David says:
I like this book because the mouse rides the motorcycle and that’s funny and cool. My favorite part was at the end when Keith gave Ralph his motorcycle to keep.
What I didn’t like was that Ralph broke his promise to Keith and ended up losing the motorcycle. I really liked it when they found the motorcycle and gave it back to Keith. (and they found the ambulance too!)
I liked the part where Ralph tricked the dog and made him bark so he could go downstairs. And I really liked when Ralph gave Keith the aspirin.
My least favorite part was when the teachers trapped him under the cup and then put him on the vines outside. And the best part was when Keith brought all of them room service, cause that’s so nice!
Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
Oh! I’d forgotten about this series. My boys and I ALL loved it.
yes we’re reading another ralph story right now and both loving it. i am glad we discovered them! 🙂
Karen is your son in kinder or 1st grade? Also I wanted to know how you gather his thoughts, do you discuss the book through out week making notes on his comments or wait until the book is finished?
My son is in kindergarten. After we finish the book, we sit together and I ask him questions and type as he answers. I ask about his favorite part, his least favorite part, favorite character and least favorite character. I ask why. He sometimes looks through the book as he replies and sometimes does not. It takes a while but I’m ok with that. To me this is the whole point. Teaching him to learn to think about to book and not just listen to it. To analyze what he liked and why. I believe his thoughts will get more sophisticated with time 🙂
Isabella is reading a Beverly Cleary book now as well, don’t remember the title though. I’ll have to ask her what her feelings on the book are.