Diary - November 2022

November 3, 2022

Today I will tell you how my presentation went! Liya W. went first. She didn't say ANYTHING, so Mrs. Suddendorf assumed that she didn't want to present. The next one was Leah G. She did her's about Las Vegas, which I liked. Then was another person, and another, and another. Finally, it was MY turn to present, and I was a little bit worried. Would they like it? How would they think of it? I thought about it. I guess it doesn't matter. I read the title out loud. I read everything else clearly and boldly, and I got a lot of claps. I really am starting to get over my "Stage Fright" thing.😋

November 5, 2022

Today I am doing my REAL mobile book report! I just finished "Balto and the Great Race". 

The main characters are Balto who is a boy Siberian husky and his owners Gunnar Kaasen and Leonhard Seppala. Balto is excited and intelligent dog who has excellent sense of direction and can lead the pack with confidence. Kaasen and Seppala are middle-aged Alaskan men mushers (the sled drivers), who live with Balto and other 19 huskies in Nome. Kaasen and Seppala are friends and both experienced mushers. They also co-own Balto .The setting in the story happens in a town named Nome in Alaska, a small, isolated, and FREEZINGLY COLD town, usually covered in snow and ice because of the LOW TEMPRETURES that are 40-20 degrees below 0 degree. It is hundreds of miles away from other cities and there is no roads linking Nome to the rest of the state. During the winter in 1925, some children had caught a disease called "Diphtheria" , which started with sore throats and fevers, and gradually became very deadly. Nome did not have the medicine to treat the disease, and the medicine was available in another town called Nenana which is 650 miles away. There is no roads linking Nome to the rest of the state. The only way to get the medicine was to use dogsled to get to Nenana. Nome asked all the best, most experienced mushers to use DOGSLED to bring the medicine from Nenana to Nome. On the way, the lead dog refused to move on because of a HEAVY SNOWSTORM. Balto barked franticly at Kaasen and showed that he knew the trail. As soon as Kaasen made Balto the lead dog by, the puppy immediately sped forward. Once, Kaasen's pack crashed landing on the snow and lost the crate that held the medicine. Kaasen searched with his hands and miraculously found the crate. Later, Seppala's pack accidentally fell in a cold river! Luckily the musher was experienced, and saved them by yanking them out of the water. Luckily, the pack successfully brought the medicine to Nome, and saved more than 100 lives! This story ends with a happy ending.                                                                        

November 7, 2022 

Today I had art class! We worked on our paper landscape thingamabob. I already had done the landscape, so I did some details. I made a factory, a car, a house, and a train on a bridge! I asked everybody for some advice, and I got some. Leah G said that there were no trees, and that I should add some. I agreed, and bought a tree. I ended up having two landscapes, on on the front, one on the back. I think I did pretty good, as I made a train, a bridge, trees, a factory, a car, and house!

November 9, 2022

Today I finished my doggie report (mobile book report) ! I first cut out 4 equal rectangular shapes and glued the character writing and the matching picture. Then, I repeated that step until there were no pictures nor writing to glue. Then, I taped ribbon on to all the pictures and writing. I next made the title thingamabob. Finally, I taped all the writing and pictures to the title. Then, you have it.

November 11, 2022

Today I had a  CHA Second Grade Social Party! We were told that it was at "Flying Squirrel" , and it is the worlds LARGEST, most FUN place!!! But on the way to the Flying Squirrel, Grandpa took the wrong exit⏎ , so we were late by 37 minutes, 41 seconds. When we got there, we had to show our wafer to the front desk. He asked what we were here for, and I said that we were here for the CHA social. He lead us to the back of the building, and got our [purple] wristbands. We then were off, and headed to the housey-looking-thinmabob. It was a maze, and had cool stuff. Then, I ran into Kelly, and we went to the jump-off area. I can do a front-flip, a twist, and a cannonball. Then, we did a single-log-bridge-hands-on-fight! I got the hang of it, and I can defeat almost everybody! Then, it was snack time, and I grabbed a lot of stuff. I'm happy!🍪

November 13, 2022

Today I will continue from yesterday. When World🌎War☢️I started, Roosevelt urged the Navy to scatter mines everywhere, so the ships would be safer. When the war ended in 1918, Roosevelt went to Paris to attend the peace treaty conference. When that was over, he was ready to have a private life again. It was also 1920-a president election day. He wasn't elected. Back in Campobello, Roosevelt has been felling sick. Doctors exclaim Roosevelt, and say that he has polio. He cannot walk himself now, and needs steel braces for his legs to walk. Roosevelt tried EVERYTHING TO MAKE HIM WALK AGAIN! Then, he found a place called Warm Springs, which had a swimming pool. When he got in, it was 90ºF, pretty much a hot tub! He learned to live fully. Roosevelt is determined to run for office again, but he wants to walk again. So he kept in touch by using letters and telephone calls. In 1924, Democratic Party🎉asked Roosevelt to nominate Al Smith. Everybody cheered! In 1928, he was elected governor of New Yolk, and won by only 25,000 votes! But in 1929, Wall Street stock market crashed. It was the beginning of the great desperation. By 1932, 12 MILLION PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS. That is when Roosevelt decided to run for PRESIDENT. He actually only missed 6 states this time! In the first 100 days, he created jobs for people who didn't have jobs. In 1936, he ran for president again.🔃This time, he only missed 2 states!!!Since he was president, Eleanor wrote memos about what Roosevelt did wrong. The stack grew, and then he said "Only 3 memos a night." . Roosevelt has his schedule, too. He wakes up at 8:00, reads the newspaper, eats breakfast, dresses up, and at 10:00, he went to his office. Then, he has lunch around 1:00. he then took care of his papers and mail. Then, he would go for a swim, and have dinner. Then, he would watch a movie or worked on his stamp collection. I will continue another day!

