Chasing+Vermeer+(MI9)

Caulder's teacher is a bit, well how would I say it, hmmmm interesting. Describe your teacher and what makes him hmmmmm, interesting. Why would the author include that bit about the book mystery?
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**My teacher is interesting because he does not really have a schedule he just does things in any order and he plays Survivor in his classroom. My teacher also does a lot of funny things like, jump out of a window and he pretended to be Mr. Moyer when he wears his Michigan shirt. He also does things with March Madness and the men's basketball tournament. I think the author did that to made you be suspicious about her. dancer  **-My teacher is very interesting because he will do random things that don't go together. He doesn't really have a schedule but he just does things. One time he jumped out of a window. When he wears his Michigan shirt he will say he's Mr. Moyer not Mr. Meyer. He does a lot of things with March Madness that are fun too. We also do really cool and random challenges in school. - I think that the author made the teacher kind of weird because it make the story more interesting and it makes the reader more suspicious of her. ======
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**Ms. Hussey's class visits the Chicago Art Museum. What museum or place would you like to visit and spend class days at? How does being in a different place enable kids to get motivated to learn?** **Describe your experiences at the Big Zoo Lesson in comparison to this.Day 2 wiki response. Feel free also to decypher the letters in Chapter 6.  dancer ** ======

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 * -I would like to visit Sea World in Florida for the class. It would be really fun to visit Sea World during class instead of just staying in a classroom all day long. **======

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 * -It's different place and It's more interesting to learn at then the normal school classroom you learn at normally. People are more interested yo learn than to just stay at your normal school learning place. **======

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 * - It was a different place like the art museum, but we saw animals and they saw a lot of art. I think It would be fun to go to both. At the Art Museum they lean into a wall and they kids end up in the storage room. **======

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 * I would want to visit the Chicago Art Museum. I think being at a different place is good because it motivates you to work hard because it is not just the same old same old. At the Big Zoo Lesson we had a animal and we took notes on it then, we made diaries and stuff like that by being the animal you are studying. We also did a experiment we put a empty pumpkin, a pumpkin full with pumpkin guts, and a pumpkin with grapes in it and we put the pumpkins in the Lemur exhibit and all of the Lemurs went to the pumpkin with grapes in it. Second Decypher: **======

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<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">Name of kid next door is frog vanished last week I think kidnapped have to stay inside mom afraid new york stinks

Tommy

**__Day 3 Wiki Response Question:__**
__**In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.**__

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<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">**(t-w-t) Petra had a dream about a girl and for Halloween she dressed up as that same girl. Calder has a F pentominoe and for Halloween he dressed up as a F pentominoe. Calder's grandma liked red about Vermeer and Calder and Petra know about Vermeer too. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ======

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 210%;">(T-S)I have eaten a blue M&M just like when Petra and Calder ate the blue M&M'S last. (t-w-t) Petra dressed up as the girl she saw in her dream for Halloween and Calder knew who she was. (T-S) I have a lot of siblings just like Petra. (T-T) In ITYOTBAJR Shirley, a girl, is the main character just like Petra is a girl and the main character. (T-T) In Island Of Blue Dolphins the main character has many sibling just like Petra in CV. ======

__Day 4 Wiki Response Questions:__
Connecting prior knowledge and experience to reading deepens comprehension. I would like you to explain one type of connection that you've made with the book you've been reading. **__List__ and __explain__ the __type of connection made__ & __answer how this helped you to understand the story better__.

The four types of connections are: Text-to-Text (T-T) These connections made between the text and you are reading and what you have read elsewhere.

Text-to-World (T-W) These are connections made between the text you are reading and the bigger issues and events going on in the world.

Text-to-Self (T-S) These are connections made between the text you are reading and your own experiences.

Text-Within-Text (T-W-T) These are connections made between the text you are reading and another section of the same text.

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<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">**(T-W-T) Petra and Calder know about The Lady Writing how it disappeared and they have a different opinion than Ms. Hussey does because she knows about The Lady Writing disappearing too. It helped me get two sides of the story. (T-T) I have read this book called __The Sisters Grimm__ that is a book about a mystery, just like __Chasing Vermeer__. It help me think a bout the mystery more because I know what a mystery is. (T-S) I have a different teacher, just like in __Chasing Vermeer.__ It helped me to think about the weird things that he has done then, I thought about the weird thing she has done and compared and contrasted them. (T-W) I have watched a movie about a mystery and it helped me because I know what a mystery looks like.** ======

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">dancer <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(T-W-T) Petra had a dream about a girl in a picture called <span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> A Lady Writing <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> she decided to dress up as her for halloween. It helped me understand the story better because it gave me some inside knowledge about the picture that had to do with a lot of t <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">he story. (T-S) I have a lot of siblings just like Petra so I could relate to her and I can know how she feels. (T-W) In Matilda she has a very weird teacher just like Ms. Hussey is a very weird teacher so it helped me understand how she felt about her teacher. (T-T) In Dive their is more than one main character it helped me understand the book better because you know how they switch back and forth between characters.

__Day 5 Wiki Response Questions:__

 * Good readers make many predictions while they are reading. Some predictions turn out to be true, while others are "off."

List some of your predictions you made while reading this novel.

What would you predict would happen if there was a sequel to this novel? What direction might the author take with the characters?

Would you recommend the novel to others? Why or why not? Explain.**

<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Spartan
<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">**I thought that Ms. Sharpe told Ms. Hussey and Mr. Watch to steal the painting and that is how Ms. Hussey hurt her arm. I also think that Petra, Calder, and Denise got the letter. I think that they would have to figure out a different mystery, I think he might introduce a new character. Yes, I would recommend this book to other because they are a lot of mysteries in it and I like how they find clues and stuff like that.**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 19px;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">dancer I predicted that Ms. Hussey, Mrs. Sharpe, and Mr. Watch stole the painting and hide it at Mrs. Sharpe's house. I also think that Mrs. Sharpe is Vermeer and her husband took credit for all of her art work and theyn she merdered him. I think it would be the same characters but they would have a different problem for the sequel. I think he would make them more interested in the problem and make them want to find out more. Yes, I would recommend this book because it is very interesting.

__Day 6__
==Throughout the novel the author drops hints and clues to who stole the painting. In what ways did the author help you the reader to make connections with the clues to figure out the mystery? How much did you enjoy figuring out the mystery? How do the illustrations by Brent Helquist help you the reader to make predictions and find clues? What page has your favorite illustration?==

<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">spartan
==<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">**She had Petra and Calder be born o the same day just like me and dancer were born on the same day. I love trying to figure out the mystery. He helped me because then you can see things and not just picture them in your head because when you picture them they could be way wrong. My favorite picture is this one:** ==

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I like how the author gave hints about how Calder and Petra were twins but they didn't come out and say that they were twins. I loved figuring out the mystery. They help because they show you what is happening not just tell you. My favorite picture is the on e down below.