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Word Clouds in Google Drawing

2/20/2015

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Who said vocabulary review had to be boring?!  This week, 5th grade writers learned how to use Google Drawing to create Word Clouds, while also reviewing their Spelling Words in preparation for their Unit Test. Students used these Word Clouds as a form of self-assessment. They changed color, size and fonts to differentiate between the words they knew and the words they still needed to master. I love how they embraced their creativity and made this project their own! Each student took a unique approach, and they turned out fabulous! Good work writers.
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Barcelona vs. Real Madrid  by 112 Student authors

2/14/2015

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Barcelona
  • Barcelona has won 63 cups.
  • Ronaldinho is a Barcelona legend.
  • He gets paid 9.6 million BRL as a salary. 
  • He is 5’11’’ tall and 34 years old.
  • Messi is a Barcelona legend. He gets a 20 million euro salary each year, 27 years old, 5’7 tall.
  • Neymar is a Barcelona legend. He gets 8.8 million euros, 22 years old, 5’9 tall.
  • "Barcelona, also known as Barca, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is also one of the most successful clubs in European and international club football, having won four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup trophies.” 
  • The captain of Barcelona is Xavi Hernandez. He is 35 years old, 5’ 7’’ tall, and makes 9.22 million euros.
  • Messi is known for playing in an international team for Argentina. He’s the captain too. 
Read Madrid
  • Real Madrid has won 45 cups.
  • David Beckham is a Real Madrid legend.
  • 3,4 million GBP as a salary. He is  6’ 0’’ tall.
  • Chicharito is a head shot legend. He is 26 years old. He gets 3.9 million GBP. 5’ 9’’ tall.
  • Roberto Carlos is also a Real Madrid legend.
  • His free kicks were out of this world! He is 50 years old.
  • The captain of Real Madrid is Iker Casillas. He is 33 years old. He is 6’ 1’’ tall. He gets 7.5 eur.
  • Ronaldo also plays with his international team for Portugal. He is captain too.


Barcelona and Real Madrid are two of the best teams in the world. They are Liga BBVA teams and have the two best players in the world: Lionel Messi and Ronaldo. They are the two most voted teams for being the best.

LC: In my opinion Real Madrid is better than FC Barcelona, because they have Ronaldo, Benzema, James, Chicharito, and Bale. FC Barcelona has only Suarez, Messi, and Neymar Jr.


AG: in my opinion, REAL MADRID is even better than BARCELONA Because Real Madrid has even better players. For example, James R.,, Cristiano R.,, Chicharito H., and Gareth B.

GE: I think Real Madrid is better because they have really good players. They have James Rodriguez, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Chicharito.

JR: In my opinion Real Madrid is the best team and they have a lot of good players.

IM: In my opinion, I think that Real Madrid is better than Barcelona, because Real Madrid's Ronaldo scored the most goals in one season. Ronaldo was also named the player of the year 2015.

JM: Mi opinión es que el Real Madrid es el mejor equipo del mundo.
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Crazy about sports!  Rm 110 student authors

2/14/2015

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Our most favorite sports are Basketball, Soccer and Football. In our Blog entry, we are going to tell you interesting facts about these sports. You should read about these sports, because we have included facts that will BLOW YOUR MIND!! 

Evelyn & Wendy:  BASKETBALL

Did you know... In the old days starting on 1967, “Slam Dunks” were ILLEGAL?! 
The basketball floor is a rectangular court and it is usually made of wood? The team that has the most points wins the game.  Also, in most courts, the rims are 10 feet tall from the ground. 

Johnathan: BASKETBALL
Did you know... Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team?
  • The regulation basketball court in NBA and NCAA basketball is 50 feet wide by 94 feet long.
  • The basket's steel rim has an 18 inch diameter.
  • The tallest man to play in the NBA was George Muresan. He was seven feet, seven inches tall. Wow!

Isaiah & Daniel: SOCCER

Goooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.  Let's talk about soccer. 
Did you know….that soccer is the most popular sport in the world?!!
  • Soccer players run 6 miles on average every game. 
  • There are 11 people in each game of soccer. 
  • There are 1000 activity changes in every game. 
  • The first soccer games may have originated in china. 
  • The first black soccer player was Arthur Wharton in 1800s. 
  • The soccer World Cup is played every 4 years.

Adrian: FOOTBALL

Hut, hut!!! Let's get the game started. I am going to talk about football. Super bowl 49 just happened 2 weeks ago. Seahawks vs. Patriots played for the title to win the super bowl! Tom Brady and the Patriots won 12 games and lost 4 games in the season, and the Patriots were the victors in this Super Bowl. Hut, hut!!       
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Maze Runner by Julian Rm 118

2/14/2015

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The Maze Runner is a sci-fi book set in the year 2232. After the sun flare catastrophe, the remaining governments set up to form WICKED (World In Catastrophe - Killzone Experiment Department). They create this huge maze, in which they send boys in through an elevator along with a memory swipe called "The Box." Each boy is sent in by the box, one at a time each month.

