Book Fair! Nov. 1,2,3

Book Fair Time! Nov. 1, 2, 3

What's in all those boxes?  Unpacking the Book Fair has begun!

(If you see blank white space instead of videos here, you need to get past Barracuda, or view from home):

What happens when kids visit the Book Fair?  Let's find out!

See the Book Fair for yourself:

Tuesday, Nov. 1st          7:30-8:15 a.m.  and 2:15-4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 2nd    7:30-8:15 a.m. and 12:00-4:00 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 3rd         7:30-8:15 a.m. and 12:00-6:00 p.m.

Caught reading!

Chinese monikers

In order of appearance:  Maycie, Abby, Sam, McKenzie, Nathan, Matthew, Kaitlyn, Hayley, Katie, Issa, Megan, Jazz, Alyssa

Get a Chinese name

Did you know that almost 10% of the Montana population was Chinese in 1870?  At that time, the Chinese in Montana were almost all men.  There were 500-1,000 Chinese miners in Virginia City alone.

Chinese gold miners in California, 1852. 
Photo from the California State Library.

Read about the Chinese in Montana, especially Virginia City, at:
http://www.montanakids.com/cool_stories/ghost_towns/chinese.htm 



University of Montana archaeologists have discovered Chinese artifacts in German Gulch, a 19th century mining area near Butte.  German Gulch was named for the German miners who discovered gold there in 1864.  By the 1870s, the Chinese were mining German Gulch. 
See archaeological finds in 3-D!
http://www.cas.umt.edu/germangulch 



The British Museum has information on Chinese writing.  Read the information on the Museum's web page and then try the Symbols Game.   Try at least three rounds.  Can you get four out of four right?
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/writing/challenge/cha_set.html

Now, get a Chinese name for yourself at:
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
or
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/blname.htm

Montana rocks!

A Montana kid collected and identified these rocks-- over 60 years ago!  Rock collecting is still fun and fascinating.

Rocks in this collection include copper sulfide, calcite, calcite crystals, and claystone.
Do you know which rock is which?

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2. (side view)

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Explore Earth Sciences with Montana Tech.

Gems, rocks, volcanoes & meteorites from the Smithsonian. 

The rocks in the photos above are   1.Calcite  2.Calcite crystals  3.Claystone  4.Copper sulfide 

Exploring languages with books and websites

The Rose Park Library has books that teach many languages.
Find them in the 400s!

These websites from the BBC give beginning language lessons:

Students in Ecuador.  Photo by Ms.Waples

Spanish lessons



French lessons

Mandarin (Chinese) lessons

Public domain photo from pdphoto.org.