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Exploring Terracotta Soldiers: A 6th Grade Social Studies Project

The discovery of the terracotta solders of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi is one of the largest and most incredible archaeological surprises of modern times. Spread out over several acres near the city of Xian, more than 7,500 soldiers have been discovered. They have been silently on guard for over 2,200 years!

Sixth grade social studies students participated in a grade wide activity that brought the silent army back to life. After researching the Qin Dynasty and the tomb Shi Huangdi, students imagined what it would be like if some of the emperor’s soldiers could talk. Each student created a unique narrative along with an individualized model of a Chinese warrior. Next, students created audio recordings of their stories and linked them to their soldiers using a QR code.

Use the QR reader on your electronic device to scan and listen to a few samples.

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017

The Wonderful World Of The Liberty Science Center By: Haille Mark

The huge doors of the Liberty Science Center open as hundreds of people parade inside from families to schools. This hands-on museum is a 4-floor world of science, from the skyscraper exhibit to the touch tunnel, this museum really does have it all. Now, you might be wondering what a touch tunnel is, basically visitors enter a pitch-black tunnel, so they have to use their other senses to make it out. The idea is to see how a blind person would figure things out. The LVMS 6th grade visited this site-to-see museum, and these 6th graders learned a lot while having tons of fun. I realize that sounds corny, but it’s true. As for the learning aspect, out of the many sites to see, here is one a very exciting and cool exhibit… the Language Karaoke Exhibit. This exhibit is located in the communications room, by far, my favorite room. Upon entering the karaoke booth, one is asked to choose a language and the exhibit encourages the visitor to practice a phrase in the foreign language so he or she can record it. My group tried this exhibit out, and let me tell you, it was a blast! As well as this, there is also a room called, “Eat or be Eaten!” This room has dozens of live animals that are interesting no matter your age. One of the many animals included is the Alligator Snapping Turtle-a mean-looking creature.

This turtle’s habitat is the southeastern U.S, near Florida. These interesting animals are found in marshes and rivers, and eat fish and other animals found in these areas. This room also has tarantulas, scorpions and much more! “Get the Vibe” is another exhibit that is very exciting. This sound wave experiment is a way to literally see sound waves; “The greater the pitch, the greater the vibration. The greater the volume, the greater the wave size. When the wavelength is greater, the distance between the waves is greater. When the wavelength is smaller, the distance between waves is smaller” says Nicholas Decillis, a 6th grader who tried out this experiment. This very interesting and very exciting exhibit is one to definitely try! Overall, this was one amazing experience and a very enjoyable field trip for the LVMS 6th graders. I personally had a blast seeing all these exhibits and had fun learning about the science.

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017

A Visit To Liberty Science Center By: Amanda Even and Jacqui Olsen

This year’s 6th grade went to the Liberty Science Center for their field trip.. It was about a whole school day. It took about 45 minutes to get to the LSC. First when we walked into the Liberty Science Center(LSC) we saw the Hoberman Sphere. It is a expanding silver sphere in the middle of the entrance and elevated in the air. It’s hard to miss it. We split up into groups of 8 or less. Next, our group went to the Skyscraper exhibit. It’s where you walk on a beam that is 2 floors up, elevated up in the air. You have a harness on so you don’t fall. Safety first! The line was long, but it was worth the wait. Next, we only had time to go to the gift shop before lunch. It was filled with fun and exciting gifts that everyone can enjoy. For example, they have freeze dried ice cream that came in different flavors like Neapolitan, ice cream sandwiches, chocolate ice cream, and mint chocolate chip ice cream. They also had different science experiments to use when you get home. Our personal favorite item they had was the silly putty. There was Aaron’s Thinking Putty, glow in the dark putty, color-changing putty, and planet putty. After that, our group started to work on our projects. The project is when you pick an exhibit from the LSC and write about what you learned from it and what it is about. We also had to get a picture. We worked on it with our phones, but if you didn’t have one, you had to draw it. Before we finished our projects, we had time to go on the Infinity Climber. It was confusing to navigate so we got lost a few times, but we found our way out. It is a climber that is on the ceiling on the third floor. From the windows facing towards New York City, the view was amazing. We got to see a lot because our projects were on different floors of the museum. We had just enough time to go in the Touch Tunnel. It is a dark tunnel when you have to feel your way through the end. There were cameras watching us just in case. We would have had enough time to go a second time, but we didn’t want to risk missing the movie. We had a couple of minutes just to look around before the IMAX movie started. The exhibits in the Liberty Science Center were a fun experience and we hope to go again soon. The exhibits were fun, but the IMAX was better in our opinion. All the 6th graders watched “Dream Big.” It is about engineering. Engineering is when people do construction. The first part was about how they built the tallest buildings. They showed us that if you put anything at an arch or you curve the building, it is sturdier. They built bridges and waterproof robots. It was also about never giving up on what you want to achieve in life. Engineering is multiple tiny pieces put together to create a bigger objects or constructing something. Without engineering the word would be lost. An IMAX movie is a movie theater where the movie is all around you in a dome. The seats are going around the movie theater in a stair like formation. The IMAX movie was a inspirational movie and we would love to go back to see another IMAX movie another time. The LSC was a blast! Our group wished we could stay longer, but the day had to end eventually. Our group had 7 people, but that was the average amount in a group. In our group was Katie Dore, Kelsey Holveck, Sarah Vaughn, Brianna Lugo, Ashley Braunstein, than ourselves, Jacqui Olsen and Amanda Even. One of our favorite parts was the Touch Tunnel. It was so funny when we saw other people on the screen. Nothing could be better than the IMAX movie though. We were so sad when we had to leave, but we hoped to go again soon.

