Play Day!!!!

Every year the P.E. teachers host a Play Day. That is when we get to do fun activities on the High School field. Some of which are Tug-Of-War (VERY popular), Musical Buckets, Hurdles, and the new game, The Obstacle Course. K-5th grade got to do this fun activity, but the Middle School and High School folks don't have to worry because they get Field Day. I have spoke with a 8th grader, and they said it was very fun, so can't wait for next year either. (Sadly, I'm moving, so hopefully they will have some kind of Field Day at my new school.) I don't want to get into much detail, so here is a quick video showing some people all the way through K- 5th, so you might see some of your little friends, or some of your friends here in 5th grade!

 

In The First...

The end of school is near! I will have to write either a persuasive essay, non-fiction essay, fantasy piece, or a personal narrative. This unit, I choose personal narrative because I really liked that unit, and I thought it was a lot of fun writing about things that have happened in my life. This topic is all about my gymnastic meet. Meets, games, or anything like that are scary, so hopefully you will get a lesson out of this piece.

Mercy Otis Warren

Can you guess who wrote politics to help people during the Boston Massacre? If you can’t guess it yet, here is another clue. Who had a brother who got hurt by the Loyalist enemies? Mercy Otis Warren is the one you are looking for! Have you ever heard of Mercy Otis Warren in your life before? I have never heard of such a name, and I thought what kind of person is this. Even though Mercy Otis Warren doesn’t seem like such an important person, after you read this you will understand everything about her life, and what makes her life so important. She made lots of differences in history and she made an affect and then that affect changed. During her life she also had some struggles. And finally, do you know how her life really felt like? Put yourself in her shoes to embrace some good times and bad times during her life. Continue to read to learn all about this amazing person.

Mercy Otis Warren was a very clever person. She made so many differences in history, and there was an effect and it changed. She is one very important historical person! Mercy Otis Warren made a difference by helping people by writing poems, plays, and satires (a literary genre comprising such compositions) during the American Revolution. By writing those kinds of pieces, she made people calmer and more confident during the revolution. To make sure she didn’t get in trouble, she didn’t write her name at the bottom of the page so the men on the streets couldn’t take her away because they didn’t know who wrote that writing. Mercy told some of her friends the secret, but not all people knew. Mercy also made a difference by expressing her feelings and that helped people because they know how she feels. One more way how she made a difference is by encouraging Massachusetts to become patriots. (a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotions.) That helped a lot during the American. There was an effect, and it changed. How that happened was through Mercy’s writing. Her ideas influenced American patriots. Another one is, Mercy thought that taxes were too high, and workers got paid too little, so she made arguments through her writing. She also argued through her writing because women couldn’t go out onto battlefields and women were not allowed to write politics, so she argued, and in the end, it helped A LOT. Even though she was not allowed to write politics, she still did because she didn’t write her name on the bottom of that politic. You can see how Mercy made a difference in history, and also how there was an effect and it changed. Mercy is a good example, so you should follow in her steps.

Mercy Otis Warren also had struggles in her life just like we do. Her struggles were probably a lot worse though. Here are some struggles she had to face. Mercy’s brother is her very best friend. Her brother’s name is Jemmy, and he is the one who kept Mercy going. Jemmy was very supportive to Mercy, and that really helped until Jemmy got beaten by Loyalist enemies. Jemmy did heal, but he was still not going to act like a normal human being. It was very sad for Mercy, but she had to live through it everyday thinking about him. Another struggle was that the taxes were too high, and that the workers were paid way too little. It was really bad because Mercy’s family could not survive, and they were struggling. They didn’t have enough money to get food and other important things like that. Also Mercy was running out of money. Although Mercy did change this and now workers are paid good, it was still very hard back then. One more struggle is that she couldn’t help any more. The patriots wouldn’t buy the British goods and Mercy couldn’t help about that. It was hard because this was all during the Boston Massacre. Mercy wouldn’t be able to have freedom nor would others, and she needed to help lots of people  while helping herself. It was very hard for her. Those were some struggles she has in life. You can see that you probably wouldn’t be here, so lets be happy for what she did. Also, imagine how you would feel if you were Mercy Otis Warren. She had a hard life, so let’s be glad that our life isn’t like that.

