Homework

Monday- Finish study guides. Write a poem about your favorite part of winter. Remember your elements. You pick the topic. Tuesday- TAKS prep page 338-9; study for grammar quiz. No spelling test this week!

Study Guides

Science- Due Monday
Social Studies- Due Tuesday
Grammar- Due Tuesday

Homework next week. Dec. 12
Monday: Complete Grammar and Social Studies Study Guide. Write a poem about your favorite part of winter. (You choose the style.)

We are studying poetry right now. We read the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas and looked at all the elments within the poem. Then we re-wrote each stanza into a literary story. Enjoy!

Christmas Eve

It was the night before Christmas. No one was moving throughout the house, not even a tiny mouse. We were hoping that St. Nicholas would come to their house soon. So they had nicely hung all their stockings near the fireplace.

The children were sleeping and dreaming of happy things such as sugar plums dancing. Mamma and I had on our night hats and had just gotten into bed for a start of a good nights sleep.

All of a sudden there was a loud noise out on the lawn. I jumped out of bed and threw open the shutters to see what was happening. I opened the window quickly.

The moon was glistening off of the snow, giving light outside. Suddenly a small sleigh with eight tiny reindeer appeared.

And in that sleigh was a lively driver and I knew at that moment it was St. Nick. He came very fast and started shouting out his reindeers’ names.

He called out, “Dacher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixon then Coment, Cupid, and Doner and Blitzen. They flew all the way to the roof of the house. I could hear him shouting “Dash Away All” at the top of his lungs.

When they flew up to the top of the house, the wind was whipping around. They were carrying an entire sleigh full of toys and St. Nick also.

Suddenly I heard something on the roof. It sounded like reindeer dancing. Then Santa came tumbling down the chimney and landed with a thump.

He was dressed up in a fur coat as furry as a polar bear from head to toe. His clothes were ripped and covered with ashes. He had put packages of toys on his back like a robber taking out his stuff he had stolen.

Santa had cute little dimples and eyes that twinkled. He had a red nose and cheeks. He was smiling with a very white beard.

He held a stump of a pipe tight in his teeth. The smoke was circling his head like a wreath. He had a round belly and a broad face.

He was a chubby guy and I laughed when I saw him. When he winked and twisted his head, I knew I had nothing to fear.

Santa was silent but went right to work. He counted five candies and placed one in each stocking. He turned around, put a finger up to his nose, and gave a nod. His feet jerked off the ground and he flew up the chimney.

He jumped into his sleigh, gave his reindeer a sharp whistle and his sleigh flew away into the night. When he left I heard him yell, “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.”

Down, Set, Hutt!

Down, Set, Hutt!

By: Samuel Andrade

          Every Sunday, my family watches football together. After watching all those games, I have learned to like football.

          Playing football is a great way to have exercise.  When you’re running to the end-zone, throwing the ball to another teammate, or kicking for a field goal, you don’t stop moving. When you’re running from here to there, it is your mission to run as fast as you can and zoom past other opponents. While you’re waiting to throw the ball, you have to dodge people trying to take you down like a predator catching his/her prey. Then you bend your arm and let go. When you’re kicking, you swing your leg back and then you punt it all the way to the field goal.  Football is a good sport to help build muscles and have a strong body. When I’m outside jogging up and down the street with my ball between my hands, my legs are pumping, and sweat is dripping down my face, I already know that I’ve done a good part of exercising. When it comes to playing football, I exercise more than I usually do to give me what I’ve always wanted, a strong and healthy body. Playing football is a nonstop way for exercising.

Football includes working together. Teamwork is something important that you need while you’re playing football. It’s impossible to run for a pass or score a touchdown without a team. There are many things you can’t do without friends in football. When I’m playing by myself, the only things I get to do are throwing the ball in the air and then chasing it. With someone there to play with me, I have more fun. When my friends and I work together, we build a bond or a friendship. It’s so boring just to play by yourself. You always need someone there to play too.

          Playing football is something I like to do if I want to exercise or work together. For now, I can’t stop touching the ball.

S- Yellow

E- Blue

M- Green

C- Gray

Library Lounge by Ella

A sea of books and shelves of magazines can only be at one place the library. It fills my heart with joy. When I close my eyes I think about my favorite place and the library is my top pick. I am like a banker the library is my bank books are as valuable as money.

          Here, there, and everywhere. Books are all over the place, but that does not mean that it’s hard to find the book I want. If I want a non-fiction book I go to the non-fiction section. The fantasy books are labeled a-z for easy access. If I need to find a long lost book I go to the computers and look it up. I don’t have to go thru random isles searching for a perfect book. Signs guide me through the building. Without them the library would be a maze. Wherever I look I see signs that say graphic novels on the left and mysteries on the right. There are even signs for computers and games. Colorful stickers sit on the end of the books so a 5^th grader won’t take a junie b. Jones book an a 1^st grader won’t take a dictionary. When I was 3 and went to the library for the first time I was shocked at how amazing every thing was organized. All I had to do was blink and the book I wanted was there. Finding a book is a breeze in the library.

          I will never forget all the times I have gone to the library. I can have fun by playing on the computer or by checking out books.

The Ice Cream Shop

Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, all of those flavors I can try with just a simple trip to the ice cream shop.  The gigantic room filled with mouth watering poster and jaw dropping flavors is like a buffet because without a doubt I can try every single flavor that I want.

There’s always so many flavors that I can chose from but if I can’t make up my mind I can always go and get the sample spoon.  There, I can try all of the flavors in the world!  No matter what I can always rush in and dig into the sweet sensation of  cherry or caramel without paying a cent.  The very first time I went to the ice cream shop was when I had the worst craving for ice cream.  My mind was completely  stuck on ice cream and that’s when I step into the huge room filled with it.  My mouth watered as I grabbed the sample spoon and started to dig in.  Ever since than I thank the person who created free samples at ice cream shops.

My favorite place to be is not the arcade or an amusement park but it is the ice cream shop!

By: SteVonte’