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Museum of Science and Industry
Article posted May 2, 2011 at 08:14 PM GMT0 •
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We recently went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
My favorite exhibit was the Natural Disaters. When you walked in you could see a demonstration of a tornado made of steam. It was amazing. On the second floor there was my favorite thing...
The Wind Tunnels=http://=http:// I loved them. When you go inside the machine blows wind over 80 mph (miles per hour) on you. It also takes pictures of you while the wind is blowing.
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Article posted May 2, 2011 at 08:14 PM GMT0 •
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Greenbrair Writing
Article posted April 25, 2011 at 08:18 PM GMT0 •
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Ring! Ring! There’s the school bell. I can’t wait to start school. Greenbrair is a great school.
The classrooms always have the materials you need, like pencils. It is important to always have at least two sharp pencils with you because if you are in the middle of a test and your pencil breaks then you will always have one ready. It is bad for your pencil to break in the middle of a test because then you can’t finish your test which will affect your grade. I feel bad for schools, for example, in Africa. Schools in Africa have one pencil for the whole semester which means if their pencil breaks they won’t get a new one so they won’t get their work done which will make them get a bad grade and if they get a bad grade they will get in trouble with their teacher and their parents which will get them grounded, maybe worse. Also if they do bad in school they will get into a bad college which will effect their future.
By reading my article now you understand that Greenbriar is a great school. I can’t wait to see you here.
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Article posted April 25, 2011 at 08:18 PM GMT0 •
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Immigration Story: The Markowitz Family
Article posted April 25, 2011 at 08:13 PM GMT0 •
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We read about a family called the Markowitz family. They lived in the pale of settlement. Their family includes Jacob, Mama, Sasha, Emma and Nathan. I feel bad for them because when they lived in Russia they were poor but still had some money but when they came to America they couldn't just trade their old money for new money in an ATM, now their money was useless so they had no money and back then it was hard for immigrants to get a good job.
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Article posted April 25, 2011 at 08:13 PM GMT0 •
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Spring Break
Article posted April 4, 2011 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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For Spring Break I went to Florida. It was so hot there!!! Our hotel was on the beach so we went to the beach almost every day. One time when we were at the beach my sister found a shell in the water but then we saw a claw stick out. We didn't know what kind of creature it was but it was really creepy. Every time we went to the beach we saw like five dolphins in the water but hey were to far away to see close up. We only saw their fins but it was still an amazing sight.
We also went to the pool pretty much twice a day, maybe more. Our pool was HUGE and it went to five feet. But the best part was the waterfall in the middle of the pool. Whenever you went behind it it sounded like a million drums playing right next to your ear. It also had a volleyball court in the deep end. It was really hard for me to stand while we played at they volleyball court because the water was to deep for me to stand in.
The drive back was really long but I think it was worth it.
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Article posted April 4, 2011 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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Night of the Twisters
Article posted March 24, 2011 at 05:55 PM GMT0 •
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We finished reading Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman. It takes place in Grand Island, Nebraska. It is told by Dan Hatch. The story begins with Dan saying that he wishes that you could be informed when it will be a black letter day or a red letter day. He says that because a horrible tornado strikes later in the book and causes devastation.
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Article posted March 24, 2011 at 05:55 PM GMT0 •
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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Article posted March 16, 2011 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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I am reading The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdshall. It is about a family (The Penderwicks) that includes Rosalind, Skye, Jane, Batty and Mr. Penderwick. Mrs. Penderwick sadly died a few weeks after Batty was born because of cancer. Now Aunt Claire gives Mr. Penderwick a letter that Mrs. Penderwick wrote the day before she died. It says, " Since I am almost about to die, I predict that you will be lonely so I want you to talk to Aunt Claire about starting to date some other women." All the sisters are shocked by this but Rosalind thinks that this is horrible. Now the sisters made a plan to help there dad called the Save-Daddy Plan.
I wonder what will happen next.
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Article posted March 16, 2011 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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The Weekly Review March 7-11 2011
Article posted March 14, 2011 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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This week we had a lot of fun.
This week everybody was so excited, because we finished or I.S.A.T's. Now we don't have to be stressful.
In science lab we made homemade barometers. We cut off the part that you blow into off a balloon and streched it on the top of a jar. Then we taped a straw on the middle of the balloon. Then we made some recorder that was cool.
This week was awesome.
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Article posted March 14, 2011 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Article posted March 2, 2011 at 07:20 PM GMT0 •
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I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It is the sixth book in the series. It is about Harry Potter going back to Hogwarts for his sixth year. But this year is a little different. First Harry has a new teacher ,who used to be a teacher but retired. But usually there is a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher but this year Professor Snape took that job and Harry's new teacher Professor Slugorn is the Potions teacher. Harry gets a potions book that is very unique, it is the Half-Blood Princes book.
I would recommend this book for people who have one read the other books, two for people who like mystery and some sad and dramatic parts.
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Article posted March 2, 2011 at 07:20 PM GMT0 •
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Week in Review (Feb. 17, 2011)
Article posted February 17, 2011 at 05:10 PM GMT0 •
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This week we did a lot of fun activities. One of them was we had an Art Adventure. The Art Adventure was about origami. I made four birds, a sail boat and an airplane. It was so fun because I never knew how to make any of those.
This week we also finished our math lab. It was about displacement. We used graduated cylinders and filled them up with with water to find the displacement of some marbles that we dropped in. It was so cool!
Also we finished our colonial studies. We made a keynote for it then attached a voice thread to it. I liked recording the voice thread because we got to wear these really cool headphones that have a microphone attached to it like plane attendants.
Last we got to tell stories to our buddies. It was so fun. My buddies were really polite while i was telling it to them. I loved telling to them!
I wonder what we will do next week.
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Article posted February 17, 2011 at 05:10 PM GMT0 •
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Ginger Zee
Article posted February 11, 2011 at 08:30 PM GMT0 •
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We recently got a visit from meteorologist Ginger Zee (a meteorologist is a scientist who predicts weather). She told us about weather. I learned about a lot. My favorite part of what she told us was that they find out information about the atmosphere by sending a weather balloon that has a anemometer, barometer, thermometer and some other instruments into the air and it floats up into the atmosphere and it sends information back down to Earth. Also I liked when she showed us a picture of an instrument that is like a giant soccer ball on sticks predicts weather. It was so cool to find out all that information.
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Article posted February 11, 2011 at 08:30 PM GMT0 •
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