Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Ancient Greece: Sparta

Visit Ancient Greece at the British Museum.



CLICK HERE to read about Sparta and take the Spartan Challenge.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ancient Egypt online


This is a painting from an Egyptian tomb, about 1400 B.C.
The ancient Egyptians valued and even worshipped cats.  Some cats became mummies, just like some humans.
This picture is in the public domain.
http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/cat-history.html















Use the University of Manchester (UK) site to learn about Ancient Egypt.  The links will take you there to

1.  WRITE YOUR NAME IN HIEROGLYPHS
2.  COUNT LIKE AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
3.  VISIT A PYRAMID

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Guess what fourth graders are reading





CLICK HERE to view slide show.

How to Train Your Dragon


Books by Cressida Cowell in the Rose Park Library:
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Be a Pirate
How to Speak Dragonese
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons; The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking

Survey for 5th & 6th graders

Fifth and Sixth graders learned about using Facebook and other social media safely when guest teacher-librarian Mrs. Roberts joined us in the Rose Park Library.

Mrs. Roberts would like feedback from all Fifth and Sixth grade students about her lessons and what they learned.

Click on this link to take her survey:
SURVEY for 5th & 6th Graders

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

At home in Ancient Greece

Did you know...                                                                                       

In ancient Greece, girls were named after a grandmother and boys after a grandfather.

It was good manners for a boy to stand up when an older man entered the room. 

It was also good manners to eat with your fingers.  There were no forks, and the food was already cut up before it was served.   You could use bread to scoop up your soup or you could wipe your fingers on the bread.  Done with the bread?  Just throw it on the floor.  There were usually dogs to clean scraps off the floor.
                                                                                                                                                         Public domain photo of Athena from Wikipedia.

These facts are from Your Travel Guide to Ancient Greece by Nancy Day  (938 Day).


Visit a house in Ancient Greece by using this link:
Ancient Greece at the British Museum
(scroll to the bottom and take the Greek house Challenge)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Whose tracks?

These casts of animal tracks were in the Rose Park Library this month.  Each photo shows a back & front foot.  Can you name the five Montana mammals?











Answers:   1.  Mountain lion     2. Wolf     3. Beaver    4. Porcupine     5. Skunk


"Think before you post" resources:

"Think Before You Post" video

"Think Before You Post--Soon it will be out of your hands" video

Mr. Dean's anti-cyberbullying site

Are you a CYBERBULLY? Take the quiz here.

"Seussical" is coming to West High

"Seussical" is a musical based on Dr. Seuss's books.  See these Seuss characters on the West High School stage:  Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie LaBird, the Mayor of Whoville, and many others.  Then check out Dr. Seuss books from the Library!
This information is from the West High School website:

Billings West High School is presenting the musical production of 'Seussical' on March 31-April 2. Reserved seating tickets will go on sale Monday, March 14 for $8.  Curtain time will be 7:30 pm in the BWHS Auditorium for each performance.

The production will feature a cast and orchestra of nearly 100 students under the combined directorship
of Dave Green and Laura Blodgett, choral; Melinda Middleton, dramatic arts; and Harmony Hoover, orchestra.

To purchase tickets, or for further information, contact the West High Music Office at 281-5738 between
the hours of 8:00 - 3:00. School District #2 Activity Passes and Golden Age Passes cannot be honored at this event.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

4th graders clue us in on books to read

CLICK HERE for a slide show!

      





Who said?



1.  "Ask not what your country can do for you--
Ask what you can do for your country."



2.  "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.  It's not."



3.  "To do for the world more than the world does for you--
that is success."




Answers:
1.  President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural address.
2.  Dr. Seuss in The Lorax.
3.  Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Co.