Monday, January 31, 2011

3 - Basketball

One day I told my brother if he wants to play basketball and he said sure lets go so I changed my clothes and he was done changing me too. So my brother and me got ready to go play basketball. So I grabbed my basketball ball. I asked my aunt for permission and she said okay bit take care.

Then we got were wanted to go it was some place. Then I started playing but I was goofing around I made a 3 pointer. Then my brother said good shot . Then my brother was putting his basketball shoes to get ready too play basketball.
After that my brother was done putting his shoes on. We started warming up me and my brothers were playing a game horse. If I missed a shot its his turn but if he makes it I have to make it were shot from. Then he missed it was my turn so I made it..


Then we started to play a basketball game the he started playing we had to get up to 20 if you get 20 points you win . Then he started playing. Then I had the ball then I crossed my brother then I made the shot. Then he started making his shots then he beat me.

Then we started getting ready to go home . Then we started walking home. Then we started running home. Then I told my brother good game you really beat me. Then I watching TV. I put am music called Rockteer .Then I started eating pizza. My brother ate too. Then my brother started using the laptop. He was watching amazing jerkz its about jerking is dancing.Me and my brother had a great time together. “)

18 - A Play

Characters:
Mr. Robertson……………..Teacher
Nathan…………………………Student
Matthew……………….......Student
Amy…………………………….Student
Serena………………………..Student
Class……………………………All Students
Scene 1

Setting: Mr. Robertson’s class
Mr. Robertson: Tomorrow each one of you is going to give a report with another student that is assigned with you on a president
Class: Okay
Mr. Robertson: These are the groups. Mark and Emily, Sierra and Justin, Taylor and Marcus, Nathan and Serena, Jake and Katie, Samantha and Jacob, Matthew and Amy,
Matthew: Awww man, do I have to be with her, Mr. Robertson
Amy: Yeah, why do I have to be with him?
Mr. Robertson: Amy and Matthew, that’s not nice. You two should be respecting each other. Now put your name on the board and apologize.
Nathan: Yeah Apologize.
Mr. Robertson: Nathan you may put your name on the board.
Serena: Amy why did you open your mouth? Next time keep it shut.
Mr. Robertson: Serena I do not need any help. Now you three may come in for recess.
Scene 2

Time: Recess time.
Setting: Mr. Robertson’s Class
Mr. Robertson: Now, you three need to learn how to respect each other. Did you apologize?
Amy, Matthew, and Nathan: Yes.
Mr. Robertson: Good. Amy and Matthew, I think you two will make a great team. You may go to recess.
Scene 3

Time: The next day.
Setting: Mr. Robertson’s class.
Mr. Robertson: I hope your reports are finished. Now first up are Amy and Matthew.
Matthew: Our report is on George W. Bush but before I start I want to say that respecting people is as important as ruling the world.

27 - Classroom rules

3 Rigler Classroom Rules

1.Follow directions the first time given. When the teacher asks you to do something you shouldn’t complain or make a comment. Also you shouldn’t talk back when your teacher says something. If you do talk back, than that is disrespectful.

2.Keep your hands and feet to yourself, and give people their space. If you touch people that will cause them to get mad, and hit you back. Rigler should be a violence free school zone! If you break this rule, that wouldn’t be very safe.

3.Keep a positive attitude. Nobody likes to get a negative comment after they share something. Don’t think that everything your doing is going to be boring, who knows? You might have fun as long as you participate!

Those are 3 rules you can follow to be a great Rigler star!

28 - My Grandma's House

My grandma’s house


On August 6 I went to my grandma’s house to help her with things she needed help on. She said,” do you want to help me with the jelly”? I said ,”yes”. I went to go get the bowl to put the strawberries and blackberries in.

Next we went into the garden to pick the strawberries and blackberries. The blackberries were behind the shed. They were covered with spider webs. I screamed because I ran into a spider web. The strawberries were by the raspberries. The bees were sucking the nectar out the flowers, but besides that they were easy to get.

Then we rinse them off with cold water. Then we put them in a pot with warm water. It almost filled the top of the pot. We boiled it for five minuets with gelatin. Then it got thick.

