They got our e-mail!
Dear Miss Richardson's Class,
We put your letters on the SmartBoard so we could all read them on the big screen. We loved them! We were all so impressed with your English and with your drawings. We also think you have very nice handwriting.We are so glad you like the chocolate! That is one of our favorite things, too. We love skyping with you, and look forward to it all week. All of the girls in our class love Justin Bieber, too. We are glad you liked the American Idol winner. He is Avery's favorite! She has been to see him in concert 3 times, and has the same CD we sent you, but hers is autographed by Scotty. AND she has 2 Scotty tshirts! Thank you for all your letters and your kind words. We are so glad that you are our friends. We hope you have a wonderful day, and we hope you all learn your multiplication facts! Here is a picture of us after we read your letters (we are not sure why Greylan was pulling his ears).
Happy Friday, From Mrs. Ihrie's Class
We put your letters on the SmartBoard so we could all read them on the big screen. We loved them! We were all so impressed with your English and with your drawings. We also think you have very nice handwriting.We are so glad you like the chocolate! That is one of our favorite things, too. We love skyping with you, and look forward to it all week. All of the girls in our class love Justin Bieber, too. We are glad you liked the American Idol winner. He is Avery's favorite! She has been to see him in concert 3 times, and has the same CD we sent you, but hers is autographed by Scotty. AND she has 2 Scotty tshirts! Thank you for all your letters and your kind words. We are so glad that you are our friends. We hope you have a wonderful day, and we hope you all learn your multiplication facts! Here is a picture of us after we read your letters (we are not sure why Greylan was pulling his ears).
Happy Friday, From Mrs. Ihrie's Class
Biblioburro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuTswmx9TQU
Interesting Facts
This is interesting! Learn something new every day....
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one)
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
(You're not possibly doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds .
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this too!)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also.) (Actually I know A LOT of people like this!)
Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid .
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Now you know more than you did before!! :)
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one)
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
(You're not possibly doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds .
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this too!)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also.) (Actually I know A LOT of people like this!)
Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid .
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Now you know more than you did before!! :)
Lake Superior
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VYDA BLOG
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Changes for the Future
CHANGES
ARE COMING ---- Whether these changes are good or bad depends in
part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they
come
1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.
2. The Check. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.
3. The Newspaper. The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.
4. The Book. You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.
5. The Land Line Telephone. Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes
6. Music. This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalog items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."
7. Television. Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.
8. The "Things" That You Own. Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.
In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.
9. Privacy. If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. And "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.
All we will have that can't be changed are Memories.
1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.
2. The Check. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.
3. The Newspaper. The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.
4. The Book. You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.
5. The Land Line Telephone. Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes
6. Music. This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalog items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."
7. Television. Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.
8. The "Things" That You Own. Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.
In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.
9. Privacy. If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. And "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.
All we will have that can't be changed are Memories.
Thanksgiving with the Abuelitas
Food Safety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EkehFkhWf4&feature=youtu.be
Awesome and Interesting Math Presentation!!!
