A Fourth Grade Writing Project Strawberry Point School Mill Valley, California Room 10 -- Class of Catherine Graham "I firmly believe that from what I have seen, it is the chosen spot of all this earth as far as nature is concerned... The sunshine is pure and soft, the mountains... are very lovely. The valley is covered with majestic oaks placed as no human hand could arrange them for beauty." -- Luther Burbank, California Scientist, describing California's beauty upon arrival in 1875

2003-2004 Poetry On this website, you will take a trip and discover California's majestic and powerful Sierra Nevadas, the vast and ancient Mojave Desert, the rich and fertile Central Valley and the expansive and alive Coast! This is an ongoing yearlong writing project in which 4th graders create hardcover books about the 4 distinct regions of California -- coast, desert, mountain and valley. In our books, you go on a journey to beautiful California! Our state is such a HUGE place. The land surface of California covers almost 100 million acres. It's the third largest of the states; only Alaska and Texas are larger! California is the only state in the USA to be made up of all four regions. In our books, you get to visit these magnificent locations and learn about this vast area, its land forms, variety of habitats, plants and animals. The diversity of California is something that could take you a very long time to discover! We hope that the sample pieces of writing from our books will give you a start into the wonders and magic of California! Click below to see our expressive writing pieces that we published for our hardcover California Region Poetry Books! These are written in PDF file format... so you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. Class of 2003-2004 Alex Baylin Caitlin Jonah Luke Web Site Created: February 2, 2004; Last Updated: August 28, 2004 Questions, comments, or suggestions about this website should be directed to: Catherine Graham, Web Designer © 2004 Strawberry Point School Web • All Rights Reserved Disclaimer