Last we put the jelly into some jars. Then we put them into the refrigerator to cool for 3-4 hours. When it cooled we ate the jelly with some toast!

4 - The Show

The Show

“Hey you guys let’s have a show,” I said. Teresa, Maria, Imone, and Nia were at my house in the backyard thinking of a game to play. It was around 6:00 when we decided to do a show. Since I had a tramp, we could use it to do cool tricks and stuff on their!

We choose who would go first, second, third, fourth, and last. Maria was first. She was swinging on the poles, back and forth, swaying from side to side, with wind blowing in her hair. When she jumped down, she flew through the air like a bird trying to go south before it freezes.

When it came to my turn, I used an umbrella for my performance. When I jumped up in the air as I was coming down, the umbrella was inside out, and I could feel my hair blowing in tons of different directions. Then when I landed, it turned back the way it was suppost to. Boy I loved the wind and wondered what the judges thought of my performance so far. I decided I couldn’t do what I was doing forever so, I threw the umbrella and decide t to do a flip.
I jumped about six times until I was high enough. While I was turning, I felt very confident that the judges would love my performance, but I was to busy thinking that I landed on my neck and then bounced on it again! My neck hurt super badly!

The next morning my neck hurt even more, but at least I won the game with a total of 20 points from the judges.

17 - Rules for PE

Rules for PE

You have to pay attention to the pe teacher
pe teacher.Don’t play with anything while the teacher is talking.
If she see’s something that you did several times ,she will not let
You play and will you sit by the wall.

Do not play with anything wile she is talking like with marbles or another object .she will take it away and not give it back.

The main reason in pe is to have fun .Follow directionsby listening and not playing with anything.

19 - California

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When I went to California

Have you ever been to another Sate? Well I have I’ve been to California .san Francisco and san José. My great grandma and grandpa live there, you should go.

I do everything their go swimming in my grandparent’s pool. I used to be a
Cheerleader, I go to the park that I grew up in. I love to do everything there, and I love to cook.

When my grandma and me cook it always tastes so good we make brownies, cupcakes, ice cream, upside down cake. Before we eat our dessert we have to whip up some dinner or lunch or a snack. After that we would go swimming.

I love Christmas there I would get everything that was on my wish list, and she would always make me laugh so hard, because my grandma is, so funny.

That’s the time I went to California and was, so proud.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

28 - Camping

One cold Thursday morning my dad woke me up at 5:30 to pack for the trip. We planned this camping trip for 3 months. This was my third time camping! I wish I'd remembered the name of the campsite but I don't. After we packed we went to Linda's house to meet with her and my brother June bug.

When we got to Linda's house we saw Tonie, Junebug, Nate, Damion, Keana, Alea and Linda. Tonie is my sister she is 13 now. Junebuug is my oldest brother he is 31 now. Nate is my nephew he is 6 now. Damion is my youngest nephew he is 4 now. Keana is my neice she is 8. Alea is my oldest niece she is my age she is 11. Linda is Junebugs mom, and Tonic's mom.

Tnie, Nate, Damion, Keana, Alea, and I started to play. While Linda was packing we played with Tonie's dog. Tonie's dog's name is Shaday. She is a Chiwawa. Shaday is black, has a white spot on her ear, and one big white spot on her tummy. Shaday is as fast as an athlete. She can run for an hour non stop. It will take an hour and thirty minutes to catch her, or you might have fast lets and arms.

When Linda was packed, we started driving. We drove to Walmart for some more supplies. We were trying to get some worms for fishing. My dad bought me some sunglasses too. Nate and I got bored, and we saw some balls that we could play with. Then I took off my sunglasses and set them down on the shelf.

Next we started to play two square. After that my dad said it was time to go. We left Walmart, and we went back to our cars. My dad packed some Gatorade, and I got a purple Gatorade and drunk it. After that I remembered that I'd left my sunglasses on the shelf. Then I just let it go. As we left, I started to cry.

