HOw My Family Got Our Cats- By Cindy Lu

About  Our Cats and How My Family Got Them

By Cindy Lu

      Many people have pets. Do you know what pets I have? You'll find out very soon. My family adopted two cats over 2011's summer break. We were in Petco seeing if we could adopt a cat. An employee told us there was an animal shelter in Milpitas. So we went on Sunday to see. In the display room we saw a lot of cats. My sister took a liking in a black and white tabby she-cat with long fur named Rose. I took a liking in a male white cat with ginger patches, named Bullwinkle, but it didn't like me. Whenever it saw me, it would run away. Then I left the display room to see the younger cats still in cages. I saw a cage with ginger cats inside. A lady working there told us to see if we liked Orion. Orion just didn't let her carry him! He went to the back of the cage where nobody could reach him. Then she told us about Phoenix. She said Phoenix was a snuggle-bug and when she was working in the morning, she had him in her arms. After she finished talking, I asked her if she could take him out. She agreed and took him out and I carried him. I really liked this cat and my sister really liked Rose. My mom and dad agreed to adopt these cats so we bought supplies they needed and took them home.

      Phoenix and Rose are very nice and care for each other. Phoenix is a sandy colored cat with dusty green eyes. Rose is a black and white tabby with odd eyes which are copper on the outside, rimming her eyeballs are teal, and her eyeballs are green.  When we have visitors, Phoenix will greet them like he knew them his whole life. Rose is very shy and will get scared and hide. Phoenix eats a lot of fruits and vegetables. He eats apples, cantaloupe, peaches, nectarines, broccoli, lettuce. Rose refuses to eat fruits and vegetables. Both of them like cheese and chicken. If Phoenix can't find Rose, he'll meow really loudly. If Rose can't find Phoenix, she doesn't really care. Both enjoy staring outside and watching squirrels. Do you have any pets? If not, which pet do you want?

Pets- By Ronald Chen

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PET?

 

Here are a few reasons why I like a dog. It is because dogs can cheer you up when you are feeling blue or angry, they can accompany you, and they can give you extra exercise when you take them on a walk or run. They can cheer you up because when you are angry or sad, you can tell them why you are sad or angry, and they won’t laugh or tease you (I mean, dog can’t talk). They can accompany you when you are bored because you can take them to the park and run or walk with them. They give you extra exercise because dogs are fast and you need to try to catch up with them.

What is your favorite pet? Why?

Walmart- By Shrirang Bagdi

Walmart

Have you ever shopped at Walmart and bought something? I am sure sometimes. My family has shopped to Walmart several times as well. I was at Walmart this weekend and I was wondering why the products are cheaper than other retail stores, why there are so many customers there, and why there are huge varieties of products. I did some research and this is what I found. Walmart runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The first Walmart was opened by Sam Walton and his wife Helen Walton; they used 95%of their money to open it in Rogers, Ark. Walmart’s founder Sam Walton traveled the country studying everything he could about discount retailing; he got convinced that buyers wanted a new type of store. That’s how he got Walmart, the store were you get products that have the lowest possible prices available, guaranteed satisfaction, friendly knowledgeable service,  and a pleasant shopping experience. In the 1970s Walmart Headquarters in Bentonville, Ark opened. Today there are 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names. Walmart are able to make profits by selling in large quantities. Walmart is the largest retailer store in America. Now that you know some facts about Walmart tell me if you have ever shopped at Walmart and what did you buy?  If not tell me about another retailer store that you like!J

