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Monday, May 25, 2009Chapter Book Read Alouds
Last week each student in my second grade class ranked their top five favorite chapter books that I read aloud during the school year. I totaled their rankings giving 5 points for a 1st place vote, 4 points for a 2nd place vote, etc.
Here are the results from their rankings. (Sorry for the blank space. Scroll down a ways to see the rankings.)
In the many years that I have done these end-of-year polls, Where the Red Fern Grows has never finished anywhere but first. Although it was way closer this year than usual, probably in part because I just finished Miles to Go. Edward Tulane should have finished higher, but I read it a LONG time ago and I think they kind of forget after a while. Also, many students really enjoyed the Wayside School series, but if I separate the three books it's hard to get consistent votes for them since students are only voting their top five overall books. I don't think lumping the three together gives perfect results though either - it sort of takes away from voting for a certain book. I also read Holes last fall. It must have held up pretty well. It is REALLY good! Labels: books Wednesday, May 13, 2009So So Excited
Today it was inside recess because it was raining outside. In 2 more days it is going to be our field trip. I am so so excited to go. I am so so excited because I'm going to get to taste some choclate. After we go to the choclate factory we are going somewhere else. We don't know our groups. I think it is going to be so so so much fun. -Anna's journal
Tuesday, May 12, 2009Read to Self
At school it was very fun. I played with Elizabeth T. at lunch recess and last recess. We did Read to Self time today. I have good books to read. They are easy books to read. At school we are going to have a field trip. It will be on Friday. At the end of the school year we are gonna go to teh park. I had lots of fun today at school. -Yizel's journal
Monday, May 11, 2009Baton
Today I played with Erica. We played Bild a Bear Work Shop. But I scraped my nee. It really hurt. I read Poppy too. Tomorrow I get to go to Baton. My dad dosen't like when I have to go to Baton because he misses me and I miss him. -Miranda's journal
Tuesday, April 14, 2009Spring Break
On spring break I was soposed to go to the water park. But we actualy went to the mall and Hacienda and I went window shopping with Abby, Scott and Maddalin. Maddalin is, well, she can't talk and she does not walk. And the next day I went to the Hanna Montana movie. -Carly's journal
On spring brake on Monday I spent the night at my grandmas and grandpas. me and grandpa and my uncul Nick played the Xbox 360. The video games that we played were Monster Madness, Kande and Lench Dead Men, Star Wars Forse Unleasht, Marvall and Call of Dudey 4. -Logan's journal On spring break when I went to my dad's house we made an opsticel course. We started at the botum of the hill. We went around a track twice. Then we got off our bike and went up the hill. then we went and pushed a plastic jeep. Next we stopped pushing the pastic jeep and jumped thrue two trackter tires. Then we ran up a ramp and zig zageged thrue chairs and got a lawn mower. We had a cotton ball and a spoon and drove the lawn mower to the other side and dropped the coton ball in a basket. We did that four times and if y ou beat the person who you were facing you win a football for first place. If you got second place then y ou got a parachoot rabbit. For the constlashon prize me and my brother tide. -Wyatt's journal Friday, March 27, 2009High Over the Bricks
Today was fun. I played Kick the Ball Over the Fence. I caught a lot of soccer balls. I caught T.J.'s kick two times in a row. I caught some soccer balls when someone tipped it or when nobody was going to catch the ball I ran my hardest to catch the ball. -Evan's journal
Today was cool. We got to work on our non-fiction books. And I get to go to my Daddy's house. I went bowling last night. I won a clow game and I won a rag doll. Last night was fun. -Miranda's journal Today I played tag. It was really fun. I only got tagged one time. I had to jump over the bricks so I didn't get tagged. I had to jump high over the bricks so I didn't fall. There were about 15 people. A few of them were Bryce, David and Nathan. -Cole's journal Tuesday, March 17, 2009A Funny Joke
Today was fun! Ryan made a funny joke. This kid walks in to an ice-cream shop with two fake pistols. He says, "Give me vanilla." The ice cream man said, "Whats vanilla?" He says "give me some chocolate." "What's chocolate?" the ice cream man says. Give me some whipped cream, said the boy. What's whipped cream, says the ice-cream man. "Give me some peanuts with m&ms." said the boy. "What's peanuts with m&ms?" said the ice-cream man. The end. -Evan's journal
Wednesday, March 11, 2009It Was Fun Until . . .
