Shelby's Rollercoaster

My Special Report

Good morning and welcome to this special edition of The Right Weblogger(Me)

The Religious Education Debate:

     Many student at one school in Staunton, Virginia are going to a different school in the middle of the day to take a religion class. About 10 years ago, the Supreme Court announced that this could be allowed, because the classes weren't held on school property. It would not have been allowed if the class was held on school property. This is because it would have been a violation of the church and state ruling.

     Some student's parents are against this class. They feel that since almost all of the other children are out of the class, the teachers aren't giving much instruction. When the children who are taking the class come back, they are telling other students things. Things like " your a bad person because you don't take my special class". I feel that it is not these kids fault that they aren't going to the class. It's not the parents "fault" either.

     Most of the parents feel that they shouldn't have this class in the middle of the day, that's why they have church. I also feel the same way.

     This was the Right Webblogger, over and out!!!

    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

My Love For Softball

     Do you have a favorite sport? I do, it is softball. I My father inspired me to do it. When I saw the passion that he had for it, I knew that I wanted to play.

     During softball practice, we do an exercise called suicides. This helps the team learn how to steal a little better. In softball, you also learn good eye- hand coordination.

     Softball is fun and you get a lot of information on how to do your best. It is also good exercise. In the morning before a game, I feel excited and ready to go. Every time I am about to start to start a game I am always going to do my best. I play travel ball. Travel ball is where you go to different places and play, instead of staying at your own field. I love it, and for girls out there who don't have a sport, I recommend  you play softball.

Child Abuse

     Many children in the United States are being abused. Sometimes it is hard to believe that women and men get abused too. As I was looking for a story to write about, I found one that had to do with a boy named Tom. He had to sit and watch or hear his mother being abused. Here is what he wrote...

    

How did your dad behave towards your mum?
There was physical violence and verbal violence. Generally, a smack across the face was what he did.

Dad didn't let mum have any friends. He kept her locked in the house - well not locked in the house, but she was a virtual prisoner.

He expected her to get dinner on the table by the time he got home and there also was the violence. He'd regularly hit her and put her down as stupid and a worthless mother or insane.

     If you feel like you are being abused, tell an adult you trust. If you see a child being abused, still, tell an adult.

   

    

How did your dad behave towards your mum?
There was physical violence and verbal violence. Generally, a smack across the face was what he did.

Dad didn't let mum have any friends. He kept her locked in the house - well not locked in the house, but she was a virtual prisoner.

He expected her to get dinner on the table by the time he got home and there also was the violence. He'd regularly hit her and put her down as stupid and a worthless mother or insane

A very Special Saying

     A few days ago, I wrote to a teacher- to- be. We have been doing a bit of writing back and forth with each other. Here is what she had to say about my selection of writing...

    " I thought the blog I read was very sweet. The student was so excited to be sharing her ideas with me. She had a great outlook on learning and teachers. She made me feel very excited about becoming a teacher. Her main advice was to make learning fun. I totally agree. Fun in the classroom has been one of my personal missions. She was very encouraging. I think that blogging is a good way of engaging the students."

     Wasn't that post so nice? I think so. I really put a lot of effort into the writing that I did about what teachers-to-be should do in order to have a lively classroom. This nice woman's name is Addie. She taught me a little even though she probably didn't know it. She taught me that teachers really do listen to other children's thoughts and ideas.

A Lot of Learning

The first day of webblogging, I was so excited! In the previous years I loved reading the older student's blogs. They were so true and so full of life. I never thought that I would have a chance to do it myself. Any way, as I was saying, the first day that I walked into the webblogging class I was surprised to see the people that I saw. I saw some old and new friends, and that's when I knew that this special event  was about to happen to me. Mrs. Davis, our graceful teacher for the class said that we were going to have a wonderful time.

     Throughout the year, we as a group of intelligent children have been learning things we had never known before. All of our writings are considered one because we have all had the same advice. I have been taught how to do things that normal kids usually don't do. I am so blessed to be at J. H. House. This is where all of the fun and good learning happens. I am so happy that our school is having the students do blogging. It is an honor.

     Mrs. Davis has taught us to always trust ourselves and to never doubt our writing. She has taught us how to proofread, make our writing better, search for a good writing topic, and most importantly how to have fun while writing.

     This is a shout out to all the other elementary and middle and high schools, if you don't have the program weblogging, then you might want to think about letting a few students have the power of creating their own blog. It will teach them responsibility, citizenship, and their voice will be heard all over the world. If you want to make the right choice, choose blogs, I did, and I proud to say it!!!

Lights... Camera...Learn...!!!

Today when we first walked into weblogging class, Mrs. Davis told us that we needed to start on our comments. I was tickled pink when I read my blog, because I had read a great comment, a comment that meant a lot to me. Addie, who commented me, was a teacher-to-be.

You see the week before, we had to write a post giving a teacher-to-be some advice. She told me that she would use the things that I had recommended she do. So then, Mrs. Davis let me write back to her to tell her how I felt.

