The Halloween Trivia Contest is a big success this year. There is only 1 more day left. All answers must be submitted by 3 PM on Monday, October 31st. Then names will be drawn to award Grand Prizes of Computer Games Day passes. Thank you to all who have and will participate. I hope this contest has honed your research skills. Be ready -- there may be similar contests later in the school year. I have a special treat for 6th graders on Monday. I will visit the languag
e arts/reading classes for a spooky story from Patrick Carman's new book, 3:15. Mr. Carman, who I met at the Anderson's Young Adult Literature Conference, combines Internet audio/visual components with his short stories. We will listen to a short audio introduction, then I will read the story, and finally we will watch the video ending online -- ALL IN 15 MINUTES! Mr. Carman combines Internet activities with most of his books to attract reluctant readers. It was fascinating to hear him talk about how he prepares both the written and Internet parts of his books. "It's like writing the book twice!"
