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We are a 6th grade class that is piloting a 1:1 laptop program using MacBook computers. We blog, Skype, make Wiki pages, produce digital videos, podcasts and vidcasts.
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Disneyland
Article posted November 10, 2010 at 06:10 PM GMT0 • Reads 749
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I was waiting three months for this trip. It took a long time to get to California by car. When we got to Los Angeles California I     was astonished. I was sizzling with excitement it felt like my face was going to explode it took us a few days to get ready to go to Disney land. I was excited when this day came. Because that meant we where going to go. To Disney land I was waiting my whole. Life for this moment I can’t wait. Till I get there once we got there I was astonished. That I ran to the gate and we waited for a train to. Come and take us there. When I got to the main entrance I saw. Many sparkling lights when. I got to a place in Disney land called main street. I got a hat after that I went to the castle we. Went on a ride where there is a mountain. And it goes fast when I got on splash mountain I was. Drench with water when we went to go see the fire works. It was the most beautiful thing I. I ever saw after that we went back home. I would never forget this day I love Disney land. Â
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Article posted November 10, 2010 at 06:10 PM GMT0 • Reads 749
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Scary Story
Article posted November 10, 2010 at 06:11 PM GMT0 • Reads 216
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THE SCARIEST NIGHT EVER!
It was a dark Halloween night It was a night of scary things. No noise could be heard next to the most Terrifying house there, is a story that all my friends tell me about this house. I heard that on this night  a man killed a little boy. This house has been haunted from the day the boy got killed to this very night. No one did not even get close to this house but today on this night. I will enter this house all alone as I walk towards the house. Stillness is in the air when I got to the door scariness followed me to the house. As I got to the door I was astonished that I made it this far. But the house was waiting for me to enter. When I open the door there was nothing in the house just. Me I saw scary things in my life but not this scary. This was the most far I thought I should go but I wanted to kept on going. So as I open many doors all of the doors made a cracking sound. As I when up the stairs horror followed me. Up these stairs I felt like fainting of horror. I could not believe my eyes I saw a ghost coming up the floor boards. It look like the little boy my friends told me in the story. I tried to tell what is your name but it just came closer and closer. I saw the trails of blood it left as it came closer and closer. I was starting to get ,so frighten that I scream ‘’ah’’! ‘’Ah’’ the ghost came closer and closer. I was so scared that it felt like my heart was in my throat. I ran to the door and open it but before I was going. To get out the ghost got me and I told my self ‘’it is all over’’.
THE END!
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Article posted November 10, 2010 at 06:11 PM GMT0 • Reads 216
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Halloween
Article posted February 24, 2011 at 10:38 PM GMT0 • Reads 425
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   “Wow.†I shouted I couldn’t believe that Halloween was here. I have been waiting the whole year for this holiday. When I was eating breakfast I couldn’t stop thinking of all the candy I could eat. My mouth started to pucker and I was starting to drool. When my mom took us to buy costumes. I couldn’t choose if I wanted to be scary. I finally choose a scary mask. When I got my costume ready I headed out side to get some candy.
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When I started going to far house I was thinking that I must of walk far. When I turned around to go back I forget what street to take and I started to scream. I screamed so loud that some birds in a tree flew away. I thought I was almost home because I saw something that look familiar.
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When I saw something that look like it was unusual I started to run because it look freaky. When I stopped running I saw that was in front of my house. When I got home I ate candy for the whole week. After that night I went to sleep good night.
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Article posted February 24, 2011 at 10:38 PM GMT0 • Reads 425
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The Journey On The Train
Article posted March 11, 2011 at 08:35 PM GMT0 • Reads 152
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The Journey On The Train
The day was clear as light it was so hot that I didn’t even want to go outside. As I approach the train there was no one in site. But when the train stop every body came running it was a stampede of people. When I got on board the train I battle to find a seat because there were people rushing to get a seat.
When the train began to move I just kept on looking Out of the window the only, thing I saw was just a sandy desert. The train past millions of ghost towns and old mines. There was one thing that was unusual I thought that I saw a ghost looking out of a old house window.
After riding the train for hours I saw that there was a train track missing and we stop so hard that I flew like a bird. When I saw that some people were going outside to fix the track I saw that they were carrying lots of things. Finally the train started to move. I could see all the smoke coming out of he top. When we were crossing the mountains that was blocking the border to Mexico.