Today was great, but I had a fite with my friend. And we had library. I got a book on panthers. It is good so far. I came to this page where the panther was up in a tree. And then I saw a page wear the panther was laying down in the grass with a man and the panther had sergery. -Miranda's journal
Today we played Indiana Jones. Me and Migel and Hunter played it. Today Jack went to Florda. I was sad because me and Migel and Hunter were the only ones playing. It was fun until we got in a fite. -Wyatt's journal On Friday our class is going to go to the economy sale. I am going to get 27 dollars. But we get fake money. You get 30 dollars to start with. But each time you get a mark, you lose 1 dollar. It is in the 5th grade hallway. There are cookies, cupcakes, rice crispy treats, candy, nachso, and lots of other goodies. It is going to be fun (at least for me!) In between each economy this happens (except for the 27 dollars I have and the goodies don't come in between the economies.) -Evan's journal Friday, March 6, 2009A Shower From a Horse
Today after last recess we went to the high school for Ag Day. there were a lot of animals. There were horses, puppies, cows, chicks, goats, a bunny and some goldfish. I got to pet a goat, horse, chick and a puppy. I got to hold a puppy. I got to pretend to drive the tractor. It was a fun day! -Evan's journal
Today my class had Ag Day. We had it in the High School. Ag stands for agruculture. When we got inside of the bilding they talked about farming. After they talked to us we went down the row and they talked about pizza and we got to eat pizza. After that we went in where the animals are. There were lots of animals. Some of them were puppys. I got to hold one. I also got to hold a chick. And Miguel got a shower from a horse. It was fun! -Jack's journal Today after last recess we went to go to Ag Day. I got to pet a pig and I got to pet a goat. It was fun and I got to hold a chicken. I got to pet a dog. There was a tracter. I got to sit in it. It was fun. I had a great time. -Wyatt's journal Thursday, March 5, 2009Today Was Great
Today was great. I played on the swings. It was fun. And I read Junie B. First Grader Dumb Bunny, that's the title. I also did lisen to reading. -Miranda's journal
Tuesday, March 3, 2009Hugo Cabret
Today was an excelant day. Mr. Gall started a new book called The Invention of Hugo Cabret. he read a lot of it. He read 2 chapters of the book. The books has a lot of picters. -Tori's journal
Labels: books Wednesday, February 18, 2009II Get to Ride the Bus
Today was fun. Did you have fun? I can tell that Mr. Gall did. We are doing our journals. It is olmost 3:00. I can't wait!!! Because I get to ride the bus home. Did you ever get to ride the bus? I love school. -Ashley's journal
Monday, February 16, 2009Presidents Day
Today is Presidents Day. We wached a vidio about Presidents Day. We have had 44 presidents. My favorite president is G.W. Bush because he was the president when I was born in 2001. -Miranda's journal
Friday, February 6, 2009Abe Died
Today we wached a video. It was a pretty good bideo. I was writing something and waching the video. One of his kids died. At the begining of the video both of his kids jumped on him. And at the end of the video Abe died. -Cole's journal
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Today we had one outside recess and one inside recess. The outside recess was the first recess and the inside recess was the last recess. After lunch recess Mr. Gall read us a book. The book was called Wayside School. When Mr. Gall read it Mrs. Jewels was so mean that she asked crazy questions. She asked, what is the capital of England. She asked, how do you make pickeles. She asked, well I think I forgot but she thretend Leslie that if she wouldn't get all of those queshtions right she would pour pickle juice over her head but just before she could pour it a boy just saved her pigtails. Instead Mrs. Jewels poured it on herself. -Carly's journal
Friday, January 30, 2009A Good Substoot
Today we had a substoot. Her name was Mrs. Buck. She is a good substoot. We didn't have gym because we had a two hour delay. At the end of the day we worked on our February calendar. I didn't get to finish mine. And at the end of the day we did journal. -Maria's journal
Wednesday, January 28, 2009The Surprise
Mr. Gall is reading Wayside School. The name of the author is Louis Sacher. We had a fire drill. The fire drill was after last recess. Lunch recess was cold. So was last recess. It was fun. At school we did practice tablit a lot of times. I lerned a lot of math. It is good to lerne about math. It makes you get smarter every time you do math. It is fun to do math more than one time. You should read a lot to gt smarter. And to get better at reading. -Yizel's journal
Today we were reading Wayside School. It is a book. Mr. Gall was reading it. In the book a boy always brings his food but he did not one day. He had to eat the spechal which was mushroom surprise. He got some and all the kids were standing there. He ate a bite and the kids thought that he would throw up. This girl whose name is Dede was trying to get out of there but there were too maney people in the way. Then a foow minets later they all left. Then he took another bite and his eyes turned a difernt coler. And it does not say what happins. I was mad. That is how my day went. -Brady's journal Today we had a fire drill. That's why we put our coats on befor the fire drill. Sierra shut the door. Justin turned off the lights. Sierra was the last one in line. I think Evan was the first one in line. It was cold out there. -Maria's journal Today was so fun. I can't tell you what we did. But I will tell you. Here I go. We did Daily 5, recess, we had a fire drill. Mr. Gall read a book. It was funny. For lunch in the book it was Mushroom Surprise. The surprise was KISSING!!! Everybody laft in the class. I love school. -Ashley's journal Friday, January 23, 2009Where the Red Fern Grows
Spoiler Alert: Some of these tell the end of the story.
