Onomatopoeia poem by rylee .f The water was splashing slish swash splash went a fish Magpies where chirping at me Leaves were falling from a maple tree Frogs were leaping around & wolves were howling
COWS by DH A cow jumped Into the lake a huge splash Scared all the fish
Story Writing
The Santa Problem. By Alexandria One Christmas eve a little boy named Jackson put a drop of a sleeping spell in Santa’s milk and cookies just in case Santa didn’t fall asleep. The milk and cookies tasted like mint so that Santa Clause wouldn’t suspect anything. Santa went to that house and it was the first house Santa came to. The first thing that Santa did was eat the cookies but Santa fell and was unconscious. Jackson felt a big bump so he jumped out of his bed because he thought that it must be Santa Clause. He ran to the living room and there was Santa Clause on the floor with a whole lot of presents in a sack. Jackson stood there for a couple hours and waited for Santa to wake up but he never did. When Santa got a little conscious Santa said to Jackson ‘’ all the presents are in my sleigh, you have to deliver them for the kids I am to weak, go.’’ So Jackson had to go deliver the presents to the kids so he dressed in a Santa’s hat that felt so fuzzy that it felt like you were in heaven. It was a little hard for Jackson to go because the reindeer said ‘’ We only take orders from Santa Clause’’ but Jackson was determined and got them to go. The first city they went to was New York City and the first address of the house was 555. It didn’t go so well but the presents were delivered first they didn’t land on the roof and landed in a tree and the burglar alarm went off and they threw the present through the window and broke the window. After he finally got done that city Jackson asked the reindeer ‘’How many more cities to go?’’ The reindeer said ‘’156 to go.’’ Jackson went to New Mexico after and delivered but this time he got caught by a little girl named Sally. She was a little girl about 5 years old when she saw Jackson and her eyes got as big as her face. She ran down the stairs and blew off the dust from the cookies. She whispered to Jackson ‘’ Don’t tell Santa I was up please.’’ After that Jackson felt a little more proud for some reason. He delivered presents to all the kids that lived in New Mexico and all the kids woke up after that. Jackson was so bummed out after that. When Jackson got home he was so tired. When Santa woke up Jackson was already asleep but Santa jiggled him until he woke up. Santa asked Jackson if he had delivered all the presents Jackson said ‘’ Yes I did Santa.’’ Just in case, Santa went up in his sleigh to check if there were any bags left and there was only one and it was for Jackson. Santa came down the chimney with the bag. Santa gave him his presents. Jackson opened it. It was a toy car. Jackson was so happy that he actually got a present. Santa climbed up the chimney got into his sleigh and rode of in the day but I heard him exclaim before he drove out of sight ‘’MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD DAY!’’
The Christmas Miracle By Sorcha
Twas the night before Christmas. All the elves were working but one, the head elf. He was mean and cruel, lazy and bossy and never did a thing but boss around the worker elves who did not enjoy him. If an elf misbehaved he’d be thrown into the pit of polar bears.The reindeer cried out a loud mrrr mrrr each time the head elf came by.
That night Santa disappeared. Ms Claus went missing too.The elves panicked. “Who will deliver the presents!?” yelled the head elf. “You!” yelled the elves.The head elf did not know how to fly the reindeer sleigh. He went to the reindeer and grabbed them and tied them to the sleigh. They didn't move. He whipped them.They didn’t move. “Gooooo you stupid reindeer!” yelled the head elf as he whipped them harder.They didn’t move. “Grrr I will take the hounds”. The reindeer gulped and ran so fast they started to fly. “Whoooo hoooo’’ he said. “Now to deliver the presents and find Santa.” At the North Pole the elves laughed. “Haaa haaaa that will give him a taste of his own medicine cause Santa’s with us”. Santa and Ms Claus laughed so hard they fell over. The head elf felt the snowy wind and heard the wind growl. “First house ok” said the head elf under his breath. “Weeeeee oof” He yelled. “Pah pah” he coughed as he tasted the ashes. 500 houses later he found something unusual. He was seen by a kid. He panicked and tried to hide. He quickly got in the sleigh but was grabbed by the girl. He stopped, went to the kitchen got her some milk and sent her to bed. The reindeer were tired of the head elf in the sleigh so they flew away back to the north pole without him. “Nooooo how will I deliver the last 100 presents?” “Bark ruff woof” Barked the dog. “Perfect, I can use you as a sled dog, yes!” He sprinkled some magic dust on the dog and he started to float. “Now I need a sled” pondered the head elf. He opened one of the presents and there was a sled inside. He put a halter on the dog and called. “Now dash away dash away dash away all!” and they were off in a jiffy. They made it back to the north pole but were stopped on the runway by Saint Nick. He was brought to the office and fired and given a new job. Present maker, the job he hated but he learned a valuable lesson. Never be mean or bossy to others or they won't treat you very nice and they will be mean to you so if you treat your friends nice then they'll treat you nice.
