Tell me what you think about the new fossil they discovered. Do you think they should have named a fossil after a corporation?
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Here you can find charictaristics.
The scientists think the Fedexia was the first EVER amphibian, and they named it after Fedex!
It was named Fedexia because it was found on Fedex property.
I think they should have done what they normally do to name fossils.
What do you think?
Friday, March 19, 2010
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Dear Ms. C,
The Battle of the Labyrinth was so funny and also sad at the same moment. Percy did something that made my eyes pop out of their sockets. Annabeth is the same, but Grover is on the last string of his job to protect Percy. They all do really funny things that made me explode with laughter. Then some times I got really scared that made me start to sweat because I thought Percy was going to get hurt. Then other times I thought Percy was going to get in a heap of trouble. Percy is always getting called to missions to complete that are wacky. The details are really deep inside the book and they really tell a lot about it. Percy is always doing things that are putting his life in danger. Grover is just as the usual, scared and frightened. They go do a lot of things that are helping the world stay balanced. While Percy goes and saves the world to stay in order, he also almost gets killed, but he always gets out of danger. These are weird thins that Percy has to do to help his friends. Percy still does a stupid, but funny thing that helps everyone. Annabeth helps Percy along the way so Percy won’t die, and to save the world. The labyrinth is so mysterious and dangerous to go in and there is a very slim chance that you will live. The emotions are so frightening to discover and hard to get out of shock. Well I hope I made you very interested in this book I was talking about.
From,
Simon
The Battle of the Labyrinth was so funny and also sad at the same moment. Percy did something that made my eyes pop out of their sockets. Annabeth is the same, but Grover is on the last string of his job to protect Percy. They all do really funny things that made me explode with laughter. Then some times I got really scared that made me start to sweat because I thought Percy was going to get hurt. Then other times I thought Percy was going to get in a heap of trouble. Percy is always getting called to missions to complete that are wacky. The details are really deep inside the book and they really tell a lot about it. Percy is always doing things that are putting his life in danger. Grover is just as the usual, scared and frightened. They go do a lot of things that are helping the world stay balanced. While Percy goes and saves the world to stay in order, he also almost gets killed, but he always gets out of danger. These are weird thins that Percy has to do to help his friends. Percy still does a stupid, but funny thing that helps everyone. Annabeth helps Percy along the way so Percy won’t die, and to save the world. The labyrinth is so mysterious and dangerous to go in and there is a very slim chance that you will live. The emotions are so frightening to discover and hard to get out of shock. Well I hope I made you very interested in this book I was talking about.
From,
Simon
Elizabeth's Letter 3
Dear Ms.C,
I have just recently finished a book called Warriors, The Forgotten Path. It’s about a cat named Firepaw who lives in the forest with the rest of his clan. See there are these 4 clans and their names are Thunderclan, who Firepaw belongs to, Windclan, Riverclan, and Shadowclan. See once shortly before Firepaw came to the clan from his kittypet life, Tigerclaw was a warrior for Thunderclan and was at a battle with Riverclan and was there with Redtail who was the Thunderclan deputy. Redtail was battling with Oakheart who was the Riverclan deputy and they went under a rock and it fell on top of them and since Oakheart already had a series of injuries it killed him as soon as the rock fell on top of him. Redtail was still alive but not for long. When Redtail got up from under the rock Tigerclaw grabbed him from the back and sank his massive teeth into Redtails neck, and that was that. Redtail was dead. When Tigerclaw came bake to the camp dragging Redtails body behind him everyone was to scared to speak. Little did Tigerclaw know that his apprentice, Ravenpaw saw everything that had happened even the part when Tigerclaw killed Redtail. Tigerclaw soon found out what Ravenpaw knew and was out to murder him. Firepaw and Graypaw took Ravenpaw to a twoleg barn to find another loner named Barely. Their Ravenpaw makes a living with Barely. After they come back to the Clans they have to tell the clan and Bluestar that Ravenpaw is dead. After Bluestar was alone Firepaw went up to her and told her where they had taken Ravenpaw and that he was safe with Barely. Then came the hard part for Firepaw, he had to tell Bluestar about Tigerclaw’s treachery. When Firepaw told Bluestar about Tigerclaw’s treachery she did not believe him. You’ll have to read the book to find out what happens next!