Some bandits came on their horses, they were traveling at the speed of light. A guy got off his horse and said give me the money or we take the train. We were all shivering with fright in our eyes. Then I got up and told my self I am not going to sit here scared.
And I marched to the door and told the “guy get out of here or we will make youâ€. Then the guy said “what if I don’t want toâ€.
And a guy on the train said “ then we will drop you guys of a cliff “. When the bandit saw that all of us got of the train they got on there horse’s and galloped away. When we crossed the border the train stop and a sign said “ your final destination Mexico.â€
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Article posted March 11, 2011 at 08:35 PM GMT0 • Reads 152
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4 Facts About Me
Article posted March 15, 2011 at 11:52 PM GMT0 • Reads 202
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      4 Facts About Me
       Hi my name is Jose My favorite restaurant is Denny's because when they put syrup on my pancakes it drips like a water fall. Also when I eat ice cream I like how they put lots of chocolate and wip cream on the top.     Â
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My favorite movie is I Am A legend because Will Smith is alone with his dog in New York. Every where they go there is zombies. But one day he finds a woman and here son stranded on a crashed plane. When all the zombies enter the house Will Smith kills him self and all the zombies with a grenade to save the woman.
My favorite place to go is New York because I like how they have different kinds of food like Italian,Chinese,Indian and American. But my favorite place to go in New York is the New York Yankees stadium because they are my favorite base ball team.
I like to listen to pop and rap because it makes me fell good when I am mad. And I also like it because my favorite singers sing  that kind of music.
                  These are four facts about me.
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Article posted March 15, 2011 at 11:52 PM GMT0 • Reads 202
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The Day I Broke My Arm And Got Help
Article posted March 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM GMT0 • Reads 201
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                 The Day I Broke My Arm And Got Help
  One day at home I went outside so I could  play with my friends.  When I got outside to play with my friends we kept on wondering  what we should play. I thought soccer and my friends said that´s was a great idea. So we broke up into teams of four. I started off with the ball. When I got close to scoring a goal whoosh! I tripped over the ball and my face darted at the ground I fell like a tiger taking down a zebra. When I got up my hand was bent back with a broken bone.
My uncle came and picked me up and  rushed me to the house. Then my uncle told my Mom . When my Mom heard what happened she got in the car and took me to the doctor.
When the doctor saw what happened he said my bone was dislocate. So he did something to fix my arm. Then he put on a cast. When I got home I thought what would happened if my uncle hadn't been there . That was day the day somebody helped me.
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Article posted March 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM GMT0 • Reads 201
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Semi Finals
Article posted March 18, 2011 at 10:47 PM GMT0 • Reads 205
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                     Semi Finals
“Wow!†I shouted we are in the semi finals. And we are versus a team called South America. They are good the last time we faced them we tied one to one. Now we are making a plan to win the game. Our plan is to pass and shot. Now the game has started everybody wishes us luck and the other team. We start of with the ball pass it to my teammate and the game was on. My teammate pass the ball to me and I pass it to a kid name Nicolas. And then Nicolas shot the ball so hard you can hear the wind! When the ball was in the air from Nicolas shot a kid header it and hit the post. And then the other team had the ball they kept T passing the ball in till they were close to goalie box. When the kid shot the ball we yelled “yes†because the goalie block the ball. When the first half was over the score was zero to zero it was a hard game so far. The coach said “we were so tired that we almost drank all the water bottles.†The second half started they had the ball first everybody cheered with excitement because this game was awesome. They almost scored but we block it. Now we had the ball it was our turn to try and score but the goalie block it. When the game was over it was zero to zero. The referee said we had to go to penalties so we did. First they shot and miss then we shot and scored. They shot and scored and then we scored again and won two to one.
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Article posted March 18, 2011 at 10:47 PM GMT0 • Reads 205
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High Hopes
Article posted April 26, 2011 at 06:37 PM GMT0 • Reads 153
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I live in Sparks, Nevada my High Hope for school is to get better food in the cafeteria. My High Hopes for my community is we stop having crimes because the community can stop thinking people doing crimes. My High Hope for our world is to help people that have sufferd by tsunamis and earthquakes because they have nowhere to live because there house have been tore down by the disasters.
