Monday, February 28, 2011

18 - The Adventure in Time

Billy Morenzo walked through the tower of the old house’s attic. No one had been there for years. The tower was covered with vines and 50 feet high. He tried to find a way out but it was no use. An old gnome had locked him in there, after he figured out his secret.

That night Billy shivered under his thin blanket, as he watched the bats fly around. All the nights he had been locked up, he had thought about his family. Billy had a brother Justin, a sister Margaret, and his parents Kyle and Alexandra. He wondered if they missed him or, if they did not remember.

In the morning the gnome came with Billy’s breakfast. It was bacon, eggs, orange juice, and toast. As Billy ate, the gnome handed him a blanket and green clothes. Billy hadn’t got a clean pair of clothes for a week.

‘’We are going out,’’ grunted the gnome in some language. Somehow Billy understood. Billy was glad to stretch his legs.

Outside, the gnome, who Billy called George the Grump, attached a backpack to Billy’s back with a string. On the backpack there was a rope that George was holding onto. As they walked the gnome instructed him to do push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks.

They walked into a forest that Billy had never seen from the tower window. George seemed to read his thoughts.

‘’ It’s a magical forest called the Feeling of Fairies.’’ George said ‘’If we are lucky, we might see a fairy.’’ Billy hoped that they would see one. He had never seen a fairy.

About 20 minutes later they neared an old oak tree.

‘’I want you to see something’’ said George.

‘’Okay,’’ said Billy ‘’Is this another magical thing?’’ he asked.

‘’No,’’ replied George. He knocked on the tree three times. A door opened and Billy gasped.

What he saw was unbelievable. It was Willy Wonka!!!!!! Mr. Wonka was nursing a small oompaa-loompa back to health. Billy could see a deep bite mark on the oompa-loompa’s arm. Billy twitched.

‘’Hi Mr. Wonka,’’said George. Wonka did not here him. Billy was confused.

‘’Well, I’ll be on my way,’’ said George, and they left.

On the way back, Billy saw something flutter beside him and land on his palm. It was a fairy. The fairy was blue and had pink wings. The fairy moved around and layed down. Soon she was fast asleep.

When they got back, Billy made a small bed with his old thin blanket and put the fairy down.

‘’Better get some sleep,’’ said George. So Billy went to sleep.

In the morning the fairy was 6 feet tall and 6 feet long. Billy was amazed.

‘’Maybe I can escape on her,’’ he thought. Then he thought of a plan. When George came with his breakfast Billy ate it all.

‘’ I got to go take care of my wife,’’ said George. ’’ Hope you don’t mind.’’

‘’ I don’t mind,’’ said Billy and thought ‘’Game time.’’

When the gnome left, Billy jumped on the fairy. He tugged her wings and she lifted up into the air. They flew through the high window and over the gnome. The gnome shouted and cursed but it, but his words could do nothing.

‘’Bye,’’ screamed Billy.

Billy woke up on the fairy’s back. She had landed. He looked around. Billy was in his town’s park!!! Billy was so excited that he jumped off the fairy and hugged her.

‘’ Thanks,’’ he said as she flew up and away.

As Billy ran home, he saw his friend Jimmy Renker.

‘’Come to my house, and I will tell you about my adventure,’’ said Billy.

‘’Sure,’’ said Jimmy. And they ran off to Billy’s house.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Thank you and update from Ms. L

I wanted to say thank you to all of the individuals who have posted comments for students over the past two years. Every student has enjoyed having outside people reading their stories. I think that both you and I have seen all of the students grow tremendously as writers over these past two years.

As you may or may not know, I am expecting my third child at the end of the this month. Due to some complications, this week will be my last week at school. I will only be teaching half time for this last week, and then am going to need to take off. I will show my long term substitute teacher how to use the blog, but I do not know if it will be updated or not while I am out.

I also wanted to thank a donor who very generously offered to buy one book for each of my students. I talked with the place that prints the book and was able to get a 30% discount for my students. I know that it will mean a lot to them to have a published book of their own writings.

Once again, thank you for every comment you have made. The students love to receive these comments. This has been a wonderful experience for them that would not have been possible without all of your help.

