The Revenge of the Snails

One rainy night an evil eye knocked on the door.
It was the house of the snail.
He wended in and ate the ooze from the snail's plate.
Outside the rain stopped and it started to hail.

The snail was in peril!
He was in jeopardy too!
He was in a predicament,
And he needed to poo!

The evil eye was approaching,
With his loud gait,
He wanted to kill the poor snail,
His heart was full of hate!

The hour was desperate.
The eye emerged from the door,
The snail escaped from a hatch,
As the eye let out a roar.

Snail went to meet the EEO,
The group of deft elephants,
It was a haven of snails,
Elephant even sent reinforcements.

They came up with a hoax,
To retaliate against the eye.
They went to the expanse of the moor.
The pathetic snails tried not to cry.

The Mean Squirrel

The mean squirrel chases the cat off the fence.
The squirrel enters the cat's door to the house.
The squirrel steals the cat's food which he can sense.
He sneaks out like a sneaky creeping mouse.

The mean squirrel took some berries as he left.
A person came outside and screamed at him.
The man said that he was a stealing theft.
The cat looked at him with eyes so grim.

And he snarled which frightened the mean squirrel.
He fled to his house which protected him.
With other creatures he would not quarrel.
And a lesson was learned, to never be so grim.

He settled down quickly without another peep.
He curled up in a ball and went to sleep.

Baking Disaster

     One Friday morning, Mrs Bakers was humming and stirring the batter in the large silver bowl. She was making cake for her daughter, Annabel. Today was Annabel's thirteen birthday, and it would be her first year as a teenager, so Mrs. Bakers wanted the cake to be perfect. She promised Annabel that everything would be amazing at the party. A smile crept up Mrs. Bakers's face as she proudly thought of her growing-up daughter while stirring the creamy batter.

     Oh no! Mrs. Bakers had forgotten her special ingredient! She rushes out the kitchen to get it. Meanwhile, Emily, Annabel's younger sister, comes in and pours exploding powder into the batter. Emily hears her mother's footsteps as she approaches the kitchen, so she quickly ducks down and hides in a cupboard under the sink. 

     Just as Mrs. Bakers enters, the batter explodes in her face! She screams and the jar of jelly in her hand falls to the ground and smashes into pieces. Mrs. Bakers knows right away that Emily did it, but Emily is hidden in the cupboard and can escape from her mother when the school bus arrives.

Tom Sawyer Poem

There once was a boy named Huck,
And he had the fortunate luck,
To have Tom as his friend.
They would stay together till the end.

He wanted to search for treasure.
They would do it together.
However, they came upon Injun Joe!
His heart was full of woe!

Tom searched in the cave,
Until he found the treasure of the knave.
He raced back to Huck Finn,
For the treasure they would win!

Stratford 5th Grade Reading List

1. Sherlock Holmes
     by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
      a. The Speckled Band
      b. The Red Headed League
      c. The Engineer's Thumb
      d. The Blue Carbuncle
      e.  The Copper Beeches

2. Don Quixote
     by Miguel de Cervantes

3. A Midsummer Night's Dream
     by William Shakespeare

4. The Secret Garden
     by Frances Hodsgon Burnett

5. Little Women
     by  Louisa May Alcott

6. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
     by Mark Twain

Spring

Springtime in California is a time for growing plants and animals. With all the wild flowers blooming and bursting into color on the cool green grass,everything smells nice. Spring is a time when plants start growing. All the buds start growing and opening with the warm showers of rain, the whistling spring breeze, and the shining sun. Spring is also a time for animals. Ducks swim in the cool blue ponds, while birds sing and eggs crack in nests.The bees and butterflies buzz from flower to flower, and suck the sweet nectar. Also, sweet cherries and other fruits ripen in the tall trees. Everything in spring starts to come alive.

