#GRABilly Ch. 2 of Sister

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Billy’s parents left to go to Chicago for Papa’s art show.  Ned and Billy were going to have a sleepover but Ned threw up.  They were going to stay up all night so Ned told Billy he could stay up all night by himself.  Billy’s babysitter came and her name is Gabby.  Gabby, Billy and Sal hopped in the car and they were off to the restaurant, Ruby’s Cupboard, to have supper.

There were people celebrating a birthday at the restaurant.  Sal wanted to celebrate something.  Billy got a dragon’s pearl from school and an envelope with a dragon stamp on it because they were celebrating Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon.  They celebrated the Year of the Dragon at the restaurant by having ice cream and making dragon faces.  They talked about sending the envelope to Ms. Silver.  Sal thought the pearl was magical.  Billy did not want to give Sal the pearl.

Our First Skype Call!

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We spoke with a classroom of Grade 3 students in Arizona today via Skype.  First we had to guess where they were and then we got to talk to them about our Global Read Aloud book, The Year of Billy Miller.  They had some of the same predictions that we did!

Our predictions for Chapter 3 (Part 1)

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We think Billy is going to be doing a lot of art in Grade 2 because his school is named after a famous artist, Georgia O’Keeffe.  We looked up her art work and we really like all the flowers!  Maybe they will be painting a lot of flowers.

Another of our predictions is that Billy will remember that his mom is worried that he’ll start forgetting things and that will make Billy worried.

Also, we wonder if the lump on his head will make kids start bullying him.

The Year of Billy Miller Part 1: Teacher, Ch.1

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At the start of the book, Billy Miller went to Blue Earth, Minnesota and he climbed up to the Green Giant statue. It was so windy, his hat flew off. He tried to grab it and he fell. He woke up in the hospital with a big bump on his head. His mom and dad were talking about whether Billy would forget things. Billy is worried that he won’t do very well in Grade 2.

His dad read the letter from Billy’s teacher and it said that it was the Chinese Year of the Rabbit. But Billy’s dad said that he thought it was actually the Year of Billy Miller.