Mrs. Swanson's Visit

Bingo Hopeful

MG's mom planned a wonderful party. Ms. Shields' class can comment about their favorite activity or treat.

Class Holiday Party

EB's sister finished her finals and joined our party!

Latkes with Book Buddies

Mrs. Flaxer shares the Channukah tradition of latke making with us. She is a mom from our 5th grade book buddie's classroom right across the hall from us. Ms. Shields' and Ms. becker's students can comment her to reflect on their first bite! Be sure to tell us if you are an apple sauce or a sour cream person.

Yes They are Homemade!

wiimote whiteboard pen experiment

AB and his Dad worked together to assemble a working infrared pen that Ms. Shields could use as part of a wiimote whiteboard. They foolwed the instructions from Johnny Chung Lee's site.

Trying to get the wiimote to see the pen

Blinking Dog Collar

‘’Ok Garrett you up.’’ Today’s the day we all get to share our economics Projects. ‘’My project is called the….. K-9 LIGHT COLLAR!’’ I brought in a stuffed Animal dog, with a red light.’’ How many of you have a pet in your family?’’ How many of you want a dog in your family?’’ Don’t you want to protect your pet? Let me introduce a product to help keep your dog safe. The…….K-9 LIGHT COLLAR!!

*When it’s dark car drivers might not hear your dog bark.

*That is why I recommend the K-9 LIGHT COLLAR for your 4 legged friend.

*Feel better knowing when your dog goes outside he is coming back inside
Well protected.

*Purchase one now for only $12.95 + tax in a total of $13.86.

So come and buy now!!!!!!!

Cookies

Origami Bookmark

When you make the bookmarks you have to make a small square made from paper then you fold it into a triangle. Then you fold both corners up then you have two triangles. Then fold into one triangle in the back of the paper, and you’re done with your bookmark. The tryan mmmgle side means your not reading that page and the square side means you are reading that page. You can decorate your bookmark in any style you want.

The Stone 100

Big Boy

My project’s name is Big Boy or Monkey X5. He is green and grey. He shoots a disk out of his arm with a push of a button!! He has laser beam eyes & he can fly! He can control himself with a handle coming from the rocket. I made a commercial about him my sister (Nikki), my brother (Noah), and I are all in it. I printed of a script off my computer. I got the idea from a monster then I changed it to a monkey I was playing with. Then I said “Hey, Mom how bout I use a monkey instead!” Then my Mom said, “Ok, that’s a great idea!” And that’s the story of MONKEY X5 or BIG BOY!!!!!!!!!

AG Explains Solar Balloon Inflator

Just keep it by the window.

EB The Breakfast Kit

Just pull the tab on the side of the box and you have a breakfast ready in 1min.how I felt about doing the [project] I was nervous that I was not going to finish in time. Or that I was going to make the worst [project] ever but I did not. Mine is called Eric’s on the go cereal bowl. It is the smallest bowl in the box because the box is small. There is a lot of good [ projects] in my class like origami bookmark or a lighting lily pad, Christmas cookies, electronic bookmark, burse, canon port, mini pockets, ornament, math cookies, peeper keeper, blue buddies, balloon maker, and a Eric’s on the go cereal bowl,k9 light collar. And those are the econ [projects].

AA Show Sparkling Ornaments

He carefully put each one in a baggie with a shredded newsprint nest.

I like my economics project because it is a Christmas ornament and fun to make. You can buy some balls in Michaels. Then get some glue and put it with water.

These Cookies Make You Smart!

SMARTCOOKIES MT’s blog post
Hello. I want to introduce Smart Cookies. Smart Cookies are cookies that are shaped in numbers. You use them to make number sentences and find the right answer. Then you think that you are eating it. Then you know the math problem. (2 times 3) You an also make it at home. You just need a knife, cookie dough, and a cookie pan. Don’t forget you need an oven. Then you carve the dough into numbers. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and so on) After let it cool and the fun comes in. You get to make number sentences and find the right answer in cookie numbers. I hope you enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HS Creates the Burse

The latest fashion accessory.

MI Makes Mini Pockets

With mini pockets you will never lose any thing again. With mini pockets. Call now I will give you 2 pockets more. Call 408-638-7553 and visit my website www.Mini pockets.com.

SM No More Tooth Brush

Sm finds a way to eliminate the need for brushing.

Christmas Cookies for All

SEM delivers her homemade cookies.

LM's Invention

My Product was a glasses holder that sticks to a wall that I named “Lindsey’s Peeper Keeper” It has a hand sewn cushion and it is a great place to hold your glasses when you sleep!