Has your teacher ever said before, “Put yourself in your friends shoes?” And then when you got home, you went over to that friends house and literally put on their shoes? I don’t think that is what your teacher meant. Mercy Otis Warren was her own person, and nobody can actually be her. Unless you put yourself in her shoes. I learned SO much more from putting my brain (or feet) into her shoes (Or if she had some). I think you will get a lot more facts from her situation if you put yourself in her shoes. It was very interesting when I actually read and thought of what they were saying a little more deeper, so try to put yourself in her shoes and feel it like I did. First of all, Mercy’s brother got hurt, and that was a bad thing because Mercy’s brother, Jemmy, was her best friend, or you can call it, her important companion. Mercy had to deal with so much more. Some things were that she had double the trouble. She was all alone taking care of her whole family, and her Jemmy, who for the rest of his life be insane. Mercy will have to deal with A LOT more problems, and she will not be able to write as much as she wants to. Another thing that will be hard is the tragic thing that is happening to her and the town she is in, The Boston Massacre. Mercy wants to continue to write and help others, but she is struggling even to help herself. The town needs her, her family needs her, and she needs herself. Her family probably needs lots of supplies to get through this horrible time, but the workers were being paid too little, and the taxes were going up, so not just Mercy’s family was struggling. Mercy and her family were being treated harshly by the British way too much. So, how much did you learn from just putting yourself in her shoes. If you didn’t learn anything, then reread this paragraph, and think about how you would feel if your very best friend, or someone in your family was hurt, and could possibly die. Also, what if you were in this ‘Boston Massacre’. How would you feel if you could get hurt like Jemmy did, or if your mom or dad got hurt. It was not a fun time for anyone, so be glad that there are not things like that happening in your life.

So, as you can see, Mercy Otis Warren (or just Mercy) had some pretty difficult times in her life going on, but other things were also good. You can see that Mercy Otis Warren did make some changes in life, and there was an effect and it changed. You can also see that Mercy had some struggles in life. Imagine if you had struggles like those. I don’t know if I could live her life. And, did you put yourself in her shoes? Once I put myself in her shoes, I got to read her life a little more deeper. I experienced a lot more than I thought she did in her life. Her life during the Boston Massacre was a very hard time, and she was very fortunate to be able to live. Can you believe that this actually happened? Be thankful that your life isn’t like that. Mercy Otis Warren isn’t as popular as Abraham Lincoln, or Pocahontas, or anybody like that, but she is important in life, and now you can see why.

My Grandma Does What?

What is a grandma? A lazy old lump on a log? No way! Grandma's are NOT like that at all! Well, if you want to know the truth, my grandma is up all day. She helps out people by doing this job. She is doing some job that you could probably could not guess at all. Before you read this, please write a comment below guessing what my grandma does for a living. Keep reading if you want to know all about my fantastic grandma. (Sounds a little weird, but in the end, you'll get everything.)

So, as I said, my grandma is up all day, and she helps out people by doing this job. Here is another clue. Once she makes these "things", they are DELICIOUS! Can you guess it yet. Here is one last clue. You usually make these "things" on birthdays! My grandma is… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… a cake decorator! You probably least expected that. Well, this writing piece will be fairly short, but here is a little amount of facts of what my grandma does.

My grandma is a cake decorator as I wrote. She makes cakes that are one layer high, to 7 layers high. (I think.) My grandma is the one that makes cakes all the time, so my family doesn't have to buy a cake every birthday, and the cakes that my grandma make for me are for FREE!!!!! (Tee hee hee) My grandma doesn't just make cakes for me and my family, but she also makes cakes to sell to other people. (She has her own business.) She makes LOTS of wedding cakes, and they are all so beautiful!

Sorry this is so short, but this talks a little about my grandma. She is very nice, and I love her. Did you guess it right or not. Comment that down below too! In the end, I'm glad my grandma is my grandma, and I wouldn't want any other.

If I Could Have Any Two Famous People For My Parents It Would Be...

If I could have any two famous people as my parents that would have to be one to think about. I definitely don't want any inappropriate parents, but I also want some unique parents. For my mom I was thinking something like Julie Andrews. She has been in movies that I really like, and her name is almost like mine! Julie, Julia. I really like Julie Andrew because she is not mean, she doesn't curse, and she is not at all inappropriate!

