Lunches -Week of Sept. 30th

Boogs' lunches are inspired by the books we read at bedtime the previous evening. Each night, Boogs reads one book to me and I read a book or a chapter of a book to him. I usually post his lunches once a week. Click on the "lunches" label at the end of this post to see lunches from previous weeks. We like to pack our lunches in ELBs and Laptop Lunchboxes. 

The Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale by Jan Carr

Boogs brought this book home from his school library. All of the punctuation marks gathered together to get their next assignments. No one really wanted the Greedy Apostrophe to have an assignment because he always tried to take over more words than he should. This book is really a cute jumping off point for discussing the differences between possessives and plurals. In the ELB lunchbox: Greedy Apostrophe turkey & cheese sandwich with a cheese S, fruit snack commas, pistachio periods, olive colons, salad, and a banana with a message for Boogs to Smile For Picture Day.



Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey

A few weeks ago, Boogs and I read Kat Kong. He loved that book and was very excited when I told him there was another book like it called Dogzilla. In this story, the mice of Mousopolis are having a cookout when Dogzilla arrives and ruins everything. The mice join forces and figure out a way to scare off Dogzilla. In the ELB: Dogzilla salami & cheese sandwich, cheese mouse, soap bubble Pirates Booty, strawberry & plum lava, tomato & carrot flames, and broccoli.



 E-MERGENCY! by Tom Lichtenheld & Ezra Fields-Meyer

Uh-oh! Letter E fell down the stairs and cannot perform her letter duties. The other letters have to decide how to avert a crisis. If people use the letter E while speaking, E will be unable to recover from her injuries. O has to step up and be used in place of E. Boogs roally onjoyod roading the rost of tho book without tho injurod lottor. Ho thought it was challonging and fun! We decided to try and make a lunch using the letter E as little as possible. In the ELB lunchbox: O & E ham & choose sandwichos, fruit snacks, pistachios, kiwi, raspborry, radish, tomato, carrot, and spinach.
Reading extension - I had Boogs write a note to his cousin without using the letter E. He is happy that E is back on the job.



The Toughest Cowboy: Or How the West Was Tamed by John Frank

The toughest cowboy in the West, Grizz, decided he had to have a dog. On his next trip into  town, Grizz discovers that one of the locals is giving away a dog for free to a good home. Grizz can't believe his luck. He hurried to the saloon to claim the dog. When he arrived, he came face to face with a little ball of fluff - Foofy, a miniature poodle. This dog eats fancy food, likes to be brushed, and wears pink ribbons in her hair. She is afraid of cows and is pretty useless on the open range. Amazingly, Foofy wins over the hearts of the rough cowboys with her dinner plate catching abilities. Boogs laughed all the way through this amusing book. In the ELB lunchbox: Grizz almond butter & jelly sandwich with cowboy picks, leftover chicken tumbleweeds, cauliflower Foofy, FOOFY picks in berries, and salad. 


Happy Birthday Hamster by Cynthia Lord

Boogs is obsessed with hamsters. His pet hamster, Winter, just had her 1/2 birthday. Boogs thought the hamster in this book was very cute, even though this book was a bit young for him. In the ELB lunchbox: hamster drawn on cheese on top of ham & cheese sandwich, berries, and salad. 

Here is a picture of Winter escaping the maze Boogs and I built for her. Can you see why Boogs thinks hamsters are the cutest pets?



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