Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Stick Dog - Tom Watson


http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/class-acts/winter-2013/Tom-Watson-yearbook.pdf


Discussion Questions
1. What are the characteristics of Stick Dog and his friends Poo-Poo, 
Karen, Mutt, and Stripes? How do you think they became friends?
2. Why are Stick Dog and his friends always in search of food? Why are 
hamburgers their favorite food?
3. Stick Dog and his friends come up with an elaborate plan to distract a 
family cooking hamburgers outside. What is their plan? Does it work out?
4. Create another dog that could be friends with Stick Dog and the gang. 
Draw your animal in stick form too! Make sure to include details like 
the animal’s name, how they met Stick Dog, and their favorite food.
http://www.thepageturn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Class-Acts-Summer-Reading-Guide.pdf


Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Elska - Catherine Hapka

Foal
Dam
sire
Tolting
polomino
geyser
hot spring
rettir
Icelandic
circa
artic fox
garments
mingled
neighbors  
expression
ocasionally
autumn
dismounted
mount
cocked an ear
inconvenience
apology
cautioned
ponied to
volcanic
weariness
instincts
anxiously
bleating
nickered

http://www.iceland.is/
http://www.iceland.is/iceland-abroad/us/education-and-culture/iceland-for-kids/
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/horse-terminology/
http://www.clubponypals.com/


Monday, October 13, 2014

Melonhead Katy Kelly chapter 21-

difficult
horrible
delicious
nutritious
mercy
maturity
underestimating
extreme
galore
apolagizing

extension
hilarious
centipede
recess
cocktail
library of congress

brilliant
coughing
perfume
decoration
calcium

bending bones in vinegar
Alexander Graham Bell
lie detectors

1. , where does the main character
Melonhead live?
Washington D.C
2. After Melonhead told his story to
the class,
Mrs. Timony talked
about his use of detail.
3. After Melonhead watched the
baby, he and Sam...
experimented on
diapers.
4. Ashley decided to sign up for the
Challenge because
the winner would go
on a trip.
5. Because Melonhead and Sam's
team kept making flops,
Sam started working by
himself.
6. Because Melonhead's mother
heard sounds in the closet,
a trapping man came
to the house.
7. How did Melonhead's mother
learn that Melonhead had been
roof-running?
Dr. Bowers had seen
Melonhead jump over
the skylight.
8. Lucy Rose was having a hard
time...
keeping the dog in the
fence.
9. Melonhead climbed onto the
dinner table because
he was looking for the
mouse.
10. Melonhead couldn't use the
Reflecting Pool for the
submarine because
the water wasn't deep
enough.
11. Melonhead knew he was in
trouble when his father...
came home in a taxi.
12. Melonhead tied the string to the
snake because he...
wanted it to track the
mouse.
13. Mrs. Alswang screamed when
Sam...
showed her the mouse.
14. Sam and Melonhead _____ the
snake.
bought mice to feed to
15. Sam found the snake when he... fell in the wet grass.
16. The students laughed at
Melonhead when he...
popped out with a
stocking on his head.
17. To show his parents that he was
sorry, Melonhead did what?
made them breakfast in
bed.
18. What did Melonhead get his foot
stuck in?
A tree
19. What did the students do at Mr.
Santalices's after-school
meeting?
They shared their
reinvention ideas.
20. What happened when Ashley
tried to grab the snake box?
She fell on her
backpack.
21. What is Melonhead's real name? Adam Melon
22. What was the name of
Melonhead's invention?
The Rescuer
23. When Ashley answered
questions about the lie detector,
her father helped
answer them.
24. When baby Julia got the snake... she put it in her
parents' bed.
25. When he _____, Melonhead
found the lost snake.
reached in his pocket
for cereal
26. When he _____, Melonhead won
Homework of the Week.
wrote about his head
lice experience
27. When he and Sam built the
periscope, Melonhead
used his mother's
mirrors.
28. When he arrived at the tree, Gus
did what?
packed ice around
Melonhead's ankle.
29. When it slipped out of the string,
the snake
went under the stove.
30. When Melonhead climbed
Madam and Pop's tree,
his foot got stuck in a
hole.
31. When Melonhead picked up the
cereal box,...
the corner had been
chewed.
32. When Melonhead put the cast on
Sam,...
plaster turned the
floor white.
33. When Mr. Santalices drew a
funny picture, Melonhead
fell backwards in his
chair.
34. When the Rescuer took first
place, Melonhead and Sam
had their pictures
taken.
35. Who gave Melonhead his
nickname?
Lucy Rose
36. Who is the author of Melonhead? Katy Kelly
melonhead
Study online at quizlet.com/_h4p4t

Melonhead katy kelly chapter 13-20

unlimmited
tutti-frutti
masterpiece
vegetarian
pharmacist
artificial
limmited edition
expression
skylight
serious


fatigue
exhausred
anxiety
frusterated
bunions
situations
refining


Sunday, October 12, 2014

Melonhead- Katy Kelly Chapter 10-12

cystals
recycle
hoot owls
unexpected
using light to start a fire
rainbows

fight the bite:
part1- thousand bats
look up bats
part 2-body protector

carbon dioxide
transporter
Albert Parkhouse

Write a poem about the book like page 90 by lucy rose

expensive
percent
liberty
reasonable
ecstatic
contribute
century
day dreaming
chocolate bread pudding
surprise
washington wizards
completely
pernission
terrarium
comfortable

sleep mask sleep hat
lone ranger
eastern market
honeydew melon
baby elevator
avalanche
super-absorbent
digesting