The Missing Elf by Gabriel
“Ahh what a bright gorgeous morning” yawned Declan. “It's christmas!’’ shouted declan. Declan is just a normal 12 year old with bright blonde hair and sea blue eyes and red astronaut pajamas. “oh right I have to find Buddy!” Buddy is an elf on a shelf but he isn't like any elf he's Declans best friend. So Declan bolted to the kitchen. Looked around and saw something unusual out the window. “It'sBuddy!” Shouted Declan. Declan sprinted with a swoosh knocking all the papers off his fathers desk. Buddy was tarnished in ashes and burnt thread.”Buddy” sobbed Declan. “I will get whoever you are for this,” thought Declan. Declan went right to work making posters. Declan made 20 posters that look like this That read help discover who murdered.He stapled them to every bulletin board he could find. Three thousand years later (ok maybe only three days later) he heard a knock on the door. Declan opened the door and the police were there, and they had someone in their custody. It was uncle Dylan! “Uncle Dylan did you do this to Buddy? Asked Declan”yes I did, it was an accident!” yelled uncle Dylan “I can't believe it, my own uncle betrayed me!” cried Declan. “Take him away,” shouted officer Christpher. Vrrr vrrr rrv vrr “the car wont start” gulped officer Justin. “One sec murmured Officer Christopher. Vrm b.b.b.b.bb. “Oh nevermind” said Officer Christopher. “Im sorry Ill buy you a new one!” yells uncle Dylan. Declan just turns around and walks away “oh santa please bring Buddy Back” Hoped Declan
The Mr. J by Karter
One day in Paris a boy by the Eiffel Tower was waiting for a costume that could fly. MRJ was the best at flying and that day he flew off and forgot to fill it with gas and propane and crashed. Thankfully MRJ was alive! IT was cold where he landed “I I think i'm in the north pole wisped MRJ to himself. MRJ jumped up and saw the northern lights were so beautiful it was like purple mixed with blue and green paint smerd in the sky. MRJ heard a loud ho ho and he ran ahead of the storm and saw santa MRJ yelled at santa and santa came and picked me up. When i got to the village santa asked “ what's wrong ?” I was flying with my new costume and i landed here.Santa offered chocolate milk MRJ said “yes “ santa asked more questions “how old are you” “ im 9 years old” said MRJ asked for a grey sweater and skey pantes next he asked “to be a elf”sants fly up and spoek elfeis MRJ hands and feet were tingling and was growing smaller and grew pointy ears and a big loud boom hit my ears and was a elf. MRJ was wanting a job. What there was for a choice was secretary ,toy maker and head elf. However MRJ was tired so he wanted to go the next day. When MRJ wok up he started series of test first he tried headelf and he had to write the naughty or nice list in under a 50 min timer I didn't make the cut and i looked over at the window and saw a awful frown on santa's face MRJ was disappointed and tried the toy making he made the ugliest dolly it had messy painting and had a weird looking body and then he tried security i had to beat ten sabertooth tigers and i beat all of them then i got a b+ on the test and was secretly. He wanted to go home to his mother so he grabbed all his stuff, got his costume and flew away and was never seen at the Northpole again. When he got home his mom died and woke up and it was all a dream.
Informative Writiing
Bighorn Sheep. by Wyatt
Bighorn Sheep are amazing creatures and they have a lot of interesting facts. Some interesting facts about bighorn sheep include their habitat, appearance,predators, and their diet.
The bighorn sheep are found in the western mountains of North America,South Mexico,Rocky mountains of Alberta, and British Columbia. They are closely related to the farm sheep and several wild sheep cousins. Some live in Asia and north Russia while others live right here in North America. The closest wild cousin is the Dall's Sheep that lives in the Yukon and Alaska.
The BigHorn Sheep are covered in a beautiful brown and white coat. The coat does not look like wool, but it does have wool that is hidden under the long guard hairs. The wool traps body warmth to it’s skin. While the guard hairs shed water and snow. A full grown ram can stand up to one metre (3.3 feet) tall. They weigh up to 300 pounds and one horn alone can weigh 3o pounds. Males are called rams and they have long spiraled horns. Females are called ewes and have shorter horns that look like spikes. The big horn sheep can leap up to 7 feet In the air. Their favourite game to play is follow the leader.
In the winter they are down in the mountain valley and they have to watch out for wolves, bears, coyotes, bobcats, and lynx. In the summer the lambs have to watch out for Golden Eagles.
Bighorn sheep love to eat bluegrass, ,june grass, ,needle grass and wheatgrass also plants, shrubs, vtch, chokeberries and willows.
Bighorn sheep are intriguing creatures that have outstanding lives. Be on the lookout for these magnificent mammals next time you are in the mountains.
POLAR BEARSBy Karter CLIMATE Polar bears live in the arctic so they can swim and be in their climate. They don't like heat because they are too furry and like the cold is what they're used to. In the polar bears habitat they get just the right amount of food there. SWIMMING Polar bears are great swimmers because they are big and strong and have blubber to swim in freezing temperatures. Polar bears love swimming and playing. When polar bears swim they feel refreshed .
FOOD Polar bears like to eta seals for food so they get more meat from the seal. Polar bears have good eyesight and good nosis to catch their mel. Polar bears dig a hole in the ice so they can see if they can find a seal.
Ocean life facts by Gabe More than 90 percent of life's organisms are found in the ocean.The ocean is home to nearly 95 percent of all life in the world. Iceberg facts There's an ice sheet larger than the continental United states.One iceberg could supply 1 million people with drinking water for 5 years. Deep water facts More people have been to the moon than the Mariana trench.Water at the bottom of the ocean is extremely hot. Pressure at the bottom of the ocean would crush you like an ant.
Size If every iceberg melted the sea level would rise 26 stories.The planet's largest underwater mountain is larger than the andes.The pacific is wider than the moon.The oceans make the grand canyon look small.Nearly 100 percent of earth's living space is in the ocean
Other facts Tsunamis can travel at up to 500 miles an hour. Thanks to the ocean most of our planet is dark. The United States lost a hydrogen bomb in the ocean.Coral produces its own sunscreenSharks have their own underwater cafe.there's enough gold in the ocean for every one in the world to have 9 pounds of it. Most of Earth's volcanic activity is under water.
Wow thats a lot of facts that took quite a while well see you next time bye bye.