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017

House 7-3’s Spotlight on Twins and Triplets

Kat and Nina Liloia Norah and Hirschelle Bumrah I’ve always thought of myself as a blessed individual. How is it being a twin? For one thing, it isn’t exactly easy, After all, unlike most people, I’ve had a best friend since I it’s a journey. Though annoying at times, having a twin is a gift was born and a best friend for life. I always get the question, worth more than infinite Christmas presents. When I was around “What is it like being a twin?”. Having a twin means never 5 or 6, it was always great having a twin because I was able to being alone up in your room with nothing to do. You have a express my feelings without feeling ashamed or sad. Though I am companion to play fun jokes on other people. It means having a boy, I have a twin sister who looks nothing like me. In fact, it took over a month for my friends to figure out that I had a twin someone you can laugh with and having the feeling that you sister! When I started getting older, my sister and I got really into will never be alone. Although having an “other half” is very sports, and we luckily had the opportunity to always play convivial, there are some downsides. Imagine taking a blame basketball or other sports together. Being able to practice with an for something you didn't do because your twin wants to go to actual person instead of alone motivated me to become better at their friends house and forgot to do their homework. How sports. It’s always great to have someone to hang out with when about getting your hair yanked because you wore their your friends can’t, especially when you know them better than favorite shirt. Or maybe waking the entire neighborhood anyone else. Soon, tests and projects became more difficult and because you can't decide who's going to use the new nail studying became more intense. My sister and I worked together polish first. For these reasons being a twin is a blast and a well, and thanks to my twin, I have been keeping my grades up. burden. Obviously, my twin and I had our fights here and there, and “What's it like being a twin?” “If I pinch you, does your it often resulted in one of us getting a bruise or black eye, but no twin feel it?” “Do you have a secret twin language that you matter what happened, we would always make up afterward. talk to each other in?” “Whoa, what if you guys, like, married Secretly inside, both of us competed to be better at athletics or another set of twins?” “Do you guys fight a lot?” “Which one school, causing us to always strive to be better. Being the brother, of your is older?” These are questions I've been asked I sometimes even take the protective role, since I would never countless times. I don't blame people, after all having a twin allow myself to let my sister get injured badly. Though both of us rat each other out whenever we get in trouble, it is for our own makes growing up a really unique experience. For example, good, because being grounded helps in teaching proper remember those days when you were just sitting alone in discipline. Norah, my twin sister, is one of the biggest factors in your room with nothing to do. Counting the hours go by. sculpting who I am today, and if it weren’t for her, who knows Well, if you had a twin, you’d have someone to keep you how I would be. Having a twin is something not everyone has, company and have your back no matter what time of day. and I sure am proud to be one. When nothing else goes right, my twin is always there to Arguing, sharing, laughing, fighting, crying...all are words sympathize with, from the time we were kids and even now. that describe what it's like to be a twin. No, we can't read each That’s my top reason why being a twin is awesome. We’ve other's minds. No, we can't feel each other's physical pain, and been best friends since birth and we’ll never stop! For the no, we certainly are not identical when we are different genders! most part, being a twin is an amazing experience, but there The life of a twin is, to put it kindly, very interesting. At least the are some downsides. Imagine you and your twin are possibility of getting bored to death is impossible when you have screaming loud enough to raise the entire neighborhood at a twin sibling. Although fighting and screaming matches do five in the morning because you can’t decide who is going to occur on a daily basis, the laughter that we share makes up for all wear the new shirt. Imagine having your hair yanked out the arguments we have. Having a twin means homework help, a because you wore their favorite pair of shoes. Imagine being sports buddy, a self hired comedian and a walking diary. Someone who always has your back, and who (unless there is forced to take the blame for something you didn’t do just bribery with candy or any other sweet goods involved) will not because your twin sister/brother lied and said you did it. It deceive you. I can always count on my brother for a laugh or to will always be their word against yours. Imagine how your cheer me up when I'm down. Even better, being the same age friends will forever be comparing you to your sibling. usually gives you an intertwined friend group, so you always Imagine always being defined as “The Twins”. Although have a large friend group to count on. It also helps with breaking being a twin does have it’s downsides, to answer your the rules at home. Having a partner in crime who thinks like you question of “What's it is like to be a twin?” It's pretty is very useful. However, sometimes we like to tease each other awesome. No one can replace the special and unique and one ends up in trouble. That is not fun, because trust me, I've experiences being a twin brings. It is a blessing and I'm very had loads of experience in the 'time out' chair and it is not a great lucky to have someone who will always be there when no way to spend your day. There is also the issue of sharing. My one else will!! twin is a boy, so we are not the same gender so we don't really share clothes. However, I do steal his shirts and shorts a lot for sports and then sneak them back into his dresser, safe and sound. He has no reason to steal my clothes or accessories though, so they only things we share are front car seat privileges, candy, we used to share a room, and birthdays. All in all, I don't always like to be a twin, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

