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• Nov. 12, 2008
Reach For The Stars! Lesson 5 Character Feelings

CALM

Breathing softly
Sighing contently

EXCITED

Smiling face

Eager

Laughing

FRIENDLY

Chattering
Laughing

Smiling

HOT

Red face

Sweating

Breathing hard

Fanning self

DEPRESSED

Expressionless

Not talking

Drooping shoulders
Pouting

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• Nov. 6, 2008
Mr.Popper's Penguins Report

Mr. Popper's Penguins

By Richard and Florence Atwater

Illustrated by Robert Lawson

Published by Scholastic Book Service

New York New York

Mr. Popper is a house painter and decorator. Mr. Popper, Mrs. Popper, Bill and Janie Popper, live on 432 Proudfoot Avenue in the pleasant little city of Stillwater. One day, when Mr. Popper came home from painting someone's house, he realized that day was his last day of work 'till spring! Later, that evening Mr. Popper turned on the radio and heard Admiral Drake. The Admiral said Mr. Popper's name! Then he said, "... Watch for a surprise..."

Mr. Popper couldn't sleep at all that night, he was busy thinking of the surprise he had to watch for. The next morning Mr. Popper received a big box with air holes and it said on one side,"This side up." Mr. Popper opened it and out popped a penguin!

Mr. Popper's Penguins is a funny and cute book, the penguins are so funny! If you are an animal lover I recommend this book for you. If you have always wanted a penguin, I also recommend this book for you! Read this book it is so funny and cute!

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• Oct. 30, 2008
Our Only May Amelia Book Review by Joy

Our Only May Amelia

Jennifer L. Holm

Published by

Scholastic Inc.

1999

May Amelia Jackson is a twelve year old girl. The Finnish Jackson family lives on the Nasel in Washington state. May Amelia is the Jackson's only girl, in fact she is the only girl in the Nasel! She has seven brothers, well she has six brothers and one cousin that has lived with them for seven years.

May Amelia is not a "Proper Young Lady" she is... more like a boy than anything. May is very adventurous, she is always getting in trouble because she is so adventurous. May has so many adventures you can't even count them!

Wilbert is May's older brother, Wilbert is one year older than May. He is May's best friend and her favorite brother. Wilbert is always there for May, he is the best brother anyone could have!

I loved this book, Our Only May Amelia! The only thing I will warn you about is chapter nine,"What Happened On The Smith Island". Chapter nine is so sad, I almost cried. But like I said Wilbert will be there for May Amelia. I recommend, Our Only May Amelia to everyone who likes adventures. I loved this book so much, I think I will go read it a second time!

I found a nice, quiet place to read

my book, Our Only may Amelia.

Oh, NO they found me!

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• Oct. 30, 2008
The Secret Garden Tea House and Mrs. Susan K. Marlow

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I am holding two of Mrs.
Susan K. Marlow's books
and standing in front of
The Secret Garden Tea
House. The house is a
beautiful Victorian
Mansion built in 1890,
so it is 118 years old.
The tea house is also
named The Herbert
Williams House and
is on the National
Historic Register.

The three of us, my mom, me
and Mrs. Susan Marlow. We
are ready for lunch!

Mrs. Marlow is signing the
last two books she has written.
This is the first time we met.

My mother took a picture of
our beautiful lunch. I had
apple pie tea with two cubes
of sugar. It was delicious.

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• Oct. 23, 2008
Physical Science Lab Experiment: Greenhouse Effect Example 2.3

One teaspoon baking soda
in a zip lock bag.

Putting the teaspoon of baking
soda into a 2 liter bottle filled
1/3 of the way with vinegar and
2 teaspoons of baking soda
already in it.

I'm making sure that the zip
lock bag is sealed over the
bottle top.

Now, I'm just posing.

After I added everything and
put the bag on the liter bottle,
the vinegar and baking soda
reacted chemically and bubbles
started to form. The bubbles
pushed out the air and filled
the bag with carbon dioxide or
C02.

Then I put a thermometer in
the zip lock bag with CO2
in it and quickly closed the
bag and placed it on a sunny
window sill. I let it sit for 15
minutes.

Nothing happened!

The temperature was supposed
to rise significantly because the
sun was shining on the CO2 and
the C02 is supposed to absorbs
energy from the sun's infrared
light.

I also had a control zip lock of
just air and a thermometer. It
sat for 15 minutes and stayed
the same temperature on the
same window sill. I did this
part of the experiment first.
The temperature was 80
degrees.