In a cupel days I am going to my grandma's house! Me and my couson Shannon are going to spend the night at my grandma's. -Tori's journal Today we finished Where the Red Fern Grows. It was a very good story. The story was sad because Old Dan died and Little Ann died becaus she got in a fite with a cougar. And Old Dan died because he got split open. And Billy tried to protect the dogs, but the cougar was too strong. -Luis' journal Where the Red Fern Grows is about Little Ann and Old Dan. The book was sad because Old Dan and Ann died. My favorite part was when the boy gets his dogs. -Anna's journal Mr. Gall finished a book called Where the Red Fern Grows. The mane caracters were this kid named Billy and his two dogs. One dog is a boy. The uther dog is a girl. They are hunting dogs. The boy dog is named Old Dan. The girl dog is named Littel Ann. In the book the dogs fought a mounten lion. The author is named Wilson Rawls. It is a good book. -Jack's journal Today Mr. Gall finished Where the Red Fern Grows. It was very sad when Billy's dogs die. It was a very good book. It was the best book of the year. I like it. It's a good book. Did I menchen I got the Bremen Honor Award. -Maria's journal Thursday, January 22, 2009It Fell Out of My Hand
Today we went swimming. Almost everybodey went on the diving bord. Mr. Gall and Mrs. Roobert had a ball they were throwing and we were trying to cach it. Nathin and T.J. caught it off the diving bord. I allmost caught it but when I hit the water it fell out of my hand. And a lot of people were yelling Brady, Brady. It was a fun day. -Brady's journal
Tuesday, January 20, 2009Inauguration Day
Today is Inauguration Day. That means we get a new presedent. His name is Barack Obama. He is our 44th presedent. Cool hu? We wached it on TV and he also got sworn in. After that we made paper valentine bags. -Sierra's journal
Today we had inside recess. It was fun. After that we went back to our classroom. Then we all got to decerate our Balintine bags. Then after all the other stuff we all had to do journals. When we all got done with that it was time to go home. -Andrea's journal Today are class started making our Valintine bags. I put a big hart and my name on my bag. Mr. Gall made one to. His bag had squars and his name on it. I'm going to show you mine and I'll show you the back. Making bags is fun. -Maria's journal Today was alsome. My teacher Mr. Gall read my class a book called Where the Red Fern Grows. In the middle of the story there was a part where this boy named Reuben was running to stop a dog fight. He was carying an ax to kill this other boys dogs. The owner of the two dogs name is Billy. His dogs were killing Reubens dog. But on the way Reuben tripped on a stick and when he landed the ax blade ended up in his stumick. And did I mentchan Reuben had a brother named Rainy? -Carly's journal Friday, January 9, 2009I Got 2%
Today were were woching a videow. It was called Bill the Smart Guy. Today we lerned about Ealechec. Did you know that pecel led can be Ealechec? This is how you do it. If you get two C baterys then you get two Ealechec cordes and tape it on the baterys. Put it in two glasses of water. It should bubble. -Brady's journal
Today I played in the snow. It is fun. My sox are soked. But it feels good but wet. It was fun because we played football. And my team won Bad!!!!!! And I was snowey and wet! I was on my cousings team. His name is Bryce. He is nice to me because I can BEAT him up. But not at school, at his house or at my house. I like to beat him because he fights back. And my mom makes me walk him to his house sometimes. And I trip him and he jumps on me. Then I shove him. And he shoves me back. And then we get in another fight and I win. And I almost made him cry one time. -Cole's journal Today at school we had a time test. I got 48% and we had a spelling test. I got 2% on my spelling test. -Miranda's journal (Second graders are not experts at figuring percentage.) Thursday, January 8, 2009Such A Baby
My teacher Mr. Gall is reading Where the Red Fern Grows. We're at chapter six and this boy called billy got dogs. -Wyatt's journal
Today we had a math test. We only had 5 minutes to do a 100 math probloms. Do you know how many math probloms I got done? I only got 50 problems done. Evan got 95 problems done. Logan thought he wrote 48 problems but he really got 38 done. -Maria's journal On Christmas day I visited my Great Gramma. I love her. I love my Great Gramma. She lives in a nersing home because she has Alzimers and I vizit her. -Miranda's journal For Christmas break I had a hocky turnumint. It is called the three on three turnumint. My team won. We had good people. It was fun. There is a team we beat them so BAD that they had to put all of there players in. And my team didn't put all of the players in. the score was 17 to 0. That team is bad because my team beat them bad. One of there players was crying. He is a sore loser. Just because we won that bad. He is such a baby. -Cole's journal Wednesday, December 17, 2008Not Kick the Ball Over the Fence
Today I'm going to church and we are having a Christmas Party. Then we are eating dinner ther. Then we are going hom. -Hunter's journal
