Do You Youtube?

I have a serious Youtube addiction.  I basically watch Youtube well, as much as I can really.  Seriously, whenever I am playing a game and open a new tab to listen to music I say “Nah, I can do this later” then I close my other tab and watch Youtube. 

I watch all the Seven.Awesome.Kids. a.k.a. SAK channels, Wassabi Productions and a lot more that I don’t need to tell you. I’m just trying to say that I watch a lot of Youtube.  Seven.Awesome.Kids is basically a bunch of teenagers making funny videos.  Wassabi Productions does parodies of songs and they vlog and do challenges.

Are you a Youtube freak like me or do you prefer something else like playing outside?  

If you could make any Youtube channel what would it be called, what would you do on it and who would you do it with?  I just gave out an idea of a Youtube channel.  You could do a Youtube channel about fun outside.  You see you could do cooking, challenges, music - it’s your choice!!!  So what are you waiting for scroll down to that comment box and start typing it up!!!!!!!!

~candyruls5   

SUBSTITUTE BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Edmonton Oilers Hockey

On November 25 the Oilers hockey team lost again to the Dallas Stars.  I can’t believe it.  The Oilers have not been good at all for two years now.  But the good news is the Oilers fired their goalie coach. Also, on November 23 the Oilers played Chicago and of course they lost seven to one.  FAIL!  

If I was on the Oilers I would be pretty upset about me and my team. If I was on the Oilers, every time I looked on that NHL board I would say to myself man, why are we such failures!

On November 27 for the 3rd time this season the Oilers played the Nashville Predators. The Predators got the first goal but after it happened, the goal was waved off by the ref.  It was waved off because the Predators interfered with the goalie. And it was no goal!  The Oilers lost again to the Predators in over time.  One of the Oilers players got hurt trying to block a shot.  Also in over time one of the Oilers players did not score on his penalty shot.

If you got in to the NHL and got picked to play on the Edmonton Oilers how would you feel and be specific.

~electricrazor

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Winter Holidays

How do you enjoy your winter holidays? I enjoy the winter holidays by staying inside most of the time. Some times my family and I go outside and walk or drive to a big park, close to where we live. The park has a bunch of big hills. When we go to the park we always bring our sleds. Last year I brought my snowboard because, last year I got my snowboard for Christmas.

When I stay inside for the winter holidays I usually, read, draw, play on my electronics, play games and open my presents.

When I was in Ireland I used to make snowmen, forts and snow-angels. I used to go outside, with my brother and if any of my cousins were there, we would all go outside and make snow-angels. No one in my family had snow pants so when we went outside in the snow, we would be wearing, a coat, a hat, a pair of mittens, a scarf, and normal shoes or rainboots.

This year I am probably going to stay inside a lot, like I do every year. I am planning to, play on my tablet or phone, draw a bunch of random stuff to test my drawing skills, read and, sleep in the mornings so I can stay up all night.

I just love the winter holidays. Do you like the winter holidays?

-3DS

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Christmas Holidays

Can you wait until  Christmas because I can’t wait!  I can’t believe there is just over a month until Christmas!

What my family does is that we all wake up on Christmas day and once everybody is in our living room everybody opens their presents one person at a time and one present at a time. In the afternoon we go to one of my Mom’s uncles or my grampa’s house and when we get there we stay for 2-3 hours talking and opening presents from our whole family.

The reason I love Christmas is because every year I can see my uncle’s cousins and aunts that I have not seen for a pretty long time!  I also love the food my great grandma makes for everybody she likes to make shepherd's pie and cranberry pie and perogies and a lot of beans and carrots and corn for everybody that comes to my relatives house.  

I mostly like Christmas because mostly on Christmas break my family goes to some other place in Alberta like Calgary or Red Deer for Christmas and stay there for the rest of the week!   

How do you celebrate Christmas? Do you go away to New York or someplace else or do you have a big party?  If you go some place else then write about what you do there!

Describe what you do for Christmas and be very specific because if you don’t it may look weird and sound weird.

If you just stay at your house and lay around you could tell a funny story about Christmas or describe the best Christmas you have had.  You could describe the traditions your whole family does or you could describe the kind of food/dinner that you eat on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve.

