Winning Dream Bike!

Leslie Connor, author of Crunch, said she was delighted to judge the contest her book inspired. With a little help from her family, she chose this bike built from K'nex:

Congrats to all contest participants! Keep building, dreaming, and biking!

Mutant Bugs at SES Learning Commons!

Second Place

First Place

Judged by REAL EXTERMINATORS, these student-designed mutant bugs earned their creators points and have brought much interest from students of all ages. Congrats!

Create Your Dream Bike

We are so close to being done with this fine novel in our 4th-6th grade MCBA book group!

For all you bike fans out there, you model builders or sketchers, our Team MCBA offers you the chance to enter a Create Your Dream Bike contest.

Turn in a drawing or a 3D model. Add labels or captions if you want. DUE FRIDAY, JAN. 30th, but accepted on Monday.

Crazy Mutant Insects Contest

 A sci-fi book full of bugs, earthquakes, and explosions? What's not to love? The mutant ants running wild in this MCBA book inspired Bowen to create a CRAZY MUTANT INSECT contest.

Submit a drawing. If you like, name your insect, and describe its dimensions, features, or special powers!

OFFICIALLY DUE FRIDAY, JAN. 30th but if some bug stole your work and you need to make a new one and turn it in on Monday, that's okay!

Fluffy Dogs Rock!

Okay, my first dog couldn't have been LESS fluffy if she tried. But maybe you're lucky--maybe you know a golden retriever, a great pyrenees, a pomeranian, Or some fluffy mutt you don't mind showing to the rest of us!

Ms. L.'s sister's dog Summitt

We are re-running our FLUFFIEST DOG CONTEST! So give your fluffy dog a chance to win points for your class: bring his/her picture in or email it to Ms. L. at lobenstineh@shutesburyschool.org.

DEADLINE:

THURS., JAN 22! 

FIRST POINTS REPORT

Some students have asked me about class participation points, so I did a tally of books reported to me as of today, January 15, 2015. (If you haven't told me the titles of the MCBA books you've read, then your points are not included here--yet. Come see me!!)

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Ms. Paquin's Class: 171 points
Ms. Scott's Class: 138 points
Ms. Hermans' Class: 59 points


(Note: Ms. Scott's class earns 1.5 points per book, since they have only 14 students.)

Team MCBA launches "25 Days of MCBA" activities

Team MCBA has launched its first two activities and they're both dog related! Check out the posters in your classroom or read the summaries below:

Ms. L.'s sister's dog Summitt

Fluffiest Dog Contest:

Bring in a photo of a fluffy dog you know! Readers of Wbite Fur Flying will earn points for their class.

Pictures are due on Friday, December 12th. You can also email an image to lobenstineh@shutesburyschool.org

Dog Beauty Contest: 

Bring in a dog you've made from recycled materials. Come to the LC at recess on Thursday, December 18th to show off its tricks and sense of style!

Readers of When Life Gives You O.J. earn points for their class. Audience welcome! Judges to be announced.