Today I played in the snow. It was really fun. I played with Luis, David, and Brady. We made a snow floor because we didn't have to make anything. We rolde in the snow. And I rolde into a fence. It hurt. -Cole's journal 8 more days untill Christmas. Today I stayed inside for recess. Today I worked on my calender. Today I watched a video. It was funny. I like the video and the book. Today I mite go to my cousins. -Anna' journal Today before we went to lunch the lunch ladies said that lunch resess was going to have reses outside. So we got our stuf on. After lunch they said that reses was going to be in the gym. So we plad in the gym for a wile. Then we lined up and went to our classroom. It was fun! -Jack's journal Today at lunch recess they said it was outside recess but it was inside. At last recess they said it was inside but it was outside (the opisite.) I got so confused I couldn't think straght. In our classroom we have a timeline. It has things like when Squanto (a Native American) was born, when Barack Obama was born, and when John McCain was born too. It's fun having a timeline. -Evan's journal Today at last recess me and Victoria played kickball, not kick the ball over the fence kickball, regular kickball. Some poeple not in are class but in a diffrent class like Mis. Dumphs and Mis. Mackenzy's played too. I'll tell you the kids that played with me. Andrea, Kristofer, Casondra, Role, and thats most of the people that played with me. -Maria's journal Wednesday, December 10, 2008Its Funniest Part
Today was alsome. We had library. We finished a book called Ms. Holly is too Jolly. It was a really good book. This was its funniest part Andrea kissed A.J. And we are starting this new book called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I rote a note to Santa Claus. I colored three picters. One was Merry holding Jesus. The other one was a kid on a rocking horse. The last one was a Christmas tree. -Carly's journal
Today we had library. Then Mr. Gall picked us up from library. When we got downstairs Mr. Gall finished that book we were reading yesterday. The name of the book was Miss Holly is too Jolly. Oh and did I menchin Andrea kissed A.J. -Sierra's journal I like the turtles. The turtles like me. -Harold's journal Yesderday was fun. Evreybutey had fun. Today was fun too. It is olmoast time to go home. As I was saying what made yesderday so much fun was that I had Girl Scouts. And I even love school so so much. Did I ever tell you that I am in Mr. Gall's class? It is fun. -Ashley's journal Tuesday, December 2, 2008Crying in Our Milk
Today I had 5 dollers. Do you know why I had 5 dollers? Because are class went to the bake sale. I had to spend one doller to get a hot dog and I had to spend three dolelrs to get like twenty cookys and then I looked for pop but I didin't find nun. -Maria's journal
Today we had the bake sale. The prices were 50 cents, 25 cents, 25 cents. I spent $1.00 in all. I bought a cupcake, a bag of popcorn, and a rice crispy treat. Harold can find anything. He found our soccer ball. If it weren't for Harold we would have been crying in our milk the rest of the year. -Evan's journal Today was fun. I loved it. I gess evereyone loved it. It is oamost time to go home and it is oamsot 3:00. I can't wait intil school tomrrow. School is fun this year. It is so so fun. I love school so much. -Ashley's journal Today we had the bake sale. I had a bag of popcorne and some chocolate cuvord pretls. It was good. -Cole's journal Today it was the bake sale. Cole and me shared because I didn't have eney mony. We got popcorn and got prtsols with choclit all over. It was fun. Coles mony fell in his popcorn. Then we saw a video. It was fun to but the bake sale was better. -Luis' journal Today we went to the bake sale. My mom gave me mony for the bake sale. There was a long line. I bought a got dog, popcorn, and a browny. I had to pay 2 dolers for all of it. -Jack's journal Wednesday, November 26, 2008Turkey and Mashputadows
Tomorrow I am going to eat turkey. It is going to be yumey. On Sunday I am going to spind the night at my cousins house. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. -Anna's journal
We have a missing soccer ball. We have two soccer balls but we have one in our bucket. It was outside in the field where we play Kick the Ball Over the Fence. Some third graders found it in the field but their teacher told them to put it in the lost and found. A third grader that was in Mr. Gall's class last year found it. She didn't put it in our bucket. -Evan's journal We have two socker balls but one is missing. Today I saw the missing socker ball. I didn't chase it. I think its stil outside. -Jack's journal Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Our hole family is eating turkey and mashputadows and gravey and corn. All that stuff sounds good. -Miguel's journal On Thanksgiving my family is going to play game because we allways do that. We will woch football too. We will play Monoplly and eat Thanksgiving food. -Logan's journal Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I stay at my house. It will be fun. I will