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Thursday, October 29th
i can stay till 6 on tuesday
afternoon.
Are we doing the music project
November 3? Actually, there is no school on Tuesday, November 3rd, so we won't be able to do the music club that afternoon. Let's hope everyone still checks the website every now and then! Mr. A.
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Thursday, October 29th It's white face had bloodstains, and the thing carried the scent of rot.... The raspy voice sound like a blackboard against iron... The thing moved, it's dark green-black robe swishing against it's ankles. How's that?By the way, nice pictures.(And I already noticed space for thought)-ic (sorry if this is identical, but I accidentally click off just after I clicked it, so I wasn't sure it had gotten through):)(: It sounds like a good description of me on a bad morning! Monstrous indeed! :) Mr. A.
does it have to be a monster costume?-ic P.S.is wrent a word?-ic Job 2: Design a costume. (est. 1 hour) Choice 1: Design the ultimate monster costume. Draw, paint, or sketch it. Choice 2: Design a costume for a character in your story. Draw, paint, or sketch your lead character in their favorite new costume. I don't think wrent is a word - at least I don't know it! Mr. A.
Mr.a on the secont page of math
nut contry, i did not get what they mean? It said how lon wold it
take to get from peanut to pignoli, but one of the distences is
missing, same with the secont one. what do i do? I even asked my dad
for help he's a math teacher and he did not get it . I also asked my
mom and sister.they did not get it eather. do I estame? What do i
do?????? We went over this today in school. Hopefully, you're fine! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Interesting. So are you going to do it? I almost never have had problems either with Mac or PC operating systems. They're all pretty amazing. You'll have to let me know what you think after you've installed, especially what are the specific benefits, in your opinion! Mr. A.
hi mr.allen can i borrow santagold for the weekend. PS.i am bored!!!!!! Not coplaining just saying. i can't wait for the fashion show. even though i don't like the fate card idea. ps the santagold was from sophia I've already told Caroline, then Molly that they can have it. You're next after that. I wonder if you guys get to see each other at the weekend, usually? Do you 'Trick-or Treat?' together? The Halloween Fashion show should be a laugh - I hope! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N I'm going to check it out once I've published these replies! Mr. A.
wait, mr. allen its Lexie. isnt your picture supposed to be a sketch of your halloween costume? Job 2: Design a costume. (est. 1 hour) Choice 1: Design the ultimate monster costume. Draw, paint, or sketch it. Choice 2: Design a costume for a character in your story. Draw, paint, or sketch your lead character in their favorite new costume. Mr. A.
hey mr.alleeen!! its reynaaa (i.e.
your favorite person in the entier world) Hello Reyna, You always tell me how you got hurt. Well, guess what? Last week I was chasing the kids at recess playing Zombietag, and I hit my head so hard I thought I had hit a home run with my brain casing. And that's not all. Today, on two separate occasions I stabbed myself behind my right thumb nail. It hurt like I had been eviscerated by a blunt wooden serrated spoon. Did anyone care? No! They laughed!! I would never laugh at your pain. Poor thing! Owchie! Mr. A.
Wednesday, October 28th
Hi it's Lena and my ilistration
it dosent exactly relaite to my story. When I read through the
ruberic I found that it had to releate to the story. Should I make a
different picture, or can I keep it as it is? Hi Lena, Can you add something to it to make it relate? Or change it a bit to make it relate? Or add a caption (a small piece of writing explaining how it relates). If you can't do any of those, you have to decide what to do, since the rubric is very clear on the need to make the artwork relate. Fortunately it's still early on Wednesday! Good luck with this! Mr. A.
on the homework math part the third page it says as the crow flies or sparrow whatever. What does that mean. i thought it ment thet you don't follow the road and you just go straight. is that right? also i love the space pictures on the site. sophia That's exactly what it does mean. Do you remember me mentioning this in class? I'm glad you like the pictures. Did you follow the Space for Thought links from the 'What's New?' page? The Hubble site has great pictures! Mr. A.
Tuesday, October 27th
hi Mr.A it is camila was
wondering can your costume have a mask??? Sure, why not? Mr. A.
Hi Mr.Allen it's Sarah. For the homework on making a costume, if you didn't want to sketch it could you make it? Not like sewing and everything. So, say you had a t-shirt or something and you wanted to make that into a costume with other clothing you have. Could you do that? Oh, and the JW books i read are 1. Starring Tracy Beaker 2. The Suitcase Kid 3. The Lottie Project 4. Bad girls! And am currently reading Candyfloss. Oh and you know what is so funny? I got my cats halloween costumes! So, yeah! Bye!! You should sketch or draw it unless you are going to make it by hand, or make a doll costume. If you're going to just put a t-shirt into a bag and hand it in, it's unlikely to get a good grade! Your cat is wearing a Halloween costume? Good Lord, is that legal? Mr. A.
I made my story via the
organizing method you showed us yesterday. It was a bit difficult
and i had to modify down as i went up! but now it's done and i hope
i can make this a bit long (eg: 15pg). Hi 50U13, Glad you tried the method out - it does almost always lead to knotty but interesting problems to solve. We're going to try another one tomorrow. I can also help with your idea, if you want. You're right about the copyright problem, but wrong to feel stupid and embarrassed! See you tomorrow, my incredibly bright, young friend! Mr. A.
Monday, October 26th
don't like walls. they
jump out and whack me. IT'S A CONSPIRACY, MAN!
Hi! Hi Callie, Sorry about your clumsiness problem. Maybe returning the books will help. After all, it has been over one and a half years!! Gosh! Nice to hear from you! I mean, let's face it, you're not the only seventh grader sitting with useless fifth grade books from room 411 cluttering up their homes! Isn't Daria nice to you? Mr. A.
I am the Eli from 6# grade Hi Eli, Sure you can come! Mr. A.
hey can i come to the next half
day thing? Hi Simon, Sure you can come! Mr. A.
Sunday, October 25th
hey mr.a I just play for my
club soccer team AC Arlington. We played stars of massachussets. We
lost 5-4, it made me kind of sad. but on the upside i scored two
goals. my first one went like this: T crossed it and it curved in
the goal. my secont one went like this: they did a bad goal kick
right to me i kick fron about hatf feald and scored. I hade some
doughts about the secont goal it looked it would go over the goal,
but it samk and went in. i hade just tied the game 4-4. the a kid
alex on my team passed the ball in front of the goal and they ponced
on it and scored. they hade great placing and passing. I like how generous you are despite losing. That's very good sports-person-ship! Sorry about the defeat! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Geometry never hurt anybody! Why would you want to sleep during the day, anyway when there are so many things to figure out? Mr. A.
Hi Mike, It's Eli I was wondering the next time I have a half day of school could I come to your class room????????????????????????? Eli Is this sixth grade Eli, or eighth grade Eli? Either way the answer is, 'yes', but I will eventually have to let Denise know who to expect! Mr. A.
hi mr.allen i'm bored. what do you do in your free time??????????? sophia Right now I'm crying, running round my apartment shouting and cheering and punching the walls because LIVERPOOL JUST BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED 2:0! YES! YES! Usually, I play guitar, record music with friends, read, exercise, write poetry and stories/blogs/diaries, surf the Internet, watch sci-fi on television, clean my house, shop. Of course, I still have ten homework projects to grade (including yours) the math assessments to grade and Rising Star to attend! Mr. A.
Hi Mr.Allen it's Sarah. For the math puzzle on the hog-tied question I think the answer is yes. Another thing is I can't believe im wizzing through all these JW {Jacqueline Wilson}books! Well, bye see you on monday yay school! You have to explain your answer for the Hog-Tied puzzle! I'm glad you're enjoying the books. You need to give a list of the books you've already read so I get the right ones from England at Xmas! Yay school! Mr. A.
hey mr.allen, for whole in a
postcard we think that the answer is yes. if that is a life size
photograph than a man can definitely fit through a hole. Your secret identities are safe with me! The postcard is postcard-sized! Mr. A.
Hello it's potatohead and
tomatohead!!! is the answer for handshakes #1 210? Good try - but no cigar, I'm afraid! Mr. A.
hey mr.allen it's potatohead
and tomato head. we think we solved the math puzzle for chicken or
egg? is the answer that two different animals made a egg and it
became a chicken. But where did that egg come from? A chicken, right? Mr. A.
hey its potatohead and tomatohead. potatohead had one goal and one assist. tomatohead did the same thing with one more assist. ROCK ON MEDFORD!! I didn't think they allowed Tomatoes and Potatoes to play for Medford! Mr. A.
Saturday, October 24th
Hi Mr. Allen i know we haven't
spoken in a while but i was walking by the brooks with my friends
and i saw you so i thought it would nice to talk to my favorite
teacher, do you remember the book you read to us about the kid who
has the abusive step dad and Mrs. Moon face and all that. i have to
do a project on my favorite book ever read and so far that's it. By
the why I'm one of the best writer in my english class now thanks to
you. Hi Tommy, Thanks for the kind message. That book was 'You Don't Know Me' by David Klass. I still love it to! I'm glad you still remember it fondly. I'm not at all surprised you're one of the best writers - you were always a great student! I didn't see you - but next time we should chat! See you soon, Mr. A.