THANKS

T  hanks for everything
H  elping out with parties
A  lways so patient with my school work
N  ever too busy to hear my recitiation
K  een to help out with homework
S  chool is fun with your help

Protecting the earth

Our planet, the earth is the only planet we know so far that we can survive on. Human beings need oxygen to survive, giving them no other planet to live on but earth because the earth has oxygen for us to breathe. Many people think that the earth is already very healthy and that we do not need to protect it. That might be because the place that he or she lives has a very good environment. however, in some places, it is not the same. the air in some places isn't even clean to breathe. Global warming is another problem we have on our planet. Because of the high temperatures, ice melts in the Arctic and the Antarctic, causing many animals that survive in the cold to die. As we live longer on this earth, the amount of oxygen is decreasing. Since plants and animals help each other, the most easiest way to solve this problem is to plant more trees ( plants do the opposite. They inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen.) . The earth affects our health and our daily lives, so that means that if we are able to keep our earth healthy, it means we are keeping ourselves healthy too.

Sleepover with my friend

Today is fourth of July and I have no camp so I get to have a sleepover with my friend that is also called Nicole. She just came back from Hawaii and she brought seashell necklaces for me and our two other friends, Michaela and Diya. They weren't able to come, though. Nicole also brought some beads and I got the strings. Together, we made four friendship bracelets. We had a lot of fun. We went to the park to play and we also played on the computer. At night, we are going to see fireworks. Of course, everyone knows, the best part of the sleepover is at night when it is time to go to bed. I might sheak the iPad into my room so we can play games or go on the Internet. My mom won't even know! Also, we might use flashlights and tell spooky stories in my bed. It is really fun because I get to see my friend again in summer and tell her that I missed her.  

Basketball Camp

This week, I have basketball camp at Valley Christian summer sports camps. It was really fun and I really learned a lot and enjoyed it. It was also a good time for me to make new friends, like Ashley (one of my friends). I learned a lot of things and we practiced almost everything everyday. The main coach also had other coaches from different places visit us and talk about basketball with us. He said he loved to have his local coaches come in and talk about basketball because he liked basketball more than any of the other sports. I practiced things like dribbling and shooting baskets. Despite all the hard work, we also did some fun things. For example, we did relay races and a game called Knock Out. We also got to play a game at the end of practice. My team won all the games, except the one on Wednesday. On Thursday, everyone worked extra hard because the one that won the game on Thursday, would start off with two extra points for the final game on Friday. Friday was Championship Day, and it was an exciting experience for everyone. All the coaches signed our shirts and we got pictures of everybody. I love my basketball camp!                                                                                                            

Comment on Jen Chin's "Cooking Lunch!"

I like making noodle soup as well, except I'm probably not very good at it. Today, my mom made noodles too. I liked them. They didn't have soup in them though. First, she boiled the water and separated the noodles. After that, she put them in the boiling hot water and started cooking them. Once she did that, she started working on the sauce. She chopped up meat and celery into small pieces and mixed it with miso sauce and cooked it. When she was done, the noodles were ready to be taken out. My mom tasted one to make sure they were soft, not hard and raw. Mom prepared four bowls and poured the water out of the pot the noodles were in. She filled it with clean water and once again, drained the water. This was supposed to clean the noodles. She put some noodles into each bowl and poured some sauce onto each bowl of noodles. Finally, my mom put some soy sauce and other stuff on the table in case anybody wanted more flavor in their noodles. I helped her with some things, such as separating the noodles and setting the table for my family. I had a great dinner because my mom's noodles were so delicious. I want to learn how to cook from mom later on. Yum! I love my mom's noodles! I really liked this blog that I read. It also teached me a new recipe.

Carl's Public Speaking Class

I go to a public speaking class and my teacher is Carl. I really love this class because it is a lot of fun and I can also learn a lot of cool stuff. So far, we have learned about the three BIG c's, how to use them in a speech, how to be a confident speaker, mindset and the two types of thinking, and how to write a good introduction to a paragraph of a speech.One thing I really like about this class I'm going to is that we have cool home work, like making a blog, which was really fun for me. I enjoyed making comments on other people's blogs as well. I have also learned a lot more than I did when I first entered this class. Right now, it is only the second week and the whole camp lasts for five weeks ( we go on Sundays ). What the teacher teaches us is very helpful and will most likely help me later on. Something I don't like about the class is that it starts at 9:00 am and ends at 1:00 pm. I usually have lunch at 12:00, so when my dad comes to pick me up from the class, I'm starving. It would be nice if Carl could bring some snacks ( yay!). All in all, I think this camp is really good and I will definetly consider coming back next year.

