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Miss Johnson's Grade 5 class in Moose Jaw, Sk, absolutely loved it! We rate it 101/100!!! We loved it because it was so interesting and it described every detail. It had awesome grabber leads in each chapter and it made us want to read more. At the end of every chapter it left us on a cliff and kept us hanging. We loved the story line because it was interesting and it made us think about things and allowed us to discuss the details in the book. Our favourite characters were Jesse, Winnie, Toad, Man in the Yellow Suit, Mae, and Miles. Basically we liked them all! Some of the activities we did along with reading were: paintings, blogging, predictions, and an end of the book reflection. We are joining with another class today to reflect and to act out different scenes that stood out to us in the book. On Friday we are also going to watch the movie and make comparisions between the book and movie. The global read aloud project was awesome and we had a great time!!!!!!

My Gr. 5/6 class absolutely loved participating in this project! We were able to connect with 4 classrooms via Skype, and 1 through Edmodo. We made Wordles with words we didn't know, created charcoal drawings of images that were created in our head, made story maps, and created stretch books to summarize. The class gives the book a 10/10! We are definitely looking forward to next year's! Thanks to all of the coordinators of this project! -Saskatchewan, Canada

Final Thoughts

Our extra-curricular book club loved this selection as well! We used Edmodo for the first time, skyped and had many great discussions. We are going to watch the movie this week one day after school, eat popcorn and compare the book and the movie. It was a great 5 weeks! Thank you everyone. Another Saskatchewan group!

6th Grade Comments: Wow! Tuck Everlasting is a really, really, really (students wanted to write their comments in a Wordle to emphasize the word "really" in a visual way!) well-written book. We also are looking forward to the movie which we are going to watch this week after school complete with popcorn and other treats! Perhaps we could Skype with the school in Saskatchewan and compare the movie and the book! We liked the characters! Natalie Babbitt is so descriptive. Our favorites: Winnie, Mae, Tuck the man in the yellow suit! "Toad Everlasting" is our new title for the book as the toad is a favorite character for many of us AND he is given everlasting life at the end! Westtown, PA

6th Grade Comments: Students were surprised that Winnie gave the water to the toad. They hadn't thought that the toad would be that important. They noted that the toad is on the cover of our copies and that it is an interesting idea to have the toad be a connecting point. They wanted the story to continue a bit longer and have the Epilogue as part of actual book. Showing the gravestone was a good detail. The consensus was that Natalie Babbitt needed to do more with the ending of the book. Overall, however, everyone thinks the book is GREAT! Westtown, PA

Jan & David's classes @ Poughkeepsie Day School will be posting several projects that students took on during their own time. The book and global experience were fabulous. To kick things off, enjoy Adrienne's account of Angus Tuck's inner thoughts and Molly's comic. Be on the look out for new projects each day this week!

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Michael from PDS finds a scene he wants to turn into a comic: media type="custom" key="10908962"

Camilla from PDS has created a survey for you to participate in: media type="custom" key="10918248"

Ben from PDS shares three amazing comics; one from the start of the book and then the epilogue. Enjoy!

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Lia's sharing a tuck everlasting comic!

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Check out our summaries with this Voicethread, by Mrs. Foster's 5th grade class from Mt. Washington, Kentucky. media type="custom" key="11085516"