A few minutes later we stopped at Jack In the Box for breakfast. I got 3 eggrolls, fries, and a water. Tonie, Nate, Damion, Keana, Alea, Junebug, Linda and my dad got egg sandwiches. There was a gas station next to Jack In the Box, so we stopped there to fill up our gas tanks. The gas station was called AM PM. Then we left.

An hour later we arrived at the campsite. I was going to get the food out first but my dad said to set the test first because we will have not have anywhere to put the food. Linda and I had the same kind of test. Dad and I finished setting our tent before Linda did. After we got done with the test we got out the food. It was 3 hours until 7 o'clock.

My uncle John came over and got something to eat. Then he told us a scary story. The story was about a warthog human living on a very tall hill. The warthog human flashed his light every night. Next he said to put gram crackers in front of your tests because the warthog human loves gram crackers, or else he will shake your test at night and demand some gram crackers.

The next morning was a hot day. It was so hot we took a walk and brought our swimming suits to find a small stream to cool off in. The water was so cold it made me shiver on a hot day. After about an hour we went back to the campsite for breakfast. We had eggs, pancakes, and water for breakfast. As the day went past, it was almost dinner time. For dinner we had chili hot dogs.

The next morning was a hot day too. It was Sunday. Sunday was the day that we were going to come back to Portland. We went back home. That was the best camping trip ever!

Friday, January 28, 2011

13 - Camping

First, we turned on the fire then we put up our tents and our beds too. Then we ate we were all talking around the fire. When, we get tired we go to sleep in our tents.

Next when, we wake up in the morning we eat. All the children played, rode there bikes in the middle of the street. Then it went night again we sat around the fire every single day.

Then we wake up, and ate of course play too then we went to hiking. I saw a snake I yelled “Uncle Luis” he got my my hand and we ran together. All my cousins were in front, so when, we got back we ate marshmallows. We drew with chalks, and then it was going dark outside. We ate dinner, and we went to bed.

After, that in the morning we did what we do daily at camping. Our parents were playing a game out in the street all the kids were cracking up lighting. We ate dinner we chatted, and went to sleep.

Last, we packed up the sleeping stuff in the morning. We went to the lake for a swim. All the dads rent a peddling boat 3 unties got on it, and the boat went down into the water when we were done we gave back the boat. We ate, and packed pu then we left home again. “that was fun” everyone said.

Rules for the Library - 25

1.Treat them gently.
Flipping the page to hard can rip them. You would have to pay for them if that happened. Always treat the book gently.

2. Keep food away from the books.
Eating food around the books could easily ruin them. Always keep them away from food and drinks.

3. Keep them up high.
Leaving them down on the floor could easily lead to them getting stepped on or a baby ripping it. That will always lead to paying for the book.

4.Don’t let people borrow the books.
Someone borrowing the books could easily get them ripped. Some people don’t care about the books because the books don’t belong to them.

5.Return books gently.
Throwing the books on the counter could easily break or rip it, because it has been used many times. The Librarian wouldn’t be happy.

22 - Day of the Dead

When I was going to calibrate the day of the dib . My bother was exited I call my mom if she can get me a sweet skeletons . MY mom ask if she can have three sweet skeletons candy the men said ‘ yes’ there only free thank you . Then my mom give use one for each of use. My mom grave are hands an went to the cemetery my brother got scared we look at the graved from are dib dog then we put flowers many peoples were crying sadness . We got out of the cemetery an I would never forget to celebrate the day of the dib .

Thursday, January 27, 2011

25 - Camping

When you see tents at the store, have you ever wanted to go camping? One time I saw some tents and the exact same thing happened.

My mom worked at Scholastics at the time. She worked every day from 12a.m to 4p.m. She didn’t have any days off, so I looked at her calendar to see when she had a couple of days off. She had 7 days off next week!

Next, I asked my mom if we could go camping next week. She said,“ yes as long as everyone wants to.” I asked my family and they said,” sure we’d love to!” I told my mom that and she wanted us to get ready for next week!

A week later, we were all ready to go camping. My family and I got in the car driving to our campsite. We had a great time there! We roasted marshmallows, we played camp games and more! We had fun!

