Little House in Brookfield~Section 6

Little House in Brookfield~Maria D. Wilkes
I read from page 250 to page 298 (the end)

This week, I finished Little House in Brookfield and started another book.  Ma had just found out that Martha didn't have her shoes on.  She made her put them on and go into church.  When they got home, Ma said that she would be staying home from church tending Thomas, and that she would need to practice her Bible verses inside in the afternoon.  Then, Carolines first day of school rolls around.  Martha fills her head with all sorts of bad things about school and the schoolmaster.  Caroline doesn't want to go to school, but she must anyway.  They walk to school and find out that there is not schoolmaster, there is a schoolmistress.  Her name was Miss. Morgan and she was nice.  Martha and Caroline meet a new friend named Anna and they let her sit with them.  When lunch time rolls around, they invite her to come eat with them.  She does and Ma says that she is welcome any time.  The book ends with Caroline asking if she can do the dishes so that she could get back to school.
I can't wait to read the next one, but I am taking a break and reading A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck.

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On the back of A Season of Gifts, it says that a family moved in next to Mrs. Dowdel and they need help.  The main character is Bob and he has two sisters.  It also says that as Christmas rolls around, they realize that they've found a true home, and a neighbor who has remarkable gifts to share.  I only got to page 11 this week, but want to read more soon.


Key Question:
Last week, we focused on structuring a paragraph.  This week, our key question is that we have to structure a paragraph with our Question, Prediction, and Connection.

Question, Prediction, and Connection Paragraph Outline

Topic Sentence:  This is a paragraph about my question, prediction, and connection for the week.  

Major Supporting Detail #1  Question:  My question this week is will Bob's family, the Barnharts take to liking Mrs. Dowdel or not?

-minor supporting detail #1:  His younger sister, Ruth Ann thinks that she is a witch.  

-minot supporting detail #1:  I think that they will end up liking her.  

Major Supporting Detail #2  Prediction:  I predict that Mrs. Dowdel will be nice and friendly to Bob's family.  

-minor supporting detail #2:  On the back it says that they realize that they have a neighbor with remarkable gifts.

-minot supporting detail #2:  Another reason is by how hard she works.  She works in her garden for the longest time.  

Major Supporting Detail #3  Connection:  This weeks connection is coming one last time from Little House in Brookfield.  It is about when Caroline goes to school for the first time.

-minor supporting detail #3:  When I go to school for the first time of the new year, I get all nervous and everything.

-minor supporting detail #3:  One thing that we get that they didn't get is we find out who is in our class and who our teacher is before we even start the year.  I can understand how scary it would have been to go and not know if you had a nice teacher or a strict teacher.

Concluding Sentence:  I hope that by my prediction, question, and connection, that you will want to read both of those books that I explained!! :)

          Question, Prediction, and Connection Paragraph

             This is a paragraph about my question, prediction, and connection for the week.  My question this week is will Bob's family, the Barnharts take to liking Mrs. Dowdel or not?  Bob's younger sister, Ruth Ann thinks that she is a witch.  I think that they will end up liking her.  I predict that Mrs. Dowdel will be nice and friendly to Bob's family.  One reason is by how hard she works in her garden.  By the description, she works hard and with a purpose.  On the back of the book, it says that they realize that they have a neighbor with remarkable gifts.  This weeks connection is coming one last time from Little House in Brookfield.  It is about when Caroline goes to school for the first time.  When I go to school for the first time of the new year, I get all nervous and everything.  One thing that we get that they didn't get is that we find out who is in our class and who our teacher is before we even start the year.  I can understand how scary it would have been to go and not know if you had a nice teacher or a strict teacher.  I hope that by my prediction, question, and connection, that you will want to read both of these books that I explained!! :)

Little House in Brookfield~Section 5

Little House in Brookfield~Maria D. Wilkes
I read from page 226 to page 250~I didn't have much time to read this week at all.

Eliza gets a dress that was to big for her last year, Caroline gets Martha's old dress, and Martha gets a dress made out of material from a dress that Ma doesn't wear anymore.  Caroline is none too pleased with that.  By Sunday, they all have an outfit of some type that will fit them.  On Sunday morning, Ma gets them up early and they get dressed.  When it comes to putting on their shoes, Caroline just squeezes into hers.  Eliza's shoes fit, but Martha she has a more difficult time.  First of all, there are holes in her shoes right where her big toe goes, so her toe stick right out.  Second, she can barely fit into them.  When the Carpenters arrive, they all get into the wagon and are off to church.  Somewhere along the ride to church, Martha takes off her shoes because she plans to go barefoot to church even though she is not allowed to.  Caroline finds her shoes when she reaches down to get her shawl unstuck.  Ma sees Martha's feet when she goes running to find the boys when it is time to go into the church.

Question:  This weeks question is what was the worst punishment that they would've gotten back in those days.

Prediction:  My prediction is that Martha will be really embarrassed and get in a lot of trouble for not wearing her shoes when Ma told her to.

Connection:  My connection this week is that when we go to church, we always have to wear shoes.  I have never tried to go without shoes, but I am not sure how it would turn out and I am not about to try it either.