Hello Everybody,

Today is my last day full day of elementary school and today I am a little excited, sad and nervous all at the same time.  I will miss all the wonderful teachers and staff here, especially my teachers Ms. Smith and Mrs. Roberts. I will also miss all the great kids here and most of all I will  just miss the whole school itself. Although I am sad about leaving elementary school I am still looking forward to High school. I cant wait to meet new friends, try new things and have new adventures. I am leaving elementary but I will still try and do some more blogging in the summer break. Please comment and tell me what grade you are going into and what you are looking forward to in the next school year.

Have a great summer!

Sincerely, Abbey

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Hello everybody,

Since I wrote a post on my dog Leo a little while ago, I am going to make one on my other dog, Piggy. Piggy is a 5 year old Boston terrier that loves to cuddle, snort and sleep. I could not get a picture of her, but I found a picture on pixabay that looks like her, that you can see up above.  Normally Piggy is on the couch snorting or sleeping, but when she is not on the couch, she is probably outside on the deck, (because she doesn’t like grass) or she is waddling around the house looking for something to do. Sometimes if my family leaves her outside for to long, she finds a way to get out of our backyard and goes for a walk by her self. It king of scary though when you don’t know where she is for hours, but we always find her.

Unlike my dog Leo, Piggy is not so bad when we take her for walks. she does not pull (like my dog Leo) but  sometimes stops and refuses to walk forwards. She can be stubborn that way, because when she stops it means she wants to go the other way, but instead we end up picking her up and carrying her a couple steps but she normally starts walking after that.

Piggy wouldn’t be a very good dog guard, because if anyone walks into our house she starts jumping up and down on her two hind legs, and puts her front paws on the persons legs. She always gets so excited when someone comes, and after like 5 minutes and she is calmed down, she will stick to that person. So if you ever come to my house and Piggy is jumping up and down on you, I would not sit on the couch if I where you because she will sit or cuddle up to you and never leave ( That is if there is no food around of course.)

Overall Piggy is a very sweet  and cuddly dog, and I think she would actually be a great dog for a old lady because she loves sitting down and cuddling with people all day, and she doesn’t like walks very much.

Do you have a dogs at home?  If you do, please tell me about your dog  in the comments!  Goodbye and have a awesome day.

Sincerely, Abbey

The Harp

That day there was music coming from the woods. I heard it from my bedroom window. I decided to go see who is playing this mysterious music, so I called my dog Leo, put on his leash and started running out the back door, heading the direction of the woods.  

As I walked further through the woods, I could hear the music getting louder and louder. I also start felling butterflies in my stomach,  because I have never been alone in the woods before. What if I get lost! Mom says its dangerous and there might be bears and stuff… I am feeling very lost now, but I still let the music guide me. Leo suddenly jerks the leash forwards, which makes me let go, and he goes running off, but strangely towards the music.

“Leo” I called sacredly, while I was running after him. I could fell tears trickling down my cheek, because I knew he would run away and never come back, I just knew it.

But luckily I finally caught up to him after about 3 minutes, and clicked his leash back on. He looked up at me tiredly, and he looked like he just ran a marathon!

“It wasn’t that long of a run” I told him. “We not are doing anymore running anyway because we are going home!” The music was super loud now, almost like it was  saw a beautiful river but  that wasn’t the interesting part, the interesting part was that I took a closer look, and on the other side of the river there was a harp, but not just  an ordinary harp, it was a shiny golden harp, playing by itself!

I was so confused and scared that I froze in my spot not able to move, but Leo was jumping around in excitement, almost like he has seen this harp before, and was greeting an old friend.

Did you know that Katniss Everdeen is a really good hunter? Katniss uses a bow and arrow to do this, because she is really good with a bow and arrow! The reason I know she is really good at it, is because when she is hunting, she can hit her kill right in the eye! At the top you can see a picture of  Katniss Everdeen. Today I am going to talk about her and her successful learner traits.

You probably know that Katniss is from the book and the movie, The Hunger Games.  I don’t want to spoil the movie or book to much for you so don’t worry I’m not going to give away the really juicy parts. If you have never read the book before I highly recommend it! I watched the movie before I discovered the book but I wish  I hadn’t because as you know it is always best to read the book first, so if you are going to get into the Hunger Games make sure to read the book first!  

First of all, I think that Katniss is a big risk-taker because at one point in the games she was up in a tree and spotted a tracker jacker’s nest right above her. (A tracker jacker is like a wasp but much, much worse. I think if you get stung by more than five or six of them you will probably die right on the spot.) She cut down the branch with her knife while the people she was fighting against were right under her! While she was cutting she got a couple stings herself but not enough to kill her. This is just one way to show she is a risk taker but in the book she does a lot more risky stuff….