In conclusion, when you see tents at the store, have you ever wanted to go camping? I hope you will have fun going camping.

10 - Going to the lake

On summer break my mom and dad were planning to go to Wild waves. They decide that we should go on Saturday. Me and my cousin John were so happy because he was coming with us. My cousin and I are like brother and sister because we like to do everything with each other. He is 13 years old.

Next, it is time to wake up it is 5:00 am. My cousin spent the night at our house .We already got our clothes and everything ready the night before. I went to my parent room to wake them up. I went over to my mom, and told her,” Mom wake up it’s almost time to get everything on the truck”. She woke up my dad, and she told me , go wake up your brother” I went and woke up my brother, and my cousin and me were putting everything on the truck . My parents and my brother were all ready ,and they all got on the truck .

Finally , it was time to leave , I only brought my I pod to not get bored . We didn’t get to eat anything , and everybody was starving . It took us like 3 hours to get there . It was kind of fun and boring on the way there. When we got there it was really sunny . The parking space cost 10.00 $ . After we parked , we went t get in line. It was a long line the entrance was 30.00$ each person. When we got inside , we all went t the bathroom to get changed. Then we went to buy a family locker , it was huge .Then we went to a huge rollercoaster . After we went to all of the rides , we went swimming. I t was still early and we went to a lot of rides.

Finally , it was time to leave. It was 6.00 pm .We got to our house around 9.00 pm . When we got home I told my mom, ‘Thanks for taking us to Wild waves ‘.She said , ‘ your welcome’. All of us went to sleep because we were so tired . We all had a fun day at Wild waves.

18 - Gone to Florida

Gone to Florida


Have you ever gone to another state and gone to new places. I have gone to Florida and gone to Disneyworld and Universal Studios.


The winter of 2h010 on January 18s, 2h010, my family flew to Florida on two planes. The first plane went from Portland International Airport to Seattle, and the second from Seattle to Orlando, Florida. We rented a car to drive to our resort. Our resort had a pool, ice cream all day, a park, an arcade, and a cafeteria. The cafeteria serves three meals breakfast, lunch, and dinner.


On the second day of being at the resort, in the morning, my family went to Disneyworld. When I first walked in, I saw this huge rollercoaster called the Hulk. That was the first ride I went on. After I went on the Hulk, I went on some othe4r coasters and rides. After a while, it was time for lunch. After I ate, I went on some more rides. Soon sit was time to leave.


The next day I went to Universal Studios. My favorite ride was this coaster that you picked a song and then the ride went straight up and straight down. Then you did a .lo/op-tee-loop and went down. You did another loop and then there was the end of the ride.


The rest of the week, our family went to the amusement parks, and stayed at the resort. At the resort, I ate icecream and played in the arcade. At the icecream house, you can get smoothies and soda as well icecream.

I am glad my family went to Florida because, it was the best week of my life,

16 - I touch

One day, we were going to California to play at Disneyland. On the car ride, my oldest brother told me that he just got an Iphone that is the third generation. He also told me that he was going to use the Iphone all the way to end of the trip, and also to keep it a secret.

“Did you know your going to get an Iphone ,”I told my brother . He was so happy and said if he gets the Iphone , he will give me his Itouch. Then I was beginning to be so happy.

When we came to California, we went to this Vietnamese mall which was huge. There were a lot of cheap stuff that would be expensive in real stores. My brother found a black gel case for the Iphone and bought it for five dollars. We went back to the hotel and slept to get ready to go to Disneyland.

Then today, we came to Disneyland and bought our tickets. I was able to trick the staffs that I was nine years old so they wouldn’t make us pay more. We went on a lot of rides. Then there was a ride called Splash Mountain which was the most fun. When we went off the ride and was about to leave my brother realized he forgot his Iphone on the seat. My brother started to be as sad as a person getting suspended because he thought he wouldn’t get it after all. Lucky enough, the ride didn’t start yet and the man on the seat gave the phone to my brother.

Once we came home, my brother gave it to him, but he also said not to use it too much. My brother told me that he is going to give me his Itouch, but he needs to restart it first.

