Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick Wildfire is a Junior Fiction Maine Student Book Award selection for 2020-2021. You will see the names of towns that are familiar to you such as Skowhegan, Baxter State Park, Wells, Bar Harbor, etc. Although the novel is current realistic fiction, the author, who lives in Maine and Florida, based this […]
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Word of the Week
anemometer an-ih-MOM-ih-ter (Say thermometer, but replace ther with annie.) An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Scientists on Mt. Washington use an anemometer to tell how fast the wind is blowing.
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Current Events/Big Wind Day
On April 12, 1934, winds at the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire blew at an astounding speed of 231 miles per hour. In honor of that, April 12 is called Big Wind Day. Another way of writing miles per hour is to simply use the first letter of each word: mph. To get […]
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Kids in the Kitchen
Rice Paper Wraps (sometimes called Summer Rolls) These are fun to make any time. Fill them with your favorite fresh vegetable and herbs. Serves 8 Ingredients: 50g rice vermicelli noodles 1 carrot, peeled 1 avocado, peeled and destoned ¼ cucumber sliced into very thin circles or sticks 8 rice paper wraps 8 peeled and cooked […]
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Book Review/’The Grimm Legacy’
The Grimm Legacy By Polly Shulman Readers of fairy tales will enjoy all the references to familiar stories. But this is not a fairy tale. It is an adventure with mystery and action and diverse characters. Imagine a library where objects from stories are kept and can be borrowed. Imagine working at that library, the […]
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How do they say that in …
English: fasting French: jeûne Spanish: ayunas German: fasten Italian: digiuna Arabic sawm ﺻَﻮﻡ Chinese: jìn shí 禁食
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Fasting Going without food and drink on purpose for health or religious reasons. David is fasting today because he has a special medical test in the morning. His fast is only for two meals.
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Current Events/Ramadan
This Saturday evening (April 2, 2022) marks the beginning of Ramadan (RAWM-uh-dawn), a sacred month in the religion of Islam. Ramadan is one of the most important times of the year for Muslims. Muslims are people who follow the religion of Islam, which was founded by the prophet Muhammad back in the year 622. Their […]
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To our children
We would like to share with you a very important topic. It doesn’t matter what you look like, who you are, where you live, how much money your family has, what color you skin is, where you come from or how different you may be from those around you. You are important. You matter. You […]
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Kids in the kitchen
Sloppy Joe Sliders The kids will have a blast helping to make and eat this all-time favorite. Makes 8 sliders Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon chili powder Kosher salt 3/4 cup ketchup 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 carrot diced small 1/2 cup frozen […]