Here you can earn Homweworkboy Credits by answering questions and riddles. You may also get Homweworkboy Credits by emailing me (Homeworkboy) with your own riddles, jokes and original stories or poems or songs.
If I use your submissions you get Homeworkboy Credits to use in the classroom if Mrs. Weld will accept them or you can save them for great surprises coming in June from Homeworkboy!!
Ali is the Winner.....Ali is the Winner.....Ali is the Winner
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!
A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!
Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Coming in the Summer of 2012
Homework Boy's Summer Reading Program
The rules are easy:
Read any book on my list.
Get Homework Boy's approval for any book that you want to read that is NOT on the list
Write a brief synopsis [tell me in your own words about the book]
Please do not send reports on books you have already read. Mrs. Weld will know!
E-mail or snail mail your synopsis to Homework Boy.
When Homework Boy approves your synopsis you will earn 100 Homework Boy credits that you can spend on items from Mrs. Weld's goody box or cash out at 1 cent each in June, 2010.
If you have any questions or problems e-mail me and I will get back to you asap.
The List
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (All ages)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Young Adult)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (9-12 years)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (9-12 years)
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (All ages)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (9-12 years)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (4-8 years)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (9-12 years)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (9-12 years)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (4-8 years)
Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (9-12 years)
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (4-8 years)
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (9-12 years)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (9-12 years)
Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (9-12 years)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (9-12 years)
The BFG by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (9-12 years)
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (9-12 years)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien (9-12 years)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (All ages)
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (4-8 years) Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (4-8 years)
Matilda by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
