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= __//**Zoobreak 1/27/10**//__ = =__//**I can really tell that Savannah cares about animals with all her heart. She has a ton of them and she treats them like humans. They all get pampered by Savannah every day. She cares about them so much when they were getting her monkey back on the zoobreak she felt really sad for all the miss treated animals on the floating zoo. She was so sad for the animals she convened the team to steal all of them too. She thought they needed more than that. She feels animals are like humans in there own special way. No mater what Savannah always sees the good in animals and if the are mean she can turn them nice easily.**//__=

Nick, You did a good job giving specific examples from the text to show what Savannah cares about. What does knowing this (that Savannah cares about animals) help you understand as you read the book? Go a little bit farther and make that tough leap - think about what this means! c- 3 r- 2+ w- 20/20 =__**// Zoobreak 2/5/10 //**__= =**//__If I could buy another gift for somebody in the book, this week I would chose Griffin. He is the leader of the grope so I would buy him a planning board. For all of the heist's he could write everything down on the board. And instead of risk getting caught buy throwing the paper away he could just erase and it would be gone forever. I think it would help him because he could have a little more room to right all info for the heist. I know this because in the book Griffin wrote down everything for the plan. This can help me with reading the book because it helps me know a little more about all of the characters and what they like to do.__//**= Note: Dear Mrs. McKone I really like the question where you have to buy a gift for one of the characters in the book. Please consider doing it again. Your friend Nick P.

Nick, I agree- a planning board for Griffin seems like a fantastic idea. I hadn't even considered it! Great thinking. I especially like that you explained why it would be useful for him - you did a great job using evidence from the text to support your answer. c: 3+ r: 3 w: 17/20 (group, heists, write)

I like this question too! I like to have to think about what I know about the character, and what would be most useful for him or her. :) = **//__Friendship According to Humphrey 2/10/10__//** = =**//__In the book I was surprised because the new frog was not very fond of Humphrey. Humphrey was trying to be nice but all the frog did was ignore him. When he tried to be nice to him and say hello all the frog did was sit. He did not even acknowledge when he was trying to be friends. Sense Humphrey is a hamster I personally think that they could be good friends. But if I know Humphrey he will get it worked out. He is the master at solving problems. After all he is a hamster. And if the frog totally wants to stay away I don't think that will be very easy because they are classroom pets. The students will probably make them play and then Humphrey will be able to try even harder!__//**= Nick, You did a nice job answering the prompt about what you were surprised about in the book. However, I don't really understand what the book is about!! Two animals that are friends in a classroom? Can they talk? What did Humphrey do to try to be nice? I'm just curious because I've never read this book. Thanks for explaining it a little bit next time. c:3 r: 3 w: 19/20 (since) = __//**Friendship According to Humphrey 2/16/10**//__ = =__//**When I read the back of this book I thought it would be a cool book because it had little animals. Also when it said the book was about a hamster trying to make friends with a frog I thought it could be kind of funny. Before reading the back I saw the cute little picture of the hamster on the front and thats is what got me to get interested a little more and see what it was about. Sense I saw there are more of these books I think after this one I might be interested in reading those too!**//__=

= __//**Friendship according to Humphrey 2/26/10**//__ = =__//I think your book, "The Thing About Humphrey" is an awesome book so far. I have read about half of it and it all is really funny. I like how Humphrey tries to make friends with the frog but he jumps out at him. I think it is so cute when he takes all of the test in his little house. I think you are an amazing writer to think of all of that for the book. I think you set a good example for all the kids who read that book because Humphrey is very strong and courageous. I think that is a good example for kids to always be that way. Humphrey wont take any bad talk or meanness to his classmates from other kids. But he can be really sweet like when he was talking to the janitor and telling him he agreed with him about going back to collage. So over all I loved that book a lot and I look forward to reading more of it! >Nick.//__ Who is this letter written to? It doesn't say! Other that that, you did a great job talking to the author and adding exact details from the text to support what you are saying. C: 3 R: 3 W: +19/ 20 = = __//**Trouble According to Humphrey 4/2/10**//__ = =__//**I selected this book because it is the third one in the series. I have read the first and second ones which are the world according to Humphrey and friendship according to Humphrey. When I saw the word trouble was in the name of this one it really made me wonder what was going to be happening. So after I finished the first two I got trouble and it has been intense so far. The picture on the front of the book was took me in too because it was Humphrey the hamster coming out of a little box that was his size. The main thing that made me want to read the book was I am wondering what the trouble is going to be. I am wondering if he will get in trouble or a student in the classroom will get in trouble. I guess all I can do is wait to find out!**//__= Nick, Your response is very well written. To make it a little better, instead of just saying that it is "intense", add an example of what was so intense - you have me wondering!! Also, don't forget to capitalize the entire title, like The World According to Humphrey. C: 3 R: 3 W: +16/20 = __**//Trouble According to Humphrey 4-9-10//**__ = =__//In the book I think Humphrey is a good hamster. He is never bad and always tries to be helpful. When his friends are having fights with each other it is his time to shine. He can get out of his cage and have a plan to fix it.//__= =__//I think another good person in the book is Aldo. He is the janitor and Humphreys best friend. He is one of the nicest people that Humphrey knows. Every night when he comes in to clean the room he sits down by Humphreys cage and gives him a vegetable and shares his day with him.//__= = __//**Surprises According to Humphrey 4-29-10**//__ = =__//**If I had to replace a person in the book I would replace the new janitor with Aldo the old janitor. The new janitor that comes in to clean the room at night does not talk to or even realize Humphrey. All she does is come in and clean and then she goes out. Aldo would come in and have dinner with Humphrey and tell him about his day and then clean the room. He also would show him a couple of tricks. Aldo and Humphrey were great friends and Humphrey is really sad that Aldo is gone. I truly think that he will come back at the end of the book but I will just have to wait and see!**//__= = =