Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

With a smile on her face Michelle Kwan stepped onto the ice at her home rink in front of a panel of judges. These judges would decide if she would go to the 2006 Olympics or not. Michelle Kwan performed, the judges would take a 45 minute break to make their decision. The decision was yes, Bob Horen chairman of U.S. Figure Skating said “It is truly the opinion of the monitoring team that Michelle could win the Olympics!” Michelle will skate with recent national event winner Sasha Cohen, and 16 year old Kimme Meissner on the U.S. Team.

In London, England, the threat of climate change might be a lot worse than everyone first thought. Scientists have recently reported changes in global warming, and it is advancing to melt ice caps.

The UK government- commission report found evidence that says scientists now have “greater clarity and reduced uncertainty” about the problematic impacts of a change in climate. This evidence was presented at a Meteorological Office conference on climate change last year. Tony Blair, in the meeting, stated that it was clear that “risks of climate change may be greater than we thought”. He went on to write: “It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialization and economic growth from a world population that has increased six-fold in 200 years, is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable”.

“Temperatures rose by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.6 degrees Celsius) during the 20th century. Computer modeling predicts increases of between 2.5 degrees and 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius) by the year 2100, depending on how much is done to limit greenhouse gas emissions” the U.N. backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claimed. These scientists expected that global warming will intensify storms, raise ocean levels, shift climate zones, and spread disease. Scientists are also concerned about the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets melting and the Gulf Stream shutting down. These are known to the scientists as climatic “tipping points”.

Other problems have also occurred, one British report warned that the huge west Antarctic ice sheet may be starting to disintegrate, an event that could raise sea levels by 16 feet! Clearly, there is a real concern amongst a growing number of scientists worldwide!

For more World News go to cnn.com. Just Click here.

The illusion above is called “Rotating Snakes.” Can you see them moving? The apparent motion of the illustration is due to a visual illusion known as peripheral drift. The motion appears in your peripheral (to the side) vison when black and dark grey lines or white and light gray lines are drawn side by side. If you like this type of illusion, there are many more for you to view at Akiyoshi’s illusion pages.

Warning: This post contains some works of “anomalous motion illusion”, which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you should leave this post immediately.

A deadly strain of bird flu was detected in Northern Cyprus. The deadly H5N1 strain of Avain flu has been confirmed in a dead bird. Cyprus began killing free roaming poultry and disinfecting vehicles coming in from the Turkish areas. Hong Kong has also found birds that tested positive for the H5N1 strain. The bird flu has killed 81 people since 2003. The world health organization estimates this virus, or one similiar, could target humans. If this happens it could spread around the world in 3 months killing 2 to 7.4 million humans. It’s like the last flu pandemic called the Spanish flu. It occured at the end of World War 1 killing 50 million people around the world. Some doctors and scientists believe this is why the government should be making a vaccine to combat this virus when it becomes necessary. This info is from google news [bird flu]

As you might know that I like penguins. There are either 17 or 18 known species of penguins worldwide. The largest penguin is the Emperor penguin and the smallest is the little blue penguin also known as the fairy penguin. Most penguins eat fish , krill or squid. no species of penguins live in the Northern Hemisphere. Now you know a little bit about penguins.

As you may have heard, John is a finalist in the Connecticut Defenders Coloring Contest! John needs all the support he can get so make sure to visit http://ctdefenders.com to vote for John! When you get to the site go to Kid Zone the press the button that says coloring contest, after that go down to the bottom of the page and VOTE FOR JOHN And as Mrs. E says ” A vote for John is a vote for you!” Remember that if John wins, the mascot of the Connecticut Defenders WILL COME TO OUR SCHOOL SO LETS GET OUT THERE AND VOTE FOR JOHN!!!

Imagine this, you’re in an exhibition hall in Poland and there is snow on the roof. Suddenly, because of the weight of 1 foot of snow, the roof collapses and you’re buried under metal and snow. Well, that is exactly what happened to about 500 people on Saturday in Katowice, Poland. Somewhere around 160 people are injured and 62 are confirmed dead. Of the 59 corpses that have been identified, 7 were foreigners. A search for bodies using dogs trained to find corpses failed and officials have basically given up hope for finding more survivors. A new law is being discussed that will compel large building owners to remove ice and snow from their roofs. Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewica states that “The changes in the law will be based on raising penalties, including the closure of buildings whose roofs are not cleared of ice or snow.” I think that the new law should go thorough in order to keep people safe. Don’t you?

