4 graphics for water unit

Here are the 4 graphics for water unit:

1. Evaporation - The picture on the right is a diagram showing how evaporation works. Evaporation is a process where water molecules change from liquid into gas, because of its increased tempreture.

2. Condensation - The picture on the right is a diagram of condensation on a glass cup. Condensation is a process where water molecules change from gas to liquid; which is the opposite of evaporation. On the diagram, water droplets come on the surface of the glass cup, because the warm water vapor touched a cold surface.

3. Precipitation - The picture on the right is a diagram showing a precipitation occuring when the rain is falling down. Precipitation is any form of water that falls to earth.

4. Infiltration - The picture on the right is a diagram which shows the process of infiltration. Infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.

Interviewing Bud (Movie)

This movie is about interviewing the main character called Bud from the book 'Bud, not Buddy' by Christopher Paul Curtis. Hope you enjoy this movie!!!

10 New Vocabulary Meanings (2)

1) Seizure : An uncontrollable squeezing of the muscle.

2) Swarming : A large number of beings moving around to a place without any pattern.

3) Venture : A journey or a beginning of a new thing.

4) Dignity : A person who is controlled, is respectful, kind and having good manners.

5) Knead : Squeezing or rolling clay or dough with your hand or massaging it.

6) Illuminating : 1. To light up.

2. To get an idea.

7) Virility : An attractive or sexy male.

8) Jittering : Vibrating or shaking in a small movement.

9) Hispanic : A person who come from Spain or South America who can speak Spanish natively.

10) Trepidation : A feeling that something bad or dreadful would happen.

Olive's Ocean

Olive's Ocean

Kevin Henkes

*****

I've finished reading a book called 'Olive's Ocean' by Kevin Henkes. I chose this book from the library because this book was recommended by my friend. It was at the 'Recommended books' section and it even won the Newbery Medal! I find myself into Newbery Medal books because I know that there was a good reason that it won the medal. The front cover of this book looks boring but Mrs. Hodgeson (the librarian) said it's not a good idea to choose a book by it's front cover.

The main character, Martha, got a letter from her friend Olive's mother. As she read through the letter, she felt very astonished because her classmate, Olive turned out to be dead by getting crashed by a car. She didn't know Olive that much and didn't talk to her but she regretted about it.

When the day finally came for summer vacation, Martha and her family went to her grandmother, Godbee's house to stay with her. Martha's big brother Vince, has friends by the last name of Manning very near Godbee's house. Martha started to get interested by one of the Manning boys called Jimmy and they had dinner together at the Manning's house. The more she spent time with Jimmy, she liked Jimmy more and more every time. However, when Jimmy kisses her and it was recording, Martha got very mad and she got even more mad when she kissed her for a bet. The whole thing changed: as time passed, she started disliking Jimmy and he started to like a younger boy called Tate.

One day, when Martha was at the beach with her little sister Lucy, she almost drowned at the river and saw Jimmy holding hands with another girl, giggling with each other. Martha remembered that Olive's favourite place to be was at the Pacific Ocean so she filled a bottle up with Pacific Ocean water and decided to give it to Olive's mother.

It was the day when Martha had to return home again. When she was just about to leave, Tate ran all the way from his house and gave a little bag to her. It included a video tape that Jimmy pictured Martha kissing him and a note. The note made Martha feel very happy because he admitted that he was the one who liked Martha.

Martha returned home and went to Olive's mother's house to give her the bottle but unluckily, her mother moved to another place.

After I read this book for over an hour, I felt very proud of myself that I had made a very good book choice and understood the book perfectly. I think this is a fascinating book and I know that the reader would like this book. The author also did a very nice job introducing new vocabulary and to my surprise, it had our class vocabulary words like 'vast, idly, overwhelming"and more.

I recommend this book to everyone and I'm sure they'll like it. I would give this book5 stars out of 5.

10 Vocabulary Sentences

1. This experienced ventriloquist did a very nice show in front of all the people in the school.

2. That boy acted maliciously to his brother by kicking him in the stomach.

3. "Please stop bellowing inside the classroom. The teacher might get you in trouble."

4. Everyone in the world is mortal: They would die someday.

5. The amount of tests in MS is overwhelming for me.

6. It was a blunder for me that I forgot to bring long clothes even though I knew I was going to the waterfall.

7. "Why do you sit there idly without doing anything? Isn't it boring?"

8. Mrs. Marrello gives us perplexed problems on the math test for black level.

9. The flood in South Sumatra was very rampant since it killed over 300 people.

10. "Look at this vast desert! Why would anyone live here?"

6 Sentences using 'I' and 'Me'

1. My dad and I usually play enjoyable sports on the weekends.

2. "Why can't you and Tom do the experiment instead of Kevin and me?" "It's just not fair!"

3. Young Woo and I had to go to the library because we needed to borrow a new book.

4. My grandmother, my sister, and I went to a market and bought fresh fruits.

5. Practicing the push-ups always make my friend and me feel exhausted.

6. "Guess what?" "My mom bought the newest video game for my cousin and me!"

The boys start the war

The boys start the war

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

****1/2

I have finished a book called 'The boys start the war' by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. It is a funny and a nice book because it is filled with pranks which I quite enjoy reading. This isn't in the 'suggested reading book and it didn't even win the Newbery Medal but my sister's 4th Grade Teacher recommended it and her friends recommended it too. Well, I thought it was just a unenjoyable book but I turned out to be mistaken.

This book started by the author introducing the four Hatford boys: Jake, Josh, Wally, and Peter-- and the three Malloy girls: Eddie, Beth, and Caroline. Jake and Josh are twins and are in sixth grade with Eddie and Beth is in fifth grade while Wally and Caroline are in fourth grade. Peter is in second grade. First, the Hatford boys does a prank by pouring dead stuff (fish, birds, and gross stuff). The Malloy girls takes revenge by Eddie and Beth decided to bury Caroline in the river and pretend that Caroline is dead. The Hatford boys were scared because they thought that the dead stuff killed her.

The pranks and high jinks(highjinks) continue through the book; like the Malloys scaring the Hatfords when the boy's parents were gone. The Hatfords tease the girls by stealing Caroline's unappropriate drawing of her teacher, Mrs. Applebaum.

My favourite part of the book was when the Hatford's going up to Beth's window by a ladder and scaring them by wearing a disgusting, monster mask. Beth was scared to death so she screamed like a lunatic. Eddie came to the rescue by catching the Hatford boys and taking their flashlight. It was also really funny when Caroline went up to the Hatford boy's house and notices a clothesline. Caroline stole one underwear which looked like one of the boy's underwear and turns out to be Mr. Hatford's underwear.

I would give 4 and a half stars out of 5.