What do you think? Was the Wizard of Oz a good version of the book or a bad one. Personally, I think it wasn’t that great. They cut out a ton of stuff, and Dorothy is 10 years older. In Edinger house we had a debate and one side argued that the movie was [...]
This is an interview from my third grade buddy about Big and Little Dalton, and what it is like to come to Big Dalton and the memories of Little Dalton.
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is an excellent book. It is about a girl named Miranda and her world goes upside down when her best friend Sal is punched by a mysterious kid. She starts getting notes from an unknown writer and hears a weird chant from a homeless person she calls The [...]
House 43 are pen pals with the Langston Hughes Academy in New Orleans. My buddy wrote a paragraph on how they helped each other, and what they learned together.
I, Francesca and my class have formed a relationship over letters, between us and third graders in New Orleans who go to a school called Langston [...]
This story is based off Cinderella. Rags to riches, cruel family members, and most of the time a happy ending. This is my Cinderella story:
Lara leaped, turned, twisted and flipped. The Olympic gold medal was hers, all she had trained for; she was perfect. Lara had trained ten long hours every day for as long [...]
On one of my recent posts I metioned Sara Margru Kinson. I wrote a poem called I Never Forgot. I was inspired by our Edinger house post, and our visit from Elizabeth Alexander. I hope you like my poem , I Never Forgot.tH
Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse is about her Great Aunt. Her Great Aunt, Lucy Avrutin is Rifka. After interviewing her aunt, she mostly stuck to facts, but added some other events for drama. Karen Hesse decided to write her book by making the story into individual letters to her cousin Tovah. [...]
We have just studied Sarah Margru Kinson. The story of a African girl who is sold into slavery, illegally. A slave rebellion, and freedom. This is her story. Her real name was not Sara Kinson. Nobody is sure, but we think after researching it is “Mangulu” which means “cherished” not [...]
On Friday, February 6th, 2009 Elizabeth Alexander came to the Dalton School to share her poetry. One of her many published books are Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color. She tells the story in a poetry form, but it is not confusing to read. It tells the [...]
Yesterday, (1/29/09) we saw the Middle School play, Oliver! I thought that it was a great play , because they really captured the time, and the costumes were really great! All of the characters spoke in an English accent They had milk maids, and poor men and rich men. [...]
