As one of the final activities for the book, Holes, students learned about different animals that live in the desert. Students then picked an animal and created desert craft creatures by sewing and using felt, string, and stuffing!

Students in my social studies class have been conducting research about people who played a part during the Revolutionary War. Students were given certain qualities that they needed research for their assigned person. It was left up to the students to use their creativity to put together a visually pleasing cereal box that told viewers all about their researched person and their important contributions to the Revolutionary War. My students and I are really proud of how these boxes turned out! They are now on display in the media center for the school to enjoy.

In Holes, the characters come across jars of spiced peaches, which they name "Sploosh." My students learned about making a recipe and the importance of having specific ingredients and directions listed as they worked together to make "sploosh" (or spiced peaches) in class! The kids are very excited to try it out tomorrow as it cools in the fridge tonight!

My reading class is currently reading about Holes and learned a few weeks ago while reading that one of the characters in the book, Zero, was homeless before he came to Camp Green Lake. As a class, we discuss what it meant to be "homeless" and how different types of people can become homeless. We also discussed ways that we could help our community and contribute to helping the homeless, including providing for the "Souper Bowl" effort that Hannah More School put together to provide soup to the poor. Students took what they learned and their ideas to create letters address to various important figures including President Obama and Govenor Martin O'Malley. Also, as a conclusion, I had a guest speaker from our staff at HMS talk to the students about her family member's personal experience with being homeless.