Samuel and Nancy Edison Named They Re Son Thomas
Week 1
On february 11 1847 a baby boy was born in Milanohio.
Samuel and nancy Edison named they’re son Thomas.
One of Thomas’ teachers were reverend G B Engle.
Thomas asked many questons and his teacher often accused he of not behaving.
At age fifteen saved the life of mr. J.U. Mackenzie’s son.
Soon Edison using Mr Mackenzie’s telegraph key.
those day telegraph workers often changeed their jobs they roam from state to state.
One year edison worked in Michigan Indiana and Ohio.
On October 11 1879, Edison had finished making a electric lightbulb.
No it wasn’t the first electric light but it was the best of it’s time
Week 2
Last October us students read some livly books about womans.
The book I liked best was Zina Garrison: Ace by A P Porter.
Ms Chu said, Tell me about Zina Garrison Robert.
I said, “she is surly one of the most best tennis players ever.”
You looking at a photograph of Ross sterling high School in HoustonTexas.
Zina were a tennis champ but she wisly stayed in school.
In 1988, played a tennis match against a yugoslavian player.
Tennis experts watched her game closly she won it to!
In december of 1988, Garrison met willard L Jackson.
She fell in love with him immediately, and them had a lovely wedding.
Week 3
My doctor often say to I, “good health is a pricless gift.”
Dr Wong asks Do you have good health habits?
Yes i am always carful about my diet.
Fruits grains and vegetables are healthy food.
Toby walk three miles every Monday, Wednesday and Friday she’s tirless!
I said, “isn’t walking one of the most best exercises?”
At lunch rebecca said, “Me could eat that whole platful of tomatoes!”
Her mother said “Rebecca please wash your hands first.”
Soft drinks does not give we children no vitamins.
They can hurt your tooths and they can make you wakful at night.
Week 4
On Saturday, miss Washington will speek to us about sious artists.
yeers ago, several tribes decorate common objects with beads
Kara said egerly, “I want to see the cases for a necklaces.”
these cases is decorated with blue red and yellow beeds.
How did people cover those belt with beads
Eech weever used thred, an loom, and beads of many colors
Mr. wood wear a beeded band around his hed.
my friend said, It keeps his hair back and holds a fether.
Yesterday i finished a book called The art of the plains Indians by Shirley Glubok.
Did you see the beaded cape shown in the book Mrs Big Chief waering it
Week 5
Dad and I joyn a group tour of india.
We visits the cities of Agra, Calcutta and New Delhi
On the way to the Taj mahal, our guide poynt out farm villages.
Many indian farmers grows rice and wheat.
Wet soial are best for growing rice but much of India’s land is dry.
Some workers grows tea on large tea plantation.
In New delhi, Dad and me hear voyces coming from the market.
Traders fill the streets they sell clothes spices and kitchen item.
Me and Dad has to avoide cows in the middle of city streets.
These animal wander anywhere they are sacred in the hindu religion.
Week 6
Mr. Gadski said, “were going back in time about seven hundred years.”
Is it the year 1300 i asked.
Well visit a english lord and lady they are living in a castle.
They stands next to a fire and wear heavy robes to keep warm
The castle walls is thick, and its windows are small.
Theres an heavy gate behind a drawbridge to
On special days men women and children travels to the fair.
Theyll watch jugglers acrobats and dancing bears
We meets workers they are making leather good and jewelry.
Theyre craftsmen for Earl richard and Lady Margaret of wentworthCastle.
Week 7
I havent been in new York since last august.
My parents taked I to the Museum of modern Art there.
I saw pictures by the spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
Didnt study at the Royal academy of Art in BarcelonaSpain?
Carol said his sketches of animals make me laugh.
Then mrs Cabral said, “Well you wont laugh at all his pictures.”
I had’nt seen to many painting by picasso before this visit.
My father said, “I likes the picture of the mother and child.
Wasent picasso a sculptor as well as a artist?
Children he was one of the most best artists of this century.
Week 8
for years the inuit people passed down thier stories.
one story i read is called Raven and the Geese.
Raven was lonely and he wanted an wife.
One day saw eght fine gooses fly toward the North pole.
Raven called “Let me marry you’re daughter and come with you.”
The leader said, “Raven you’re to weak for this trip.”
why did Raven fly with a geese on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
Well he was concieted, and he thought he was very, very strong
On thursday, Raven shreiked “I can’t fly nowhere else”
he stopped for releif and the geese flew on without him.
Week 9
Our friend doctor Evler taked several journeyes last year.
In september she went to chile, and later she told I about it.
She said “Chile is on the west coast of south America.”
One of it’s longest highwayses runs almost 2,000 mile!
Chile have hot deserts high mountains and rich farmlands.
The most largest number of people live in one of the rich vallies.
One saturday, dr.evler and a friend treated themselfs to a day at the beach.