There are many great things about being a triplet, but there are also many downsides to it. Some of the good things about being a triplet is you always have someone to do something with, we always have help if we need it and we're on the same sports teams. It's always great to never be bored and always having someone to keep each other occupied. There are also many cons about being a triplet. Some of them are we have to share a room, we fight sometimes and we steal each other's belongings. There's always a lot of problems with all of us, but it's still worth being a triplet.

Where In the World? By: Olivia Mancuso

Kevin Cheung, an 8th grader at LVMS, was our schools Geography Bee champion. Kevin competed in several rounds winning at a preliminary level, school level and then competing at the state level trying to obtain entry

into the final National level competition. Kevin’s entry at the state level took him to the Rowan University, in Thoughts From House 7-2 Glassboro, NJ where he competed against other NJ

school finalist. A win here would send Kevin to the # Silentball (Carolina Booth) # FidgetSpinnersAreFunAndUseful (Meghan Brown) National Competition. Sadly Kevin did not advance out

#WorkingHardOnPARCC (Makayla Early) of this State round but he enjoyed competing with over # BattleOfTheBooks #Champions (Maiju Hoerning) 100 contestants from all over NJ, consisting of mostly # MakeYourMarkWithThePARCC ( Sebastian Gutkin) 8th grade students but included some students even as # ATestADay #KeepsBadGradesAway (Joe Bartnicki) young as 4th grade! For his accomplishments Kevin # NoHomework (Morgan Albanese) has earned a medal and several Certificates of # MiddleSchoolDropOut (Malachi Shepard) Achievement. Kevin’s LVMS schoolmates are also # WalkInThePARCC (Avery Schwartz) proud of his accomplishments and encourage him # SayNoToStandardizedTes ting (Rohan Rai) positively throughout the completion. While the #StealingSnacksDuringPARCC ( Chelsea Gonzalez) #CurrentEvents ( Ryan Matos) competition is open only up through a student’s 8th

# WhyCan’tPARCcJustBeOver? BringBack NJASK (Kaitlyn grade year, he is satisfied with the time that he has Cronin) spent on studying on the National Geography website #EndPARCCin2K17 (Olivia St. Jacques) and on Google Maps and of course in his classes. #SaveOurSchedule (Levi Jacobs) Kevin’s personal travel experiences have taken him to #RelaxingAndReadingAfterTakingPARCC (Maggie various U.S. States, as well as, Canada, Mexico and the Macintyre) Bahamas. In his free time he otherwise enjoys playing #RedCarpet (Gavin Collins) #WorkingOnSkitsInSpanish (Kaitlyn Montenegro) sports such as soccer and basketball and in school his #BookTowerTeamActivity (Kelly Kaltenhauser) favorite classes are Math and Science. Kevin is looking #HallOfWisdom #AndKnowledge (Izzy Prudden) forward to starting high school soon and is he had the #WorkingHard (Joe Delicato) opportunity to visit any destination he would look to #PARCCGivesYouPinkEye (Rocco Gallara) pack his bags and head to the West Coast and visit #7-2IsGreat #ItsNeverBeenBetter (Nick Antonella) Southern California or Arizona. #FidgetSpinnersEverywhere (Connor Albertson)

#WorkWorkWork (Alison Angley)

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017

An Interview With Student Teacher, Miss Halfinger By: Evan Cognetti

This January, House 7-1 was lucky enough to have a student teacher! Miss Amy Halfinger, a student at Centenary College, worked with Mrs. Sweeney in Language Arts class from January through mid-March. I recently sat down with Miss Halfinger for an interview.

Q: What is your role here at LVMS? A: I’m a student teacher, aiming to graduate in May. Q: Where are you working while you’re here? A: At Centenary, working as a writing tutor while student teaching and going to classes. Q: Where are you from originally? A: My home is close to Trenton, New Jersey. Q: When do you graduate? A: May 2017! Q: What do you hope to do after graduation? What do you want to teach? A: I plan to teach--7th or 8th grade. I’d like to have a job in the middle school. Q: Do you want to live or work around here? A: I love it, but it is too hard because I live 2 hours away. Q: What’s the best part of student teaching? A: Getting to know the students! Q: Did you like teaching? A: I’ve liked teaching since 8th grade. I’ve always loved to read and write.

Miss Halfinger will finish her student teaching experience at LVMS until graduation in May. She is now working with Mrs. Coleman in another Language Arts classroom, but students are still happy to see her in the 7th grade hallway. Thank you Miss Halfinger! We wish you well and we enjoyed having you with us. Thank You!

Co-Art and The Road to Vertical Teamwork

Recently, students in Houses 6-3, 7-3, and 8-3 participated in a "first of its kind" cooperating art activity (Co-Art) on the visual impact of poetry. House 8-3 students got the ball rolling by annotating selected poems and then drawing the first illustration. After 8-3 completed their part, the Co-Art was delivered to the students in House 7- 3. It was their turn now to work on the second illustration. When they were done, House 6-3 added their touch with a third illustration. Ultimately, the Co-Art made its way back to eighth grade for the fourth and final illustration. The end result was clearly a beautiful depiction of the visual impact of poetry.

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017

Hard at Work in House 8-2

After learning about the Civil War and reading historical literature, house 8-2 students have created stories based on the character Cezanne Pinto in the historical novel of the same name. He was a former slave, cowboy, and teacher. In these creative and sensory narratives, students are writing about Cezanne as a cowboy on a roundup