Thank you,

Ms. L

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

13 - Save Planet Earth

Save Planet Earth

1. Do you worry about the earth? My dream is that people can save the world by not using cars and things that damage the world.

2. The gas kills the earth, and the earth ends faster. The gas pollutes the air, and we die because it damages our lungs. The rainforest gets cut down to look for gas, and we get less oxygen.

3. Stop using gas on cars. Go exercise. Be the weight you would love to be healthy. Save our planet, love it, recycle. We want to have a happier life and a long one too. You have to be happy with the life you have now because when you die you are going to say ‘’Why didn’t I enjoy my life when I was young?’’

4. We all want to live longer because you will think I love my life. Don’t let the earth end. Work hard, recycle, and love. You are not bad help by doing good things. Clean your neighborhood.

In the future I would like to see our world green.

25 - My dream

How would it be if we couldn’t breathe because of the pollution from the cars gas? What if it destroys our planet? I have a dream that people will stop polluting the air. My dream includes me seeing more people walking and less people driving cars as much, so we don’t pollute the air.

I think that people should not use cars so much! Using cars is bad, but one car per family is enough. Carpooling isn’t bad either. I think carpooling with friends is okay! Instead of 3 million people in cars each day. Maybe only 1,000 or even 3,000 .

Maybe more people walking to school, or walking to the store could make a difference. I see people driving to places like to their friends house could make a difference. I see people driving to places like to their friends house even thought it’s right across the street. I’[d like to see more people walking to school or the store.

I think we should walk instead of drive because we’d be a lot healthier than before. We’d save money with not buying expensive things too! We’d be able to spend more money on things we need like clothes, food, and anything else we need.

In the future, I would like to see no more cars powered on gas. Maybe cars powered on water? Or rain water? I hope one day that happens.

15 - Stealing

Oh! No! What happened? People get robbed every day at home, stores even at schools. That’s why I have a dream that there will be no more of this stealing no more of robbing and to make sure that’s why I think there should be more camera’s everywhere. That’s why I have a little story and it was the coolest thing that happened to me.

It all started when I was in third grade. Me and my family all went to the mall I said can I go to the bathroom. Then I saw a man take something from the mall. I was scared I thought he was one of the workers, but he wasn’t. He broke all the camera’s, but good for me ,the man got caught by an officer ,I was happy so that’s why I told the officer you should buy some kind of medal camera , so you no when someone brakes in that’s when the officer said “kid you should be a police officer when you grow up.

In conclusion I think this can help the world by not being worried you’ll get robbed or stuff stolen from you. I hope that there will never be robbing in this world ever.

10 - My Dream

I have a dream that someday homeless people will have a home and food. What if you were homeless, and had no food? How would you feel? These are some ideas on how to help the homeless people.

I’ve seen people on the streets asking for money, shelter or a job. There are lots of homeless people. Some of them don’t have food or money to buy anything.

Some ways we can help them is by giving them a little bit of money or change. Maybe we can help them find shelter. You can give them food or help them get a job.

By helping them, they won’t suffer anymore. They will maybe have jobs or homes. That way they will live a normal life like most of us, and have a home and a job.

In the future, I wish homeless people won’t need to worry about getting a house or food. This way they live a normal life like us.

8 - Recycling

Do you ever get tired of people leaving their garbage around? I have a dream that people would throw away trash, and recycle their paper everyday. I feel like most people don’t do their best to keep their neighborhood clean. I always fell like they don’t care about the world.

Sometimes I see people walk, and they have garbage in their pocket, and they just throw it on the ground. My dad always tells them to pick up their garbage, and then they put it back in their pocket, and then walk off. Sometimes I see people throw their garbage out the window. My dad always waits until the street is clear and then he runs out there and picks it up.

Sometimes people walk by, and see some garbage, and pick it up. Most people ignore the garbage, and walk right by it. My dad is the only person I see that only picks up garbage that’s not even his.

If more places were clean, people would want to go more places.

I think that a lot of people would me happier. In the future, I would like this entire world clean and not full of trash. People would do their best to keep the world clean.