I am so happy I have an Itouch now so I can play all the apps.

2 - The Big Game

One day, there were four kids named Abdul, Willy, Lee, and Elizabeth. Today was a big day for those four because they had a basketball game. There team was called Kings, and the team they were facing was Southpole. Those four kids were very confident, maybe too confident.

Those four sat with each other at lunch, so they could discuss there way of winning. They wanted to know who was in the Southpole. Also they had an extra player just incase.

It was time for playtime. They had to wait ten minutes because an other team was ahead of them. Until then, they found a ball, started to practice playing basketball. They were smart because they knew they had to save there energy for the real game.

Our coach yelled the countdown for the other team, and it was time for Kings versus Southpole. We did jump ball, and Willy got the ball, Willy passed it to Abdul and he made it. The losing team checked the ball and they made a shot. Elizabeth checked the ball, and she passed it to Le. Le went back, and he made a nice three pointer.

As time passed, the game was over. Everybody went to coach Katie to see who won. It was the Kings! We were so happy we started gloating to the other team. We also shook hands, and we said “Good game”.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Family letter 1/24/11

Dear Families,

I hope you had a wonderful week. As you may know, I was not at Rigler last week. I spent most of the week at a training (with the 4th and 5th grade teachers) about how to improve reading and writing for all of our students.

I have some exciting news to share. I applied for a grant for some more books for our classroom library and we received the grant! The books will be arriving in 4-6 weeks. They are all books that the students have been interested in reading.

Families have been doing a wonderful job bringing in money for OMSI. Remember, you can bring in cash or a check made out to Rigler School. You do not have to bring in the whole amount at one time. Every single dollar counts.

Remember, the 5th grade is having a talent show on Friday the 28th from 6pm to 8pm in the auditorium! It is $3 per person, or $5 per family. The money raised will go towards OMSI. It will be a lot of fun and I hope to see you there!

Have a wonderful week,


Ms. L

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Pictures from Ms. L

Dear Students,

A few of you requested to see some more pictures of my family. Here are a few more that you can look at.

Ms. L

Here is Mateo and Natalia with the solar system puzzle they put together. Mateo did most of the putting together of the puzzle. Natalia, on the other hand, mostly wanted to take puzzle pieces out of the completed puzzle!




Over the winter break we all went sledding up on Mt. Hood. Here is a picture of me with the kids sliding down a little hill.




I told you about the ginger bread house that we created as a family. Here is a picture of that house.

30 - Family Letter for January

Dear Families,

Happy January. The students have had a great first two weeks of the new year.

What are we studying?
We are studying about the scientific method in science. The students are also going to be working on their state science work sample in the next week. In mathematics, students have learned to add and subtract fractions with different denominators. We have also started the math groups on Fridays combining all three classes for math. In reading, the students finished their third novel of the year, and we will be starting our fourth novel in a week. In writing, students are working on writing longer pieces and correcting their mistakes.

Where can I see student writing?
You can always go to the classroom blog to see student writing. The blog website is www.2010rigler.blogspot.com.

I would like to be able to post pictures onto the classroom blog. I would not include any student names for privacy reasons. Please let me know if this would be ok with you.

_____ Yes you may post pictures of my child on the blog _________________________ (sign)

_____ No, do not post pictures of my child ___________________________ (sign)

How are things going with OMSI?
We have received three grants for the classroom from OMSI, plus one anonymous donor. As you may know, OMSI started out costing $145 per student. We received one grant from $1000 from OSMI for the class. We received another grant for $1200 for the class from the school. We also received $300 from our school PTA. This means each student has $50 to raise.

Until February 15th, an anonymous donor has agreed to match every dollar your child brings in, up to $20 per child.

With this grant your child needs to raise _____________ more dollars to attend camp with the match or ________ without the match. You can write a check to Rigler School if you want. Make sure you put your child’s name in the memo line.

______ I plan on allowing my child to attend OMSI camp May 23 - 25.
______ Please call me to answer questions I still have.

