Why is the Sky Blue?
It is actually no color, but to the human eye it appears to be blue. It comes from the Sun. The Sun acts like a crystal that projects electromagnetic rays of sunlight towards Earth. The ray of sunlight is a rainbow of colors. It shoots a rainbow across the atmosphere towards Earth. The blue color has shorter wavelengths and it bounces around in the atmosphere. The other colors have longer wavelengths and travel towards earth quickly, so they cannot be seen.
Martin Luther King Jr.
By Parker Olenick
What I like most about Martin Luther King is that he never gave up. He went to jail multiple times fighting for human rights. He held protests and boycotted restaurants and busses. One of the people he admired most was a person named Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi helped free the Indians from the British. He fought for human rights just like Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King’s goal was to have freedom and equality for all people, no matter what skin color or gender they are. They should all be treated the same wherever they go. In his famous “I have a dream” speech, millions of people came to hear him speak about this. They were convinced by his speech and more people agreed with him. Unfortunately, he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. He had a very short life, but he changed the world.
My
Treasure Island
Book
By Parker Olenick
Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett and Squire Trelawney are going to hunt for Captain Flint’s treasure. Long John Silver was Quarter Master on Captain Flint’s ship, The Walrus. They have a total of eleven crewmates. The ship they are sailing on is called the Hispaniola. They have tobacco, brandy, muskets, food and the chart that shows where the treasure is. They are headed for Skeleton Island to try to find the treasure.
Jim overhears Silver’s plan to take over the ship and steal the chart. Jim was getting an apple from the apple barrel. He climbed into the apple barrel to get an apple at the bottom. While he was in there he overheard the pirates talking about a mutiny. They were going to steal the treasure and leave the Honest Hands on the island. Then Jim went back and told Dr. Livesey what he heard.
An open war breaks out when the crew disbands. There was shooting, sword fighting and death. The Honest Hands realized the pirates had the long nine, the farthest firing gun at the time. They were terrified. Squire Trelawney said, “We have the advantage. They are in stagnant water, while we are safe on this island.”
Jim decided to go steal the Hispaniola from the pirates all by himself. Jim sneaks away from the stockade when the crew was sleeping. It was risky, but he wanted to do it for his crewmates. He wanted to show them that he wasn’t soft. Jim took the coracle that Ben Gunn made out of goat skin and wood. He paddled out to the Hispaniola and cut the anchor line. He got Israel Hands to help him sail the boat.
The pirates captured Jim and went to search for the treasure. The pirates found where the treasure was supposed to be, but it was already excavated. Two muskets cracked and the bullets struck two men and they fell into the pit. Three pirates ran away. The Honest Hands came out of the brush and took Jim and Silver back to the cave where Ben Gunn had moved the treasure. The cave was well supplied with salted goat meat and it had a lot space.
The Honest Hands loaded the Hispaniola with all the gold. They sailed away, marooning the three pirates on the island. They sailed to Spanish America to pick up more crew. Ben Gunn helped Silver escape. They then sailed back to England. Everyone got their fare share of the treasure.
I would rather be a serf in a Manor because there is less stealing in the Manor. I like that they have a leader. I also like being in a cleaner place. It doesn’t smell like sewage there. It is quieter in a Manor than in the city. You can even become a knight and have a higher rank.
Billy Bones in Another Dimension
By Parker Olenick
Billy Bones went on a treasure hunt. On the treasure hunt, while he was on the boat, he saw a giant space alien squid thing. His ship had rocket boosters in it and he blasted off into space.
They landed on a planet. They saw aliens and an alien mall. They were starving. So, they went to a fast food place called Alien-donalds (their version of McDonalds). Then they asked for a treasure map and they didn’t get it. So, they asked for directions. They were told the treasure was guarded by a huge booger alien thing. Then the pilots saw a sign that said, “Ray Guns for Fifty Smirken Glurbs.” So they bought 10 rays guns for each crew member. They shot the giant alien to get the treasure chest.
The chest opened to a portal to 2013. They went into the portal to a town. There was a building that said OTA on it. The Captain said, “I think it says O.T.A. not ota.” They went inside the doors and there was a security pad to enter a code. They shot the door down with their Ray Guns. Then they went inside and they saw a sign that said, “4th Grade.” They went inside the classroom and the teacher said, “Sit down, please.” Then Billy Bones said, “I have no business being here. I am just looking for the treasure.” The teacher said, “Oh, we have a treasure box.” And Billy Bones said, “Where is it?” The teacher, Ms. Foster, said, “It is right there, next to Parker.” Then Billy Bones rushed over to it and opened the treasure. It was a bunch of bouncy balls, a stretchy guy and Lego guys. So, he took the treasure and then went all the way back to his home town, disappointed. At least he had Lego guys, bouncy balls and a stretchy guy to play with.
THE END!:)
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I went rock climbing at the Solid Rock Climbing Gym last Friday with Mr. Majors and the OTA Rock Climbing club. At first I was really scared because you can climb all the way to the roof. The last time I had climbed I was 5 1/2 years old and that was a really long time ago. At first I climbed half way to the top and then I went up to see my friends on the slack line. Then my Mom said, “Do you want to go, or do you want to do it one more time for a picture for Dad?” I said, “Yes, I want to climb again!” and I climbed all the way to the roof! I felt really good that I climbed all the way to the top.
That’s the amazing story about me going to the Solid Rock Gym for rock climbing!
The End
My favorite color is green.
Mae Jemison was born in 1956 in Decatur, Alabama.
Mae Jemison went to high school in Chicago, Illinois.
She loved Science. Her favorite TV show was Star Trek. She loved Lieutenant Uhura because she was an African American woman and at the time there were not any women or African Americans in Outer Space.
Mae Jemison graduated early and started college at Stanford University when she was only 16. She had degrees in Chemical Engineering and African American Studies.
Then she studied Medicine at Cornell University in New York.
Mae Jemison was a medical officer in the Peace Corps. She traveled to Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman astronaut at NASA. She traveled to outer space in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour. She studied cures for motion sickness in Outer Space.
Mae Jemison taught students at Dartmouth College about Space Technology and Developing Countries.
Mae Jemison created a cool science camp for kids called, The Earth We Share.
Mae Jemison was also interested in photography, dance, foreign languages, and her cats.
Mae Jemison hosted a television show called World of Wonders. She also appeared on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In 2001, Mae Jemison wrote a cool book for teenagers called, Find Where the Wind Goes.
Mae Jemison is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
My favorite Mae Jemison Quotes:
“ It’s your place in the world, it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” – Mae Jemison
“The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.” – Mae Jemison
Hickle-Dee Dickle-Dee Bickle-Dee Dum
I once knew a man named Bum,
and he like to chew gum.
He sat on the wall,
and turned into a ball
He met a goat,
and went into a moat.
He rolled into a mall,
and grew very tall.
He grew to the roof of the world,
and to the ground he hurled.
He broke through the ground,
and fell with a pound.
He dug a hole,
and landed on a mole.
Then he built a bed,
and then he became dead.
The End
