Thank You

Thank you so much Mr. Cordes.  You brought a big smile to my face when I saw the amazing laptops.  I know they cost a lot of money, but I guess we really must of persuaded you.  We really needed new ones. The other ones were missing buttons and were not connecting to the Internet.  When ever I use one of the computers I will make sure to be really careful with them.  They are defiantly very cool.  I love the new smell of them, and all the buttons are here, they have good batteries, and they are just terrific.  I think I will remember you getting these awesome computers.  Again thank you so very much for these amazing computers!

Chapter 8

Chapter eight was about Bud and his friend that he just had met.   Then he and his friend went to a restaurant and saw Deza there and Bud helped her clean dishes.  She kept touching his hand so I think she likes him.  Then it talked about them.  They were hanging out and talking.  Then Deza was going to kiss Bud.  He thought he had to kiss her rather wise he said she would think that he was to chicken.  Then she sang a song, it was a song from a small band she knew.  Then Bud and his friend had to get on a train that was supposed to take them to Chicago.  So when It was time to get on the train one of Bud's fliers flew out of his suite case.  It was his favorite one to.  The blue one.   So he had to run after the train. His friend yelled to throw the suite case up two him, because he got on the train in time.  But when Bud threw It up to him, his friend got the suite case but that blue flier blew out of the suite case.  Luckily It blew right into Bud's hands.  It was then to late, he couldn't get on the train.  Then the police came and again started burning up the shacks and other possessions that belonged to the property.  That was chapter eight.

Keith Urban

Keith's full name is Keith Lionel Urban.  He was born on October twenty sixth nineteen sixty seven.   He has written many songs I almost couldn't name them all, but I remembered.  So he has written Your The Only One, Your Everything, Your Not My God, Your Not Alone Tonight, Your My Better Half, You'll Think Of Me, You Won.  Also You Look Good In My Shirt, You Gonna Fly, Won't Let You Down, Without You, Why's It Feel So Long, Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me.  Also Where The Black Top Ends, Whenever I Run, What About Me, Walking' The Country, Used To The The Pain, Tu Compania,  Tonight I Wanna Cry, Till Summer Comes Around, These Are The Days.  Also The Hard Way, Thank You, Tangled Up In Love, Sweet Thing,  Stupid Boy, Stuck In The Middle, Standing Right In Front Of You, Song For Dad, Somebody Like You, Some Days You Gotta Dance, Shut Out The Lights, Shine, She's Gotta Be, Right On Back To You, Raise The Barn, Raining On Sunday. Also Put You In A Song, Out On My Own, A little Luck Of Our Own, All For You, Better Life, But For The Grace Of God, Country Comfort, Days Go By, Desiree, Don't Shut Me Out, Everybody, Faster Car.  Also Freedom's Finally Mine, Georgia Woods, Ghost In His Guitar, God Made Woman, God's Been Good To Me, Got It Right This Time, Hank Don't Fail Me Now, Hit The Ground Running, Homespun Love, I Can't Stop Loving You, I Could Fly, I Thought You Knew, I Told You So, I Wanna Be Your Man [forever], I'm In, If Ever I Could Love, If You Wanna Stay, It's A Love Thing, Jeans On. Also Just Some Love, Kiss A Girl, Live To Love  Another Day, Long Hot Summer, Making Memories Of Us, Man OF The House, My Heart is Open, My Last Name, Nobody Drinks Alone, Once In a Lifetime, Only You Can Love Me This Way. He Wrote every single one of those songs. He Is quite the song writer.  He is a country singer.  He plays an electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Banjo, Piano, Bass, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Ebow, Sitar,and the drums.  At age six he was already going into the music business.