 November 15, 2022

Today Is The Last Day Of The Trimester!!! Oh boy! I will tell you what happened. I got in the classroom, put all my stuff away, and read a book. After about 15 minutes, Mrs. Suddendorf told us that we were going to make a Thanksgiving pies!🥧We have to write what your thankful for, cut the pie's perimeter, glue it onto cardstock, cut the lines, and draw the subject on the cardstock.  I made mine "Cheery Pie" with the strips! Then it was recess! I played Fly Ball (technically it was a football🏈) , and I caught it multiple times! Then it was lunch. I had a sandwich,🥪and I ate it. Nom nom nom! 

After lunch, it was time to make turkeys with things that your thankful for!🦃I made the "Original Burkey" With: Brown feathers, Yellow feet, A Black hat, a red thingamabob, and a Yellow beak. Then it was Physical Beducation (P.E.) , and the warm-up was something about CONCENTRATION. The REAL game was basically tag with balls, a boundary, and hideouts. It was FUN!

Then, it was library time. It was actually CHECK-OUT, and nobody knew. But we could still check-out 1 book. I checked out a book about Robots and Drones. Then, it was more turkey time! After that was music. I had lots of fun trying out pool instruments. Them we packed up and ZOOOM!!🛫Went home.

November 20, 2022

Today I woke up VERY TIRED. Grandpa woke me up at 7:30! I dressed up in my United Soccer FC jersey, and I got in the car. Breakfast was waiting for me, and I gobbled it down (I ate half) .  When we got there, in was COLD. Coach Tian wasn't here, so one of the parents were substituting. In the first half, the opponents were more experienced kids, and most of them scored a hat trick (3 goals in one game) ! On the second half, I was ambushed by a kid who has bad sportsmanship. He pushed me into the wall, and I banged my head HARD. Good news now. Another kid helped us, and he was pretty good. The score was 20-25 vs. 1. We lost BADLY. I will do better next time.😟

November 22, 2022

Today I read about Tattletales in Mrs. Piggle-wiggle's Magic. The characters are Wendy Hamilton who is a nine year-old girl that likes to tattle. Timmy Hamilton is Wendy's brother, and he is seven years old. The setting is at their home in winter, and in the present. The problem is that at school, Wendy hates everybody and everybody hates her because she tattles a lot. Timmy also tattles sometimes, and Mrs. Hamilton can't stand it. The solution is that Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle gives Mrs. Hamilton some pills, and told her to give those to the children. Whenever the children want to tattle, a cloud of smoke appears from their mouths that stop them from tattling. I think tattling isn't good because you won't have any friends.

November 24, 2022

Today I watched 2 World Cup games! The first one was Portugal vs. Ghana. (by the way, Ghana is in West Africa, and Portugal is in West Europe) In Portugal is Cristiano Ronaldo, my fan. In the first half, He tried to score, but failed several times. In the second half, Ronaldo scored in a penalty kick! The second goal by Portugal was a nice pass into the net. The third goal was another nice pass into the net. But based on Ronaldo, I think he didn't do as good as I thought. I thought he would score lots of goals.

The second game was Brazil vs. Serbia. I didn't see the first half, since I was practicing piano. In the second half, mom told me that a man named Neymar got fouled at least 5 times already. The first goal was by a man named Richardson. he caught the rebound from another shot and scored! The second goal was also from him. This time, a winger passed to Richardson, he kicked it up and using the bicycle kick, he shot it in! I'm really sorry for Neymar, though. He got fouled at least 10 times, even though Brazil won. I like world cups!

November 25, 2022

Today I will talk about Roman legions, founded 753 BC. All legionaries used the same weapons and armor, so that they could coordinate their tactics. Their smart, intelligent, and groovy tactics are . . . while other soldiers CHARGE into battle, the Roman legionaries line up, and at the LAST MINUTE, they CHARGE into battle. When the Roman legionaries are attacked by the enemy archers, they joining together and form a "tortoise" by lifting their shields above their heads. This excellent formation protects their heads from getting hit by enemy arrows. Some other formations are the "Tortoise Formation", the "Cannae Formation", and the "Wedge Formation". Some their weapons are a Pila (javelin) , a Scutum (shield) . I think the Roman legionaries are very smart for thinking that. I will talk about KNIGHTS next!

November 28, 2022

Today I read about "Wayside School is falling down". I read the chapter Bebe's baby brother. It is about a girl named Bebe Gunn, who is not doing well in her grades except art. One day, when Mrs. Jewels was passing out homework, Mrs. Jewels told Bebe to come. On the the back, Bebe wrote: "Mrs. Jewels is as fat as a hippo!" She told Mrs. Jewels it was her baby brother Ray Gunn, and Mrs. Jewels gave her an A+, and a Tootsie Roll Pop. This happened over and over again, until Mrs. Jewels called Mrs. Gunn. Mrs. Jewels told her what happened, and Mrs. Gunn told Mrs. Jewels that they didn't have a Ray. That's when Mrs. Jewels found out that Bebe was lying the whole time.

November 30 2022!?

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER! I AM SOOO EXCITED! Today I read about Joy in the 27th chapter in Sideways Stories from Wayside School. She is on the 30th floor in Mrs. Jewels's class. One day, Joy forgot her lunch. She saw that Dameon had a sandwich, a apple, and a chocolate cake. Then Joy got an IDEA. She first ate the apple and put it on Deedee's desk. She then ate the sandwich and put the baggie on Jason's desk, and ate the cake and put it on Allison's desk. She reported them all (technically their innocent) , which tells me that she's sneaky.