Lighted Lilly Pad

My project is the Lighting Lily Pad. The Lighting Lily Pad is a COOL new hit Light. You just set in water and light the candle and it is floating on water.

Dino Personality Quiz

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Sparkle spoiled?

Sparkle enjoyed every minute of indoor recess today. Photo by SS

One day on Christmas Eve

One day on Christmas Eve I had asked Santa can I get an elf that is a girl and not naughty or really bad I think you know where I live if you don’t I live in … building and my door number is 11111 and I do not have a chimney so you can just use your magic to get inside and I hope you have a very merry Christmas!

PS:tell the elves I said hi and tell bob and harpess I said hi bye.

Dinosaur Foods

Long ago there were Dinosaurs. People weren't here yet. Some dinosaurs eat plant or meat. They are called plant eaters and meat eaters. Plant eaters have nice flat teeth. Meat eaters have scary sharp teeth. Plant eaters live in water and have a small head. Meat eaters live on land and eat smaller dinosaurs. Scientist say they are dead. Dinosaurs today are all dead. Scientist say a meteor has hit them. Today there are no more dinosaurs.

The Best Chrismas Ever!

The Best Christmas Ever!
by:MM

Food for the Homeless

Ms. Shields' class donated 102 items for the canned food drive to feed the homeless in Atlanta. A total of 13,000 items were donated this year!

photo by jh

Magical Matt

Matt is our Peer Facilitator from AHS. We usually only get to see him at the end of the day but starting in January he will join the class for 30 minutes of LA!

Post questions for Matt in the comment section. Click comment. If you do this at home you will need to enter your parents email address so please ask for help. Use only your initials when you sign you name.

What do you think?

Post your comments like I'm doing right now!

Amazing Ice Crystal Discovery

Hmmm, time to put your thinking caps on and try to discover why and how these crystals formed. Was it the damp ground, the mud, the fence? Why were they in on particular location? Will they come back? Why did it look like they were growing out of the ground? Why did they look like shards of broken glass?

A few days ago two of my friends discovered ice crystals growing from the ground. Both of them showed me the ice crystals and I measured the heat and they were at least 40 or 30 degrees they were also 3 in. We didn’t get much information because they melted, but used my pencil to make a circle in the ground and some of the pieces showed up proving that they grow underground. We saw tiny pieces left on the ground. On the first day of discovery my friends took 4 pictures of the ice crystals and showed it to the class. The whole class was amazed. JH

My friend and I have made a discovery,ice crystals growing out of the ground! They are about 3 in., and 50 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.My friend drew a circle in the ground and some pieces showed up. They were sparkling and glistening! But unfortunately, we did not get much information because they melted. They were still fun to look at ! hope you like our pics.! THANKS, LM

Penguin Personality

Describe you penguin's personality. What does s/he enjoy doing? Who is his/her best friend, favorite food or anything else you can think of that makes your penguin special? How would your penguin respond if it was being chased by a whale?

My Winter In Indiana

MG

I want to go to Indiana. I have only ben ther ones. I would love to go ther! I want to go sceeing, snow boarding, go to the carnavil, eat a lot of Amish. I want to see my grandma I love to see her I love her.

Chrismas will be awsome

VP

Chrismas will be awsome because it snows alot and we will do lot's of stuff like makeing a gingerbread houses and do chrismas crafts.I hope chrismas is awsome because we don't do alot of stuff.Chrismas will also be fun because we get presents from santa and we also get what ever we want.Chrismas will be also be awsome because we do fun chrismas crafts in school.So that's why chrismas is awsome!

Football Fun

LB
Sam and I allways play football. I made up a play witchh is called WPWP it goes like I am WR (Wide-Reciver). Sam passes it to me and Ipass it back to him and then he runs and hands it to me and then I run and pass to him and he runs back and hands it to me I run and thats baceckliy it. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Winter Story

MT
One day once I look out my window. I saw it was snowing. So I dressed up in my winter cloth and went ouside. Then my dad woke up and took me back in. He said " Young man come back in!" I said" Ok" and I went in. But I was not sad.
There was lots of other stuff to do. I was pretty happy. Theres video games, TV, Ping-Pong, and Piano. I did all of those things. Theen my dad said" You can go outside." I was Happy. the next second I went inside.
I came inside and ate lunch and never went outside again. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I like

I like air soft because you can shoot a lot of ammo.My favorite air soft gun is an air mac c11 it goes 400 miles per hour it hurt's so much that i had a bruise on my leg. Justin is one of my best friend'

