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Hello Readers, So this coming next school year I will be posting all of my new information on my new Hutchinsonreads blog. So if you want the most recent SMS Guys Read info come on over and check HutchinsonReads. Read on, Mr. H

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That’s A Wrap

Hello Readers, Today was our final 6th Grade Chapter meeting for this school year. It sounds a bit sad, but don’t worry we will be back in about a month. For our final meeting we wanted to finalize our mummy Frank. That means we needed to wrap him and place him in his sarcophagus. Take…

Zombi Heads Update

Hello Readers, Yesterday the great new book The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz was officially released. We here at SMS Guys Read was lucky enough to get an advanced readers copy and have been reading through the story for the last few weeks. Just wait until you get to chapter nine and Gratz introduces you…

Dragon Lantern Inspired Zombi Heads

Hello Readers, So recently we had our final 7th/8th Grade Guys Read meeting of this school year. The good news is that we are a year round school so the next year starts at the end of July. The bad news is that our district has done some redistricting of neighborhoods, so a few members…

More United Nation Steam Men

Hello Readers, You may have noticed that we have been talking about Alan Gratz’s latest Steam Punk story, The Dragon Lantern, and a few lads really got into our latest reading challenge dealing with the United Nation Steam Men. Take a look at the following videos as Aiden and Sean talk you through Thor mark…

United Nation Steam Men

Hello Readers, The 7th/8th Grade chapter of SMS Guys Read have talking about The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz. This is the second book in his League of Seven world and is just plain made out of awesome. One of the biggest, and we do mean biggest, additions to the steampunk world Gratz builds are…

A Letter To Mr. Alan Gratz

Dear Mr. Gratz Hi. I like your book. Well, that’s a lie. I love your book. This is The Dragon Lantern I’m talking about, by the way. It’s actually, to me, better than The League of Seven. In case you’re wondering, I read the advanced reader copy that you sent to the advisor of the…

Canopic Jars

Hello Readers, Here is a little update on our Tombquest inspired mummy, Mr. Frank. When we first buried Frank in the natron solution he weighed 53.5 grams. After two weeks in the salt and baking soda mixture he now weighs 34.5 grams. As you can see he has also curled a bit, but that could…

Tombquest Update: We Reveal Our Mummy

Hello Readers, Last week we decided it was high time we got into this mummification game and decided to mummify a Ball Park Frank. If you have ever wondered what a hot dog that has been buried in a natron like solution looks and smells like, take a look… We continue reading Tombquest Book #1:…

Tombquest Updates

Hello Readers, Our 6th Grade Chapter is diving into Tombquest Book #1: Book of the Dead by Michael Northop and we have some exciting news. First, we are well into making our own amulets based on the scarab Alex’s mom wears in the story. You can see in the picture that we are using modeling…

May The 4th Be With You

Hello Readers, A very Happy Star Wars Day to you all from SMS Guys Read. Read On, Mr. H (Jedi Master)

The Weight of a Human Heart

Hello Readers, The 6th Grade Chapter of SMS Guys Read has been reading Tombquest Book 1, The Book of the Dead by Michael Northrop. We are about a third through the story and recently we came across the idea of the weight of a human heart. We learned that Egyptians would remove the heart of…

A Terrible Two Fan Fiction

Hello Readers, Take a look at this Tweet from author and illustrator Adam Rex… Thumbnailed this months ago for a picture book dummy I’m just now getting back to, and I can’t tell what it is. pic.twitter.com/U1vK4thyj8 — Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex) February 15, 2015 After replying to Mr. Rex’s Tweet with what I saw as…

Shadow Tails of The Carolinas

Hello Readers, Some of you may be visiting our blog for the first time, just to find out what all these tails all over our school are all about. Or maybe you are visiting because of a recent slide show on our scrolling announcements? Shadow Tail Reveal If so let us please explain. If not…

Happy Mouse Kingdom Attractions

Hello Readers, Recently here at SMS Guys Read we have been enjoying Adam Rex’s great story, The True Meaning of Smekday. Most of us have finished the story long ago, but because of the crazy southern snow season we have not been able to finish all of our reading challenges. So here, on the week…