OOMM By Shimon

I think Melody will get a laptop like rose except better. It could talk and you just need move the mouse and click where or what you want it to say.

I feel bad for Melody when she went to the aquarium and she was thinking about Ollie and how maybe he wanted to live there. Maybe Melody is right and he wanted to leave to the aquarium because he hated the bowl.

Melody's Field Trip and Friendship

I think that Melody leaned that you can have a lot of friends but you can't have all of them. I think this because, at the aquarium she had a couple of friends but not all. For example, Melody had Rose with her when she went to the aquarium but there were two mean kids (Molly and Clair.).

I think Melody thinks that Ollie would like the fish tank. (with out the sharks.) I think this because there is more room for Ollie and Melody would be able to see her.

The Aquarium

I think Melody learned to stick up for each other for example, when Mrs. V stood up for Melody when Clare and Mollie when they were making fun of Melody. But Rose didn't stand up for Melody that much.

Ollie’s life and the fish in the Aquarium life mirror on each other for example, Ollie was living in a small bowl and the fish in the Aquarium live in a huge tank. But Ollie gets fed fish food but the fish in the Aquarium don’t.

  Have you ever went to the Aquarium?   

O.O.M.M.

Melody learned from Mrs. V that a friend is a friend. I think this because when Molly and Claire were being mean to Rose Mrs. V stood up for Rose and Melody.

Ollie was stuck in a small bowl like Melody stuck in a small world. But the fish in the aquarium they get a big tank. 

Global Read Aloud Update

The Global Read Aloud (GRA) experience is going strong.  The students are connecting with the story of Melody, and they love sharing the story with our partner class in Florida.

We Skyped our partner class again today and while students were doing a 1:1 Skype with their assigned partner, the rest of the class was "backchanneling."  Have you heard of backchannels?  Backchannels (the one we used was at todaysmeet.com) are private spaces where selected people chat about a subject.  The students were able to ask questions about each other, and most importantly, have an online chat about the GRA book.  Students discussed the characters, plot, problems and more about Out of My Mind.  It was amazing to see conversations happening on Skype, while the rest of the students were engaged in an online discussion.

Here are some pictures of the Skype/Backchannel session.  Hopefully some of the students will post reflections on this experience next week!

O.O.M.M.

 The author put the story of Ollie the  fish because Melody’s has a similar life.They both can’t talk and Ollie is stack in his boll.

           

Melody and her fish Ollie live on the same world they both can’t tell people how they feel or what they want.  

Melody feeling when she couldn't tell her Mom how her fish Ollie really died were ,sad ,angry and she felt alone.                                                                                                    

What do you think about Melody’s life?

OOMM

Melody felt mad with her mom because she could not tell her that Ollie  jumped out of her bowl. Melody’s mom said Melody what have you done? Melody wanted to answer her mom. In the story “she was angry I was too’’

I think Ollie and Melody are the same because they both can’t move around a lot and both can not talk 

Our First Skype

  Last Friday we Skyped with MJGDS for the first time.  I  think it went really well.  I think it went really well because we all met our partners, we had a check in with our partners about where we were in the book and we each had questions for each other.  I was one of the three kids that got to ask a question.  I think it was good this time but next time it will be awesome!!!


  Next time we Skype it will be with another school.  I do not know what the school is called but they have also been reading Out of My Mind.  The Skype will be a lot better even if they only have four kids.

  Did you ever Skype anyone?

Out of My Mind

Melody was like hear fish because they both can’t talk, and walk .Melody is also like her fish because they can’t say what is going on in there brain. Ollie jumped out of a tank. And could not breath. And Melody could not get her mom to get up in time. So Melody put water on the fish but it died. Melody felt stupid when she could not tell her mom what really happened when she got there.

Is Melody Going To Learn How To Talk and Walk ?

OOMM Melody and Ollie

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Ollie had a very sad life just swimming in circles all day. I think Ollie swam out of his bowl because. He thought that he could live outside of his bowl and wanted to see what it was like outside. I think what Melody did to try to save Ollie was a good idea but it wasn't enough to save him.