If you have never really had the best Christmas then you could make up an Christmas you wish you had.  

-Mustache Inc.

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Cloning Animals

Cloning is when you take the DNA of a different creature and make another one.  This topic interests me because if we could make enough clones, we could reverse endangered species such as a javan rhinoceros.  There are only 50 of them in the world and by cloning them we could turn them from endangered to vulnerable and then it could get better from there.

If I could make a clone of an animal it would be every animal and every extinct animal combined into one animal! It would have orange skin and brown fur. It would be very dangerous.

If you could make a clone of an animal what would it be? It can be a bear, cow, pig, cat, dog, rat or a snake. Maybe it can be an extinct animal.

Would you make a new animal?  It could be the size of King Kong and as scary as Godzilla and a T-rex and look like a cow! Or it could be as peaceful as a hamster and as cute and as big as a blue whale and looks like one too!

~trexjaw

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Why Do People Complain About the Weather?

Have you ever wondered why people complain about the weather changing from warm to cold? Well I have. 

It gets annoying having everybody whining about weather. 

For me, weather isn’t such a big deal because I like all the seasons because each has it’s purpose such as: in winter, you can go tobogganing. In summer, you can go swimming etc.  

Although it might affect other people, it doesn’t affect me. The only thing that I don’t like is getting too hot, or getting too cold. It really bothers me when my toes feel like they’re going to freeze off or you’re going to explode of heat, that's really annoying. What I want to know now…

                     ...is your perspective!

~The Wither

EXTRA BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

I Love Pets

My favorite pets are dogs and cats. Once I had a cat but it ran away. It was charcoal color. Her name was Charcoal.  I would take her for a walk down the street.

My grandma has a dog and his name is Cole. It is a poodle.  He is black. Cole likes to play with his little toy animal babies.  When Cole would come visit he would bark at my cat Charcoal.

I love pets because I can cuddle with them and they are so cute. Cole is funny. He howls when someone comes in at the door. He jumps up and down when people come into the house with food. He does some tricks. He rolls on the floor on his back, he sits when I give him a treat.  He loves his bacon treats and human food.

Do you have a pet? If you don’t have a pet, what pet would you like to have. What color would your pet be? What would you name your pet?

~Google Girl

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Halloween Candy

Is it unfair that you spend a lot of time trick-or-treating even when some people only give you one piece of candy and when your parents have to look for little holes in every, single piece?

And some parents take half of it and eat it!  Some parents, once they have sorted it, give the good ones all back (like mine). And last, but not least other parents take it away and give it as a reward. 

So if you were a parent what would you do with he or her or their Halloween candy?

-The Big D

EXTRA BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Do Parents Go Crazy About Us {Kids} Changing Their Minds on Halloween Costumes?

If you were a parent and your daughter or son kept changing their mind on costumes what would you do?  How would you feel?  What would you say to your child?

Can you think of a time when you or someone you know did this?  For example your friend Sally kept changing her mind from a fairy to a vampire to a werewolf.  I kept changing my mind from Black Widow to Red Coat.  I ultimately decided on the Black Widow costume from The Avengers.  I just wore a black sweater, black pants and black boots because she only wears black and that’s pretty simple.  

What costumes are you deciding on [If you’re deciding on one]?

What is your favorite treat to get when you are trick or treating in your neighbourhood or mall? What is your costume for Halloween?

-paincakes

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

If You Could Make Any Game In the World What Would It Be?

Imagine you have to make a video game for the whole world but thats not all you have to make a better game then your fake competitors. You should say what the story is in the game  [story means the main part] don’t forget about the name.  Then you have to make a console for your game. Next tell the designs of the game and the console and the controller.  For example, what kind of graphics do you want and where is it going to take place?  If you want to buy the game, the console and the controller together how much will it cost?

Matter of fact you can make a game for the PC. But then you have to put more work in the game because you dont have to make a controller and a console. If you’re making a game where you can make a steering wheel and a gas pedal and brakes it can be used with the computers too.

~battleandthebeast

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Are Birthdays Too Short?