play with my cousin. We will eat a lot of turkey. -Cole's journal Today was a great day. Tomorow will be even more greater because THANKSGIVING!!! And geuss what eles I was the only one in the hole classroom to guess the Mace's parade was tomarow. And geuss what eles Christmas is only 31 days. -Carly's journal Tomorrow for Thanksgiving I am going to my Gramos house. I am going to bring my XBOX. We are going to have fun. We are going to have a big turkey and we are going to have mashpotaitows. They are relly good. I love Thanksgiving. -Brady's journal Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I'm going to my gramas house. It's going to be fun there. We'll have turkey stuffing and a lot more. Sometimes we play games and read but we do a lot more stuff. After all the things we do we have to go home to sleep. -Andrea's journal Tomorrow it is going to be Thanksgiving. And it is going to be a grate day. Tomorrow me and my mom are going to get a terky. And then when we are done cooking the terky we are going to invite some poeple to come. It will be fun because I know it will. Every Thanksgiving is fun and exciting and when my friends come we can play on my game plashin. -Lucio's journal Labels: Thanksgiving Tuesday, November 25, 2008Writing So Hard
Today Mr. Gall finished Stone Fox. Then after all that we did calenders. After all that we did journals. I didn't write that much. Then we all had to go home. -Andrea's journal
On Thaksgiving I am going to my ants house. I am going to tell jokes. We are going to eat terky corn corn bred and pees. I can't wate. Today Mr. Gall finished a book cald Stone Fox. It is a good book. It is sad at the end. I like that book. -Jack's journal Today is a fun day. Mr. Gall roat stuff on the overhead progecter. He roat Stone Fox. I lost my counting book so I got a new counting book. Mr. Gall is making me go back. I am writing so hard. The End. -Justin's journal Today I was playing out in the feald with Ryan. We got wet. Today we just finisht the book Stone Fox. It was good and it was fun to read. -Miguel's journal Today my cousin is coming to spind the night because her baby sister is having surgery on her eye. On Thanksgiving we are going to have turkey. -Anna's journal Thursday, November 20, 2008I Didn't Exspect That
Today when I was outside I got hit in the fase. And it hurt. It was a hard ball. -Miguel's journal
Today we got a new rule No Throwing Snow. Because people in our class and in different classes are throwing snow. And the people who were throwing snow had to stay inside. -Wyatt's journal I like turtles. I like Leonardo. He likes me. -Harold's journal Today was a great day. We watched a Magic School Bus video. It was cool. And yesterday ya know I'm in cheerleading and guess what. We all got prizes and they were called free tickets to the Bremen movie theater! And also they gave me a card and it said I'm a drama queen. -Carly's journal Today Mr. Gall finished the chapter book Squanto. It was really great. I was fritened when Squanto got stolen twise because I didn't exspect that Squanto would get stolen twise. -Ashley's journal Today we wacht a magic school bus video. It was about molecules. It was cool and funny. Mr. Gall is reading a book called Betsy Ross. He just started reading it. I like it. Mr. Gall showd us a map on the computer. The web site is maps.google.com. He showd us Philedefea because thats where Betsy lived. It was cool. -Jack's journal Wednesday, November 19, 2008A Crummy SharpenerIn the classroom we have a stuft dog. It is for read to someone. It's name is Old Dan. I like that name. When someone duzent get a partner they get Old Dan. He's a cooel dog. In are classroom we have a pencel sharpener on the wall. It's a crummy sharpener. When you try to sharpen it it sharpens one side but not the uther. I don't yous it. Hardley enybudy youses it. Most people have there own pensel sharpener. I don't have one. I yous Cole's sharpener. -Jack's journal 
Tuesday, November 18, 2008Snowy at Recess
Mr. Gall is reading a book called Thank You Squanto. We started Squanto on Monday. Now we have read 8 chapters. -Wyatt's journal'
Today was snowy at recess. And we played socer. It was really really really WET and cold out there. But we still played. -Cole's journal Friday, November 14, 2008Weird to Me
Today we finished The Tale of Despereaux. It was a little dark and a little light. There was a rat. He took the princess into the dungen. Then Despereaux went to save the princess. After all that they all had soup. -Andrea's journal
Today we finished The Tale of Despereaux. The end of it was cool to some of the other kids. I did not think it was that cool. It sounded weird to me. -Sierra's journal Thursday, November 13, 2008Field Trip
Yesterday we went on a field trip. It was called Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. We rode on a bus to get there. Itd didn't rain until the end of the field trip. We played a bunch of fun games too. We took a hike in the woods. We learned about nature and hibernation. We got to pet a snake. I petted the snake on the top and the bottom. It was my birthday too. We ate lunch of course. Lunch was really really yummy. We ate lunch at twelve o'clock. We got to pick a leaf but we could not keep the leaves. It was a super duper really really really good field trip. It was for all the second graders. -Evan's journal
