- Enjoy Maddy's excellent Book Talk below. Listen to how well she uses BEVES and PEX to make her presentation both informative and engaging.
Enjoy some of the most engaging narrative stories. Listen carefully to see if team's accomplished the WILF..
- Strong lead
- Description of a place
- Description of a person
- Use of 4 appostives
- Use of 5 advanced vocabulary words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPJkU1yLFU
Student of the Week - Anisha
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Mr. Buxton-
I can't access the the Narrative video or the two youtube ones... Youtube videos say, "If the maker of this video has granted you permission to watch, please log in." And the other vid says, "This is a duplicate of a video that was already uploaded." How do I watch them?
Good job Anisha! Same for Maya and Nakul.
What do we have to do for the narrative writing?
What youtube videos?
Oh, that youtube video.
Here is a new weird word: Chacma, means a large brown baboon.
Mr. Buxton, that was not the final video. The final video is where Riya plays the part Caroline plays in this video.
Another one, bling, means flashy expensive jewelry.
Did you know that this: &, used to be in the alphabet?
Do you like the weird words?
Read this, it is interesting.
Gotham, the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps: New York City is the emblem of America, to many, especially as we remember the tragedy of September 11th, 2001.
Over the past three centuries, New York has grown to greatly overshadow its namesake, the city of York in northern England. Before New York was New York, it was a small island called Manna-hata by the local Native American tribe. In the early 1600s, the Dutch West India Company sent Henry Hudson on an expedition to explore the island and the river for a possible trading post. The island had an ideal geographic position for trading with furs with the Native Americans. To establish the Dutch footprint in the New World, they planted a trading post on the southern tip of the island and called it New Amsterdam, after their capital city. New Amsterdam officially became a city in 1625, a year still noted on the flag of New York City. The settlement at New Amsterdam reached from the southern tip of Manhattan to what today is Wall Street. Beyond the northern border of Wall Street, Manhattan was full of farms and orchards.
The trading post thrived and grew until the English decided they wanted a piece of the pie. In 1664, James II of England, the Duke of York, sent four war ships to New Amsterdam to fight for rights to the island. Remarkably, the Dutch did not resist. Rather than fight a losing battle against a superior military, the governor of New Amsterdam (Peter Stuyvesant) and prominent citizens of the colony surrendered without bloodshed.
The Duke renamed the island for his home city of York, and the rest is history. The last sign of Dutch rule in Manhattan remains on the flag of New York City, which still reflects the three stripes of the Dutch flag and the original founding year of the city.
This is interesting to!
Pluto may have been demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006, but that hasn’t stopped astronomers from studying this intriguing plutoid. NASA recently announced the discovery of a fourth moon, be it a “mini-moon,” circling the former planet. Dubbed “P4” for the time being, the hunt is on for an appropriate name.
The practice of naming planets after gods and goddesses can be traced back to the Babylonians, but it is the naming conventions of the Romans that we continue to refer to today. The International Astronomical Union has established a set of guidelines for planetary nomenclature that is monitored by a group of scientists.
Pluto’s name comes from a lovely and unlikely source. Fueled by a passion for classical mythology and astronomy, Venetia Burney, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl from Oxford, England, proposed the name Pluto to her grandfather (a librarian at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University) who in turn passed it on to astronomers at the Lowell Observatory. From a list of three prospective names, Venetia’s suggestion won out. For her achievement, Venetia’s grandfather rewarded her with five pounds.
Of the now four moons circling Pluto, Charon is the largest. The name is a derivation of the Greek Kharon – the ferryman of the dead over the river Styx. Charon is closely associated with the god Hades, whom the Romans link with Pluto.
The two remaining moons, Nix and Hydra are named in part for their initials NH, a reference to the New Horizons robotic spacecraft mission; or perhaps the names suggest the watchful eye the two keep over Pluto.
Nix is derived from the Greek Nyx, the goddess of darkness and night, and mother of Charon. The alternate spelling (replacing the y with an i) is to avoid confusion with the asteroid called 3908 Nyx.
Hydra is named for the nine-headed Lernaean beast who battled, and was eventually slain by, Hercules in Greek mythology.