Here are the characters:  
  • Thomas- The main protagonist. Arrives in the box before Teresa. 
  • Teresa- The first girl ever to arrive in the box. Befriends Thomas.
  • Chuck- Boy that arrived the month before Thomas. Befriends him immediately.
  • Minho- Keeper of the runners. Becomes friends with Thomas and teaches him how to be a runner.
  • Alby- First to come into the maze. He built mostly everything there.
  • Newt- Second in command. Takes over as leader when Alby feels no longer capable.
  • Ben- A builder and good friend of Gally’s. He was stung by a griever and was banished from the maze.
  • Gally- He dislikes Thomas. A glader who lives by the rules.He runs away from the glade.
  • Winston- In charge of slaughtering livestock for food.
  • Frypan- In charge of cooking as by his name.
There are other people, but their names are not revealed.

     Thomas comes up by the box to the maze, with no memory of his past life, except his name. He finds out that he is stuck in the middle of a huge maze. He is greeted and taught about the jobs and roles in the center of the maze where they all live and thrive. The Glade is the safe zone at night, but beware of the robotic monsters that come out and eat you. One day, Minho, the keeper of the runners who run the maze, map it out to find an exit, gets stuck with Alby, another runner, trying to drag him out of the maze but the doors are closing! Thomas goes in and tries to help them drag Alby back inside the glade but the doors shut before they can get out.
     Definitely go check out this book to find out what happens next!
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All about Minecraft  by 114 student authors

2/9/2015

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Facts about Minecraft:
1.  Did you know that creepers were originally a code error of a pig?
2. Did you know that milk clears all potion effects when you drink it?
3. Did you know that if a creeper gets struck by lightning it turns into a super charged creeper?



Notch: the designer of Minecraft
Notch started working on Minecraft  November 19th, 2005. He quit his job to work on Minecraft. He released it on May 17th, 2009. Minecraft PE was released on August 16th 2011. One thing I learned from Notch is that if you want to make a game like this, it will take a while.

5 signs that Herobrine is close:
1. Placed redstone dust      
2. Placed signs
3. Traps
4. Man Made things (ex. house, etc.)
5. Misplaced blocks

All about Mobs
  1. The wolf is nice but when you attack it will attack you.
  2. The creeper is by stuck by lightning it become a charged creeper and more dangerous and explosive.
  3. The skeleton it can burn on the sun and in the night it shoot arrows at you and if he got the head pumpkins and he will not get burn.

Survival tip for Shelter
The first night find a spot rock face and dig in to make a shelter. You could use a spot where there is coal. Dig in so you have plenty of space to move around. Then use your cobble to make a L-shaped rock so you can hide around corner if a skeleton passes by your window. With the coal and sticks make torches with the stick on the bottom and the coal on top. The torches are so mobs don’t spawn in your home. You are eventually going to run out of inventory space so make space by making a chest.

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Coyotes invade Chicago!  by Rm 116 student authors

2/9/2015

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NEWS BLOG!
COYOTES INVADE CHICAGO!


Dangers of coyotes

by: Jason German 
News reports state that a coyote attacked a dog three times in one week! And the dogs owners say that it cost 200 dollars or more, each time they go to the vet. I hope that my dog doesn’t get attacked by the coyotes. Especially puppies because they are small and can get really injured or even killed. Another reason is that some people can’t afford that money. That is why it is a big worry  for people.

Causes of Coyotes 
By: Elizabeth
You should never leave your dog’s food outside.  Also don’t leave your dogs water   your dogs water. The coyotes might attack your dog if you leave it outside. That is why you  don’t leave your dogs food outside and need to leave your dog inside all the time. And your dog.outside. That causes coyotes to come to your house and eat your dogs food and drink



Coyotes by: Osvaldo 
There are about  5,000 coyotes in Chicago. The aurora makes a good habitat for the coyotes. I hope we find a way to make them leave. People need to put 6 foot fences to keep coyotes away. This way coyotes won’t get in your yard. Fire department found a coyote on Lake Michigan ice. A coyote waits for cars to pass to raise a litter of pups at the top of the parking deck.

All about coyotes by: Angela
Some coyotes run loose. Did you know that boy coyotes make better parents than  other human fathers. They help take care of baby coyotes. When one of them dies, they all go their their own separate ways. Some coyotes are really devilish.

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