I think Melody’s life is like Ollie’s because Ollie is stuck in a bowl and Melody is stuck in a wheelchair and they both can’t get out.

I think that Melody is feeling very bad because she said that she wished that her mother could understand what she was really trying to say. Do you think Melody is ever going to learn how to talk? How? 

O.O.M.M

We are reading Out of My Mind By. Sharon Draper

I feel bad for melody she wanted to tell her mom so badly what really happened to Ollie that he jumped out of the bowl and that she did not tip the bow.Her mom was kind of yelling at her because the mom thought that she tipped the bowl.

Ollie had a life like melody it seemed like he was stuck in the bowl.It seemed like he wanted to be free like how melody would want to be.She would want to talk and walk but she can't.Melody feels like she is stuck in the bowl because she does not feel free.

I think Ollie had a tornado reaction so he probably just jumped right out of the bowl and sadly died.I think that he freaked out.

Ollie the Fish

OOMM Globel Read Aloud by Sharon m. Draper

   I think Melody talked about Ollie in the book. Because it probably reminded her about her self. This is how I think this reminded her about Ollie. Ollie died when Melody was 7.

    Ollie feel out of the bowl and Melody poured the bowl out so melody would get water but it didn't work so Ollie died.

    I think Ollie is like Melody because he wants to talk but he can’t like Melody they both can’t talk but they both try.

      Melody was probably sad because in the book she was crying. She couldn't tell her mother what she was feeling. Melody hit the fish bowl over but she couldn't tell her mom why.

Why do YOU think Melody is telling the story about Ollie?

How do YOU think Melody is feeling.

OLLIE THE FISH

               OUT OF MY MIND

                               BY SHARON M DRAPER

I think that when Melody is calm and relaxed (it sometimes happens when she is listening to music or audio books) she would look at Ollie (Pet Fish) and feel good like she could anything like a “normal” (non-disabled) child.                                                                      

I think that Melody’s life mirrors Ollie’s when Melody is wanting something but people don’t know what she wants I bet she feel like she is stuck in a bowl.

Melody’s probably feeling upset when she can’t tell her mother what actually happened when Ollie died, he was her friend and she felt better when she looked at him during the middle of a bad mood. She also can't get the words out.

DO YOU HAVE A PET THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AFTER A BAD MOOD?

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU’VE LOST YOUR VOICE?

DO YOU EVER FEEL UPSET WHEN SOMETHING SAD HAPPENED BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE?

Out of my mind

                 Out of my mind

Melody and Olly are the same because they can not talk or walk but they can both think and see and move.

I think the story of Olly is important , because Olly meant a lot to Melody and their life is almost the same.

I think Melody felt hurt when her mom yelled at her even though she did not spill the fish bowl .I feel bad for Melody  because she cant tell her mom it was not her.

Do you think Melodys life and Olly's life are like the same?

Out of My Mind

  When Melody got a pet gold fish she was really happy, Melody named her gold fish Ollie. Ollie was really special to Melody, but when Ollie jumped out of the fish bowl Ollie died Melody was really upset. When Melody’s mom got upstairs she yelled at Melody but Melody couldn't explained what had happened. Nobody could have replaced Ollie but when her dad came home he brought her a dog that she named Butterscotch, Melody was grateful.

  I think that Melody and Ollie are about the same.  For example, Melody and Ollie can’t talk, they can’t go to a lot of places, but most of all they both can’t explain anything. I can tell that Melody does not want to be treated like she is so young and is a baby, and for Ollie she does not want to be behind the glass every seconded of her life.

  I think that Melody feels bad about Ollie. The reason for this is at when Ollie was alive she was really happy because she never had a pet before, but when Ollie died she was really upset and annoyed. The reason for this is, that before Ollie died she was screaming and kicking but when Melody’s mom came upstairs Melody’s mom yelled at her because when Melody knocked down the fish bowl trying to get her wet so she can get Ollie wet, otherwise Ollie would die, but also when Melody’s mom came upstairs she yelled at Melody for making a mess and for killing Ollie and she said, “Why did you take Ollie out of his tank you know she can’t live without water”. Melody probably felt sad and also wishing she could tell her mom the whole story.

                    Do you ever get treated badly?

