Bridge to Terabithia

1.  What finally brings Jess and Leslie together in friendship?

2.  What is Terabithia? Why do Leslie and Jess create it?

Sammy's Post

 A Bad Experience

By: Sammy

     When I was seven years old, a car crashed through my garage.When we looked inside the garage, there was smoke everywhere! My family called 911 and the firefighters to come over. Then a nice woman said that me and my sister could come into her house and stay there for a little while because there was still smoke in the house. When we went inside the house, the woman let us watch TV. Then we met her kids, and it was time to go home. I felt bad when the car crashed because we had to stand outside at 9:00, but felt better when the woman let us inside. If you ever had a bad experience in your life, what happened to make you a little better? If nothing happened to make you feel better, what do you think could make someone feel better who was going through a difficult time?

Cody's Post

Should McDonalds Happy Meal Have Toys?

By: Cody

Every time you get a Happy meal at McDonald, you get a toy. But some people want a Happy meal, but don't want the toy. People are getting a toy but don't want one! It's makeing them get annoyed! Some people get annoying toys like this! And some people get what they wanted. This Is getting frustraiting for some kids. People want this to stop, but do you? This is getting annoying! People over town is argueing about this. Do you want to get toy like this?

Harsh's Post

My Labor Day Vacation

By: Harsh

General Sherman

During the Labor Day vacation, I went to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park with five other families. We started our trip at six o’ clock in the morning. After everybody got ready, we jumped into the car and headed out. After a long drive, we finally reached Sequoia National Park. We first drove to the Kaweah River and got off. We hiked down to the edge of it and waded in. It was freezing! I would have swept into the current and have fallen down a waterfall if my dad hadn’t held on to me. We finally reached the other end of the river and took lots of pictures. There was a small creek that flowed away from the river and then eventually flowed back. We started building a dam with rocks that blocked the creek, but even after we built it, some water flowed through, but not as much. Then we crossed the river and got back into our car and started driving again. Our next destination was The General Sherman Tree, which is the largest living tree in the world (by volume). It was huge! I felt like an ant standing next to it and I couldn’t even see the top! After that, we drove to Moro Rock. We weren’t allowed to drive up to the top, so we hiked a mile up to the top. What a view! You could see for miles, but I was freaking out because, as some of you might know, I’m afraid of heights. Now I’m not saying the 13th floor of a hotel high. I’m talking 6,000 feet in the air and just three feet away from a sheer drop, only protected by a fence. What things are you afraid of? Anyway, after we hiked down, we drove through the tunnel log, which is technically a fallen tree with a tunnel through it. Then we drove to our hotel in Fresno. After a good night’s sleep, we took off to Kings Canyon National Park, which had sheer drops on the side of the road 5,000 feet high. Our first stop was Grizzly Falls, a beautiful waterfall with many rocks and boulders in it and surrounding it. For a while, we hopped around on the stones, trying not to get wet. After that, we decided to climb the waterfall. We got halfway up, but then decided it was dangerous and so we stopped. We sat there for half an hour, enjoyed the view, and then climbed down. Then my dad spotted some smoke. Wildfire! We drove towards it, but then discovered that it was a controlled fire, so we drove to another waterfall. After parking our car, we hiked down to the waterfall and took lots of pictures. While we drove back to the hotel, I spotted the fire. It wasn’t much, but it created lots of smoke. The next day we drove to the St. Louis Reservoir and climbed down to the water. There we found many flat rocks, which were perfect for skipping. Between the kids, I held three records, farthest, highest, and most number of skips, which was ten. that we called it a day and drove home. I had always wanted to visit Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, and I finally did. Where have you recently gone to? Which places do you want to go to and what will you do there?  

Anika's Post

Gas Explosion

By: Anika

There was a terrible disaster in the bay area. How did the gas get out of the under ground tubes? No one knows but what we know is that there was a neighborhood next it and there were many that were injured. Some people were able to get out of the fire but were badly burned. Also, there are a few people that lost their lives. There were many firefighters from every neighborhood that came to help calm the fire down. The fire shot up to at least fifty feet high in the air and there was so much carbon dioxide that some people could hardly breathe. This underground natural gas tube is owned by PG&E. They are the ones that give us our electricity and gas. The big question now is if PG&E is to blame for all of this? Or, was this just an accident that they could not have prevented? What do you think? If PG&E is to blame, what should they have to do as a consequence? Let me know what you think.

Himanshu's Post

Hurricane Katrina's 5th Anniversary

By: Himanshu

Did you know that it is Hurricane Katrina's 5th Anniversary? In case you didn't know, Hurricane Katrina was a huge hurricane that hit Louisiana, Texas, and Florida in 2005. It caused lots of destruction and devastation. Many people got injured. Most
people became were homeless. In the end it costed $81 billion dollars to recover and it is still recovering. They saved many people and gave them food, shelter, and water. Many countries came in to help and gave tons of money, food, aid, and other help full things. How would we help if an unexpected natural disaster came and how can we be prepared for that?  

Joshua's Post

New iPod Coming??
by: Joshua

In September 2010, Apple has scheduled a meeting for a new iPod. The name is unknown, but it is related to music. They are thinking about preparing a service that lets people stream music over the Internet, without needing to first download over slow wireless connection. This iPod now contains a camera. Apple is not a 100% sure that this new "iPod" is going to come out or not. This are just updates for the meeting in September. If you could go to this event/meeting, would you want to go or not? Why?

Joshua's Post

Desktop iPad

By: Joshua

      Apple is having great income. You saw the new model of iPhone, the iPhone4. They just keep the stocks rolling. But this time they got the new model of iPad, the desktop iPad or known as the iMac Touch. The iMac Touch is half iMac which is a type of computer and the other half is iPad which is touch screen pad. The only difference between iPad and iMac Touch is that iMac Touch has a base and is also works like a computer. The iMac Touch has full sized keyboard with a on-screen mouse. It is also has a high-resolution mode. Would you want an iMac Touch, an iPad, or a regular iMac and why?

Himanshu's Post

The Summer

By: Himanshu

      This summer was awesome. First of all my Grand Parents came this summer. The first place we went to was Las Vegas. We went to many places like the Eiffel Tower casino, The Statue of Liberty, and a casino called Belagio. We also went to Lassen National Park. It is a national park with lots of volcanoes. We got to see Mt. Shasta and the Shasta Caverns. In the entrance was a small rattlesnake. It was right behind the tour guide! Last, we went to the Redwood Forest. We saw lots of huge and old trees. We even got to ride through two different trees. As you can see that my summer was a great adventure!!! How did you spend time in the summer break?

Welcome to the Blog!

Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging with Ms. McPheeters' classroom. Here, students will be able to share ideas and opinions in a safe and respectful way. Your blog post can be about you, something you have accomplished, or my personal favorite...current events! Make your blog even more interesting and exciting by doing a little research and including a picture. You want to make sure that you know what you are talking about. Have fun commenting on each other's blogs and I can't wait to find out what we'll be talking about this year!

Please leave a comment below to practice. Tell us something about yourself, what you did over the summer, and what you are looking forward to in Rockhopper Village. Be sure to only use your first name and last initial in the Name box.

- Ms. McPheeters