Today I read about World War I and World War II, and World War I goes first. So, world war I started from the murder of a person from Austria-Hungary and his wife by a Serbian activist. The true reason the war started was because France wanted their coal area back from Germany, and Russia wanted to take over Serbia because Russia was worried that Austria was going to take Serbia and invade Russia. And Austria did invade Serbia started in Serbia on July 28. Nobody thought that it would be a long war, but all that changed when Germany declared war on Russia. But that time all the country's wren't alone. They all had Allis, for example England, Russia, and France were the main ones, and they are called the Allis. The Germany and Austria were also allis, and they were called the Axis. When the war almost ended, the Allis were almost defeated, but then USA joined. How did USA join? The german submarines sank US merchant ships, so the US started fighting along the Allis. in the end, 37 million people died, but the Allis succeeded!
First the Sun heats the water and at about 32º. When that happens, the water evaporates into little droplets and when the droplets aggregate, they form a cloud. When there are a lot of droplets, they start forming bigger, and bigger, and bigger until the raindrops fall down on the mountainside because they are too heavy. The droplets first go to a dam or a water reservoir which leads to a water purification system. The first part of the purification is the mixing basin. The mixing basin mixes un-purified water with a chemical called alum. The alum sticks to the dirt, mud, and dust in the water. Then comes the filter part where the-sand-and-gravel filter keeps the bad stuff (also germs) out. After the water is filtered, it goes into the water tank. The water tank provides pressure so that the water can get to our homes through the water pipes. And that's how to get fresh water to drink and use. Just one thing; don't waste water because it takes a lot of work to get that water.
Today it was a bad good day. I had a normal breakfast, I had a normal morning, and my breakfast was bread, stuffed with cheese and chocolate, plus some ham. So after that, I went to my brother's soccer class. When we saw him doing the wrong things, we stopped him and made him do the right things. So on the scrimmage, my brother scored 3 goals! After that, we headed straight to the library. We returned some books, and we took some books, too. When we got home, we ate lunch and mommy read a story to me. Then we went to the middle school to play soccer. I kept missing shots at basketball! We came back, and we had dinner. Right now I am typing happily in front of my computer.
Today I read a book about magic tree house. The characters are Jack and Annie. So, they went in their magic tree house (well, not exactly theirs,) and went to Paris for the 1889 world fair. They had a mission to find 4 magicians, so they set of to find them. Well, they first went to a train ride in search of the magicians, but they didn't have luck. They heard that a person said that something could send a message 1,000 miles (and made by Alexzander Bell who was the Magician of sound)! Then they asked a person where he went, and she said that a sorcerer gave him an invitation, and Alex is gone, bu the sorcerer was going to the Hall of machines. And at the Hall of machines, they found out that Thomas Edison was the magician of light (because he invented the lightbulb)! they then set out to find the magician of the invisible (which is Dr. Pasteur)! On their trip to find the magician of the invisible, they met a person that told them that 4 people were having a party at the top of the Eiffel tower, and they were all sent there by a evil sorcerer, and the party was supposed to start at 10:00. They hurried to get there, and they got a bike and started pedaling towered the Eiffel tower. they knew that they had no more time left, but they remembered about the spells that they had. They used the 'spin into the air' one, and the bicycle then floated up into the air! Then they started to go up the 1,612 stairs that went up to the top of the tower! They then found out that the magician of iron was Mr. Eiffel, the person who built the Eiffel tower! They then told the 4 magicians about the evil sorcerer that was going to steal their secrets, and they told Jack and Annie their secrets, and then their mission is over.