From,
Elizabeth
I have just recently finished a book called Warriors, The Forgotten Path. It’s about a cat named Firepaw who lives in the forest with the rest of his clan. See there are these 4 clans and their names are Thunderclan, who Firepaw belongs to, Windclan, Riverclan, and Shadowclan. See once shortly before Firepaw came to the clan from his kittypet life, Tigerclaw was a warrior for Thunderclan and was at a battle with Riverclan and was there with Redtail who was the Thunderclan deputy. Redtail was battling with Oakheart who was the Riverclan deputy and they went under a rock and it fell on top of them and since Oakheart already had a series of injuries it killed him as soon as the rock fell on top of him. Redtail was still alive but not for long. When Redtail got up from under the rock Tigerclaw grabbed him from the back and sank his massive teeth into Redtails neck, and that was that. Redtail was dead. When Tigerclaw came bake to the camp dragging Redtails body behind him everyone was to scared to speak. Little did Tigerclaw know that his apprentice, Ravenpaw saw everything that had happened even the part when Tigerclaw killed Redtail. Tigerclaw soon found out what Ravenpaw knew and was out to murder him. Firepaw and Graypaw took Ravenpaw to a twoleg barn to find another loner named Barely. Their Ravenpaw makes a living with Barely. After they come back to the Clans they have to tell the clan and Bluestar that Ravenpaw is dead. After Bluestar was alone Firepaw went up to her and told her where they had taken Ravenpaw and that he was safe with Barely. Then came the hard part for Firepaw, he had to tell Bluestar about Tigerclaw’s treachery. When Firepaw told Bluestar about Tigerclaw’s treachery she did not believe him. You’ll have to read the book to find out what happens next!
From,
Elizabeth
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Emme's Letter 3
Dear Ms. C,
I have recently just finished a book called A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill, Book #4. This book is about the Baudelaire Orphans and the unfortunate things that happen to them it is yet another dreary, mysterious adventure written by one of my favorite authors Lemony Snicket. In this book the Baudelaire Orphans are signed over to a very mean man that does not reveal his name because he feels that nobody can pronounce it so he needs not to waste his time so he tells everybody to call him Sir. The place they live at is called Lucky Smells Lumbermill. Where they are forced to work and only get a piece of gum for lunch, a five minute lunch break, they are paid in only coupons, and are forced to eat a very weird casserole every night for dinner, and not to mention that they are only children!
Then when the mean Foreman Flacutono trips Klaus- the middle Baudelaire- and poor Klaus falls to the ground and breaks his glasses so a worker named Phil- a man that the Baudelaire’s befriended since the first day of work- takes him to the eye doctor across the street to get new glasses. Klaus is there all night and his sisters start to worry if he is okay or not. When Klaus finally comes back little do his sisters know that he is hypnotized! The next morning Violet and sunny go to work and at the end of the day they got to there friend Charles’s library which only has 3 books in it and they find one about advanced eye science and read an article about hypnosis and figure out a way to snap him out of it. Then that day at work (Klaus still hypnotized) accidently breaks the machine that stamps there lumber with their logo on it and it falls over on Phil’s leg and crushes it!
The Baudelaire’s foreman un-hypnotizes that morning so he is clueless and doesn’t have any idea what he did. Then he re-hypnotizes him and the rest you can figure out for yourself. This book is great but you might want to read the first 3 in this series or else it will not make sense. The ending is kind of shocking but it leaves you wanting more so get the 5th book after you are done with it these books are awesome! be sure to read them in order.
Sincerely,
Emme
I have recently just finished a book called A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill, Book #4. This book is about the Baudelaire Orphans and the unfortunate things that happen to them it is yet another dreary, mysterious adventure written by one of my favorite authors Lemony Snicket. In this book the Baudelaire Orphans are signed over to a very mean man that does not reveal his name because he feels that nobody can pronounce it so he needs not to waste his time so he tells everybody to call him Sir. The place they live at is called Lucky Smells Lumbermill. Where they are forced to work and only get a piece of gum for lunch, a five minute lunch break, they are paid in only coupons, and are forced to eat a very weird casserole every night for dinner, and not to mention that they are only children!
