Book Trailers For Readers Blog

You just completed a photostory, now tell us what you learned.
Answer these 5 questions?

1. Was there a new skill you learned, that you could use in other projects? Explain.

2. What advice would you give someone who is creating a photostory for the first time?

3. What was your favorite part of creating a photostory and why?

4. Your work was published on the web. How did it make you feel to share your photostory with the world?

5. Would you like to do another photostory? Why or why not?

The 100 Year Old Secret by Author Tracy Barrett

Summary: Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister living in London for a year, discover when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great-grandfather. Book #1

Do you like mysteries? Could you solve this one, before Xena and Xander? What did you think?
Please make your official comments on the 100 Year Old Secret page

Summary of Out Of My Mind by Author Sharon Draper

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

When I read this book, I thought how would I have reacted if Melody was in my class?  Would I have reached out to her?  What did you think of the book?  Please add any comments the official Out of My Mind page.

    Let’s celebrate how books can make a difference in our lives.   This blog is designed to let you share your thoughts on  Florida’s Sunshine State Young Reader Award Books for the year.  You can learn more about the books  and watch the book trailers at our wiki site Book Trailers for Readers .   I will occasionally post the creative process involved in making the book trailers for these award winning books and any new tech resources I have discovered on the way.  And if I find any cool book trailers I will let you know.  The goal is always to get reading.

Mrs. H to my students or M. Harclerode

Teacher Librarian at Diplomat Elementary School