New Content Moving

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

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…