             Did you ever have a pet but your pet died?

               How would you feel if you were Melody?

Ollie the Fish

What I think is significant about the story of Ollie [Melody’s pet fish]. Is that Melody said, “I feel worse for Ollie than I feel about me.” So I started to think why Melody said that and I came up with a couple ideas for example, Ollie just swims in the same old bowl all day every day with no family and it can’t talk.

I think Ollie’s life mirrors on Melody’s. Because they both can’t talk for example, Melody said “it looks like Ollie is trying to talk.” And I had a fish so I know they can’t talk. And Melody is stuck in her wheelchair and Ollie is stuck in it's bowl.   

How I think Melody felt when she couldn't tell her mom how Ollie died was mad. Because her mom started yell at her and she doesn't even know what happened. I know that would get mad if my mom did that to me.

 How would feel if your mom yelled at you if she didn't even know the story of what happened?

How would you feel if you couldn't talk?

Out Of My Mind

 We are reading out of my mind by Sharen Daper

Ollie is important because Ollie is like melody so they are close. When the fish jump out of the bowl he wanted to die so did Melody when she found out she cannot do anything.

Melody is mad because her mom does not understand her because in the story she was shouting because her fish was dying and her mom came in and said why did you tip the fish bowl and the mom asked why did you tip of the gold fish?

Ollie story is cool because it was just like melody. Ollie’s life was just like melody because the fish cannot do anything but going in same circle. Melody wanted to jump out of her mind like when she wanted to get fast food and her dad did not know that she wanted fast food.

HOW Would you feel if you were melody? 

Ollie the fish.

                                        

                                               

                                     OUT of MY MIND.

 I think the significance of Ollie is that he is like Melody. Melody said,

“I feel sorry for Ollie because he is stuck in a bowl.”                                                                     

 I feel that the way Ollie’s life mirrors Melody’s is that they both can’t talk, they both can’t walk.    

 I think Melody feels that she is very annoyed that she can’t tell her mother what she wants to say for example, when they were in the store that sold everything she saw that there were bad toys she wailed and her mother got angry and Melody got upset, another example is that when Ollie was out of his bowl and Melody was yelling for her mom

Do you think Melody liked Ollie?  WHY?

Melody's Pet Fish, Ollie

My class is reading  Out of My Mind By Sharon M Draper.

   Ollie was a very significant fish he was a very cool fish and melody could really connect with him. They were both kind of stuck "swimming in the same direction in the same world". She says it always looked like he was trying to say something because of how he moved his mouth .he always lived in a very small world/bowl and was kind of trapped. 

  Melody is a lot like Ollie because they are both somewhat tapped somewhere and have never gone more than a couple miles away from their home.  Melody and Ollie both wanted to escape so Ollie did.  Melody said that Ollie looked like he was trying to talk all the time and so was she.  She says" maybe he was tired of the same bowl the same log maybe he couldn't stand it"

Melody was depressed but angry at the same time because she says "mom was angry and so was I. I didn't want her to see me cry. She left me with my music and an empty spot on the table .the colors had vanished". She was kind of blaming her mom by saying if she hadn't been so slow he might have made it.


How do you think melody will find her voice?

Out of My Mind

Our class read Out of My Mind by Sharen Draper.

  I think that Melody and Ollie are connected. Because Ollie may be able to move but is not able to express his feelings. Also Melody is trapped in a world that if she is “upset” she will have a “tornado explosion.” I think that when Ollie jumped out of the bowl maybe he had a “tornado explosion.”

 Ollies life mirrored Melody because he just keeps “going around in a circle”, kind of like how Melodys life keeps going around in a circle. When Melody got Ollie I think maybe it was meant to be. Like Maybe Ollie saw Melody and thought she is probably going to win me.

I think she probably felt a little frustrated because her mom just jumped to conclusions instead of actually thinking what really happened. Melody also felt a little sad because her fish died. Another reason is she felt mad because her mom didn’t give Melody a chance. Her mom said "Your goldfish didn't make it i don't understand why would you do that to the poor little fish?" 


Would you rather be able to talk but not control your feelings, or be able to talk but control your feelings and why?