GRIZZLY BEARS by Huck Introduction Grizzly bears are an amazing kind of bear. There are lots of kinds of bears in the world; grizzly bears are one of them. My report is on grizzly bears [as you know], in my report you’ll learn all about grizzly bears and to tell you grizzly bears are pretty cool. Habitat I think you can find them anywhere in the world in zoos but can only find them living free and wild in North America and Russia. You can find them in any country in North America, but you can’t find many in Mexico.Grizzly bears will prefer to live in meadows of river valleys but you can also find them living in forests or at the bottom of mountains. If You go to a dump there may be a bear there. Relatives, Mates, and Cubs There are many bears in the bear family but the european Brown bear is the closest relative to the brown bear, but their also related to black and polar bears. To humans we can marry any time of the year but grizzly bears have a mating season, June and July to be exact. When a cub is born the mates break up. It’s neat that Bear Cubs are born in winter not spring. By the spring the cub's mass is about 20 lb. Appetite Grizzly bears will eat almost anything available, but they prefer berries and salmon. They use their long claws to dig up mice to eat. They will hunt animals their size but they eat from the dump a lot. If they eat sugar from the trash, they’ll have a sore tooth. Neat thing about grizzly bears, they’re expert fishermen. Fun Facts Grizzly bears can weigh up to 700 lb! Their colors can be yellow to black! Grizzlys have a super sense of smell and sharp hearing. They have their own territory which they mark with their five toes and they hibernate and school their cubs in it. Conclusion It was fun learning about grizzly bears don’t you agree? So what ya say, ya like bears or not? So if y'all out trucking in the woods, look for these big, furry, majestic creatures:-).
Poetry
Haiku
Peace by a river The cattails blow in the wind As it drives to sea. SA
On the rocky roads all the dirt blows in the wind Then settles tomorrow. SA
Storytelling Oral Tradition
Andrew did his completely in oral storytelling tradition, no notes or anything! I thought I'd be able to post here, but alas this website will not post video or audio. :-( But way to go Andrew!
Last year's projects. See More in Archives
Karter made a model of the Petronas Twin Towers which has a bridge between them, just like the real one in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
Karlee's bridge holds more than I thought it would! :-)
Tayah's bridge. Nice use of angles in the railing.
Huck's Tower. He has another one planned too!
Science: Animals and their Life Cycles May 2020
The Blobfish. by Huck
The blobfish is a deep sea fish that belongs to a family of fatheads. It can only be found in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. They live in deep water, 609m to 1188m to be exact so the pressure is pretty strong. The blobfish are rare and endangered from too many people accidentally getting them caught in their fishing nets. They can get quite big, only 30cm but just wait for this it’s gonna be amazing dum dum dumm! and 20LBS amazing hey. Blobfish lay a whole bunch of eggs, 9000!!! Then after they hatch they turn a small blob then later they turn into a bigger blob then finally they turn into an adult blobfish then they reproduce then die.
Scorpions By Easton Scorpion Reproduction: Males use pheromones and vibrations to communicate to females. Their dance is called the “promenade a deux” this means walk of two. Once it does, the sperms are released to form fertilized eggs. The gestation period is very long. It often lasts 7-9 months but can be longer or shorter. When babies are born, they climb onto their mom’s back and stay there for protection. Once they shed their skin for the first time they leave their mom’s back. During their life cycle, scorpions will molt 5 or 6 times until they become an adult. Their new exoskeleton is very soft. The average lifespan is about 4 to 25 years old. It is better to leave scorpion alone so you so it doesn’t sting you.
Life Cycle Of A Sea StarBy Savannah
Sea Stars have a complex life cycle, they pass through several developmental stages before becoming a major adult. A male and female release egg and sperm from their bodies. Some sperm and eggs contact each other initiating fertilization and development. The next stage is they turn into bipinnaria. That is the larval stage of a sea star. They float in water for several days to weeks before settling onto the sea floor bed. Now they start to develop into radial symmetry and be metamorphosed into an adult. This means it grows it’s legs and starts to look like a star. The last stage is a full grown adult sea star that can be found on the bottom of the sea. If a Predator attacks a sea star's legs, the sea star can pop off it’s leg and regrow a new one.
Bee Reportby Senna Bees are invertebrates, that means bees don’t have a spine. There are three types of bees in a hive: the queen, the workers and the drones. If the queen has already mated she lays the eggs. A honey bee queen can lay up to 2000 eggs in a single day! After three days the egg hatches into larva. It grows for five to six days then they are capped. They continue to grow then the bee eats its way out.
The 1st step is the cocoon; it has the most important step of the stage. It has to live or Die. The cocoon stays on the ground away from birds.they are not like other animals. The 2nd step is the baby: at this point they learn to eat The 3rd step is the teen:they learn to hunt and get water.They are not a full adult yet but they have grown into a mini one. The 4th step is the adult:t hey have grown into full size, they can go wherever under the dirt they want.
Lobster By:Ethan What kind of Lobster do you like? I like Atlantic Lobster. In this report you will learn about the lobsters life cycle, where you can find them, what they eat, how old lobsters live to be, how many times they shed their skin, how much they weigh, and what color they are. A lobster is an invertebrate because it has no backbone. Instead of having a spine they are protected by a hard shell that provides structure to their bodies. It starts as pueruli which settles in the algae and seagrass then turns into Juveniles that hide under sponges and corals. Juveniles continue their life cycle into adults that live and forage in hard-bottom habitats in the ocean. Then they lay eggs at the edge of the reef. The eggs hatch and the current then carries them back to shore to start it all over again. Adult lobsters live in hard-bottom habitats like crevices and rocky caves on the seafloor. Lobsters prefer to eat live prey like mollusks (kind of like a clam), fish, worms and crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, or barnacles). Scientists still can’t determine the exact age of lobsters but think lobsters can live up to 100 years old! Lobsters molt their skin 25 times in 5-7 years. It takes them 6-8 years until they are 1 pound which is usually the size they are when we can eat them. A 1 pound lobster is the most common weight but they can grow up to 3-4 pounds. After this the males moult once a year and the female moults twice a year. At this point, with each moult they grow 15% in length and 40% in weight- the only way they can grow is if they moult off their hard shell and form a new one. When they are moulting they need to go into a hiding place because when they moult their skin is soft and predators could easily kill them. After a couple months their shell gets hard again and they come out of hiding because they are stronger again. Did you know that in Nova Scotia in 1977 a lobster was caught and he weighed 44 pounds and 6 ounces? He was three feet and 6 inches long! That is huge but it does not happen very often. Did you know that lobsters can come in black, brown, and the rarest are blue, or yellow! Your chances of finding a blue one though are 1 in 2,000,000 but a yellow lobster is even more rare 1 in 30,000,000. Most common are greenish brown and blackish brown to hide on the ocean floor from predators. Most people probably think that lobsters are red but they actually turn red when they get cooked.