Bud Not Buddy Chapters 1-7

Chapters 1-2
Chapter one was about meeting Bud Caldwell who liked to be called Bud Not Buddy.  Then it talks about him meeting the Amos's and their son Toddy.  Bud has a suite case that carries his clothes,  rocks in a bag, and really important fliers.  He also carried some other important things in their.  He always  tied a curtain sort of knot on his suite case so if somebody looked in side it and they tied it right back up Buddy would know.   Chapter two was about sort of a fight, one morning Bud woke up and somebody was sticking a pencil up his nose.  Well guess who it was Toddy the big shot! He was trying to see how far he could get it up Bud's nose.  So they got into quite the little fight.  Bud got into some trouble by Mrs. Amos, when it was really Toddy's fault.  So the punishment for Buddy was to get his suite case taken away, and haft to sleep in the shed.

Chapters 3-4
Chapter three is about Buddy sleeping in the shed Mr. Amos has Buddy walk to the shed with him and then puts him in there and the windows are even covered up.  So that night was frightening. Bud saw a bat [a real one] but it was really a hornets nest.  He thinks he needs to stab the hornets in their hearts.   But I don't think that is a good idea. Bud finds a way out of the door.  Chapter four is about Bud he finds his way out of the door on the shed and one of the Amos's windows were still open.   So Bud decided why not just slide right in side so he did.  He found his suite case and then something bad happened, he found the Amos's gun case and was going to think about shooting the Amos's but nope didn't happen.


Chapters 5-6
Chapter five is about Bud and he goes to the library.  He asks the librarian if she could watch his suite case for a while.  To keep it behind the counter/ check out desk.  She said that was fine.  Then it talked about Bud's mom and why she named him Bud.   She named him Bud because a bud is a flower, it's a name of a dog.   Chapter six is about him going to this restaurant.   These people think that he looks like their son. So they mistaken him for another boy.  So somebody paid for his dinner.

Chapter 7
Chapter seven is about Bud going  to the library and retrieving his suite case.   He asks for a particular librarian.  But they are not there.  Bud loves the sweet, fresh, new smell of the library.  The lady at the front desk says that this librarian Bud is looking g for has moved.  Then it tells another one of Bud Caldwell's rules.  Then at the end of the chapter the lady at the desk tells Bud how long it would take to walk to the librarian's house he was looking for.

Blog Question

Do you think Bud's pretend parents in the Restaurant, during the morning were old, young, or mean, or nice?  Why or why not?

Bud Not Buddy Prediction

I think the book will be about a boy, and maybe he moves.   On the cover I think he will maybe move, or maybe he just travels.  Or maybe he just goes on a world wide road trip, but I think that because he has a suit case in the pic.  On the cover it looks like the boy is sitting their imagining something.   Their is a  big poster in the background, so possibly their is some sort of band involved.  I t could be a famous band, because it looks like it is sort of an older band.    Their  could be someone in the band  that the boy knows, or looks up too.  Or maybe the boy wants to be in the band, or become famous some day.  I think this story will maybe take place before 1963 possibly.  I think this book will be a great book.

Thoughts on Chapter 14

From the chapter Every Bird and Bug in Birmingham Stops and Wonders, the church burns down, because someone dropped a big bomb.  Their were people that were hurt, or injured.  From the epilogue that I read It made me feel really sad knowing that African American would have a little one room school, that they would all haft to share it. If I was the boss back then I would defiantly change the rules, every one would be treated fairly.

Chapter 1 And you wonder why we get called the weird Watsons?

I picked chapter one for my favorite chapter, because when Byron gets his lips stuck to the mirror, I think that is hilarious!  All though I think after reading the book, and hearing what Byron all did, he deserves it.  But I think that was the best chapter I've ever read in Guided Reading.  To bad they never made any TV shows for this book I think it would be a really popular show.

Limmericks

There once was a girl named Riley,
She had the biggest house in Hawaii,
She got rid of the house,
Then lived with a mouse,
And changed her name to Shyley.



There once was a fat old frog,
That just sat there on a log,
And stared there at the sun,
And then begun,
To hop off for a jog.



There once was a boy named I,
Who was very very shy,
He had two eyes,
Hung with the guys,
And told a bunch of lies.



There once were some cooks,
Who read lots of books
That piled up real high,
Clear up to the sky,
And had there good looks.