Now for my dad. I know a lot of female actresses and singers, but not so many male actors and singers. The only male actor or singer I can think of off the top of my head is Johnny Depp, and I really wouldn't want him for my dad. I don't know why I wouldn't want him for my dad though. I really can't think of any more male actors or singers at this moment. But there is this one guy in my head that I really like, but I forgot his name. (Sorry to say) Maybe you can figure this out when I tell you some details about this guy. This guy could go to this award thing and he could bring one woman to it, and instead he choose to bring his mom. (Maybe you could comment down below saying who this guy is. Thanks!) Well, now you know who I would want my parents to be, Julie Andrews and the guy who I forgot his name. Now you know my parents, but who would you choose?

True or False?

I have met a lot of people that believe in mermaids, but I have always thought that they weren't real. I was on youtube, and I came to this and started wondering, are mermaids really real? Take a look at this video because I'm in a wonder world. Please comment about your thinking.

Here is the video:

Goof Around Writing

Now, for some reason it was hard for me to choose what I would do for my goof around writing. I thought and thought and thought and came up with an idea! I was thinking, what if I wrote someone's name going down, then I wrote some things about them starting with each letter in their name. If you don't get what I mean, keep on reading. I will do this with only Vainavi, Jade, and myself because I don't have enough time for a lot of people, (sorry everyone else) but I hope you enjoy!

P.S. Sorry for the white spaces in the words. I can not fix them, and when I was writing this, the white spaces did not show up. 

Joyful

Unique

Lovely

Intelligent

Awesome

Valuable

Awesome

Incredibly Fun

Not mean

Active

Very Fun

Independent

Jolly

And Cool

Dependent

Excellent

I really thought that this was fun to make, so please leave a comment below spelling your name and making what I just made! 

My Fantasy Writing

This is my fantasy piece, and I hope you enjoy reading it. It took a lot of effort to make this with all the planing for the story, making the pictures, and putting it onto FlipSnack to publish it to my blog. I was reading over this and I found out that I had some parts that don't make sense, so if you see something that doesn't look right, it is because I didn't fix it. I really liked doing the fantasy unit because it doesn't just mean we get to have fun with magic and all of that stuff, but it shows our creativity too! The thing that I was frustrated with was the part when we made the pictures. I was really confused, and I was always messing things up. Thankfully I got 4 pictures in, but if I was more in controlled, I probably could of gotten 6 pictures. I think that this wasn't one of my best pieces, but I wouldn't say that it was one of my worst. I hope you enjoy reading, and please comment saying what I should work on.

Immigration To The US

Immigration To Sinapore

My Journey To Singapore

Picture Prompt - Rewind Or Pause Button?

I really like this prompt because it is a very hard decision for me with both of these to choose. I really would like to rewind my life because there are A LOT of things in my life that I would LOVE to change! I have said some pretty weird things back then, and I would love to be known of not saying them, but I would also like to pause my life. Since I found out I am moving, and I REALLY don't want to move, it would be awesome for me to pause my life! Now for my decision. I would choose the pause button. As much as I would want to choose the rewind button, I would rather choose the pause button. The reason why I would choose the pause button is because as I told you, I am moving.  After this upcoming summer, I have been in Singapore for 2 years. I have really enjoyed the warm heat, AMAZING adventures, and all the fun I have been having. I really don't want to go back because there are SO many things in Singapore that is a must do, that I haven't done yet. I really don't want to go back to the states because after this summer, I will never move back to Singapore again! Waaaahhh! A bad thing about pausing my life though is missing the snow. In Kansas (where I am moving to) it snows there, and I can't wait to get my sled and go sledding down the snow! I also am exited because all the stuff that was in storage, (there is A LOT of things in our storage) can finally be back in our house. All the games my family had was supposed to go with us, but instead the packers put it in storage, so we have none of our games. I can't wait to get to Kansas, and I really can't wait to pause my life if I could. I love Singapore, and I don't want to leave, so I am trying to make the best out of it, and maybe one of the must dos should to be able to pause my life. Ha ha, I can't, but I really wish I could.

P.S. if you have been to anywhere fun that you think that I should go to, please comment down below telling me what is your must do. Thank you!

Goof Around Writing

Today my class was asked to write either a picture prompt, a story, or anything they wanted. I will choose anything I want. I chose this because because some people ask me what do you dream about at night? I have had many dreams as you can see. I'm 11 so, 365 times 11 equals about 4,000. 4,000 dreams...  I can not remember all of them, but here is one that know straight from the heart!
(This will sort of be like a fantasy story, but this is a dream, not a story.)

