The Edith Bowen 2016 School Almanac Created by the 3rd-5th grade students. What is an Almanac An Almanac is a Book (or website) of Facts Online Almanacs
 worldalamacforkids.com What’s In An Almanac? -Almanacs contain names, places, dates, and amounts. -Almanacs do not explain the facts, so the reader must draw their own meanings from the data. -Almanacs are updated every year. Benjamin Franklin Early American colonists used Ben’s almanac to know when to plant their crops. Types of Almanacs Why do you think Biff wanted the Sports Almanac? Back To The Future movies are lots of fun! People have made almanacs for centuries (And they did it without using computers!) We used surveygizmo.com to help with the math for our almanac. Egyptian Scribes About Our Almanac 1. The students at EBLS decided what information they wanted to gather. 2. Third, fourth, and fifth graders took the survey. 3. The information was compiled and the result is what you now are reading. Top 10 Events At EBLS • The Schoolhouse Rock musical really rocked! • Our Green Cars (Bluester and Banshee) won 1st and 2nd place at the state races in Tooele. • Leadership Day was a huge success and we liked getting leadership jobs. • Trumpet of the Swan Book Party was so much fun. • What’s that sound? It’s the Little Blue Stampede coming down the hall. • Our EBLS shirts look great with our new logo. • Dr. Johnson’s Big 6 presentation about his trip to Africa was amazing. • Mr. Spaceman’s sculpture in the library is very cool…we all helped make it. • The jump rope assembly had everyone “jumping” with excitement. • We are so lucky to have fun new teachers at EBLS: Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Baggaley, Mr. Newell and Maestra Garcia.