What went wrong?
1) I might have had the wrong type
of thermometer as I used a meat
thermometer and didn't have a
bulb thermometer as the experi-
ment suggested. The thermo-
meter does appear to work when we
set it in changed temperatures.

2) The C02 might have come out
of the bag. I tried to add the
thermometer quickly.

3) Was the sun not shining enough
here for the experiment to have
worked correctly?

I read what the science book said
about how the experiment was
supposed to work and why.

I received an A on my Physical Science
Test #2.

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• Oct. 22, 2008
My Dad's New Job

Look at my dad's new job. Normally he works for
Boeing but since he's on strike he has picket duty
once a week. The rest of the week he stays home
doing work. I took this picture.

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• Oct. 17, 2008
Painting My New Room: Lessons in Interior Design, Show n Tell Friday

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Me and my shadow painting
the corner of my room. This
is corn husk green on skylark
blue. I picked these colors.

My mom working hard on making
the paint look even.

My dad painting the window
sill and me working on the
corners. My dad taped the
window so the paint would
not get on it.
My goofy brother who thinks
he's cool! Mom told him to
take pictures so he started
with a photo of himself. He was
helping paint too.

My brother took this picture too.
I had a lot of fun painting the
green.

This is the wall paper border
that will be covering the seam
between the blue and green.
Can you see, how the blue
sky goes with the blue sky
on the border and the green
goes with the grass below
the running horses?

The fun fact for the day:
Did you know Jesus painted
our house? Our painter's
name is Jesus in Spanish.
But we call him 'Jesse'. We
laughed when we found
out his real name.

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• Oct. 13, 2008
"All Together Now!" LESSON 4, CHARACTER PART 3; Reach for the Stars!

Oreo is one year old and the youngest of a small hamster family. She has black and white, soft fur. Her eyes are brown. Oreo is cheerful and sometimes very impatient. She is adventurous and smart but Oreo can be a little head strong. She likes to explore and be free from the other hamsters and dislikes it when everyone is bossing her around and telling her what to do.

Rollo is two years old, he is Oreo's best friend and is the only child in his hamster family. Rollo has long, tan fur, brown eyes and short little legs so he has a problem keeping up with Oreo and the other hamsters. Rollo is friendly and likes to be the leader but hates to be wrong but tries to put that aside. He loves to explore and play around. Rollo does not like to obey others, especially when they are right.

Pepper is two years old and is the oldest in his hamster family. He is Oreo's older brother; his fur is short and pepper colored. Pepper is well rounded, lazy and doesn't like adventure. Pepper is friendly but some what shy and doesn't like to go any where or do anything. He loves to eat.

Nate is a fifteen years old the only human being that lives near the hamster village. He is well muscled with short brown hair. Everything he says and does is 'right'; he is rude and there is nothing nice about him. Nate likes to be in control and the best at everything. He's lazy about things he doesn't want to do but he is high energy about what the things he likes to do. That is why he is the only human around, he has scared all the other humans away.

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• Oct. 11, 2008
LESSON 3, CHARACTERS PART II, Reach for the Stars!

Character: Oreo, a female hamster
Physical Characteristics: One year old, black & white fur; brown, kind eyes and a little
pink nose.
Personality: Cheerful, very smart, adventurous, lacks patience, and is head strong.
Likes/Dislikes: Loves freedom, likes to be in charge. Dislikes: Nate and being patient.

Character: Rollo, a male hamster
Physical Characteristics: Two years old; light tan, long, soft fur; brown eyes and short legs.
Personality: Friendly, adventurous, likes to be the leader and hates it when he is wrong.
Likes/Dislikes: Likes to explore, run and play. Dislikes it when he is wrong and has to
obey others.

Character: Pepper, a male hamster
Physical Characteristics: Two years old; short, pepper colored hair; well rounded
(roly-poly type).
Personality: Friendly but shy; lazy and doesn't like adventures.
Likes/Dislikes: Likes to eat and do nothing; Dislikes adventures and doing things.

Character: Nate, a human
Physical Characteristics: Fifteen years old; short, brown hair; well muscled and is a human.
Personality: Everything he says and does is right; he is lazy and rude.
Likes/Dislikes: Likes to be in control; likes to be the best at everything. Hates it when someone
is better than him!