Katniss is also  compassionate, especially to another girl in the games named Rue. Even though Katniss is in a different district then Rue,  Katniss decided to team up with her because she knew Rue couldn’t make it without her. And she had to face it, she would have more of a chance with Rue then she would by herself. The way I knew she was compassionate to Rue is because she gave Rue more than half of her food. Another example was that, even when they where splitting up for a plan that they had, Katniss left Rue with the sleeping bag even though she also clearly needed it too, because in the games it gets super cold in the arena. She also showed compassion to Peeta ( the boy in her district, who is also in the games with her, since there’s one boy and one girl in the games from each district) for helping him with his wounds.  

And last but not least, I think Katniss is really strategic in many ways. For example, she is very strategic in her food supplies. She only eats a little every day and makes sure she always has a lot left at the end of the day. I  also think that she is strategic when she is hunting. She hits her kill right in the eye, like I said earlier, And last thing is when she tied herself in a tree at night so she couldn’t be spotted and she wouldn’t fall out of the tree! I thought that was really smart. She was basically strategic throughout the whole book\movie, and I think Katniss Everdeen is a very strategic and a very smart girl! 

Overall, I think Katniss follows all the successful learner traits! I think everybody should follow a bit in her foot steps by thinking ahead, being confident in yourself, take risks, be fair, collaborate, be compassionate to others, work hard to get the job done effectively, and know what has to be done. These are some things Katniss does and follows and I think you should follow them too, to become a very successful learner.

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Hello everyone! Today I am writing about Horses, mostly because they are my favorite animals, but also because I know they are really interesting animals! What is your favorite animal? Here are some cool facts about horse…

• Horses have the biggest eyes of all land animals.
• Horses can run within hours of birth.
• A horses teeth takes up a larger space in there head then there brain does!
• Male horses have 40 teeth while females have 37.
• Horses can sleep both standing up and sitting down!
• The fastest recorded galloping speed was 88 kph (55 mph).
• A horse can not puke
• Horses prefer sweet flavors rather then sour. They will usually reject sour or bitter stuff.
• A horses heart weights 9 to 10 pounds
• The longest jump over water by a horse was 27 feet.
• Horses drink around 25 gallons of water everyday!
• If a horse has a red ribbon on its tail, it kicks.
• Horses can rotate there ears 180 degrees
• Horses have 205 bones

Well that’s it for me, I hope you had fun reading this and learned a lot about horses! Make sure to tell me about your favorite animal in the comments!

Goodbye and have a nice day!

Sincerely, Abbey

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Hello everyone! Today I am writing about Halloween and some of my traditions that I do on Halloween.

This year for Halloween I was a devil. What where you for Halloween? I thought the devil would be a unique costume but I was wrong. I saw a lot of people at my school and out trick or treating who where Devils this year. I guess it was a very popular costume this year. I probably saw over ten people in devil costumes! Did you see a lot of people in devil costumes this year or is it just me.

My Traditions

I go to my friend, Ambar’s house every year and a lot of her family and her family friends come (that includes my family) and we have a party! All the kids go out trick or treating together, in a big group and it gets super crowded at the front door of someones house waiting for candy! We always plan a big route to make sure that we get lots of candy! Around the middle of our route we stop at the fire hall and they hand out free hot chocolate, hot dogs and sometimes even Tim Bits!

When we all get back home from trick or treating we have the biggest, most epic, awesome trading session you would ever imagine! All the kids dump out all their candy on Ambar’s down stairs floor and trade. We trade Coffee Crisps for Smarties and Hershey’s for Kit Kats and so much more trading.

After trading almost every year we will show a haunted house for the parents. This year I was one of those people who walk you through the whole haunted house. I was  actually pretty creepy. I can walk up and down the stairs in a really creepy way that I wish I could show you but of course I can’t in a post.

First, picture yourself like you are actually walking through this haunted house. I walk you into a pitch black room  and slam the door behind you as I walk you through the dark room I make a creepy hum which gives it a really creepy effect.

Suddenly, a hand grabs you from underneath the table and you hear a high pitch scream which  scares you a whole lot! when we are almost at the door to the next room you hear banging from the other room and a soft “help me.” Before I open the door, I explain to you that I’m not going to come in with you for no particular reason. I push you in there and slam the door behind you.

I’m not to sure what happened in the other room because I did not go in the room, but I do know the lights flicker and there is a scary clown in there. Next I run to the last room to get ready to act. When you leave the 2nd room and walk into the 3rd room, my friend Thai is dressed up all scary and he runs out of the bathroom and stabs me. I scream as you run up the stairs for your life.

Well that’s the end. I sort of over exaggerated, but I am pretty close to the real thing.

Well that’s it. I hope you had fun reading all about my Halloween! I would like to hear about your Halloween and how it went for you, so make sure to leave a comment!

Goodbye and have a nice day.

Sincerely, Abbey

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