Really nice photos at the
river. It looks so peaceful. Good job girls and Mr. A! Thanks Julie - all the good photos were taken by the students! mike
hi mr.a it's cam I think I figure out the ladybug puzzle the girl is lieing because there is no girl ladybug? Good try - I've actually cheated and looked at the answer. Now I'm all smug about it - it's easy when you've seen the answer! Sadly though, your answer isn't there. Sorry! Mr. A.
hi mr.a it's cam last night I had a awards night for sailing. I won four trophys , 2 plakes, 2 place trophy, and the most improved skipper that means most improved sailer out of the whole sailing organization. Also the most improved skipper trophy is from 1959. Isn't that awesome, bye from cam!! Wow! Congratulations! 1959 - the year I was born! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Well done 50U13 - you have it! Other 'monstrous creatures' laid eggs before the chicken even existed! Mr. A.
Friday, October 23rd
H1 M8 4113N, Hi 50U13, But didn't the first chicken come from an egg laid by a chicken that itself came from an egg? So which came first? Mr. A.
Thursday, October 22nd
1 M8 4113N, I can't stand doors personally. Always opened or closed, slamming, or creaking. Grr. I took out your phone number to protect your privacy! Mr. A.
hi mr.allen i just got my halloween costume today.it toke us 3 hours to shop not exaggerating. i'm finishing up my homework but i asked you a question earyer in the week and i needed you to anwser it. any way peace out and see you tomarrow. sophia Hi. I answered your question on Sunday! What are you going to be for Halloween? Mr. A. loves in the dark 19 and i bet they did it to Katniss on purpose ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!-ic Gosh. Curse those math puzzles! I'm going to help tomorrow! No more sneak peeking! :) Mr. A.
is the answer to factorials one
word? it is impossible to make two, if you can only use each letter
once because there is only one vowel. the first time i sent the
answer i think i misunderstood. I'll help with this one tomorrow! Mr. A.
Wednesday, October 21st
More of seventh grade Kathryn's idiosyncratic musings, here for your pleasure...
hi mike
Hi George, Nice to see you today! I think I know what you mean. Which chicken is the chicken you're talking about? mike
actualy (inside joke - mr.allen)
i found the answer on my hat Didn't you find the answer inside your hat? Mr. A.
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!HOW THE STINKIN HECK IN THE WORLD CAN KATNISS EVERDEEN BE CHOSEN FOR THE HUNGER GAMES AGAIN! (sorry, i peeked ahead)-ic I know! Insane, isn't it? Mr. A.
soccer elimination is 54, hndshakes 2 is 6, packing sword is yes, because you can put it in the chest diagonally 50+30=80?, gloves in the dark is 4, and lottery draw is the 100 bag and for treasure island it is eiher the yellow or purple island-ic Good tries! Sadly, you're going to have to take another look at each of them. These puzzles are all fiendish little devils, as I discussed in class today. You can solve them, I know you can! Draw pictures/ write notes to help you as you work. I'll show you what I mean in school! Mr. A.
Tuesday, October 20th mr.allen the anser to hog-tied is yes because they could slip the strings off their hands or one person could scrunch down and go under the string on the side where the other persons string went over his string from his point of view and then the other person could jut go under the string and then if they hadn't already if they could they could take off their strings. Also, the anser to packed sword is yes because the soldier could put it in diagonally and it would still fit-ic (i hope these ansers are right) Hi ic, Both are good tries. The first one - your explanation need to be more exact. In the second case, which diagonal do you mean? Can you prove your answer with math? Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, You are very clever. So is Philip. Together you would make a fantastic and clever team with many shared interests in common! Mr. A Remind me about the grades tomorrow.
nevermind i can't make it to
the next one.
can you ask mr. paci if i can
stop by his class. Mr. Paci doesn't usually do the 'Middle School visit' thing. You need to contact him yourself about that. Sorry you can't make the next visit. Mr. A.
Hi mike, I'm still thinking about it. I'll let you know. mike
ROAR who wrote my name with two "L"s
its one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh. Touchy, eh? It was only an error! Mr. A.
actually my name in binary is
01010000-01101000-01101001-01101100-01101001-01110000-00100000-01001101-01100001-01110010-01110100-01101001-01101110 Oh! Mr. A.
Hi Mr.Allen! It's me and Leora here we are having a playdate at her house because my mom is doing a bookfair and we were even on our own for a bit but now her dad is here. Anyway, her kitchen is being remodeled and it looks really cool. We were on our own because her annoying little brother Andrew is having a piano lesson also so does Leora and sometimes she even has lessons with Caroline because they have the same piano teacher, Charlotte Stone. Anyway, we are going to go practice Witches Broom, Cup And Saucer, Eiffel Tower, Jacob's Ladder, and of course Cat's Cradle after Leora says hi and then we will do Elbot and then the math puzzles! Bye!.-ic hi Mr.Allen Kayla showed me the Perfect World national anthems on the computer. I like them. We are having a good time here. Bye.-Leora Hi Leora and Ic, Excellent! There are some new math puzzles there, you know? I like those cat cradle games. I used to be able to do 'Eiffel Tower', but I've forgotten how! Have fun! See you tomorrow! Mr. A.
Phillip, first of all why would
you want to write your name if it is not easily recognized by humans
unless you are superhuman, of which you do not belong to that group.
Second, Since you are restricting me against using any online
sources, where would you have obtained your knowledge? From some
artificial, made-up stuff? No, alas, you cannot challenge me to that
with such a restriction. -soule Hi Soule, You need to relax a little. I edited out your aggressive comment to Philip (note spelling). You and Phil would really enjoy each other's talents if you tried to be friendly rather than horrible! You're both brilliant people. Why not build something rather than play at savages? I don't understand your message. If you decided to throw my grades in the trash because they 'have no value', then you already have everything you deserve!
Mr. A.
Hi
Mr. Allen, it's Alex and i'm home sick again today. I wont be able
to make it after school today. Sorry to hear that! Feel better! Mr. A.
Monday, October 19th
hi all its me philip or
001-100-000 in binary code.
I'm woundering if what you said
earlyer that i could come wednesday still counts Here's the list for Wednesday: Maddi, Courtney, Mikey, Luci, George, Phil and Luke. Also, Reyna from the seventh grade!
i might come to visit you and
your class on our early release day. I'll put you down for the next early release day if you want - this one is full. Sorry! Mr. A.
hi mr a You need to speak to your group organizer - if they give me the material, I'll post it! Mr. A.
HI MIKE its Eli. I just got the
new MBS book and it is the BEST!! I've got it too! Apparently, it's great! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Hi 51, Afraid not! Here's what you need to do: Slow down. Write down/draw thre problem. Check your answer carefully - non of these problems surrender as easily as the Chicago math work sheet! Good luck! Mr. A. P. S. - there are some new problems up there for you now!
Hey, I guess I won't come if
it's gonna be soo mobbed. sign me up for the next time! Fair enough. I'll see you soon, Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Hi 51, Good try - but it's not 29 matches. It's a sneaky question! Mr. A.
Mr. Allen, you said there was
something specific i needed to improve on my writing but you never
told me what it was, i think the obvios question is... what is it! Hi Abby, I actually said that I would follow up from our conversation today with more analysis of your scores to see if I can highlight areas you can improve in. You can start this analysis yourself, too: Take a look at your completed homework rubrics - there are 5 of them - look for patterns in the data. We can compare notes as I start to get more information. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
And for those Mac and Linux
enthusiasts, fortunately, just go to terminal and do the exact same
thing, phillip.(They are both BSD derived and for once Microsoft
didn't try to be horrifically idiotic.) I dislike how you ignore
BSD, but anyhow. Hi 50U13, A: Tomorrow. B: It's supposed to be whatever you want to explore: First person? Why not? Third person? If you want. The balance should only roughly be '50:50'. '60:40' is fine. You will start to experience side effects at about '70:30', as we discussed in class : - too much description - boring for the reader, too much dialogue - the empty white room syndrome! Mr. A.
