Mr. Wright's Class

Oh, no! Mr. Wright's class can't believe it. All the punctuation marks in the classroom have disappeared. Where can they be? What will the class do without them? After a lesson goes awry on the hottest, stickiest day of the year, Punctuation decides to go on vacation. Maybe if the kids have to live without punctuation for a while, they'll appreciate all the hard work commas, apostrophes, exclamation points, and question marks do! Chaos erupts! The class can't read their book, and the letters they write to ask punctuation to come back home are a mess. This clever and funny tale shows just how important punctuation is to reading and writing, and helps illustrate how different types work. From the question mark's inquisitive postcards to the quotations' constant chatter, this story is full of fun detail, elaborated on by bright acrylic illustrations, full of action and personality.

In this hilarious sequel to “Punctuation Takes a Vacation”, the grammar focus is on nouns and verbs, and once again uproarious fun abounds. When Mr. Wright's class goes outside for Field Day, the words form their own teams inside, but discover they're ineffective because they've chosen to stick together (nouns and pronouns on one; verbs on another). In order to form sentences, they'll have to mingle, which results in another playful, instructional and humorous adventure!

Silent letters make spelling much too difficult and the students in Mr. Wright's class have had enough of them. When the letters find out that the class is sending a letter to the newspaper editor asking for silent letters to be banned, they slip out of the missive and chaos ensues. The personality of each letter is distinctively portrayed, giving this grammar lesson the energy and humor to make it as much fun as the previous two books (“Punctuation Takes a Vacation” and “Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day”).

The high-energy, whimsical team that delivered the three previous titles in this Language Arts Library now presents-ta da!-word endings! Entertaining and enthralling, this readalong makes learning about suffixes memorable, and fun!