L'Oreal Took My Home

The Secrets of a Theft

By Monica Waitzfelder

# of pages: 167

In the novel L'Oreal Took My Home by Monica Waitzfelder is about the Rosenfelder family. During World War II, as Jewish homes were being seized one after another, the Rosenfelder family was forced to flee the nation. They had to leave behind their jobs, their possessions, and their home. After the war ended, the family discovered that they were unable to return to what had rightfully been their property. Cosmetics giant L'Oreal had taken over the building and made it their head office. Refusing to recognize the building's original owners, the corporation was brought to court by the Rosenfelder's young daughter, Monica, an ordeal that she chronicles in this honest, personal tale of one family's ongoing struggle to regain what it lost during the war. 

Holocaust Power Point

The Diary of a Young Girl

(The Dairy of Anne Frank)

By Anne Frank 

# of pages: 224

In The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is about a 13 year old girl who went into hiding with her family and her dad's friends. While hiding, they had to live with little food. After 2 years of hiding together, Anne Frank develops felling for Peter Van Daan, the dad's friend's son. She gets her first real kiss from him. After living there for 2 years, the family and friends were captured. At the end, the father came back alone, who was the only survivor. 

Saving the Jews

By Robert N. Rosen

# of pages: 502

Saving the Jews by Robert N. Rosen with 502 pages is about our 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and World War 2.  He did everything he could to help save the Jews from getting killed by Adolf Hitler. He and his administration decided to dealt with the Nazi because of the mistreatment of the Jews.

The SF Giants at World Series

2 Observations (actual assignment) 

• The first 3 Tigers that batted had all three strikes at the beginning of the game. 

•  Photographers were behind a fence or in a cage-like-thing.  

Added on to Observations (free-style)

• The background (I believe) has posters having to do with the SF Giants on them. For example, there was a poster of the Bank of America and Bud light.

Computer and Science Lab

Computer Lab

During computer lab, we looked at many different bridges. Then we played construction games. One game I was playing was Cargo Bridge 1, Cargo Bridge X-Mas, and other fun games. Even though I failed many MANY time, I still had fun and didn't want to leave. :D

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Science Lab
Today in science lab right after computer lab, we listed mammal, fish, trees, plants, etc. of what we might see at camp. Then, we learned about our cabin's names. The girls cabin was named after flowers and the boys cabins were named after trees/twigs.  

Enrichment Reading

Our Mothers' War
American Women at Home and at the Front During World War 2

By Emily Yellin

# of pages: 384

Our Mothers ‘ War: American Woman at Home and at the Front during World War 2 by Emily Yallin with 384 pages, is a really great book and tells us about how women helped fought WW2.

Qwitter (I think this is how you spell it)

Today's Qwitter (what I heard today)


Today, I heard about the Holocaust and how awful it was.

The Austere Academy
A Series of Unfortunate Events

By Lemony Snicket

# of pages: 221

In The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket with 221 pages is always about the miserable life of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. Since Mr. Poe couldn't take care of the orphans anymore, he sent them to a boarding school. There, the orphans live in a old and horrible shack which is known as "the orphan shack." Violet is stuck in a classroom with a teacher telling story over and over again. Klaus is stuck with a teacher who loves measuring things. And Sunny is stuck as being a secretary. Then Count Olaf, a very evil man after the Baudelaire fortune, appeared as a gym teacher. At the end, he escaped after the Baudelaire showed his true identity to everyone.

Science and Computer Lab

Science Lab

On Thursday this past week, we leaned the animal tracks we might see at camp. There were some animals that we could see during the days and some we might not see. It was really interesting to be learning and seeing what kind of animal left that track or that track. :D

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Computer Lab

In computer lab, which is on the past Thursday,  we learned that we have to be careful on the web. If we watch or see something inappropriate, the people that works at some computer places will know. We also learned that each computer or phone has a special code so the computer people can locate it. It was very interesting. :D

Science and Computer Lab

Science Lab

Today in science lab, we leaned the names of trees, needles, cones, etc.(camp stuff) We also drew pictures and compared a few of the camp stuff. For example, we compared a small cone to a very big cone. When we go to camp, we will just identify them quickly. :D

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Computer Lab

Today at computer lab, we played games as always(http://webadventures.rice.edu/stu/index.html). But the game that I played was called "Cool Science Careers." We have to answer 25 questions about what we like to do. Then, the computer will tell us what is our best careers.(two choice of best careers) We will then click on one and learn what it is and train. After training, we will get a certificate. We will then save it to the desktop and print out our certificate. It was really cool and fun. :D

Charlotte's Web
By E.B. White 

# of pages: 184

In the 184 paged, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is about Wilbur's (a pig) life. One day, Wilbur was born as a runt. A girl named Fern Arable decided to raise the little runt and named him Wilbur. As Wilbur grew older and bigger, he went to go live at Mr. Zuckerman's farm. One day, a  gray spider name Charlotte decided to be Wilbur's friend. After Wilbur heard that he was going to be killed and cooked into bacon, ham, etc., Charlotte decided to help him. With the help of Charlotte, Wilbur soon became very famous. At the end, Wilbur didn’t get killed after all, Charlotte's life came to an end, and her babies became Wilbur's new friends.