I just leared thet people are
trying o make a nanombot in microcopic amounts in gold that trace
down certian cancers. Onece the nanobot finds the canser in goes
inside. Then doctors will shoot the pacient with radio waves braking
apart the gold to ,revial a medican that kills the cancer, that was
hidden inside the gold. Thus the result of this would mean the we
were a sniper killing the cancer than exploding an atomc bomb and
hopeing that we kill it. All that seemed to be the same idea in Ark
Angel but instead of s\antidote there is sianide and in stead of
killing caner as their goal, it's to kill world peace. This is
another starange way that something that could be the greatest thing
in the world can also destroy the world. Hi Philip, I've read a lot about that nanotechnology stuff, too. Here's a link to all kinds of science news about Nanotechnology- although you may have read about it here yourself already. Enjoy! See you tomorrow. Mr. A.
aahhhhhhhhhhh i wrote this huge
long message and it didnt go through to you ! tear ! hehe buut its
reynaa and today was maybe the coldest day eveerrrrrr. i hadda game
down in lanecaster with my club team . we won (: lol and i gott a
goaalllll . but i wsa fairly sure my toes were gonna fall off.. but
we are undefeated! Hi Reyna, Nice to hear from you! I didn't see you at the field - although I did get to talk to Brennan and Hailey. Friday dance was boring? Really? Message to picture lady: Reyna's hair never looks bad. Gosh, how can she not know this basic rule of reality? Did you get on the field at the Rev's game with the others? Nice British soccer conditions this weekend. Gotta love that cold weather, eh? You can come on Wednesday if you like - but there will be a lot of sixth graders there and only you and Kathryn from the seventh. Bye! mike
Sunday, October 18th
It seems that i am the only
person that is unable to interpret this exotic concoction of
unstable navigation. :( I think of it more as a vast and unseemly labyrinth, an informational coral reef. What's New page. Right column. Slide down. Seek and you will find, my young friend...or follow this link :) Mr. A. P. S. A whole host of new puzzles coming soon....
about the homework when we do
job one do we do it like what if my cat started talking i would do
ect or one morning i woke up to the sound of my cat talking. also we
lost our soccer game 10 billon to 0. but in my defense we had almost
players and the other team had like 8 subs and it was 40 degrees and
we were oin shorts. and they were all like 12 or 11 all our players
are 10 exept for 4 which are 11. lame. they should so give s winter
uniforms and spring uniforms. see you on monday sophia. You can do the story any way that appeals to you. Sorry about the game. I feel your pain - Liverpool lost, as well. Caroline is probably returning tomorrow, all being well! See ya, Mr. A.
mr.a i finished the hunger games! help it's snowing again!-ic Weird weather. Did you like the Hunger Games? I'm about 100 pages away from finishing Catching Fire. I've just finished grading, so I can get back to it! Mr. A.
Hey there. for Job 1... it says
to choose from one of the situations above... but Aidan say it does
not have to be... is this correct? This is correct - if Aidan has a better 'What If?' idea, he can pursue it. Cheers, mike
mr.a i hav another anser to hole in a postcard the man could be painted or whatever on the postcard ha!-ic But a painting of a man can't 'step through' the postcard, can it? Molly solved this one. Did she show you? Mr. A.
hi mr.A for the homework do you
just bring in the edited or both. It can be good for your assistant (me) to see the edits you found - both is good, although the grading is based on the edited version. Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen it's Sarah just wanted to know when you are going to put the Hats! On the website. Thanks! When we finish it, if you want! Mr. A.
Mr. allen, it's sunday. what a rainy day. i had a soccer game. i was so freezing. we won 9-3. forget about the score. it was freezing and another bad thing is that someone elbowed me in the mouth. i almost lost one of my adult teeth. my whole mouth was bleeding and it hurts as i'm speaking. 0w3n. see you tommorow. Sorry about that. Sounds painful, maybe expensive - adult teeth cost between $1,000 and $4,000 dollars each to fix! Yikes! Nice work in yesterday's game. Mr. A.
Hi Mike, You're a basketball fan, eh? See you Wednesday! Mr. A.
Kathryn's seventh grade idiosyncratic musings, returns here for your pleasure...
Mr.
A. Maddi Actually, someone asked at the end of the first day of school, but I don't remember who it was. Anyway, see you on Wednesday - or Tuesday for the music thing. Did you get the CD? Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Hi, Thanks for the message. I use Front Page for both of my websites. I used to program in various early computer languages - COBOL, RPG 2 and 3, BASIC. I am familiar with the pleasure and pain of the process. I'll bring you in one of my early programming exercises, if you like - it's funny to see it now! See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hi Mike! There are already about seven sixth graders coming - you can come along if you like - but there won't be a heck of a lot of space or time! Mr. A.
Saturday, October 17th
Mr. Allen, dear mr.a it's cam are you coming to our game today at 12?
just to let you know my game is
not canceled today. 11:30 at playstead park hope you can come. but
it's okay if you can't. Hi Guys, I'm setting off after the Liverpool game. I expect to get there about 12:15pm, or so! Mr. A.
oh my gosch on the favirate's npage the photos you posted up was the sloth you were talking about in class on it? Yep! (Please include your name in your posts, or they end up deleted!) Mr. A.
dear mr.a I have GUESS THAT WHAT the stranger is going to offer us . . . he will offer us to go to his village ? Really? (Please include your name in your posts, or they end up deleted!) Mr. A.
81 M8 4113N, I wonder why everyone has to be so proud of their own techniques? I'm pleased for you that you enjoy your methods. Why do you then feel the need to attack other people's methods? It would be so easy to argue that what is truly 'demented' is to have to continually re-write trivial code instructions from scratch. But I wouldn't do that. You feel free to do what you want. I'll feel free to do what I want. Respect to us all! I like the front page (:)) of your site - but it doesn't seem to lead anywhere. (You might notice that I registered weeks ago!) Have a great weekend, Mr. A.
Friday, October 16th
i can't belive that it was
SNOWING it made me soooooooooooooooooooo mad! because it didn't last
so i could play with it and it's OCTOBER! Me neither! Mr. A.
OMG Tell me all about it. I'm getting ready for my bike ride even now! Mr. A.
Mr. Allen, Good edit choice. I changed it already! Mr. A.
hi mike! it's Ee-un. I haven't
communicated with you for a long time. I was wondering if i could
come on the half day to visit your class. if I cant can i come the
next half day? Hi Ee-un!! The first visit is full (over-full, actually!). I'll put you down for the next one, if that's OK. mike
Thursday, October 15th
mr. allen we lost our game 3-2.
we were winning 2-0 and they scored three goals. we also scored
another goal but the ref called it offsides because he wasn't great,
in my opinion, but as you say the ref is in command and you have to
do what the ref says Sounds like a great game. Cyprus were 2:0 up with ten minutes left when Italy scored 3 goals to win the game - sounds just like your game! Mr. A.
OMT! i can't
wait...............the AMS holloween dance is tomorrow (a.k.a.
firday) it's the first dance of the school year and I'm going. it
will be so much fun. Hi Christelle, Have fun at the dance tonight! The first visit is full - I'll put you down for the next early release if you want. I'll tell Mr. Paci you said hello! Mr. A.
hi mr.allen i miss class so
much right now (even math) i might be able to get out of the
hospital today if i'm lucky say hi to everybody for me. See you soon Hi Caroline! We all miss you, to! Glad you're seemingly feeling better. See you soon, hopefully, Mr. A. (and the Class)
hello mr. allen it's owen. my game is at 11:30 on sat. the game is at playstead. it might be canceld because it's raining, but i'll tell you that if it is. so remember to check your e-mails on sat. morning Thanks Owen. I always check my emails, so let me know what's up! Mr. A.
Just listened to Escape Pod 215
- Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four Hour Bookstore So little time, so many things to do! Still ahven't checked one of these out - tonight's the night! mike
Wednesday, October 14th
hey mr.allen i just finished my
homework Brilliant! Thursday is now free from homework. Nice job! Mr. A.
I don't get the last job in job 3 explain it to me please cam At school tomorrow, if you remind me! Mr. A.
Helio sir allen, Hi 60U13, All sounds fine from here. The questions you should ask are: 'Have I completed all required jobs?' - pretty easy to figure out, and, 'Did I manage to produce a high quality project in the suggested total time?' - a more tricky question to answer. That's all she wrote! Well, in fact, it's all he wrote, except, 'See you tomorrow' and his moniker. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
HI I had a question about the
home work. How big do you want the peice of paper for the poster to
be? Smaller than a soccer field, but larger than a postage stamp. :) It's up to you! Mr. A.
i got good grades on my
progaress report card. im so happy for myself. Well done on the grades. I took out the scores to protect your privacy! I like your logo! Mr. A.
Tuesday, October 13th
for the trailer do you write
the things on paper or do you act it out Write it. Make it like a short play. Mr. A.
hey mr.alllen it's owen, the partial product method that you tought us today i already knew it. so i finished three math boxes. and also why is it that if euro's took over Africa why does it make them smarter? Hi Owen, Well done on the math boxes. As for the Euro's - many people feel that the reason some countries are rich and others are poor is because the poor people are not as smart as the rich. Since the World's poor are concentrated in Africa, what these people are really saying is that African's are not as smart as Europeans. I am going to present an argument originally thought out by a scientist named Jared Diamond. Through a series of exercises, I think we can find the real reasons why some countries are rich and other countries are poor - and the real reasons have nothing at all to do with Europeans being smarter than Africans. Interested to find out more? Good. Come to school. Our intellectual journey of discovery begins! Mr. A.
