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Home Walleye's Blog Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Walleye. It is actually pronounced (wal lee). I am the four walls of the class room. I like to think of myself as the over-seer of the room. I have a wonderful friend who lives in Colorado who loves to blog about the great things that happen in his classroom. So I thought to myself, “What a great idea! I think I will blog to my students too.” So here I am blogging away! By the way, thanks to my wonderful friend (who would like to keep his name anonymous at this time) you will be blogging with his students. I am so excited that we will all be great friends.
 * 8-5-11**

I have had a busy summer so far watching the camp kids come and go from our room. Although I love watching them enjoy summer, I do miss you students coming in and learning. I have realized that the summer campers are not quite as gentle as fifth grade students. I mean, just the other day when the sky actually decided to drop a few buckets of rain, someone slammed my window straight down. Ouch!

I know Mrs. K is excited about getting started. I overheard Mrs. B and her talking about some great plans the other day when they were at school. You will have to check back in soon. As soon as the campers are out of our room I know Mrs. K will start to rip down the protective paper covering me and the bookshelves. I will give you a sneak preview of some of the things she puts in the room. I might even take a few pictures…you know, the before and after. Well, maybe just the before and during. When you walk in on Welcoming Day, you can see the… after.

I heard a rumor that Mrs. K bought some Phillies things to hang on me. I do hope she uses push pins or staples to hang them up. She used thumb tacks a few times last year. I didn't like that one bit. Please remind Mrs. K. NO THUMB TACKS PLEASE! By the way if you want to bring in any Phillies items to celebrate a great season, that would be great. Keep the Eagles and Flyers in mind too. Their seasons are right around the corner. I do wish I could watch Comcast sports when everyone is out of the room. The only chance I get to watch sports highlights is if Mrs. K. feels the need to show them on the Smartboard. Be aware...she is a sports nut and she feels it's important to keep everyone up to date on our local teams! I do need to work on her with basketball though. Is there anyone in the class that can help me turn her into a 76ers fan? I think she would like basketball if she would just watch it.
 * 8-9-11**

I'm sure you have heard the noise of the cicada bugs. I hear them all the time when my windows are open. Mrs. K took a picture of one that was on her deck and then she used audacity to record one "singing" this morning. I have always wondered what they look like. Since I am bound to my four walls, it's nice that I can see the outside world on the computer. Click the play button to listen to the cicada sound. media type="file" key="cicada buzzing.wav" width="300" height="50"
 * 8-13-11**
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As I promised earlier, I will show you the before and during pictures of Mrs. K fixing up our room. I have always heard her tell her students that learning is messy. Sometimes you have to make a mess before you can clean it up and make it just right. I think she was talking about writing, revising and editing...but, I think she has given her words new meaning. Just take a look at the mess she has made in the room. Looks like there needs to be a lot of revision here before this room is "just right!" I'm not sure if my four walls have ever experienced a week like this one. I mean, just the other day I was minding my own business watching carpets and windows being cleaned when all-of-a-sudden, I started to shake, desks were rattling and then I heard Mrs. B from across the hall run out of her room screaming, "Earthquake!" By the way, Mrs. K never felt the earthquake because she was driving in her car, probably singing a Lady Gaga song, on her way to get school supplies with her kids! Now I am hearing everyone talking about hurricane Irene! I guess I better prepare for my windows to shake, rattle and roll again!
 * 8-20-11**
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 * 8-26-11**

Wow! It was great to see everyone today. I am so excited to see everyone again on Tuesday. Try and get a lot of sleep this holiday weekend. I know Mrs. K has a full day planned for you! Just in case you forget what our classroom looks like, I made this little "Mapwing" for you. If you put your pointer on the picture, you will see arrows. Click the arrows and the next view will come up. media type="custom" key="10338878"
 * 9-1-11**

Wow, I heard Mrs. K raving to Mrs. B about how wonderful you guys are! She was so impressed how cooperatively you worked in your CSI groups. I heard her say that your eyes were as wide as quarters, which means you were very excited about solving the mystery. Mrs. K told Mrs.B, "I hope my kids don't get tired of me telling them how awesome they are!"
 * 9-7-11**

I think I must have been zouting (sniglet meaning zoning out.) when Mrs. K was talking about toothpaste crackers. That really sounds gross! Who would ever eat toothpaste crackers? I believe the heat and rain caused me to zout several times. I love all the sniglets you created this week. I do hope you post the snigletary on our wiki for others to see all the new and wonderful words that should be in a dictionary, but aren't. What was up with Mrs. K and the news script today? She got so excited every time she saw a comma. Did she really need to stop at every interjection? Oh, she is such a drama queen! I know she was just having fun with you guys. I bet you all know what a dependent and an independent clause is now. Don't you? I do see that she terloffed (turned off the lights). That means it is time for me to rest so I am all ready to watch everyone next week. I certainly don't want to zout again next week!
 * 9-9-11**

Whoa! I thought Mrs. K was going to have a "drama meltdown" today. When Mrs. M read the book //the dot// by Peter. H Reynolds today in chapel, I could see Mrs. K's face. The author didn't use proper capitalization for the title. Thank goodness you helped Mrs. K realize this must have been for affect. Matt pointed out the title of the book he is reading, //DARK LIFE// by Kat Falls. She used all capital letters for affect. After your class discussion, Mrs. K realized that both authors probably really do know how to capitalize words in a title, but sometimes authors need to break the rules for the affect. You saved Mrs. K, once again, from having a major meltdown. What would she ever do without you?
 * 9-16-11**

How exciting! I was so excited to see the big meeting taking place in our very own classroom. I wasn't thrilled with the staples and thumb tacks Mrs. K used to hold up the brown paper. I guess she blocked all the windows and doors so people couldn't eavesdrop while the big meeting was taking place. I noticed she didn't want to say the word Constitution too much. She saw how some of the delegates got a little nervous thinking about the idea of a strong central government. How come I didn't see anyone from Rhode Island? I guess I better pay closer attention tomorrow. Maybe someone will be able to fill me in. Whoa! Did I really see Ben Franklin come in on a Chinese sedan chair? I can't wait until tomorrow to see what happens next.
 * 10-4-11**

Sorry everyone. It has been a long time since I have blogged. It's getting harder to see what is going on in the room since Mrs. K has been stapling so much of your work on me. She must have stuck a hundred staples in me just these last two days. I think I caused the electricity to go out today because of all the metal in me. I must have short circuited the lights. You all have been so incredibly busy. Uh, huh! I have been eavesdropping on all your lessons...spelling, grammar, vocabulary, math, social studies. I am one smart wall. Oh, and if I was able to write one of those creative license plates, it would have my name Walleye on it, although I do love the plate "GR8." Keep up the good work everyone, and please tell Mrs. K to hold off on the staples. Tape is a little easier on me.
 * 11-16-11**