"Number 1673!" Said the announcer. I walked up to the line and went to pose. A hand went up, and I started the routine. Up, down, bounce, and walk. In a matter of time I was done, and I went to pose, than walked back to my seat. "Good job!" everybody was saying to me. 12.9 was my score. It was the lowest score on the team. I sat there shrugging my shoulders. It seemed like hours before all the girls were done. Then, before we knew it, the gymnastic coach told us to get up and walk over to vault.

We approached vault, and said "hi"to the judge. Then we took our places. 3rd in line was horrible, but I would have to live with it. Practice was over, and the real judging came in. The two girls that were in front of me went. The first girl got 34.7, and the second girl got 36.1. Now it was my turn. I ran the hardest I could jumped on the spring bored, and closed my eyes. I was scared. Right as I jumped, I was expecting to land, but I didn't feel anything touching the bottoms of my feet.

Everything was silent. Only a few sounds came from the air vents. I opened my eyes only expecting to see myself rising. I was looking franticly all over for my mom. There she was at the corner of my eye yelling something that I couldn't understand. Then my head hit the top of the roof. "Ow!" I said. "HELP! HELP!" That was the only thing I heard now. Myself.

I wasn't sure what to do! I was scared, only heard myself, and didn't know how I had this power. I decided in my dream I wanted to switch it around back to where I saw my mom, but I could hear her, and a ladder would bring me down. "Julia, don't be scared! We will get you down!" Screamed my mom to me. How are they going to get me down I wondered. Then, a ladder hit a post next to me.

I held onto it, and as slow as molasses came down the ladder. My mom took me away and said to me, "Ok, so you have it! Now! IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!" "Have what?" I was tempted to ask. My mom was banging her head against a wall. "What mommy???" I really wanted to know. Then my coaches came out and asked what was happening.

My mom grabbed me and put me behind her back and quickly told them, "Um, what thing?" I could tell my mom wanted to keep this 'thing' a secret. I squeezed out of my moms hands and told the coaches, "I was just testing out my new... new... don't get mad at me... boots!" "You have and had NO boots on when you were doing vault!" said my coaches. My mom put in, "They are invisible, keep it a secret!" "Well, I don't ever want you to wear them EVER again when in a meet!" said my coaches! "YES! I will never wear them ever again in a meet!" I said. The coaches then left. I would of never knew that the coaches would of fell for that.

"What is happening mom?" I asked one more time to my mom. "Well, you see honey. I was born with the gift of flight." "Was daddy?" I asked. "No." My mom said. "And you have to keep it a secret or else the power will be gone." "Then how do I have it?" "Because you are my daughter, and yes Jami (my sister) and Drew (my brother) both have it too." "So, that means I can fly?" "Yes, but not now because it takes practice!" "Ok, no more flying until practice. But, how do I control my flying? How do I know when to fly or not? What would happen if I start to fly again?" "Don't worry, the only way you can begin to fly is by a thinking about a certain thing, but I can't tell you that until you are 15." "Ok, well I better get back to the vault. Thanks mom!" I hugged her good bye, and went back into the gym.

I redid my straight jump for vault and got 14.1. I did everything else until I was very tired. "Get up Julia, time to get ready for school!" I looked around the room, and it was Friday morning, and I had 45 minutes until the bus came. "Just a dream, just a dream!" I joked to my self. In a matter of time I was out the door. It was a long day, and finally it was over and I had gymnastic. I told the coaches all about my dream.

The coaches then were teaching us how to do back handsprings. "Julia, your turn!" My coach said. I got up, and I did a practice one, then I had to get back in line. Sometimes when I get bored, I do a round off, then swing back my arms and head, but I don't really do a handspring because I don't know how to do it. I did the round off, swung back my arms, and surprisingly, I did a back handspring. I slipped, and went into a split position. "I CAN DO THE SPLITS!!!!!!" I shouted. I had been wanting to do the splits for a LONG time! I started doing the splits everywhere, and then I heard a voice. "Wake up Julia!" I heard my mom say. "Another dream?" I said. Then I got ready in the real world. (When I woke up though, I was REALLY mad because I thought that I wasn't dreaming, and I really could do the splits.)

So, when people ask me, what kind of dreams I have, this story would be one of the dreams I have had. I hope you like it, and please make a comment saying what are some things I should improve on. Thanks for reading!

My 2nd Reflection To Christalite Methodist Home

This would be my second time going to the Christalite Methodist Home. I thought it wasn't as fun as the time before, but it was still fun! I will tell you again all the things that happened from the bus to leaving. I hope you like my second reflection!