Then when the mean Foreman Flacutono trips Klaus- the middle Baudelaire- and poor Klaus falls to the ground and breaks his glasses so a worker named Phil- a man that the Baudelaire’s befriended since the first day of work- takes him to the eye doctor across the street to get new glasses. Klaus is there all night and his sisters start to worry if he is okay or not. When Klaus finally comes back little do his sisters know that he is hypnotized! The next morning Violet and sunny go to work and at the end of the day they got to there friend Charles’s library which only has 3 books in it and they find one about advanced eye science and read an article about hypnosis and figure out a way to snap him out of it. Then that day at work (Klaus still hypnotized) accidently breaks the machine that stamps there lumber with their logo on it and it falls over on Phil’s leg and crushes it!
The Baudelaire’s foreman un-hypnotizes that morning so he is clueless and doesn’t have any idea what he did. Then he re-hypnotizes him and the rest you can figure out for yourself. This book is great but you might want to read the first 3 in this series or else it will not make sense. The ending is kind of shocking but it leaves you wanting more so get the 5th book after you are done with it these books are awesome! be sure to read them in order.
Sincerely,
Emme
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Alex Letter #2
Dear Ms. Cartwright,
I have lately been reading a book called the BFG. It is by an extraordinary author named Roald Dahl. He has written lots of books such as Fantastic Mr. Fox, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Georges Magnificent Medicine, and James and the Giant Peach.
This book starts out with a small orphaned girl named Sophie, she can’t get to sleep. So she just lies there wondering why she is too tired to go to sleep, and all of a sudden she hears a noise outside her window, she peeks out and sees a twenty-one foot tall giant! She sees him blowing something through a long trumpet looking thing, but unluckily he sees her too, he strides over to her window and snatches her up bed sheets and all! She tries to scream but the bed sheets muffle her cries for help.
When they arrive at the BFG’s cave the BFG explains how Sophie should not be afraid of him and that he does not eat children like his other twelve brothers. So he lets her taste what he has to eat every day because the land that he lives in cannot grow anything but Filthy Snozzcumbers, so as you can imagine he eats nothing but Snozzcumbers. But at least he has lots of Fropscottle a marvelously good drink.
I hope you will want to read this book because I read it and I thought that it was so good that I am doing a book share on it. Like I said it is a amazing book. See you soon! Sincerely,
Alex
I have lately been reading a book called the BFG. It is by an extraordinary author named Roald Dahl. He has written lots of books such as Fantastic Mr. Fox, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Georges Magnificent Medicine, and James and the Giant Peach.
This book starts out with a small orphaned girl named Sophie, she can’t get to sleep. So she just lies there wondering why she is too tired to go to sleep, and all of a sudden she hears a noise outside her window, she peeks out and sees a twenty-one foot tall giant! She sees him blowing something through a long trumpet looking thing, but unluckily he sees her too, he strides over to her window and snatches her up bed sheets and all! She tries to scream but the bed sheets muffle her cries for help.
When they arrive at the BFG’s cave the BFG explains how Sophie should not be afraid of him and that he does not eat children like his other twelve brothers. So he lets her taste what he has to eat every day because the land that he lives in cannot grow anything but Filthy Snozzcumbers, so as you can imagine he eats nothing but Snozzcumbers. But at least he has lots of Fropscottle a marvelously good drink.
I hope you will want to read this book because I read it and I thought that it was so good that I am doing a book share on it. Like I said it is a amazing book. See you soon! Sincerely,
Alex
Thursday, March 11, 2010
AIG Happenings
Hello again Dear Students,
I am so proud of the work you have been doing. I am amazed at how well some of your articles for our magazines are shaping up. Tomorrow I will begin working with two or three editors to create the covers. I am hoping that we can begin to finish up our exploration of area and perimeter so that we can start designing our pavillions. I would like to have them up to display along with the magazines so everyone can see how much you have learned.
