http://avoca37.org/13christinaw Avoca School District 37 Student Blog Fri, 20 May 2011 03:53:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monday Depart from MM We were all at Marie Murphy getting ready to go onto the bus, but before we left we had to get our luggage into and onto the busses. While we waited to leave all the students and some of the staff went into the community room to ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2011/05/17/my-camp-adventure/ In Math we were assigned a project, it  was called a proportions project. One of my choices was to do the job interview. I did the job interview on my dad, my interview was about how my father uses Rates, Ratios and Proportions. This is an example from my project ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2011/04/25/math-proportion-project/ This graph represents the number of shoes per person. This is mostly a j-shape graph except for one person at the very beginning because the majority of my classmate have four to six pairs of shoes, but there were two students who had 13-15 pair of shoes!!  This might be ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/11/08/math-histogram/ *This is the first writing example for the - 2010 school year. It has not been edited. I hope You enjoy my letter! September 2, 2010 Dear Mom and Dad, I am looking forward to as a 6th grader is, being able to do more then just good in all my classes, I ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/10/21/back-to-school-6th-grade/ As a concluding activity for our study of the Scientific Method, students worked through a variety of bacteria investigations. Students were provided a lab template which provided them with a six-step outline of the scientific method for problem solving. Using those steps and ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/10/20/bacterial-growth-lab/ The Fighting Ground By: Avi Book Blurb By: Christie W. When I was reading this book it took me into the world where they are having a big war. My favorite character was Jonathan because he was able to see what the war was like and he also ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/05/04/the-fighting-ground/ Baby By: Patricia MacLachlan Blurb by: Christina W. There is this wonderful family that hasn't told their children what their baby's name is.  The baby  died from a tragic accident when it was first born. Their 12 year old daughter Larkin returns home one day to discover a baby sitting in a basket ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/03/25/baby/ Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator By: Roald Dahl Blurb By: Christina W. In my book you wouldn't imagine what would be happening  actually I couldn't even know what was happening it was so amazing. My favorite characters were Charlie and Mr.Wonka,  because they go on magical rides and journeys ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/02/26/charlie-and-the-great-glass-elevator/ Nancy Drew Trouble At Lake Tahoe Blurb By: Christie Wechsler There are many characters in the book but my favorite is Nancy. Nancy is my favorite because she solves all the action packed things and she does all the critical thinking. What I liked about the book was that there were scary ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/02/01/trouble-at-lake-tahoe-nancy-drew/ I connected with author Ruth Spiro and Lester Fizz, the main character in her book, by loving art and wanting to learn how to write a book.  I learned that you can do anything or go anyplace to try to look for ideas to write a book. I also learned ... http://avoca37.org/13christinaw/2010/01/24/good-book-by-ruth-spiro/