Phone number _____________________

Thank you,

Ms. L

13 - My last day at school

It was the last day of school at James John elementary .I had to enjoy that day because it was my last day there in that school.

First, I enjoyed with all my friends, and especially with my enemy. I thought that I’l never see them again, so I hung out with them. When morning recess was over they all had to split apart to different classes all over the school.

Then, I saw them again in lunch we were talking about talking about what school I was going to be going to. They were asking me “what are you going to be doing during Summer vacations?” I said I was going to be moving houses.

I will always remember, when we all had to go to after school they told me I will miss me. I got to see some during summer. We played together Tetherball and we cooked together and did many fun things.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Letter to Juliet

Dear Juliet,

Thanks a lot for what you donated ! I love having new stuff especially science things because science is my favorite subject in school.

I love using the science tubs and flash cards the most ! I made a pulley with my best friend and it was fun because we needed more people to help hold different parts of it, but soon we finished it and it worked!

I enjoy playing all of the different science games because they are fun and you learn!

Once again thank you very much for what you donated.

Sincerely,
C.D.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

27 - Party Punch

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!

“Why isn’t he picking up?” Ring! Ring! That was the eighth ring, and yet, still no answer.

“Hello?”

“Finally you picked up, Morgan! There’s a Halloween party at Aaron’s house tonight at 6:00 p.m today. We both got invited! I’ll pick you up at 5:40 and then I’ll drive us to Aaron’s. Sound good?’’

“Oh, another Halloween party, huh? Aaron threw one last year. It was just a living room decorated like cemetery, filled with zombies, mummies, ghosts. Oh, and don’t forget the blood fruit punch. We’re just gonna be dancing. Barely anybody came last year, and Aaron thinks people will THIS year? I’m not gonna go, your on your own.”

“Come on, Morgan, don’t be a negative Nancy! Maybe this party is gone be better than last years, and maybe more than a few people will come! See ya at 5:40!” Before Morgan could answer, Spencer hung up.

Morgan looked at the clock, it was only 9:25 a.m.

“Should I go?” Morgan thought. He got out of bed and made breakfast.

“Mmmm!!! Eggs, bacon , butter and toast, can this get any better??” Today was Halloween, so Morgan didn’t have work. He ate his breakfast and then drank a cup of coffee. He hustled out the door and went for a walk down the street. As he was walking down 82nd street, he passed by Pop’s Costume Shop. He looked through the glass display window and saw a zombie costume. Morgan walked in and came back out in 15 minutes with 2 big bags.

It was 5:30 and Morgan was in his costume. Blood was all over his face. There was white make up on his face too. Beep! Beep!

“HEY MORGAN, LET’S GO!!!” shouted Spencer into the window of Morgan’s room.

“Your early,” said Morgan as he walked towards the car.

“How do you like my zombie costume?”

“Ha, ha, great! I figured if we came early we can eat more of the spider web cotton candy, and the blood fruit punch!”

They went to Aaron’s house, and Morgan was sitting on the couch, watching people play Pin The Tail On The Ghost. He knew he shouldn’t have came. Last years party there were only a few people attending. This years there were at least 40 people. Morgan said hi to a few friends and drank some punch. He stared at the ice cubes for a moment, adoring the perfectly cubed shape.

“How can ice be so perfect?” he said to himself. He can tell they were just right out the freezer, he tried biting one and almost broke his teeth. He also saw tiny little red dots INSIDE the ice cube. He drank another cup and continued watching.

“Wanna piece of black cat chocolate cake?” said Aaron.

“It’s just dark chocolate.”

“Sure. Thanks.” Morgan took a fork and started to gobble up the piece of cake.

“Ahhh! I see that you have drank the blood fruit punch.” Said Aaron suspiciously. “Don’t mind the red stuff in the ice cubes. These are called Halloween cubes. I got them at the super market yesterday.” He said, pointing to the cubes.

“Oh, yeah, the ice cubes are really cool, I wonder how they get the red stuff in it, huh?” said Morgan.

“Heh! Heh! Yeaahhhh………” replied Aaron.

