This is the last blog post of the year! I can’t believe it’s over already. I never had a blog before this so it was a new experience. It was really great but it was over so quickly! For once I wish the school year was longer. Well, I’d better say goodbye to my blog [...]
At the Dalton school 4th graders have 3rd grade buddies. Our 3rd grade buddies have other buddies at a school in New Orleans. Our buddies picked up information through books, the internet, and their buddies. Then our buddies put together a paragraph of all the information they got about New Orleans. And here [...]
The Ultimate Sniper
Jason sighed. It was February, 1917, during World War I. The British were planning a series of attacks on the German front. The rest of Jason’s squad had rifles. Jason was a British private and was privileged with only a pistol. He still couldn’t believe what he had done. During the last battle, [...]
My teacher, Ms. Edinger wrote a book about Sarah Margru Kinson. She was on the Amistad during the slave revolt. I liked the story because it really sounded like what would have happened during that time. The name of the story is Africa is my home. I really got a feel of what it was [...]
On Friday, 2/6/09, Elizabeth Alexander the poet came to Dalton to talk about and read some of her poetry. She talked mostly about the Amistad and slavery because that’s what we’re studying in school. She also talked about Ms. Crandall and her school for female African Americans. Ms. Crandall was a white woman who thought [...]
In this post, I will be reviewing the musical Oliver Twist. I was interested to know that Oliver is usually played by a girl because Oliver has a high pitched voice. I don’t usually watch Oliver, but when I do, I like the singing best. Every year, The Dalton School has a play. This [...]
On 1/20/09 at 12:05, president Barack Obama took an oath that made him president of the United Sates of America. What was really interesting is that during the oath, Obama forgot a few words and stumbled with a few others. I don’t think that’s ever happened in the history of presidents. The man who [...]
This is a picture of my Oral History book: A New Place
This is a picture of my baby Sitter in New Jersey
This is a picture of my baby sitter Cheryl, (left) at the local food market
Cheryl Clark came from Trinidad in 1981, on a vacation. She flew on a plane alone. All of her friends [...]
This is my first blog post! I was just looking at someone’s blog from last year, and it was interesting. This is really going to help me get started. I noticed that the one of the first posts was really long. I think I should start off doing little events and then get into the [...]