Jeffrey's Post

What If You Had A Million Dollars?
By: Jeffrey
What would you do with a million dollars just like Bill Gates? You can do anything with it like keep it or use it up to buy technology or just go and use your money for fashion clothes because some people just like shopping for fun. What I would do is to give some money to the poor because they don’t have anything to eat which are their basic needs for life. I would also want to do is that I would buy the useful things I need everyday such as a laptop computer for browsing internet, and a mountain bike for exercise, the last but not least, a grand piano. You can do what ever you want with it. Give me at least two ideas of what you would do and why you would do it and give me lots of details.

Anshul's Post

Extinction
By: Anshul

Sadly, many great ancestors of us pass away but the human population is still high. Can you imagine how sad it would be for other animals if they are extinct or endangered? For example, many animals of the Panther have become endangered. A few marsupials that are extinct are the Red- bellied Gracile opposum, or the Broad- faced Potoroo. Another common carnivore that is endangered is the Komodo Dragon. One of the reasons why these animals become extinct is because hunters destroy most animal species homes. It is said to be that every 20 minutes, an animal, plant or, microorganism becomes extinct.

Do you think the extinction of animals is a good or a bad thing? What would or could you do to help out?

Sarah 4's Post

Have You Ever Thought About What You Want To Be?
By: Sarah 4

Have you ever thought of what you want to be, like a dream? I’m sure that presidents and other famous people did have a dream. Like Barack Obama, when he was little he had to learn how to guide people to help guide the country. I want to be a doctor because doctors can earn a lot of money, but they can also help a lot of people that are sick. They can give cures to people with cancer too.

What do you imagine yourself becoming and why?

Jasmine's Post

Middle School
By: Jasmine

We all have to go to middle school sometime, but when you think about going, how does it make you feel? When I think of middle school, I get nervous. When you go there, it might not be so bad. I think it will be fun because I already have in mind what electives I want. I have a sister who is in middle school, and she tells me a lot about it. I think middle school will be fun.

When you think about going to middle school, how does it make you feel?

Shoumil's Post

ERAGON
By: Shoumil

Hi Room 19, I just finished the book Eragon! I had a lot of fun reading this book. The book is by Christopher Paolini. He wrote this book in high school. He was inspired by his love of fantasy and science fiction. This book is about a boy who lives with his uncle and finds a dragon egg on a dangerous mountain range called the Spine. As he gets the egg to hatch, Eragon learns a way to communicate with the dragon. He learns that he is a 'dragon rider' and gets lessons from Brom, who is a storyteller and secretly a 'dragon rider'. If you want to learn what a dragon rider is and more, get the book and read it now. I got to rush to read this book again, see you soon. By the way, if you finish this book, read the other two books in the series, Eldest and Brisinger.

Out of these three books which one would look interesting to you and why?

Neeraj's Post

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
By: Neeraj

Have you guys heard of the book Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox? Well I have. I think that everyone should have a blast reading this adventures book. This book takes place in many places and even in the past!!!

This book is about an adventures boy who has always been very smart. He has fairy friends and this humongous butler who knows Marshall Arts. The boy is Artemis Fowl. In this book his mother is sick and there is only one thing that can heal her, a lemur’s brain fluid. You see, long time ago Artemis traded a lemur for a lot of money. Now Artemis needs it back and Artemis has to ask his demon friend to let Artemis go back in time to reclaim the animal. He has to outsmart himself, though he doesn’t know that his younger self could be his most challenging enemy.

I had a blast reading this book. I won’t tell you the ending but I’ll tell why I liked it so much. Artemis is always looking for good deals and this time he needs to gain back an animal. This book is so interesting because you get to see two master geniuses, who are actually the same person, fight each other. It was like watching a spy movie. This is not the only book; this book is the 6th in a series. Try reading the first five so you’ll understand more of what happens.

What is your favorite book and why?

Rumors STOP With YOU

Today we talked about ways we can stop rumors from being spread. We even did an activity that demonstrated how difficult it is to take those hurtful words back. Even if we think we have fixed things, there are still parts of those mean words that will linger. If rumors hurt others so much, why do we still do them? So here is my question for you to ponder:

Why do you think it is difficult to STOP rumors (mean things being said about someone else)? What character traits are being tested here?

What is one strategy that you can try out the next time you are given a rumor?

Finally, do you think any of this has anything to do with being an "upstander" or a "bystander"?

I know those are some pretty deep questions, but I would love for you to share your thinking with each other. Hopefully we can prevent these mean behaviors from happening at our school!

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Take a listen to our class reading a few chapters from this exciting and adventurous book. Click "Posts" in the player to listen to other chapters.

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Don't Despair, it's the SCIENCE FAIR!

Can't you feel it?! Science Fair "fever" is in the air!!! Below is a list of the approved topics for this years science fair. This is an individual project demonstrating how well you understand the scientific method and your ability to conduct a fair experiment. If you have any resources of where students can find ideas for questions or experiments, please leave them as a comment below. Also, if you are unsure about your experiment, I'm sure others can give you some feedback here so ask away! Good luck scientists and HAVE FUN!!!!

Topics:

1. Electricity & Magnetism
2. Rocks & Minerals
3. Environments
4. Mixtures & Solutions
5. Weather & Astronomy
6. Living Systems (plants and humans)
   

Presidential Inauguration

Tuesday, January 20th will be a historic day in our country. Please come to school dressed in patriotic red, white and blue as we tune in to Barack Obama being sworn in as our 44th President of the United States.

What are your thoughts or feelings about this historic day?! Please leave a comment below!

Please check the link below for some extra information about the inauguration.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/holidays/inauguration/inauguration.htm