Hi Mike, Hi Lori, Thanks. I've never heard that song! I'll check it out though. Cheers, mike
Monday, October 12th
Mr. Allen, Ms. Kurtz-Rossi, Gosh! I'm not sure I know which song you mean. Sorry! mike
mr allen i am in the monday
group should i bring my reading journal in on tuesday because you
did not see it on monday. Sure! Mr. A.
Mr. Allen, No pressure. Show up when you can - everything is fine! Mr. A.
Hey Mr. Allen! Its Lexie and I
have a question on the homework. for this job: Hi Lexie, They're three separate jobs! I'll go over it with you tomorrow if you remember to ask! See you at school, Mr. A.
mr.allen on the homework when your making a poster does it have to be about the show you created? our can you make up a movie and use that for the poster? also on saturday we had a soccer game and we lost 1-0. they scored in the first ten seconds of the game. it really stunk. but they did get called off sides a lot so we got some good free kicks. and they didn't know what a conner kick was ha ha ha. from sophia mr.allen i just got to kitties. they are both boys one is J.D they other is cosmo. we got them from the northeast animal shelter. i want to name cosmo socks because he's all black exept for his feet which are white. i want to name J.D buttons because he has black and white fur which looks like buttons. they are so cute and friendly. from sophia again Hi Sophia, Sounds like you're having a great weekend, overall! For the homework, the poster should be for your TV show. Sorry about the soccer - I heard that you lost from Camila. Oh well! I don't know what a conner kick is either. Hopefully, you won't laugh at me! Fantastic fun coming your way with the new kitties! Congratulations! See you tomorrow, Mr. A. Sunday, October 11th
hi mr allen that was grandma talking.
My mom told her about you. Hi Camila, Yes, I saw that. Nice of her to write, eh? See you on Tuesday! Mr. A.
Dear Mr. Allen, Dear Pat, Thanks for your kind message. We're just getting started, but I'm very excited to be part of this exceptional group! I'm going to check out your site. I hope you won't mind me using some of your ideas! Thanks again, mike
Saturday, October 10th
hi mr.a it is camila we lost our soccer game 1-0. because in the
first 50 sec of the game they got a goal. Sorry about that. Never mind - it's only a game! England lost 1:0 today, too! See you on Tuesday, Mr. A.
hi mr.a it is camila today I have a 10:30 soccer game i am so
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Camila, Go get 'em girl!! Mr. A.
Friday, October 9th Hi Mr. Allen just wanted to say hi I'm really exited because my birthday is on tuesday!!!!! And i have a good suggestion for a song called Island in the Sun!!!! thanks bye - Sarah Hi Sarah, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. What are you doing for your birthday? Mr. A.
mr.allen, when ryan sent you the message about hole in a postcard, wouldn't it be yes because it could be a man on the postcard-ic aslo mr.allen it depends on the size of the postcard-ic Hi ic, It's a strange puzzle - and there is a trick to it. I'd love to see someone actually do what the solution is - oops - have I given away a clue about the puzzle? Mr. A.
Thursday, October 8th
Hi Mr. A, Not exactly! Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen, I'm glad you're seeing the bright side! Use 2 feet and 100 per minute for the first question! Mr. A.
oops,sorry, i might have sent
you the same thing from befoe again. You did. It's OK. Mr. A.
Hi mike Next Tuesday - same time, same place. You'll be the only older student present at this time! Cheers, mike
on the reading homework job three i don't have any qustions about my readimg what should i do? sophia Don't sweat it. It'll be fine! Mr. A.
hey mr allen, one quick thing.
on the homework what does writing why and how do you intend to
pursue them mean? Do you have any books lined up. If not, then websites? Experts to talk to? Don't sweat it. It'll be fine! Mr. A.
six people is the answer to
handshakes 1, and for factorials the words are own now won on ow no. Gosh! Can I get back to you on these? Later: You solved the handshake problem. For the second puzzle - you didn't use each letter once! Mr. A.
(CAMERON DONT FORGET POINT
BLANK! :) ) Give it your best shot in the time allowed. I don't want to give you paragraph limits - I think this is too restrictive. Set your own limits, see how the grading goes. Don't sweat it. It'll be fine! Mr. A.
hey mr allen, is the answer to
ahmes's puzzle 343? Gosh! Can I get back to you on these? Later: Good try, but no cigar, I'm afraid! Take another look! Mr. A.
can i come on the half day?? Yes! That's the complete group for the first early release: You, Courtney, Mikey, Luci, George, Phil and Luke. See you on Tuesday, if not before! mike
hey mike! Courtney Yes! mike
Wednesday, October 7th mr.a I don't know what to do about this play should I do it or should I not? From, cam Sleep on it! Take your time as much as possible.Make a list of what's good and bad about doing the play. Sleep on it. Next day: look at the list, talk with friends, parents. If you still can't decide, chuck a coin: Heads or tails? Mr. A.
mr.allen i did job one and could not find my packet and did it wrong and summerized the whole book 3 and a half pages. WHAT DO I DO!!!! :( Speak to the boss - your parents! (Remember: don't send anonymous messages : I almost always delete the messages automatically that have no name included!) Mr. A.
What is the class median step
length again? 2ft. Mr. A.
Hi Mr. A. Email. Print at school. Whichever you prefer is fine. Mr. A.
H1 Mr A, Hi -5OU13 Sure, that's fine. Gosh! How slow can those kids be! Mr. A.
mr.a after school me and my mom whee talking and I could get a dog for my birthday I think I might get a golden retrever or pug Some anonymous person is very lucky, eh? Mr. A.
hi mr.allen it's cam I got the part in the play!! It's not a very big part but I beat tons of kids and now I have a singing part in the play!!! bye, from CAM!!!!!!!! Congratulations! Mr. A.
Tuesday, October 6th Hey mr.a it's wil today sucked after school I fell of my scooter and almost busted my knee i'm feal like screaming in AGENEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better! See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
i got it! mysterious benedict society #3! woohoo! i got i 4 u too-ic Fantastic! See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
hey mr allen its molly. Awesomeness 2.0! :) See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen. I got SO bored
doing my homework, so I thought that I should write and ask you a
homework question. For fiction, my book didn`t explain what the
places look like, only the people, (and the horses, of course!) So,
can I imagine what the places look like and describe that? Sorry to
write so late, by the way, I just got home from hebru school.
(TOTALLY not my idea, by the way.) The last thing is, I`m SO excited
for Monday october 12, and not because there`s no school. Well,
that, and because the next book in the 'Diary of A Wimpy Kid' series
I`ve been reading comes out that day. If you want, I can ask my mom
to buy another copy for the class.
P.s. The answer to your question is that I bet you the book does describe the scene - and I'll prove it if you bring your book in. Give it your best shot, in the meantime. Gosh. You're excited not to have school. I don't understand? This does not compute... See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hey mr. Allen! Hi Lexie, It means to summarize the idea from the book. Explaining your choice is almost always a paragraph! Hope this helps. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hi Mike, You're very kind. See you (and Baxter) tomorrow! Cheers, mike
Hi Mr.Allen it's Sarah I have a question on the math homework. At the first question on study link 2.1 what do you want us to use for the class median for step length and steps in a minute. Can't wait for tomorrow yay!! Use two feet for the length, and 100 steps in a minute - for ease in calculation. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Monday, October 5th
Hi Mike and 5th grade parents- Thanks! mike
Hi M8 A, Hi 5OU13, Score: 4 Perfect World - rough draft posted! TTFN, Mr. A.
IT'S NOW 7:00!!!! WHEN WILL YOU
GRADE ME!!!!! YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO IT TODAY!!!!!! Posted! Mr. A.
hi mike, its luke i was just
wondering if you were doing the old students come in on half days
thing. if you are, i would definetly be interested! Sure thing! That's an almost full house for the first visit. These are the students visiting: You, Mikey, Luci, George, Phil. Mr. A.
I have been waiting for the
perfect world scores all day! It is now 6:30! Where are they?!?!?!?! Posted! Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen! i dont get the
job three on the non-fiction homework. and for job four can you make
a sculpture of an eve or a nose or bacteria or does the sculpture
have to do with everything? I'll go over job 3 with you tomorrow, if you remind me! I forgot to go over the whole non-fiction choices with you. Sorry! You can make a sculpture of whatever you feel inspired by! Mr. A.
hi mr.a i have some homework questions 1st can u do more than 1 book 'cuz im reading some books i borrowed from the medford public library they are the series of unfortunate events and im like reading them sort of quickliish also im planning on doing the slippery slope at least and its like IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERIES almost so i mean, how can i do some of the jobs like how the character changes also i want to draw either ones of the kids like violet or sunny or klaus or one of count olaf's villainious sidekicks or count olaf himself and i mean draw a whOLE PERSON HELLo i am totally pretty much HOPELESS at drawing that kind of thing in fact i bet ill probably if not definitely restart and start over HELP (can u capitalize EXCLAMATION POINTS (or question marks?) ???) !!!! oh hey can i do like just part of them like their head or something like that? HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-ic P.S. if u look at the 2 letters they make 1, k look 4 yourself also are u gonna post that interesting stuff or not-ic Hi Kayla, Here are the answers in the order you asked the questions: Yes Character changes occur in each book. If you need to look across a few books for the change, that's OK. Yes you can do just a head, if you want. Heck, you can do just an eye if that inspires you as an artist! It's posted. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen and 5th Grade Parents, Hi Linda, Thank you! mike
Hi Mr. Allen, Let's talk at school. I'm sure it will be fine! Mr. A.
