Here at The Reading Round-Up, we like to invite real live readers in to share their love of words and stories with all of us! Being read to is not only pleasurable, but you can learn a lot too!
★ Our first guest in the saddle is Mr. Salsich, Sr.! ★
On Friday, December 3rd Mr. Salsich's class met "the real" Mr. Salsich - his dad, Hamilton Salsich!
It got a little confusing having two "Mr. Salsich's" in the room, so the students got to call their teacher "Mr. Salsich Jr." for a little while. "Mr. Salsich Sr." is also a teacher. He teaches reading and writing to 8th and 9th grade students.
He read a couple of short stories from the book Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth.
The stories in this book are a little strange.
They are supposed to make the reader think about their meaning or message.
The message of a book can also be called its "theme." See if you can think of the theme of this story from Zen Shorts that "Mr. Salsich Sr." read:
What do you think this story is about?
Does it have a theme?
What book have you read that had a theme?
What was its message?