As you know, it is that time of year where things begin to turn towards EOG. Soon we will be doing more skill based activities in reading and practicing to get ready for the big day. Fifth grade, that means we will soon be making room for science review to get you ready for the test. I know that all of you have what it takes to really impress those people in offices who look at scores and we are going to show them how smart you are!
Have you noticed that the days are getting longer? I sure have. And it makes me excited. Of course, with Spring comes rain, and we have been getting a lot of it. I think it is a little annoying, because then we can't get outside, but it is also cool when you think about it. By it, I mean the water cycle. Just think, the water that is falling in Wilmington today could have been in a river on the other side of the country not too long ago. I think that is pretty nifty.
Fifth graders, I can't wait to see your letters. Don't forget they are due soon!
Your teacher,
Ms. C
I am so proud of the work you have been doing. I am amazed at how well some of your articles for our magazines are shaping up. Tomorrow I will begin working with two or three editors to create the covers. I am hoping that we can begin to finish up our exploration of area and perimeter so that we can start designing our pavillions. I would like to have them up to display along with the magazines so everyone can see how much you have learned.
As you know, it is that time of year where things begin to turn towards EOG. Soon we will be doing more skill based activities in reading and practicing to get ready for the big day. Fifth grade, that means we will soon be making room for science review to get you ready for the test. I know that all of you have what it takes to really impress those people in offices who look at scores and we are going to show them how smart you are!
Have you noticed that the days are getting longer? I sure have. And it makes me excited. Of course, with Spring comes rain, and we have been getting a lot of it. I think it is a little annoying, because then we can't get outside, but it is also cool when you think about it. By it, I mean the water cycle. Just think, the water that is falling in Wilmington today could have been in a river on the other side of the country not too long ago. I think that is pretty nifty.
Fifth graders, I can't wait to see your letters. Don't forget they are due soon!
Your teacher,
Ms. C
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Bella's Second Letter
I just started the book Julie but, I don’t think that it will be as good as the first one. I hope as I read on that it will still be as good as the first one. The first book was very sad but I loved the book so much, and I wanted to read more of the series. I think that the first book took a lot of time to put together, and that the other books in the series were rushed and didn’t have the beautiful crafted settings and details as the first one did. The author is amazing and I wish that I could read more of her. I heard that she has written many books for children, including the Julie of the Wolves series. She usually writes about animals and wild life.
I think that I will read The Mysterious Benedict Society. I have been reading this book and it’s really interesting. I have gotten to the part when Reynie is about to take the second test. And he meets Rhonda, she loses her pencil and Reynie offers too share his. She says that he can cheat off of her paper because she has all of the answers. Reynie said no because he thinks that it’s wrong to cheat and she might not have the right answers to the questions. At the end of the test he was the only one who past the test because he found a puzzle hidden in the text. Rhonda was just there for a distraction to see how smart you actually are. He was waiting for the next test when he meets Sticky Washington; they call him that because everything sticks in is head. They talked until Kate Wheatherall comes running in to take the third test. Reynie asked why she came in so fast. She said that it was better than walking slowly through the hall. She past the test because she helped the pencil lady escape from all the angry parents and children. She told them that there was a man all behind this and she took off the doorknob and they all ran in and couldn’t get out. Kate didn’t pass the test but the pencil lady said that she go to the third test.
Sincerely,
Isabella
Chase's FIRST letter
Dear Mrs. Cartwright,
The book I am writing to you about this week is Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4 by the author Jeff Kenney. The book is about a very wimpy kid that wants to just play video games all day during the summer. But he writes a diary of his funny experiences that he really has during the summer.
The book kind of reminds me of this kid I know that always wants to play video games all day. I chose the book because I thought that it looked funny and all of my friends were talking about it. The book did not disappoint me at all either. After you read the book you know why the authors chose the title. But before you read #4 I would suggest you read #1 #2 #3 so you know what happened. A lot of stuff that happens in the books relies on the book before. For example something that was in the first book would be in the second.
I liked the book because it was flat out hilarious. I mean there was some very funny stuff in the book. But if you want to find out what the funny parts were I would suggest you read the book. At least I don’t play video games all day inside the house. The book was a little easy for me but I think that people should read the book. I liked the language that the author used; it seemed that he was talking directly to you
I think that a lot of people should read this book and I would recommend it just for you.
