The Lego Halloween Challenge

About a month ago I started to build a robot for a Halloween Contest  on Lego's site for the Mindstorms NXT. Now, two days before Halloween, I hit the "Post" button and, and, I finished!

The robot is a spider who, when a unsuspecting victim steps under it, drops down and scares the victim half to death. Here he is, the moment of truth has arrived, Aarrroooo! (That was the dog.) Enjoy the video!

The Arright

Here is a story about a squirrel and a moose. The squirrel says things that have subject/verb disagreement and the moose says things with subject/verb agreement. Enjoy!

Squirrel: The moose and the mouse is eating a lot.

Moose: I am not eating a lot.

Squirrel: I said that a mouse are eating a lot.

Moose: There is only one mouse.

Squirrel: That are right.

Moose: What’s an Arright?

Squirrel: Never minds.

Moose: The Arright minds?

Squirrel: Arrggs!

Moose: The Arright never minds arrggs?

Squirrel: No’s.

Moose: The Arright, that never minds arrggs, knows?

Squirrel: (running away) The Arright do not exists.

Moose: Oh good. I hope you find a lot of nuts.

Squirrel: I does too.

Link the Frog vs. Axe the Fly

Here is a short story I made today. It is about Link and Axe. Link, a frog, can only say linking verbs and Axe, a fly, can only say action verbs.

Link: “You are good looking.”

Axe: (showing off) “Ya... I worked out.”

Link: “Good. We are very fond of flies.”

Axe: (now flying) “Oh, no! A tongue is slithering toward me.”

Link: “Bye, bye! You will taste good.”

Axe: (flying fast) “I'm getting away.”

Link: “No! You will be lunch.”

 Axe: “I have to fly away. I will fight another day.”

Art Class

Me and my family have been going to an art class every Sunday. First, we did drawings, then lines, colors, and mixing, then landscapes, then pastels and apples, then water drawn with pastels, then mushrooms at night. Here are the photos of the pictures: 

Drawings:

  Lines, Color, Mixing: 

 Landscape: 

Apple Pastels: 

Water Pastels: 

Mushrooms At Night:

Flying in Flocks

Today, me and Sarah wrote a story about two Blue Footed Boobies, which are birds, not boobies with blue feet. The first bird, Pinkeye, can only say subjects. The second, Bluefoot, can only say predicates. Enjoy! Here is the story: 

Flying in Flocks

Pinkeye: “The flock!”

Blue Foot: “Is a bad idea!”

Pinkeye: “Meanie!”

Blue Foot: “Go away!”

Pinkeye: “I!”

Blue Foot: “Am not a meanie!”

Pinkeye: “I!”

Blue Foot: “Am stupid!”

Pinkeye: “Arrggg!”

Blue Foot: “Fly alone!”

Pinkeye: “I!” (Faints.)

Blue Foot: “Give in?”

Pinkeye: “Uhh...Zzz...”

Blue Foot: (Chanting and doing victory dance.) “Win, Win, Win!”

Pinkeye: (Waking up.) “You-”

Blue Foot: “Win?”

Pinkeye: “Yep.”

A Dis Poem

Here is the poem and simile for today. This time it is a dis poem. Dis means away. Enjoy!

The distasteful monster

Disassembled the student roster,

Feeding it to a rooster,

Who quite distastefully said,

“I think I’ll have to go straight to bed,

Then jump up and down, and sit on my head,

And (I’ll bet that everyone will disagree),

I’ll go to get stung by a bee!

To fix the wound I’ll have to buy,

A lot of bandages and ribbons to dispose of the sting and say goodbye!”

To be distasteful is like throwing a hammer at your dog.

A Port Poem

Here is the poem and simile for today. Like the boy/girl* in the story I have teacher, but she is actually my mom! I think the simile is quite true to. Enjoy!

I transported the animal I held dear,

A stuffed snake, who couldn’t hear.

When he seemed to move I jumped,

And hit my head on the ceiling with a bump.

The hump on my head kept me in bed,

So my snake transported a letter to my teacher,

Explaining the bump on my head,

Which was not my best feature.

To export is like to throw something.

*Either one is okay.

A Post Poem

Here is a poem for today.

If you do the posttest right,

You will get toasty hotdogs.

If you do it wrong,

You will get burnt fingers instead,

And have to go to bed.

For a postscript, 

You will be sleeping on your head.

The Minotaur

Today I finished an Alice project on Theseus and The Minotaur with Sarah, my sister. I think it is highly amusing. Enjoy!