Dear Parents or Guardians,
Please subscribe to the blog to follow along as your child completes projects in the 8 OTA Learning Strands!
Category Archives: Announcements
Paris by Ben
My Trip To The La Brea Tar Pits!
I am going to write about the La Brea Tar Pits I visited with my cousins in Hollywood.
The La Brea Page Museum
I learned that for millions of years the area that was to become Los Angeles and Rancho La Brea lay beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. I heard a story I will try my best to explain.
There is a horse that got stuck in tar. It calls for help. A Saber-Tooth Tiger nearby hears the call. The horse being stuck in the tar makes an easy prey. The predator strikes and eats the horse getting stuck too. Some Dire Wolves smell the meat and fight with the Saber-Tooth Tiger over the meal. Also getting stuck, the wolves kill the the Saber-Toothed Tiger. The wolves finish the prey and try to get out. They are stuck. After some time, the Dire Wolves die. Some birds eat the rotting prey. They get stuck in the tar. They fossils were found in Pit 91. The 91st tar pit found. The people are still digging in there still today. I checked.
Thanks For Reading!
The Congo River By Paris Carter and Natalia Mendez
THE AMAZING CONGO RIVER!
1. The Congo river is the 8th-longest river at 2,914 miles long!
2. Major tributaries include the Aruwimi, Kasai,and Lomami rivers.
3. The river forms most of the border between the Zaire and the republic of Congo and drains more than 1,600,000 square miles of land.
4. The river has a width of 0.5-10 miles.
5. The Congo river gets 9 inches of rainfall a year.
6. It has within its banks 30 waterfalls and thousands of islands, at least 50 witch are more than 10 miles in length.
7. Because the river flows the near the equator, the area around it is very hot.
8. Much of the land surrounding the river is tropical rain forest and is home to hundreds of kinds of animals: crocodiles,tortoises, pigs,elephants, and hippos.
9. People live along the river and in the river basin as well. They fish in the water.
10. Just has been done for hundreds and hundreds of years, people today use the Congo river for transportation.
This information is from:
www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/congoriver.htm
Paris’s Favorite things
My Favorite….
My favorite color is : turquoise
My favorite food is : pizza!
My favorite place is : Disneyland
My favorite dessert is : brownies with ice cream
My favorite fruit is : fresh strawberries
My favorite thing to do with my friends is : play dolls
My favorite thing to do with my family is : play circus
My favorite sport is : volleyball
My favorite thing to do at school is : read
My favorite toy is : my Monster High doll
My favorite animal is : a peacock
My favorite flower is : a lily
My favorite book is : Garfield com
Star-tacular Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison is a awesome person. I am going to write ten facts about her.
1.Her full name is Dr. Mae Carol Jemison.
2. Dr .Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956 and later moved to Chicago, Illinois.
3. Mae Jemison was in the Star Trek TV show.
4. Dr. Jemison went to work for NASA, where she became the first African-American woman in space. She went in to orbit in the space shuttle Endeavour.
5.Dr. Jemison is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saying, “Too often people paint him like Santa — smiley and inoffensive,” says Jemison. “But when I think of Martin Luther King, I think of attitude, audacity, and bravery.” [1]
6. Jemison started dancing at the age of eleven. She took ballet, jazz, African, modern, and even Japanese style dance.
7.When Mae Jemison was little, she wanted to grow up to be a scientist.
8.After completing her medical training, Jemison joined the staff of the Peace Corps and traveled the world helping people.
9. She was a writer, dancer astronaut, and she went to distant countries to help people. WOW! That is a lot of jobs!
10. She thinks that you should follow your dreams and not give up. Try things that seem interesting and you might amaze yourself.
Mae Jemison is AMAZING!
1. Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison#cite_note-PCOLExcellence-26)
Sleep Rat, Play Cat
Two people once had a rat.
Who liked to sleep on their mat.
And then they had a cat that was never good at that.
He liked to go outside each day,
and then he would play,play,play!
And then the rat got fat,
and still slept on the mat.
Two Star-tacular Stories
I am going to share some similarities and differences about two magnificent stories: “A Spy In The White House” by Ron Roy and “Hayley The Rain Fairy” by Daisy Meadows.
Here are some similarities: In both stories there are happy endings. Also, in both stories there is something taken from the characters. Lastly, both stories the characters are young.
There also is some differences. In “Hayley The Rain Fairy” the main character is a fairy and in “A Spy In The White House” the main character is a kid. Plus, in “A Spy In The White House” there is a mystery and in “Hayley The Rain Fairy” its a search. Finally, in “Hayley The Rain Fairy” its at two little girls house while in “A Spy In The White House” is at the White House.
In a scale of 1-10 I would give both of them a 8.
Magnificent Polar Bears By Paris Carter
Polar Bears
Polar Bears are the most spectacular animal in the Arctic. They are also the world’s largest carnivore. Polar Bears have lots of thick, white fur to block out the cold. Polar Bears have sharp claws to catch their prey.
Polar Bears live in a beautiful, frosty place called the Arctic Circle which has lots ice, snow and rivers.
Polar Bears have an interesting way of taking care of their cubs. Young Polar Bears may die starvation or killed by adult males. Polar Bear mothers feed milk to their young. The young cubs remain with their mothers until they grow up.
Polar Bears have the strangest adaptations. For instance, though Polar Bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. I can’t even hold my breath for a minute let alone under water! A male weighs up to 410 – 720 kg. A female weighs about half that size! That’s huge! Polar Bears have even been known to kill Beluga Whales! O.M.G!
Polar Bears eat the most incredible food. They eat Ringed Seals and also Bearded Seals plus other pinnipeds. I’m glad Polar Bears are not endangered.
Polar Bears are magnificent creatures.
Famous Juno by Paris Carter
Juno is the queen of the gods. She is also known as : sky goddess, protector of women, mother of Mars, and the wife of Jupiter. She is also the goddess of marriage, pregnancy and childbirth. Juno is part of the Capitoline triad.
Juno
We celebrate Juno on Valentines Day because she is the goddess of love. Juno helped settle disagreements between spouses. Her Greek name was Hera. She protected Roman people. Juno was named after the month of June. Because June is the most popular moth to get married in and people find it the most favorable. Roman women was said to have her female spirit. Juno is the sister – wife of Jupiter. Etrusicans called her Uni or Cupra. Uni means; ” She who gives”. Juno was favored by Roman soldiers.