By: Jack Paynter and Felice Montella As the scorching sun engulfs the vast acres of dry, dusty, desolate land stretched out before me, a drip of sweat rolls down my cheek. A gust of wind as hot as a fire in a log cabin, brushes against me, brutally reminding me of the perilous terrain I call home. I peer into the distance, far beyond the various shades of brown, tan, and gray that engulf my surroundings, looking for any signal of the incoming herd I am so eagerly awaiting. Even so much as a dust cloud in the distance, even the faint noises of hooves running across the cracked, dry, earth, yet, I am greeted with silence. The world in front of me is so still that it resembles a painting. With my skin sizzling as much as a cast iron skillet, I reach for my canteen located in a pouch on the saddle of my trusty stead. Pulling out the small, grayish-green metal container, I wipe off the dust that has accumulated on the surface, open the cap, and take a sip of what to me feels like the best, most refreshing sip of water I have ever had the privilege of consuming. Since I have some time to pass until I am greeted with the faint noise of my fellow wranglers guiding the cattle along the route and picking up a few extra unwieldy longhorns the way, I grab a map from my beaten-up brown leather saddle. Once again, I have to unearth it from the seemingly endless amounts of dust coating everything in sight. It is now also very clear, looking at the map, why I am stationed where I am, ahead of the cattle towards the end of their route. This being one of the final turns they take before slowly winding around themselves and is the entryway into vast lands, very suitable for a last minute getaway. Without even gazing upon the map for more than a minute, the faint rumble of the earth and the sound of men yelling to each other over the thunderous roar of hooves, my eyes are greeted with the sight of a man, galloping ahead of the cattle drive at a rather frantic rate. It is clear to me that I now play a crucial role in ensuring the work of countless other wranglers and that I cannot taint it with any errors. With that in mind, I make sure to guide the never-ending stream of cattle toward their final destination, sinking into the horse, using what eyesight I have in the dusty haze surrounding me, to guarantee all cattle make it to the end. With the ground shaking like an earthquake, the other wranglers and I use all of our resources to help guide the large creatures into a circular holding pattern. Once this tedious yet very necessary task is complete, it is then that many of these animals are further guided to the railroad tracks to be sold away for various reasons. With one day’s work over, and another beginning before I know it, I stare out across the unforgiving desert. With its burning hot days, freezing cold nights, and the wild, untamed longhorns, spread out as far as the eye can see, I come to realize that while this place is not for everyone, this place is surely for me.

By: Aidan Commerford The sun...seems as if it’s burning through my shirt, beating the back of my neck with its intense heat. It seems as if it is furious at me. In a way, it just smells like my flesh is simply melting away to the dust of the desert floor. I look up, the sun seems to be pulsing, as if it is laughing at me, I am being scorched while it sits in the sky eagerly watching. All I hear over the barely existent wind, with the shuffling of the leaves from the negligible amount of trees, is the thundering hoof beats of the cattle marching their way in line. Little do they know, they are most likely walking to their death, walking on a seemingly endless path to be slaughtered and eaten. The cattle are struggling to move along; the sun is as extreme for them, too, I then realized. The sweat that has beaded up on my upper brow begins to trickle down my face, burning my eyes, and entering my mouth. When the droplets start touching the tip of my tongue, I can taste how salty the perspiration is. Suddenly, all I can hear is a terrible roar of cattle that thunders across the plains. The dust in the air begins to increase, as all the sand on the ground jumps up while the barren ground starts to tremble and quake. The longhorns must have become spooked by something, as they commence picking up speed, faster and quicker by the second. Most cowboys get next to the line, trying to funnel the animals back into formation, but I just stare. The sad creatures just wish to run free, wish to dart into a life that doesn’t involve being slaughtered. The desperation in the eyes of the large beasts pierce my soul, and keeps me relatively stationary. I ride along, watching the cowboys calmly bring the cattle back into a line, as the animals begin to slow down, relax from whatever spooked them in the first place. When I finally come to my senses, I ride as fast as humanly possible up to the middle of the line of cows and long horns so it doesn’t look like I haven’t been doing nothing while the rest of the riders actually worked The faster I ride, the more desert dust flies into my eyes, sending an excruciating pain into my head and bringing tears to my eyes. While wiping tears from my cheeks, an appalling odor slaps me in my face...manure, something to get used to in this job. Finally, after a while of coaxing all of the animals back into the line, everyone is relaxed and no more cattle are trying to bump their way out of the path to freedom. A month long chase will not happen today, but one day it might...the thought sends chills up my spine and my cracked dry, gnarly hands grip onto the saddle of my horse a little tighter. The familiar sound of my horse whinnying helps me remember why I am doing this, so I grab the leather of the saddle, cracking softly in my fingers. Patting my horse’s rear, I stare back at the sun, it still laughs at me.

By: Kyle Javier The roundup is always a physically strenuous task for most, as you have to often travel across a hundred square miles all while the sun is bombarding your back with heat. As time goes on, sweat starts to develop and trickle down your back, causing your clothes to stick, and any gust of wind is suddenly more refreshing. However, the clothes still would stick to your back, as that tends to be something that sweat does. I, as a cowboy, have to often search mesquite and chaparral thickets, dry washes, and gullies purely in search of long- horns. The mesquite and chaparral thickets are often troublesome, as their green shrubbery manages to easily hide any cattle. Along with not only their appearance being annoying for a cowboy, their texture is often unpleasant, too. If it comes in contact with your skin, some of the shrubbery often pricks it. Although for the amount I am paid, it is rather easy work and completed in a few days.

LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2017 The mornings are usually the easiest part of the job as most have already rounded up some cattle and are bringing them to a designated point then. There is often a big commotion, as cowboys ride around the cattle in a giant circle to prevent them from escaping, which also happens to kick up quite a bit of dust and is very audible, too. It is quite the ruckus with cattle bellowing, cowboys whistling and whooping, and ponies snorting. In fact, this chaos often causes cyclones of dust to be kicked up. It is complete pandemonium, but in a good way, if such a thing is possible. However, it isn’t exactly all pleasant. Lunch is often something not too enjoyable for most, which usually consists of jerky, a type of meat, or some beans along with water. Jerky tastes like semi-burnt steak that is salty-sweet, and the beans often have a rich earthy-taste, which most of the cowboys I work with seem to not like. After lunch, the outfits start to categorize the cattle by their brand. During the winter, calves are often caught when they seek their mother and then are branded on the spot. Some ranches even brand mavericks, or unbranded calves, and motherless calves as well. It is such a horrific sight, as the scorching metal rod makes multiple burn scars into the cattle’s skin, along with the smell being terrible. The scent of burnt flesh lingers for a while. For those who don’t know, burnt flesh smells of beef and fatty pork while being cooked, with a really musky perfume all combined into one smell. Of course, that isn’t the only unpleasant smell, as many of the other cowboys smoke, leaving behind a smell that is musky and sometimes stale. It occasionally burns my nostrils and eyes. Despite the smell usually not being very noticeable from afar, it stinks when close. I often try to keep some distance from the smokers…

In Mathematics, the Algebra students have continued their exploration of quadratics. We are currently focusing on graphing from standard form, vertex form, and intercept form.. The next step is to be able to look at the graphs and find the quadratic equations from the graphs. We will begin looking at radical equations soon. The 8th grade math students just finished up radicals numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem. We are currently studying exponent rules and scientific notation. The scientific notation includes using them with operations which is difficult. They will be moving onto volume of cylinders, spheres, and cones next.

During Science classes, chemists are busily wrapping up our unit on reactions, examining a variety of reaction patterns and observing the property changes that result. The challenge is to express their observations in the language of chemistry, by writing chemical equations that clearly and concisely communicate the changes that took place. This universal language is used by chemists to elegantly describe the behavior of matter.

In Social Studies, students recently turned in their History in the Making Projects, in which they create a timeline of their life and write an essay, in which they go thirty years into the future and predict what they would be doing in terms of career and family. I was very impressed with the great timelines and essays that the students submitted and I am very proud of their hard work and dedication on the project. The goal of the project is for the students to know that they can do anything in life if they set their minds to it and that they are truly “history in the making.”

In Social Studies, we have also been continuing our study of American History by learning about The Industrial Revolution, The Transcontinental Railroad and the rise of immigration in our country at the start of early 1900’s. Students also watched an educational video called The Story. Ernest Green was one of The that helped to desegregate a public high school in Little Rock, . Students watched the movie to see that even almost one hundred years after the end of The Civil War and Reconstruction, African Americans, like Ernest Green, had to struggle for equality in our country.

This month was packed with a lot of enjoyable activities for students in Señora Mendoza’s Spanish class. Señora Mendoza taught us a lot about the problems that persist for the peoples of Mexico and Guatemala with stories such as Esperanza and songs such as A Las Tres. Now, we understand why the illegal immigrants go to the United States. In this month, we also learned a lot of new vocabulary and a lot about grammar rules in Spanish. We had many lessons about comparative phrases and then we did a fun project about them. In addition, Señora Mendoza taught us a lot of stem changing verbs. Including an interesting easter egg hunt, in which we displayed our memory and understanding of the verbs by defining, conjugating, and using them in sentences. Overall, we did a lot of fun activities this month in Spanish class with Señora Mendoza, and are looking forward to whatever next month holds for us! By: Justin Lee