Magic Show
One Friday I went to a magic show.
It was fun. I found out some of the magic tricks.
I was one of the volunteers. And I have magic powers.
I made my own magic tricks!
My Job
I have a job.
I get the mail for Grandma and sort it almost every day. Grandma gets a lot of mail!!!
I get 25 cents each time.
My money is hard to steal. It’s in a cash register.
I’m doing a great job!!!
This Week’s Books
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.
Geronimo was an Indian warrior.
The Into Volcano one was about two boys who explore a volcano.
The Pet one was about a cat and a dog and a turtle.
The Benny and Penny one was about two little mice.
Andrew Jackson
Today I just read a short biography about Andrew Jackson.
He was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region – which is near where I was born, Charlotte, NC.
Andrew joined the army during the Revolutionary War when he was only 13.
His Dad died before he was born, and the rest of his family died during the War.
Even though he was an orphan he went on to do many great things.
And he became the 7th President of the United States.
He’s my father’s favorite President!
Central Park Zoo
Yesterday I went to the Central Park Zoo.
It was fun.
There was a Snow Leopard, it was hard to see.
There was a Snow Monkey.
There were sea lions.
There was a polar bear.
There were penguins, lots of them!
I saw bats.
Tecumseh
I just read a short biography about Tecumseh.
He was an American Indian.
He was born in 1768. He lived in Ohio.
He was in a lot of wars against America.
His tribe was Shawnee, he was the leader.
For more information click here
Mother Teresa
I just read a short biography about Mother Teresa.
When she was a kid, she lived in the town of Skopje.
She helped a lot of poor and sick and people. for more information.
She worked for the church.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
Fast Cake
Yesterday I made a 3 minute chocolate mug cake in the microwave. Click here for the ingredients.
Pumpkins for Sale!
To make my pumpkin sale I had to :
- make the signs
- buy 15 pumpkins
- price them
- set up the stand
- hang up the signs
I sold 10 of them.
My first customer took 2 little ones for $4 each.
My second customer took 1 large pumpkin for $12.
After the sale, our neighbors bought one, then Uncle Fred, and then Nana. And we kept 2 for ourselves. Altogether we have $114 from all the pumpkins we sold, but we had to spend $90 to buy the pumpkins and make the signs. We made $24. Next year I’m going to grow my own pumpkins!
Rubbery Egg
From this book:
In the Chemistry section, I did Experiment 196 – Rubbery Egg.
I put an egg in vinegar in a glass, and I waited several days.
Today we went to see the egg. We took it out and it felt rubbery.
Here’s the explanation:
The vinegar reacts with the calcium in the eggshell, dissolving it. This makes the shell rubbery. This shows the importance of calcium to make the shell strong, just like the calcium in are bones.Keep drinking that milk!
I don’t know how but the vinegar must have done something to the calcium in the shell!