Today I went to a discovery park, and I was so so so so so so tired because: First, it was a very very very boring car ride. There was nothing to do, and when you heard the the word boring, that means that we had a fight on the car. The car ride was bad, but when we got to the park, we were so excited that we started jumping everywhere! When we actually started walking, we got really tired ( that happens when we get really really board ) because I was carrying the orange backpack. I was carrying it because mommy said that if I can carry it the whole way, I can earn it! After a whooping 30 minutes of hiking, we didn't even reach two-thirds of the beach! After another whooping 30 minutes, you can defiantly say that we got to the beach. When we got there, we started to play on the beach. I started to sprint at the lake. At first, I didn't notice anything, but I quickly found out that there were a lot of fly's & bugs on the rocks, so I moved to a different place. After that, it was much better. When we were done, we started to hike back. When we got home, we had McDonalds! Hey, it was tiring, but I got McDonalds at least, so it a good day. 😁
Today I read a book about Magic tree house. Merlin was hardly alive, so Jack and Annie went to Antartica to figure out the 4th secret of happiness to make him feel better. They went to a volcano called Mount Erebus, and they got there by first bus, then by helicopter. Then, Jack and Annie got caught that they were kids-in- disguise. Nancy, the guide, called Pete, who is the helicopter pilot that there were 2 little kids at the base camp, which isn't allowed. So, Nancy told Jack and Annie to wait at the hut. Annie, who was outside, thought that she might take a picture of the crater, but Jack warned her that the ice might crack! The ice did crack and both of them fell into the darkness. They used the Wand of Dianthus, but all that did was make them fall deeper into the darkness. Jack and Annie had landed on an iceberg that was going to the cave of the Ancient Crown. There, they didn't find the 4th secret of happiness. But, they brought a penguin named Penny who could bring happiness and joy. They used the wand again to go to the surface. Then, the helicopter came to pick everyone up. Jack and Annie went to Camelot, and told the four secrets of happiness to Merlin: Nature, Curiosity, Compassion, and taking care.
Today I read about the invention of the water pump. The water pump has a boiler heated by coal. When the water was boiled, it made jets of steam and there was cold water that turned the steam back into water, which moves a piston up and down and pumps the water. It was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. Although it was a new invention, it took a lot of power to just pump a little bit of water! So a person called James Watt improved Newcomen's pump. He improved it a lot, and it could save a lot more coal than Newcomen's water pump. Oh yeah, did I mention that it was also very very efficient?
Today I went to school, and it was the 7th day of school. I was almost late, but I got here just before morning meeting. Morning meeting is where you do the calendar, the days in school, and lunch count. I didn't do anything bad. When it was time for snack, I was doing very well, and I was ready to eat some of my snack. So, I ate some of my goldfish. Then you can guess that it's time for recess. When it was time to line up, The teacher explained our new goal for lining up. We have to line up in less than 2 minutes. I did that. So at the end of the day, my teacher told everyone that I did well on lining up, and I was one of the leaders in her list, and I'm very very happy!
Today I will tell you what is my strategy for my soccer game. If I get picked to be goalie, I will block the goals that the other team's striker does and pass to a person that is not blocked. If I get picked defender, I won't let anyone get past me. If I don't do that, they will end up scoring and I will get mad. If I get to be midfielder, I will pass to the striker as much as I can and stop the enemy's striker from advancing. If I get picked striker, I will do tricks and confuse the defender to shoot! It is okay because I tried my best to succeed, but failed to do it. I will not throw a tantrum if my team loses, because it's not a big deal. It's just a game, and I had fun!
Today I went to Tyler's birthday party! The birthday party was rock wall climbing. The first time I looked at the rock wall, it looked very very very scary. I first tried the pink rocks, but they were to hard because the rocks were too far apart. I tried the green wall which is easier because there were more green rocks jumbled together. On the way I had to rest a few times, but eventually I climbed to the top of the wall.To get down, you have to lay back, get your feet apart, and just walk down. If the wall seems to bumpy, then shuffle to a better space to walk down. The second room was easier, but some were still hard. Anyways, I had fun!
Today I woke up feeling GOOD. That was because I had swimming, and I also had soccer game! But Mommy said that the game was canceled because of the smoke and air pollution the wild fire in California. So, that leaves me with swimming, which i'm not going to like. I kept worrying about swimming.What will the teacher be like? How hard or easy will it be? I don't know! The swim class started with kicks ( sitting on the edge, I mean! ) . Mommy thought that the class was to easy, so she told me to switch with the other class. the other class was a lot more interesting than the other one. The last thing that we did was doing JUMPS. I was so so so scared, but eventually I liked jumping. What a amazing day!
