Kind Coins for Kenya

Did you ever want to help other people weren’t as fortunate as you? Well this is your chance. Now the great kindness challenge has started a fundraiser called Kind Coins for Kenya. Their goal is to collect enough money to build a new school in Kenya, Africa. To find out more watch the video or go to www.TheGreatKindnessChallenge.Org.

In the video it shows a girl named Magi. She lives in a small village in an even smaller home. She lives with two brothers her parents and another girl named Lucy who is an orphan. She wakes up very early to go to school but the school she goes to is small and they don’t have very good materials. Some kids in Kenya even walk for hours just to get to school. Magi and her family are lucky to have food but many people don’t. Even though Magi doesn’t have all the stuff that you probably have and she doesn’t have all the opportunities that you have she is grateful for what she has and she has fun. Magi wants to do well in school so she can be a nurse when she grows up. We should try and give her a chance to do that. She is only one of the many people that could benefit from this program.

It isn’t that hard. I know many people who have lots of loose change. If you thought about it I bet you could think of lots of people too. Whenever your parents go to the store and get extra change all you need to do is tell them about this program and ask for the change. I’ll even bet that some people will even be willing to give you double or even triple that amount if you tell them it will be going to be used to help other people that aren’t as fortunate. This is an easy thing to do and all you need to do is try. So get going and collect some change.

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December 11

Show kindness everyday

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Everyday everyone in the world should do at least one kind thing for someone else. Ask someone to play the game you’re playing with you. So when you have recess, if you do that and you will make the person happy. How can you be kind?

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December 9

Edublogs Awards: We’re a finalist

We are so pleased to announce that we are nominated for an Edublogs Award for 2015. We are a finalist in the category Best Class Blog!

If you’d like to support us with a vote, click here. First, find Mrs. McKelvey is the Class Blogs drop down menu and “select” it. Next, scroll down the page and click “Vote“. You can vote one time every day. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the other categories too. #Eddies15

* According to their website: The Edublog Awards is a community-based incentive started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. The purpose of the Edublog awards is to promote and demonstrate the educational values of these social media.

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December 9

Do elephants have emotions?

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Have you ever wondered if elephants have emotions like humans do? Scientists say that they have many of the same emotions that human have. They can feel sadness, joy, love, jealousy, fury, grief, compassion and distress. And when one elephant is scared by something another elephant would calm it by touching it with it’s trunk. Elephant can also miss each other when they are not together or when the are separated. Two elephants, Shirley and Jenny, were reunited at a sanctuary in Tennessee after more than 20 years apart. they locked trunks, did a giant, elephant size hug. The even bent the metal bars of the gate that separated them to get closer to each other. Elephants can also help each other to get something they really want. They can also comfort a mom that a loss her baby. Elephants are even the most emotional species in the animal kingdom. These big animals have many emotions to express their feelings with.

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December 9

Vending machines are moving up

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Vending machines have come a very long way since the British inventor Percival Everitt invented coin contraction now called a vending machine. That was in 1833 and look how far the vending machine has come. I bet you love vending machines when you are on the go and get chocolate. Now they accept credit cards and dispense electronics like phones iPad chargers steaming hot pizza cold sodas water etc. But now the vending machine is going to the next level. Now they dispense…(drum roll please)…CARS! Yes, cars! How cool is that?
I think the vending machines are now the coolest they can get. Just imagine how cool it is to get a car from a vending machine! Auto sales company have been working on this since 2013. That’s close to 3 years. However, the awesome car vending machine that opened in Atlanta required the customers to go through a special process before they get their brand new car. That requirement was not needed at the 5 story glass vending machine in Nashville. All you needed was to insert a special coin, (that’s worth a lot of money) choose what car you want, and drive away! What do you think they should put in vending machines next?

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December 9

Hope is a Ferris Wheel, a Book Talk

In the book Hope is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera, there isn’t that much hope for 10 year old star Mackie. Star Mackie had to move because of a zombie killing story that star her sister, Winter, wrote. It might’ve included her classmate’s names. Then she might’ve got expelled. Star Mackie is just trying to figure out life in her old trailer that her mom, Winter and her live in. Everyone thinks that Star has a mullet and trailers are gross. I guess they do have the right to think that and especially since the trailer place is next to the dump. Star wants to start a trailer club to show trailers aren’t gross and only two people joined. Is there any hope for Star Mackie?

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November 10

World Kindness Day

How can you make the world a better place? With little acts of kindness. Friday, November 13th is World Kindness Day. We plan to celebrate this special day being a lot kinder to everyone around us, like maybe opening a door for someone, picking up litter, letting someone go in front of us in line, or putting a post it note on a friend’s desks. There’s so many little things that we can all do that add up to a whole lot of kindness. Check out these easy ideas too.

Also, watch this You Tube video called Color Your World with Kindness. And then comment below. How will you color your world with kindness. We hope you’ll join in! (And don’t forget to leave your blog address if you’d like us to pay your blog a visit too.)

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November 6

Trick or Treat! It’s Halloween

“Halloween Vintage 05“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

I bet when you start thinking about Halloween you think CANDY or what should I be should I be a superhero. That is all okay but what is really behind that? That is why I am here today and ready to teach you what it is really all about.

First of all Halloween is short for hallows eve so Halloween is a synonym to hallows eve. Anoka Minnesota people were the first people to celebrate Halloween. Around 2,000 years ago the Celtics had new years on November 1. They thought that the day before Halloween (October 31 which is when Halloween always takes place) was a when the living and the dead could meet again. This was also a special holiday to honor saints and all the other people who died that are in their religion. People believed that the dead might cause problems or hurt them. That is when they decided to dress up in ghost costumes and try to scare the dead that they thought would haunt them. They thought that if they thought they were dead they would not harm them. This was all in Europe. Wait how did Halloween get to America then? Halloween got to America because of migrating Europeans. Halloween changed a little. Since pumpkins are common at this time of year they carved them and used them as lanterns which people call jack-o-lanterns. Now children dress up and instead of scaring spirits they go door to door and ask for a yummy treat if they have no treats they might be in for a little trick. Now it is a saying.(trick-or-treat) So now you know what Halloween is really about. Next time in class on a Halloween party or if you are with friends tell them about Halloween. There is a lot of cool facts about Halloween. This is just something to think about when you say, “Trick or Treat”.

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November 6

Kid President, Peanuts: Life is a Comic Strip

We just love Kid President’s latest video. He says, “Life is like a comic strip. Some people do the same boring thing everyday, but some people fill their black and white boxes with awesomeness! How do you add life to the empty sheet of paper?” Let’s start a conversation as we honor “Yesvember”…maybe some of the Edublogs challenge classes will join in.

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October 26

Celebrating Creatively

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Week 4’s challenge is Celebrating Creatively. How do you celebrate holidays, like Halloween and Thanksgiving? Click on over and read Miss W.’s post and then do either activity 2 (a poem) or activity 3 (how you celebrate Halloween). I know that Halloween is a huge holiday in the United States but in many countries it’s not really celebrated or it may be celebrated in a very different way. You can also write a comment here and tell us how you celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving.

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October 26

Using Images

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So, we’re a little behind with our Edublogs Challenge work. Week 3’s work is all about images and how to use them correctly in your blog posts. You can’t just use any image you want off the Internet. There are rules for you to follow. This is super important stuff so be sure to read all of Miss W.’s post for Week 3 before you do the activities. You can see I’ve used an image in this post. It’s from Compfight which is a widget available on Edubogs. It’s easy to use because it includes the attribution.

The activities look really fun. You can write about a favorite time with your family, a person who passed away, or interview a grandparent and write about it. Have fun!

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October 26

My Avatar

I have one question for you all. So do you act different out of the internet? I know I do. I act wild with my friends at recess. Here I am very calm and even a little boring. In the real world I’ll run and scream if a exciting TV show is on. I also like softball. What do you like? I like to watch TV. But if you really want to express yourself make a profile picture so people have a idea what your personality is. In my class we made a avatar.It was very fun for instance I have brown eyes so my avatar has brown eyes make a avatar that is you!

This is my avatar.

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October 11

Let’s comment

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It’s time to start commenting on other class blogs around the world. Check out Edublogs Week 2’s challenge, Let’s Comment posted by Miss W. It’s all about making quality comments. We’ve talked about this in class and so it’s a good time to review what a great comment looks like. Watch the video on our class blog or visit the sites Miss W recommends. Leave a comment here about what you learn from these new videos or resources. What makes a great comment?

When you start to leave comments, make sure you include the URL of our class blog at the bottom of your comment mrsmckelvey.edublogs.org.

And, don’t forget to finish your Avatar posts this week.

Have fun connecting with other classes! Which class blog is your favorite. Be sure to leave a comment here about that too.

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October 4

Socktober!

