Hopes and Wishes - Vocab Assignment 10/23/08

Hopes are when someone desires to have something happen in the future, and there is a good chance it will happen. Wishes are when someone wants something to happen now that may or may not come true. Everyone has hopes and wishes. When you really hope for something, you want to work really hard to see it happen. Wishes are good because they can be fun think about. However, wishes can be bad because if you wish too much, you will never get anything done. I have many hopes and wishes.

I have many wishes. One of my wishes is a fancy tree mansion that is made up of four houses in a square, but they are still on the ground, and the only way to get to the one of the other houses, is to walk on a bridge. My second wish is that math could be easy. I envy people who are good at math. Another one of my wishes is to actually pet a unicorn, just to see what it is like. My last wish is to read one million books in one week. I know these wishes wont come true, but it is fun to think about, especially when you are having a bad day. When you are having a bad day you can dream about your wishes, and add more stuff to them.

I also have many different kinds of hopes. Some of my hopes for this year are, to pass my last multiplication holey card and to ace my STAR and CST tests. To achieve this, I have to persevere, and always do my best. My hopes for my life after elementary school are to, stay in touch with my friends, go to Harvard School of Law, be the best lawyer in the world. I also aspire to beat my uncle Ruben in Scrabble. For this set of hopes, I have to take time for my friends, learn some new words, and work really hard in high school. My hopes for my family are for them to be healthy and strong. My hopes for the world are for Barack Obama to win the election and that when I grow up and have a child, the Polar Bears have not gone extinct by all of the Global Warming. Alone I cannot do all of these, but I can make a difference. We can work together to make things happen. For example, to prevent Global Warming, we can use less energy and every little things count.

Barack Obama

The Life and Times of Barack Obama

The person I would like to talk about today is President Elect Barack Obama. I have chosen to talk about him because he is inspiring. He inspired me and maybe other children to run for president someday. He is the first African-American to run for president, and be successful. Obama is sending the message that, yes, we can do what we believe in.

Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4.1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. From age six to age twelve, Barack lived in Indonesia. Obama ‘s inspiration is his father. Even though he grew up without a dad he thinks that he will learn from that and be a better father for his daughters, Malia and Sasha. When going to college, Obama got a degree, from Occidental college with international relations. In 1988, he attended Harvard Law School and earned his law degree.

Later on, Barack Obama became Senator Barack Obama for the state of Illinois. After that, Barack ran for president, and he won! A few of Obama’s supporters are Operah Winfrey, George Clooney, Macy Gray, Halle Berry and Hillary Clinton. A lot of his supporters were young people Hillary Clinton will be our secretary of state. One of Barack’s biggest blessing is his family. Michelle, wife, Malia, daughter, Sasha, daughter. Hopefully, Obama will live much longer and our world will be full of hope.

My Friends

I have friends at school. Two of my friends are named Alexis and Anthony! They are both great. Other friends are called Angel. G and Angel.A, Simrendeep, Cassandra, Uirel, Braulio, Jacob, Brian, Zion, Marcus, Amir, Maria, Brandon, Ansley, Mandip, Luisangel, Yasbeth, Elizabeth, Natasha, Shelbly, Bryan.V, Arturo, Jorge, Patrick, Jessica, Candy and Reina.

Other friends are Odalys and Osmany, Mahima, Griffin and Noah. My friend living far away is Julie. I miss her a lot. Those are most of my friends.

Until next time,

Bye, Bye World

Sabina

Gorgeous

Look at me!!! I am absolutely gorgeous!!! If you want to make an avatar like this one, there is the website. Go on click it. It is sooooooooo fun .

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Birthday, Birthday, Birthday!!!!

Yesterday was my mom's birthday. Before we left for the Royal DeCamereon Papito and Papa geve her floweres. Them I rode my horse. Then we left and had some commotion at the hotel. We had dinner and went to the kids show. That was the hilight of my day.
Today I met a girl in the pool and we played for a while. we got in the ocean and we had lunch now Papa and Bubbe are sleeping.
Bye

TODAY

I am in Boquete, Panama. In the morning we went to Finca Lerida, that is a coffee plantation. We did a tour around it. Then we went to the restaurant and got tortillas and potatoes. After than we went to a walk in garden. It was beautiful. After that we went to find a restaurant called Il Pianista. It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!! My mom and I shared a mozzarella cheese pizza. It was great. Bubbe got a ginormous calzone and Papa got a pizza with pina, cheese and peppers. We h ave leftovers. Now I am here at the hotel. BYE

