I like nonsense poems. They are funny. I want you to see this poem called Jittery Jim.

Jittery Jim
By William Jay Smith

There's room in the bus for the two of us, But not for Jittery Jim.

He has a train
and a rocket plane,
He has a seal
That can bark and swim,
And a centipede
With wiggley legs,
And an ostrich
Sitting on ostrich eggs,
And crawfish
Floating in oily kegs!

There's room in the bus for the two of us, But we'll shut the door on him.

If you want more Nonsense Poems, read Laughing Time by
By William Jay Smith.

The Best and the Worst of Fourth Grade

I liked fourth grade. Here are the bests and the worsts of fourth grade.

Best... I was in the speech contest with Lala. I made it to the districts. So did she. I did a speech called Claudia and the Great Search. This speech was about a girl named Claudia who thinks she is adopted.

Worst...The worst part was when I got in a fight with Skitchy. It was sad.

I like a book called Laughing Time. It is a book of nonsense poems. The poems are by William Jay Smith. I decided to let you see some of the poems.

Big and little

Big boys do, little boys don't.

Big boys will, little boys won't.

Big boys can, little boys can't.

Big boys shall, little boys shan't.

But when little boys are as big as you,

Then turn it around and it is true:

Big boys don't, little boys do.

If you liked that one, you are going to love this one.

Why

Why do apricots look like eggs?
Why?
Why do sofas have four legs?

Juneau is the capital of Alaska.
Anchorage is Alaska's most populous city.

"Were moving,"

My mom could see the sad grief on my face. I do not know why though because I had never made friends easy. My dad had left with his friends when I was young and gotten in a motorcycle crash. I was only two years old. I am ten now. I loved my mom but I could not believe we only had a few days left in Happy Hill County. It had never been a happy place for me.

"We are going to live in Trow Town. It should be a good place for you," my mom said.

Our last day in Happy Hill was the next day. I was playing my trumpet when the moving trucks pulled up. My uncle was in one of them. My mom told me earlier that I was going to ride with my uncle. She was going to ride with my aunt. My uncle's name is Fred.

Part 1: Why we run the Ididarod

The Iditarod: Celebrating the Emergency Delivery of Diphtheria Serum to Nome, Alaska

The Iditarod is run each year to celebrate the emergency delivery in 1925 of diphtheria serum to Nome, Alaska. Nome, in 1925, had changed from a booming, boisterous turn-of-the-century gold-rush camp into a small, quite town of about 1,500 people. It had been fifteen years since the end of the gold-rush, but Nome remained an important town on the Seward Peninsula.

The First Signs of an Epidemic

It was a normal afternoon in the middle of January, in Nome. Doctor Curtis Welch, director of the US Public Health Service, was doing paperwork in his office when an Eskimo man came into the office asking the doctor to come quickly, his two children were very sick. Dr. Welch raced to an Eskimo settlement in Nome.

I like tests. They make you think and I love thinking. When you do tests, you have to try to get all the answers right. If you just go right through it you won't get all your answers right. Here is my story about testing.

Once upon a time there was a prince. He was retiring. A new man was going to take his place. But the man had to take a test before he could be prince. The test was called the royal standardized test. He took it but he whizzed through it so he did not pass. He was so mad that he could not be prince, that he took all the test booklets in town and traded them with the tests that you had to pass to pass kindergarten.

Pink salmon spawn during July and September.

A adult sockeye salmon weighs five to seven pounds.

Kristy and the Missing Child, by Ann M. Martin is a mystery of The Baby-Sitters Club. Kristy is a tomboy who loves babysitting. She also coaches a softball team. Jake Kuhn, a boy on her softball team, is a boy who has to walk home alone on a rainy day. He has two sisters, Patsy and Laurel. He thinks they are annoying.

In this story, Jake went missing. He walked home alone and no one had heard from him since. Then Kristy sent a search party and they still could not find him. Patsy and Laurel were worried he would not be found. They had to stay with members of The Baby-Sitters Club while their mom went looking for their brother. Kristy was determined to find Jake, no matter what it took. But she started to feel guilty because she was the last person that saw Jake.

Once, my dad and I went to Purplepanther's house to take her to my house and then to Blackout Night. When we got to her house, she asked if her sister could come too. My dad said yes.

Blackout Night is a maze the leaders set up at my church. It is made out of cardboard. It is so dark inside that you can not see your hand.

When we got to my house, Purplepanther told her sister I had a dog (I do).

"Keep the dog away from me," her sister said.

"She won't bite you," I said.

"Lets go up to my room," I said.

"Okay," said Purplepanther and her sister.

In my room

"Do you want to listen to music?" I asked.

Snowbound by Ann M. Martin is a Baby-sitters Club book about a Blizzard that hits Stoneybrook, Connecticut.

Stacey ends up stranded on a highway. Mary Anne and Mallory get snowed in on a babysitting job. The Baby sitters go on a incredible adventure in this book. An example of a incredible adventure would be when Mallory and Mary Anne run out of food, and Logan has to go over to Mallory's house on his skis with lots of food. Stacey and her mom get saved when a man comes up and invites them to his house. He has a little boy and a wife.

I like this book because it is really funny and it

My name is Sarah Rose Parker. I am 8 years old and in the second grade. I live with my mom, dad, little brother Troy, and big sister Lindsey. I have long black hair and blue eyes. In school I am okay. I do not enjoy school as much as my 12 year old sister Lindsey, or do not want go as much as my 4 year old brother Troy, but I have to say, it is not that much fun.

"Mom, how long until dinner? I am hungry," I said. I think that junk food is the coolest thing in the world.