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Article posted April 26, 2011 at 06:37 PM GMT0 • Reads 153
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Burst Balloon
Article posted April 27, 2011 at 07:59 PM GMT0 • Reads 187
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Burst Balloon
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Article posted April 27, 2011 at 07:59 PM GMT0 • Reads 187
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A Tragedy That Turned Out To Be A Amazing Day For The World
Article posted April 29, 2011 at 09:08 PM GMT0 • Reads 181
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A Tragedy That Turned Out To Be A Amazing Day For The World
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“WOW†today was the day that me and other astronauts. Will be the first people to orbit around the. World this has been astonishing people from around the world. When I entire the lab the scientist put on my space suit. When the putted on the big part that went in the back of my suit started to be really heavy. When I heard the people at the space station say “it is your time to to become the first people to orbit around the earth.
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As we approached the space shuttle the audience cheered. I am the commander of the space shuttle explore. The scientist in Houston,Texas told us is everything ready we said yes. When they were doing the countdown the audience started to count to 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off.
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We were going at a tremendous speed. At Florida a guy said “ the shuttle has left the launch pad its all yoursâ€. When we reached outer space we dropped our rockets and fuel tank. Now we were only a glider.
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Our plan was to orbit around the earth but when we were half way around the earth we lost contact with the scientist. We started to lose control half of our shuttle was blown away. We finally orbited around the earth, the only problem was how to land it with only half of our shuttle.
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“Mission command we have a problem how are we going to land.†They said you try to figure it out we will try to do something here. We were falling so fast the I thought we were a shooting star. We were so close to the launch pad. Thump we crashed in to the ground but luckily we were still alive. Everyone cheered it was a disaster but we still were the first people to orbit around the earth.
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Article posted April 29, 2011 at 09:08 PM GMT0 • Reads 181
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Balloon Experiment Results
Article posted May 12, 2009 at 07:00 AM GMT0 • Reads 218
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Balloon Experiment Results
Description: We are going to attach a green balloon that will be filled ¼, a blue balloon that will be filled half way, a orange balloon that will be filled almost full and Cheetos bag on our payload. Next, we will send the payload up over 100,000 feet high on a high altitude balloon.
Hypothesis:
Real Results
Green Balloon- When we launched our balloon the green balloon was filled with ¼ of the way with air. But when the green balloon was about 90,000 feet in the air it expanded so much that it almost covered the whole top of the payload. When we got our payload back the green balloon shrank back to it's regular size.
Blue Balloon= The blue balloon was filled ½ the way with air. The blue balloon popped. When we saw what happened to the blue balloon there was only a little nibble left of the blue balloon.
Orange Balloon= We filled the orange balloon almost full with air. When the orange balloon pop. It was really high in the air because the latex didn't shrink back to its regular size.
Bag Of Cheetos= The bag of cheetos got plump when it got high in the air. We thought that it was going to pop. But we saw that the chip bag had a little hole in it.
How our payload look before.
How the payload look when we got it back.
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Article posted May 12, 2009 at 07:00 AM GMT0 • Reads 218
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High Hopes Balloon Launch 2011
Article posted June 6, 2011 at 08:28 PM GMT0 • Reads 233
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High Hopes Balloon Launch 2011
I woke up with astonishment! I remembered that we were going to launch our high altitude balloon project. When I got to school Mr.Crosby told us to cut the high hopes into ovals. When we were done I took the high hopes to the UNR people for the could put them in to the balloon.
Mr. Crosby was telling us what not to do when we are at the launch he told us lots of thing. When we got to the launch we saw when the scientist were going to put the high hopes in to the balloon. When they put the high hopes in the balloon I thought that I was part of the balloon. All of a sudden every one started counting down “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift offâ€. When the said lift off I felt like I was watching a space shuttle launch. I saw the balloon soar into the air like a bird. When the balloon was in the air I also saw the EckoLoder .
When we got to the classroom we tracked all of the balloon with a radio. Every time we check the balloon it kept on going higher and higher. When the balloon got so high it couldn't take the pressure and popped.The parachute opened and landed safely in a military base. When we got the our payloads the orange balloon pop the blue balloon also pop but the green balloon expanded but didn't burst. It got filled up with air and then turned flat. When the balloon landed at the military base. The boss deleted all the pictures because it was a secret military base and they wanted no one to see the pictures.
