Summer is for exploring and reading!

My Newfie posing with some of the fur she shed this Spring.

You don't know what to read?

James Patterson's website is full of

ideas for everyone:

http://www.readkiddoread.com/home

Where can you find free books?

Try the Parmly Library's catalog:

Parmly Billings Library

Summer is almost here!  Take off your fur coat, get outside, and explore.  Then, READ to learn about what you've seen.


"The more you read the more you know."  (Dr. Seuss said that).

Can you tell a black bear from a grizzly?

Photo from U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Practice telling the difference, using the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks bear identification guide:

http://fwp.mt.gov/recreation/safety/wildlife/bears/bearId.html

Then, TAKE THE CHALLENGE!
Click here and choose TESTING (at the side of the web page): 
Bear Identification Test

Montana Place Names

A great website from the Montana Historical Society!

Find Montana towns and their history at the Montana Place Names website.  Click here:
http://mtplacenames.org

Use the Place Names list on the left side of the screen.
Choose a place from the alphabetical list.
A yellow circle will pop up on the map at the place's location.
Click on the yellow for the place's history.

Montana riddles

4th graders wrote these riddles. 
The answers are Montana towns.
If you get stuck, try using a Montana Highway Map and the alpha-numeric clue to locate the town.

1.  What rams have on their heads. (F-9)
2.  Where you take money to.  (F-8) 
3.  Its name is the opposite of where it's located.  (A-12)
4.  A man who likes to cook.  (E-12)
5.  An island in New York.  (F-5)
6.  They do it in a kitchen.  (H-6)
7.  A place for deer.  (E-4)
8.  A place where you can get knowledge.  (F-3)
9.  It sounds like a person from the comic "Blondie." (A-12)
10.  It sounds like a water mammal.  (D-3)
11.  It sounds like its stones are one color.  (A-11)
12.  You see this at Yellowstone National Park.  (D-6)


ANSWERS:
1.  Bighorn         2.  Billings       3.  Westby            4.  Baker
5.  Manhattan     6.  Cooke City     7.  Deer Lodge     8.  Wisdom
9.  Dagmar      10.  Seeley Lake     11.  Redstone   12.  Geyser

Behind the scenes

A behind-the-scenes look at filmmakers and scenery for the Ancient Advertisements:

Ancient Advertisements

Which Ancient Wonder is the most wonderful?
View the ads and then YOU decide:  (These videos can be viewed outside of the BPS network, or with a teacher's password via a Barracuda site)

The Colossus of Rhodes...

The Temple of Artemis...

The Pyramids at Giza...

The Pharos of Alexandria...

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia...

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus...

Visit the Lewis and Clark Middle School Library online!

CLICK HERE to see the Lewis & Clark Library.

Looking for a good read?....