My Great Grandpa Clarke used to live in Nova Scotia and went fishing for lobsters when he was a kid. You use a special trap that you put fish bait in and they go in it for the food. They go in backwards and then they can't get back out again because they get in through almost a funnel (sort of like a magpie trap). He said that some of the lobsters they caught weighed probably 2 pounds and that their claws were about 4 inches long. He said you really had to be careful that they didn’t pinch your fingers with their claws because it would really hurt. They got his fingers a few times but the kids used to put keys in with the lobsters and the lobsters would pinch the keys with their claws and they were so strong that they would mark the keys. My grandpa has lots of cool stories about living by the ocean! So that's the amazing Lobster! I hope you learned something, I know I did. If you ever go scuba diving make sure to be one the lookout. If you do go scuba diving I wonder if you will see a blue or yellow lobster.
Butterflies By Tayah A butterfly's life cycle is made up of four parts: egg, larve, pupa and adult. They attach their eggs to leaves using a special glue which helps them not to crack or fall. After the egg and larvae stages it will turn into a caterpillar. Caterpillars are herbivores which means they don't eat meat. Caterpillars will eat leaves for a good amount of their life until it makes a cocoon. Once the butterfly comes out of its cocoon it will wait a few hours for its wings to fill with blood and dry. Then it will fly off into the world!
Student Adventure Stories Spring 2020
Cougar Trouble BY: Ethan
In 1896, there were two young boys named Ethan and Wyatt, who lived in Dawson City. Their dads worked in the gold mine and they were best friends. The boys were friends too and loved to go on adventures together in the beautiful mountains. It was exciting when they got to pan for gold in the river but sometimes they got bored looking for tiny flakes of gold. When they got bored they liked to do things that all ten year old boys liked to do. They liked to climb trees, play in the cool river, explore the wilderness, go fishing, and just have fun. Sometimes they got into trouble together but they always found a way out of it. They were always a team and were always there for each other. But one time it cost them because they came face to face with danger.
One day the boys were playing in the river and they saw a rabbit, so they followed it. It hopped over logs, through bushes, through trees and by that time they realized that they’d wandered so far that they got lost. It was almost dark so they made a fire and camp. The next morning they tried to find their way home but they went the wrong way. Then they found a cave the boys went in of course. The cave was dark and smelly, it smelled like rotten fish. Ethan sat down at the side of the cave but it didn't feel like rock it felt like fur! Ethan said “I don’t think we're alone” “Why?” Said Wyatt “‘Cause I’m leaning on a cougar I think” whispered Ethan. They moved out of the cave quietly but Wyatt stepped on a bone and it made a loud noise “Seriously” said Ethan. “Sorry,” said Wyatt. Then the boys looked at the cougar and it was awake! It ran to the opening of the cave so the boys could not get out “You gotta plan Wyatt?” asked Ethan “No I hoped you did!” “Ok got one” said Ethan “What is it?” said Wyatt. “You run to the side of the cave and then I will sneak out to go get help” said Ethan. They tried that idea but it did not work. Then Wyatt thought of a plan. Iit was that Wyatt ran to the side of the cave to distract the cougar and Ethan ran behind the cougar and pulled the cougar's tail. The cougar yelped when Ethan pulled the tail so the cougar would follow him out of the cave. Then the cougar followed him out so Wyatt could get out then Ethan ran around the inside of the cave the cougar was still following and then Wyatt was on the right hand side and when Ethan was out he shot a big boulder that was on the roof so it would fall in front of the door so the cougar could not get out.
Then the boys made a compass and started heading home but on their way home they found 2 baby cougars then they realised that the cougar they trapped was a mom! So they took the cubs back and freed the mom. Then back on the trail they went and the mom cougar mom did not chase them.
When they got home they ate supper and hit the hay. The next morning they hopped on their horses and headed off with their dads again. Ethan wondered if they would have another trip like that again “I hope we have another trip like that again,” said Ethan “Ya but with Bears!” said Wyatt
THE LOST TIGER by JACK
It was 12:00 at noon in the The Amazon Rainforest. When a little baby tiger named Joe only one of his mom’s litter of three and his two brothers named Bob and Jimmy. He was the best play fighter. He heard a bush shake so he thought he could wrestle the small thing that made the bush shake. So he pounced at the bush and missed , the mouse started to run so Joe followed the mouse.
When he was following he didn’t know that he was running into the middle of the biggest jungle in the world. He didn’t know what way to go because all the trees looked the same to Joe. Joe was lucky that he had just been weaned off his mother's milk or he would have starved to death.
Joe had to eat fruit for the next month until he was big enough to hunt rabbits, over the next month Joe got big enough to hunt baby deer. One day a huge thunderstorm rolled in. The lightning crashed almost hitting the ground. The lightning put fear into Joe’s eyes so he ran to a nearby cave, little did he know he was in another tiger’s territory. This only happened because all the rain washed away his mother's scent of his mom's territory marking. The next morning the year old tiger woke up to the sound of a two year old tiger named Hunter and he just finished territory marking because of the big storm that washed away the scent.