Sunday, October 4th
you know what website you should go on....... worldometers.info. it
so cool it even shows you the population of the whole world. and how
many babies were born toda. it also shows you how many people died
today. and even how many internet users their are right now
(including me). the website is just awsome check it out sometime.
you might even some day do an activity on it with your class. Hi Christelle, Thanks for the web site - I'll definitely check it out. Sorry the kids were bugging you - better that than being ignored though, eh? You do look very different with your new hairstyle - I think it looks great! See you soon, Mr. A.
Hi, Mr.Allen! Hi Scott, We didn't do that - so just choose a number that is realistic and easy to work with. If you want, skip that problem and I'll help you on Monday, if you remind me! Mr. A.
H3110, Isn't it amazing? - Philip and Julia's 'interesting fact' seems to be true. I'm glad you're liking the book. I just bought $200 worth of new books for you guys. I may have lost my mind!! See you on Monday Mr. A.
for the project for last week i
was wondering if you have to make the poster based on what you wrote
about or it can be anything. It should be about the writing you did. Call it 'A week in America'. See you on Monday! Mr. A.
Friday, October 2nd mr.a when u gonna put up our perfect world stuff on our website if your gonna at all nd the mysterious benedict society:the prisoners dilemma comes out in 5 DAYS IM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO exited ill probably be writing to u again tomorow, with proably LEORA we are hving a playdate yay bye i really gotta go-ic Monday. I've already made the pages - I just need to bring the camera home (after taking a few more pictures of the displays), mix down the music, collect all the writing and dump it all onto the pages. I'd say by 7:00pm on Monday you'll be able to see everything (including the grades!). Have a lovely, rainy play date! Mr. A.
mr.a u no that message that was signed-ic P.S.think about how i could have known about it if u didnt post it on the replies to messages-kayla Why, thank you for your helpful hint. I think my policy on Anonymous messages is pretty clear! :) If you would like to resend it, I now know who ic is! Mr. A. uh mr.a im thinking i might want a blog. How?-ic Send me some writing, an idea about color scheme: for the page, for the boxes. I'll build you a basic page, then we can edit it until you are happy with it. Once it's up, I'll publish anything you want me to publish! I'll explain more on Monday - remind me though! Mr. A.
Thursday, October 1st owowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow!!!dang flu shot!@#$%^&*() So WHAT if it keeps me healthy, it HURTS!!! -!@#$%^&*()-kayla :( :P :( Sorry!!!! Mr. A.
Hi mr. Allen it's sarah I was just wondering if we had to perform in front of the class for the music homework. See you tomorrow yay!!!!!!! I love your class !!!!!!! No you don't. I'm glad you like the class. So do I! Mr. A.
i need interesting stories help! Use the link on the 'What's new' page to Student Friendly News Sites. There were some massive stories in the news today - not exactly aimed at kids, but 'news worthy' for most adults: Fossil Ardi reveals the first steps of the human raceSumatra counts earthquake toll as rescue efforts intensifyI hope these help! Mr. A.
Hi mike Come to the school next Tuesday, after school. We're going to meet to talk about what we can do! Meet at the usual dismissal spot about 2:45ish! See you soon, Mr. A.
hi mr.allen this is less urgent i have a suggestion for songs free falling by tom petty and the heart breakers and green day when september ends. i don't know if those songs are easy to play but aidan played free falling for the talent show in third grade so it can't be that hard. if you don't know these songs look them up on youtube. from sophia Great suggestions - more white male rockers - but great tunes, no doubt! See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hey Mr A. Come to the school next Tuesday, after school. We're going to meet to talk about what we can do! Meet at the usual dismissal spot about 2:45ish! Glad Middle School is treating you well! See you soon, Mr. A.
Nah It's cool! Mr. A.
Wednesday, September 30th
hi mr.allen i found the alex rider
book for 1.99! http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=8397694&matches=214&wquery=alex+rider&cm_sp=works*listing*title Nice job! You will have the book on Monday! Great job at the State House, too - soory we didn't have much time to lok at the photos - bring them back in tomorrow, if you like. I'll also be doing your Blog page at the weekend, if not before! See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Hi Mr. A. No - just the lyrics - but if you decided to write the chords - hey, what the heck, that's what musicians and artists do with their spare time! You want to play the thing for us? Mr. A.
hey mr. allen, i was just
wondering if the article you write/collage can be from a magazine,
and if the article you wrote about can be the same one as the song. I think you've figured this out already - but to be sure, the answer to both questions is, 'yes'. Mr. A.
Its wil again my mom whants to know what time corriculume night will be at? I saw your mom after school! Mr. A.
Hey Mr.allen today i got my new
soccer cleats ther grey and yellow frenando torres cleats! Congratulations on the Torres cleats. A wise choice, in my opinion! I'll check out that video. See you tomorrow, Mr. A.
Tuesday, September 29th
hi mr. a I had a great time at the state house, i won an
Hi Craig,
Let's talk about the blog at school.
i'm
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo booooooord Really? I'm depressed - Liverpool lost! At least I'm listening to a great CD! Mr. A.
its
skippy please tell my I can only see nine. I want to check the answer book - only I can't find it at my house. Therefore, it must be at school, hence tomorrow, to be sure! Mr. A.
could you send a email to mom cause i'm
not sure she knows about pw Look at the Teacher Planning page - all the details of the project are there. Soon it will be on the website, too! Mr. A.
Justyn: I'll tell you whether you're right or not tomorrow. Mr. A. Steve: Thanks for the Sci-fi podcast links - I'll check them out - Thanks! mike
mr.a, i cant open the tunza page-kayla Really? The link from the Teachers Planning page works fine from here! We'll be going there from school o Thursday! Mr. A.
Monday, September 28th
Hey Mr. Allen, Hi Owen, You're only writing about one news story. For that story you write the summary and explanation. Incredible shot! Was it real? Mr. A.
My
mom came up with an answer but that does not really count, or does
it... I love your honesty. What answer did she get? Do you agree with her reasoning? Is she right? Mr. A.
Oh, I forgot, I also want to come to the classroom on October
21st. Hi M, I'm going to do what I did last year and limit the number of visitors for each early release day to six. So far there's you, George, and Phil! See you then, Mr. A.
Hello :-), I got fantastic MCAS scores. Thank you for helping me
achieve this! Fishies! ~><>~><>~><>~ Hey M, Congratulations on the MCAS results - I'm not going to publish the actual scores you sent to protect your privacy! See you soon! Mr. A.
Guess what u know how last year before the MCAS u told us to tell
our parents to get us something if we got good MCAS scores......well
im getting a D.S.I. if u dont know what that is it's a D.S. with a
camera on it. and im getting it this week. Congratulations on your MCAS and DSI! I'm not going to publish the actual scores you sent to protect your privacy! See you soon. :) Mr. A.
!!!!!Mr.
ALlen Tell me what i got on the soccer math problAm!! It was a good try - but no cigar, I'm afraid. It's trickier than it looks! Mr. A.
hi it's kayla just wanted to tell u Yom Kippur went as well as it can go , right now my mom is staying at synogoge(sorry i just NO i spelled that wrong)also i was looking at the i think teacher plans and i am now just about if not dying with cuiriosity about Mortal Engines speshely about Thaddus Valentine and am now thinking about what his secret(s?)could be bye by the way did u read any more? Hi Kayla, I'm glad Yom Kippur went well. We didn't read any of Mortal Engines today - I can't read the next part with so many students away! I'm not that cruel! See you tomorrow! Mr. A. P. S. Wait till you see how much work we got done on the Perfect World - the displays are starting to look pretty neat!
Sunday, September 27th hi mr.allen it's cam I'm doing a rehearsal for a play tomorrow
called the cival war chisrtmas. I have to sing a song, I'm going to
sing hark the herald, but will you help me tommorow. thanks bye from
cam I'll try! Mr. A.
I know its still early but could i please come on Oct 21 please
please please please Hey George, Congratulations on the MCAS results - I'm not going to publish the actual scores you sent to protect your privacy! I'm going to do what I did last year and limit the number of visitors for each early release day to six. So far there's you and Phil! See you then, Mr. A.
hey mr.a Its wil my club team ACA (AC Arlington) beat Cuncey FC
6-0. my team is sick. Hi Wil, Well done. I must get to see you guys play soon before the season ends! New clats, eh? Sounds dangerous! :) See you tomorrow! Mr. A. Hi mr. allen, I'm not sure which format you're referring to. By the way, I received your last message, but I'm not going to publish it here - you shared your MCAS scores with me, but I'm not sure you should share them with the World, as excellent as they are! I'll talk to you about it on Monday. Hope you're having a relaxing weekend! Mr. A.
did u give out homework yet? just wanted 2 no!!!!!!! Yes I did! How's your homework load in sixth grade so far? Mr. A.
hey mr allen ! Well done to you and Hailey! Congratulations to you and your team! Nice to hear from you. Mr. A.
