We talked about Best Friends. How does one become a best friend, can you have more than one, what makes them different than other friends...etc. My best friend would do anything for me. We have been friends since 2014 but it took awhile to trust each other. Spending lots of time with each helped us learn respect for each other. He inspires me and helps me with my issues. I try to do the same for him. - Mr. Van Orden Me and my best firend are 3 days apart she has always my best.I hope me and my friend never move when we were 2 we went to a party, the had ''pink lemonad'' so me and my friend dranked it but my naighbor said to are moms why are your kids drinking wine good thing we only had a little.i had my bff sence I was 3 days old. I love my best friend we splited up shcools in kinder . My friend has stuck whith me forever. I can tell her any thing we just had a play date. I can still have friends but shes my bffahwrn that stands foer best friend forever and hope we never move. - K. B. My best friend is _________. two years ago we bumped into eachother then we bonded. We both like minecraft & we have eachchothers back. They actuly help you, trust me. I`ve had my best friend for 2 years both of them. Yes you can have more than one. - N. R. My bestfriends became my friends not much time ago .I have two, well I consider both of them my bestfriends even though the other one probably doesn't,but I literally don't care one teeny tiny bit.How did they become my best friend's? Well it all started when we were still weird crazy dumb little third grade todlers.It was last year after the school play, this girl she became my friend during the play I was in it same with the girl,then I meet her friend and I turned into their best friend's( well maybe the other one doesn't consider's me as a friend as I said I don't care.)One of the way's that makes them my bestie's is that I can trust them and other friends I really don't have much trust in them.I have had a rellationship with them for about one in a half year's.You could probably have more than two well atleast that's what I think , because I technically have two best friend's and I mean It’s fun talking and being able to trust two pepople instead of just one.Another thing that makes them my beloved bestfriend's is that they care for me and if i ever go through a rough day they make it a way better day for me .That is my D.D.T. for today. - E. L.
To me Existing is being present. Living though is different. It means to expand your life, try new things explore and live your potential. To never settle but to achieve greatness. It means to never be afraid to learn and never be set in your ways but willing to change. - Mr. Van Orden The difference between living and existing is that living means to be alive. The traits to being living are you have to be able to move by yourself, need food and water to live,and you need to have to have sun to live. Existing means that something is on any planet so that means if you leave your phone on the moon it would still exist. Dinosours did exist but were wiped out by a mother metior and now they don't exist. Here is a list of what exists pencils,pens,people,heads,arms,numbers,letters,plants, etc. That is what the difference is. - L.B. The difference between living and exsisting is simple. It is simple because somethings live and exsist or somethings just exsist or just live. People live. We know people live because they breathe. Which is obvious. While I am typing my pencil box is in front of me and I am wondering if my pencil box is living or exsisting or both. My pencil box is not breathing so I don't think it is living. My pencil box is an object though so it must be exsisting. It is an exsisting object it just isn't living. It doesn't have a mouth or hands or eyes or anything. My pencil box must be exsisting. So one of the differences between living and exsisiting is exsisting is most likely an object and living is an animal or person that breathes. This is the difference between living and exsisting. - K. D. The diffrence is that living means to be living the life. Just kidding It truly means that you are living. When you are living you are you are breathing, eating, and moving. Existing means that they are not alive but they are still there. For example a computer, a pencil box, a desk, a picture, a board, a marker, a pencil, a glue stick, a eraser, and etc. The thing is that I know that a thing is existing when it is not living but it is right in front of me. That is what is different between living and existing. - L. K
They were given 3 wishes and had to follow a few guide lines like couldn't ask for more wishes (though some tried to ask for more Genies) couldn't control someone, kill or bring back to life someone or make someone love them. -Mr. Van OrdenIf I found a genie lamp then I would...