16 - Eating Healthy

Many kids, Adults, and teenagers are overweight due to not eating healthy. I have a dream that one day, everyone will start eating healthy and exercising. Many students are also being made fun of or bullied due to their weight.

Every day, many people are getting overweight because of eating food such as candy, chips, popcorn, and other snacks. Not only snacks, but fried chicken, French fries, hamburger, pizza, and other great tasting delicious and bad food. It always tastes good, but it is not good for you. It is not bad eating it once in a while, but if you eat too much you become fat.

The solution to this problem is to start eating healthy food and healthy snacks. Some healthy snacks are apples, bananas, and other fruits and veggies. You should also make sure you exercise at least an hour a day.

The changes can’t change right away unless you take it really seriously. Someday, when you get a job or something like an interview, they will think you are a good person and not lazy.

This is what I hope will happen in the future. Make sure you eat healthy and exercise. Make sure you bring a healthy snack if you go somewhere incase you get hungry.

21

How does it feel if someone goes up to your face and says, “ha-ha I have this and you have that,” How does it feel when your ashamed of that you don’t have any power? Well I have a dream to get rid of all the money because people have too much power over money. If people have too much power, than that’s a hug rub it in your face.

We could burn all the money, and we could make everything free. When all that is done, then no more problems, but there might be one more problem. Then everyone who insulted you would feel because they do have something that you do. Courage.

I think the world would be better because everything would be free.

Friday, February 18, 2011

1 - Exercise

Do you wonder if you are out of shape? I have a dream that people would start eating healthy because people have to eat healthy. You can get out of shape and that is not good for your body.

People that sit on the couch and watch TV or on the computer are out of shape. I think those people should go outside and do some running and exercise. If you don’t do that, you might become lazy and not get a job.

Some people should not eat meat because that is unhealthy. I think people should start eating fruit and vegetable like bananas and strawberries and salad. If you don’t, you’re gong to be grumpy every morning. That I why you should eat healthy.

In the future you do not want to be lazy because you are not going to get a job and no money. I hope you amazing people don’t choose laziness.

19 - Recycling

Do you ever think that people litter too much? Well, I do. My dream is that people will stop littering. They will separate paper from plastic and metal. They will recycle.

The problem is that people won’t separate paper, plastic, and metal. In 2-3 years the world is going to be full of garbage. We won’t do anything just sit at home you might not even have one.

The solution is that people could get bins to separate the paper, the plastic, and the mental. Don’t worry about putting it in the same bin. It will be more work for the garbage men but it will help the world if people did this.

It will be different because people could have fresh air, and we will have a place to live.

In the future I would like to have the world be its natural nature. No Pepsi, Lays chips, Hostess cup cakes. We would see just the grass, trees, water, and everything else.

17 - Litter

#17 – 2/18/11

Have you ever seen a bunch of trash on the ground outside. Well, I have a dream that people would stop throwing trash on the ground. Trash is even thrown on the sand of the beach.

Too many people throw too much garbage on the ground so we have to help. I see trash at parking lots and in parks with trash all over the floor even the in the streets, in the roads with plastic bags in trees.

Kids start helping by picking up trash off of beaches and other parts of the world. Turtles like to have jellyfish as a snack, so they might mistaken a plastic bag for a jellyfish.

The whole world would be a different and more clean, and no fish would be mistaken a garbage piece for a snack they like to eat. The fish can have a fair world, you might pollute the water.

In the future, I would like the world to be green and clean.

26 - Clean and Safe

#26 – 2/18/11

Have you had a dream about the life of others? Well, I have a dream that the world would be clean and safe.

Some people don’t care of littering, war, animals and trees. I also want to give money to schools that don’t have a lot of money.

There are lots of people trying to help trees because animals live with them like the rainforest.

24 - Littering

#24 – Littering

Have you ever feel like you are covered in a bunch of food and drinks? If you don’t want to be covered with a bunch of food and drinks then you should “stop littering”. Littering is a bad thing to do. I you want to litter than you have a problem.

Littering is bad and the police will catch you littering. They will send you to jail for doing a bad thing. If you’re eating something, or drinking something don’t throw it on the ground. Find a trashcan and just throw it in. That’s the rule of Portland, Oregon. If you disobey the rule, then you will be sent to jail.