Saturday, September 26th Hi Mr. Allen I just wanted to tell you i'm getting a great start on my homework!!!Hope you have a nice weekend.See you Monday!-sarah That's good news! :) I hope you have a lovely weekend, too. See you on Monday! Mr. A.
hi mr.allen i just got the hang of writeing to you. well bye! Except for including your name, oh anonymous person! Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen!!!!! Hi Erin, Glad to hear seventh grade is off to a good start. My current class are all fabulous angels, of course, especially Caroline. You're lucky and privileged to have her on your team, don't you think? :) Are you still playing guitar? Mr. A.
Thursday, September 24th hi its mike siciliano i quit soccer lolss xD That's a shame - you were such an excellent player! Oh well! Mr. A.
hi mr. allen, Hello coolest dude ever, Nice to hear from you, Mr. A.
hello Mr. A I just wanted to say hi because im here reading an
artical on the computer and now im done and bored Hi Lena! Mr. A.
H1 M8 4113N, Yes you can! Mr. A.
i just got a haircut. i look way different now. middle school is
still so much fun.TTYL. Glad to hear that. :) Mr. A.
Sunday, September 20th Hi Mr.A One or two. One, if you want to write about one of the other choices. For example: One funny story, plus best book ever. Two, if you want to take both stories from this choice. For example: One funny story, one amazing family fact story. Hope this helps. Mr. A.
Sunday, September 20th Hi Mr.Allen! it's Sarah just wanted to say hi and about how many
entries or paragraphs should we write About one and a half hours writing and thirty minutes checking. Also, check the rubric to see if you think it's going to be a three or a four. Hope this helps! See you tomorrow. Mr. A.
mr.allen Rosh Hashanah went well exept i got a blister-Kayla (i would have written more but i accidentally hit reset and i didnt feel like rewriting it plus i probably couldn't remember it all anyway you'll get the full report on monday that's tomorrow yay! I'm glad that everything went well, notwithstanding the blister! See you tomorrow! Mr. A.
Im still waaaaaiiitttiiinnnnnggggggg. Is that a song? Mr. A.
You know that book you said was awesome, the face on the milk
carton. well they made a movie. Another one bites the dust! (Ryan: that's definitely a song!) Mr. A.
Saturday, September 19th
Well done! Wow - the brothers made or scored both goals! Neat! Mr. A.
Hi Mr A,
YAY! 73 minutes into the match! Torres fires a header into the net!
2-3 liverpool winning. (the ball was in west hams half most of the
match anyhow) Hi 50U13 Why would I download the game using my 'awesome' connection? I have it on TV! By the way, my 'awesome' connection is currently rubbish and is driving me crazy with hatred for Comcast. Does that make you feel happy now? :) Frustrating performance by Liverpool today, I thought - but at least we won in the end, thanks to Torres. Usually reliable players had an off day, especially Carragher, Gerrard, Lucas, Kuyt. What did you think? I just saw a tremendous game between Manchester Utd. and Manchester City! 4:3 with two goals, including the winner, in the last five minutes! Brilliant game! Mr. A.
THE MEANING OF LIFE I wonder if other classmates will respond to this? I wonder if we should start a new page titled 'The Meaning of Life'? I wonder who will be the first to quote Douglas Adams: The Meaning of Life is 42'. Wait. Gosh. I guess it was me! Curses! Mr. A.
Friday, September 18th
mr.allen, what sort of folder does it have to be for the homework
stuff. also does the arrow symbol in the practice in the math
homework mean equals i no it probably does but i wanted 2 check.
about the homework folder thing again i have 2 pocket files and an
expanding file organizer 7-pocket does either of those work or if
not do i need 1 or 2 files or will i need something else -kayla
:):PO:8);) Hi Kayla, Any old folder will do, to be honest - it's just to protect your work from the vagaries of fate: my bicycle bag! The symbol is asking you to solve the problem using remainders rather than decimal solutions. For example, 39/4 results in 9R3 rather than 9.75. Have a great weekend - and a Happy New Year to you and your family! (I must say, I also am already looking forward to Monday! Some people might think that's rather odd, so we better not tell anyone! :)), Mr. A.
Thursday, September 17th Hi Mr.Allen. when are we going to do some more writing in perfect world? Also, i've finished my homework at, like, around 4:00. atcully it wasnt really hard at least i no that i can probably do this again that is nice to no.cant wait till u read my writing 4 perfect world I think its awesome ts about the history of wabuzzle. kayla :p :) ;) O:8) Hi Kayla, Well done on the homework. I read your story and wrote to you about what I thought in your journal - I thought it was a fantastic piece of writing! See you tomorrow!
Mr. A.
Salut, Good thinking. Sorry about the headache! Mr. A.
Wednesday, September 16th
H1, I'll check into it - thanks! I'm going to take a look at Managerzone, too! Enjoy your food and drink - I just did!! Mr. A. Meebo seems like a good tool - I just need to make sure only members can post - I need to keep editorial control over what is posted to this site for my own security and for your reading pleasure! We can talk about this more tomorrow. Thanks again for the great idea!
Hi Mr.Allen I just learned a new
piece on the piano, and I was wondering if I could play it for the
music part of the homework? I'd love you to play the piece for us, homework or not! As to the homework, can you make it fit the homework description? If so, then yes! If not, then I'll help you make it fit! :) Mr. A.
H1, Hi 5OU13, Q1: You can do whatever you like at home, including the Project! Q2: Your explanation demonstrates your effort. Now give it a 'good go' on Friday and try to relax! :) We need to start a conversation about what grades mean and what they're for: For example, is time spent on some sort of creative problem-solving ever just 'time down the drain' no matter what it may get as a grade? Is learning about grades, or about critical thinking, or both? What is the mix? Mr. A. P. S. - I'm really hungry. I've still got to wait one more hour. Curses!
hi mr.a it's cam when I ask about the music I ment how long should the piece of music be. bye from cam. Hi Cam. I know that's what you meant. My answer was intended to give you the idea: Work on the music for thirty minutes - see what you get. Overall, you're more likely to score higher scores on the rubric for 10 seconds carefully composed and rehearsed than for two minutes made up on the spot. Hopefully, this helps a little! Mr. A.
Tuesday, September 15th
HOLA de soule.... Hi Soule, For Part 1, you may need to get some ideas from friends who you think find this sort of thing easy - for example, Kayla definitely will have some ideas. Not keen on the omelette idea - I have been joining you on the fast since last Friday - it will only add to my hunger! Part 2: the link is broken! Sorry - but I saw the page at school the other day. I*'ll have another dig around shortly. Mr. A.
hi mr.a I have a question about the homework. how long does the song have to be? bye from cam About 30 minutes to prepare. Take a look at the rubric for the grading parameters. Have fun! Mr. A.
hi Mike, Good luck with the homework! Mr. A.
Saturday, September 12th what a game 3 1 great goal by giggs huh. don't forget the bictcle by defoe. Also my medford team won 8 0 I dind't score but I made alot of assists go medford and man utd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye from cam Well played Man Utd. Well played Cam! Mr. A.
heeelloooo mr.alleennn !!! ok so the good news is that im NOTT gonna
fail out of math ! hehe i dont think i ever waaas going toooo (: Hi Rey Rey, Glad you have such good news. I have good news too - Liverpool were magnificent today! Also, my new class look like they're going to be brill. Last, but not least, I finally ordered a new bed for myself - no more bad backs and sleepless nights. How fantabulously wicky is all of that? And I love the rain! Bye, Mr. A
hey Mr. A, I played in lowell, and we won 4-1. I scored 2 goals, and
had 1 assist. see you on Monday. Well done! See you on Monday! Mr. A.
my soccer game in melrose is going to be so fun because it's raining perfect soccer weather for a english man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye from cam Excellent. I see your father is teaching you well! :) Mr. A.
yeah liverpool up 2 0 at halftime go liverpoolllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye from cam And you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone! 4:0 - should have been 8!! Getting ready to watch Man Utd vs. Tottenham. Mr. A.
hi I woke up early and wanted to ask u what's that u like the best of coldpay and the beatels Well, Anonymous Person, I like a lot of songs by each band. Top 3: Coldplay: 'The Scientist', 'Viva La Vida', 'Fix you'. Beatles: 'Penny Lane', 'Strawberry Fields', 'Day in the Life'. Mr. A. sorry mr.a it was me Lena I forgot to put my name. :p Oh! Hakuna matata! Hi Lena! Mr. A.
Friday, September 11th
I hope my soccer game in lowell tomorrow DOES NOT get rained out. I don't know, dude. The weather forecast doesn't look promising! Good luck! Mr. A.
