The Talent Show

What do you think about the talent show? There are tons of people who have lots of talent, but they are too scared to perform in the talent show. I think they should just go ahead and do it! Really, it’s just singing a song or dancing or doing a magic act for two or three minutes!

I’m in the talent show, but only because my friends made me. Right now, I’m kind of glad, because I couldn’t really write about the talent show if I wasn’t in it! To be honest, if my friends had not made me, I would never have screwed up the courage to even try out!

When I'm watching people on stage, if it's a song I know I feel like singing along but I don't because it's their spotlight and I don't want to take it away. For some people who think they have talent but don't, I feel really embarrassed for them because they could be making fools of themselves. However, it's still really courageous of them to go up on stage and perform.

What’s your talent? Are you entering the talent show this year? Have you ever entered the talent show?

-percyjackson

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Last Day of School

I think the last day of school will be amazing this year.  

I am usually excited on the last day of school because tomorrow is summer vacation. We get to do something exciting (ex. go to the waterpark) and no borrrrrrrrrrrriiiiinnngggg school work (some school work is fun but other school work is boring).  

Last year before we went to a waterpark our teacher allowed us to watch a movie and eat chips.  This year The Big Ham told us that we might be going to Jackie Parker waterpark. 

What do you think we should do on the last day of school?  Do you feel happy about the last day of school or sad?  I feel happy and sad.  I feel happy that there is no more school until September.  I feel sad because I usually don’t get to spend any more time with my teacher. 

I have one more question do you think we should reward our teacher?

-The Kin 

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Current Events - Do They Matter to You?

All year I have tried to talk to my students about some current events in Alberta that may be of importance to them.  We focus mainly on news stories such as government changes, fossil finds and the occasional tragedy.

Growing up my family had a newspaper subscription to the Edmonton Journal and we always watched the 6 o'clock news.  I didn't have access to the Internet so if I wanted to see what was happening in the world I had to read the newspaper or watch the news.

Students today have the luxury of news on demand.  That is, they can search up yesterday's news or even breaking news just by typing in a few keystrokes on the keyboard.  With this kind of access then, it seems to me that kids would be caught up on all sorts of news in their community.  A poll of my class though indicates otherwise which made me curious.

Do current events even matter to children these days?  Are children more concerned with what celebrities and superstars are doing instead of what's happening right in their province?  Why don't children access current events?  Lastly, what has been the event that has been most memorable this year?

~The BIG HAM

Parents

Have you ever wondered why parents do and say all this stuff that makes no sense? I have. It all seems very random! For example, what does it mean when parents say, “An apple a day keeps the docter away!” The only way that an apple can keep the doctor away is if it can block his door, which will not happen.

Another weird thing about parents is their craving for coffee! (Ok, even people who are not parents drink coffee, and some parents don’t drink coffee, but I’m talking about the ones who do)!  Every morning, my mom needs a cup of coffee to transform herself from a zombie/vampire into a butterfly that can barf up rainbows. Kind of like coffee is the key to her momamorphasis. It’s weird.

Sometimes my mom does make some sense! Like when she said, “Like water and a duck’s back, you must not  let other people’s insults get into you.” She’s so wise.  Then there’s the times when she says something totally bizzare, like “This song reminds me of cherry doughnuts!” or “DRIVE, MAN, DRIVE!!! @&$%*!!!! PHLWAAAAAA!!!”  

It’s so strange.

What weird and wise things do your parents say? Do you know what they mean? Do they love coffee?

-ediblepaper 
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Is School Work too Easy?

Do you think school work is hard because sometimes I think it is really easy.  Even you don’t want to admit it then it is okay. Math is one of the most hardest things in school for some people and other things that are hard for some people in random order are:

1.Gym

2.Typing Club on the Chrome book

3.Sometimes Mathletics

4.Science

5.Social

One of my favourite subjects is Math because it makes you think about things you already know or didn’t know.  Some other of my favourites are

1.Gym

2.Typing Club

3.Mathletics

4.Math

Sometimes I think that school work should be easier for us and some things harder like Social, Science,Health and Gym because they are seriously easy in so many ways and probably for some other people also like ediblepaper and fatblockofcheese and other people.  

Sometimes in my spare time I work on Math if I need to or if I have nothing to do I doodle and draw and sometimes draw random math problems and solve them.

Do you think school work is hard or easy and why? What do you think should be easier and harder and why.  Describe what you would like to be the same. What are some of your favourite things in school?

-muffingirl

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Vacation

Have you ever taken a vacation to a place outside of Canada? 

I have been to Jamaica and Mexico.  I went to Jamaica in January and Mexico in March for ten days each time. I had a lot of fun at both places and was very sad to have to return to Edmonton.

In Jamaica I jumped off a cliff and a waterfall that is a 300ft cliff. I was scared at first but it was fun. At first it looked really scary because the person told me that if I jumped off the wrong way, my life jacket could come off and I could drown! But my Mom did it first and then I went down because I saw that she was okay. Except I was worried about her because she wasn't wearing a life jacket. Did you ever jump off something in your life?

In the summer my mom and I are going to Ontario and then we will go to see some family.  I think we will have fun there. 

Also, I would like to go to Paris which is in France. I would love to see the Eiffel Tower. I think it will be cool if I was going to Paris because it would be nice.

Do you like taking vacation? Tell me one of your vacations. If you have never been you can tell me one vacation that you want to go on.

I have been to:

1. Mexico 5 times

2. Jamaica 1 time

Are you going on vacation this summer?

~octavia

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Bottled Waters

I drink bottled water  because they have some strange tastes and some normal.  And yes I know that tap water is free and all but bottled water has a better appearance.  I know that drinking bottled water is harmful to the environment because it’s creating garbage and putting more items in a landfill.  Oh no :o ! They  also cost a lot of money for a drink.

There are so so so sooooooo many different types of bottled waters such as:

1.Happy Water

2.Dasani

3.Black Water

4.Fiji

Anyway I, candyruls5, believes that Happy Water is my fit :D

So have YOU ever heard or even tried any of these waters?  If so what was your favourite or which one do you want to try? And just if you are wondering about Black Water, well IT DOES EXIST!

So what are your thoughts of water?  Do you think that they all taste different or the same?

~candyruls5

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