How to make a Kite

By Aniruddha Pochimcherla, Grade 4 

                I would like to tell you how to make a kite. If you want to make one, then read this expository text!

                First take 2 dowel rods. The bigger the dowel rods, the bigger your kite. Then make notches, one to each side for both rods.

                 Then put string into the notches until there is enough to hold the dowel rods together. Then glue them, and put string around the glue in the middle to be extra careful.

                 Then cut out diamond shaped paper, a little taller than your dowel rods together. Glue it on top of the dowel rods together, poke 4 holes next to each together (2 on top and 2 under the top ones). Take 1 end of a string, loop it through 1 set of holes, tie a knot, loop another string through the bottom, 2 holes, and tie both strings together. Now you're ready to fly your kite!

                   Then wait for a windy day. Then go out to fly your kite and watch your kite soar high in the sky.

   

My presentation on the Texas Revolution

Hello friends!
I would like to share with you my presentation on the Texas Revolution. I hope you enjoy it!


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Top 5 best friend announcements for 2012! By Ani!

                         Top 5 Best Friends announcements, by Ani!

Friday 28,2012:                     

1. Kishore Uncle

2. GJ Brothers

3. Aarya

4. Ananth

5. Matthew.

                                                                                                                                                                                            

President of the USA

President of the USA

by Divya

Do you know that Barack Obama again became the president of USA?
I learned about the president and his job and how to vote and many other things in my class.

My fun time in Chucky Cheese by Divya

A Memory with Kishore Uncle by Aniruddha

A Memory with Kishore Uncle 

Written by Aniruddha

I have a person I admire a lot, and you should meet him. It is my uncle who lives in Houston. His name is Kishore Uncle. He is a very nice person, and he is awesome at sports just like me. He is also very fond of me and when we meet, we talk a lot about all the stuff that is happening in my life and at school. We also play sports like football and basketball. He is funny and makes lots of jokes with me.

On our last trip to Houston to visit Kishore Uncle, and Anupama Aunty, in July of 2012, we had a very fun time. Kishore Uncle had just moved from his big old house to a new apartment. We got to see the new apartment. It is right next to a Central Market store. We went there to eat sandwiches, which were really delicious.

 On that trip, we also got to watch the Olympics on cable TV. On Friday, we watched the Olympics Opening Ceremony. The first event we watched was swimming, in which, my favorite swimmer Michael Phelps won the most Gold Medals by any athlete in Olympics history. Then, we saw some Table Tennis games. And we also watched the USA Team win Gymnastics in the Olympics. We watched a lot of TV, and had a lot of fun.

On Sunday, I went with Kishore Uncle and my father to the Williams Waterwall park in Houston. My sister, mom, and aunt went shopping in the mall. Williams Waterwall is a beautiful and gigantic waterfall. We took lot of pictures with the waterfalls. I ran a race like Usain Bolt– my father and Kishore Uncle timed how fast I could touch the opposite wall and run back. Then the three of us played football with my Tony Romo football.

This was the most enjoyable time I had with one of my favorite people, Kishore Uncle. I hope to meet him during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and get to talk and play with him again.  

The Time I was Scared! by Aniruddha

The Time I was Scared

By Aniruddha Pochimcherla

              Do you know that I watch Kung Fu movies and detective serials like Sherlock Holmes and Poirot on TV? I am not scared of watching crimes, fighting, and people getting hurt. When I myself get hurt, I don’t cry much. I am also not scared of ghosts and the dark. But, there is one thing that always freaks me out. Do you know what that is? I am very, very scared of spiders.

             When someone is afraid of something, they say that they have a phobia. My fear of spiders is called “Arachnophobia”. Whenever I see spiders in magazines like National Geographic Kids, I turn my head away or turn the page immediately. Even seeing pictures of spiders makes me start to panic. I feel really yucky in my head and start to sweat sometimes if I have to keep seeing the picture.

             The reason I am scared of spiders is because they look disgusting to me. Spiders have eight legs and they can have six to eight eyes. The ones I see are usually dark in color, black or brown. I also don’t like looking at the ones that are really hairy because I find them to be gross-looking. Another reason is that the spider might bite me. Some spiders like the Recluse spider and Black Widow spider can be dangerous when they bite. People can even die by their bites. 

             Last year, on Halloween evening, I went trick-or-treating in my neighborhood. I went to one of my neighbor’s houses and saw a big spider decoration. It was a gigantic, black spider with eight long hairy legs and gloomy, bulging eyes. It was surrounded by a big white web. When I saw it, it really freaked me out and I was sweating for a very long time. I did not want to go trick-or-treating for the rest of the evening after that incident, and I have never gone to that neighbor’s house again. 

            I have been reading up about spiders on Wikipedia and I read that in the 20^th century, there were only 100 deaths due to spider bites. So, I am trying my best to not be so scared of spiders anymore. But the fear is still with me. My parents tell me that when I grow up, I won’t be afraid of spiders anymore. I sure hope so!

The Super Snail by Divya

The Super Snail

Written by Divya

I wrote a story called "The Super Snail" and everyone liked it. I hope you like it too!
If you cannot read it clearly, please click on it to make it bigger.

My Favorite Toy

My Favorite Toy

by Aniruddha

Do you know what my most favorite thing in my room is? It is my soft toy and sleeping buddy, a stuffed tiger. I named him Matthew and I enjoy playing with it and making up imaginary games with it.

My mother gave me a gift card of $10 at Target because I did very well at my studies and homework. So we went to Target to find my reward to spend my gift card on. First, I could not decide what to pick. I looked at footballs and table tennis balls, because these are my favorite sports. But, I did not find anything that I really needed. Then I asked my mother for a dinosaur toy and we went looking for a dinosaur. We saw one but they were so tiny that I decided I really did not want it. Then I saw these stuffed animal toys – there were elephants, tigers, and hippos.

Have you ever read a comic book called “Calvin and Hobbes”? Hobbes is Calvin’s stuffed tiger, but he is a real tiger for Calvin, while everyone else like his mother, father, teacher and friend only see him as a stuffed toy. So, the tiger that I found in Target looked exactly like Hobbes. He looked really funny. That is why I decided to buy the stuffed tiger. He is orange in color with black stripes. He has a long tail and a really funny looking moustache.

When I got the stuffed tiger home, I was trying to decide what to call him. My mother said you can name him Hobbes but I did not want to copy the book because I am not Calvin. So I decided to name him Matthew and now we are “Ani and Matthew”, just like, “Calvin and Hobbes”. I made up a game called “Tiger Football” that I play with Matthew. It’s a fast and fun game. Matthew also helps me from getting bored during homework time and he sleeps next to me during night time. He is a big tiger so he helps to chase away any monsters that come in my dreams.

If you ever visit me at home, I would like to show you my Matthew toy. My sister and all my friends like him and I am sure you will too. He is my best buddy!

Jupiter will always protect us!!

Here is an article on Time for Kids which tells how Jupiter is protecting us from asteroids -
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/jupiter-rescue/46661
Please read it and be fearless because Jupiter is protecting us!!