Hi Mr.Allen. i just felt like soooo boredish so im writing to u by the way i tried out elbot and it is CRAAAAZY such weird replies also since im JUST writing to u and i couldnt really think of any thing else really so like what other field trips will we be taking do you no? and also what is the sagus iron works like do u no hav u been there bfore anyway, possobily c u at the ice cream soical ill b there guess who??? (please guess before u look PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE) P.S.when wil u do more great songs and stuff like that???Like i said guess its...........................KAYLA!!!!!!!!!(did u expect me???)see ya possobliy soon and if not later like on MONDAY probably neway gotta go, Kayla P.P.S.(cya) Hi Kayla, Elbot is definitely weird, no question. As for field trips, we have quite a few: Sturbridge village, Boston walking tour, the Science museum, and a Theatrical production, usually at ART. Saugus was excellent last year. It was my first time, and I found it refreshing, interesting, quite beautiful, extremely well organized, and informative. By now you will realize that I'm not going to make it to Ice Cream Night, so I guess it will be Monday when I see you. I hope you had a great night and didn't eat too much ice cream ( I would have eaten until I was sick - I can't resist ice cream!). Mr. A.
I've been looking over a lot of my messages that I've sent you and i
tell you a lot of my dreams. you were in one of my dreams recently.
we were in a supermarket and you were at the cash regester and i was
walking up to you to say hi but you left. there was loads more of my
dream but that is realy complicaed and i'm tierd so goodbye. or
should i say good night? whatever!!!!!!!!!!! That's true, you did write about your dreams quite a bit. I don't remember my dreams very clearly unless I trick myself into remembering them. I wonder if that's an age thing, or just personality differences? Have a great weekend, and I'll see you soon. Mr. A.
Thursday, September 10th
Mr.A, what time does the music thing we talked about end. my mom
wants to know. thanks u! I've still got to get the details squared away with Mr. Simon. I'll contact you with them as soon as I've figured everything out, if that's OK! Lovely to see you today! Mr. A.
in job 1 how long do the entries have
to be. Longer than a word. Shorter than the Universe. I'll go over this whole thing tomorrow. Relax Mr. A.
hey, Neato. Glad to hear that things are going well. Mr. A.
on the dear diary project do we write the stuffin our journls? from sophia No. I'll go over this whole thing tomorrow. Relax. Mr. A.
Hi Mike i'd like to right to all your students about homework in
your class. Hi Mr.Allen's class of 2009-2010 all the homework you do
in Mr.Allens class is very fun and you get to do a lot of art work
so dont stress over it i know i did utill i saw how fun it was from
what i hear from my teachers at 6th grade your homework is a lot
more fun than mine. i hope you guys have a fun year like i did i
cant tell you any more or it would blow all the suprises i cant say
more. Thanks George. I can't tell if the new class is 'sweating it' yet about homework, but if they are maybe your words will help. Don't worry about grade six homework - all the current seventh and eighth graders say it's easier than fifth grade homework. Go figure! Mr. A.
Hey Mike can you post this info on your website for any kids that might be interested: Marie: For you the World! mike
"Rising Star show
hi Mike! hee hee. i called you mike!
i'm in 6th grade! woo hoo! I'm watching President Obama's speech it
is good. see ya soon! Hi Laura! Gosh! About time you said hello! The President's speech was excellent, I agree. Do you think he persuaded anyone who didn't already agree with him? See you soon, Mr. A.
Wednesday, September 9th hi mr allen its Luciano, i know its early but on october 21 (which is our first half day) can i come to your class and talk about 6th grade. Hi Luci, Let's settle into the new year a bit more deeply before we organize the visit, eh? I know you're having a good time - everyone seems to be so far! Mr. A.
Michael, Thanks Sarah! You're in! That's all the chaperones accounted for. Fantastic! See you soon, mike
hi Mr.Allen I got bored so I decided
to say hi Hi! Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen! I got the first math
puzzle. It's "Think". Well done Scott! You've nailed both of these problems! Your name will be posted next to the puzzles! Mr. A.
hi mr.a it's cam what a game today five to one. will you tell me the best parts of the game in the message you write me? bye from cam go england!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know because the stupid company I paid $15 to to watch the game didn't even broadcast the game properly - I barely got to see the game at all. I'm so mad at Setanta sport that I'd like to crush them then spit on their bloated corporate corpse! Mr. A.
heyyyyy mike! Hi Maddi, Let's settle into the new year a bit more deeply before we organize the visit, eh? I know you're having a good time - everyone seems to be so far! By the way, what is 'waght'? Is it painful? Mr. A.
Tuesday, September 8th
Hi Mr. Allen! I`m so happy to be part
of your class this year. I look foward to the shows and all the
exciting projects I` ve heard about over the years from your former
students. The strange thing is, school feels more like summer camp
right now than school. See you tomorrow! Hi Rachel, Thank you! I'm really happy that you're part of the new class, too. I, too, look forward to the exciting projects we're going to do this year. I've never been to summer camp, so I don't know what the feeling is, but I can say that I'm very excited to be working with you all in this new class - I'm getting a good feeling about the group so far - aren't you? See you tomorrow! Mr. A.
Hello MR ALLEN, Hi Soule, It's sent to an email. I cut and paste everything! Sorry you find the site inconsistent - I consider that to be a good thing, to be honest - I prefer an unpredictable labyrinth, a mysterious realm to a 'professional', regular site. Think of the site like a coral reef - it's been growing organically for five years now. It's a model for life not business! Do you know what I mean? Mr. A. P.S. I usually don't respond to anonymous e-mailers - but it's early in the year. See you tomorrow.
hi mr.allen are all of are homework projects going to be like this? where is that talking robot elbot? peace out from sophia Hi Sophia, Each homework project will have its own flavor and spice. Many have certain aspects in common: extensive writing, math, artwork, with optional music and building aspects! I'll put Elbot on the What's New? page! See you in the AM. Mr. A.
MR. ALLEN, Gosh! Don't panic, but it's your first homework project - it doesn't start until Friday, officially. Remind me to talk about it tomorrow, will you? Cheers, Mr. A.
Hi Mike- If you still need another chaperone, I'm willing and able. Brilliant ! You're in! mike
Hi Hi! Mr. A.
I'll be happy to come on October 21st
for the middle school meeting. Leila is going to talk to her
friends, so she might come too. Hi Mikey, Let's settle into the new year a bit more deeply before we organize the visit, eh? I trust you're having a good time - everyone seems to be so far! I might be able to make Thursday - am I allowed to play? Mr. A.
hi Mike i am addicted to facebook not lying i spend 30-40 minutes every day comenting on other peoples photos its sad i need help george Very true. I do the same, of course, except I don't feel bad about it! Mr. A.
hi mr.a today I had a sailing regatta and I came in first!!!!!!!!!! Bye from cam !!!!!! Congratulations! Mr. A.
Monday, September 7th
I would be happy to chaperone the
field trip 9/25/09. Let me know if I can help.
Hi Kari. Thanks for the message and for volunteering to be a chaperone. I'm sure we'll all have a lovely day! Don't forget your ear-plugs for the bus ride! I'm glad you like our site. I'll see you soon, mike
hi mr.a it's cam today I played in a
tourament we had the finals we were down 2 to nothing at half and we
also won 8 to 2 I scored 5 goals in the second half and we won the
championship. The first game we faced a team called liverpool we won
6 to 1. I scored 5 goals, we were also wearing chelsea jersey I
scored 12 and I had 4 assists Playstation? XBox? Try playing in Liverpool's colors - you'll score 24 goals with 8 assists, at least! Hopefully, you had a nice long shower after you took off that Chelsea shirt! :) Mr. A.
Sunday, September 6th
HI Mr.allen/ mike!! Hi! Don't worry - it's school in two days! Mr. A.
Its Lena and just want to say hi!! Hi Lena! Nice to hear from you! Mr. A.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO we have homework on tuesday why is this happing is the world tipping upsidedown george You're funny! Mr. A.
Omt, Well done! I'm glad you're off to a good start! Mr. A.