Do the right thing and don’t litter. Remember if you try to litter on the ground the camera will catch you littering. Then you will be sent to jail right away. If you don’t like to litter, you are a good person. If you like littering then you are a bad person. Remember don’t ever litter. Also “stop littering” and do the right choice.

In the future if littering stopped then the world would be clean. Also, I wanted people not to litter and just throw the food and drinks in the garbage. So, if you see people in the future littering, then go over there and tell them to “Stop Littering”.

9 - War

I hear guns being shot, people screaming, bombs being blown up. I have a dream that the war would stop. People are losing their lives in wars.

They are dying fighting for their country. If Afghanistan and America were at peace,

so many lives would not be lost.

If war stops, fewer people would die themselves. If war stops my dream comes true.

Now Afghanistan lost many schools and houses. Many of the people who were fighting the war lost their lives. Dream that war would stop.

In the future, if war stops, the world will be a peaceful place. Now you know why war needs to stop.

Rigler Elementry School

If you stand in front of Rigler school, you’ll see roses and flowers blooming by the front doors. If you stand in front of our playground. You’ll se kids of all ages playing around. If you stand in front of our parking lot, you’ll see kids holding orange flags with the word ”STOP”, because safety comes first. I’m going to tell whoever may be reading this story why I think Rigler is a great school.

First of all, we have a safe and fun playground. At recess, not everybody wants to play tetherball, or basketball, or 4-square, so if you just want to hang out with your friends, you can go to the playground, and just talk. Even though there are some kids running around and playing tag, they shouldn’t be bothering you for any reason. Except when it’s wet or raining, they don’t let you go to he playground, cause’ like I said before, safety comes first.

Another good thing about Rigler is that we have portables. These portables are for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. The portables are outside, so on a hot day you can just open the window, and let the cool air fly in. The only negative thing about portables is that they’re right next to the playground, so during class it might be really loud. A good thing about portables is that it’s outside, so if you feel like you need some cool air, you can just relax while changing classes!

I like going to Rigler because I have great friends. Not all of them are in my class, or my grade either. Rigler has more than 500 students! This is a good thing because than you can make different friends. By different I mean different grade level, and different race. Rigler is a very diversed school!

At Rigler we have a different meal served for lunch each day. We have variety at this school. Our salad bars are filled with fruits and veggies. Also, everyday at Rigler we have a snack. Every single class sends down 1 or 2 students to the cafeteria, so they can get the snack. It’s always fruit or vegetable. This is a good way to keep Rigler students healthy.

There are tons of teachers and staff here at Rigler. They are all kind and helpful to the students. Teachers are what make Rigler a school. Without these teachers well, Rigler wouldn’t even be a school! All the teachers at Rigler are all historians! I love going to school everyday to see all the great teachers.

Well, there you go! I told you everything I LOVE about Rigler, and I hope all Rigler students feel the same way. I will go to Rigler all the way to 8th grade, and I’m so excited to meet my future teachers! GO RIGLER!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

25 - Christmas

On Christmas day, you get to spend time with your family, you give and get presents, and you enjoy playing with your toys.

When you wake up on Christmas morning, you get to spend time with your family. Christmas isn’t all about presents. What it’s really about spending time with your family.

When you give presents during Christmas usually you also get presents. Let’s say you gave someone a laptop, and the other person gives you clothes. Don’t be mad. It’s the thoughts that counts.

When you look under the Christmas tree, what do you see? A frog? A rabbit? A monkey? No presents! Presents that are filled with toys and what not. You get to enjoy all your presents as long as you want.

In conclusion, on Christmas day you get to spend time with your family, you give and get presents, and enjoy playing with toys. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

13 - Cars

Which recent invention changed people lives the most?

Cars changed many peoples lives. Cars changed people style. With out cars we wouldn’t be able to get to work on time or to school !


After, the people bought cars they don’t walk anymore like before. They don’t exercise any more. If you just sit and drive in a car you get over weight.


