chasing vermeer by blue balliett
final project
plot summery
the book chasing vermeer is about 2 kids a girl named petra and a boy named calder.There are three mysterious letters delivered to three seperate people by a mysterious person.The story takes place in Chicago.In the book the number 12 means something in the mystery.
Calder uses a set of puzzle pieces named pentominoes and uses them to solve the mystery of the vermeer painting.They use blue m&m's to symbolize a clue or coinsedence.Even though they are kids they can still solve a mystery and they are very smart because they found all the clues even when the police couldn't and wasn't really doing a lot to help get the lady back to the museum
kids opinions do matter and kids can do as much as adults can do.
kids opinion do matter and they can do as much as adults can do they can even solve mystery's that not even the police or the fbi can do even though when they do solve it the authority's don't believe them. mrs. hussey encouraged them to be creative and that their opinions matter because she would listen to them and want to learn from her students too.
petra
petra is a 6th grader and in mrs.hussey's classroom she is very smart and had a dream about a painting and she helps solve the mystery of the missing painting she keeps finding coinsedences in the book and she keeps track of them in her notebook. calder and petra are in the same class and calder is petras neighbor too.
calder pillay
calder is a 6th grader in mrs.hussey's class and he uses a set of pentominoes which were a early present for his birthday and he pulls them out of his coat to help with the mystery.calder is in the same class as petra and she is his neighbor too.
mrs.hussey
mrs.hussey is the 6th grade teacher of calder and petra she doesn't teach the same way that other teachers would and she wants their students to be creative.She gave them homework of pick a object and say why it is art to you.She is one of the 3 people to receive a mysterious letter about the painting.once she learns about the letter she gets very scared about her saftey
The book
In this book you have to look at the ilistrations because they are very important to the story calder and his friend have a code when they write to each other and you will want to decode it because it will help you understand the story you should also keep track of the characters too just in case they come back later in the story
pentominoes
pentominoes are a puzzle that can be solve in many different ways and they all fit together to makes a rectangle or a square and they are important to the story and as are frogs too.
The blue m&m's
In the story you will learn that the blue m&m's represent a coincidence or a clue that they have found they chose the blue on because those are Calder and petra's favorite flavor because it tastes different then all the other colors they then will record the coincidence in petra's notebook to keep track of them all throughout the story