Dr Evler said “Vina del Mar is the best beach in chile!”
Mom said, “yes Dr. Evler were in Chile for several chilean holidayes.”
I asked “deosn’t christmas fall during their summer season?”
Week 10
Us citizens of the United states use both paper money and coins.
Gunnar look at all these pennys and nickels.
Ms Chu, have people in other countrys always used the same money
No africans once use weapons or shells as money.
Didn’t i read some storys about other kinds of money
Yes you did tea, beads, and leather have all been used as money.
Us students saw an film called Money through the ages.
Rich familys once measure they’re wealth in cattle
This week I and Dinis will visit to librarys.
Our report is called China’s Invention: Paper Money, and its due January 28.
Week 11
The ant were a tiny insect but it worked very hard.
the grasshopper was much merryer, and it didn’t do no work.
All last june the ant gather food for the winter.
The grasshopper said you should be livelyer and play more.
in september the ant even busyer than before.
The ant said “Grasshopper i must gather food before winter.”
in January the hungry grasshopper ask the ant for food.
The grasshopper said, “Ant your luckyer than I you have food.”
Ant said “Me work very hard all last summer, Grasshopper.”
Then Ant said, “You was sillyer then now you have no food.”
Week 12
Last saturday, I and Amadi visited professor Goldman.
I said “You has the prettyest tropical fish in the world!”
Professor Goldman said, “you must choose fish carefully or you’ll have problems.”
She said to I, bigger fish might attack the tinyest ones.
Some fish are hard too take care of but others is easy.
Those guppies the easyest fish of all
Later professor Goldman said, “My siamese fighting fish are my fancyest fish.”
I asked “don’t fighting fish fight with each other Dr Goldman?”
A catfish eat almost anything it keeps an fish tank clean.
I said “that fish must be the hungryest fish ever!”
Week 13
Louisa studing music with dr. S D Batra.
Dr batra said, Listen to the beautiful music of Pablo Casals.
Louisa said “Casals occupyed a important place in musical history.”
he was a cello player a composer and a conductor.
Tony asked, “Was Casals born on December 29 1876, in Catalonia Spain?”
Dr. Batra replyed, “Yes he was he had a long career.”
Suma said, Pablo Casals Isaac Stern and Madeline Foley made a record together.
Gilman’s department Store supplyed she with a copy of the record.
Didn’t Pablo Casals live in Puerto rico for an while?
Yes he move there and marryed a puerto rican woman.
Week 14
Last week i sauw the movie The king and I.
Now I want to visit thailand it was called Siam before 1939.
Do you want to go to Thailand and see it’s capital city of Bangkok?
How hot it is there in march april and may!
At daun me and Sara will visit a big canal in Bangkok.
Peoples there buy and sell things from they’re boats.
Alan asked Did your drauwing come from the MarbleTemple?
Sara said “It’s not a drawing its a print.”
Your boat is made from teak teak is very strong wood
Elephants works in the teak forests of northern thailand.
Week 15
Why do we have different season? Dina asked.
Us has different seasons becuse of the tilt of the earth’s axis.
The earth’s axis are an imaginary line running through it’s center.
The earth tilts on it’s axis the part tilting toward the sun has summer.
The earth spin around once every twenty-four hours.
Does the spinning cawse day and night too occur
The earth are always traveling around the sun it doesn’t never pawse.
The earth go around the sun and the earth also spins like a top.
The four seasons is spring summer autum and winter.
In the United states, the most longest day june 21.
Week 16
I asked do you know the story of Echo and Narcissus?
Echo were a prowd girl she angered the goddess Hera.
Hera was very pouerful she want to punish Echo.
She said Echo nou you can only repeat the words of others.
Someone might say to her, Houw are you Echo.
Echo wasn’t able to answer she just repeat the last words.
Echo falled in love with the handsome narcissus.
Him would not allo anyone to love him
Narcissus seed a face looking at he from a pool of water.
Did he droun no he fell in love with his oun reflection.
Week 17
Africa are a large continent many different groups of people live there.
each group of people has it’s own kind of art.
Some of an africans created works of art for use in ceremonies.
Long ago some people believe masks cood keep evil spirit away.
Africans maked figures from wood bronze or brass.
The people wood use materials at hand too carve they’re figures.
My Uncle hans brougt me baskets from the city of lusaka.
In zambia, the Berates people weaves baskets with beautiful pattern.
Most african pottery made by womans.
you shoold see the many pot baking in the sun.
Week 18
I and my family once sauw the grate statue of Liberty.
My Aunt ruth thout it was the most beautifulest sight in the world.
A Frenchman said both france and the United States beleive in freedom.
There shud be a monument to honor it he added.
In 1871, Mr bartholdi made the first of many journeies to New York.
Comeing into new york, he had too pass Bedloe’s Island
The statue was built in peices the arm and torch were finished first.
