What are you reading?

Currently, Ms. Lawver is reading Dies the Fire by SM Sterling (geared for adults, but ok for 8th grade advanced readers).  This dystopian book starts off like the new show Revolution where all of a sudden all of the electricity goes out and planes fall out of the sky.

So, what are you reading?

Tell us the title of your book, author, and a few sentences about it in the comments of this post.  Don't forget, if you are a kid, don't post your full name, first only!  My current students can get a goodie ticket for a good comment!

Revolutionary War

A great resource we have in this area is war re-enactor, Dr. Roy Wells.  Today he came and spoke to the 8th grade students about the different uniforms, weapons, and about life in general for soliders during the Revolutionary War.

Here is Evan as a Patriot.

Dr. Wells

Tea.

Special thanks to Kailey for great pictures!

6th grade archeologists!

Another great activity we did in 6th grade was an archeological dig.  The students set up their "dig" boxes as a group, burying "artifacts" (aka, man made items).  The next day a different group had the opportunity to excavate the box and discover the different clues to "ancient civilization" that left these artifacts behind!  (Of course, playing in the dirt was the highlight!)

Here you can see the girls recording the artifacts they uncovered.

This group is ready to dig with their box gridded off (with the string) and a ruler ready to get the details.

Ready to find out what is in this box!

6th Grade Cartographers

One of the first assignments the 6th graders did this year as groups was to create a map of the world from memory!  They could only use glue and paper, so they had to tear out the shapes of the continents.

Mosaics

While studying our unit on Rome and the Byzantine Empire, the 7th grade class made mosaics to represent their cultures.  Here are some shots of them working!

Delaney and Daisy Duck!

A few students used their devices to help them find images of their ideas.

The California Poppy is a great symbol to represent our state!