The Day I Was Born- By Adam Loo

            The day of when I was born (As now known as a birthday) was AWESOME!!! Oh. Did I say that to loud? Well It all started at school. At 8:00. NO. It wasn't like that. It was like this. I woke up. Only my mom was awake. I started watching TV. I was a bit upset. Why? leave your answer in this blank: ________________________(And don't cheat because Santa is watching you. Behind you. In the shadows of your room. Now look behind you and you scream: BLOODY MURDER!!! Santa is holding a chainsaw!!!) And the answer to the Birthday Trivia Question is: I had an after-school that day. Well after the after-school I had a HUGE PARTY!!! It had a home, a home, and a home. Try to find out where I was in this blank:_______________(And don't cheat because Santa is watching you. Behind you. In the shadows of your room. Now look behind you and you scream: BLOODY MURDER!!! Santa is holding a chainsaw again!!!) It was at home! $0.00 will be rewarded for whoever got it correct! At this place called home I found out there was two stranger which one of them claims he is my friend and the other one claims that he is my cousin. Mysterious... One of them plays this game called MW3 (kids don't play it because it is rated M for much older and epic like me) and the DS. We ate a HUGE BBQ at my house that lives in the Milky Way. I ate a hot dog, a co-bob (sounds like Co BOB) and some chips. Then we played MW2 (well they played it not me) and the DS. We had cake. A 100 pound cake. Enough for 200,000,000 football players. An ICE-CREAM CAKE. And you know what's so special about it? I had three wishes in it! I blew on the candle. One. I blew on it a second time. Two. I blew on it a third time. Three! Well then...

THE END

Tomatoes -By Joshua Wong

Tomatoes

By Joshua W.

    In my backyard there are two cherry tomato plants. We water them every other day. Before it is ripe, the tomatoes are green, then yellow, after that, red. The red fruit is very sweet.  They grow very fast and if not picked, the tomatoes will explode. If they explode we cannot eat them because some bacteria or bugs might have gone inside. We also wash them before we eat them. The tomatoes need a pole to support them or else the plant will collapse and die. Our plant is getting quite tall, almost as tall as the wooden fence. Do you grow any fruits or vegetables? If not, what is your favorite?

5th Grade By Crystal Qin

5th Grade

                   This year at Portal is my last but I'm still very excited to start the first trimester. I hope I will have a lot of fun. Last year I saw that the fifth graders got to do a lot of things that we fourth graders did not get to do like Biz World and if you fourth graders don't know what that is it has something to do with bracelets. But it is also hard too you get harder math also. Last year we didn't get to go to Outdoor school but this year we finally get to go. Also if your in Band and you went last year 5th graders you get to go to great America. Last of all there is the 5th grade Ceremony on the Last day of school.Also if your guessing how I know this I know a fifth grader at my house and her name is Olivia. I will really miss Portal when I leave but I also am excited for middle school.

Comment: 5th graders are you excited for the year? and for the fourth graders are you looking forward to fifth grade?

                                                                                               

My Trip to the East Coast

My Trip to the East Coast

    My trip to the east coast was a very fascinating and adventurous vacation with my family to Boston, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.

    At first when I arrived at the airport, I was very nervous and didn’t want to go. Afterwards I was a little bit excited to go to the urban areas to see the difference between their place and ours.

    We first arrived at Boston, Massachusetts. Almost every building was made of bricks. It was a very old city. We followed the freedom trail (a red line on sidewalks that lead you to places). We came upon the Boston Capital Building. Many old histories were posted there. What was so cool was that I was able to see the Boston Bruins real home stadium! We also went to other parts of Massachusetts and took a tour around Harvard University.

    We took a bus to New York. The first thing we did was we came to the Scholastic art and writing building to see my brother’s (Tony’s) work that has won two gold medals; one for his video game, Evastro, and one for his writing. I’m also very proud of myself because I colored Evastro (the video game was created on paper) that helped my brother win the prize. So many photographies and portfolios won gold medals. They were so creative! On another day, we took a subway to Time Square. Wow, it was so crowded! If you went about a few meters away from your parents, you can get lost! Many commercials and news were on electronics that were posted on buildings. We bought “I ♥ NY” t-shirts. We came to other cool places like UK (United Kingdom). It’s so funny to see Tony bopping his head like a pigeon whenever one appears!