My Last Day In Baltimore

Today was my last day in Baltimore, and was amazing! First we went to the aquarium, that has five levels. After that we went to the dolphin show. The dolphins names were Maya and Spirit. They did sooooooooooooooooooooo many tricks. We sat in the seats, called the Splash Zone that the dolphins get wet. We got wet when the dolphins did tricks. After the aquarium, we went to the Visitors Center and got tickets to get on the trolley. Then, we went to a food court and ate lunch. Bubbe got fried chicken and shrimp with noodles and rice. I got fried chicken with mashed potatoes. It was good!! When we were leaving, we passed a fudge place that people were singing at while they work and people looking at how the make fudge. We were going to get one bar, but the lady selling them was giving Bubbe deal after deal. So eventually we ended up buying three. Meanwhile, I was were they were showing us how to make the fudge, and they said they the louder you are the bigger your samples would be. Then we caught the trolley and we were the first ones there! The other two people came later. We went all around Baltimore, Little Italy, Mount Vernon, Fells Point, and some other place whose name I forgot. When we got off the trolley we went on a Water Taxi. That took us to across the water to Fells Point. When we got there, I saw a Maggie Moos. We decided to try it out because I have heard great things about it. My bubbe and I shared a banana split with Choco-Mallo, Fat Free Mango and Banana ice cream. On top there was whipped cream, hot fudge and a cherry. That was delicious!!!!!!! After that we walked and went back to the Inner Harbor. We ate at Phillips express and went to the lightrail to go to Lexington Market. We walked and saw Edger Allen Poe's grave. Then we walked back and took the lightrail to BWI. Bye sabina

Today

Today I went to a Museum and stayed there for three hours! It was soooo much fun!! Would you expect a child to love a museum?? No! Unless you were at the Maryland Historical Society. If you are a kid you get a Passport that takes you around the Museum and you have so much fun!!! Then we went to the Inner Harbor and had lunch (dinner).It was good and then we had a great dessert. BYE Sabina

My Day at the Zoo

Today was a fun day. We went to the zoo and I saw some of my favorite animals including Magnet the polar bear and the chimpanzees. The chimps were sooooooooooooo funny! Once they started fighting over ( you won't belive it) paper! And Magnet (the polar bear) was pacing because the zoo got a new female bear,and he could smell her and see her. He did go into his pool once. But here is a list of all the animals we saw.

1. Swan
2. Gazelles
3. Polar Bears
4. Owl
5. Edgar and Allen the ravens ( the zoo used to have a Poe)
6. Giraffe
7. Foxes
8. Cheetah
9. Leopards
10. Goats
11. Wild Turkey
12. Lemur
13. Pelicans
14. Squirrels
15. Elephants
16. Zebras
17. Rhinos
18. And MORE!!

Well anyway I have to go now

Bye Sabina

Yesterday

Yesterday we rented a car and drove all the way from Maryland to Pennsylvania. We saw my cousins Johnneen and Ranney. They took us to an Amish place where you can take buggy rides and learn about the Amish and Mennonites. We took a buggy ride around Amish country and Molly(our horse) was a stubborn, slow, horse. She was slow even when we were an the road!!!!! But one stop along the way was fun. There was an Amish woman there selling chocolate chip cookies and decorative horseshoes. The cookies were delicious, crunchy where it needs to be and soft where it needs to be. When we finished we went to an Amish restaurant and had lunch. Then we went to a replica of an Amish house and I took lots of pictures. Then we went to Johneen and Ranney's house and ate dinner. After dinner we went outside and saw fireflies. They were better than fireworks. I caught a lot of those and as Johneen says ' She is training them to light up when they leave'. I loved it a lot. It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bye,
Sabina

Washington

Today we went almost everywhere in Washington. And we did not use public transportation!!!!! we used our feet. We went to the Museum of Natural History(where Night at the Museum 2 will be filmed!!), we walked down the Mall, we went to the Holocaust Museum, Library of Congress and a little of the Capital. I am really tiered right now so I will see you tomorrow. BYE.

What I Did Today

Today I to Washington D.C.. My Bubbe and I went to Washington on the MARC train. When we got off the train we were in Union Station. Union Station is gorgeous. The station has over 87 places to eat. We saw lots of little shops. One shop had all your small travel stuff including Germ-X. Then we went into the Main Hall and bought Old Town Trolley tour tickets. (This trolley lets you get on and off all day long!).After we bought the tickets, we headed outside to wait for the trolley. There was a HUGE line! Everyone was waiting for the same thing, to get on the trolley!!! Eventually we got on the trolley and learned some facts about Washington. Here are some facts about Washington.

1. 3 main senate offices


2. 5 primary office buildings on Independence Ave.


3. the Botanic Gardens has over 8,000 different types of flowers


4. President Garfield was the only member of the House of Representatives to become president. He is also one of four presidents who were assassinated.


5. Francis Perkins was the first female official, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. We saw the building named after her.


6. The Smithsonian Institution opened in 1895. There are 16 museums total in the Smithsonian and one of them, the Air and Space Museum, has an IMAX theater and something dedicated to Einstein.


7. The Museum of African Art has one story above ground and three underground.


8. The Castle Building was opened in 1859.


9. Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in 1940-1950 are the oldest and they border the Tidal Basin.


10. Three of of Lincoln's kids died before they were teenagers and one didn't.


11. The Tomb of the Unknown soldier is located in the Arlington Cemetary.


12. Potomac means "trading place" in a Native American language.


13. Alexander Graham Bell taught deaf children in Franklin School (we passed it).


14. The National Geographic has a museum in D.C.


15. Reece Witherspoon's ancestor, George Witherspoon, has a statue near Franklin School.


16. The Beatles first gig in the U.S. was in Washington. We went by the Omni Hotel where they had a whole floor.


17. Baby Ruth candy is named after President Garfield's daughter, Ruth, who was one year old when she died.


18. The National Cathedral is the second largest cathedral in the world. Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan where buried there. Just below the roof of the Cathedral there are gargoyles, that also serve as a drainage system when it rains. (When it rains, it looks like they are spitting water - or "gargoyling").


19. There are LOTS of embassies on Embassy Row. (There are also lots of Ben and Jerry's ice cream stores in Washington D.C.)


20. The highest point in Washington is the National Cathedral. That's partly because it is on a hill. Many rich people in Washington built beautiful mansions on the hill because it was cooler in the summer.


21. The cream of crab soup at Tony and Joe's (at Washington Harbor) is GREAT.


22. We went passed the Watergate (it looks like a ship). The Watergate burglars spied on the Democratic Headquarters from a Howard Johnson Hotel across from the Watergate, but now this hotel is part of George Washington University.

When we were in Union Station once more, we went to Ben and Jerry's ice cream. My Bubbe got a mango ice cream that was refreshing. I got a shake with PURE chocolate. It was soooooooooo good.
On the train back we met 3 nice people. We talked with them and had a nice conversation.
One was from Tallahassee, Florida, one of the girls was from Washington and the other from Baltimore. When we got off the train, a guy was being put in an ambulance because he passed out. Then we called our hotel and we were picked up and taken to the hotel. It was a long bur good day. Gotta Go!!!!!!!!!!! Bye

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear people around the world who are reading this post,
Today when we were airborne from Houston to Baltimore I saw lots of things in the clouds. For example, I saw an elephant, a lamb, a clay pot, a dragon breathing out fire, a Santa Claus, a graveyard with skulls, a baby giant in a cradle, and a temple with stairs that looked like layers and in front were guards.
Anyway, now I am at the hotel with my Bubbe, and I watched some television and my bubbe is relaxing. Later on we might go swimming. See You Next Post,
Sabina

Field Trip!!!!!!

Today we went on a field trip to Donnelly park and stayed there for four hours!! The school provided us with lunch, hot dogs, soda, chips and cookies, but mostly, we had fun. My friends and I played Three tag Freeze tag. This is how you play:

1. Gather 5-40 people
2. Decide who will be "It"
3. Decide who is the Guardian Angel*
4. The person who is "It" has to count to 30 to give everyone else a head start
5. The Guardian Angel positions itself in its spot
6. Play and have fun!

*Guardian Angel- Person who is on nobody's side and has the forces of Mother Nature and the Ice Queen**

**Ice Queen- A girl that has the power of ice, i n solid form, liquid form, or gas form.

Report Card

Today I got my report card. I got all 5's! We get a score of 1-5. 5 is the highest. I also got 4 O's . An O is for outstanding citizenship. We celebrated at home with a special dinner for me. We had salmon with my favorite seasoning and peas and rice. We lit Shabbat candles and we had a tulip freshly cut from the garden on the table too. Yay me!

Pizza Pi(e) Day

My class won the Box Tops for Education award. Our PTA rewarded us with 5 boxes of pizza. It was GOOD! The money that we get from the Box Tops goes towards our field trips. Our school made over $3,ooo!

HAPPY Pi DAY!!!

At school today we celebrated Pi Day. The 4th, 5th and 6th graders got together and sang Pi Songs and watched a Pi music video. Here it is:

The New Year!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!

Hello People of the universe!!!!!!

Do you have a New Year's resulution? I do.

1. Exersise more and eat healthier.
2. Walk and bike all the way to Disneyworld.
3. Do well in school.
4. And we all want to do this.....Chillax( chill and relax). Ahhh

Well that is my resolution list. Well I have to go. Bye