Today Kylee and Makenna went swimming with us. It was fun for them and me. All I did was cach the ball. It was fun. -Maria's journal Today we went swimming. I did a front-flip off the diving board. The first one I landed back first on the water. Second one I hit the water feet first. Third time I just jumped off the diving board normal. -Sierra's journal Today my class went swimming and we all jumped in the pool. Also Kylee and Makenna went too. After that it was Evens birthday. We got cupcakes. Then we wacht a movie. Then we did Daley 5. I picked read to someone. Then we did journal. Then we went home. -Logan's journal Monday, November 10, 2008We Crushed Them
On Saturday I had a basketball game. I made three baskets in basketball. One wasa side shot the other two were not side shots. I played for one hour in my game. I versed the green team. It is for third and fourth graders. They asked me to play in the third and fourth grade leage. And I said, "yes" that I wanted to play in the league. My games all are on Saturday and practices are on Thursdays. The league is really hard work. I was white and the next game I will be green. I like basketball. Basketball is cool and awsome and it can be really really superduper hard work too. But I can tell you this it is really fun. -Evan's journal
Last night I stayed at CJ's house and we stade up all night. We did play games. We also played the playstashon and ate popcorn and woched movies. Then it was morning and I had to go home. -Logan's journal Today I played socker. I scored 15 goals. We crushed them 25 to5. That is BAD for them. -Cole's journal Thursday, November 6, 2008Get Out Our Kernals?
Today is Justin's birthday. It was fun. There was lots of frosting. I scraped the frosting off.
Today Brady's gripper got stuck on the seeling of the school. It was funny. I loved today at school. It was really really really fun. Today we did math. I am really good at math. I love math. Math is really fun. Today was a fun day. I had fun. It is almost time to go home. I love school. -Ashley's journal Today was Justin's birthday. His mom brought in a Harley Davidson cake made out of cupcakes. I got a chocolate one. It was delicious. Mr. Gall is reading The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo. It is a good book. And also when Mr. Gall said get out our journals I said WHAT YOU WANT US TO GET OUT OUR KERNALS? and he's like JOURNAL I WANT YOU TO GET OUT YOUR JOURNAL. -Carly's journal Today was Justin's birthday. His mom brought in Harley Davidson cupcakes. I got a vanilla one. It was good. When we were eating we wached a Magic School Bus vidio. When the movie got over we did journals. The we had to go home. -Andrea's journal Wednesday, November 5, 2008Election Day
Today was a great day at school. Yesterday was election day. Barack Obama won for president. He had more points than John McCain. Barack Obama is our next President. Obama made a speech. so did John McCain. Yesterday was a happy day. -Yizel's journal
Yesterday was Election Day. I voted for Barack Obama to be president. He won. John McCain made a speech in Arizona. He lost. But he was a good sport about it. The electoral college state point totals were 370 to 168. Obama won Indiana. Obama will start being president in January. -Jack's journal Yesterday it was Election Day. John McCain won in our class election. But Barack Obama won in real life. But I wanted John McCain to win in real life. You know what I think it's going to be good if he's president. -Carly's journal Yesterday was election day. I voted for Obama. To me he is my friend. I will like him to be the president. -Elizabeth C.'s journal I thought John McCain was going to win but I was wrong. You know how I knew I was wrong? Because I woched the news and Barack Obama was going to be the president starting at the end of January. -Maria's journal Yesterday I voted for Barack Obama. Yesterday was Election Day. Obama won and I felt happy. I feel sorry for John McCain because he lost the election to be the president. I think Obama was a good sport. -Anna's journal Yesterday was election day. Barack Obama won. John McCain lost. The score was 370 to 168. I wantid John McCain to win. But he lost. Obama was in Chicago to say his speach. John McCain was in Arizona. I like John McCain the best. I wish he would of won insted of Obama. But Obama won. My class wached John McCain and Obama's speach. I liked John McCains speach the best of all. John McCain rocks. John McCain is the best. -Ashley's journal Yesterday was Election Day. Barack Obama won. I thout John McCain was going to win, instead Obama won. -Andrea's journal Yesterday was Election Day. I voted John McCain to be president. John McCain made a speach in Arizona. Barack Obama made a speach in Chicago. John McCain was a very good sport. Barack Obama won 370 to 168. They are called electoral college state point totals. John McCain and Sarah Palin tried their best. Barack Obama will be president in January. -Evan's journal Tuesday, November 4, 2008Mr. Gall's Class VotesThursday, October 30, 2008Not So Good