Joe had to fight hunter for his territory. You could see the fire in Joe's eyes. Joe's muscles tensed up and they had a huge fight. The mighty roars the intense clawing. The blood left on earth's floor. At the end of the fight Joe finally put the ending gash in hunters face that ended it all and Joe finally won over the territory but he was still on the search for his beloved mother. Joe walked for miles until he came across his mother marking her territory.
They were reunited with each other and Joe never ran off again until his mother died. His mother wasn’t dead but he and his loving mother lived together for the rest of their lives. Joe thought about the mouse that got him lost and the bad thing was he didn’t even kill the mouse.
The Tale OF TWO HORSES By sorcha
Once upon a time there was a beautiful valley full of mystical animals.There were fairies, unicorns and horses and more. But one terrible night a monster called Muda came and destroyed the valley. Two brave horses went to go find the mystical moose named Fauron.Their journey began at Helen Poles.The helen poles was full of dangers like ice cold lakes polar bears and ice cliffs.They got past the ice lake but got caught by polar guards and the guard took them to the icy prison. They thought they would never get out but then they spotted a window and escaped. They fell off a icy cliff but landed in water. Their Next place to go is the fire cove.The fire cover was hot but safe with fire horses water cannons for safety and fire slides for kids. The fire cove was easy. then they went to the forest and asked the great moose to come and help them. Thankfully he said yes and the fire horses flew and took them back to the valley.The great moose gave the two horses power to kick the monster hurting him.The fire horses help the two horses by making them fly but the polar bears came and gave the Muda claws but the fire horses got the polar bears distracted them.The horses hit the monster in the head and he ran away. The valley was saved and their mom finally gave them names Blue and Berry
Don’t Trust the Monkeys By Savannah Wedrick
It was a nice sunny summer and Alex asked Lucky if she wanted to go to the Zoo. “Sure,” Lucky said, so they headed off to the Zoo. When the girls got to the Zoo, the zookeeper came out and told them “I need your help! The monkeys are going crazy!” The zookeeper took Lucky and Alex to the monkeys. “Zookeeper” Alex asked “Why do you need our help with the monkeys?” “I need your help with the monkeys because a baby monkey is stuck in the tree and the rest are going crazy. That is why I need your help.” Lucky told the zookeeper that Alex is a good climber so she should go and save the baby monkey. Alex agreed and she went into the cage and started climbing the tree. She didn’t notice that all the monkeys were leaving. The monkeys stampeded over Lucky and the zookeeper. One of the monkeys took the key for their cage and locked it. When Alex got to the top she gently took the monkey out of the tree and went down. After Alex was on the ground she realized that the monkey was fake. She ran to the cage door and yanked on it but id did not open. Alex yelled at the zookeeper to open the cage but he replied “I don’t have the key, the monkeys took it and locked you in.” He looked around and exclaimed, “I got it!” The zookeeper whispered his idea to Lucky. The Zookeeper and Lucky started to chase the monkeys. After a while the monkeys stopped and the zookeeper and Lucky tripped over them. The monkeys grabbed Lucky and tied her up with a rope and scampered away. The zookeeper ran to Lucky and untied her. When he was untying Lucky, she thought of an idea. “Zookeeper” exclaimed Lucky, “we should take one of your trained lions to chase the monkeys.” “That’s a great idea!” said the zookeeper. The zookeeper let one of the trained lions out of its cage and told the lion to get the key from themonkeys. The lion chased the monkeys around the zoo for 10 minutes, but the monkeys got an idea. They brought out the lion’s favorite food, liver. The monkeys threw 5 pieces of liver into the lion’s cage. He ran in to go eat the liver. Lucky and the zookeeper were fooled by the monkeys again. All of a sudden they heard an elephant and went “Aha.” They ran to the elephant cage and took one out. The zookeeper and Lucky got on the elephant and looked for the monkeys. They looked by the giraffes, the tigers, the birds, the zebras, the bears and the cougars but they still did not find them. The zookeeper yelled “HEY MONKEYS, DO YOU WANT BANANAS?” Once the monkeys heard the zookeeper they came stampeding to the zookeeper. The zookeeper made a deal with the monkeys, “If you don’t let Alex out, give me the key,and go back into your cage, then you will never get another banana.” The monkeys wanted bananas, so they did exactly what the zookeeper said. The zookeeper turned to the girls and said “Thanks a lot, you’d better go home now. Thanks for your help, you are heroes!” On their way home the girls were talking about how insane the day was. Alex told Lucky that when she was in the cage she felt like she was going to die. She thought they would never find the key to let her out. Lucky told her that she was worried about her sister too. “I wish I would never be trapped in an animal cage again” cried Alex. “I hope we will never be separated again.” said Lucky. “I love you Alex.” “I love you too Lucky.”
While distance learning has been tough on some of us, for others there have been some benefits. Some very wonderful products have come out of working from home!!
One of Our Students Wrote a Chapter Book!
Forest Clans of Secrecy Apprentice’s SecretBy Evander
Chapter 1 Aattack Rrun
It was a dark morning when Darkpaw had woken up in the Apprentices’ den. He shivered with the dark morning coldness. Outside it was windy and frosty all over Lightning clan camp. Darkpaw picked himself up and trotted to the patrol cats. Waiting there was Tigerpaw, Bluestripe, Windclaw and Goldpelt. Goldpelt, the deputy of Lightning clan, led the way through fallen trees and into their territory. The morning felt as if Darkpaw was going to get frostbite. Goldpelt decided to trudge into camp again to alert Thunderstar about the incoming attack from Galaxy clan. “Thunderstar, Galaxy Clan is edging toward us” alerted Goldpelt. ” They are going to attack us later” “How do you Know?” protested the clan leader. “We spotted a Galaxy Clan patrol budging toward us.”hissed Bluestripe. “Train some apprentices then” snarled Thunderstar. Bluestripe pawed her way to the mossy tunnel with Darkpaw. But suddenly she sprinted her way back to Thunderstar. “ What is it?” she asked. “I saw them!” “Darkpaw! Watch out!” gasped Thunderstar. Darkpaw dodged the attack by Speedpaw. This engaged the camp.