First I got on the bus, (what other way could I get there?) and it was the shortest ride ever. It seemed even shorter than going to the same place last time. I was very excited and nervous at the same time. I can not explain why I was nervous though. Then we pulled in, and my second adventure begun!

I got in to the entrance of the Christalite Methodist Home and the people who worked there told us to sit down while they got our room ready. Then in a matter of time, the people who worked there told us that our room was ready. We all rushed in to see what our room was going to look like. It was a little strange being in a different room than the one we used to have. Though there was a good thing about the room, it was huge. First we thought it was going to be small, but then the people who worked there started to unlock another bigger room, so that gave us TONS of space.

All of the class started rearranging things, and in about 5-10 minutes we where ready to go! People started coming in. Only one at a time though. Everyone had a least 1 person at their table, but no more than 5. It was sad that only little people came in. Even though a few people came in, we all had someone to work with.

This man came to my table, and Jade and I started to talk to him. He wasn't talking back to Jade and I. Then one of the people who works there told us that that man couldn't see very well, and Jade and I later on found out that he didn't speak english, or any language. (He probably did, but he wasn't talking at all!) Both Jade and I helped that man when this old lady sat down.

 I was surprised that I saw the same fragile, so cute, old lady that I talked about in my last reflection. She was a little more active this time, and made 4 hearts. They were really good too! I thought she did a really good job again because she knew what to do, and she didn't put random things all over her heart. (The only thing that she did differently was she sometimes decorated the heart when the heart was upside down.) She was also confusing. She always wanted everything to be in order. She would make a row of 5 pom-pons, then she would skip a row and do 5 more. I wouldn't think that old people would want to place things in a order. They would just want to scatter everything around. I also gave her a marker, and she did really weird designs with it. She only did one design on all her hearts.

Then this old woman sat down next to where Jade was standing, and Jade really needed help because she couldn't help two people at a time. I was helping that one woman that I talked about in the paragraph above, so I was busy. Alyssa came over and asked if we needed help, and of course, she read our minds! Since Alyssa came over, she helped the one man Jade was helping, and Jade helped the one woman that just sat down. Things worked out just right.

One hour passed by, (but it seemed like 20 minutes) and we had to say good-bye. I was sad. I wanted to keep on helping, but we had to go. I will definitely keep this place in mind. (Especially when I look back at this reflection!) I wish that we had longer time, because only a few people came in, we had plenty of extras, and I would of loved to help out some more! I did hear that everyone was on lunch break, so that gave some explanation to why there was only little people. I loved going, and would love to come back with some more crafts because I think that the people there really like them!

Goal Setting

For P.E. we had to do a post about our fitness scores, and what goals we want to make. I decided I didn't want to share my exact scores, but here is a little about them.

Push-ups -  I was in the healthy range (7-20)

PACER -  I was in the healthy range (23-82)

Curl-ups - I was in the healthy range (46-80)

Sit and Reach - I was in the healthy range (20-25)

What a coincidence that I was in the healthy range for all the fitness tests. That surprised me.

I have some goals I want to make for the 2nd semester Fitness Awareness Tests.

Push-ups - I want to get at least 30 or more push-ups this time. I will practice every Friday for 2 mins.

PACER - I wish to get 50 or more this time because I did not get my goal for the 1st semester Fitness Awareness Test. I do gymnastic so I will try to run more than have free time.

Curl-ups - I want to get at least 65 - the max which is 80 this time because I think I can do it. I will start practicing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 2 mins. each.

Sit and Reach -  I want to get to at the most 40. So, I will practice every time I go to gymnastic, and some times at home when I have free time.

Now you know what I want to do for my Fitness Awareness Test. I hope I can accomplish these goals, and I will not get upset if I don't.

Picture Prompt

I chose the picture prompt If you were forced to spend the rest of your life in a library, a museum, or a zoo, which would you chose and why?

I would chose to spend the rest of my life in a museum because first of all, it is covered, (there is a roof) and in a zoo there is not that many places that are covered. Also, in a museum there are many facts about different subjects, so I can know a lot with out having to go to school. Well, maybe your wondering why I wouldn't chose to live in a library since it has every fact that I need to know? Since a library has math books, science books, history books? Well, it's because I need to know some things, but it's not like I am going to school, and I HAVE to learn or have a education. Also, I would rather spend my time doing other things, not learning. (Sorry Mrs. Clayton!)