All the pieces of the statue finally reach American soile on june 17 1885.
On October 28 1886, president Grover Cleveland welcome Miss Liberty.
Wasnt the lovly Miss Liberty now the most prettyest statue in the world
Week 19
Ms Reid asked “Have you ever heard of mayor Henry Cisneros?”
Yes i have heard of him, I replied.
Henry G Cisneros was the first hispanic mayor of a large American city.
Cisneros was born in San AntonioTexas, on June 11 1947.
Years ago, cisneros decide too work in the field of government.
Maped out plans to study in washingtonD.C.
Cisneros returned to san Antonio in 1974 soon he runing for mayor.
He steped into the mayor’s office on april 4 1981.
Yesterday, i stoped at Melrose public library.
I choosed a book about Cisneros by Maurice roberts.
Week 20
How wonderful it are to visit switzerland
I likes it’s beautiful lakes and mountain capps.
Mapps show the Alps as the most largest european mountains.
They found in Switzerland France germany, and other countries.
The swiss speak English and four different languages.
Speak German French, Italian and Romansch in this small country.
I’d gladily visit Monte Rosa its Switzerland’s most highest mountain.
Scenic mountains makes Switzerland a great place for hiking and skiing
Do you want too find out more about Switzerland
Read a book called Let’s visit Switzerland by James moore
Week 21
A earthquake are a sudden shakeing of the earth’s surface.
Last less than a minute but it can cause terrible damage.
The earth’s outer layer is it’s crust it can be thirty mile thick.
The crust made of several huge, moveing plate.
A fault are a crack caused by a old earthquake.
Us students read about the San Andreas Fault in california.
Luis starring at a map of the pacific ocean.
It shows fault lines earthquakes splits the earth along these line.
Sometimes a earthquake are caused by an underwater volcano.
Then giant waves begins riseing and falling they are called tsunamis.
Week 22
can you arranj seventeen syllables into three line of poetry
Haiku are a form of poetry from japan
Haiku has just seventeen syllable and its not hard too read.
it doesn’t never take up a full padge in a book.
Haiku were a bit stranje to I at first.
It do not tell a story and it is not like an song.
Haiku does not describe no brige or building
It give us a feeling about an scene in nature.
Last year I writed a haiku called the seashore.
Well now i challenj you to write a haiku to.
Week 23
Nellie bly were probably the world’s first woman reporter.
She was born on may 5 1867, near Pittsburgh pennsylvania.
Bly’s real name were elizabeth cochrane but womans weren’t reporters backthen.
An editor suggest a pen name too keep her real name an secret.
Bly’s stories maked mans and women think about the lifes of others.
Her wrote about sutch places as slums hospitals and factories.
Bly becomed famous for traveling around the world in just seventy-two day.
People road trains ships and horses trying to mach or beat eighty days.
Bly martched into the world of mens and became a success there.
You should read a book called Nellie Bly: First woman of the news.
Week 24
Morocco are a country in northwestern africa.
Foxs rabbits and wild boars can be found there.
The Mediterranean Sea the atlantic ocean and the SaharaDesert all touch Morocco.
A few tree and bushs grow in the desert crops grows near the coast.
people eat they’re main meal at noon they sit on long couchs.
An grain called couscous served at almost every meal.
The moroccans often drink water orange juice or almond milk.
they adds flavor too their drinks with pinchs of cinnamon.
Older house in morocco have courtyards and open porchs.
What a surprise it are too find gardens behind high wall!
Week 25
Mr frado received two new packageses of books today.
Now our library own a copy of the book called the magic finger.
Me and Jen likes Roald Dahl the most best of any author.
He wrote The Witches Matilda and Fantastic Mr Fox.
He writes such funny words and sentenses they makes me laugh.
Sometimes us children stays up late reading his stories.
Roald dahl makes wild and funny thing happen in his books.
He pleases his reader with giants witches and other creature.
Have you read Roald Dahl’s book called boy?
It tell about the people and placeses of his childhood its his life story.
Week 26
Mr. rosetti sent me and Yasmin a postcard from Chincoteague IslandVirginia.
It have an pictcher of ponies on it.
The chincoteague national wildlife refuge created to protect plants and animalsin nachure.
Birds wild ponies and other animals can be seen there.
Mr Rosetti seen snow geese swans and egrets on ChincoteagueIsland.
He loved the birds but the most interesting creetures was the wild ponies.
The ponies does not live in no pastcher.
How did they get there maybe a ship sank long ago and they swam there.
Mr Rossetti will read the book Misty of Chincoteague to me and Yasmin.
Its about a advenshures of a pony names misty.
Week 27
How much do scientists know about Mars? aaron asked.
Well our knowledge of Mars is inkomplete answered miss brown.
Two space probes land on Mars in 1976 they explored this un-known planet.