For my Language Arts book I did....

Among the Hidden  By:Margaret Peterson Haddix

For my Sci Fi novel I got "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix.I wanted to read this book because it seemed so interesting and Sloane told me it was a REALLY good book.And I DEFINETLY agree with Sloane.Something that was really exciting was when Luke found another shadow children. He made BEST FRIENDS with her.Of course I would recommend this book to anyone!Why?Because it had A LOT of description in it, and it was so interesting.If you don't like "Among the Hidden", then you can choose some other series by Margaret Peterson Haddix.Here are some of the other series...

My most important useful technology in my life is the COMPUTER. It makes my life better because it helps me do research or homework. It was convinced in 1786 by J.H. Muller, but rediscovered in 1822 by Englishman Charles Babbage, AKA, "The Father of the Computer. Here's a picture of what the computer looks like....

The Specific Nonfiction I like that I am interested in is  a Lynx. I am interested in Lynx because they are my favorite animal in the whole wide world. I already know that Lynx have pointy ears, they are medium sized wild cats, they have a ruff under the neck which has black bars, which also looks like a bow tie kind of. Another thing is they also have big, padded paws for large snow. There are different types of lynx like the Canada Lynx, Eurasian Lynx, and Iberian Lynx.

These are some pictures of types of Lynx. The first one is a Canadian Lynx, second one, Eurasian Lynx, and the third one is a Iberian Lynx.

For Wonderopolis #2, I am doing #509, "Have you ever lost your Marbles?"

Some interesting things from my reading was that the 'saying', "I must be loosing my marbles!" doesn't actually mean you lost your marbles, unless you actually did loose your marbles. It's just a saying that was made up in the 1800's. No one knows who made it up, but that's just when you loose something.

Wonder Words!:

Marble-a glass ball that is used to play games

Exclaim-To make a statement

Amazed-You can't believe it or you're starstrucked

How "Have you ever lost your Marbles" Effects my life :

My reading effects my life because I usually loose A LOT of things.

My reading effects my future because when I get older, I'm going to be a writter, and a writter has to keep up with things just like every job does.

My reading effects my other relatives because we all loose a lot of things. But some of us keep up with SOME things.

  Ava H.

My Thoughts on Poems:

Some Poets that I enjoy are "How Not to Have the Dry Dishes" by Shel Silverstein. I also enjoy some other poems by him. Some types of poems I enjoy are End Rhyme or Rhyme. Devices I'm good at finding are End Rhyme, Rhyme, and Alliterations. Some devices I think I would use is End Rhyme, Alliteration, and Rhyme. My creative poems would be like Personification, Alliteration, End Rhyme, and Rhyme. 

How Not to Have the Dry Dishes-

If you have to dry the dishes

(Such an awful boring chore)

If you have to dry the dishes

('Stead of going to the store)

If you have to dry the dishes

(And maybe drop it on the floor)--

Maybe they won't let you

dry the dishes anymore.

By: Shel Silverstein

This poem made me feel very funny, because I could do what Shel Silverstein said, because I hate drying the dishes (Sometimes). :)

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This is one of my favorite poems by: Shel Silverstein. It's called-

     Poet's Tree-By:Shel Silverstein

Underneath the Poet Tree

Come and rest awhile with me,

And watch the way the word-web weaves

Between the shady story leaves.

The branches of the Poet Tree

Reach from the mountains to the sea.

So come and dream, or come and climb--

Just don't get hit by falling rhymes.

             -Shel Silverstein

I enjoy this poem because I love rhyme, and when I read it, I feel like I'm in the picture....

Mmm! I'm doing #427 or "What is Your Favortie Holiday Cookie!" Some of the interesting things I've learned is that Historieans believe that baking cookies started a hundred years ago, and that they soon started selling them in stores with different shapes! English and Dutch immigrants brought cookie recipies in the 1600's. Gingerbread cookies were the most popular a long time ago. Today, people make many different cookies into many different shapes, and sizes. So what is your favorite cookie?

Three of The Wonder Words:

tradition-Something that you do constitantly over and over about each year.

exchange-Something that is similar to trading.

aroma-The smell of something (good or bad smell!)

                Thanks for looking at my report! -Ava Heerick :)

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I call dibs on "What is Your Favorite Holiday Cookie!"

Egypt's Holiday Traditions:

 

Here is some infomation about what I learned about what Egypt does for their holiday tradition. Egypt's Holiday Greeting is "Merry Christmas", Joyeux Noel" in French, and "I 'D Miilad Said Oua Saida" in Arabic. The location is Africa, and the tree type is cultural.  Some of Egypt's decorations are designed, and reflect both the ideals of Coptic Church, and Egyptain Culture. The pyramid on their cultural tree is one of the decorations. It represents Egypt's antiquity while the ankh. The ankh serves as a symbol of the cross for the Coptic Church, which follows the eastern rites of Chirstianity. It and the images of saints found on the Museum's Egyptain tree are traditional symbols of the Coptic Church. Another decoration that Egypt has on their tree is the Ancient Egyptain Symbol for Life. It represents the blending of modernity and old custom's in Egypt. Some of the Traditions are that their Christmas is preceded by 40 days of fasting for strict members of the Coptic Church.The Christians in the Coptic Church eat any kind of animal products during the month of December. When it is Christmas Eve (January 6th), people go to church for the evening survice dressed in new clothes and find hundreds of candles illuminating the building in honor of the candles Jesus lit to keep the Virgin Mary catching cold on the night of the Nativity. On Christmas Morning, friends and family visit, and share a shortbread called kaik and a drink called Shortbat. I think that Egyptians have a fun, and wonderful Christmas. I think I would like to go there one day, and see their Christmas Traditions. 

Some of Egypt's Tradition Pictures: