Our First Digital Summary

Take a look at what we are working on. It's our very first attempt at a digital story. We are summarizing the first 7 chapters of Bridge to Terabithia. Here is what we have so far. Just click on to this title, "Our First Digital Summary," and it should take you to our page on Voice Thread. Tell us what you think of it! I will post the completed version once it is done.

City Lights by Kimberly

At dusk and dawn, millions of street lights are turned on and off throughout the world. Everyday many of them by the light of the sun itself.
Most lights are controlled by time switches, which operate a group of lights in neraby streets. The earliest time switiches worked by clockwork and had to be wound up and adjusted every week.
Many modern time switches now have an electric clock with a rotating dial containing levers or tappets, which turn the lights on or off at the chosen time. They are similar to many time switches on central-heating systems.
Recently street-lighting engineers have developed a photoelectric control unit called a "pecu" which is the electric supply to lights.
At dawn, light falling on a photocell causes electrons to flow from on atom to another, conducting electricity to the switch and turing it off. When darkness falls, the electrons become immobile and the current stops and the lights turn on. So, next you take a look at a street light just know that they too have a story.

A Hot Day by Lilibeth

One sunny day it was really hot. I was so hot that even the pool water was steaming. We decided to go to my grandma’s house because she has an air conditioner. It was just so hot! I could barely stand it. We decided to leave and not stay one second longer.
So, we went back to my house and we saw my dog swimming in my small plastic pool. I guess she was hot too. She looked so funny. She was all wet and looked skinnier than a flag pole.
On this very hot day, we decided to go to Bakersfield. My favorite Tio lives there and he has a real big pool. When we got to his house we went into the pool right away. The water was so hot from the heat that my sister, my brother, and I wanted to get out right away. We began looking for my Tio so we can take a cold shower instead. When we saw him he had ice cream. He had a bunch of ice cream. We ate, ate, ate, ate, and ate. My Tio said, “Don’t eat it all today! Save some for tomorrow.” But we didn’t listen. That was the hottest day ever. At least I had a lot of ice cream and fun to pass this extremely hot day.

We're Working

We are working on completing our Final Drafts. Soon we will be done and be able to publish them on our class blog. Thanks for your patience. :-)

My Best Writing

The following post is a collection of work we have been working on. Students were asked to select a writing piece they would like to share.