I think birthdays are too short.  I think everyone should have a birthday week.  That way there would be one week of presents too.  This would make me happier and also everyone else in the world.  If the world is happier there would be less fighting.  More people will have more time to plan a party.  They will also have more time to decorate and clean the house and bedrooms, arrange the beds and decide where everybody  is sleeping.  It will help decide who is not going and who is going to the party.  We will have a longer time to stay and sleep in the house and have more fun too.  They could play more birthday games with friends and have more cakes and ice cream to eat.  It will be the funnest time of your life and you would remember it forever.

Do you think birthdays are too short?  How long do you think it should be?

~darkbazooka06

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Summer Holidays...Too Long?

School has been in session for just over three weeks.  Many students, teachers and parents were excited to send their children back to begin another year of learning.  Some students were scared of being in a new grade because they were not confident in their skills and abilities or admitted they had forgotten everything learned from last year.

That thought led me to thinking:  Are summer holidays too long?

Don't get me wrong, I love having two months off in the summer to relax and go on vacation.  I am fortunate that my career allows me to do that.  I'm sure many students were counting down the days in June before school ended so that they could play all summer.

But think about the length of the summer.  Two months,  Eight weeks.  Sixty days.  That's a long time to be off from school.  I can understand why kids come back admitting they've forgotten everything.  I don't even remember what I did yesterday ten minutes ago!

Did you know that there are some schools that break up the holidays differently?  Overall, the number of weeks of vacation are the same but they may get two weeks at a time at Spring Break and then four weeks over the summer.  Essentially, they are going to school almost year-round.  Perhaps this method would be better for everyone.

What do you think about the length of the summer holidays?  Do you think there is a better way to break them up?

~The BIG HAM
BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Our New Principal

This year will be the last year that the Queen of the Forest will be the principal of our school.  She has decided to go back to teach students at another school.  The Queen of the Forest has been the principal at our school for the last seven years.  That has been enough time to oversee one class starting from Kindergarten all the way through to Grade 6.  We wish her the best of luck in the next stage of her career.

Now that our Queen is leaving, this means that there is space for a new principal.  We learned a couple of weeks ago that we will be getting a new King of the Forest.  It's always exciting and a little scary to get a new leader in our building.

I wonder if the students are excited to be getting a new principal.  Maybe they're scared.  We are all used to how the Queen of the Forest dealt with incidents and could act accordingly.  But how will the students react to a new person, especially a man?  Will that change their behaviour?

What advice could you give to the new principal to help him make our school run smoothly?

~The BIG HAM
BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Smoking

In Health we have been learning about smoking and the effects of nicotine and tobacco.  Many of the students in our class have direct contact with smokers, whether it be their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles or close friends.  Both before and after each discussion, the students vowed that they would never take up smoking.  They have learned some refusal tactics to use should they ever be in a situation where they are pressured by their friends to try smoking.  As a final activity, students were asked to use Google Draw to create an anti-smoking poster.  Lastly, each students is to write a blog comment describing his or her poster and their thoughts and knowledge about smoking.

-The BIG HAM
BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

xboxlivemaster

cheesehead

waixerwharf360

candyman

MrJamHam13

prettygirl

thebigboyTNT

barbie

BRONO

bobby

bubbles

sam

waspy

cookieman

cookiepie

monkeyman

cat

candyapple

robloxmaster

Seasons

There are four seasons.  One of them is winter where you can freeze your fingers off. The other one is autumn where you enjoy the fresh breeze. The third one is spring wear you have to have rubber boots for the puddles. The last one is summer when you are sweating and dieing. There are lots of mosquitoes.

I like summer because it is hot, warm and not cold like winter. You can go bike riding and you get to wear shorts. The thing I hate about summer is I have to do R.A.C outside. I like to have barbecue when its summer.

What is your favourite season? What do you like to do during these seasons? Which season is your least favourite and why?

~candyapple

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Fruit

Do you eat fruit?   I eat fruit at home a lot. I eat oranges, apples, and honeydew melons.  Thats what I eat the most.  My favourite fruit is oranges because they taste really good.  I peel them myself with my fingers.  I haven't eaten oranges for a long time and I'm not sure why.  I haven't had oranges since February and apparently my mom wont buy any till Christmas.  I dont know why.  I would really want to have oranges right now.  I think my mom is going to use them for Christmas for decoration because last Christmas I think she put them in a drawer and left them there and they were hard.

What I really eat almost every day is apples.  They taste really good.  I eat the apples with the red skin.  I've also tried green apples but they are too sour.

Do you like fruit?  What is your favourite fruit?  How do you eat it?

~cat
BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

The Internet

The internet can be dangerous. But it's basically going to be our lives starting in junior high because you need to get a computer that's good. Instead of doing your work on paper you can do it all on your device. And if you don't have one well you will have to do everything the old fashion way with paper and pens. I'm going to get a computer though because I'm smart that way.

Back to the internet is dangerous It can be dangerous because of spam and there is dangerous people on the internet that can hack you and steal your information if you fall for the spam. Or if there is a hacker they will steal your account on something. Or just break your computer on the inside and give you virus. There is also online bullying and predators who seek out people to hurt.

But it can be a good thing. You can do research on the computer. You can do work faster and you can play games on it. 

So do you think the internet is bad that's it's going to be in our lives or do you think it's good? Do you like using a computer or do you like paper? And do you play games on your computer?

MrJamHam13

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Swimming

Last week the Grade 4’s went to swimming lessons.  There were four lessons and they lasted one hour each.  There were three groups: beginners, middle group and experienced swimmers.  

I was in the highest level there.  We had to practice front crawl, diving into the pool and we swam A LOT of laps.  

For our test on the last day, we had to dive in and tread water.  My group were not allowed to wear a life jacket for this activity.  Then we had to swim to the end AND back.  It wasn’t that tiring for me.

My favourite part of the swimming was diving but it was also my least favourite because I got water up my nose.

In swimming lessons we played a game called Safe Or Sorry and you can play it in the deep end or the shallow end but you have to be careful in the shallow end.  There was the chance that you could bump your head on the ground.  At the end the day we would play freeze tag.        

The Big HAM did not go into the pool she just watched us swim.

What level did you get put in?  Do you like swimming and why?  What was your favourite part of the swimming?

~bobby

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Friendly Letter

Last week we were working on a friendly letter.  A friendly letter is one where we write to someone who is popular or who we admire.  We tell that person a little bit about ourselves and we ask questions that make us curious.

I wrote to Roger Hargreaves because the Big Ham said if we didn't have anyone to write to.  I write to him about my story Little Miss Upset. I think he would like it. She didn't tell us that he was dead.  Some people wrote to other popular people such as Katy Perry or Adam Levine.

When we’re done writing, we put many stamps on the envelope.  We had to use a lot of stamps because we did not have the right postage.  One kid had about 20 stamps!  They looked like sticker books.  

One part I’m interested is that if they write back a friendly letter. I think that it would be so cool.

We took two or three days to get it finished. I think it was easy for me.

Who did you write to? What did you write about?  Was it easy for you?

~barbie

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Mister Men

Last week we produced our own story of Mister Men.  After we finished writing our Mister Men story we read it to our Buddies in Grade 1 and 2.  

My favourite part was writing our story.  We had to come up with a character trait and I picked “giving”.  It was my third choice after “mean” and “thankful’ but those were already taken.  

I chose to write about Little Miss Giving.  Her problem was that she gave away everything she had.  For example, one day she was walking home and she saw Mr. Intelligent jogging. She asked him if he wanted some money but he said “No”and then he gave her a lecture and then she solved her problem.

I think it took me 19 or 20 days to finish my Mister Men. I was the fourth child to finish my story.  It took me so long  because the outlining and colouring was the hardest part for me.  

What was your favourite part in making Mister Men story? What was the hardest part for you? What is your Mister Men name? What was his or her problem?  What is your favourite part of writing the story?  How many days did it take you to finish your Mister men?