Friday, September 4th
Hi Mr.Allen, Hi Sarah, I'm pleased to hear that you're feeling better. Don't worry about the first days - all you missed was me talking too much. :) The real start of the year is next Tuesday! I'm also glad to hear that you're a fan of kitties, Liverpool, and younger sisters. I'm looking forward to finding out more when next we meet! Have a great weekend! Mr. A.
hi mike it's luke. middle school is great. i have at least 1 person
from our class in all of my classes. no homework yet but it all
starts on tuesday. So far so good. Everyone I've seen or heard from says the same thing. Excellent, eh? Enjoy the weekend Luke! Mr. A.
hi mr.A cam and owen again we saw the gangsters car when we were
walkin back home from playstead. I drank 9 full glasses of water and
I still dont have to go to the loo.cam. Mr allen i got my favorite
number for the sachems fc "my soccer team." #10. Gosh! Try glass number 10! Number 10. Pele, Michael Owen (when he played for Liverpool). Why do you like number 10? Mr. A.
mr.allen i ment homework not writing a play from sophia Interesting. Well, I've put a typical homework project up on the homework page. I usually introduce the projects before asking you to do them, but if you want to take a look at the sort of thing I'll be asking for, there it is. What's more, this is a 'sneak peak' at your actual first homework project - if you wanted to start work, you can (- though it might be best to wait until I explain about the project in person). Is that more helpful than my other homework idea? I hope so! Mr. A.
hi Mr.allen, its me Luciano. We are doing a fund raiser for our school because our buggets were cut by the city. We are selling Entertainment books, If you dont know what they are, there coupon books. In stores they are $32.00, but we are selling them for $25.00. So if you are interested in buying on Just email Hi Luciano, Nice to hear from you. I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to help raising funds for the Middle School. I have two pretty good reasons: Firstly, our school is broke too, secondly, I am also broke after my spend, spend, spend summer! Sorry! Mr. A.
I'm not lazy I'm not good at typing. anyway yesterday we played with
elbot and i told him my name and he remembered me. then i tried it
again and he forgot. I'm glad to hear that - I knew you weren't lazy, but you were the one who said you were in your last message! Mr. Coates assured me that you're a very hard-working girl! Elbot must have a bad memory, don't you think? Mr. A.
Hello mr.allen it's cam and owen bye from cam and owen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey mr.A this is cam and owen. we want to make a blog but we dont know how to will you make it for us. we want a blog called the soccer blog. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosch the guy who swear at us just rode past owen's house again. ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from cam and owen Hello Cam and Owen, I'll talk to you about the Soccer blog on Tuesday. I think it's a good concept! As for the swearing dude, I wonder what you guys did that made him swear at you? Anyway, have a great weekend, let's hope England win tomorrow, and beware of gangsters and swearing dudes. Mr. A.
hi!!! it's andrea my friend is at my house. how are you??? my friend
goes to the columbus school she is spelling some of the words
because i am lazy!!!! my sister is asleep. want to hear a poem????
Hi Andrea and Friend, Thanks for sending your poems. We're going to be writing poetry in school very soon, too! By the way, I don't believe that you're lazy! Have a fab weekend, and I'll see you on Tuesday! Mr. A.
how do you start a blog mr.allen and once you hit conferm on the
contatic a p age comes on what do you do at that page Mr. Allen it's craig how do you start a blog Hi Craig, I'll go over the blog thing on Tuesday. I'm not sure what you mean in the first message. Perhaps you can show me at school. Anyway, have a great weekend! Mr. A.
Hey Mike. I was just looking at the archives! I just listened to end of the earth and still think its a great tune. I have a great class and middle school is great but i'll always miss 5th grade. Alex Hi Alex, I have a great class, I think, but I'll always miss you guys! I think most of the songs on the Thin Ice are good, don't you? Mr. A.
Hi Craig, I look forward to hearing you play! See you Tuesday!
Mr. A. hi mr.allen it's me sophia i don't know what i'm doing on this exta long weekend i still don't know why they gave us two days off. When are you going to start giving us homework i am sooo bored when i get home from school see you on tuesday peace out Hi Sophia, If you want I can give you some homework right now: Write a story about a day when everything changed suddenly. Make a picture to go with the story. Write the lyrics for a song about the story. Design a trailer/presentation to 'sell' the story idea to your classmates. Complete at least two of the puzzles from the math puzzle page. How's that for a homework project? Mr. A.
Hi Julia, I hope so too! Mr. A.
hi its dante the road runner MEEP MEEP! You know how were going to saugus ironworks well my brother went luciano went and spoiled it! well bye now MEEP MEEP! Hi Dante, Luci took some great pictures last year. But this year is another event altogether! Luci can't spoil it: he won't be there! Mr. A.
Thursday, September 3rd
Hi, Michael! Thanks for the Welcome Call! I'm sorry I missed you.
Your web site is informative and fun. I know Aidan will have a blast
this year! Hi Erin, Thanks for the message. I think you're right - it's going to be a classic year! mike
Hi Mr.A Hi Phil. Mr. A. misses you too! Perhaps he needs to aim more carefully! :) Glad you had a good first day, that your cat is black, and that you, amazingly, remembered the USB cap. I love you guys!! Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen, Hi Owen, Four days of football and a great book - wow, you're so lucky. Now all you need is loads of schoolwork to make everything just perfect! See you in a few hours! Mr. A.
Hi Mike I surived the first day of middle scholl yeah! I'm on side B
and the teachers seem nice. I have Mr. Cremin (i thinks thats how
you spell it) as my homeroom teacher we didnt do much though all we
did was talk talk talk the good thing is we had to read two books
and i read 6 and we had a extra credit math packet that was 20 pages
long and i did it so now when i hand it in i get to go to a pizza
party !!!!!!!!!!! umm i ran out of thingsto say so bye Hi George, Sounds like a good start. So far everyone is happy. I think you're the first to have won a pizza party! You have Connor and Luke with you, right? Any of the girls on your side? Sorry we didn't chat much the other day - next time we can catch up properly! Cheers, Mr. A.
Wednesday, September 2nd
Hi Mr.A! Hi Connor, Glad you had fun. As for visits, let's get a few weeks under our belt before we plan early release events. The first day is some time in late October, I think. See you soon, Mr. A.
hi mr.allen it's sophia i think i have most of the school thingermabobs i'm just scrolling through the website looking at your secret plans for the year. Can you tell me the name of mr.paci's website i forgot. See you tomorrow i have to get used to waking up in the morning uuggggggggg. peace out Sorry about the morning thing. For myself, I've got to stop waking up all chirpy at 3:00am! Mr. Paci's site is www.ericpaci.com See you in the morning. Mr. A.
Hi Mr. Allen, just trying to find that creepy talkinig robot... Ah! Enjoy chatting with him. Here's the link: Mr. A.
hi
schooooool was soooooooooooooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. You sound like you've had a great day! See you tomorrow - I was too tired to stick around today! I'm still jet-lagged! Mr. A.
hi
mr.Allen first day of midlle school was awesome i have a lot of
people i know in my home room and my home room teacher is really
nice. How was the first day of school in 5th grade? Also excellent, though I talked too much! What's new, eh? Glad you've got off to such a great start. See you soon! Have you been playing guitar? Mr. A.
Tuesday, September 1st
Hi mike its luke. Its going to be hard not to call you mr.allen. i
knew you were back and thought i would say hi. sooo hi.
Hi mike its luke. again. i have
connor and george in my homeroom. small, but i like it. i saw your
pics on facebook. looks like you had a great trip. my summer was
awesome!!
Hi Luke, Glad you had a great summer - you're right about my trip too! You'll get used to calling me mike - after all, it is my name! I saw George at school today. Don't forget: Have fun, meet people, impress the teachers with your excellence! Good luck! Mr. A.
MIKE, Believe it. It's real! Get a grip. Have fun! Mr. A.
Hey Mr. Allen!! Hi Courtney, My trip was fantastic but also staggeringly expensive. I'm never going out again! Good luck tomorrow! Mr. A.
hey mike, Hi Maddi. Nice to hear from you. Have you seen my pics on Facebook from my trip? Ask Marie or Moe to show you. It was really a great trip with everything perfect (except the cost)! Are you ready for school? See you soon! Mr. A.
Monday, August 31st Hi mr.Allen its me Luciano. When i was at the Myglnn orentation 3
days ago, i found out i am in the same homeroom with Liam, Jordan,
Alex, and Maddi. also just today, i found a 1939 pic. of an areil
viev of Liverpool taken by the Germans. Hi Luci! How was your summer? Looks like your home room will be fun with that fine group of people there. Good luck on your first two days. Remember: impress them! Mr. A.
Hello MIKE it's Eli. I know your not back from your trip yet but i just wanted to hi. goodbye, Eli Hi Eli. I'm back now! Mr. A.
Hi! I know you are away but.................. I'm goin' to Italy!
Yayaayayayayay! I'm happy and excited......................my
parents told be like 30 days before we went away. We're going the
12th of August and we are staying for two weeks. We're going to
Rome, Pompeii, Naples, and a little place in the hills/mountains
called San Saucio or something like that where my dad is from. Well,
Ciao and have fun wherever you are! Hi Talia! I hope you had a fantastic time! I bet you did! Mr. A.
Hey Mr.Allen, Hi Ethan, Sorry it's taken so long to post your message - I've been away for the whole summer. I guess your presentation must seem like a long time ago now - but I wanted to say that I thought you were 'a natural' in front of a crowd - don't you remember how everyone loved your performances? As for the future - you never know what will happen - if you stay in contact, relatively easy in the digital world, you can choose who you see and don't see as the future unfolds. In the modern world we are lucky to be able to decide such things for ourselves. No longer pure victims of fate as every other generation before us. When you become 18 years old, the whole world is yours for the taking! Stay in contact, if you want! Mr. A. |
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