tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13541283626431394682011-07-28T08:32:38.080-04:00The place to get info and the latest news on Miller South's outstanding sixth grade students.Eric Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712971532952999645noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-6213650075662800802010-02-06T19:57:00.006-05:002010-02-06T20:26:55.751-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><b>Our 6th graders shine and so do their sarcophagus works of art! If you haven't seen our showcases outside of 201 and across from the office - you are missing out! Check it out!</b></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24TtzEBLeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/9X5p-PpdszQ/s1600-h/IMG_1930.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24TtzEBLeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/9X5p-PpdszQ/s320/IMG_1930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435303477804871138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24TttqEMMI/AAAAAAAAAE8/k_ZUXgYiEEE/s1600-h/IMG_1929.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24TttqEMMI/AAAAAAAAAE8/k_ZUXgYiEEE/s320/IMG_1929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435303476353839298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24TtYE9htI/AAAAAAAAAE0/Exr58fNCkTg/s1600-h/IMG_1931.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24Rtjx5QvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/AZVKMz_ZSxs/s320/IMG_1940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435301274679067378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24RtZf_uhI/AAAAAAAAAEE/lMUEVNDvCa0/s1600-h/IMG_1939.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S24RtZf_uhI/AAAAAAAAAEE/lMUEVNDvCa0/s320/IMG_1939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435301271919639058" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-621365007566280080?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-8343598991401764772010-01-22T15:34:00.003-05:002010-01-22T16:10:49.765-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S1oL8aCUGHI/AAAAAAAAAD8/_8hn3VY4eKA/s1600-h/IMG_1805.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/S1oL8aCUGHI/AAAAAAAAAD8/_8hn3VY4eKA/s400/IMG_1805.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429665433157638258" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Don't be "scarabed" - these bugs don't bite!</span></span><br />They are part of our 6th grade arts integration project.<br />Just wait until you see the fabulous sarcophagus pieces that the<br />rest of the students have made!</span><br /><p style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" align="left"> <span style="font-size:100%;">The colors of the scarab beetles were beautiful &amp; rich just as the students have shown us here with their lovely work! Blue symbolized the Nile River of course. Red symbolized the Sun God Ra or Atum. Gold was for the desert and sun. Green was used to represent the growth that was so important to the ancient Egyptians. </span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">Over time, the scarab became a sacred symbol to ancient Egyptians. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" >It served as a symbol of regeneration &amp; creation. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" >The Egyptian scarab beetle was also used as an amulet or a good luck charm by all classes &amp; statuses of people in ancient Egypt. The scarab beetle was often used in the making of jewelry and was believed to hold strong magical &amp; religious powers</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" >. The owners name was inscribed in hieroglyphics on the bottom to ensure that protective powers would be given to the wearer. Ancient Egyptians wore </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" >their scarab beetles</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" > on rings, pendants &amp; necklaces!</span> </p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" > </span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-834359899140176477?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-85075117235227417212009-09-30T11:55:00.000-04:002009-09-30T12:00:05.329-04:00<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XOKgp-otBTs/SsN_s4utUgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/J7bWVj3iDTo/s1600-h/Student+Council.jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387289988384510466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XOKgp-otBTs/SsN_s4utUgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/J7bWVj3iDTo/s320/Student+Council.jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Congratualtions to Payton, Addi, Jessica, Libby our 6th grade representatives to Student Council.<br /></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-8507511723522741721?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618668689672477594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-86227473177316502362009-09-22T16:43:00.001-04:002009-09-22T16:43:14.279-04:00testing<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-8622747317731650236?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-3336014420429969342009-08-24T00:05:00.000-04:002009-08-24T00:40:57.252-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Yia'Sou, Hola, Ciao and so on! Here is a video that is sure to bring you lots of good luck in 6th grade! Every "voice" featured here has one main thing in common - that's to wish YOU a successful year in 6th grade Social Studies!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Enjoy! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:webdings;">Y</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:webdings, serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-27c97773e6965caa" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D27c97773e6965caa%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331344094%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6351A1698B77B857886E8BA33691A53871B210CF.42B21B9E75B4DC8012EF829D1CBCFAC95B6D6099%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D27c97773e6965caa%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DuHxU2BjG1CyzBVAU29mHLzVEVK8&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D27c97773e6965caa%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331344094%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6351A1698B77B857886E8BA33691A53871B210CF.42B21B9E75B4DC8012EF829D1CBCFAC95B6D6099%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D27c97773e6965caa%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DuHxU2BjG1CyzBVAU29mHLzVEVK8&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-333601442042996934?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-80064349062408883582009-03-12T17:07:00.000-04:002009-03-12T17:13:33.975-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl6mBvKn1I/AAAAAAAAABM/hittRX1MwOQ/s1600-h/hall+japan+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312412029180092242" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl6hPt0qLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wu9TdFGVTBs/s320/hall+japan+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div>These are some of the wonderful works of our 6th graders. </div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl6g2k54KI/AAAAAAAAAAs/ty5bINvn66A/s1600-h/hall+japan+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312411940284915874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl6g2k54KI/AAAAAAAAAAs/ty5bINvn66A/s320/hall+japan+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-8006434906240888358?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-58325459162343331542009-03-04T13:28:00.000-05:002009-03-12T17:16:25.404-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl7omgwjcI/AAAAAAAAABU/NGxbb9nA7v8/s1600-h/pirates+08.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312413172923141570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxv__bouek0/Sbl7omgwjcI/AAAAAAAAABU/NGxbb9nA7v8/s320/pirates+08.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div>"Avaste Ye" Maties! (Get a load of this!) 6th grade teachers have a very unique way of getting <em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">quality work</span></strong></em> from the students - well Shiver me Timbers!</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-5832545916234333154?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Kalaitsideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06504486740275282811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-22047707712250567502009-02-19T08:46:00.002-05:002009-03-04T14:17:56.386-05:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-2204770771225056750?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Eric Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712971532952999645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354128362643139468.post-79223202990231196332009-02-19T08:46:00.001-05:002009-02-19T08:46:20.529-05:00We're here to learn a lot!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354128362643139468-7922320299023119633?l=millersouthsixthgrade.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Eric Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712971532952999645noreply@blogger.com0