~pretty girl

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Easter

Easter is my second favourite holiday because you can get lots of stuff like chocolate.  The things that I got for Easter  was a new pair of Air Nike Jordans that are pink, black, white shoes, two t-shirts - one that says "I make it look easy" and the other one was just blank and one new pair of blue jeans. I also got a ton of chocolate!

I woke my Nana up on Easter morning at 7:00 in the morning with her phone.  I put an alarm on it and she didn't know. She made me and my brother and sisters Easter breakfast and dinner. For breakfast we had bacon and eggs and for dinner we had chicken, potatoes, vegetables and cranberries.

It was my sisters' birthday on our long weekend. They turned 16 years old.  My sisters are getting old but I am not. Do you know how much money they got? They got a lot! $250! My sister Jaylene passed her learner's test. We were so happy. But my other sister didn't do hers yet.

What did you do all Easter?

~bubbles

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Losing a Family Member

Have you ever lost a family member?  I know it’s tough.

My grampa suffered from breathing in second-hand smoke because at his work place everyone smoked.   He suffered for a long time and at one point he couldn’t drink or he would choke and the same thing with food he couldn’t walk and talk and it was sad.  He eventually passed away and I attended his funeral.

It is sad that he is gone but I’m glad that he is no longer suffering.  Every kid there was crying at the funeral, including me.  

One of my mom’s friend has a dog named Kiki and he’s suffering from this disease he was born with.  It eats away his bones and my dog Piper is going to miss his friend.   I feel sad for both my mom’s friend and her dog.

I ask you again how did you feel when someone close to you dies?   What was his or her name?

If you’ve never had somebody pass away, think about friends that have had their close relatives or even pass away.  Describe how you felt or may feel.

~cheesehead

BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

The Lego Movie

The Lego movie has the best characters and even new ones!  Some of the characters are Abraham Lincoln, 1980’s Space Guy Benny, Metalbeard, Unikitty, Emmett and Vitruvius as Morgan Freeman!  Emmett is the so called Special.  He is not a master builder.  He does become a master builder and he makes a massive mech! 

The place that has Unikitty lives in Cloud Cu Koo Land and soon it is destroyed by Bad Cop’s crew.  Benny goes wherever he wants to.  Vitruvius is blind and Emmett is stupid most of the time.

There is a video game to it and there is a boss that is not in the movie.  Also in the game Benny hacks into computers that have blue on them and hacks into robots.

Vitruvius uses blind courage on white and blue ledges cause he is blind.

Unikitty can be in rage mode in which Unikitty eats every one.

Have you seen The Lego Movie?  Do you want to see it?

~cookieman!

Report Cards

Report cards went out on SchoolZone on Friday, March 23, 2014.

Now that they are available exclusively online, it seems that it is not such an important occasion anymore.  I have always said to my students that they should not be scared of a report card.  It is merely a document that indicates how well you are doing at this point in time.  It may also tell you what you need to improve on for next term.

I hope that students and their parents are sitting down together to view the report card.  Do not just look at the letter grade.  The effort you put in is equally important.  If you are getting a "Satisfactory" effort, what could you do to make that an "Excellent" effort?  Also, it's important to read the comments I wrote for you.  Each comment was written specifically to praise you or to give you suggestions to help you become a better student.

I hear that some students are getting "paid" for As.  This practice makes me a tad uneasy.  What if there's never a chance that you're going to get an A, even though you're trying your best?  You may be setting yourself up for failure.  Isn't it better to see if you've improved from term to term?  What about taking a look at your effort mark?  Does your teacher think that you are trying your best?

As stated above, you should not be scared to look at your report card.  If you've listened to my feedback in class and looked at your results on tests and quizzes, you can probably pre-determine what marks you're going to receive.

What do you think of report cards?  How did you do this term?  Does your family have an agreement about getting rewarded for grades?

~The BIG HAM
SUBSTITUTE BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Today is St. Patrick's Day! Are You Wearing Green?

St. Patrick's Day celebrates a courageous man named Patrick who travelled to Ireland 1700 years ago to bring Christianity to the Irish people.  He was courageous because the Irish people had a reputation for being cruel to people they didn't like.  Patrick knew this first-hand, because he was kidnapped by Irish sailors when he was a teenager from his home in Britain. Patrick worked as a slave for 4 years in Ireland before he escaped and made his way back to Britain.  Once Patrick became an adult, he chose to return to Ireland to teach them about Christianity.  Would you go back to help the people who kidnapped you?