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• Oct. 11, 2008
Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers: A Review

Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers

By Susan K. Marlow
www.susankmarlow.com

Published by Kregel Publications

Andi Carter and her family live in the San Joaquin Valley, California. It was

winter 1881, when twelve year old Andi is told that she will have to move to
San Francisco to live with her Aunt Rebecca. That meant Andi had to leave

all her friends, family, the ranch and her best friend, Taffy!

It all started on a Sunday morning during a church service. The levee broke
and water was running straight for the town! All the men went to work, but the
water flooded most of the town. School had to close for two months because
the schoolhouse had mud in it.

Mrs. Carter, Andi's mother, decided that Andrea will have to move in with her Aunt

Rebecca and go to Miss Whitaker's Academy for Young Ladies in San Francisco.
Andi was furious when her mother told her! Andi didn't want to leave; she wanted
two whole months of no school. But no, she had to go to San Francisco, and so
began a great adventure!

Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers is another amazing book
written by Susan K. Marlow. It is full of adventures; I couldn't stop reading it! I re-
commend Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers to every girl of any age.
You will like it; I know I did!

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• Oct. 10, 2008
Six Quirky Things About Me Tag

My mom tagged me to do the Six Quirky Things About Me Tag.
If you want to know my mom's quirks go here: TroopersForChrist

Here are the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
List 6 unspectacular quirks you have.
Tag 6 bloggers by linking to them.
Leave a comment on each blog to let them know they were tagged.

1) I guess I'm sort of like my mom, I talk to animals and sometimes in
a silly voice.

2) I like to play with my hair.

3) Whenever my mom reads to me, I always fall asleep.

Don't tell her I said that!

4) I like to eat sushi and dried seaweed. I like it when the dried
seaweed sticks to my tongue and I have to peel it off!

5) I sleep with stuffed animals.

6) My favorite quirk of all, I can only do my writing assignments on
the day they are due but I get good grades on them.

I tagged these people: BookLover, 4sweetums, Gracie7, BeeBuddy
and WashingtonState

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• Oct. 2, 2008
Ima & I at the Puyallup Fair

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Pierce County 4-H Rocks!!!

Look at all the pretty ribbons we won!

Ima and I are so ready for our next class.

I am so TIRED! This is our last class: Bareback Equitation.
We got a blue ribbon! Ima and I worked hard!

Smile! The herdsmanship judge is standing right next to me!!!
Pierce County 4-H earned all blues for herdsmanship! We did awesome!!

I am cleaning in front of my stall.

I wrote this on my tack box door, "Joy and Ima Performance 2008"
This is a tradition to sign the inside of the tack box each time a
4-Her attends the fair with their horse.

This is our family picture with Ima. Smile! My brother is not smiling!

My dad and I are cleaning out my stall so we can haul right on out of here!

Look at the pretty rainbow. My dad, mom and I sat in the
rain to watch little kids ride sheep. It was called "Mutton Bustin'"
and was funny to watch. We saw a man shoot out of a cannon
into a net as well.

Say 'good bye' to the Puyallup Fair. My brother doesn't want to leave!

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• Oct. 2, 2008
Blue Willow Book Review by Joy

Blue Willow

By Doris Gates

Illustrated by: Paul Lantz

Published by: The Viking Press

In the San Joaquin Valley lived a ten-year old girl with blonde hair

and pretty blue eyes, her name is Janey Larkin. The Larkin family

didn't have much, just the normal household items: a very wobbly

table, two chairs, a rusty iron bedstand, the mattress which was

rolled up on the bed and a rusty old stove. But the most important

possession they owned was the blue willow plate.

It may not sound like much, but to Janey the willow plate is a

solid rock in the midst of shifting sands. The plate holds generations

of happy memories and Mother Goose rhymes. Janey showed her

friend, Lupe the willow plate. Lupe did not understand Janey's

feelings for the plate. To Lupe it was just a plate with a picture on

it. But to Janey it was everything beautiful! The picture told a

story, a story Janey wished would happen to her.

Blue Willow is an amazing book. I liked it a lot! But will

you like it or love it? Find out by reading the book. I recommend

Blue Willow to any age girl; I liked it and you will too!

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• Sep. 25, 2008
You Can Watch Us Do Our Arena Trail Pattern at the Fair

Watch the video of Ima and me at the Puyallup Fair. It is posted on the left side bar of my blog. We are performing the arena trail obstacle course pattern. It was a lot of fun showing at the 4-H State Fair! Ima and I received a blue ribbon in our trail class. We were so excited!!!!

