Caroline 

 My name is Caroline Long. I am 11, years old but I am going to be 12 in just a few months. I have 2 siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. My favorite subject in school is Social Studies. I go to SMS. Here are just some of the things we did in 6th grade.

Math-  mental math- we get these for homework, they are math problems that you have to solve connections to math project- we make and present a project that connects a theme to math, my theme was I r i s h  D a n c e  math songs- we sang songs about each math vocabulary word 

Social Studies- Mesopotamia- the ball game was a game the Maya played, we researched this game on an interactive website, it was amazing China- we demonstrated different activities about China, my group demonstrated pottery, calligraphy, paper making, and making paper lanterns Egypt- we made mummies out of oranges <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">, we followed every step and now they are perfectly preserved Greece- we made life size people, the person my group made was Homer having <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> parties <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> we have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">p <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(250, 148, 0);">a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">r <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(59, 196, 59);">t <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">i <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">e <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">s after every civilization we learn about <span style="color: rgb(59, 196, 59); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

Reading- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> reading counts points- we take tests on the books we read christmas carol- we read the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">h <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">r <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">i <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">s <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">t <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">m <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">s <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">C <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">r <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">o <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">l <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> in class, I've seen the plays and movies and now I finally got to read the book Edgar Allen Poe- we read a story about being <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">BURIED ALIVE <span style="color: rgb(59, 196, 59); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> English- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> D.A.R.E.- we wrote essays about what we learned in D.A.R.E. class, D.A.R.E. class was a class that taught us about staying safe writing assignments- I <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">wrote a persuasive essay about using cell phones in class <span style="color: rgb(59, 196, 59); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Science- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> states of matter- we learned about the 3 states of matter and made flip books birds of prey- we dissected owl pellets, went to bake oven knob to watch birds, and identified the different types of birds Isaac Newtons 3 laws of motion- I made a flip book, on each section I put 1 law of motion and drew a picture <span style="color: rgb(59, 196, 59); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

Field Trips- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> We went to the Franklin Institute. I liked going through the giant <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">heart <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">. Everyone stood on the scale and it weighed how much <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">blood <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> we all had in our bodies. My friends and I made paper. It was fun, but mine tore in half. Then we went to the Camden Aquarium in New Jersey. I loved the 4D movie, it felt like I was really in the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">ocean <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">. I pet a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">shark <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">, a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">jellyfish <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">, and a <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">sting ray <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">. Another field trip we went on was bake oven knob. I saw all different types of birds. For example, turkey vultures, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">red <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> tail hawks, an eagle, and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">red <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> neck hawks. We also went to the bethlehem community center. That was my favorite because I got to spend time with my friends. We <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">swam <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">, <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> ate subway, and also just talked. We went on a lot of fun and exciting field trips. <span style="color: rgb(59, 196, 59); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Out Door Program- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">LOVED <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> the out door program. I had so much fun being with my friends outside the whole day. Out of all of the things we did, I thought going to the fish hatchery and going in the Little Lehigh <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">river <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> were the best parts. The outdoor program was so much fun.