Another thing why I would want to live in a museum is because if I lived in a library where would I go to sleep? I have been too many museums, and they are all big. There are lots of space in museums, so I would have so many choices of where to sleep.

A museum is also a good source of food. Yes, when the museum shuts down, and everyone is gone, I can go to restaurants and again yes, steal the food. If you think about it, there is no food stands in library's, and in zoos, yes some, but most of the restaurants are locked.

Now you know why I would want to live in a museum. Where would you want to live? Write a comment below saying what you would want to live? Thank you for reading!

My Experience To Tibetan Singing Bowls

When I was walking down the hall, I was sort-of nervous. I was nervous because I have never heard of such thing, and I was curious to see what is was. I will tell you how I felt when Bill Cael (The man who did the whole Tibetan Bowls) rung those bowls. You may not understand what I am saying, but I will try my best to explain. The things I felt were not so good things. I saw a movie, seashell, my grandma, a whale, and blue. Read these paragraphs to find out what I mean.


What Bill Cael did fist was really simple. He rung these things that look like symbols, but a little bit bigger. He told us to close our eyes, so we did so. When he rung them, what I felt was this part of the movie. The movie was The Polar Express. What I mean is a certain part of the movie. I totally forget it, but it was not one of the fun times of the movie. Then strait away it went out of mind and I felt a seashell. This is a hard one to explain. I didn't really feel like a seashell was on me, but it was being swept across my legs.

Then Bill told us to lay down while he played the actual Tibetan Bowls. When he played the bowls, they weren't as high pitched as I thought they would be. They were quiet low if you ask me. When he played those though, I felt my grandma when she died. When he played all that I felt was the day when black was everywhere, there was lots of crying, and then my grandma was in the ground. It wasn't a pleasant moment.

Then Bill played the longest he'd ever have. When he did that I felt two things. One of which was a whale. I have a sheep that makes whale noises, and I've watched a movie that had excellent whale noises, and that is not exactly what I heard, but something like it. Then a little bit later I felt blue. Again this is a hard one to explain. When he was playing the bowls, at one point it was very high pitched, and I felt blue. I don't know how, but I did.

Now you know what I felt like when I was hearing the Ancient Tibetan Singing Bowls. You know how I flet, but I don't know how you felt, so please write a comment below saying how you felt because everybody else wants to know how you felt too! Thanks for reading.

Images Of Singapore Field Trip

I had an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G time at Images Of Singapore! It was so creative, yet so fun too! This blog post will tell you everything about the field trip I went on. I will try my best to remember all the things I did, but there was so much, I might only remember the last few parts of it. I hope you enjoy it.

When I got to Images Of Singapore we immediately had our snack. I thought that the adventure began, but that wasn't even the start. We had our snack for about 15 minutes, then we went to actually start our adventure. I thought that this was just going to be pictures of Singapore, and important people, but that is nothing what I had in mind. We got inside and there was this place to look at a bunch of old things. I wondered why it looked like that because I had thought it wouldn't be like this. Then this man opened these doors, and in I went.

I went in some more and sat down in a seat. I looked at the paper I had in my hand and found out that this was the Auditorium Presentation. The main reason for this is to talk about the four winds. The four winds are Harmony, Peace, Family, and Community. There were four people who told us that. They came from different realigns. They are Indian,  Chinese, Malaysian, and European. (You will see later why I told you that.) Then the show was over, and we went into this other room.

When we went into the other room we saw all the trades the people back then had. (If you are wondering, a trade is a job.) There were tons of jobs, but I got four. The four I got were a Rickshaw puller. (A Rickshaw Puller is a person who not drives people, but takes people to other places. Sort-of like a taxi, but no car.) The other three I got were Amah, (Helper) Sam Sui Woman, (builder) and a Indian Milk Seller. I thought that all of these jobs are important. Do you?

I walked some more went up some stairs, walked a little bit more, and I came to the timeline place. There were so many things that happened to make Singapore Singapore, but there were other important things that happened. I got three things. One happened in 1930. That was when the storm Clouds Gathered. The Storm Clouds were the Japanese coming to Singapore. I chose this because Singapore had to face possibility of war. The second one I got was in 1942-1945. This was the Occupation. What happened in the Occupation were, thousands of Europeans were interred on the island. Last but not least, in 1950 was the Road To Independence. That was when Singapore became Singapore, and the Japanese surrendered. Do you think that those are important?