Today I had TWO soccer games instead of one. The first one was Titans (I started that 4 months ago) . We started with free play, and I scored 3 goals! We started out good, and it was kinda fun, because we had 1v1s, and I was the top scorer (which meant that I scored the most goals) ! After that we rushed home because I had another soccer training. The training itself was pretty easy, my team did good, but eventually my team lost and we had to do 20 push-ups. Even though I got ice cream, but I still feel sad because my team lost the game.😞
Today I Went to school feeling like it was going to be a good day, and I was going to do well. And that was true. I did do very good, I listened to all of the teacher instructions, I was kind to everybody at recess, I put my 'R's up when I was in line, I also stayed quiet, I got all of my math problems right ( which already puts me in a good mood) , and I got a complement! That's what a leader should be like if you ask me for my opinion of how a student should look like when near a teacher. I got home, and I though about my day. I think that I could improve my day if I worked harder and I listened to instructions more, I could improve my day by a lot. What do you think? 😁
Today I had soccer training, and it was not good. When we were still at my school, we dressed up, we ate (well, I did) , and we got there. I had to go to the bathroom. The start of the practice was pretty good, but After that my stomach started to hurt. But I didn't care, I was too busy with my footwork. After that, it was straight into scrimmage. I was paired with one of the best players in the team, but our team lost. Why? Because I didn't shoot the right angle. I almost scored, but first, it wasn't enough power. Second, wrong angle. I could score the goal to tie the game, but I missed. At the games, I will do better.
Today was the day that I was going to worry about. I had Chinese class and chess class, and mommy was not here! Thankfully, she wrote on a sticky note what the ID for both of them were, and the chess class password. So, the chess class started at 5:00, and I got there early. No problem there. But I thought that I was late for Chinese class, and I thought that it started at 6:00, but it started at 6:30, not 6:00. So I had a game, and It was time for Chinese class. I did my story, and the rest of it was good. Phew, what a exciting day!
Today was another exciting day, because I had another soccer training! I first went home and I ate some stuff. The "stuff" was rice with eggs, and a chocolate cookie (I thought that my grandparents packed my cookie, and I was surprised that they didn't!) ! Then, I got dressed in my soccer outfit and I went on the car. When we got there, There were completely NO PEOPLE! After awhile, we knew that we came to the wrong place, so we went to the correct place. When we got there, we were (well, I was late) 15 minutes late! The class started with dribbling, and the moves were pullback, scissors, and side turn. On the 1v1s, the team that got me always won. On the scrimmage, same thing. The team that got me won. The score was 2-0. A win for us! Scoring those goals weren't easy to make. The pushed me and crammed me into a very tight space. So, I'm pretty happy with what I did, because they swarmed me and pushed me, and I'm happy with what I did.🤪
Today I read a book about David Beckham. He was born in London, 1975. He started to play soccer when he just learned to walk. His dad taught him dribbling, passing, crossing, and shooting when he was older. The first team he joined was called ' Ridgeway Rovers' in 1983. He then played with the professionals, and made his first professional appearance when he joined Manchester United. He helped win against a team from Turkey. After that, he married a pop star! Then, he joined Real Madrid in 2003. Now for fun facts: their wedding cake was so big that they had to cut it with a sword! Next fun fact: they had FOUR children, and they were all tattooed on his back! I think David Beckham is a awesome soccer player, he was captain for DC United, and he is very cool! ⚽️
Today was swimming and soccer again (although the soccer game was at 2:30-3:30.) ! We wore our swimsuits first, and put our clothes on top. So, the swimming lesson went pretty well. The bath thing was kinda odd. We ate lunch, and then Kyle went to a party! 😠 But then we went to soccer! The first time, I got picked defender. We quickly found out that the enemy was pretty good, so I put in all of my effort, and blocked 2 shots! I took a quick break, and I was back! I got put left wing, and that's when I scored. 😮 I was tying my shoelace, and that's when my coach shouted "Jace! Get the ball!". I saw a blur of something red. I got up and started to chase. As you know, I am very fast, so I got the ball, dribbled it to the middle, and punted the ball as hard as I could. everyone was quiet. And then, everyone EXPLODED! 🤯 After that, I was goalie, but they shot in 3 goals, and we, only 2. So, it was a tie. After all, I had fun!