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• Sep. 15, 2008
Reach for the Stars! Writing Workshop Lessons

These are my English writing lessons. I am doing lessons on the computer and I also have a paper copy of Mrs. Marlow's Reach for the Stars! Young Author's Fiction Workbook. Below, is the button/link for her blog for this workshop. I have just posted my first few lessons here.

Now, I have to go to the Reach for the Stars! Writing Workshop Blog and post my blog post with Mr. Linky. That will tell Mrs. Marlow that I have completed my first few lessons and she will come comment on my work. Mrs. Marlow is an English Teacher and author of The Circle C Adventures and this writing workbook.

What about YOUR story?
Title of Book: Andrea Carter and the Family Secret
Main Character: Andrea Carter
Setting: Time: Fall 1880
Place: San Joaquin Valley, California
Problem the character faces: She finds out that she has another older sister.
The Plot: Andi finds a half dead man in a creek, she lost her three cousins and
her horse ran away.
Solution: Can't remember exactly. The man is Andi's uncle by marriage. They are rescued.

A story I might like to write:
Title of Book: Hamster Stories
Main Character: Oreo, a hamster
Setting: Time: 2005 Summer Place: A house in Washington
Problem the character faces: Changing from a human to a hamster
The Plot: Half the house catches fire; they are attacked by a spider; they
run our of food for a day.

Solution: The hamsters rescue each other. They fight the spider and they used the food they stored in their cheeks.

Characters:
Warm Up:
The name of a character I really like: Andi Carter
The name of a character I didn't like: T.J. Silver

My favorite character is Andi Carter (Andrea Carter and the Family Secret). She is very horsey and very spirited. Andi is always doing something new and exciting.

The character I dislike is T.J. Silver from Andrea Carter and the Family Secret. T.J. is a very bad man and he kidnapped his kids and threatens to kill Andi. He is evil; evil I tell you!!

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• Sep. 12, 2008
The New School Year Subjects

My subjects are:

Algebra 1, Teaching Textbooks

Reading: Blue Willow, Doris Gates

Spelling, Spelling Power

Grammar, Punctuation and Content: Editor in Chief

Writing: Reach for the Stars, Susan Marlow

Typing: Keyboarding & Formatting, Microsoft Word 2000

Homeschool Blogger Blogging: Joy's Blog!

Physical Science

Old World History

My favorite subject is typing because it is very 'hands on'! The computer
program walks me through the lessons and it is very easy. The more
typing you do, the longer you can play the games. So it tricks me into
doing more lessons than I thought I would.

Of course, I do lots of riding and working with my two horses. I also
do other activities. For example, since today is September 11th, we
went to a Safety Fair in Olympia. It was very fun and my brother got
to talk to a SWAT team member. I'd post pictures but Image Shack
isn't working for me right now.

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• Sep. 3, 2008
My New Dress

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• Sep. 3, 2008
Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1

My first A+ of the year, Algebra 1, Chapter 4.

Here I am doing my Algebra 1, Lesson 30
on the computer. Sorry if you can't see this
picture, we are having problems posting it.

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• Sep. 3, 2008
Grammar & Punctuation with Editor in Chief

My first lesson with Editor in Chief.
My brother, Mom and I are doing them
together. We are learning to check for
grammar, punctuation, spelling and
content mistakes.

This is the book cover of Editor in Chief.
We have completed two lessons.

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• Sep. 3, 2008
Show n Tell Friday: My First Day of "School": Horse Lesson & Nature Trail Ride

My first day of school, at the arena.

My trainer looks like a midget in this picture.

My trainer's name is Mrs. Christine. She's telling
me to stop and back up and is getting us ready for the
Puyallup Fair. For 4-H it is the "State Fair".

After my lesson, my Mom, Snickers, Ima
and I went on a trail ride. I'm eating a blackberry.

I have abandoned my horse, so I can eat
blackberries.

We spotted cedar tree seed cones.

A close up picture of cedar tree seed cones.

Lunch time! Blackberries!

Red mystery berries? We can't find them
in the Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Coast book.

Lunch time for Ima. Horses like blackberries
too.

A thistle has gone to seed.

Salal "berries".

Group hug!

I have to stretch so I won't get poked by thorns.

Blackberries with a brown Ocean Spray flower.

Walking over a huge log.

Ima and I are posing.

Safety first! I must tie up the horses
before trailering!

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