TB remembers Ms. Edelson’s Halloween story (and, especially, the laugh!). She also remembers studying The Wizard of Oz and seeing the second Oz movie.
SB remembers cranberry jellybeans at Plimoth, immigration stories, Cindy stories, and the Pilgrim stories.
RB remembers the very l_o_n_g bus ride to Plimoth (which was just a bit boring:)
AC remembers Hobbomock’s Homesite and [...]
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Dear Edinger House,
At the very beginning of the year I gave each of you a composition book and a letter from me. In it I explained that we would be writing letters back and forth to each other in that journal and here was your first one from me. You all wrote me back — [...]
So, you read the book, saw the docudrama about the author, and saw the famous MGM movie. Now it is time to write a really thoughtful post about all of this. This post will give your opinion about something related to the book. Here are some possibilities:
Was the MGM movie a good adaptation of the [...]
About-to-Be Immigrants Interview New Citizens of Big Dalton
Published by May 30th, 2008 in Buddies. 0 CommentsToday the members of Edinger House, relatively new Big Dalton citizens, were interviewed by their third grade buddies about their experiences immigrating to the Middle School. It was challenging to do because of space constraints and technology issues. Thanks so much to Craig, Ms. Nickles, Tracy and Julia, Ms. Levinthan, Ms. Kirsch and all [...]
The annual Edinger House Alice Tea Party took place on Friday, May 9th. It was wonderful, as always. Some of the many tasty treats included scones, finger sandwiches, two remarkable cakes, cookies, homemade jam, bread and butter, tarts, and muffins.
The Edinger House Alice in Wonderland Comic was premiered, several students presented poems, and there [...]
Today, you are going to write your final Alice post, but first, and if necessary, please unpublish and edit your Buddy post.
Then, you are going to do your final Alice post. Begin by writing a brief summary of what you did (read book, plan comic, etc). Then write something with a link to your [...]
So last Friday you all got copies of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to read. I know some of you have read it before (zillions of times in some cases, I gather), but some of you have never read it before. Enjoy it! If you know it very well, just [...]
Things to keep in mind as you write your next post:
Scenes
Why did you decide to do one part of a chapter and not another? Go back and look at your favorite illustrator —all them had to make choices about what to illustrate. For example, John Tenniel doesn’t show her with the long neck in [...]
Over the last couple of days Edinger House students have been creating characters who might have (but didn’t because they are made-up) traveled on the Mayflower. Listen to them describe these characters:
Rose Minter: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Christopher Bitteridge: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Alice Charlotte White: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Alice Desire Wilder: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Catherine Anne Grant: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Christopher Tilley: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Dorothy Desire May: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Edward Carver: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Elizabeth Ann Button: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Elizabeth Crackston: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Elizabeth Love Browne: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
James Martin: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
John Hopkins: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Jonathan Brewsington: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Samuel Fletcher: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
William Goodman: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
William Taylor More: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Catherine Anna Clarke: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download