first,rub it second wish for 1.to be president right now!!!! 2.to have peace for all man kind. 3.to win the 1,000,000,000 dollar lottery! I would wish to be president so I could make more chocolate and more candy! I would wish for peace for all mankind because peace is hard for everyone so now we will have a better planet! I wished for the 1,000,000,000 lottery to use it for charity ,children and adult hospitals and for homeless people to have homes. Those are my wishes - E. A. I realize I have been bad about updating this. Sometimes life gets ahead of me. I asked the to write in groups a little play dealing with being lost or stranded and using their vocab. This was Last Tuesday. - Mr. Van Orden Narrator :seaen 1 act 1 setting:island M: were is my family? "WOSH" M: Wow a big wave! N: What happend? M: I think you got washed up on shore N: What happen to you? M: I think I'm lost. I can't find my family. N: the same thing happen to me sorta. N: I was on a cruise with my family and a huge wave took me. Lucky I still have my Lucky cameo. M: Oh good. N: Hey what's your name? M: My name is Bob. N: that's kind of weird for a girl. M: I know I am a girl but that doesn't change me. So what is your name? N: my name is Sofie. M: Ouch! Hey crab what are you doing ? S: get off my island! M: sorry we are lost. Can you tell us what the name of this island is called? S: the name of this island is called Tory. N: why don't we work together to construct a layer by the cove of fresh water. M: okay the water in the ocean is very brackish. M & N: Whoosh! N: that took a lot of strength. S: Can I live with you guys? M & N: Sure. M: That would be great. N: what can we eat here? S: There is Kelp, Shellfish and coconut. M: I never asked what your name was crab? S: the name is Crabby. N: First thing tomorrow we are going to start constructing a boat and go home M: okay that sounds great. Narrirator: The next day. N: that took a lot of sinews. Okay we have to leave so we can get back to our families. S: can I come with you guys? M: Sure. THE END - M.S. N.B. and S.W. Characters: Loyd (J.H. June (E.J.) Lucas (L.P.). Setting: June Loyd and Lucas are flying on a privet jet on a Saturday in 2016. Scene 1
Loyd: bradegery iom will eating paper June:can you please stop talking it making me loose control. i'm gonna crash into a cove. Nobody's talking: 10 Minutes Later June looses control and crashes into a headland. Lucas: I'm dead inside. Loyd: I want a monkey June. June: i don't want two monkeys. Lucas: Loyd are you being koo koo right now, i wonder if kelp will help us float... if not lets just stay in the same position and get stung by jelly fish. Setting: we are getting outof the plane and going into a lair. June: you guys are deafing. Loyd: can i climb up on a tree and poisen berrys? Lucas: I'm dead inside. June: I'm gonna call the shellfish to get help. I'm gonna shutdown because of you two. Setting: they all get trapped in a cave. Lucas moves a rock whiel saying YEEEEEEEEEEET! Loyd: we should walk of a cliff. June: follow me to the ravine! (really annoyed) THE END!!! I asked the students if they believed there was life on another planet. Even if they did or did not I wanted them to describe an alien life form. I taught them about the Goldilocks area of sun to planets where life can be live. I I also taught how Nasa discovered Trappist 1 a Star like ours with 7 planets in the Goldilocks area. I believe there is life on other planets but I can't comprehend what they are like. Our Earth has gone through so much in millions of years and evolution and mutation continues to change species. - Mr. Van Orden If aliens where alive they would sit on there lazy bums. Pssssss they are evil they are planning a attack. Next thing you know humans will not excised.👽 T. A.
The Students needed to choose two animals that they think are awesome. Then tell me 3 reason why each are awesome. Then they need to tell me which one they prefer. My personal favorite animals are Chickens and Turtles. I love to chase chickens, taste chickens, and I think they are regal and fierce. Turtles are awesome because some are Ninjas, turtles live for over 100 years and they can be land or water based. I would say the chickens out beat the turtles because nothing beats delectable fried chicken! - Mr. Van Orden Here is my DDT for today: If I could choose two creatures, I would choose a shark. It is really awesome, because they don't hurt people on purpose, they do it because you look like a seal! "you look like a sea; when you lye on a surfboard". Another fact why they are awesome, is they are a fish, and they eat fish! But, their main prey is seals. REMEMBER DON'T ACT LIKE ONE! Plus, they don't like to eat humans anyway. there too bony. Okay to the next creature! I like the dog as the next creature. Because the shark and the dog are my favorite animals. The dog is so cute! I have one, but she's not a puppy, she is 14 years old, which is like 98 years old in dog years. But, Don't worry! I still like cats! But the dog is great because there are so many breeds of them! like the golden retriever. There are so much people who have dogs! I wish Mr. Van Orden had a class pat that was a dog! Well respond to me which one is the best! - C. T. This is why Polar Bears and Penguins are the best animals ever. They are both cold blooded and way more cool on the outside. the penguin can swim faster than a car at full speed! the Polar Bear finds food even in the Polar ice caps! Now what one is better I would decide by who would win in a fight well First,the Polar Bear would chase the penguin the penguin would hop in the water away and swim after about an hour it would come back to land, the polar Bear would be waiting in its cave and when the penguin came back the Polar Bear would come back behind the Penguin for dinner. And so the Polar Bear is better.😁 - L. B. Two animals. A bunny, and a snake! Bunnies are soooooooo fluffy, and They are so cute. There magnets for neighborhood girls. Snakes, well...they are fierce, fast, and some are venomous. Probably not the best thing to run into on a on a walk through the Amazon jungle. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd say, bunny! Probably because I own one. Sooooooooooo fluffy!🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 - J. H. Today I am writing about dogs and turtles. The whole dog and turtle situation/voting thing has been going on for 2 years now. Last year in our old class we did a debate, DOGS vs. TURTLES! Of course dogs won, but I think we should do another debate, you know, its a different year, different class, different students. Dogs would most likely win but turtles are still cool too, they would most likely just be one or two votes behind dogs though. See turtles are awesome, they are cute, funny, and friendly! I might like dogs better but I cannot doubt that I would have lots of fun owning a turtle. Turtles are amazing, especially when they stick their heads out SLOWLY. That brings me to the fact turtles are slow, and that is not a bad thing. Turtles are awesome! Now dogs, wow! Dogs are awesome, cute, funny, friendly, sweet, helpful, kind, amazing, a best friend and more. I know ALOT about dogs saying I research them, I have a dog, I have read SEVERAL articles about them, and I have done 2 or 3 reports about them. Did you know it is a proven fact that dogs help you live longer and are proven to help you heal faster if you are sick. Plus they are great companions. My dog is one of my best friends, and clearly I am not a boy but they say dogs are a mans best friend for a reason. I could write aboutr dogs forever, literally, last year I wrote a 600 word article about dogs. As you can tell I would choose dogs. They are my favorite animals. This is what I think about dogs and turtles!!!!! - K. D.