For more information, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5581549,00.html

In December the 6th graders of our school and many others in Connecticut colored a poster handed out. John in our class is a finalist. If you want to see his poster or vote for him click here.

The Bird Flu is a deadly disease to all birds and the bird population. Right now the disease is in Asia and Europe. It’s interesting but in 2003 Asia had the Bird Flu as well, sweeping out the poultry and wild bird population. Now the Bird Flu is back and the United States is doing reserch to help our people and birds in need. Ron DeHaven of Animal and Plant Health Inspection service says “We’re going to increase surveillance of migratory birds because we know that is a potential pathway”. Animal and Plant Health Inspection think that migrating birds are spreading the Flu and they’re going to be studing and testing them to see if it’s true. They will also be testing commercial poultry so that they might be able to find a cure.The testing cost a good amount of money; wild birds cost between $35 to $80 and commercial poultry cost between $30 to $35. Testing can cost a lot of money especialy with a lot of birds. Well the the Bush fondation asked congress for $91 million to put towards monitoring wild birds, vaccines for poultry, and to come together with other countries to help our birds survive this awful desease. By Maya K.

On February 10^th the Olympics will officially start in Turin, Italy. In just 17 days 84 medals will be given out to many athletes. Whether its biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge, ice skating, or snow boarding, only one will receive the gold. These games are not in only one spot. They occur in eight others, Bardonecchia, Pinerolo, Pragelato, Cesana-Pariol, Cesana-San Sicario, Sauze d’Oulx, Sestriere, and Torino followed by Claviere and Torre Pellice, the two training centers. Now that you know where it will take place and what you will see, lets move on to the judges. There will be 650 judges and referee’s. 10,000 journalists and media operators will be there to ketch every game. Back then the Olympics were nothing what you thought they were. They were only one day until 684 B.C. That’s when it extended to three days. But as the 5^th Century B.C. came along, the Olympics moved its way to five days. What you would watch was, running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian events. Men could participate and watch the games. But not all women could go see these games. Some of the women did not like this segregation and would dress up as men to watch the games. If they were ever to be found they would be thrown off the Mountain of Typaion. As listed in the rules. There were also regulations. 14 articles in the regulations had an article on corruption. If a judge or opponent made a corruption, they would serve their punishment by being whipped.

Well there you have it. All you need to know about the Winter Olympics is taken care of. Now all you have to do is watch them for yourself!

For more information on the 2006 Winter Olympics,

go to: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/winter-olympics-turino-preview.html or http://www.sportsline.com/olympics/winter/

Credit to ‘Columbia Crossroads’

Have you ever been to Florida I have. I can (tell you) about florida’s beachs and much more. The thin(g) I love about florida is its beaches, Florida has great beachs like Daytona beach. Plus Florida has theme parks and even I bet Florida has 500 theme parks. One other thing Florida has (is) cool hotels like the Hard Rock hotel in Orlando. Orlando is a very big place and with a lot of people. That was all about my fun trip to Florida.:)

Well not exactly; But the skull of a 135 million year old sea monster was found. Scientists discovered this large fossil in southern Argentina in an area that was once part of the Pacific Ocean. The creature’s name is Dakosaurus Andiniensi (its nickname is Godzilla) and is a whole new species of ancient crocodilians, but unlike today’s crocodiles “Godzilla” lived entirely in water. The creature was measured 13 feet from nose to tail. “Godzilla” does not have feet but four flippers and a fish like tail to move threw the water. Something that makes this mighty beast stand out is it’s snout. Most crocodiles have a long snout with sharp, identical teeth, but “Godzilla” has a short high snout with jagged teeth. These traits lead scientists to what it ate. “Godzilla” ate large marine reptiles and other sea creatures. But don’t worry Tokyo this ones in South America.

Ref:Photo and story from National Geographic for Kids

Can you believe that on January 28 an earthquake stuck Eastern Indonesia? Well at 1:58 a.m it hit the Banda sea in Eastern Indonesia. The earthquake had a 7.7 magnitude,but a depth of 212 miles which made the impact less on the Earth’s surface. Even though you may think that this earthquake caused lots of damage it didn’t and there is no chance that a tsunami would occure.”Although it was quite strong, it was deep, so the possibility of casualties and damage is relatively small,” Yusuf, an official at the national earthquake center in Jakarta, told Reuters on Saturday. Earthquakes are common in Indonesia and its 17,000 thousand islands are located around the Pacific ring of fire,so that is why there are so many earthquakes! Now you know about the earthquake in Eastern Indonesia.