I played football at recess. Our team won 30 to 7. That is a lot, but for the other team not so good. Is it? But it was still fun. -Cole's journal
Monday, October 27, 2008Ice Raining
Today at reses I played football with Migel, Justen and Luis. We played on the black top. Then I dident want to play. Then I took a walk around the playground. Then it started sleeting. Then we went inside. -Jack's journal
Today it was raining at recess not just rain it was ice rain. It hurted us so we went in FAST! We all said AWWW ACH AIW OWW and then Mr. Gall said it was snowing. It was not snowing it was ice raining. Maria's journal Tuesday, October 21, 2008I Played
Today I played Kick the Ball Over the Fence and two hand tap football. I won football and won Kick the Ball Over the Fence. The football score was fourteen to zero and fourteen to zero. The Kick the Ball Over the Fence score was two to one. -Evan's journal
Friday, October 17, 2008Race for Education
Today we had the Race for Education. I had 15 laps and it WAS HOT! Bryce got 18 laps. Some pepel got 10 laps that would not be good! We ran for 45 minutes. That is a long time. And the laps were around the football feld. I ran 3 miles. That is good. And that is a long time. Mr. Gall ran 20 laps. that is more than everybody that ran in race. -Cole's journal
Today we did the race for education. I did 12 miles. And then my mom showed up with a superise. MY BROTHER WAS RACEING!!!!!! I fell down on the grass. Then Kaelyn came and picked me up from the grass. -Carly's journal Today we did Race for Education. We ran 45 minutes. It was for a fundraiser. I ran 12 laps because the laps were long. I can't believe I ran 3 miles. -Elizabeth's journal Today first through eight graders did race for education. I ran fourty-five minutes without stopping. I ran four and a half miles and eighteen laps. Mr. Gall ran twenty laps and five miles. One lap is a quarter of a mile. School is awesome. -Evan's journal Today at school we did Race for Education. I got a ribbon. I did 13 laps. I had fun. Me and my frinds had lots of fun. So did I. Mr. Gall did it to. We all had fun. To bad my mommy wasnt there. She wod have had fun. -Miranda's journal Im icksided because we seint graders had to race and I ran 13 laps. And my teacher Mr. Gall ran more than me and legs are tired and my arms are and I been sweading a lot during the race. -Maria's journal Today we just finish the Race for Education. I beet my world recerd cause I got 10 laps a long time ugo. Now I got 14 laps today. -Justin's journal Today the hole 2 to 8 grade raced. We only had 45 minutes to race and when we were all done I got 15 marked off of mine and I said Wow. Then we went inside to do journal and I rote about the Race and after that we were going home. -Logan's journal Today we had Race for Education. I ran 45 minutes. I had a tag punched after each lap. I ran 18 laps. At the end I got a ribbon. It was for a fundraiser. It was arownd the football track. It was fun! -Jack's journal Labels: race for education Wow Mr. Gall!
Today I am going to get ice cream. It is going to be yume. Today I am going to the park. Today I am going to a pardy. -Anna's journal
Today I played kick the ball over the fens with a lot of pepole. I kicked the ball over the fens then Sierra catched the ball and it went hi in the air and Mr. Gall got the ball and Mr. Gall kicked it really far in the air. And I said Wow Mr. Gall! And a few hours lader it was time to go inside. -Logan's jouranl Today I played Kick the Ball Over the Fence. The we listened to two chapters of Holes. Then we wached a Magic School Bus movie. After the movie I got a drink. Then we worked on journal. -Sierra's journal Today at recess Mr. Gall sent me into the classroom to get his camra. So I got his camra and he took a picher of me and Tori. And he let me take a picher of him. -Maria's journal 
Wednesday, October 15, 2008Mostly in 4th Place
Today outside I played Monkey in the Middle. And I was in the middle. It was hard getting the ball. Then I got the ball and then Raul was in the middle. Then we had to go inside. -Luis' journal
Today we listened to the Ugly Ducling. We had to visualize. It was cool. We are doing journal. Then we mite do a rownd of daily five. -Hunter's journal This lunch recess we played race. It was fun. I was mostly in 4th place or 5th place. I tride my best running. But we played agin and I was in secint place. -Maria's journal Monday, October 13, 2008I Got A Point
Today I played Kick the Ball Over the Fens with a lot of pepole. I kicked the ball then a few hours lader I was hot so I played a diferunt game. I played monkey in the middol with 3 pepole. Two pepole were in the middol than I threw the ball then somebody quit. So then we played throw the ball up in the air. The rules are no pooshing, no shuving and no kicking the ball out of pepoles hands. You had to keep the ball to get a point. I threw the ball and I got a point. Then it was time to go inside. -Logan's journal
Thursday, October 9, 2008We Won Even without T.J.