Sincerely,
Chase
The book I am writing to you about this week is Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4 by the author Jeff Kenney. The book is about a very wimpy kid that wants to just play video games all day during the summer. But he writes a diary of his funny experiences that he really has during the summer.
The book kind of reminds me of this kid I know that always wants to play video games all day. I chose the book because I thought that it looked funny and all of my friends were talking about it. The book did not disappoint me at all either. After you read the book you know why the authors chose the title. But before you read #4 I would suggest you read #1 #2 #3 so you know what happened. A lot of stuff that happens in the books relies on the book before. For example something that was in the first book would be in the second.
I liked the book because it was flat out hilarious. I mean there was some very funny stuff in the book. But if you want to find out what the funny parts were I would suggest you read the book. At least I don’t play video games all day inside the house. The book was a little easy for me but I think that people should read the book. I liked the language that the author used; it seemed that he was talking directly to you
I think that a lot of people should read this book and I would recommend it just for you.
Sincerely,
Chase
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Fourth Grade Choice
OK... so we have a bit of problem. We have a tie between The Fire Within and Shakespeare's Secret. They both have three votes. Peter and Hatchet both had two. The first book to get an extra vote on the blog between the Fire and Secret will be the winner... Click on comments to leave a vote.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Lots of thoughts...
Hello Darling Children,
I have been staring at this computer trying to think about what to write about. I am a bit flummoxed because I haven't really been reading a whole lot of "kids" books lately and I don't want to bore you with information from my boring adult readings. I think it is interesting stuff, but it would probably put you right to sleep. I will tell you that I have been reading more of Chew On This. And I get more and more angry every time I pick it up. Sometimes I get angry because of the way that big corporations try to manipulate kids. I always knew about it. I was aware it happened, but I didn't know the details about the extreme lengths these companies go to until lately. It upsets me to think that they are brainwashing you and fooling you into buying their products. I realize that you are capable of making intelligent choices and not falling for the schemes, but I don't think that they should do it in the first place. Another thing that makes me a bit angry is how the food is made. For example, did you know that a certain fast food restaurant uses BEEF flavoring in their french fries? So when you order their fries, you aren't just getting a spud, but you are getting things you may not want, especially if you are a vegetarian. This company actually had a law suit against them because of it.
I am thinking about abandoning The Phantom Tollbooth for fourth grade read aloud. I love that book because of all of its play on words. I think it is losing something in translation with the read aloud though. Part of the problem is that you really have to see some of the words in print for it to be funny. So instead of being funny, I think it may just be confusing. I hope that some students will still want to finish it though because it is a great book. That leaves me searching the shelves for another interesting story though. I'm not sure what to choose. Do you have any suggestions? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Happy reading,
Ms. C
I have been staring at this computer trying to think about what to write about. I am a bit flummoxed because I haven't really been reading a whole lot of "kids" books lately and I don't want to bore you with information from my boring adult readings. I think it is interesting stuff, but it would probably put you right to sleep. I will tell you that I have been reading more of Chew On This. And I get more and more angry every time I pick it up. Sometimes I get angry because of the way that big corporations try to manipulate kids. I always knew about it. I was aware it happened, but I didn't know the details about the extreme lengths these companies go to until lately. It upsets me to think that they are brainwashing you and fooling you into buying their products. I realize that you are capable of making intelligent choices and not falling for the schemes, but I don't think that they should do it in the first place. Another thing that makes me a bit angry is how the food is made. For example, did you know that a certain fast food restaurant uses BEEF flavoring in their french fries? So when you order their fries, you aren't just getting a spud, but you are getting things you may not want, especially if you are a vegetarian. This company actually had a law suit against them because of it.
I am thinking about abandoning The Phantom Tollbooth for fourth grade read aloud. I love that book because of all of its play on words. I think it is losing something in translation with the read aloud though. Part of the problem is that you really have to see some of the words in print for it to be funny. So instead of being funny, I think it may just be confusing. I hope that some students will still want to finish it though because it is a great book. That leaves me searching the shelves for another interesting story though. I'm not sure what to choose. Do you have any suggestions? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Happy reading,
Ms. C
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