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ePal Buddies
Name: Hannah Page
Email: hannahp6027@epals.com
Name: Hannah Sledge
Email: hannahs8896@epals.com
Name: Avery Proctor
Email: averyp9687@epals.com
Name: Tyler Crockett
Email: tylerc4039@epals.com
Name: Christine Hatchett
Email: christih9486@epals.com
Name: Greylan Stotler
Email: greylans@epals.com
Name: Dulce Lopez
Email: dulcel2494@epals.com
Email: hannahp6027@epals.com
Name: Hannah Sledge
Email: hannahs8896@epals.com
Name: Avery Proctor
Email: averyp9687@epals.com
Name: Tyler Crockett
Email: tylerc4039@epals.com
Name: Christine Hatchett
Email: christih9486@epals.com
Name: Greylan Stotler
Email: greylans@epals.com
Name: Dulce Lopez
Email: dulcel2494@epals.com
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Jason Mraz- I'm Yours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl88QEll-Xc&feature=youtu.be
Revenge Using Noteblocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJUBQd-PNM
Black Eyed Peas- Love You Long Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaETKKeslr8&feature=youtu.be
Jack Johnson- Better Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfoqELZWcp8&feature=youtu.be
Dynamite- Taio Cruz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqdRmwY6vc&feature=youtu.be
Hannah Montana (Feat. Lilly)- Wherever I Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYebD2TzfPY&feature=youtu.be
Victoria Justice- Tell Me That You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR4InrUs-7E
Guns 'n Roses- Sweet Child of Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=047jbfCE4p8&feature=youtu.be
Journey- Any Way You Want It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwClieXpLU&feature=youtu.be
On the Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMabBGydC0&feature=youtu.be
Kung Fu Fighting
Panamerican Days 2011
Cotton Eye Joe and Danza Kudro
4B Flag Raising Slideshow
Don't Stop Believin'
Lady Gagas
Thriller: 2011 Panamerican Days Dance
Peter Cried Wolf Video
Thriller Lyrics and Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6oy46qKE4
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Greenhouse Effect
The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases , and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface, energy is transferred to the surface and the lower atmosphere.As a result, the temperature there is higher than it would be if direct heating by solar radiation were the only warming mechanism. Solar radiation at the high frequencies of visible light passes through the atmosphere to warm the planetary surface, which then emits this energy at the lower frequencies of infrared thermal radiation.Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases, which in turn re-radiate much of the energy to the surface and lower atmosphere. The mechanism is named after the effect of solar radiation passing through glass and warming a greenhouse, but the way it retains heat is fundamentally different as a greenhouse works by reducing airflow, isolating the warm air inside the structure so that heat is not lost by convection .
Song and Youtube suggestions from our classmates:
The Beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk&feature=youtu.be
The Beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtSpsYURAQ&feature=youtu.be
Sugar, Sugar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JywK_5bT8z0&feature=youtu.be
The Beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtSpsYURAQ&feature=youtu.be
Sugar, Sugar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JywK_5bT8z0&feature=youtu.be
Our New Friends From North Carolina!
Good Morning Ms. Richardson's class, We just watched your video, and looked at all your pictures on the blog. We loved your costumes. We want to know if that was a real guitar. He looked like a rock star. We liked your funky music. Hope you like our picture. Have a great day!
From Mrs. Ihrie's class amd Mrs. Kagarise's class: Dulce Hannah Greylan Avery Tyler Rachel Bradlee Jose Dalton Kamesha Christine Kelvin Michael
From Mrs. Ihrie's class amd Mrs. Kagarise's class: Dulce Hannah Greylan Avery Tyler Rachel Bradlee Jose Dalton Kamesha Christine Kelvin Michael
Don't Stop Believin' Video: http://bit.ly/osIymB
The Best Flag Raising Ceremony Ever
4B in September!!
MUCHAS GRACIAS MIS ESTUDIANTES!!!
I can't thank all of you enough for the wonderful birthday celebration you threw today! The balloons, gifts, beverages, cake, and treats were amazing and a wonderful surprise. You are all so kind and generous and I am lucky to have you in my class. Thanks for making birthdays memorable and special :)!!!
Our Universe!
http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf
Congratulations Xime...you are the new, 4B STUCO Representative!!!! We know you will make us proud and represent us well! Also, a huge congratulations to Jeronimo who is our Vice President!
September Flag Raising Script and Lyrics
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Information from Open House
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First All School Assembly of the School Year!
Candidate Speeches
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/speeches2010.htm
First Day of the 4th Grade: August 16th, 2011
Welcome to Miss Richardson's 2011-2012 4B Class!
Welcome to our class' website! Here you can see helpful and educational websites, our class schedule, homework assignments, parent information, and students can blog so they can share their amazing thoughts and ideas!
Miss Richardson's email: crichardson@panamericano.edu.co
Miss Richardson's email: crichardson@panamericano.edu.co
A contaminated river...what can we do to help our environment?
Part of our school's vision is to be socially responsible human beings...lets make this year count by doing all we can for our class, school, environment, and for all of the future generations!