On Monday it was my birthday. I brought brownis to school. Evreybody liked them. I gave one to Mrs. Leeper. -Sierra's journal
Justin is my best friend. He goes to the same bus. He plays kickball sometimes. If he kickes the ball good we call it the moser kick and most of the time he playes kick the ball over the fence. He is a good kicker. -Wyatt's journal Today outside I played kickball. I hit the ball hi and then some pepol ran for it but they got blinded and they dropped it. Then Nathan was up and I was behind Nathan. Then he kicked the ball then I was up. I was going to kick the ball but a bee stung me. And I went to the nurse and she gave me a paper for my mom and I gave Mr. Gall one too. -Luis' journal Today I played with Elizabeth. It was fun. Today I am going to play with Elizabeth. We are going to play horse. It is going to be fun. -Anna's journal I like turtles. I like Michelangelo. I like Donatello. Donatello like me. -Harold's journal Today I played kickball and we won even without T.J. T.J. is a Bomber but he did not play the game all recess. He played a little bit though. I hit a homerun even though they called timeout. we also got a triple play. -Evan's journal Today was a fun day. We played kick the ball over the fenc. I got the ball 3 times in a row. I cot one one time. I'll show you a picher down at the botom of the paper about catching the ball. -Justin's journal  I see a cat. Do you see a cat? Yes I see a cat. I love cats. My dad has a cat. His name is scarde. I love scarde a lot. -Elizabeth C.'s journal  Wednesday, October 8, 2008I Am Bossy
Today we played kick the ball over the fence. Then it was time to go inside for Daily 5. After that we did journals. When we got done doing journals it was time to go home. -Andrea's journal
Today I played cops and robers. I was a rober. So was Cris. Luke and Claytin were cops. Then we played the game and they could never cech us. then it uas time to go inside. -Logan's journal If I were the President I would be good at it because I am bossy. -Cole's journal Friday, October 3, 2008I Had to Tell Mr. Gall
Today we did Daley 5. I chose listin to reading. I clicked on The Nite I Follod My Dog. But is was blure so I had to tell Mr. Gall. He said I will be there Miranda. So he clicked a buten and it worked. -Miranda's journal
Wednesday, October 1, 2008I Said Woe!
I played football at reses. It was fun. We had two tochdowns. We won. I had all the tochdowns! -Cole's journal
Today at last recess we played kick the ball over the fence. When Brady kicked the red soccer ball over the fence it hit someone in the eye. Then we went to get the teacher. Then it was time to go inside. When I got back to the classroom we did Daily 5. I picked jrounals. But I forgot I wasn't suposto do jrounals yet. But now I'm saposto do it now. -Andrea's journal Today I went out for two recesses and missed one recess. The reason I missed one recess is because I had a doctor's appointment. And I wasn't late but we were supposed to be late. The appointment was at 10:40 but my doctor was running behind schedule. -Evan's journal Today I played kick the ball over the fens with a lot of pepple. I got the ball. I kicked it hie and I said Woe! And it wus time to go inside. -Logan's journal Friday, September 26, 2008My Cheerleading Outfit
This weak I am going to ask my mom to go to the pet stor to get a animal so it will cheer me up. Kuz I'm going to get rid of my dog. -Miguel's journal
Today was a graet day. I had to where my cheerleading outfit. Because they came in yesterday after school. So I wore them today. And so guess what every cheerleader wore them even Gabby wore them. She is in Kindergarden. -Carly's journal Today I played kick the ball over the fence. When we had to go inside from last recess we got to wach a Magic School Bus in the classroom. Then the movie got over then we had to work on are journal. Then we all went home. -Andrea's journal Thursday, September 25, 2008Daily 5During Daily 5 time, students choose between:
While students work on their choice, I spend my time teaching the children. Here is a quick video that shows what our classroom is like during that time. -Mr. Gall
Music
Today was music. We played the instroements. We traded each instroement. We had SO much fun! -Carly's journal
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