    We took another bus to Pennsylvania. We checked out U-PENN (University of Pennsylvania). The liberty bell was also cool. I didn’t know it was so small!

    Finally, we took another bus to Washington D.C. My it’s so hot there! It’s not regularly hot, it’s like you are in a heat stove! For dinner, we ate yummy noodles at noodle restaurant. It was so good! The next day, we checked out the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument (to climb on it tickets are free!), the White House, and much more cool places. All museums at Washington D.C. are free! My favorite one was this museum about mammals, humans, sea animals, reptiles, birds, etc. I went to the humans section and there was something really weird. It said that we are made of chickens, monkeys, other random animals, and even bananas! I was just being naughty when there was a machine that wanted to answer questions we came up. I typed: “Am I really a banana?” and “What’s today’s date?” and it said it would post it on it’s website! Of course, I know we are not made of those random things. It was time to visit the reflecting pool! It was so cool and Tony was playing with the ducks (does not sound anything mature like a teenager). The Capital Building was right behind the reflecting pool, though we weren’t allowed inside.

    Wow! There is just so much to say about the trip, but I can’t take up all this space in the blog. I hope you can also take a vacation to the East Coast one day and figure how fun it is yourself!

Comment: Have you went to the East Coast? How was it? If not, would you like to visit it or do you know any information about it?

Thanks!

Graduation

By Zarah

Hey Room 24! As you all know, Graduation/Last day of School is coming up! :D I am truly VERY excited for Graduation because we get to be the people on the stage while the fourth graders will possibly be on the carpet! Also, the fourth graders will probably sing the song "Shooting Star" for the fifth graders!! :D I bet all the fifth graders are AS excited as me! Fifth graders: Are you happy that you will be moving to Middle School/What middle school are you going to? Fourth Graders: Are you guys ready to move into fifth grade?

  Nature

                                                                          By

                                                                    Cindy Lu

              Open the screen door. Step outside. Here birds sing. Here trees being blown in the wind.

Step on the grass. Feel the grass between your toes. Everything in this is nature. Ever since I started

going into the garden everyday, I've learned to enjoy everything that has to do with nature. Trees, flowers

grass ...... Name it. Even in the coldest days, nature gives you a fire to burn in your heart. There are 

plenty of nature things around my house to enjoy. If you ever thought deeply into nature, nature includes 

animals from the smallest ant to the largest animal ever known on earth. In my brain, to truly respect 

nature, is to not kill ants for fun, and chicken, pigs, cows, sheep, cattle, ducks,  fish, and seafood for 

food. Though I have to admit meat does taste good. Now I am mostly vegetarian. What is your favorite 

thing in nature? I am sure the whole class would like to know what you like.

Friday the 13^th

 

By Mandar

 

Friday the 13^th was always known as an unlucky day. People who are afraid the Friday 13^th suffer paraskavedekatriaphobia. 21 million American suffer this.  Some people don’t go to restaurants, while others don’t go to work, and some just stay in bed so they don’t have to face the day!  It has been estimated that $800 or $900 million dollars is lost in this day because they don’t go to work.

 

People who suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia most likely consider themselves unlucky. But did you wonder how Friday the 13^th got unlucky?  Well there are many reasons to this. In numerology 12 is considered completeness such as, 12 months equal a year however 13 is considered irregular. Another reason there have also been strange events on the Friday 13^th.  That also makes people afraid the Friday the 13^th. 13 and Friday was considered unlucky making Friday the 13^th unlucky. Why is 13 unlucky? Here is why 13 is considered unlucky.  The fear of 13^th goes back to ancient history about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked an uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Loki arranged Hoder, the blind god of darkness to shot Blader the beautiful, the god of joy and gladness with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.  Blader died and the earth got dark. It is a bad, unlucky day. From that day on 13 was considered unlucky.

 

Do you believe in Friday the 13^th?