Chapter 2 Darkpaw and his Bad Warrior
Darkpaw unsheathed his claws as Speedpaw made an escape run. Thunderstar told them to wake up and prepare for a deadly war between Lightning Clan and Galaxy Clan. The three entrances would be filled with cats of either clan. A warrior came flying in. Darkpaw was caught. On his back he used ultra powerful hind legs and made him do a front flip landing on his belly. He fought back with the warrior. The war was on. Darkpaw clawed his nemisis. Then he managed to bite his leg forcing him to yowl. Nobody heard. He fleed home.
Chapter 3 Galaxy Clan Failed Against Darkpaw
“Ow! Ow! Eek!” cried the wise Galaxy Clan warrior. He made it through the cracked wood and broken trees. “What’s the matter?” called lightleaf. “My leg. A lightning Clan apprentice bit me there” answered Cinderstripe. “Come here. I will heal you overnight and daylight.” “Okay” Cinderstripe bounded into the thick rock and the white medicine cat had some moss to bandage it for the wound in his leg. The next morning was a tragedy. Spacestar carried a warrior on his back. It was their second strongest warrior, Lavapelt. “ Hhe needs multiple mosses on his torso and legs.” the dotted leader announced.”Hey! What are you doing in there!?” Lightleaf unfolded the bite of Cinderstripe. “That is acceptable” he said, glittering in his eyes as he stared into the eyes of him. “Patrol! Fetch us some food for us.” he ordered. Within two minutes they were back with all sorts of rodents. Wetclaw was even back with a badger. They feasted for the night then they fell asleep. Chapter 4 A Quiet Day
Paw’s pounded the ground as Cinderstripe woke up. He still felt that pang of pain in his left hind leg. A sleek white and black she-cat strode toward him. “ You have been awarded for bravery for attacking darkpaw you two.” the she-cat said calmly. “Th-th-th-thanks” said the wrapped warrior all covered in moss. “ Darkpaw has suffered serious injuries like you Lavapelt.” The light snow piled in the middle of the clearing. A very young appentice shot right through it. Making a small tunnel. He hopped into it. He popped out the tunnel. “I’ll be fine for now,” said Cinderstripe, limping toward his well-trained apprentice Glitterpaw. “Hello Cinderstripe. How are you feeling?” asked Glitterpaw. “Better.” he said. “ I am gonna take you for a trip to the Long moss tunnel. That is where we get some of our moss from. Long ago when I was only two moons old I saw a cycological in a sizablee hollowed-out oak log. Over time moss grew on it. That’s why we call it the long moss tunnel.” he felt proud of his clan-cat life.”I am a clan-cat. My mom’s name was Oakpelt. She is the oldest She-cat in the clan and she was a ferociuos warrior. But when they realized she was giving birth to nine cats, she turned into a queen. Her warrior name was Oakclaw. I was the third cat to be born. That is why we have Sixteen warrior’s” “ Is Oakpelt an elder?” commented Glitterpaw. “ She is surprisingly still a queen. She is twenty- nine moons old. At thirty she’ll be an elderly queen. The oldest clan-cat here is Threeleg who’s fifty-six moons old.” “That old.” the soft she-cat said, purring in satisfaction. “Yup. So anyway our destination is just up here.” The mossy tunnel was over a century old, but still intact. “ What are we gonna do?” she said “Ppick some moss. Do you know how to do that?” “Yes,” the she-cat said hopefully “ it’s easy” “Good. Pick six and I’ll pick nine” From then on it was a silent afternoon. When night fell it was dark and spooky. Cinderstripe was in the medicine cats’ den. Still with his moss-bandaid on it was comfy so he could drop asleep.
Chapter 5 Silver Clan Rreturns
Silver Clan was murdered by the Water Clan. Ever since they escaped they hid in an abandoned twoleg dwelling. It was not far from home when they saw a patrol thinking they were there. The Water clan warriors kept searching until the Silver Clan camp saw their shadows disappear in the sulight. They trudged their way through the snow and the area of twigs, leaves, moss and snow piles was in sight. Their leader longstar (who died in his last life) threw his head side to side looking at the destruction. The campsight was immense. The warriors’ den was shattered. The roof was gone and there looked like a medium-sized window pane was on a wall. Twigs and sticks and moss were tossed around like a tornado hit. A tall wall had fallen and longstars’ den was strewn around. His nest was cracked and split apart. The destruction was fixable in the middle of winter. Around one two later it was as fine as new. But for the dens’. They were like mattled apart*. It was done within an hours’ time. Now it was night. They rested neatly in the dens’.
