4th graders, you are doing an EXCELLENT job so far with your first blogging experience! I really like the way that you are putting thought into your own comments and then saying positive and encouraging things to your classmates!

Here’s your new topic:

• This is a two-part question.
  • Name and describe the main character of your first project book. Include info such as the character’s age, physical features, and aspects of their personality. In other words, what is this character like?

  AND

  • Describe how you feel about the main character of your book. Do you like them? Dislike them? Do you think that you would want to interact with the character if he/she/it was a real person? Make sure that you tell us WHY you feel the way that you do.

All righty then! Let’s get to writing about reading!

Today we kick off our Reading Project!

To get started on the right foot, I want everyone to respond to the following question:

What did you choose as your first book to read and what made you pick it?

I will be looking to see that you actually put some content in your answer. Was it the plot? The cover? (we all know you’re not supposed to judge by those but they DO matter sometimes!) The characters sounded relatable/interesting? You’ve got to give us something to work with here. Not only for the fact that your grade will suffer if you can’t back up your own opinion, but because of the SECOND part of your assignment. That would be…

After telling us what book you chose and why, you need to make a comment about SOMEONE ELSE’S comment.

In other words, you’re going to respond to them just like you were talking to them in real life.

Alrighty then! Have at it, kids!

I’m anxiously awaiting what YOU have to say!

Hello readers! Since my other school library blog, Book Bytes, has been pretty successful so far, I thought that I’d push my luck and try creating another blog for my younger audience! I am a K-8 librarian, after all.

And now, my pretties, I will let you in on from whence the name of this blog came. Did you know that bits and bytes are units that measure computer storage capacity? Bytes are made of bits. 8 bits make up a byte, to be exact, but that’s not the point right now. I thought that since the “big” blog was Book Bytes that it only made sense for the “little” blog to be Book Bits.

Now you know. And knowing, as they say, is half the battle.

Stay tuned and actual content should begin appearing shortly.

And so, welcome to my young(er) friends! I hope that you enjoy the visiting, reading and discussing that is to come.

Readingly yours,

Mrs. N.