Ref:http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_international.asp?id=125629

I know this a little off the school topic, but I thought it was awesome! There is this thing called “Yahoo! Avatars.” Its really neat and you can create an animated person that looks just like you! Its really fun! You can log on at http://avatars.yahoo.com/ with your yahoo i.d. or make one at that web page. I have several ones and it is really fun! You can use them for your Yahoo Instant Messsenger also! ~Allie~

A penguin named Toga has been stolen from the Amazon World Zoo.The Mother and Father of Toga are Kyala and Oscar, had laid an egg, It had hatched and then they were living happily togther, that is untill Toga the offspring was stolen from the zoo. The police figure that someone stole the penguin for a “present” for someone. After that Kyala and Oscar missed Toga alot and It showed but eventually they moved on and suprisingly they started to build a new nest and the staff of the zoo, were hoping that Kyala would lay another egg. She did lay an egg and It is supposed to hatch somewhere around 40 days. Even though everyone wishes that Toga will return, It’s still wonderful news that a new offspring is on the way. Kath Bright, the zoo manager, said yesterday: “This is fantastic. Kyala and Oscar seem a happy pair of penguins and we are keeping our fingers crossed”. Please hope the best for Toga and the new baby penguin coming!-SaraH.

Hi, I’m here to tell you about (the) space dust collected! I wasn’t one of the people chosen to do the news blogs, but I thought I would anyway because not many people in 6h did them so I thought I might help out a little! On January 15th, the space craft, “Star Dust” returned to earth after a seven year journey that had a mission to collect dust from space to learn how our solar system was created which was 4,550 million years ago. They also obtained dust from the close encounter with a comet! It will be interesting to see the data that the scientist(s) obtained from this experiment. I know this is a little bit short but it still gives good and interesting information.

(second photo by Mr. H)

Who is not my sister or my brother but is a child of my mother?

Me

What doesn’t get any wetter no matter how much it rains?

The ocean

What get’s wetter the more it dries?

A towel

Davids father has 3 sons, snap, crackle, _____? David

A bus driver is walking up a street the wrong way, he stops and waves to a police. The police knows he’s going the wrong way, why does he not arrest him?

He’s walking

An electric train leaves the station at 9:30 AM. The wind is blowing north at 10mph. The train arrives at the station at 11:30. How much steam does it make?

It doesn’t, it’s an electric train.

I hope these riddles really gave your mind a twist.

 My “hero” is Jeff Gordon and I love NASCAR racing. I myself am a great racer and hope to perticipate in a go-cart league (like my Uncle). I LOVE Disney world and my grand parents Nana and Baba, who live in Kissimee Florida, and works at Disney. My Dad works at an airplane engine producer. If I don’t get a job as a profesional NASCAR driver (which is likely) then I hope to get a good job in the aircraft engine industry. I am also a good athlete. I can run very fast, in fact I’m almost the fastest kid in the grade. Yes I said almost. Shane, Keith, Brianne, Alex, and a few others are still faster than me. My favorite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox and my favorite football team is the New England Patriots. My life is great and I believe that I have a great future.

If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to the Bahamas. I would like to go there because it seems like a wonderful vacation spot. In addition to this I would go to the Bahamas because it is always warm and I love to swim, So I could go swimming at the beach or pool. Plus I have heard that there are a lot of stores for shopping and I love to shop. I also heard that they drive on the right side of the car and I think that would so be fun to do.

In Iraq they have a USA reporter for hostage until we give them their 14 Iraq girl prisoners. If we don’t give them they (say) they will kill her. They sent us a tape of her. She is speaking but there are guys in black suits and black hats all around her with guns. As she stays there her family really misses her. As her mother speaks “We will always think (of her) and love her forever.”

On January 19, 2006 at 2:00pm a space probe started it’s 3 billion mile journey to Pluto. It left the Earth going 36,000 mph. It was powered by 24 lbs. of plutonium. It was supposed to reach Jupiter in about a year. The space probe will use the gravity of Jupiter like a catapult to get some speed. Because of the distance the scientists will not be able to be given any information about Pluto until July, 2015. The trip is going to take about a decade. I found this interesting because I never knew it was possible to go to Pluto!

