read. Richard's teacher tells their class about her candy corn contest. Whoever guesses the correct number of pieces in the jar gets the jar. The rules are, "Every time you read a page from your library book, you can take a guess." I found this to be very clever.
Richard is also concerned about the sleep-over that he is going to have after Thanksgiving, as one of his friends has a bed-wetting problem. Richard puts himself in a bad situation as he is tem More...
Richard is also concerned about the sleep-over that he is going to have after Thanksgiving, as one of his friends has a bed-wetting problem. Richard puts himself in a bad situation as he is tem More...
Jan 22, 2009
Philip
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I'm still reading these outloud to Liz and Eleanor. (Gwennie isn't paying too much attention yet.)
They are a blast to read outloud. Beast was really mean in this one. But the lines are classic. Favorites: "Richard looked at Matthew. Suddenly he wanted to hit Matthew right on his fat nose."
"Then he drew stick-out ears on the circle. It looked like Matthew. It made Richard angry to look at it. ... He took a black crayon out of his desk. Then he dr More...
They are a blast to read outloud. Beast was really mean in this one. But the lines are classic. Favorites: "Richard looked at Matthew. Suddenly he wanted to hit Matthew right on his fat nose."
"Then he drew stick-out ears on the circle. It looked like Matthew. It made Richard angry to look at it. ... He took a black crayon out of his desk. Then he dr More...
Jan 13, 2011
Anish
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Ahh...Memories..My First Chapter Book I Read In Kindergarden,Its Noot Just My First Book But One Of My Favorites.
Oct 12, 2010
Amanda
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I read this book as a kid and found it in a box of my brother's old books recently. It was a fun read that took me back to my "younger years" and helped get me in the mood for the best season of the year: AUTUMN!
Jan 06, 2011
Dee
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Sorry, I am in fourth grade, remember . . .great book to read to the students and do estimation at the same time :)
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