As soon as Aaron went away from the snack table, Morgan left the house.
On his walk home a police car past him. The lights were on, so was the siren. It was going towards Aaron’s house. Morgan had a crazy thought that something happened during the party. Just as Morgan was about to head towards the front door of his house, he realized that he forgot his jacket at Aaron’s house.

“Oh, great!” He walked back to Aaron’s house and his mouth dropped at what he saw when he opened the door. He found everybody lying on the floor DEAD!! Then he noticed that there was fruit punch all over the floor. But, there were no ice cubes.
“Strange.” Said Morgan.

Only Spencer and Aaron were still alive. Morgan saw the police asking Spencer questions.

“And I never got to drink the punch!” Spencer told Morgan.

“The doctors need to examine the bodies.” said Officer John. Morgan saw Aaron shiver when he heard the officer saying this.

“Well, they don’t NEED to examine the bodies, do they? What if the bodies have disease?”

“Yes! Of course they have to examine the bodies! What if they were poisoned??? Oh, and we’ll have to check the food you served, Mr.Micknelle.

“Okay.” Aaron replied.

“Do you know why there’s fruit punch all over the floor?”

“No, no I don’t.”

The next day the police came back with the reports on the bodies.

“Well, we found X216 in the bodies, Mr.Micknelle. X216 is a deadly chemical that can kill any living thing.”

“Oh. I don’t know,”-

“As I left your house yesterday, I used an eyedropper and took a sample of the fruit punch. And I found out there was X216 in it. Can you explain this to me, Mr.Micknielle?”

“No! Aaron had nothing to do with this! The fruit punch has X216, but I drank some too. And I’m fine right?” said Morgan.

“Yeah! He did drink some!” said Aaron.

“Was there anything else in the fruit punch?”

“Yes. Ice cubes.” Aaron replied nervously.

“Do you have anymore of them in the freezer?”

“Yes, I made them, with an ice tray.”

“What? You said you bought them!” said Morgan, confused.

“Was there anything special about them?” said Officer John.

“Oh yeah! There were tiny red dots inside them.” said Morgan.

“We need to see those ice cubes.” said the officer.

There were 3 ice cubes left. They were in the ice tray. Officer John took them to go see what the red dots were. It was………….. was………….. X216!!!!!

“Aaron you are arrested! We found X216 in the ice cubes! The only reason why Morgan didn’t die was because when he drank the punch, the ice cubes were still thawed, WITH the X216 inside them, FROZEN. But in a few hours, when Morgan went home, the other guests drank the punch, and the ice was melted, releasing the X216 into the punch. You only did this to get revenge on the people who got invited to your party last year and didn’t come!”

Aaron was sentenced for 45 years in federal prison. While for Morgan, he made lots of money as a real estate agent. Spencer and Morgan were best friends, so they bought a big house together, and became housemates. So next time you drink party punch, CHECK THE ICECUBES!!

Monday, January 10, 2011

18 - Kickball

Kids run around the bases as the kicker kick the ball as hard as he can. The third baseman calls for the ball. The pitcher throws the ball and it’s an out. Would you like to learn how to play kickball? To know how to play, you have to know the equipment, rules, and some strategies.

First, you kneed to learn the equipment. You absolutely need a ball and four bases the shape of a diamond. If you want to kick far a bouncy ball is the best. You also need a couple of kickers, a pitcher, a first, second, and third basemen, and a couple of outfielders. If you don’t have bases you could use sweaters, or cones.
The next thing you need to learn is the rules. The most important rule is that there is one kicker, because it starts the game. The next important rule is that the pitcher must roll the ball to the kicker. If the kicker kicks the ball past the 3rd base line, it is a foul. Another rule is that if the kicker kicks it, and the other team catches it, the kicker is out.

There are many good strategies to kickball. The best strategy is if you are on base, and the other team catches, you should run after they catch the ball. Another strategy is if a teammate is on first base and you are the kicker, you should kick toward third base so you don’t get your teammate out. A good strategy for the outfield is if you are at first base and the kicker is running toward second base you should throw the ball.

Kickball is a very, very fun game, so I hope you play. I can’t wait to see you.