Today, Gretchen and I went to The Thirteenth Summer book release party at Dog Eared Books. The author Elizabeth Thompson contacted me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I would help her find some girls to come to the party and read a copy of her book and pass it on to another girl. Several of our CMS students recieved the numbered copies of her book; Perrin, Mariah, Lydia, Essence, Talle, Gemma. Check out the pictures below!

6th Grade Invention Projects and New Books!

This week the students have been working on final exams Tuesday-Friday! Monday the 6th graders finished up their Invention Researh Projects we have been working on with an Invention Fair in the CMS Media Center. Check out the pictures...




We also recieved a HUGE Follett Order of new Fiction with a little new non-fiction. Last year I worked very hard (and spent a lot of money) to update the non-fiction. So, this year, we have spent a great deal of our budget on high-interest and mostly YA fiction titles to entice our readers as one of our goals is to promote leisure reading. Below are some pictures of the first classes to come in and check out the new books...




I did a lesson on writing a review using Destiny. So, once these kids finish reading the books, they will write reviews on them.