Inside the June-July Issue:
Page 1
Newsletter
Future Fun Stuff
Cool Links
Gabrielle's Grab Bag
*Page 2*
Book Review
Poetry Corner
Math Challenge
June-July, 2006
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by Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan does a good job of combining the powerful, imposing characters of the Greek gods with modern day people and places that seem very realistic. This book is exciting from beginning to end! The Lightning Thief is a must read for anyone who loves fantasy, adventure, mystery and stories about average kids who have to do extraordinary things!
This is the first book in a series of five. The second book, The Sea of Monsters, is already published with the third scheduled to be published in early 2007.
fireworks in the sky
some whistle while they fly.
BLUE! ORANGE! WHITE!
they color the sky with light
seen for miles in the night.
OH-MY! WOW!
the spectators in the crowd cheer
because the grand finale's here.
GREAT! AMAZING! SUPER!
we laugh and say goodbye
as we end this perfect day, the perfect Fourth of July.
the Fourth
of July
fireworks fly
up high in the sky.
People sitting down below say, "Oh-My!"
A boy has some blocks, whistles and rubber balls. He is trying to determine their relative weights. This is what he knows so far: 4 balls and 5 whistles weigh the same as 5 balls and 3 whistles. 3 balls and 2 whistles weigh the same as 2 blocks. How many whistles does it take to equal the weight of one block?
Were you able to walk through your piece of paper? Did you do what I did the first few times and try to cut a hole out of the middle of the paper and step through without ripping it? Here's the answer to the trick - and there are no scraps of paper to clean up when you're done!
Fold your paper in half, lengthwise then fold it in half cross-wise. Keep folding it crosswise until you have 16 sections. Press the folds so that you can see the creases easily, and then unfold the paper until it is back to being folded one time lengthwise again. Starting at one end, cut on the first crease from the center fold along the crease but stop about 1/2 inch from the edge of the paper. On the next crease, cut from the other side (the open side) along the crease toward the fold and stop 1/2 inch from the fold. Keep switching the directions of your cuts so that they alternate in direction. The last cut you make should go from the fold to within 1/2 inch of the side. Now, leaving the end strips intact and still folded, cut through the center fold line down all the rest of the strips. Now carefully open up the string of paper and if you cut correctly, you should have a very large loop of paper through which you can easily step.