"About 15 minutes," she said.

"Okay. Can I have a snack though?" I asked.

"You will live," she said.

"Fine," I said as I stomped up the stairs.

"You stop that, young lady. Or you're grounded," she said warningly.

I did not stop. I did not have to because all of my friends were out of town for spring vacation. I had to go back to school in two days and I knew I needed to stop being mean to my family or my mom might ship me off to military school. I had a plan. I decided that I was going to try to change my attitude.

Salmon are born in a nest called a redd. They hatch in five to six weeks. When they are first born they are called alevin. They have full yolk sacs at this stage.

Next they become fry. They start to lose their yolk sacs. They have to start looking for food.

(from Come Back Salmon by Molly Cone)

My Friend's Best Friend Is My Enemy

"Ouch, ouch, ouch." I had just skinned my knee. I was playing with my friend Jasmine on my cement driveway when I ran too fast and fell on the cement. I am Eleanor Cray. My friends call me Ellie. I am ten years old. I live with my mom, dad, and little sister Aspen. My friends are Hannah, Lindsey, and Jasmine. There is a enemy though. Tara.

"Don't move. It will make it worse," my mom said to me.

"Well I need to call Lindsey so she can come spend the night," I said.

"Well be careful with your leg," she said as I walked up the stairs.

"Okay,"I replied.

I have my own personal phone, but I really want my own phone number.

I walked upstairs and sat on my bed. I picked up the phone and dialed Lindsey's number.

Ring, ring, ring" Hello," a voice said. "Hi, is Lindsey there?" I asked.

"Yes, I will get her for you," the voice said.

3 seconds later Lindsey was on the phone chatting away. " I will bring the parent trap and lots of video games," she said.

"Schools is out," I screamed. I Rosie Trenton had Graduated from the second grade. I love school and all, but I needed a break. I live with my mom, dad, and talking dog Bruce (this was two months after I got him.)

"We are going to the waterpark downtown to celebrate," My mom said.

"Yeah," I said.

"So go pack a bag for swimming," My mom said.

I ran upstairs and started packing my bag. I was going down the hall to get a towel out of the closet when my mom called me.

"Daddy's home," she said.

"I am coming," I said running down the stairs.

"Hi Rosie," my dad said.

"Hi," I said

"Are you done packing your bag yet?" he asked.

"Almost, I just have to put my towel in it," I said

"Well go finish packing then," my dad said.

I ran upstairs, grabbed my towel, and threw it in my bag.

"Rosie let's go." My mom shouted.

5 minutes later we were on the way to the waterpark, with Bruce in the back. I was excited.

"Let's go in," I said as I walked close to the door to the water park.

"Hi mom," I said as I got home from school one day.

"Hi," my mom said.

I am Rosie Trenton. I love school. I am in the second grade. I live with my mom and dad.

"What is for dinner?" I asked as I hung my coat in the coat closet.

"Homemade pizza," my mom said.

My dad was at work.

"Yummy," I said. "Mom I have been thinking. May I have a pet?"

"A pet is a big responsibility," my mom said.

"I know." I muttered.

"Today Oswald brought his dog in to class for show and tell, "I said.

"Oh did he?" my mom asked.

"He did," I said.

"If you got a pet, would you take care of it?"

"Of course, "I said.

"I will talk to your father. But don't get your hopes up," she said.

"OK," I said as I went upstairs to do my homework. I had a sheet of long addition.

When I got upstairs, I sharpened a pencil. I started the first problem. It was 165+786. I heard my dad walk in the door just as I answered it. I ran downstairs to say hi to him.

"Hi dad," I said. I climbed on his back.

"Today I will go to Tommy's birthday party," said Timmy to his mom.

Timmy was Tommys twin brother. They were identical. They always wore the same clothes as each other. But they were very close.

They hopped in the car and drove to Tommy's birthday party. Timmy was so happy because his brother's birthday was at Mcdonalds. Then they got out of the car. He ran inside Mcdonalds.

He ran into the playplace and hugged his brother. Then his brother said "Catch me," and fell down after Timmy pushed him because Timmy wanted to catch his little brother. He started crying. Then he said that was his worst birthday ever.

Once I got a dog from the pound. Her name was Dayna. I named her after my grandma. One day she met my friend and licked her for two minutes straight. We played for hours and hours. One day she even licked my ice cream. But one day she did not lick us when we came home from the store. I worried. She did the same the next week.

"Living has been hard for her," my mother said the next day.

Then I had to go to Boys' and Girls' Club. But when I opened the door Dayna ran out into the street and got ran over. It was the saddest day of my life.

Caribou are wild!! I have been to a large animal research station. I learned a few things. Caribou are special deer.

First let's learn about the males. A male caribou lives about 13 years. They fight 3 times per year. Their antlers get up to 3 and a half feet tall.

Now lets learn about the females. A female caribou lives about 18 years. They start breeding at age two. They watch their babies carefully.

I hope you enjoyed learning about caribou.

Wolves

Once there was a wolf. The wolf lived on the Kenai Peninsula. He loved to play in the snow. Once a bear came. The bear tried to attack him. But a caribou jumped in front of the bear. The bear ran the other way. The caribou became the wolf's best friend. The bear became the wolf's biggest predator.

Moose

Once there was a moose. He lived in the tundra. There was a lot of permafrost. The moose once had a friend who was a mountain goat, but the mountain goat moved to the Denali Mountains. The moose missed his friend. He was a sad moose. He moved to a place with glaciers. He liked glaciers. He was sad there too because his friend and him used to sit around the glaciers. So he moved to a place with bays. He loved the bays because he could see the sunrise when he awoke.