In keeping with tradition, from what figure of Greek mythology should this newly discovered satellite be named? Offer your suggestion below.
It may seem long, but its interesting.
I found it all at a useful website called dictionary.com! Check it out!
Hey Mr.Buxton,
I was talking with some of my classmates, and they said that they want something related to a water balloon fight. After school, I talked to my mom about it, and she said that she could book a barbeque pit at Labrador Park (It has nothing to do with dogs) and we could have something like a homebase party on a Sunday. People could bring their own food to grill, and it would be lots of fun. We could go to the playground there, and we could have a water balloon fight(As long as we have swimsuits). Do you think this is possible?
Maya
P.S. My classmates and I could plan everything, and you wouldn't have to do much work.
Great Video Maddy. I like how you said the "The author told me not to tell anyone but I guess I can tell you" (P.S. I know those aren't the exact words so please don't comment)
Thanks Alex I think I can handle this.
I think having a water balloon fight would be a good idea. Why don't we check with Mr. L'Hearuex and maybe have a big water ballon fight across the whole 5th grade. I think that'll be suitable for maybe the last day of school. Any other suggestions guys?
Caroline, I just realized that I have your doll.
That is a good idea! You two should talk about coordinating all the people who made speech's ideas too. But mabye you should talk to Mrs.Graham, you know, sense she is the intermidiate principal.
Has anyone read the passage that I found? Because I sometimes feel that no one reads the things I put on.
I forgot to say good job to Maddy! Amazing book talk!
Nakul, what did you mean when you posted, "Thanks Alex I think can handle this."?
Anisha, its weird how you are always on when I am.
So the idea sounds cool?
The words that I put are random, by the way.
Yes Maya, it sounds amazing! Are you going to make it 5th grade or just our class?
I think that was a complex sentence, wasn't it?
I think my mom can only book enough space for 22 people. The park isn't big enough for 300 people. Anyway, remind me to tell Mr.Buxton on Monday.
And Alex, those paragraphs are really cool. I think the satellite should be called Aphrodite because she is supposedly the prettiest and nicest god there is. She is also my favorite god, even though she doesn't have a planet or day of the week named after her.
I think I just played Harrisen on math mayhem
how do you get to math meyhem?
Its where you always find it, down at the bottom.
Thanks for reading the passages new student rep!
That would be a nice name for the sattilite! Aphrodite!
I meant that we could have the fight at school, with the fifth grade.
I could try and suggest that, but it would be more likely that only our class could have the party. It still is a cool idea. :D
Mr Buxton, do you have the narrative vid saved on your computer, because all of my videos on my flip cam got deleted by accident. But don't worry I can film my book talk again. :)
I agree Maya. Its better to have it just with our class.
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If we have it with the fifth grade, this will happen:
1. The cleaning staff will quit their job because of it.
2. It is a total waste of ballons and its too much pollution for the earth.
There wont ve a lot of pollution if we have a party at a park. Do you get it Maya?
Emma- Did you find anything interesting that we can do for current events?
Alex- No. What you thought was a complex sentence is actually a compound sentence, but without the comma.
Mr Buxton, how many minutes does the book talk have to be?
Jaqueline, 5-7 minutes.
It can be 3-8 Jacqeline.
Oh, Anisha, your right, its a compound sentence.
Did you read the passage?
Did you like the words?
Hey Alex! I didn't see that point. I just thought how much money it would cost to have the whole fifth grade miss one day of school. It would also waste gallons of water. Plus, I want to have the special class to have a water balloon fight.:P
Thanks! ^_^
Trying to get everything together for Tuesday. I already have a pencil, an eraser, and a notebook. Is there anything else I need?
P.S. I went to a book store yesterday( It's called Harris and it's at 313 ) and it had Wonderstruck. Weird how it's not in the library.
Maya- If you go to Popular, you will find a pen which writes in 4 colors and has a pencil. As it is in a case, you will need to ask one of the people to get it. It is essential! YOu might also want to buy a blank notebook(no lines) for sketches.
Same for you, Nakul
Thanks for the ideas Anisha. You really helped me.
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