Paging by Emily T.

My favorite part of our field trip to the State House was paging. Paging is when you pass notes for the representatives of the house during meetings. During the session I picked up a note from Rep. Terry Hayes, a representative who came to our school. To deliver the note I had to scootch all the way into the middle of an aisle. Paging was my favorite part because it was fun to dodge the big chairs that the representatives sat in. I felt nervous at first because I kept thinking that I would deliver the note to the wrong place. I'm not quite sure what the notes were about, but I'm guessing they said, "I would like to discuss this matter more with you. Please meet me." Out of everything we did at the State House, paging was my favorite because I felt like I was doing an important job.

Topic: Field Trip to Maine State House ~ revised 2/8/10

Maine State Capitol By Mae

My favorite part of our field trip to the Maine State Capitol Building was being a page. Paging is when you deliver notes. Here's how it works: You it in front of a board. If a button lights up you count how many rows up and across that seat is. You trot to that seat and collect the note and see what number it has on it. Finally you take that note and seek out the number on the seat and give it to the representative. I think paging is cool because I was helping with an important meeting.

Topic: Field Trip to Maine State House ~ revised 2/8/10

Our Field Trip to the State House By Emily H.

My favorite part of our field trip to the State House was paging, which was when students would deliver messages from one person to another. As pages all of the Boxberry students delivered notes for the representatives of the house. We sat by a board called a switch board with a bunch of buttons that had the numbers of the seats on them. When a button lit up we traveled to that numbered chair by counting how many rows up and how many across. We took the letter from that person and delivered it to the numbered seat written on the outside of the letter. Paging was my favorite part because I liked delivering messages for such an important meeting.

Topic: Field Trip to Maine State House in Augusta ~ revised 2/8/10

Maine State Museum By Allie

My favorite part of our field trip to the Maine State Museum was looking at the arrowheads. Maine Indians used arrowheads to hunt animals to eat. An arrowhead was also used for necklaces for the Indians. The Indians mostly hunted deer, moose, and fish. A long time ago in Maine Indians used arrowheads in many ways.

Topic: Augusta Field Trip ~ revised 2/8/10

A Job at the Zoo by Simon

If I had a job at the zoo, I would work with puffins. They have a striped beak that can hold eighteen fish in it. They are about four inches tall and are all black except for a white stripe on their head and belly. They have webbed feet and they like the cold and ice. They originated in Canada, but the Atlantic Puffin lives in Maine. Puffins like to eat mackerel, sardines, snails, and mussels.

Topic # 32 ~ revised 2/8/10 ~ Drawing by Simon!

Paging for the Representatives By Sophie L.

My favorite part of our field trip to the State House was paging. The reason this was my favorite part is because I was able to deliver messages. The way students page and know where to go is by looking at a switch board with buttons. On the representatives' desks there is a button that they press when they have a message and their number shows up on the switch board. A page looks at the number on the switch board and strides to that seat. The way a page finds the seat is by counting how many rows up and how many seats in. Next the page walks to that seat and gives them the message. In the beginning a page may be nervous, but then it is FUN!!!

Topic Writing: Field Trip to Maine State Capitol Building (2/2/10) ~ Revised 2/4/10