Our balloon was safely returned. This was a amazing experience.
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Article posted June 6, 2011 at 08:28 PM GMT0 • Reads 233
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A Day With My Uncle
Article posted November 3, 2011 at 11:07 PM GMT0 • Reads 217
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It was a long summer day and the sun was setting. My Mom drove me to my uncle's house and I knocked on the door. When my uncle opened the door a smile popped on my face. I got inside the house. It smelled like strawberry. When I got to the living room I turned on the TV and sat on the couch with my uncle.
Baseball was on so I changed the channel and I saw it was the NewYork Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees are my favorite team. My uncles are the Boston Red Sox. The first inning started. The Yankees were up to bat. One by one two people got struck the ball was like a fly that buzzes by.
Alex Rodriguez was up to bat, “strike one†said the umpire, “strike two.†When the next pitch was thrown “bam†the ball hit the bat and soared in the air like a bird. Pass center field then out field and landed next to the bleachers.
“Home run†,shouted the person on the microphone a solo home run for Alex Rodriguez. The score was now 1-0 the Yankees were winning. After the first inning came the second Boston was was now up to bat David Ortiz was up to bat for Boston.
When the pitcher threw the ball it went so fast it look like a bullet was it's brother. And suddenly the ball was flying in the air it past the people and landed on the last bleachers.
A double home run for David Ortiz the score was now 2-1 Boston was ahead. The third inning arrived Alex Rodriguez was up to bat again. The pitcher was pouring buckets of water because he was afraid that Alex Rodriguez will hit another home run. If he made another home run it was going to be his 600th home run!
The pitcher threw the ball Alex Rodriguez popped a confident look on his face and hit the ball. The ball flew in till it hit that yellow ball that sticks up to mark the home run line and bounced back and landed in the bleachers.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run! The crowd went wild like wild monkeys. The score was now 2-2 the score inning by inning the score didn't change in till the ninth. Boston had bases loaded David Ortiz was up to bat. Strike on strike two and on the last pitch he hit the ball the ball landed to the people. Grand slam for David Ortiz!
The crowd went wild. The person on the microphone announced, “ it's going to take a miracle to win this game.†Yankees were up to bat with Mark Teixeira on third and Alex Rodriguez on second and Jorge Posada on first. Robinson Cano was up to bat if he made a home run the game was going to be tied. The pitcher threw the ball it hit the bat.
The ball flew like a blue bird and a crazy fan caught the ball. Grand Slam for the Yankees the game was now tied 6-6. Curtis Granderson was up to bat just one home run and the Yankees would win the game all the pressure was on him.
He swung the bat the ball hit the bat so hard it broke the bat. The went down center field and in to the home run zone. Home run Yankees won 7-6 the crowd went wild. That was a amazing experience with my uncle I had lots of fun with him.
The End
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Article posted November 3, 2011 at 11:07 PM GMT0 • Reads 217
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Ramiro The Pencil
Article posted January 31, 2012 at 10:46 PM GMT0 • Reads 209
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Ramiro The Pencil
Hi my name is Ramiro as I lay in Jose’s backpack I wait for Jose to use me for a story. First he gives me a shower in the pencil sharpener then I am ready to be used. Jose is a neat and sometimes a sloppy rider once in a while he makes lots of mistakes. And he goes to fast ahahahahah! Jose just smashed my tip! After taking another shower in the pencil sharpener we finally finished the story. After a hard day of being used I even got a hair cut. Well my ersaer is my hair awawawawn it’s time to go asleep in Jose backpack.
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Article posted January 31, 2012 at 10:46 PM GMT0 • Reads 209
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Jaguar
Article posted April 30, 2012 at 07:24 PM GMT0 • Reads 656
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Jaguar
Jaguars are very interesting. Jaguars climb trees to prepare an ambush or realise a deadly bite. Jaguars eat animals like deer, peccaries, capybaras, and tapris. Jaguars are close to being extinct. Jaguars are the biggest cat in South America. Jaguar mostly live in the amazon. In some cultures a jaguar is considered a god. But the significant thing about a jaguar is that they can live up to 12 to 15 years.
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Article posted April 30, 2012 at 07:24 PM GMT0 • Reads 656
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