It’s Stuarts first day of third grade and he already knows its going to be a bad day. For one the outfit his mother has picked out for him is painfully ugly; green plaid pants and a shirt with little cowboys on it. Secondly, he was at a new school and doesn’t know many people. Stuart is a worry wart who stresses about everything.
Once he gets to school he shares with the rest of his class the magical cape he made with a 100 ties but no one appreciated it alike he thought. On the second day of school Stuart believes that he must have something so shocking for “Our Big Interesting World” time to make up for his cape. So Stuart got up at the crack of dawn and started digging looking for gold, jewels, or something unheard of. Sadly by the time it was time for Stuart to go to school he had found nothing. After Stuart was at school for a little bit there was a knock on the door. One of the big kids brought an emergency announcement. “Holes! Hundreds and hundreds of holes! Detectives and scientist have been called in.” People in his class begin to guess what it could be; Stuart suggests that it could be just a simple little kid but his teacher thinks that’s ridiculous. On day three Stuart and the rest of his class are learning about the number twelve. Stuart draws a picture of his twelve classmates and learns that his no ordinary picture; because his pictures comes to life. So, even though Stuart knows the truth can he convince the rest of his class that he has magic powers and that he is not that crazy? Read more to find out what happens.
After reading this book to the class, I would have them complete a double-entry journal. A double-entry journal allows the students to find three sections of the reading and relate/connect it to something that has happened in the world, them selves and in another text they have read. After the students have found their connections I would have them share with the rest of the class so we can see how they related to the text in their own way.
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