You can drive to California and more places. People can drive all over the United States. If you use it too much you will kill the Earth faster because of the gas. The cars can go slow fast or however you want it to go.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

4 - Reading Group Rules

1. Be quiet when someone is talking. You should be quiet because it is disrespectful to interrupt. You should also be quiet so nobody get distracted from his or her work and they get distracted.

 

2. When you’re working, stay focused because then you get a lot of work done. You should also be focused because then you will get behind in your reading if you’re not.

 

3. If the teacher needs you to stop, make sure  you do. You should stop because that is respectful to your teacher, and so that you know what you’re suppose to be doing.

 

4. If you are working with someone, you should whisper because if you yell everyone will look at you and then they get off track.

 

5. Do your best! You should always do your best, and don’t be sloppy because then you won’t get a very good grade.

28 - Electricity

Which Recent Invention Changed Peoples Life the Most

I think electricity changed people’s life most. Although some people say that TV changed peoples life the most, if it wasn’t for electricity there will not be TV. I really think that electricity changed people’s life the most. Electricity is very helpful in many ways.
Some things we use for electricity are cars, heat, washing machines, and many more. Electricity is good for us, but bad for us also. There is the same amount of good ways as there are bad ways.
Also electricity helps you have light electricity cars, and many more things we use every day during the day at home, and when you go to school. Electricity is bad for us. If we didn’t have electricity, we wouldn’t pollute the air with our cars when we drive them on the road’s That’s what I think about this invention.

28 - Christmas

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!

Have you ever celebrated Christmas before? You celebrate Christmas at home. You celebrate Christmas in the living room where it has the most room. In the living room you have a Christmas tree for presents.

Now I am going to talk about decorations. Mostly you use decorations for a Christmas tree. Some decorations that are mostly used for Christmas trees are candy canes, lights , shiny and sparkly round ornaments, and Santa ornaments.

Now the most fun things to do is to get presents. Another thing that is fun is having a big feast. Some Christmas food is ham, turkey, cranberry sauce, corn, and sweet potaote pie. That’s what I think.

15 - Talent Show

Have ever been to a talent show? Because the 5th grade talent show

Of Rigler school was 2 weeks ago. The talent show raised money for an Omsi

Camp field trip. It was 3dollar for person and five dollars for family the rigler talent show raised 5 hundred dollars 

 

            At the talent show there was a lot of people.  Some people in the talent show where singing somewhere dancing. Some people where announcing the performers and what they are going to do like one performance  the bad boys they were dancing with micheal Jackson  bad

 

            In conclusion the talent show was a blast. It was the best talent show I’ve ever been to. And I wish there is another one next year.

 

Monday, February 14, 2011

13 - Christmas

“How many presents do you get for Christmas”? said my cousin. The Christmas celebration was on Dec 24.

During Christmas, we recived many presents. We got tons of clothes we couldn’t fit it in our closets! We got lots of toys too. All the kids were playing in the front yard.

We celebrate by dancing and giving hugs! We sleep at 7:00 8:00 or 4:00 in the morning! We ate tamales posole and other yummy things.

“If you get presents make sure to take care of them”, I told my cousin. After giving the presents, we ate the food that my auntie made with my mom. When we were sleepy, we went to sleep.

6 - Grandma's Horses

My grandma has a lot of animals. She keeps them in her backyard(s).I love all of her animals.

My favorite animals that she has are her horses. Their names are ; Gandolf , Cloud , Jazzmine (Jazz), and Chips.

Chips is very old. In fact he is the oldest of my grandmas horses. Chips isn’t doing so well. He had to have an operation. Luckily Chips is o.k.

My grandma has seventeen chickens, four horses, three roosters, one dog, and one really mean duck. The dogs name is Sam. He is also really old.

I say that the duck is mean because he is. He is so mean that he bites. Because he bites we keep him in his own pen so that we can go outside without fear of being bitten.
So those are most of my grandmas animals. I hope you enjoyed it!

21 - Talent Show

Have you been to a talent show? I’ve been in five. How many have you been to?

At the talent show, we raised $ 500 for Omsi. People were dancing, singing, reading poems, and playing violins. We served out pizza and popcorn. That got us a lot of money.

