December Book Blog~ Start your comment by writing your name and the title of the NON-FICTION book that you read this month. Then, share one fact that you learned.

11/28/2018

Mrs. S.

11/30/2018 12:58:08 pm

I read the book If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. One fact that I found interesting was that the Pilgrims went to Holland before leaving for the New World.

Dylan

12/1/2018 06:21:26 pm

I read that too! It’s all about the pilgrims

Noah

12/3/2018 05:02:27 pm

We read that book in class.

Dylan

12/1/2018 06:19:35 pm

I read the book Isaac The Alchemist. A fact I learned was that alchemy is a process of chemical reactions

Mrs. S.

12/3/2018 09:19:26 am

Cool fact, Dylan!
Keep up the good work,
:) Mrs. S.

Noah

12/3/2018 04:42:14 pm

I read the book Jack and Annie Fact Tracker about space. One fact I learned was that the biggest telescopes in the world are found in Chile.

Noah

12/3/2018 04:56:34 pm

One book I read was Who Was Jackie Robinson? One fact I learned was that when Jackie was a baby he moved from Georgia to California and the move was apparently successful because they made good friends with white people in California.

Mrs. S.

12/4/2018 07:15:54 am

Way to go, Noah. I think that it is cool that you are reading a variety of non-fiction books this month.
Keep up the good work,
Mrs. S. :)

Owen

12/9/2018 07:57:35 am

I read Quarterbacks. I learned that players wore leather helmets until the 1940s. I also learned that Quarterbacks use codes for plays and use hand signals to confuse the defense.

Mrs. S.

12/10/2018 07:16:43 am

Great facts from two cool books, Owen! You are off to another great month of reading!
Keep up the good work,
Mrs. S.

Owen

12/9/2018 08:06:48 am

I read The Boy Who Loved Math. This book was about Paul Erdos. Paul was a mathematician who fell in love with Math without going to school. HIs mother refused to allow him to go to school when he was young because she was afraid of germs. He never even learned how to butter bread or tie his own shoes, but he knew about Prime Numbers at age 10!

Noah

12/11/2018 04:01:36 pm

I read Who Was Jessie Owens. One amazing fact I learned was that he was the first African American to win 4 gold medals in less than a week at the summer Olympics.

Mrs. S.

12/12/2018 07:30:02 am

Noah,
You are becoming quite the sports buff!
:) Mrs. S.

Ellie

12/13/2018 06:39:26 pm

What sport did Jessie Owens do?
Also, he must have to worked very hard to get 4 gold medals.

Noah

12/17/2018 02:33:03 pm

Jessie Owens did track and field and he did work hard to get 4 medals.

Ellie

12/13/2018 04:50:38 pm

I read Who Was Betsy Ross?
One fact I learned was that Betsy mad the U.S. flag

Ellie

12/13/2018 04:54:47 pm

I read Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
One fact I learned was he made the telephone.

Ellie

12/13/2018 06:24:47 pm

I read and finished Rosa Parks.
One fact I learned was that when she was on the bus a white man came on the bus. Rosa refused to give up her seat so Rosa went to jail

Mrs. S.

12/14/2018 07:39:10 am

Way to go, Ellie! You are a reading rock star this month.
Keep up the great work,
Mrs. S.

Ellie

12/14/2018 04:57:37 pm

I read Weird But True.
One fact I learned is.
The end of the minute hand on London's Big Ben clock travels about 118 miles [190 km] a year!

Mrs. S.

12/17/2018 11:19:33 am

Cool!

Noah

12/17/2018 02:40:17 pm

I read What Was The Super Bowl. One fact I learned was the super bowl used to be called the AFL NFL championship game.

Noah

12/17/2018 02:58:33 pm

I read Who Was Neil Armstrong. One fact I learned was that he took his first plane ride when he was 6 years old on a plane called the Tin Goose.

Ellie

12/24/2018 12:54:19 pm

That sounds really cool.

Ellie

12/24/2018 12:52:23 pm

I read The U.S.A. Presidents one fact I learned was the 1st president was George Washington.

Noah

12/26/2018 09:11:22 am

I read Who Was Blackbeard? One fact I learned was that he died by getting shot 5 times with a pistol and getting stabbed by a sword 20 times.

Noah

12/26/2018 09:33:55 am

I read Presidents of The U.S.A. One fact I learned was that Barack Obama was the first African American to be president.

Mrs. S.

12/28/2018 07:18:09 am

Hi Noah and Ellie,
It sounds like you are doing a lot of reading over vacation. Way to go! Were any of those books holiday gifts?
:) Mrs. S.

Daniel Dang

12/28/2018 01:47:41 pm

I read Super star Jard Goff. I learned that he was born in Novato, California, October 14 1994. He was drafted by the Rams in 2016.

Daniel Dang

12/28/2018 02:59:10 pm

He also was a quarter back. He plays at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Mrs. S.

1/2/2019 07:38:38 am

Hi Daniel,
He sounds like a very talented athlete.
:) Mrs. S.

Anthony

1/1/2019 06:02:15 pm

I read “I am Abraham Lincoln.” I learned that he saw slaves being taken by a white man on a boat. This memory helped influenced him to free the slaves.

Mrs. S.

1/2/2019 07:39:18 am

Hi Anthony,
Wasn't Abraham Lincoln an amazing President?
:) Mrs. S.

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