Ughh! I have two soccer practices today! I just want to stay home and sleep all day. 😞 But I have school! Humph. I had breakfast, I brushed my teeth, and I was almost late for class! I did what I was supposed to do, and I had a good day! After that was soccer time. The Titans practice was easy. I did my skills, and on the scrimmage, I scored! I scored when I was DEFENDER. Well, you'd think it's Utterly Imposible for a DEFENDER to score a goal, but it's possible. First a teammate passed to me. There were 3 defenders in front of me, so I decided dribble around all of them. I did the pullback on the first one, a scissor on the other, and L-turn on the last. I got to the goal, and I did the dab, and dribbled it in. After that, I had another class. Soccer again, and it was harder. We had to do foot work that was clearly way too hard for me. we also had 1v1s, and every time someone shoots, a person from the other team runs on field, and it also goes to your team. After we did that, we had 3v3s (which is technically everybody) . I was a tie, but I scored 2 goals! There was a rely race, and my team won! What an exciting day! 🤪
Today I read a book about a dog named Bamse who helped people in the second World War in the north sea patrols, Scotland. The year was from 1940-1945. He was part of the ship Thordd. Although he often got seasick and like water, he was also great company to the men. He also was very easy to fed, because he practically ate everything. Once, at a harbor, a man threatened one of the crew members, he push the guy into the water! The second time, he saw a man drowning. He barked at the crew, but they couldn't hear. Although he doesn't like water, he jumped down and let the man hold on, and he was able to pull him on board. I think that Bamse is a brave dog that overcame his fears, so I'll take that as a yes, I like him. 🐶
Today I read a book about a pigeon named Cher Ami. She played a HUGE part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, World War I in 1918 France when it was occupied by Germans. How pigeons navigate long distances is a mystery. As long as there were pigeons in the battlefield, enemy's started using hawks and falcons to stop them. They used pigeons because radio signals could let the enemy know your position. Also, you couldn't use a radio if your plane ditched in the sea. Pigeons are also small, and it is hard to shoot pigeons. That's what Cher Ami did. She saved lots of soldiers in the 77th Division. They were trapped by the germans, so they wrote a message saying they were trapped. They loaded Cher Ami with a message that said where they were. She was met by a hail of bullets, but she kept flying. Eventually, she got behind the safety lines, but she was missing a leg.
Today I just realized that October is almost here, and that means HaLLoWeeN is coming! I don't know what costume I want! I like Harry Potter (I wrote that on July 1st) , but I also like Marco Polo (I wrote that on someday in late July) . I could also be a cowboy, a minion (from the show) , or a miner! I could also be an inventor, a carrot, broccoli, a blueberry, a test tube, pretty much anything! I think I'll be a miner, because a miner has lots of tools. Like: a shovel, a jackhammer, a pickaxe, a pan, and some other tools.
Today I went to school. You might think that it was a normal day AGAIN, but it wasn't. That's because it was the day of the walk-a-thon! The walk-a-thon is when you walk or jog around a certain area. When you complete each lap, check in with your teacher. when you complete 3 laps, you can go to the first snack table. I ran 24 laps, but I still need 6 laps to actually complete 30 laps. I ate; 5 pretzels, 1 bag of Motts, raisins, licorice, rice crackers, and some apple\ grape juice. I almost got the chips, but hey, I had fun, but now this paragraph is done.
Today I read about how to make a fire. First, gather lots of dry branches, leafs, twigs, and tree bark. Second, make a stone ring for your fire. If your want a big fire, collect lots of rocks. If you don't, collect fewer rocks. Third, gather your tinder (twigs, dry leafs, tree bark) and make a bird's nest shape and size inside the stone ring. Fourth, make a teepee with your branches inside of the stone ring that you made. Leave some space in-between the tinder to let the flames breathe. Fifth, light your tinder on fire. You can choose if you want to use a fire striker, or a lighter, or matches. Last, when the fire is going, add more branches and tinder to your fire. For safety reasons, always have water ready to extinguish your fire. If there isn't water around, use soil or sand.
Tip: If you cannot find tinder, these will also work; dry pinecones, chips, bark, newspaper, and some types of fungus.Today I will tell you the story of "Charlotte's Web". The main characters are Fern - a girl who is 8 and living with her brother Avery, Wilbur (a pig) , Charlotte (a spider), Templeton (a rat), and The Zuckermans - Fern's uncle and aunt. The story starts by Fern asking her mom what is her dad doing with an axe. Mom tells her he is going to kill a pig because its a runt of the litter. Fern stops him from killing the pig, and she tells her dad she wants to take care of it. The dad agrees. Fern names the pig "Wilbur" and teaches the pig to suck a bottle like a baby.
After taking care for Wilbur for 5 weeks, Fern's dad sells the pig for $6, which sounds like a good price to me since it's a runt anyway. After Wilbur gets sold to The Zuckermans, he finds 2 friends. 0ne is Templeton. The other is Charlotte. Wilbur is having his time of his life. One day a sheep tells him when winter comes, Mr Zuckerman is going to kill him because Mr Zuckerman wants fresh pork and bacon. To save Wilbur, Charlotte writes the words "Some pig" with her web so that people would think that Wilber is a miracle because it is unusual to see words on a spider's web. A workman at the barn sees the words and spreads the news to everyone who lives in the county. Besides, Wilbur wins the bronze metal of the fattest pig competition at the county fair and $25 prize money.