At the talent show, everybody made who ever performed feel comfortable. Also everyone clapped for a song that needed clapping, even the principal. Her name is Ms.Cunnin.

Lastly everyone at the talent show wants you to have fun and explore fantastic
things . See you at the next one! If there is a next one, I’ll see you there.

In conclusion we all thank you for coming. Have a nice day!

Friday, February 11, 2011

19 - Talent Show

The talent show

The talent show was on January 21, 2011.It goes 8to6 in the auditorium at our school.

$Stephanie and I did the hoedown throw down by miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. There were 21 performances .all of us worked so hard before the talent show, we rehearsed. we wanted to raise a lot of money so we can go on our OMSI camp in may. we raised $500.

I hope we will be able to go also I hope we can have another talent show.

4 - Electricity

I think the most important invention is electricity. Without it, we wouldn’t have lights power for dishwashers, washers, dryers, and a bunch of other stuff.

The world would be a lot different in so many ways. We would have to use candles to light up our house and the light from the sun. It would be boring because you would have to work harder, and you wouldn’t watch any television.

The world has changed so much since electricity was invented. We have lights, television, cars, things to wash our clothes with, and heat so we’re warm. On the other hand, electricity has also made the earth not very clean. If we didn’t have cars we wouldn’t pollute the air by driving them on the roads.

Electricity has changed many people’s lives and sure has changed mine. I’m am so happy this was invented!

2 - Eid

Every two times a year we celebrate a holiday called Eid. Eid is the best. I will tell you I celebrate it, what we do, and why it is very important to me.

There is a reason why I celebrate it. We celebrate it because we are like congratulating ourselves for working so hard for thirty days of Ramadan. We wake up in the morning, and we eat as much as we can.

In Eid we wake up early in the morning. We take a nice hot shower. Then we dress up in our finest clothes. We go to the convention center, and everybody says hi to each other. The kids say something in our language then we get five bucks. As you know I love money.

This why I like Eid so much. I like to be with my family. I hope that in the future I can get more and more money.

8 - OMSI

Two weeks ago on Friday the talent show happened at 6:00-8:00 in the auditorium. We had a talent show to raise money for our Omsi field trip at the end of the year . People did there best to raise money.

We raised $ 500 , so that means it took a lot of people to raise that amount of money . The $ 500 got split between 3 classes . The 5th grade classes is very lucky to have all these people help us raise money to go on the field trip . The 5th grade teachers put a lot of hard work into the field trip.

Some of the 5th grade students are brave enough to perform in front of a lot of people . They did it because they know how much we all want to go on the Omsi field trip .They always were practicing . They did a very good job , and I am very proud of them.

Now you know one good way to raise money for a field trip that cost a lot of money . If we didn’t have all these people to help , we wouldn’t have all this money.

1 - Cars

Which recent invention change people’s lives most?
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I think cars changed our lives the most. Without cars we would not be able to go to work, or go places far from our house.

If we couldn’t go to work, we will not be able to pay the water bill and the house bill.

If you don’t pay the bill they would cut your water bill.
I think electricity we need.

With out electricity we would not be able to make copies of the sagely and that would be a disaster.

22 - Fences

I think fences are important for people and kids safe for there houses. People want fences because it protects the house and your family from harm. And the fences are for dog and cats too. Someone created the fence for protection. And the fence protects your family and your pets. If you don’t have a fence, your family and your kids will be in danger and your pets will run away. Fences help you and your family. It is important for your family and your kids and pets.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

27 - Talent show

Did you know that on Friday, January 21, 2011, there was a 5th grade talent show? I t was 2 hours, from 6 to 8. All of the profits went to the OMSI overnight fieldtrip. This is a big deal for us, because without the talent show, we would have a lot less money than we have now.

The 5th graders had practiced a lot for this. There were more than 20 acts! One part I liked about the talent show was that the acts were mixed. There was some dancing, singing, instrument playing, and even a skit! Also, Ms. Tucker and Ms. Schulte, 2 fifth grade teachers, danced to the song “I Will Survive”. I bet that drew in a bunch of people. Ms. Tucker’s class even danced to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”!