Trip to China

I'm so excited about summer! Every week, I have a different camp. This week, I have Math Edge summer camp. Last week, I had horse camp, next week, I have basketball camp, etc. You get the idea. I'm also really glad to be away from school. Mainly, I am going to China. During the summer, my whole family is going to go to China. We are staying in Beijing at my little cousin's apartment. At China, I am going to see my cousins. I am the only one of my cousins that lives in America. My little cousin wants a gift from America, so we are giving her a dress and a Barbie doll because she is a very girly girl. My mom is happy because it will be a family reunion. We are staying for 4 weeks. My dad will only stay for 2 weeks because he has work to do. After that, he will return to America. :(  Last time I went to China, I was only 2 years old. We went to my dad's hometown, which is basically the wilderness and there were so many flies, I got stomach flu. My mom said this time, we will visit the Forbidden City and climb the Great Wall again, just like last time. I also hope I can see pandas. I am so excited about China!

English writing class

This week, I am going to Math Edge summer camp. In the morning, we do math and in the afternoon, we do writing. Now, I am going to tell you about my writing class. My writing class starts at 1:00 in the afternoon, and ends at four in the afternoon. The first hour, we do paragraph writing and when we are done, we get to write about a topic the teacher puts on the board. She calls these free writes. For the second hour, there is a break and a snack is served. We do poetry for the last (or third) hour.
Here's my poem:

                                          My cat is just too fat,
                                          It's hard to make her scat,
                                          Because she is so fat.
                                         
                                          She's such a scaredy cat.
                                          She is scared of mats, bats, rats, hats, and brats.


Everyday, our teacher brings poetry books for us to look at. One book is very funny because it uses old language so it doesn't make any sense to us. Everyone is always wanting that book next because they want to see the funny poems everybody is talking about. It's so weird because there is this person who keeps burping in class. Everytime he burps, everyone laughs , which makes the teacher mad. Our teacher says she has a bad habit of taking books that are just lying around. Most of her poetry books are taken from somewhere. At least that is what she said. On Friday, there will be a writing contest and there will also be the awards ceremony ( for math ). So far, I have learned a lot from this writing class and I am very excited about the contest on Friday!

Horse Camp

Last week, I went to a horse camp.I had a lot of fun. My horse's name is Solitaire and he is a 22 year old Gelding.His breed is Arabian. We learned how to walk, trot, and canter. We were also expected to learn the parts of a horse the horse colors, the parts of a saddle, and the types of brushes for grooming a horse. The worst part of the camp was cleaning the stalls of the horses because there was so much poo. Also, my horse drank a lot of water and after that, He started making a weird noise that made the teachers worry.They thought he was sick. Unfortunately, one girl fell off her horse and couldn't ride for the rest of the day. On Friday, we performed a show for our parents and we also did a skit. It was about a miniature pony named Cupcake and an evil black stallion named Auke. Cupcake is very fat. I don't know why. I guess it is because everyone thinks she is so cute and wants to feed her.We used real horses in the skit. Cupcake got scared of Auke because he was so big and we had to put her away.Then, we had a barbecue and everyone brought some kind of side dish to share. My best friend and I had a 4 day sleepover from Monday to Thursday. We stayed up late and played with her iPad 2 in her bed. However, we got caught by her mom. All of it was so much fun! Next year, I'm definetly coming back!

Yay! I have a blog!

Today is June 18th 2012. I finally have my own gmail and my blog! My mom's gmail had a problem and she made a new one for me! I am going to a public speaking class and part of the homework for this week is making a blog and making 3 posts (each a different day) to send to the teacher. That's why I have a gmail and a blog. I will be going on weekends and there will be 5 weeks. The blog is due on Friday but it is only Monday so I have a lot of time.