Junie B. Jones Favorites: Book Reviews

Junie B. Jones Favorites Book Reviews #14 The Mushy, Gushy Valentine
Mrs. Dailey's First Grade Jacksonville, Arkansas Sonja Lambeth, Student Teacher with Mrs. Floyd's 1st Grade Robertsdale Elementary School, Robertsdale, Alabama Donna Parks' 3rd Grade Reading Group Jefferson School, Marion, Illinois Debra Cortney's 1st Grade John F. Kennedy Bilingual School, Queretaro, Mexico Cindy George's 2nd Grade Huffman Elementary, Anchorage, Alaska
My Third Grade Reading Group read Junie B. Jones and The Mushy Gushy Valentine. Once they read the book they worked together and did a power point presentation about the book. It has the same information as below but in a different format. ~ Donna Parks Report Junie B. is in kindergarten and this is her first Valentine Party. When the class finds out about it, they give Mrs. lots of strange party ideas like jugglers that juggle chain saws and melted milk balls for treats. Each student has to bring a Valentine card for the others in their class. Everyone is supposed to get the same number of cards. There’s a huge box for all the cards to go in. At party time, Mrs. hands out the cards to all the students. Junie B. gets upset when she thinks she is short one card. However she has the biggest card of all in the bottom of the card box with no signature. Now, Junie B. is determined to find out who her anonymous admirer is. You’ll have to read the book to find out who gave Junie B. her Mushy Gushy Valentine Card!
Our favorite part is when Junie B. finds out who gave her the Mushy Gushy Valentine card. It’s not who you think it will be! – Austin, Brianna & Tori	I had two favorite parts. One is the way that Junie B. talks. She says words wrong like Valentime, that Grace, ‘Cause, and Meanie Jim. The other was when she thought there was a meatball in the Valentine box, even though she thought real hard! – Christian
My favorite part is when Junie B. is jumping up and down in her chair because she is short one valentine. She wants to know who didn’t follow the rules! – Lucas	Read this book and you’ll enjoy it as much as we did!
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Miss Debra's 1st Grade John F. Kennedy Bilingual School Queretaro, Mexico
What we thought: We read a J.B.J. book about Valentine's Day. At the Valentine's Day party, Junie B. got a card from her secret admirer. She didn't know who sent it. It was funny when Junie B. blew a kiss at the wrong boy! At last, Junie B. found her secret admirer. How exciting! Here are some of our favorite parts:
Our whole class displaying our work.
Our favorite part was when she blew a kiss to the wrong boy. ~A.R.	Our favorite part was when she blew a kiss to the wrong boy. ~ D.G.
My favorite part was when Junie B. was trying to be sexy. ~ E. G.	My favorite part was when Junie B. thought that there was a meatball in the box. ~ M.F.
My favorite part was when Junie B. said wink to Jim. ~A.H.	My favorite part was when she found her secret admirer. ~M.B.
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Cindy George's 2nd Grade
Huffman Elementary
Anchorage, Alaska

Our second grade class absolutely loves Junie B. Jones books! We wrote a class book about all our favorite parts of Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine because it is our favorite book so far.

We also wrote a book review in shared writing telling everyone why they should read it. Here it is:

george_14.jpg (22209 bytes) You should read, Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine by Barbara Park, because it is really funny!

When we heard how Junie B. made room nine sparky we laughed super hard. Junie B. made us laugh when she tried to guess what was in the Valentine's box. There's a big twist at the end, but you'll have to read the story to find out who loves Junie B. as much as we do!

Sonja Lambeth, Student Teacher with
Mrs. Floyd's 1st Grade
Robertsdale Elementary School
Robertsdale, Alabama

Hi! My students read Junie B. and the Mushy Gushy Valentine. They did many projects with the book, including keeping a journal and writing the author.

Junie B. is in kindergarten and her teacher is Mrs. Jim and Junie B. were racing to see who could make their hearts the fastest. They got in trouble and Mrs. would not let them finish the box. Junie B. is always getting into disagreements with her friends, but they make up at the end of the fights. The class is having a Valentine's Day party. Mrs. told the class that they had to bring everyone a Valentine, but Junie B. was missing one. Mrs. found Junie B.'s missing card, but it was from a secret admirer. You have to read the book to find out who the secret admirer was. Our whole class thinks you should read the book, because it will teach you about how not to always judge a book by it's cover. YOU MUST READ THE BOOK!
Here's an example of our journal entry:

Mrs. Dailey's First Grade
Jacksonville, Arkansas

Our class read the book Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine by Barbara Park. In this book Room 9 in planning their Valentine's party. Junie B. Jones gets a valentine from a secret admirer. Junie B. wants to find out who her secret admirer is. We know who it is, but you have to read to find out! We thought this book was wonderful.

Individual reviews:

Our class read a book called Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine. My favorite part was when she blew a kiss to the wrong boy. I laughed when she winked at the wrong boy.
by B.P.

Junie B. Jones is a cool book. My favorite part is Junie's two best friends fighting. She blew a kiss to the wrong boy. Junie had sixteen cards and she got mad. She got up on her chair.
by C.G.

Junie B. Jones blew a kiss to the wrong boy and she has a secret admirer. I laughed.
by I.C.

My favorite part is when she was looking for her secret admirer. She has 16 cards and she is supposed to have 17 cards. She blew a kiss to the wrong boy.
by L.W.

I just read Junie B. Jones the Mushy Gushy Valentine. My favorite part was when she blew a kiss to the wrong boy and she has a secret admirer. It is the best book I ever read.
by C. D.
My favorite part is when Junie B. Jones had 16 valentines' cards and everybody in room 9 had 17.
by M.C.

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