End of the Year Film

Here is the movie that the students and Leslie Patterson put together about the students’ time enduring my class.

5th grade End of the Year Movie from Jason Flom on Vimeo.

Ever Breath Review

This story of  Julianna Baggott’s imagination is an intriguing tale of  “two kids saving two worlds.”

When the Ever Breath, (an amber orb that maintains the balance between between two worlds -the breath world and our world-) goes missing,  One of the kids, Truman,  goes on a quest to the breath world to try to save the two worlds, meanwhile, his sister Camille follows him to the Breath World and they also go on a quest to find their father, the king of the Jarkmen.  In the Breath World they meet  fairies, ogres, vultures, unicorns, fire breathers and   -they meet friends, and enemies-

                                                                                              “review”

I thought, overall, although this book is an intriguing adventure, it was slow moving .  It took a good amount of time to get to the climax, I would recommend to read it in the winter and to people ages 8-13

Learning ‘Bout Haiti

I have done research on Haiti and Haitian culture… Here is what I found…

Haiti Treaty of  Ryswick  and Slave Colony:

France and Spain settled hostilities on the island by the treaty of  Ryswick of  1697 which divided Hispaniola between them. Many french colonists soon arrived and established plantations in saint Domingo Due to high profit potential. From 1713 – 1787, approximately 30,000 french colonists emigrated to the western part of the island.

Haitian Health:

Half of the children in Haiti are unaccented and  just 40% of the population has access to basic health care. Even before the 2010 earthquake, nearly half the causes of death have been attributed to HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections and meningitis.

Haitian languages:

One of  Haiti’s two official languages is French, which is the principal written and spoken in schools and administratively authorized language. The second is recently standardized Haitian Creole.

Haitian Education:

The literacy rate of  65.9%  is the lowest in the region. Haiti counts 15,200 primary schools, of which 90% are non-public and managed by the communities religious organizations or NGOs, the enrollment rate for primary school is 67% and fewer than 30% reach 6th grade. Secondary Schools enroll 20% of  eligible age children. Charity organizations are currently working on re-building schools for children as well as providing necessary school supplies.

History:

Haiti was explored by Columbus on December  6th,  1492, Haiti’s Native Arkwaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697, Haiti became the french colony  of  saint-Dominique, which became  a  leading sugarcane producer dependent on slaves. In 1791, an insurrection erupted among the slave population of 480,000, resulting  in  a declaration of dependence by Pierre – Dominique Tossant I’ouverture in 1801.

Haitian Culture:

The Haitian culture encompasses a variety of  Haitian traditions, from Native Taino, Customs to practices imported during french colonisation and Spanish imperialism. As in the cases of Cuba and the Dominican Republic (but to a much larger degree) , Haiti is a nation with strong  African contributions to the culture as well as its language, music and religion.

I hope you have learned about Haiti and the Haitian culture.

sources: wikipedia

Our Fundraiser, “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives” Review

Our class (with the co-op of 4th and 8th grades too) performed a great deed on Jan.29th, 2010.

We raised a a fundraiser we did, “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives,” raised $1300+, 100% of which will go to DWB (Doctors Without Boarders) and/or RC (Red Cross).

Thank You, if you attended, if not, well, it wasn’t exactly on national news.

But…

Now it is!

Check it at:

http://www.convergemag.com/workforce/US-Students-Support-Haitian-Residents-After-Earthquake.html

But we couldn’t have done it without 4th and 8th Grades!

Thanks you guys!

Newborn do’s and dont’s (advice for parents)

if you are a newborns parents, read this advice from the 5th graders

well first…

Don’t feed your newborn soda in its baby bottle or in anything

Don’t let your baby continuously drink milk througout the night or its teeth will  rot. (trust me my moms a children’s nurse)

If  your in a rush still strap your newborn securely or it will not be safe.

If  your a smoker don’t smoke around your baby,…they don’t have the choice to smoke or not and you do and you don’t want your baby to have bad lungs or anything bad like that they might even have to go to the hospital.

don’t feed your baby too much…don’t make them phat or make them choke…or someting.

and last but not least…

just don’t feed your baby moldy food…please!!!

bye…

Botswana Proverbs

  proverbs from Botswana:

-the mother is she who holds the knife by the blade.

-you can’t keep a bull in a kraal. 

– a lion cannot hear its own  roar.

– a fool and water  will go the way they are diverted.

-peace does not make a good ruler.

-twenty-nine lies may help you,but  the hundredth will give you away.

-silence  has a mighty noise

here’s more  and more still (click on links)

those were some  Botswana  proverbs.

the alphabet

have you really ever thought about the alphabet?
thought about how -A- could be -J- or -H- could be -D- or anything could be anything ?
or even how just plain letters can spell all these words your reading right now!?!
or how whoever made up the alphabet thought of the alphabet ?
or how peoples thought about words, how to spell them and how pronounce them with only plain letters?

have you ever really thought about…anything?

things you should do for elderly people

-help them across a rope bridge
– chew up their food for them (or buy squirtable applesauce and other mushey type food)
-pay their ”helpers” to chew thier food up for them so you don’t have to
-secretly buy them candy cuz’ they want some…but their ”advisers” say not to have candy cuz’ it will rott their teeth…more than now
-pay for their retirement homes
-LEAVE, so they don’t have to listen to you whine about how you want to play pattycake, eat their starbursts and stay with them
-give them money
-buy them a big flat screen tv
-get them a maid and a hudge house
-tell them that they look 25 hug them reach over get their starbursts then run away with their starbursts…(their too old to catch you) 🙂
THE END

two truths and a lie

I dont know why I’m writing this…2 truths and a lie 😀

*1. you are on the ocean and geting soooooooooo board from siting on your butt in your boat and reading a stupid g.p.s.for 6 to7 hours…uggggg.

*2.you are fishing and you catch a stingray and then after you are finished catching the stingray, you eat some cheese and then lay down on the boat because you had to get up @ 5:00am in the morning. :c

*3.you are getting licked by your crazy dog because you are on the floor in a ball trying to cover your ears from Jason Maraze’s terrible singing on vh1.

post a comment to guess which one is the lie