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Melonhead-Katy Kelly Chapter 7-9

a red-letter day
In the past, special days would be marked with red letters making it a red letter day 
Honor
congratulations
praise
avalanche
the star
Excellant
adjectives
masterpiece
louse
nits
lice
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/common/head_lice.html
The best safest easiest way to treat is to saturate mayonaise all over your hair and scalp. Then cover your head with a grocery bag to keep them from getting out. the oil suffucates them and loosens there eggs. just use a nit comb and comb out mayonaise into garbage. once hair has been combed through really good just shampoo and wash all materials that may be infected. retreat if needed but I have seen it work better than RID.
personal
ashamed
confused
proud

Frankenberries
garter snake
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Thamnophis_sirtalis/
http://www.gartersnake.info/care/
Temple Sinai
expirements with food
cobra
condo
loafer
penguin
bologna
congress market


african drums

Kennedy center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts

vamoose

scrambeled eggs
cheese casserole
clementines
natural bug spray
http://wellnessmama.com/2565/homemade-bug-spray/
mosquito
http://insected.arizona.edu/skeeterinfo.htm
quartz

frankenstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84


concussion
revolting
reptilian
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/facts01.htm

experience
don't fancy

Friday, October 10, 2014

Melonhead-Katy Kelly chapter 5-6

jackpot
matzo ball soup
state capitol song
pasteling
self potrait
respect
school property
Grover Cleveland
four leaf clover
pansies
refreshed
magnolia
elbow piping
bamboozled
reflection
periscope
magnifying




Thomas Doughtywas not the first to invent the periscope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periscope


Cornelius van Drebbel

Cornelis Drebbel,  (born 1572Alkmaar, Neth.—died Nov. 7, 1633London), Dutch inventor who built the first navigable submarine.
An engraver and glassworker in Holland, Drebbel turned to applied science and in 1604 went to England, where King James I became his patron. He devised an ingenious “perpetual motion clock,” actuated by changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature, which greatly enhanced his reputation. In 1620 he completed his “diving boat.” Propelled by oars and sealed against the water by a covering of greased leather, the wooden vessel travelled the River Thames at a depth of 12 to 15 feet (about 4 metres) from Westminster to Greenwich. Air was supplied by two tubes with floats to maintain one end above water.
Drebbel also discovered the use of tin compounds as mordants for cochineal, a scarlet dye, and suggested a method of making sulfuric acid by the oxidation of sulfur. Among many other inventions attributed to him are the compound microscope, an improvedthermometer, and self-regulating ovens.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/171268/Cornelis-Drebbel
reflection pool

reflecting pool a waste of water?

zip-a-dee-doo-dah








Thursday, October 9, 2014

MelonHead-Katy Kelly Chapter 3-4

"What do the Jaws of Life look like?" Sam Asked
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/accidents-hazardous-conditions/jaws-life2.htm

Jack hammer, cutter part, and spreader part.
"....Foot has about a hundred and twenty-five thousand sweat glands," I said. "All mine were working."
http://www.everydayhealth.com/foot-health-pictures/funky-feet-facts.aspx

Wright Brothers
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers

invent
explode
headache
curiosity / curious
magnificent
balancing
challenge
reinventions
remote control
metropolitan
semifinals
continental breakfast
certificate
trophy
savings bond
Philadelphia
national
competition
New York city
logbook
everglades
vote
bill


http://www.dsokids.com/activities-at-home/make-instrument/tin-can-telephone.aspx
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Play-Telephone
http://www.viralnova.com/product-reinventions-cool/

Thomas Edison
http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349#synopsis
http://www.nps.gov/edis/forkids/a-brief-biography-of-thomas-edison.htm
joseph gayetty and zeth wheeler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper

http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/old/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area

http://nationalpeanutboard.org/the-facts/fun-facts/

Walter Hunt
http://www.sjmv.org/Campus/Class/scinventors/safetypin/SafetyPin.html




Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Melonhead-Katy Kelly Chapter 2

congressman's speech
a big-picture man
election
speeches
florida
MelonHead and his dad Live in Washington D.C. Why is his father trying to get on T.V. for Florida?
http://www.congressforkids.net/Elections_electoralmap.htm

footage
chattering
space blanket
mylar
http://www.grafixplastics.com/mylar_what.asp

Great Dane

thwook
rolling bed
oxygen tank
blood pressure measurer
special cloth
crooked scissors
electric towel
Neosporin
lime green bandage
http://video.about.com/firstaid/Tour-of-an-Ambulance.htm

Tongue

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

melonhead- katy kelly chapter 1

Melonhead though it looked like a stinky weed and planned to use it to make deodarant with it. The nieghbor told him it was


Even though it was mostly green at the time.

The Nieghbor was walking her black poodle with pink tutu. the other was wearing

The new black hightop  converse was stuck in a tree in hole through the v in the tree


Melonhead wants and is an inventor   watch others hereThe greatest inventions with Bill Nye


http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/teachers_guides/9780385904261.pdf



Averted
Avoided
Aversion
Magnolia
Carraige house
Tragedy
terrorize
deodarant
lavendar
caulk
apricot
breezeway roof
olive oil
converse
deportment
capital dome
howling hyenas
panic
hook and ladder truck/ cherry picker
hullabaloo
bagpipe
kilt