After that, Mr Zuckerman decides not to kill Wilbur because Wilbur is quite useful and it would be wasteful to kill a famous pig. All animal friends and Fern are happy for Wilbur.
Today I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so tiered.😪😪 I had 2 soccer games, and I finished my homework. Now am going to sleep with mommy! BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😝😝😝
Today I read a book called The wonderful wizard of Oz. The main character is Dorothy. She lives in Kansas (the great plains) with her aunt and uncle, and her dog. It starts by a cyclone. Dorothy didn't get out of the house in time, so she got carried up the cyclone. After awhile, she fell asleep. The storm was so strong, that it took her to a place that she didn't know, and it was called: The Land of Oz. She wanted to get home, so she'd have to get to the Emerald City. In order to get there, Dorothy would have to follow the yellow brick road. On the way, she met a scarecrow that wanted some brains, a tin woodcutter who wanted a heart, and a lion who wanted some courage.I'm going to continue tomorrow!
Today I will continue the story of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. They get to the Emerald City, and ask Oz to fulfill their wishes. Dorothy wants to go to Kansas, the scarecrow wants brains, the tin woodman wants a heart, and the lion wants some courage. But, Oz says in order to get those wishes, they have to kill the wicked witch of the east. They first traveled to the Land of the Winkies, where the witch saw them and sent her wolves to tear them into pieces. The tin woodman killed all of them with his axe. Then, the witch sent wild crows, but they got twisted by the scarecrow. Then, the witch sent her bees, which stung the tin woodman (as you know, bees die when they sting) and all died. Then, she commanded her winged monkeys to destroy the tin woodman and the scarecrow, to harness the lion, and make Dorothy help clean. The witch wanted the slippers, so she made a iron bar invisible and put it on the floor. Dorothy tripped, and one of the slippers fell off. So, she splashed water on her, and she began to melt! I'll continue the day after tomorrow!
Today I read a book about "Stone girl, Bone girl". The story starts where Mary Anning is born is 1799 and gets struck by lightning at about 1 years old, but survives. She grew up to be VERY clever, her mother would say. One day, she and her father\pepper (whom she adored) went to Black Van, and her dad picked out a stone and made a necklace for her. From then on, Mary loved to go out and collect fossils, and picked out names for them. One day, some people gathered in pepper's workshop showing fossils, and Mary thought she would also show them her fossils. 0ne person thought that those were good fossils, and to join them at their house. Mary did, and those people shared their fossils. When she came home, her dad had already died. Her mother started to sell everything they could, but the still went to bed hungry. 0ne day Mary went to the churchyard, and she found a dog who had spots like pepper! That summer, she started selling fossils for money with her dog. All summer she collected fossils for her shop, and borrowed books from those people who had invited her to share fossils. 0ne day, her dog ran away, and she began to find him. When Mary found him, he was furiously scratching the clay, and Mary had no choice but to climb up. She found out that her dog was scratching at an undiscovered fossil! She called her dad's friends to get it down, and a museum bought it for a lifetime's worth of money for Mary and her mother.
Arrgh! I can't wait! Tomorrow is the first day of October (technically today is my teacher's birthday, so yeah) ! I also read a book about Nellie Bly, a woman who 👱🏼♀️did what others thought she couldn't, including traveling around the would. Nellie (although she didn't have that name yet) was born in 1864, and grew up in a barn.🛤She had 10 older siblings, which meant that she would never become lonely.☹️But when she was only six, her father died. 2-and-a-half-years later, Pink's (a nickname for her because she always had pink clothes on) mother married again. Originally her dream was to be a teacher, but she couldn't because they didn't have enough money to let her stay in the school for three years (which was the minimum amount to be a teacher). So, Pink became a journalist.💻She first joined a newspaper company called Pittsburg Dispatch. Most people there thought Pink needed a pen-name, so someone thought of Nellie Bly. She also went to Mexico, and wrote down what she saw and felt there. She went to New York to get another newspaper job (just because she didn't like her Pittsburg Dispatch one and wanted a new one) . She went to the office building World to talk to the manager. The manager told her that if she went in a INSANE ASYLUM,⛓it would be unbelievable. And she did do it! She then saw a newspaper about TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD!🌎 She competed in it, and there was also another person racing against here. She won in just 72 days! After that, she got married to a millionaire! She owned a huge company, and got lots of money, and thats how the story ends.💵💴💶💷