The talent show was a success, and we’re all glad that it was. We’re still planning to make more fundraisers, so we can raise more money. 5th grade teachers and students are working very hard for this field trip. After the talent show, we counted the money, and we made over 400 dollars! Let’s hope that all 5th grade classes get to go to the OMSI overnight field trip in May!

13 - School Rules

Be respectful

In our classroom we can’t yell or else you get your name on the board! No running or going outside with out permission. No energy drinks and no soda.

In the library

No yelling and no throwing books we cant go into the closet the librarian has there. Lastly, respect the teacher.

The office

When someone comes to visit, they have to get a visitor tag. If you feel bad, you go the office to call your parents. If you get interlope, you go to the office with the principal.

18 - Field day

Kids run around and play the games on the field. As I walk outside, I smell the fresh air, and listen to the screams in the air. I love my schools field day.

At our school every spring we have a field day. On this day we have races, tug-of-war, and a lot of games to play. One thing I love to do is race in the 50-yard dash.

The 50-yard is a race that is 50-yards long. In the race are four kids from each class. The race is divided by grade and by boy or girl. In the years I have raced, I have got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 3rd place again.

Field Day is a very fun day for me, so I hope you have it in your school.

4 - Talent Show

The Talent Show

#4

Have you ever been to a talent show? Two weeks ago our fifth grade classes had one. It was at Rigler in the auditorium.

The tickets costed three dollars per person or five dollars per family, which included two people or more. We raised five hundred dollars and used the money to the fifth graders help pay for an Omsi camp. The money was split into thirds because there are three fifth grade classes.

They put on a great performance and practiced really hard. Everybody tried his or her best. Although it took a lot of work, it turned out great! I loved it, and I hope they have another one!

After the show, everyone was cheering and Ms. Tucker got flowers because she is the one who directed the whole thing! I had lots of fun, and I can’t wait to go on the trip!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

25 - Inventions

Which recent invention changed people’s lives the most?

In the early 1900’s people made cars. It was made to get people around the U.S. Not many people walked around anymore, and that changed people’s lives forever.

People aren’t exercising by walking, they are taking cars, because they say that they don’t need to walk because they got cars.

New cars have changed people’s styles. People judge people by the cars that they drive. If the most popular kid in school came to school in a uncool car, all of the kids would think he is uncool.

Otherwise their great, they help people get around to far places. What if someone wanted to get to the beach, but it’s 1,000 miles away? Cars are good and cars are bad.

Friday, February 4, 2011

27 - The telephone

Ring! Ring! Ring! That’s the sound that a telephone makes. I think an invention that changed our life is the telephone. I am going to tell you why I think the telephone is an invention that changed our life.

Before the telephone, people only used telegrams, and you could only read what the other person wanted to say, but you can actually HEAR what the other person wanted to say with a telephone. It’s harder to tell somebody something in words than it is to just say it out loud. I’m not sure if that’s true for everybody, but it is for most people.

Also, it just takes a few seconds for a call to transfer from one telephone to the other. For telegrams it takes days to see the message. If you need to tell somebody some urgent news, a telephone would be handier.

Even though we have all the inventions and electronics we need today, I still wonder what it would be like to have new ones. Like flying cars, or even time machines! Then, you could go back in time to see all the inventions that weren’t there back then we still use today.......

21 - TV

Which recent invention changed people’s lives the most? I think t.v. changed people’s lives the most . Without t.v. , We couldn’t see what happens all over the world like China, or Ireland. On the other hand it might rot your brain.

If we didn’t have t.v. where would we get entertainment? Where could we get the weather? Also how would kids know if there are new toys like nerf guns or legos, if they show it?

Also how would we know if someone got stuck in a heavy thing, or got killed or lost? What if we wanted to play video games like Call of Duty Black Ops, or Mario Kart? Although that’s not why t.v’s are for. We have to respect the t.v. because it’s not going to last long.

18 - Electricity

What recent invention has changed people’s life and the world the most?

In my opinion it is gas. No vehicle, or any car could drive without gas. Without gas planes wouldn’t fly, and cars wouldn’t drive. We use gas everyday, every week, every month, and every year.


