Paulina's Club

Two Russian Planes Crash

Have you heard about the Russian plane crashes? It was something pretty amazing because when the first one crashed the other one crashed in less than five minutes. In one plane there were forty people and in the other one there were sixty people. Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. Some Russians think that the planes crashed because terrorists put water in the fuel. Others say that it was an accident. I wish that I knew more about the crashes so I could tell more about it.

In some interesting cases like this one I really wish that I knew how the investigators try to figure out what really happens. I think being an investigator would be fun because they get to figure out cases. What kinds of things do you think investigators use to solve interesting cases?

Ivan the Frightful

In Jamaica, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia there was a terrible hurricane called Ivan. The hurricane killed about twenty-three people. It made lots of floods and people were without electricity for days. People were evacuating, but some didn’t care and when Ivan hit they didn’t have time to go to a safe place. Ivan was a category four hurricane. I wish I new more about the category four and what it meant. Ivan hit New Orleans after it destroyed Jamaica and Cuba. Ivan was not showing any weaknesses and it was going very slow, and when they are slow they are more destructive. State how you would have felt if you were in that hurricane

Revised Version

In several states and Jamaica there was a frightful hurricane called Ivan!!! The hurricane killed about twenty-three people. It made a lot of harm by flooding streets. The water went above some trees. Some people lasted days without electricity. People were evacuating and some didn’t listen, when Ivan hit they didn’t have a secure place to go to. Houses were destroyed and schools were damaged. When the year started kids couldn’t go to school because all of the damage that the hurricane made. Ivan was a category four hurricane. I wish I knew more about the categories and how much damage hurricanes make. Ivan hit New Orleans after it destroyed Cuba and Jamaica. Ivan was not showing any weaknesses and it was going very slow, if it went slow that meant that it was going to be more destructive. Have you ever been in a hurricane? If so explain how you felt.

Tigers

Tigers are an endangered species. In the 1920's there used to be about 100,000 tigers now there are only about 20,000 left. People all over the world are trying to help them survive by putting them in zoos, but maybe in a few years they will be extinct.
Tigers are solitary animals they do everything alone. They do have a family, but they stand 10 feet away from each other. They only come close to each other for eating. Their cubs have to stay with their mothers. When they are lost they give a roar to let them know where they are. Tigers are one of the animals that have good vision in the day and night. Like many other animals they have sharp teeth.

Our First Meeting

On Thursday we got to do lots of fun things. We got to write about ourselves. I liked that because it looked like Ms. Davis was really interested in us. I liked that Ms. Davis said that we could get out of weblogs and she won’t think bad of us. I liked the weblog group so I’m not getting out of it. Ms. Davis said that we were there to improve our witing and that she will help us. We talked about bloom's taxonomy and that if we use it in our writing it will be better by the end of the year. We also got to see other weblogs that belonged to other kids. My partner and I liked one that said "spread your true colors". We liked it because it meant that you could be yourself. In one of the weblogs I liked a particular story that said that if movies for kids should have smoking. It might inspire the kids to smoke too. the article said that most kids did it because the pressure from their friends. Their friends might tll them that is cool even though it’s not. She also said that we will have our own weblogs. We will write about current events and other kids from next year can make comments on it. Over all I liked the weblog group and I’m eager to go back.

My First Post

My name is Paulina and I am 11 years old. I am in Mrs. Mahan's class. My favorite subjects are music and science. I think that those subjects are very interesting. Some people may say that learning is fun others may say that it is boring. Even though people say it's boring I think that learning is very important because if people didn't learn you wouldn't know anything. In order to live you have to know things because people aren't born with knowledge. It is also important that yu know what's going all around the world. That is why learning current events are also important, and not just to learn but some current events are really interesting you may even end up liking them, so give learning a try.