I found the information for this article at http://www.foxnews.com

Trial Delayed?

by Keith C

Recently Saddam Husseins trial was delayed. Why you ask? Because in Iraq where the trial will be held a minor hold up has occured. There was a new chief of the trial panel appointed to the trial. Which caused bickering between the other judges. Which resulted in a 5 day delay of the trial which was scheduled to resume on Tuesday Jan 24 will now be resumed on sunday Jan 29. Judge Hussein Moussawi , says ” this is just an excuse to give the judges time for long disscusions”. These long disscusions are needed to resolve issues surounding the bump in the road from getting their panel mixed up. This panel has lost two other members in the month long recces. Some of Saddams lawyers have been killed by people that do not want him to get off. I feel Saddam has killed many people and should be convicted. I also feel that this delay of the trial is not neaded very much. If they’re professional judges they should be able to resume the trial on time no matter what goes on in their trial panel. Well now you know my opinion and most of whats going on in Iraq. If you want to look this story up further go to the link below:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-012406iraq_lat,0,2481443.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

If I could go any where in the world, I would go to Australia to see the kangaroos, wallabies and the beaches. Another reason I want to go there is to see Sydney, where the Olympics took place. I wonder what sports they play in Australia, and I would love to watch a sports event there. I would also like to visit the capital of Australia, Canberra, and swim along the Great Barrier Reef, the biggest coral reef in the world. I think it would be cool to visit all 6 states and to see how the climate and natural features differ and compare to each other.

Osama bin Laden a known terrorist, who has been silent for more than thirteen months has spoken again. The Al-Qaeda chief has sent an audiotape, offering the United States a truce. President Bush rejected the offer immediately saying “We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business.” Although Osama bin Laden did promise there would be more attacks in the “heartland” of America, the United States will not raise the national alert level. “It is no accident that we have not been hit for more that four years”, insisted Vice President Dick Cheney. On the other hand Cheney does admit that U.S. citizens should be careful he claims that “the enemy that struck on 9/11 is weakened and fractured, it is still lethal.” Last week, an U.S. air strike in Pakistan killed eighteen people. Four of which were involved in Al-Qeada. One, the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden’s main deputy, and another a bomb expert. When asked if he agreed with attack Pakistan’s Prime Minister said, “Clearly every countries sovereignty needs to be protected and safeguarded.” Although the white house refused to comment on the attack, they said before the attack. “The terrorists started the war. And the president made it clear that we will end it at a time and place of our choosing”. I thought this topic was interesting because Osama bin Laden’s United States #1 enemy and we all thought he was forced into hiding. Then after thirteen months we get a tape from him imposing another threat on the U.S.

• http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060120/afp/060120135026top.html

• http://dsl.sbc.yahoo.com/index.html Click Movie and scroll down then click Terrorist Safe Haven.
  

Gaza City, Israel- One Palestinian militant is comfirmed dead after an Israeli airstrike. He was one of three Palestinians who were in a car on the outskirts of Gaza City. The soldiers were planning on attacking the city. Fortunately, an Israeli aircraft saw the danger and opened fire on the vehicle. The attack killed one man and wounded the others. Israel and Palestine are bitter enemies, seeing as Palestine was forced to give up some of it’s land by the United Nations, after they agreed to let the Jewish people have a country of their own. Palestine wants some, if not all, of the stolen land back, but the Israeli’s are prepared to fight for it. This is the reason that they’re at war, and the reason that things like this happen between them.

To get an A+ in a Social Studies grade and all your other classes all you have to do is Study and ask questions when you dont understand something. “If you can believe, you can achieve”, Remember that It comes in handy when your looking down at your test in a class sighing and moaning. So always take the Capybara jump to success!

Everyone knows the story where the Rabbit and the Turtle racing and the Rabbit figured he could go so much faster then the turtle so he wasted time, but suprisingly the Turtle won! Now the turtle decided that he’d like to show that rabbit that now Turtles can go just as fast as he can maybe even Faster! The picture shows how the turtle now goes faster then a rabbit, when pushed. The turtle knew that he could do it, so now you believe that you can do It!