It’s that time again. Socktober! It’s totally awesome. It was started by Kid President’s brother. He wanted to collect socks for the homeless. Did you know there are almost 600,000 homeless people in the U.S.? Let’s do something to help out. Check out Kid President’s video all about it.

Bloggin’ Frogs are doing a sock drive during the month of October. We will donate all the socks we collect to a local homeless shelter. #socktober

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October 4

Hello, who are you?

It’s time to start blogging and connecting!

It’s time for us to start participating in biannual Edublogs Student Blogging Challenge. During this challenge you will learn all about blogging and connect with other classes all over the world. Start by reading Week 1’s post by Miss W. Next, do Activity 1 and 2 by yourself. In Activity 1 you’ll think about your online identity and your real life identities–write down a few things. In Activity 2 you’ll get to create your own avatar. (Try these sites to make an avatar.) You can upload your avatar to your Edublogs Profile once you have an account. Don’t worry about Activity 3. We’ll do that as a class.

And, don’t forget to visit some of the other classes who are participating in the challenge. You can find a list of them here…start with the classes just above and below our class blog. Have fun! And, can’t wait to see your avatars.

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September 12

The Australian Platypus, a Booktalk

Check out Olivia’s booktalk on the Australian Platypus.

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August 22

Welcome to our blog!

Hello class of 2015-16 and welcome to our fabulous class blog! In the past Bloggin Frogs have participated in the Edublogs Student Blogging Challenge. It begins in September, and so soon we’ll make connections with other classes through our blog. But before that I’d like a few enthusiastic bloggers to be our guest contributors on our class blog. You can write about anything really. You may want to write about your initial impressions of 4th grade, why you’re excited to start blogging, a book that you just read and want to share with others, a great movie you just saw, maybe even a current event you just heard about . . . it’s really up to you.

If you’re interested, please leave a comment on this post. AND remember–never use your last name when commenting online, and always check what you’ve written before you post your comment!

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June 25

Duck Life 3: Evolution

Do you like ducks, racing, and evolving? Well then, Duck Life 3 is the game for you. ( This is the only duck life that I’ve finished.)

Ducks

You have four ducks you can chose from. There’s a flying, athletic, swimming, and strong duck. ( Note: you have to play as all ducks to finish the game)

They have certain skills they are good at.

Skills

There are four skills that your duck needs to be good at to go into races. Running, swimming, climbing, and flying are the skills. There are certain levels at a skill where you have to complete a league to make the skill better.

Leagues

There is 3 leagues in the game. There’s an amateur, advanced, and professional league. Each league is harder than the last.

Evolving

You evolve after a league. When you evolve you move on to the next league.

this is the swimming duck evolving

Races

You have Practice and Final races. Note that you need to do the Practice first. If you win ALL the races, you move on to the next league.

Boss

When you finish the professional league, no you are not done. A portal appears. When you click it, you will be transported to the boss race. When you race the boss, be careful. There are Domo Kun after you! Click on them before they attack your duck to win.

Rewards

When you kill/ win against the boss you get rewards. You get the throne room and the arcade/ games for arcade.

Now do you want to evolve? If you do, here’s the link. http://kizi.com/games/ducklife3-evolution

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June 15

Summer Bucket List

What’s on your summer bucket list? A day at the beach, a picnic by the bay, hiking the Sequoias, making a giant ice-cream sundae? Whatever you do this summer I’m sure it’ll be fun. Let us know how you spend your summer.

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June 15

Recycling Starts at Home!

Have you ever wondered how you could make the world a better place? Maybe you are into recycling, or saving water or just picking up a piece of trash in the street when you see it. But most of us can only do a small part to help the environment. Another way to help is to join a group of people who feel the same way. Do you know where the closest trash clean-up is? Well, there are trash clean-ups organized all over California – and guess what…. there is even one in University City, in San Diego.

This trash clean-up is organized by “People for a Clean U.C.” and is held every month on the second Sunday. So guess what I will be doing this Sunday June 14th? I know it’s early but if you want join me, we will meet at the Starbucks on Governor at 7:45 am. Drive and go pick up some trash with my Girl Scout troop!

Maybe you have a question like what should I bring? Well, you don’t need to bring anything because at Starbucks you will receive a map and a person who is organizing the trash clean-up will tell you where to go and what to do. My best tip is to wear comfy clothes and maybe sneakers, just in case we go somewhere that flip-flops wouldn’t take care of your feet.

Hope to see you at the clean up!!!

P.S. All Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are welcome to join in the trash pick-up fun!

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