My Winter Adventure

GL

One day I woke up and looked out my window I saw
snow! I went across the hall to wake my brother.I
jumped on the bed and yelled...''WAKE UPPPPPPP!!!!''
''Its snowing outside!''We can go sleding at the dam!''Our
friends are waiting for us!''[Dam-40FT-hill]Me and my
brother[Gray]quickly zipped on our snow-suits.Zip!Zap!
We both grabed something to eat and off we went.
[Mark-13][Olivia-13][Chealsea-15]Gray took a 4FT long
sled.It was purple.Befor we went to the dam we went
to the side of our house and Mark and Olivia started to
sled on the purple sled.After they sled down the hill
they crashed into a tree and almost kissed!!Next we
went to the dam and used Mark's sled.Then it started
to get dark.We went to go meet MC and O at the
Spourts Park.We we asked Chealsea where Olivia was.
''Where's Olivia?''She's out eating dinner.''We started
sleding down a couple slides and hills.Now it was time to
go home.We all waved goodbye and did one more slide.
So THAT was MY....
SNOW ADVENTURE THE END

My Winter Adventure!

SM

On my winter break I am going to Florida on the 29ah of December for Christmas. I love going to Florida because all my ants live there except for the Carolina and she lives in Georgia in Savanna. Savanna is a very buttiful place it has old trees and a feu months ago I looked around and saw a moter boat it was asome.And I atculy got on it was so cool! I love going to Savana!

My Winter Break

AA #1
I'm going to go to Nashevville,Tenessee. My family friends live there in Tenessee.We are going to play their Ps2.But not only their Ps2, we're going to play something else, too!! I think we are going outside to play too!! I think we are going outside to play too!! I bet it is going to be a lot of fun!! Well it is going to be four hours in the car. I don't know what I am those four hours. So thats what I'm going to do for my winter break.

The Piggy Named Sally.

Date:11/20/08
My:Story By LJ

Once apon a time there was a piggy named sally and she also had a baby coming so she had to build a house because Last Week I think there was a storm and It had knocked over her house and she was very very sad Until she said I know what to do I will call my friend Lisa her phone number was 123-456-789 realy it was her phone number yes it was a little weird to have a phone number...123456789 but she was.. well pretty I have to say that and she is nice so I called her and she said yessss and i said hi can i stay over for a week or two and she said sure so she went over sally house to pick her up and and she had also said that I will be there faster than a jackrabbit hot dog on a scooter bored then sally said okay okay just..hurry up please ok said Lisa bye.

My Awsome Thanks Giving Break

L.B 11/08 #4 Waht are you doing for Thanks Giving? My Cousins and Aunts are coming and we are going to the sports park. We're going to play football. It's going to be so fun!! I'm going to be on my cousins team. I love my cousins and aunts.

My Thanksgiving Holiday

My Thanksgiving Breake
By :Garrett Lewis
We're going to both my mom and dads mom and dads
houses.First we will go to my dads house. We will
meet my coisin [Cade]will be meeting us there.We will
be spending the night for 2 nights.We might go to the
indoor pool!!Me and Cade like to have races. We both
do swim team. Cade only does swim team in the
summer. I swim all year round!! I've only missed 1
swim meet so far. Oh!! I almost forgot...Cade is 10.
He's in 5th grade.He lives in North Carolina. Next I'm
heading too My moms mom and dads house.We're sta-
ing there for 1 night.My couisins [Blake and Louis]will
be waiting for us.[Blake 2nd 7 years.][Louis Pre-K 4]
Blake and Louis are my yongest couisins. We're going
to have one WHOLE turkey!!! Surley there will be some
leftovers.I bet we will play hide-n-seek.And that's what
I'm doing for Thanksgiving Break!!!!!

My Thanksgiving Break

My Thanksgiving Break By:S.D.M

On my Thanksgiving Break I willhave my Uncle Luis and my cousin Melba come over.My Uncle is staying for 3 days and my cousin i staying for a whole week. She's in college (Duke) in North Carolina. My Uncle is a pharmacist at Publix in Florida.I'm going to stay at my house with my family and on Sunday I will get my Club Penguin Membership. I will also practice soccer with my dad and uncle.Most people might eat turkey but we are going to get chicken instead because it's so expensive to boy turkey.My sister looks like Melba. Sometimes my parents think my sister is my cousin!Anyway, I will play with my dog and my relatives that are coming over.We will have lots of fun spending time together.:-)
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What am I doing for Thanksgiving?

I'm going to go to Dallas,Texas.I'm going to my friend's house.He lives there.I'm going to be there all Thanksgiving Break.I will miss everyone till then.

What am I doing for Thanksgiving?

I'm going to go to Dallas,Texas.I'm going to my friend's house.He lives there.I'm going to be there all Thanksgiving Break.I will miss everyone till then.

