AWESOME science center field trip

Oh hi there, my name's Riley. Today we went to the planetarium and I had an  AMASSING  time. If you know me in real life I'm like a JR. astronomer I love, love, looooove, The stars (I'm going to the Kennedy space center in Florida during the summer and I'm going to eat lunch with a REAL astronaut. I'm super exited!) Canis Mojor (The great dog) is my favorite constellation. At the Stl Science center I Got to Control a real NASA rover (sadly not on mars) see a star show, And go to there makers space where i got to make a sail for a small boat (witch I beat every one with using simple physics of course.) and ended up finding that the structure that I built MONTHS ago was still there! me and my reading partner Claudia built a wagon that we pulled everyone around in (not at the same time). Honestly I know that I'm doing this for homework but I love the subject, its the best one in the universe! ha ha, get it? no? well this letter is about astronomy and you know what, forget it.

Thank you for spending some of your precious time to read this.

Ski Trip by Riley

Ski Trip

Hi i’m Riley and I went to hidden valley Ski resort along with every 5th grader in the district. Befor I got there I was worried and thought it was very hard but when i got on the slopes it was like a dream come true. infact I only fell down twice and those happened in line, let me tell you about them.

The first time I fell, I was in line for the beginners lift, i was in the back ow what i call the coloso-line and I saw a skier going down the 2nd hill with the rope tow he was blasting down the hill and did not slow down to get in line, He curved away and I thought he was going somewhere else But then I realised he was going towards a hill and I knew he was turning to get in line. I thought He would slow down but He didn't seem to know how to stop. In a split second He slammed into me with (What I thought was) The force of a semi and next thing I knew I was in the snow face first.

The second time I fell I was waiting in the line for the rope toe when Jack came up behind me and lightly shoved me in the direction of the sign.sliding backwards I had no Idea where I was going. I slammed into the sign and fell over.

One Little Word-Riley-LIFE

LIFE
I chose Life because, Well think about it. One Little Word is just a word that will guide you
through 2016. I'm a living human being... Right? No seriously... am I?(Just Kidding)
But I'm talking about walks on the beach, eating ice-cream with your family, And more common things like Going to school, eating at a restaurant, spending time with your friends.
That is why life is the word driving me through 2016

CLAYMO Catastrophe

CLAYMO Catastrophe

By:Riley

Dec/10/2015

Twas’ the few long LONG hours before the end of school, It was a CLAYMO day and, as fifth graders we have the (Enormous) responsibility of leading a CLAYMO (Care Lots About Yourself And Many Others) Group. Now this all goes well when your group is calm… But  when they're not… Well, you'll’ find out.The night before we were given our CLAYMO lesson/script to read over at home. (I had sports practices until 7:00 plus the drive home so 8:00 so I [sadly] didn’t have the time to read over the lesson and I had no idea what to expect) I’m not going to explain me whole day to you so let's skip to the good stuff. The announcements come on and Mrs.Scott says “4th and 5th graders go to your single group classrooms.” and the 5th grade hall becomes the 5th grade Death trap everyone is racing in and out of classrooms grabbing their lanyards and buckets and kids headed to their claymo rooms with their supplies. me and lilly (my CLAYMO group leader partner) head to Mrs.Schuh’s classroom. And, She had a sub. Subs don't get the computer so we didn't know how we were going to play the video (But we had that conversation in the hallway [forgetting that Mrs.Miller comes down and helps with the group]) we walk into the classroom and find Mrs.Miller standing there with the computer AND with the video pulled up I asked her to plug the computer into the (not so) smart board and I sat down In the red rocking chair by the rug and wait for everyone to come down to the classroom when everyone got there we started with the CLAYMO promise “I promise to take good care of myself, all the people around me and all the things around me”. Then I realised that for some (unknown) reason a fourth grader came in with a notebook that he was sitting there and drawing in it NOT EVEN LISTENING TO THE LESSON. We stopped and turned on the video with the librarian Ms.Hagene reading the shortened version of the Tale of Despereaux but there was light coming from the window brightening the screen so the class couldn't see I tried to cover it up as much as I could but some of the kids in the class were getting frustrated with me because they couldn't see the LEAST IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCREEN so I moved back and sat on a stool and tried to cover it up with a piece of paper, didn’t work so the sub came up behind me took the paper held it up AND IT WORKED but her arm got tired… but apparently there was blinds on the window that she put down, problem solved. but the screen was all bright, I really didn’t want to fix it so we left it the way it was.We assigned jobs and lilly helped the kinder gardeners write the title of the poster. when they were done they went to the carpet to write different examples of courage on a paper that we would glue onto the poster. But kindergarteners don't want to do that, they want to do somersaults! As they did that (and lilly allowed it) everyone else worked on the poster. One by one the kids working on the poster left until it was just  me, a 4th grader, a 3rd grader, and a 2nd grader. at the very last moment we glued the last piece of paper on.

This CLAYMO lesson was very hectic, confusing, annoying, and frustrating.

As a CLAYMO leader I think that I need to  work on controlling the class, I did a very bad job on that. I also need to work on communicating with my partner.

100 WC: Riley

One gloomy rainy morning I was sitting in my room, at home, alone. And then I saw it, a bright light slammed down into my backyard, I was astonished and VERY scared. I heard many grunts and my back door opened. And then… music? did I hear music? I came down stairs and loads of tiny rainbow colored aliens were jumping around my house. and the song, it was in a foreign language, not something earthy though, it sounded a bit like blerrp gajerp mehhhh wopa gurt. I started dancing thinking “How could something so tiny throw such an epic party!”

100WC-11/19/15-Party Aliens

Party Aliens

One gloomy rainy morning I was sitting in my room, at home, alone. And then I saw it, a bright light slammed down into my backyard, I was astonished and VERY scared. I heard many grunts and my back door opened. And then… music? did I hear music? I came down stairs and loads of tiny rainbow colored aliens were jumping around my house. and the song, it was in a foreign language, not something earthy though, it sounded a bit like blerrp gajerp mehhhh wopa gurt. I started dancing thinking “How could something so tiny throw such an epic party!”

100 Word Challenge: Riley

It was a rainy November Saturday and i was walking through the park. I wasn’t surprised, it had been raining for a few days and it was creating serious erosion. Our yard was completely striped of its grass. the street drains are clogged with grass leafs and… dirt. while I was walking on the park a white thing in the distance. I ran across the washed away brick path and… a skeleton was sticking out of the ground, big and obvious. I really can't believe that no one saw it. when I got home… I called the police.

100 Word Challenge: Riley

Break Up

she just wouldn't stop crying. she was wailing screaming chucking her shoes at the wall. well that comes later.

it was a wonderful quiet afternoon and then… it happened. by now you are probably wondering what this “it” is. this “it” is my sister. i hear the screeching of the car tiers. she jiggled the keys in the door and slams the door open she ran into her room not even closed the door. and she just wouldn't stop crying. she was wailing,screaming, she picked up anything she could reach and threw it. she broke up with her boyfriend.

Claymo: Superhero Shields

Claymo Retreat:  Superhero Shields
        By:Riley & Iris

Last week on Thursday August 27 at about 9:45 in Tilles Park,the Glenridge fifth graders did many teamwork related activities but the one that we're focusing on is the Super Hero Shields.This activity was done because to show us responsibility and power of becoming Claymo leaders,"with great power comes great responsibility"(Uncle Ben,Spider Man 1) These are some examples of Super Hero Shields.

Notice how the P has an extra line making it a R.  Therefore the P=Power and the R=Responsibility, which was the main lesson of this activity.