Then I walked a little bit more and I came to the Primary Sources. I got two. First, T.V. I learned that the Japanese surrendered. I was thinking that the Japanese will never fight back because they see that Singapore has over taken them a lot. The second one I got was an Embroidered Frame. I learned that it was made with silk threads. I was thinking that people back then were very creative.

Then came the Secondary Sources. I got two Secondary Sources. I used a Drawing Of People. It was very colorful and very designed. I was thinking that it would take them a long time to make them. My other Secondary Source is a mannequin of Sam Sui Woman. I learned that it took a long time to build things because back then the didn't have the tools we have now.

Then I walked some more and I came to a sort-of Indian world. It was very cool because I felt like I was a normal person taking stroll in India. I also learned a lot from their culture. I never really knew about Deepavali, but now I do. I thought it was really cool because I've never really studied or seen any Indian things.

Then we went into China World. I had a little experience with China because I have been to China Town, but I don't know that much. I thought this was even more cool because there were so many things that are different from my culture. As I went, I was thinking of all the things that my culture (USA) and their culture (China) had in common and not. I loved this even more because it was cool to see what they do for a life. Then the amazement began.

I went into this HUGE room with all these things about everything that we learned. I realized that that was the end. I thought that this field trip was great fun, and I would love to come back anytime. I thought that the purpose of Images Of Singapore was to show you how Singapore has grown. (Here is the part I was saving for the end about the cultures.) Someone's perspective was missing from that museum. It was the European because did you ever hear me talk about it?

All of my questions:
Who was the first person to come to Singapore?
What is the main trade of Singapore?
Did they mean to take out the Europeans part or no?

If you have any of these answers, please write a comment below answering them. Thanks!

My Non-Fiction Writing

On the Non-Fiction unit I choose the topic dolphins because they are my favorite animal, and I only know a little about them. That would be why I chose this topic.

I thought that this topic was simple, and that's why I really liked Non-Fiction. I also liked learning more facts about dolphins, and now I'm a dolphin pro. I did not like when we did pages though. I had too many facts, so it was really hard to cram it into 4 pages. (I'm glad that Mrs. Clayton let us do 4 pages instead of 2. I would of died.) I really hope that you like my piece because it took a lot of effort!

Reflecting On Science

Science is now done! I really liked science, but sometimes it was hard. The experiments that we did were really fun, and I loved when we did the topic on "Chemical Reactions". We did three investigations. (AKA topics) The first investigation we did was about "Separating Mixtures". The second investigation we did was about "Reaching Saturation". And my favorite, the last investigation we did was about "Things Fizzing". You should read on to find out what I did in these investigations.

The first investigation we did was called "Separating Mixtures". I thought that this investigation was pretty hard because I didn't really do science that much in 4th grade. Plus in 4th grade, we never did science like this. I really was interested in all the experiments though. When working with our group, I didn't think that we did a good job because when the directions told us that we had to pour something, or one person had to do it, we all wanted to do it. It was crazy. People were asking left and right, can I do it? Can I do it? I learned that when you work with table groups, you really have to find a method for taking turns so that everybody in the group with get a turn. I liked this investigation, but I flunked the test.

The second investigation we did was called "Reaching Saturation". I loved this even more because all we had to do was shake shake shake! Our group did a little better because we were split into 2 groups, (of 2 or 3 people per group from a table group) and at least my group was good about taking turns. I probably could of kept track of what I was doing because when we shook, we had to put more and more salt in, and every time that the salt dissolved, (or saturated) we would put more salt in. Then we would have to mark how many scoops of salt we put in. My test results were better then before.

The last investigation was called "Fizz Quiz". This was my favorite because there were lots and lots of reactions! This was the longest investigation, but it was super duper fun! I was at a different table this time, and we definitely went back to stage 1. We all wanted to do everything. (But again, I was telling you this was a fun investigation!)
I learned lots and lots of stuff from this investigation. We learned about atoms, and it was fun rearranging fake atoms to make different things like: Calcium Carbonate (chalk), Carbon Dioxide (gas), and other stuff like that. My test results were the best I had ever done!



Science was difficult and lots of fun for me. There were times were I got so frustrated I wanted to run home and start crying, and there were times that I totally got it, that Mrs. Clayton wouldn't have to say anything else. When I was struggling, I can definitely connect to last year when I did science because I was also struggling. Not as much as this year because we did easier things that I kinda already knew from 3rd grade, but some times last year I didn't really get it. Now that science is over, I am ready for Social Studies, so come and get me!