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Go wild for wildflowers
April 21, 2023 - After the winter doldrums and monochromatic landscape, a natural art show is unfolding. Perennial flowers are budding and blooming. Now is a terrific time to plan and plant a wildflower garden for nonstop color until next fall's frost.  Word of the Daydoldrums: noun;a time period with low activity or low energy, sometimes because of a negative situation Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of May 30 cohort: noun; group of people who share similar tasks or qualities such as a cohort of scientists studying the habitat of a rare bird species;Holiday weekend all about history and heart impacts: Select Part of speech...; results from actions that cause a change, either positive or negative; consequences Winter 'Swan Song' brewing in the West linguist: noun; a person who is an expert in languages It's - not its - National Grammar Day mariners: noun; people who work on the seas and becomes experts at navigation Cross the Delaware River with Washington Today In HistoryJune 2 1953: Following the death of her father, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in a coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey.1886: Library of Congress: President Grover Cleveland wed Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony. Daughter of Cleveland's late law partner, the bride was twenty-seven years younger than her husband. The self-educated Cleveland came from a poor family. After reading law and clerking at a Buffalo, New York law firm, he was admitted to the bar in 1859. A Democrat, he entered Buffalo's political arena in 1862 and was elected mayor in 1881 and governor of New York State in 1882. As governor, his opposition to patronage raised his national standing, even as it rankled New York City's Democratic machine. Cleveland brought his belief in clean government to the White House in 1885. 1731: Martha Washington, wife of first president George Washington, was born. Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge. She died in 1802. George Washington died in 1799. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News March: Women's History MonthMarch 3, 2022 - March is Women's History Month. Read and learn about Cornelia Fort (1919-1943).  February: Learn more about Presidents Lincoln and WashingtonJan. 31, 2022 - Take time to learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in February.  Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Jan. 12, 2022 - On Monday, Jan. 17, the nation will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the father of the civil rights movement.  Cornelia Fort (1919-1943): Pilot and PatriotDec. 7, 2021 - Early on Dec. 7, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cornelia Fort, 22, was doing what she loved to do.   |
