I thought I'd fill you in on Bud in case the kids are coming home talking about him. Bud is a new friend in our class. . . he is a stuffed monkey. Up until now he has had quite a boring life living buried in my son's closet. So, we decided it was time some adventure entered his life. Each week a different student will take Bud home and bring some adventure to his life. He comes in his back pack - the kids can spend the week as they want with him, but he has to return to class each Thursday. During the week he is home with the kids, they need to write a journal entry in Bud's Adventure Journal about something they did. It can be a real or imaginary adventure! They will also need to add a picture (drawing) to Bud's Photo Album. Instructions are written on the inside cover of both these books. They will need an adult to help edit the journal entry and to listen to them read it aloud as when they come back to class on Thursday, they will read their entry to the class.
Today the students wrote letters of introduction to Bud and it will go home with Tia to Bud next week. The kids can read these letters (or anything!) to Bud as bedtime stories if they wish.
The kids are pretty excited about Bud! Thanks in advance for helping them with this project and ensuring that Bud makes it back to school each Thursday!