WHAT I'M DOING FOR THANKSGINVING

Once thanksgiving is here I will go to school. Then once I get home I will play Front-yard-Baseball. After that I will call my friends to come to our house to celibrate THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!! We will go to play Wii. After we all go eat pizza. Then we all go home and have a good night sleep.

THANKSGIVING!

ALL ABOUT MY THANKSGIVING!

I am going to do my project for school sence it's due on December 15,2008. It's all about making something up. I'm doing something like a medicen that is gum not brushing teeth it's gum so you don't have to brush your teeth ever a gen. So you never have to brush your teeth ever ever ever agian. So thats what I'm doing over Thanksgiving! THE END!
BY S.M

my story

my grandparents are coming to town.Thay are coming on the 27th.I really like when they come to town.My grandfather is a famus basketball player.For dinner i am goning to eat a chckin pot rost.It is really good to eat.If you ate it you will love it.

The Marshall Report by LM

Thurgood Marshal’s nick name as a child was “Goody” but not a very good nick name for a child described as rambunctious, eager and hyper. In second grade his real name was Thoroughgood but he finally, said” I’m tired of writing Thoroughgood!” So he shortened it to Thurgood. In High School, Thurgood had a punishment, and his punishment was he had to write the US constitution and memorize it! He had very good grades and in fact, he got in to a school nick named “Black Princeton”! At Howard University he learned refining debating skills and process. He grew up to be a lawyer, but after a few years he got to be a supreme court Justus. Will Marshall (his dad) work on B&O Railroad. Thurgood was born in Baltimore, Maryland and on July 2end 1908 and died in Bethesda, Maryland and died on Jan. 24 1993.

I really liked reading about Thurgood Marshall. I am fascinated by his life!

Pets for Me?

Dear Mom and Dad
Let me have a puppy the resin why is because I can feed it tack it for a walk and take it a bath everyday and when it leaves puddle I will clean it up

Dear Dad and Mom
can I have a bunny I will tack care of it and give it carrot each day I'll get a litter box so please please can I get a bunny?

Your daughter,
NP

Dear Mom and Dad let me have a puppy the resin why is because I can feed it, tack it for a walk.

My Own Stuff!

Dear Mom and Dad,
A kid like me needs my own bedroom.There might be a extra room but grandma took it.
A girllike me needs a bedroom I say a bedroom!!!!!!!!!!!!
A kid like also needs fun.I want you to take me to Six Flags pretty pretty please!
A girl like me needs to be absent sometimes because sometimes i'm sick!!!!
I really want a room like all of you have so I can decorate it.
Pretty pretty please could I have my own room and have fun and be absent sometimes please.
May I do those stuff please.If you give me all these stuff you get more hugs and you will get lots of sleep and your freinds will like you even better.

Your cute little girl,
VP

Annoying Sister!

Dear Callie,
Lets make a deal.Please stop being mean to me.If you do I'll give you a dollar so you can stop being broke.I'll also stop being mean to you too so you can just relax.Finally I will walk Fletcher for you when mom says for you to walk him.So if you do we will be more happy.
Your Sister,
BB

My Best Friend

:} :]
Dear:NP
From:LJ
Canyou teach me how to do a cartweel?

I am asking you this because I am trying out on the cheerleading squad.

So can you please show me how to do a cartweel?

And can you teach me how to do a backflip? If you can, and

if you teach me these things, I will give you choclate candy and choclate milk!

So please teach me and we will both be happy!

Sincerly; LJ
ps. your best friend forever!

My Future Friend

Dear Billy Bob Jr.
I know that you doun't have any friends at all.So id like to be your friend.One reason is cause i have a bunch of fun stuff for you and me to play with.If you doun't like that i have a hamster that we can play with.Or if you doun't like him i have a bunch of puzzles we can play with.I really think we will be good friends.
Your future friend,
Skyler

Dirtbikes

10-29-08
Dear Mom,
I think you should give dad your permisson for him to get dirtbikes. Beacuse I would faster for shcool so you won't have to keep calling my down! I would ride it to shcool so you won't be in a hurry to take Tyler to shcool! Also I would oil it after I ride it every time so it wiil not rost. So what do you say?

Yes or No . .
. write the anser on the line.
______

New Chairs

Dear Mr.Trussel,

Can you let us have a small fundraiser to pay for new chairs?We started with a patition and asked peoplein the playground and our classroom of what chairs they wan't. Also if you seen some chair we've been sitting in alredy have scatches,marks and other stuff on them.New chairs would help us stay in our seats more and study more often and the room would be nicer.

JH