Lucy's Invention Part 5 by #Neave14

My nightgown danced as I made my way through the quiet hallways. 

“Paper clips, scissors, cardboard, paper. Where am I going to find metal for the radios box?” Just then a big crash came from the kitchen. 

“Kathy? Where are you?” It was Mom. 

“Um just grabbing something from my room,” I lied.

 “Oh ok! See me when you’re done,” she replied. I didn’t want to lie to her, but I couldn’t let her know I was trying to leave them. When I didn’t hear anything again I tiptoed to the kitchen. My hands shook as I went to open the cabinet. Inside was a giant pan decorated with small pink flowers. 

“This will do,” I whispered. I went into my room and looked at everything I had gathered. As I started building I smiled. I’ll see my real parents soon. I was even excited to see Mrs. Harold. My brain wandered off as my hands built. I was almost done when someone knocked on my door. I got up and opened it. I was surprised to see a letter when I opened it. I knelt down and picked up the letter. Inside was a picture of my family. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I’d miss them. I knew I had to finish, though. When I finally finished, a wave of proudness washed over me. I went inside and sat down. I knew what was going to happen next, and I wasn’t surprised to feel the ground start to shake when I turned on the radio.  Then something odd happened. Instead of the blue and purple I was getting ready for I got green. Bright green.

The great escape of the 2020 trampoline by #Lauren4

 One word. Trampoline. Did you know trampolines could fly? I didn't until now. Here's the story. It was a nice, sunny day outside. Actually maybe not like that. It was very rainy and windy. Here in our town there are a lot of storms and windy days but not like this one. We just got our fence redone because the storms blew it over. I was at a friend's house, and my mom got a notification on the security cameras that people were looking in between our fences. We also saw someone banging on the door. Multiple people actually. 

Just then my daddy got a call from the police department. The people who were banging on the doors were our neighbors. The police came because my neighbors saw a trampoline flying down the street and thought it squashed someone. So they called 911.

My next door neighbor was home alone. The  trampoline flew into his backyard, he called his mom and said, ”MOM, THERE IS POLICE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE!!!.” Of course his mom thought the worst, so she flew home. On the way home she called my mom, and my mom explained how the trampoline flew all the way over the fence. She forgave my family because we got her son worried. 

We thought the trampoline would be ok and not broken. Well what do you know it was DESTROYED!!!

My daddy and I had to move it. So we carried it back to our house. It was snapped so my daddy brought it to The Green.

The moral of the story is anchor your trampolines to the ground, or you will be chasing it down the street with the police and firefighters behind.

PS: Our new fence was not hurt in the runaway of the trampoline. J/k It was wrecked.

                                        

My Brother's Bar Mitzvah by #Tyler5

Things have been different lately, and I haven’t been at school for two weeks.  I was on the couch reading my book, and I saw pictures of my brother’s Bar Mitzvah. Now is a challenging time, but I’m going to tell you about a fun day last year. A Bar Mitzvah is when a Jewish person turns thirteen, and they lead a service, and then have a party for hours. The fun part is you get to invite your friends and family to celebrate with you. My Bar Mitzvah is coming up in two and a half years, and I’m looking forward to it! 

Before the service, my family and I had to take a bajillion pictures inside and outside. My brother had jaw pain after that. He sang for about two hours in Hebrew! He had to prepare in nine months. The work paid off, and he sang as perfect as a walk outdoors. In the service, I got to play guitar for one of the songs. I think we’re quite a duo because in my opinion, we sounded great. If the kanter went to the occasions, then I wouldn’t have been able to play guitar. A cantor is the person who leads the service while playing an instrument. 

Getting to the party, my brother took a bus with all of his friends, while I drove with my dad. When everyone got there, it was pandemonium. After a few minutes, the energy declined. The DJ was playing Shawn’s favorite songs, so everyone started to dance. Don’t get me started on the games because he won almost every single one. The party was about four hours I could never forget, after that we had another party at our house! It was fun because they played ten vs. ten basketball on a nine foot hoop. One of Shawn’s friends asked me if he could jump over me, and I said,” Why not?” Luckily I didn’t get touched because it went perfectly. This is going to be a day I’m never going to forget!

#Grit by #Liam8

Today I watched a TED Talk on why some people are more successful than others. They studied a lot of people and tried to guess who would be the most successful. We learned that it’s mostly about grit. Grit is to be dedicated to your future and having passion and perseverance for long term goals. The study shows that it doesn’t matter how much talent you have. You can still have grit without talent. If you don’t have grit you can change your mindset by using a “growth mindset.” If you don’t know what a growth mindset is, it is the ability to learn, even if you don’t want to, and you can grow your brain by putting more effort in.

Living life like it is a marathon, and not a sprint is important. It is important to make mistakes, so you can learn for the next time. Being able to know that failure is not permanent. It’s just a lesson. Not giving up will push you further next time. I’ve made millions of mistakes. I try to learn from them so I can be better next time. So next time you lose a game, or fail a test, or something like that, instead learn from what you could have done better and stay positive and try again!

What I am Doing During #Covid19 by #Aaron20

During this time of Covid-19 I have done lots of fun things! During the time I have usually practiced basketball outside and taken lots of bike rides. I also went on dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. I enjoyed it a lot! Another thing I did was school work  at home. I went to the math playground. I practiced my math facts and read books. So far I have read Sven Carter and the Trashmouth Effect and right now I’m reading The War I Finally Won, So far I like the book.  I Also am enjoying the games with Ms.Freedman and the class.

 I also have learned other things at home like cooking with my mom, doing laundry,spending more time together as a family because my family is less busy and I also made my bed (Clean my room). Another thing is watching movies and shows. A couple of movies I watched are Toy Story 4,Spiderman etc. 

I hope what is happening right now gets solved because I miss school and hope they find a vaccine for Covid-19 then everybody can go back to school. I hope you enjoyed my blog. It was fun talking about what I’m doing during this time.