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated all over the world.  For many people, it is an excuse to drink alcohol and party.  For others, it is a day where you pinch people who aren't wearing green.  Some people build leprechaun traps in hopes of getting a leprechaun to give you his gold.  Others talk in Irish accents for fun (top 'o' the mornin' to ya!), and some people eat green food  (like eating green oatmeal!).

I'm celebrating St. Patrick's Day by wearing green.  I think I'll have broccoli with supper, too.   What about you?  How are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day?  Did you wear green?  Is your family doing anything special to mark the day?  

~The Jay Bird

GUEST BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Snow Valley: Annual Ski & Snowboard Field Trip

Last Friday all the students from Grades 1 to 6 went to Snow Valley for our annual ski and snowboard field trip.  This day is one that many students look forward to as it is a time to hang out with their friends and practice their skills.  The weather was pretty good this time around.  Our students are very fortunate because this ski trip is completely free of charge.  Thankfully, one of our student's parents (waspy's mom), volunteered to coordinate the paperwork in order to allow the school to go.  We must remember to thank her.

The students get a choice of whether to ski or snowboard.  This year I think most of the students in our class chose skiing.  There were a couple of people that chose snowboarding.  Since it was the first time for many of the kids to do this kind of activity, it was a good choice for them to choose skiing.

This trip was my fifth time trying snowboarding.  I was much better at it this year than in years past.  For whatever reason, it was a lot easier getting up from falling this year.  I think it's because I'm stronger from doing Crossfit plus I figured out how to do it more easily from watching everybody else.

One of my favourite things to do on the ski trip is sitting with the other adults and just chatting over lunch.  Also, ordering from the concession stand is another treat I look forward to.

How was your ski trip this year?  Did you ski or snowboard and explain why you chose that activity.  Give me your thoughts about our annual trip.

~The BIG HAM
SUBSTITUTE BLOGGER OF THE WEEK

Bracelets

Bracelets are pieces of jewelry you wear on your wrist.  Both males and females can wear them.  People wear bracelets to look nice.  Bracelets come in many different ways.  There are charm bracelets, I.D. bracelets, elastic band bracelets and a whole bunch of others.

I think girls like to have one because they are so beautiful.  I have five or six of them.  They are so beautiful.  My favourite bracelet is my charm bracelet.  A charm bracelet is a piece of metal you wear around your wrist.  You can add any charm on them such as a flip flop or sandal or a butterfly like the one I have.

I would wear it to school but my dad said no taking all bracelets to school because you might lose all them or someone might try to take it because they are so beautiful.   But he said I can take two of them to school so I did. 

My cousin bought me a charm bracelet for my birthday.

Do you have one? What kind is it? How many do you have? Do you wear it all the time?

~cookie pie

American Girl Dolls

I am getting an American Girl doll on Friday, February 28, 2014.  I am so excited because it's my first time getting this kind of doll.  

American Girl dolls are only sold in the United States.  They have stores where you can go in and buy them but since I live in Canada, I have to buy online.  But I'm going to call the store instead because it's easier for my mother.

If you've never heard of American Girl dolls, they are a lot bigger than Barbie dolls, have hair and lots of accessories that you can buy extra.  Check out their website at www.americangirl.com.  They are very expensive because the price is $110.00!

I wanted to buy an American girl doll on Christmas but I could not buy it because I had didn't have enough money.  The American Girl doll that I ordered is named Saige.  I am also going to order the Pepper pet set, Saige's sweet outfit, school backpack set, lunchbox set, sweet school dress, doll hairbrush, 2 in 1 track outfit, raspberry glasses and a doll gift box.  I would also like to buy the bed set but it's too costly at $100.  She will not have a place to sleep because my cupboard is full of Barbies.

Have you heard of American Girl dolls?  What do you think of the expensive price?  If you don't have any dolls, what kinds of toys do you play with? 

-sam