Journalist Jill Carroll once said, ” All I ever wanted to be was a foreign correspondent”. Jill was working for the Christian Science Monitor until she was laid off and became a freelancer. Jill Carroll had once wrote that she wanted to write stories about a war. Jill Carroll, who worked in Boston, Massachusetts decided to go to Iraq to write about the war. Jill had visited the area before in 2002 when she moved to Jordan, six months before the war started, to learn about the area. In Iraq, many of her stories were published in papers throughout the world. She also was interviewed by National Public Radio. Jill, 28 years old, kept on writing until January 7, 2006, when she kidnapped in one of Baghdad’s roughest neighborhoods. Jill was on her way to meet a Sunni Arab Official when her car was ambushed by gunmen and her translator was killed while Jill Carroll became a hostage. The gunmen threatened to kill her in 72 hours unless the military of the United States released all Iraqi female prisoners that they held in custody. As we speak, Iraq representatives from an American Muslim Group, are working as they can to find freelancer Jill Carroll. The gunmen threatening Jill Carroll wanted to kill her even though she purely believes in what the Iraqi people believe in, she also supports them. The search for Jill Carroll continues. See you next time with more news on Jill Carroll and what happens in Baghdad!! Hope all goes well!

The source of my information for this story is www.CNN.com. The photo is from www.cpj.org

The rescuers work extremely hard to save this 17 foot, 4 ton northern bottle-nose whale. It is the first time since 1913 that a whale has been in the Thames River. A member of the British Diver Marine Life Rescue group, Alan Knight said he feared the whale was going to get beached because the tide was going down. Alanalso said “It might be coming up river to die.” The whale looked thin to the rescuers. But,if the whale is in the right condition the team will attemt to attach pontoons and lift and lift it into a boat and bring it to sea. The Thames river has alot of mud at night it might be hard to do but they will do anything they need. Friday later a 2nd whale was spotted trying to follow the whale that was already in the river. Tom Howard-Vyne saw the fist whale swim under the Westminster bridge.”I saw it blow,It was a spout of water which sparled in the air.” Alison Shaw maine and fresh water conservation program said “It is just a race against time.” Saturday night as they tryied to bring the whale to sea it died. To investigate this storie more click here: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/20/britain.whale/

Have you heard?! Liberia has just elected the FIRST women President! Her name is, Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf and was sworn in Monday. ”It is time for us, regardless of our political affiliations or persuasions, to come together to heal and rebuild our nation,” states 67-year old Sirleaf during her inaugrial speech. “Sirleaf government is backed up by 15,000 U.N. troops” writes The International Herald Tribune, in their article. Ms Sirleaf was born in 1938, working her way through college, Ellen mopped floors and waited on tables. In 1971 she graduated from Harvard with an M.P.A. She was inprisoned twice in Liberia for political reasons. “We know that your vote was a vote for change, a vote for peace, security….. we have heard you loudly” Ms.Sirleaf had also said during her speech “We reconize this change is not a change for change’s sake, but a fundamental break with the past” ~ Allie~

If I could go anywhere in the world,where would I go? I would probably go to Alaska. I would like to see what the terrian is like, and experience the cold weather. I’ve also always wanted to study wolves up close and personal. Plus, seeing the northern lights would be a blast. They would be so beautiful, both the wolves and the northern lights.

Every Friday we will have a 15 minute current events discussion. The class discussion will be centered around the Newsbreak posts published that week by three volunteer authors from your class.  

International Newsbreak Posts Guidelines:

All news stories must be international in scope. The U.S. can be involved in the issue discussed, but the setting/location must be international. Possible topics include:

events, cultures, technology, economic, political, artistic and other.

Each newbreak post must include:

• Title

• Summary Paragraph at least 8 sentences long that fully explains the story. Your paragraph should be detailed and organized so that it stands on it’s own merits. Your reader should be able to understand your story without having prior knowledge of the topic.

• A photo that is related to your story or topic
• A hyperlink to the source or sources of your story
• Your point of view on what you think about the story or why you found it interesting

________________________________________________________________________

Where do I find a story?

Google News

Yahoo News

CNN

Fox News

BBC

Business Week

and many, many more!

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If I could go anywhere in the world it would be Egypt, because Egypt has a very interesting history, with the pyramids, mummification, art, hieroglyphs, gods, and more. I would like to go and see the ruins and travel by camel back through the Valley of the Kings and see the sphinxes and lots lots more.

If i could go anywhere in the world, it would definitly be California because that is where Dylan Sprouse lives! I would go to Hollywood, meet Dylan Sprouse, get an augtograph, then he would ask me out and we would be boyfriend and girlfriend! As we get older he would propose and i would say “YES” and get married! Brianna would get married to his brother, Cole. Also way before I even met Dylan I would become a very rich and famous actress. I would also go there because of the beautiful landscape!