I encouraged the Students to look up new words, then write definitions. Then use them in Sentences. It was great to hear words that were new to them. I wanted to research and practice taking texts from books. - Mr Van Orden Magnanimous
Very generous and forgiving. My mom is very magnanimous. My teachers are very magnanimous. Lacquer A liquid that hardens into a tough hard film. I used lacquer for my science project. Used lacquer at my house. Keen To have a sharp edge . My book has a keen. My purple and pink fuzzy pen has a keen - L. K. I asked students to tell me about their Labor Day weekend with detail. I didn't want to see, I went camping the end, or just stayed at home. If they stayed at home tell me did they eat all the food in the kitchen or count the tiles on the ceiling. I heard many great camping stories. I myself, started packing to move closer to school. It hasn't been easy since I injured my arm. Many times on the weekend I try to give my wife a break from our newborn baby. - Mr. Van Orden My labor day weekend was camping at my ants cabin. I took my trailer up my ants property. It was a rough time getting it up there. When we got up there I asked for the WI-FI but there was no WI-FI. So I thought my camping trip was over. After that we we went to my ants cabin and talked and talked and talked. So I got so bored I fell asleep. The next day we saw the other peoples campsites/cabins. That night my BFF came and I thought who needs WI-FI now. After that we went to my ant's cabin and talked and talked and talked. The next day someone brought there big dog's and they were so cute. after that we went razor riding, and stoped at my ant's friend trailer. They had not one but to baby pugs. Then we went back to the cabin and I fell asleep on the most comfiest bean bag ever.The next day the dogs left and right once once the owner left she found a horned toad we named it normed. It was so much fun!!!! - M. S I went swimming with my family on Labor Day, on Sunday I meat with my grandma and grandpa, on Saturday I ate with my grandparents. - N. G.
I'm not a fan of taking tests, even if I know the material. I feel tests are good to see what we are comprehending but not the only solution. I always enjoyed open book or open notes tests but then I had no desire to study. - Mr. Van Orden When I take a test I feel tired and super hungry and super super sad. I think that before tests we should get a two minuet nap, and and a snack during the test. Then we should get a brain break! When we get tests we all can't think strait because we are hungry and we are sleepy. So it is either what I just said or no more tests. Those are all my suggestions. - E. A. Emotionally when I take a test I feel droopy and plum puckered out for the test . Mentally I feel like no!!! not a test !no more thinking!!😐 - P. J. When I take a test I emotionaly feel OK,except when their long test's. When their long test's sometimes I might feel stressed.(I usually feel stressed)Something I can do to make it easier to take a test is......Drum Roll please...NOTHING!!Wait Mr. Van Orden can do something he can let us not take test's.YAAAHY!!!! The End!😲😊👌😋✌😝 E. L. I feel frustrated emotionly and tried mently .One thing you can do is make the questions more descriptive.Another thing you can do is is give us hints on our spelling tests .The last thing you can do is give us pre tests to see if we've been practicing. The end - N.B. When I'm taking a test I fell stressed that I Will get a question wrong .Something that will help is we don't take 5 hour tests.We should't even take 2 min tests.To much learning can hurt your brain.If we don''t take tests we will not become stressed when taking a test. -E.B
I gave the students an Atlas and ask the students to look up somewhere that they want to travel to. I asked them to do some research about the place too like geography, population and what ever the Atlas might choose. Surprisingly there weren't many who chose the same place. Sadly though none of the students emailed me last night their response so I don't have anything to post. I myself would love to go to Greece, I love the history and food. - Mr. Van Orden
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