Gas is used in every part of the world. They use gas for planes in Tokyo, Japan, cars for Chicago Illinois, and for everyday vehicles in Moscow, Russia. If you go into any city in any state I reckon that you will see all kinds of vehicles.

Gas does so much to the world. People can get places on time, and have time to themselves. Without gas people would be sleeping less, to get up earlier, to get places on time.

I am sure gas is the most needed thing in the world. Gas is a genius invention. As you start to learn about cars, you will start respecting gas even more!

17 - Electricity

#17 Electricity

Electricity would change lives by
Using it to have light .You could have television
and watch sports all day .If we didn’t have
electricity ,we wouldn’t be able to have transportation.
You would make a carrige with wheels made out of
wood.

If we didn’t have electricity in our days,
we wouldn’t be able to watch television or play games.
If it wasn’t for electricity we wouldn’t have heaters in
Our houses to warm us.

I am lucky because if there was no electricity
There would be no heat, so you would probably get
hypothermia in the winter when it snows in the streets.
I hope they can make more stuff that can help the earth
By electricity.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

25 - China

If I could spend one week living in another country, I would live in the country China, because it’s my heritage. I’m Chinese, I was born in California, but my dad was born in China.

When I’m in China, I’d like to explore the country, try their foods and see new things. I’d like to live in one of their finest houses, sleep in one of their finest beds, and eat some of their finest foods. While I’m there, I’ll even explore their finest building.

Another thing I’ll do in China is make toys and learn how to make the clay bowls and cups. I would steer the boat to the drop off destination. Then I’d come back to ware one of the robes.

When the week is over, I’d get in the plane to comeback home. When I come home, I would tell my friends and family what I learned, and what I did there. Maybe I’d go back there someday with my friends and family.

In conclusion, if I could live in one country for one week, it would be China, because it’s my heritage. I would have a lot of fun there, would you?! I hope that one day I go to China.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

1 - Mom's Rice Mix

As I walked through the door of my house I smelled air. I smelled my mom’s somalion rice. Did you know that I help my mom cook the food?

One time when my mom was cooking she put a lot of salt in the rice and the rice was salty and she didn’t see what she was grabbing.

When I tasted the rice it was salty so me and my mom cooked another rice so we don’t have to eat the salty rice.

In conclusion , my mom sometimes does not see what she is putting in the rice. when you are cooking you can’t see and you won’t see what you are doing.

15 - The big game

The big game

This is the time when our class went out for an extra recess we were playing Basketball .the team’s were mahamed,abdullahi A,abdullahi M,grayson and tre Vs le, Abdul, Edwin, Maddy, Sharrieff, and Elizbeth. it started out pretty good. But then we were playing really hard. So then the rest of my team tried to get the ball from Edwin. So they did. Abbullahi A crossed everyone on the and tried to shoot it from a three pointer .and so he did it. It was incredible.

Next it was the other team’s ball .they were starting out good .some made 3pointer’s.some made two pointer’s.the other team was kind of good .but Mohamed grabbed the ball from the other team hand. And passed it to me .I tried to shoot it from as far as I could. Then I made it was unbelievable. I never thought I could make it from There. Trust me I was really proud of myself

Later during the game .It was 5 to 10 we were in the lead .the game was fun so then Grayson shot a three pointer. So that made us has 13 point’s. so then it was the other team’s ball so le shot a two pointer so that made them have seven point’s . so that’s when we got angry. So we shot a lot of point’s 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 and so we won it was Awesome.

Conclusion when we were vary proud of each other. So then we gust started to yell were really Happy. So that’s when I believed that I was pretty good at basketball and sport’s I didn’t no.

9 - How to become a Ninja Assassin

How to become a Ninja Assassin

To become an assassin you must be fast enough to disappear. If you are slow your enemy can slice you in half without noticing.

Also you need to learn mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts are Kung fu Taekwondo, and Karate. You must study all three of them, then you mix them together which makes mixed Martial arts.

Also you must wear a black jump suit to attack the person without noticing you must stay quite. The best time to kill the person is at night in their house. Legend has it on stormy nights at midnight when you, say black sand they will com after you.