Stephanie finished book three last weekend, worked her way through book four and is now into book five. Meanwhile she's hooked Hannah on the series, and last night Sam finished the first book. I'm pretty sure we are going to be celebrating big on October 13, the first Annual Ivy + Bean Day!
For today's post, Stephanie (grade 3) wrote a book review of Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record. Since she's hooked both of her siblings on the book, we were talking about how readers often use reviews to share their opinions about a book. For more of the process of writing reviews with young writers, check out my post on Two Writing Teachers.
Here is Stephanie's review.
Aren't you just dying to read Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record after reading her 5-star review? Steph promises you'll like it "more than an icrecream fudge sundae!!" ("I used two exclamation points, Mom, because it is sososososo good!")
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What a wonderful review. I like dinosaurs and I am a fan of Ivy + Bean so I feel like I need to read this book SOON. Plus, I love ice cream so if the book is better than ice cream than it must be really good!
ReplyDeleteI love the comparison, just like every good argument. If it's good, it will persuade. Stephanie used just the right words to convince. Thanks for sharing in both posts, Ruth.
ReplyDeleteI have been enjoying these interactions with your girls so much. Her review paired with some of your comments and the companion blog post were perfect. I love that you shared it with her writing rather than typing it in.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun review! You've convinced me to read this book! We love studying fossils so I'm sure this will be a favorite one here. Thanks for sharing your review!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great review, Steph! Excited to read them!!
ReplyDeleteSydney loves Ivy+Bean books. I love to read, but more than ice cream...that's a hard one. How about reading while eating ice cream? If so, then I'm in!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great review. I always love to hear what the target audience has to say.
ReplyDeleteWe should use Stephanie's review as a mentor text sometime. Very good job!
ReplyDeleteThis review pushed me over the top, I've just finished the first book. These are great for jumping into chapter books. Thanks for the review Stephanie. You present a convincing argument.
ReplyDeleteLove the review. Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteAn enthusiastic reminder to use and share book reviews in class. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteRuth! I have not heard of this particular series! I would love to read these books;);); also- I miss seeing you:)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great book review! It will be a good example to share with my own students once they start writing reviews of their own. It is also a good example to use for opinion writing. Lastly, thank you for introducing me to this series. I will have to work on adding it to my classroom library.
ReplyDeleteVery nice review.
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I am going to my classroom and grab the two I have this weekend and take the time to read them. If your kiddos are loving them, I am sure I can get my students hooked too. I bought them last year because I liked the title:) My son's nickname is "bean" just because it was fun to say Kai-bean when he was little:)
ReplyDeleteDo they talk about the different types do dinosaurs or just the fossils? Are they a putty quick read? Meaning pretty. My iPad wouldn't backspace.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review!