*Mattled apart = demolished
Chapter 6 Darkpaw’s supportage by Lightning Clan
After the attack, Lightning Clan had many injuries. Darkpaw was the most messed around. He was bit two times and clawed thirteen times. He was bit on the torso and right front leg. He was supported by many cats including the medicine cat. He remained in the Medicine cats’ den. Fed a mouse each morning and night, Blackfur gave him healing product’s such as moss Bbandaids, as given to Cinderstripe. Thunderstar announced one celebration for a young apprentice and a very well-trained apprentice who fought a lot of cats in the war. (Darkpaw) That night was a major celebration. Thunderstar was amused by the sleek look at the six moon old apprentice. She took time to name her. Then she spoke: “tonight will be the name of this very young apprentice and when Darkpaw officailly will become a strong, talented warrior with ferocious claws and jaws. This lovely snowy tabby she-cat will be known as Snowpaw, and Darkpaw will be followed as Darkshadow. We will respect these two names and will never be fergotten.” “What about Waterpelt?” came a strange voice from the elders’ den. It was Willowfur. A young elder who lay right beside Waterpelts’ grave. Waterpelt was slaughtered by a very strong warrior. Darkshadow was feeling down. He eyewitnessed him getting attacked by a fast warrior. He trapped him on the ground. But he was bit by Willowfur. He bounced over a cat and shot right out limping on his way out. Willowfur hissed and remained silent when it happened.
Chapter 7 The Very Strange Noise
As morning came the next day the leader was the first to be on his feet. He gave orders to get some food. Warriors’ and apprentices dashed off to fetch some mice, rats, moles or voles. They were back with plenty of each. As they feasted a strange noise lurked in the trees. Some cats went to investigate the scene including Cinderstripe. It sounded like falling trees and crackling wood and sizzling snow. FIRE! “Uh oh” mewled Clawpelt. “ We have to do something! It's rapidly spreading across!” meowed Stiff-fur. “Kits! Protect the kits” yowled Cinderstripe “Good point,” said Spacestar “we might have to escape to a safer place.” “Well, we're on a cliff. Fire can’t spread up cliffs can they? Hmmmmm?” “They can’t. You’re right Cinderstripe.” Suddenly, the cliff started to crumble. “Back up cats!” Spacestar warned. It crumbled and crumbled and crumbled til about three feet tumbled off the top. It was like an earthquake. More and more and more fell and then trees started to tumble. The ground rumbled. Finally Spacestar ordered back to camp. Four hours later……….. The fire had stopped, but rumbling still shocked the rock-solid earth. It stopped shortly after that. The damage to the camp was devastating. Dens were shaken to sticks and twigs and the trees around were almost downed and if you saw the cliff you could see roots from the trees. The next day began as Glitterpaw pawed her way to the morning patrol. Cindertripe bolted there, too. He was also on morning patrol. Food was given out to every cat. The patrol pawed its way toward the broken cliff top. Embers still flooded the ground as some ashy trees tumbled to the earth FLUMPFFFFFFF!!!!! Went the first one. A second one toppled. FUMPFFFFFF!!!!!!! As a third one went it made crackling noises. C-C-C-C-C-CRACKLE …BOOOOMF!!!! This one had lots of wood on it still. But then the fire reignited itself again. It raged to the south. The first part only destoyed one acre. This one, it looked as if it were to spread VERY quickly. They watched in horror as it made it to the cliff. Rock fell. But a cravice opened a cave that had twoleg bones in it. “ The cliff! We have to get out of here, Now!” mewed Stiff-fur Now they had to move the camp farther away. They made a long way from the cliff. It was very quiet and the rock was as smooth as steel. But the rock was not comfy. They strided to get twigs, sticks, leaves and bark from trees. They also had very fine hunting grounds. Usually near the end of the cliff there are not very good hunting grounds. But they are deep into the forest so they have access to almost anything.
Chapter 8 When the Clans Meet……
That night was a big meeting. Spacestar had led them to a ravaged woody place with four immense boulder’s in the centre. There were twigs that seperated all clans. Galaxy clan appeared first. Spacestar had already hopped on a boulder. Then Silver clan arrived. The sun was sinking, but it had a long way to go. The Silver clan leader Redstar had popped on a boulder. “ Aare you okay?” he said. “ We’re fine,” he answered. “ Wwe heard the fire cackling at our camp, too.” “ It made our cliff tremble. It nealy got our first campsite.” “ You moved?” “ Not far away, yes.” “ Look nice?” “Beautiful” he said as another clan emerged from the darkness. The two leaders stood still pretending they were not talking. Spacestar ears pricked as he heard more footsteps. A berge of cats broke through the trees as their leader crawled on a boulder. “ We have an announcement to make,” pleaded Thunderstar. “ Darkpaw has turned into a warrior now, Spacestar. His name is now Darkshadow.” “ I knew he would turn into a warrior” stammered Spacestar. “ Silver clan has returned.” said the Water clan leader “ Have they, Deadstar?” “ Look!” “ That's good.” said Spacestar. “ Bad.” meowed Deadstar. “ You disbeleive in everything, Deadstar. You should be knocked out of leader and killed in the forest, and you only believe in your clan.” He spoke once again, but this time, stammering very, very hard. “Liar!” he mewled “ I certianly am not a liar.” “ Silver Clan should have returned.” mewed Thunderstar “ If we wouldn’t have returned,” Redstar growled, “ Wish Cclan would have abandoned our camp. And even if that happened there would be only three campsites left which means less shelter.” “ I see your point.” meowed Thunderstar. “ I am totally disagre-” “ You are not.” “ Shu-” “Let’s settle this. NOW would be a good time Deadstar” “Let the war begin.” longed Deadstar “There is no ‘war’ around here,” threatened Spacestar. “ ‘War’ does not belong in the boulder landscape of the forest.” “ War is here at leaf-bare.” “ The war is not happening!” shouted Redstar. “ It is.” “ Is not!” “ If it is not, Wish Cclan will send us to the fire and burn our fur to the bone.” By that time Deadstar had targeted Thunderstar but had not leaped at the white-striped she-cat. “ Can we st-” “ No!” yelled Spacestar “ Too late.” Deadstar had leaped at Spacestar, but missed. Cindertripe hopped on Deadstar and bit him. “ Say your last word, Deadstar.” Cinderstripe growled. “Attack!!!” Deadstar was slaughtered by Cinderstripe. Waterclan shot lightning fast back to camp. They had a secret meeting of who’s going to be leader and deputy. The deputy was prisoned by Lightning clan. “ Alright, cats. Listen up! Tonight we are also gonna choose who is leader and deputy. The feircest warrior will be leader and deputy. The leader will be Glowpelt. The leaders’ partner will Quietmouth. Got it” a warrior will an attrackting muzzle with purple and blue announced the leader. “ Thank you very much Tinyclaw.” thanked Glowpelt. “ You're very welcome to come on the highrock.” “ I will be announcing to cats of this clan that I will trudge my way to the moonstone tommorow night. Quietmouth won’t be on patrol. He will be in the middle of the soiled ground. I will choose who will be on night patrol.” There was a cheer of happiness all around.
