Pictures of the Day-- Student protests in London

Not sure I quite understand this one...

Some of my best friends are poor.

I can't think of a response to this one.

For more on the protests, click here.

A basketball

This week I was teaching my fifth graders the difference between observations, inferences, and opinions. For practice, I had them write about an object they all know well-- a Baden Junior Official 110 basketball that the kids get to play with at recess. Here is a selection of their work:

I feel like I Love basket ball I Love to play basketball and that is my favorite sport. It fun to play basketball.

--C-P (girl)

I don't like people who invent basketballs. Basketball is a good sport. It looks like a face.

--M (boy)

its fun

wouldnt need one

better than soccer

looks kinda new

it needs different

colors

annoying sometimes

--C (girl)

Basket balls is tight! Basket balls is a good exercise. basketballs is popular.

--X (boy)

Basketballs can be play more likely outside., People play basketballs because it's entertaining

--A (girl)

basketballs is great

in philippines our sport

is basketball there

very fun to play with.

--A (boy)

soccer it better

--H (boy)

It's brighter than the

black stripes on it

It's fun

I wish I had one

It's darker than my pink nails

people love to play

with basketball

looks like an orange

It hurts when you get hit by it

--F (girl)

Basket balls are fun to play with. I like the feeling of the bumps. It's fun when you bounce it and it comes back to you. I like the prints on the basketball.

--A (girl)

Fun to Play with

Fun to throw

Fun to

bowl with

--J (boy)

I like basketball but maybe other people don't. Sometimes I think that basketball could get boring because you play it a lot. I think that is dirty. I think Football is way cooler than basketball. ugly, boring, fun. I mostly like playing Football than basketball.

--J (girl)

it's orange

and it smells

like mystery and

feels like tiny

thorns.

--J (boy)

boring ball

ugly ball

weird ball

Dirty ball

annoing

--H (girl)

basketball is somehow

better than other ball

basketball are fun lots

of people like or want

to play it.

--U (girl)