Tag: 3rd grade

  • Design a Siege Tower

    Design a Siege Tower

    When we talk about technology we always think in terms of digital items. We think something that involves a screen most likely because that’s what technology has been recently. But thousands of years ago technological advances were much simpler it was the inclined plane or the screw. When the Assyrian Empire was around they created…

  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins book and a movie night

    Mr. Popper’s Penguins book and a movie night

    I remember reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins in elementary school and being charmed by the absurdity.  When Jim Carrey made a movie of it a few years ago I was worried about how close it would stay to the source material.  Turns out I was right on that. Either way though, I wanted to read the…

  • Roman Mosaic craft

    Roman Mosaic craft

    Every now and then I hear about some random location in Europe that is being excavated for some reason, maybe to make a new parking lot, or maybe it’s just the owner decided to fix something, and then we discover a new Roman Mosaic. It kind of amazes me how they pop up all the…

  • 3rd Grade Books Made Into Movies

    3rd Grade Books Made Into Movies

    As I was getting read to go to the library and pick up the books to take pictures of for today’s post, I was surprised to learn how few 3rd-grade books made into movies there are. I barely have 10 books. Right now. If I’ve learned anything it is that studios are constantly adapting books…

  • The BEST Animal Report minibook for beginning writers

    The BEST Animal Report minibook for beginning writers

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    Almost 10 years ago I started researching the different states here in the United States to see what made each one different as we were studying them. I was amused to discover every state had a state animal, and we started studying the animals. This led to the need for a quick and easy way…