First, Mrs. Davis let us respond to our comments. She also gave the class an URL address so we could go to the

Georgia

State

weblog. She gave us a name and that was the person we had to respond to. Then, we had to select a part of the blog that we liked. This was hard for me because I liked all of it!!!! Next, we had to go to Microsoft Word to respond to their writing. We are using word because this part in blogging is a new skill. We always practice before we launch off. I got a woman named Alex. I told her my true feelings about her writing. Also, we learned how to link one specific post to the weblog so others could see it. We learned that hyperlinks can be used on webloggs by using the URLs.

I had a wonderful time learning something new!!! Here is an example of what I have been talking about…

Teacher-to-Be:

I really enjoyed to read the advices that Jhonatan gave me. I take them very seriously, and I am impressed by his thinking skills. I am going to do my best to not disappoint him.

 Me:

I really love it when teachers (or teachers-to-be) trust student’s thoughts and use them. I was so happy when you said that you took Jhonathan’s thoughts seriously, I know that meant a lot to him, it meant a lot to me too. I am almost positive that if you just be yourself and use his advice, you will be a great teacher. 

Dear Teacher-to-Be,

          Hi, my name is Shelby and I'm in fifth grade. I am ten years of age and I love to write. I am a very, very athletic girl and I play softball. Right now, I am playing fast pitch softball. Trust me it is hard!!! Every single time I walk up to the plate, I get a little scared. It's because the ball is coming at you pretty darn fast! In slow pitch softball, I was the best hitter in the whole leauge!!! It's hard to move from one thing to another. That's why I am writing to you today.

          There is one thing that you must, must do!!! You must make learning FUN!!! I have a lot of experince with this. Many students think school is boring. Here's some advice, try to make your students laugh, never pop a quiz without talking to the class about it, and make sure you relax and have fun!!!

           There is one class that is right down the hall from my classroom. This class is always laughing! We can always hear them when they are haveng a good time!!! There is another class where the teacher has a multiplication rap  song !!! When my class is learning something new, we hear the class shouting " Seven times six is forty-two!!!" It really gets me into a better mood when I hear or see someone having fun!!

          In the past, some of my teachers have given us a studyguide at the end of class that was blank! Not only did we have to fill it in, but we also had to study it! You know, we could have been studying the wrong answers!

           Out of all of the things that I have said, relax, and have fun!!!

         

         

My Best Friend, Mrs. Buckaroo

“Oh yeah”, I told my best friend Holly. She had just told me that her brother Larry was taking karate. “I think that’s a pie in the sky”. “Your brother wouldn’t even hurt a fly”, I exclaimed. We were at school the day she told me the news.

Five minutes later, a boy tripped and spilt milk all over her new shirt. “Now I look even uglier!” she cried. “Stop talking like that, that’s just mumbo jumbo!”

So, as we were walking down the hall, we saw a boy that looked like a buckaroo! He was as cute as a bugs ear! He told us that he had an extra shirt Holly could borrow. Then, he pulled me over to the side and said that he was only doing it because he liked Holly. “keep this information off the record”, he told me. I agreed and he handed Holly the shirt. I was building brownie points for the rest of the year.

From then on, the look on the buckaroo’s painted a thousand words whenever he saw Holly. She later on found out his true feelings about her. That’s how she became Mrs. Buckaroo.

                  

                                                          My Best Friend  

                                                                   Mrs.Buckaroo

West Nile

     The strong, West Nile Virus has hit 18 out of the 50 states. Many more states have patients that might be carrying the virus. Right now, it's hard for scientists to find more medicines that could cure the West Nile. It's hard because out of all of the preparing (or getting ready for the virus), these hard working people have ran out of the vaccines. Many people have been "running" for their lives. Don't worry, if you're around someone who has the virus, you won't catch it! The only ways that I know if it going from one person to the other is by saliva, possibly a person's blood ,and mosquitoes. Some people really don't understand just how serious it is to have West Nile!

     It is very dangerous and you could die from having the West Nile Virus!

Oompa-Loompua-Looptedy-Doo

           One morning, my toy robot woke me up and said," Wake up sleeply head." " Today we are going on an adventure." I was totally shocked, for what I heard was comming out of a toy. I was wondering what he meant by "adventure", for I had two feelings inside of my empty little head. "Are we going to a dangerous place?", I could feel my nerve system tremble. " Are we going to party all night long?", I could hear my empty brain blurb.

          See, I am a total pain to my parents and to all of my teachers. Oh yeah, hi , my name is Kathy L. " The L stands for LOUDMOUTH", my big sister Susie always says. Do you know how alot of kids want to be like their big brother or big sister? Well, not me!!! I would rather roll in the mud like a pig than be like her. That's because all she does is stand infront of the mirror for a billion hours each day, and when she's not doing that, she is yabber jabbering away on the phone.

         Oh man, I always get off track!!!(like I am now) Anyway, back to what I was saying a munuite ago, I was excited and ready to go when I heard the word "adventure". Well, guess what? The little pip-squeak took me to a stupid barn!!!! Can you believe that?! I was sooooo mad that day that I wished I was contaminated with posin so I could kill the little dude! But, inside the barn was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!!! The little umpa- lumpa shorties were waddling around all over the place. Now, to me, that was the greatest freak show I had ever seen!!! That,... was ,... my,... great,... ADVENTURE!!!!!