Here is what happened over christmas vacation:

Santa came down the chimney, but by accident we had left the fire going…

We didn’t get any presents this year…

Plie! tondue! that’s the sound of a ballet teacher.Russia is the capital of ballet even though it started in Italy as a form of enternainment! I love to dance and one of my all time favorite dances is ballet.Going to Russia and learning the real discipline would be great. I would perfect my technique and my pointe work would be graceful. Although it would take alot of work I’m going start saving money for that dream and maybe just maybe it will come true!That’s all for now bye!

The place I would go would be my bed. I am tired like almost everyday. The bed was one of the best inventions ever made. Everyday you should be able to sleep to ten o’clock. Who ever doesn’t have a bed must get one right now!!!! I’m on my way!!!! ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz!

I want to go to Iceland because it has fertile land for farming, because it has a volcano on the island and it is very beautiful. It is warm in the summer an in the winter it is still kind of warm still.  

The place that I want to visit is Canada.Because I always wanted to see it. Canada has lots of wild life and cold weather.I always wanted to see Canada’s landscape.There are lots of cities like Toronto and Montreal. Some day I will see Canada and I hope I like it.

Theres one place in the world that I would like to visit, and that is the beautiful town of Venice, Italy. Venice is a place where children drink wine and the streets are water. People travel in gondolas instead of cars which saves them paying the cost of gas money. They live a peacful life with many tourist attractions. Also, it would be a great opportunity to learn many historic facts about things like why the city is partially underwater and I would love to visit there! 

If I could go anywhere it would be Bermuda because of the hot sunny beaches. I like it also because I would love to go scuba diving, and that’s my favorite place.

Jake O. recently shared a beautiful picture of the Northern Lights as part of his Canada post. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has a real time graphic of northern hemisphere auroral activity here. If you see the yellow or red on the graphic drop as far south as Connecticut, take a look outside and turn to the North* to enjoy the show.

By the way, 5 bells to the first student who explains (in your own words) what causes the Northern Lights (Aurora effect) AND shares the resource where you found the information. You can do this in a comment to this post, or in a new post.

Mr. H.

*PS: It will help if you do this after dark.

If I could go anywhere in the world I would have to say Italy!I would love to visit Italy because my family tree traces back to when our ancestors lived there.I would also want to know more about the food,language,and lifestyles.I have always wanted to go to Italy since the day I found out I was Italian!Maybe one of these days I can!!

If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to Rome. I would go to Rome because Rome has so many historical artifacts like the Roman Coliseum,and a bunch of other cool buildings. It would be a long and expensive trip,but it would be worth it. I would also want to go to Egypt and Greece because they have historical buildings too. Especially Egypt because of the pyramids and the big statues of the Pharaohs.

Did you know we have Italian pen pals. They have really neat handwriting. I think they have the same tv stations or cartoons like spongebob.They eat like pizza and spaghetti 24/7.That would stink, no lobster or steak just pizza and spaghetti.

In Science Class we are learning about genetics, heredity and Mendel. We have started a “bean project” which we will be creating our own family base on the beans we pick out of the cups at school. We are expected to make at least 3 generations. And we can also make it any theme you’d like, my theme is super Heroes “The Kent Family”. We have to have three partners to fulfill our expectations.

My name is Allie, I am just sitting here doing homework and decieded to say “HI World!!!” and tell you a little bit about my self, I have a brother and a pet guinea pig named Cloe, she is very adorable!!!! My favorite color is red and my favorite thing in S.S. class is Mr.Bell and learning new things about our world! Better finish up bye!!!!

In L.A. class we have pen pals from Italy! I have recieved two letters one from a girl named Elisabetta, and a boy named Enrico!!! Their letters were nice and very colorful! I am very excited about recieving the next package of letters from them!

Yesterday in Language Arts we got our pen pals from Italy. So now not only would I like to go to Hollywood but also to Italy to oneday meet my pen pal Sara. (She has the same name as me.) The reason why I’d like to meet her is so I could get to know her better. Also it would be easier to communicate, I havent wrote a letter to her yet but I know this is the beginning of a wonderful pen-pal relationship !

In the picture it shows the beatiful sky’s in Italy, It also shows how most of the people that live in Italy have their houses connected.

This is just a mini introduction to Mr.Bell. Anyways your probably wondering who Mr.Bell is, right ? I’ll tell you, Mr.Bell is a bell that lives in our Social Studies room in 6th grade in our school. Sometimes Mr.H our teacher asks a question to someone directly or to the whole class, and these questions are really hard most of the time for me at least. If you know the answer and tell Mr.H then you get to ring Mr.Bell whatever number of times Mr.