Conclusion (Chapter 9) What the Clans are up Too.
Waterclan was facing a death struck warrior who tried to kill a nursery cat. They managed to kill him. Thunderstar, Spacestar and Redstar visit them every sunhigh on a weekend day. Galaxy clan is preparing for a big war that is very far from now, but coming really fast. They are stocking up on food and resources. Spacetar plans to set a trap for Lightning clan. It seems cringeworthy but stocking resources does take part in a living clan. Broken buildings have a load of them. Not very far from Galaxy clan was a big running town of over a million twolegs. On a summer night at 2:00 AM there was a huge shatteing noise. It happened all night until afternoon when all the metal, glass, wood, plastic, cement and concrete ceased. They abondened the city but the resources are absolutely perfect. When it rains or snows it is hard to get them out of their long dwellings. Spacestars’ trap was to build a wall out of wood and constuct a steel platform so they can slip on it which makes a good attack run. Lightning clan heard about their plan. So Thunderstar decided to do the same, but not the trap. Instead, they tore the wall down to find a cat. Surely enough he stood there. He did not move, rock solid. It was a fake cat! If they had destroyed the twigstick wall were they met with some sort of other trap? The next day mother nature made it pour rain like crazy. So it made all four clans go bizerk. Silver clan plans to stalk all wood from the southwest of the forest. They are all happy that Deadstar is dead. The clan camp is fowardly placing boundaries around. It’s a very smart move so attacks only enter at one point. All clans are planning to not start a war for a while. But war can go wild at one point; if something or someone goes really crazy wrong. What was the Wish clan apprentices secret? : do not engage what he tried to do
Original Poetry!
Not all poems rhyme :-) but the rhyming couplets do.
Rhyming couplets Dec 2019
Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year I hope you have a safe trip here
I’m asking for just a few things Can I have a dozen rings?
I want a purple goat With a really soft coat
Send me a mini rooster I will sit him on a booster
I’d like a big ol’ chain That gets wet in the rain
I would like a fluffy bunny That tells jokes and is funny
Can I have a cardboard box And in it a little red fox
I want cute little mice Eating some corn mix rice
Could I have the Eifel Tower With it, a whole bunch of power
Also a big red flower And a giant Skittle that is sour
Can you send a great white shark How about one that can bark?
I would like some barking dogs Little Yorkies that swim in bogs
I will need some extra bags But also send many flags
I would like some yellow fleas That eat pink and purple peas I would also like a little monkey One that dances really funky
Can I have some purple PJs With mini pink and blue blue jays
I want a hippopotamus But not a tyrranasaurus!
I would like a big old ox But not with that little red fox
I really want that Eiffel Tower I’d play with it every hour
I doubt you can bring all this stuff Is this list too long, or just enough?
All I really want is a donkey with no fleas And a monkey that dances on that donkey please!
Grade 3 / 4 (Team Thor)
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Scary Stories / Halloween Stories Oct 2019
It’s Haunted By Savannah
I was walking down the road and I saw something in the bushes. I was so frightened I shivered when I saw it come out. It was a cat . What a scardy cat I was. I kept on going. One minute later I saw every light on every house flicker on, off, on, off, on, off. I was so scared I felt like running away. One little thing came out of the house. It was the cat again how weird. How did the cat get in there? I kept on walking but when I took 20 steps I felt something on my back I thought it was the cat so I kept on walking. One minute later I felt 32 legs on my head I touched my head and there was 4 spiders were on my head. I grabbed the thing that was on my back and it was a skeleton’s arm with 2 more spiders. It was scary but I got the spiders off. I kept on walking and I saw a house. I went in and the door just shut. 10 cats surrounded me and they formed into two humans and they brought me to their boss. The cat’s boss was my grandma. Well my grandma did love cats but I didn’t know she was evil. My grandma told the cats to put me behind bars so they did. My grandma told me that if I do chores thean I’d be able to go. If I don’t do the chores I'd be stuck here forever. I had my phone in my pocket so I called my mom. She asked me where I was and I said “I’m in a dungeon at the haunted house my grandma captured me here.” “Ok” my mom said. I put my phone in my pocket grandma didn’t know. My grandma asked me if I wanted to do chores or not and I yelled “NO!” I didn’t tell my grandma that my mom was coming.When my mom got to the haunted house she went in through the window behind my grandma’s chair. My mom's knee was scraped and bleeding like crazy. My mom thought it was my dad’s mom but when she noticed her voice she knew it was her mom. When my mom came out from behind the chair and said Mom? When my grandma saw my mom she let me go because she didn’t want to fight with her daughter. My mom said “let's go home so we can pack.” “Why” I asked “So we can go to grandma’s house” “NO” I yelled “JK” my mom said. “Instead you can go to bed” “Yaaaaaaa” I said. When we got home I told my mom “I hope to never go in a haunted house again and why did grandma let me go when she saw you?” “ I don’t know,” my mom said. “Well good night mom.” When my mom left I said quietly “I liked being in the dungeon because I could talk to my grandma and I haven’t seen her in awhile.