Vacation Time

We are heading into our last two weeks of school! We want to take this time to tell you that we will be signing off for now and will come back in August with a lot of new books to write about and a lot of great tech tips. We hope your summer is great and that you get a chance to read many good books. Be ready to tell us about some ~ our blog will blossom with your comments!

Enjoy your summer,
Mrs. Stec and Mrs. Woods

Making a History Connection

Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone

Here is a novel that will bring all that you have learned in history class to life! Elisa Carbone tells the story of how Jamestown came to be through the eyes of Samuel Collier, an 11-year-old orphan. Samuel is sent to the New World as a page to Captain John Smith.

Life was not easy for these new settlers. Battles with some nearby Native American tribes, befriending the Powhatan Indians, and learning their ways in order to not offend them, kept the Jamestown people busy. Winter nearly killed them.

Carbone shares her sources at the end of this novel. Her attention to providing historically accurate details makes this a book worth choosing!

Some Cool Websites to Visit

Most of us are familiar with the most popular places teens like to visit on the web. Websites such as Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube are well-known hangouts for teens.
If you are looking for something new, here are some other websites to visit:

• Hairmixer.com – try a new hairstyle on YOUR picture.
• Howstuffworks.com – “Mythbusters” for the web.
• Twitter.com - a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Check out this Twitter How-to video...
• del.icio.us - a social bookmarking website - store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere. What is social bookmarking?