Yeah!

I am very excited because Monday is my report!!!!!!! We have to do a oral report and a typed report. Here is my typed report. Hope its good!

Illinois was the 21ST
state to join the Union on December 3RD 1818, but that’s not where
the story begins! In 1673 French explorers built a fort and cities in the
area. About 50 years later the French
settlers and British colonists got in a big fight over the land. The Indian people fought with the French but
they still lost. This was called the
French and Indian war. After the
Revolutionary War, all the land became part of the U.S.A. At that time, Illinois was part of the
Northwest Territory until it became a state.
That’s how and when it became a state but we are just beginning!


The biggest city in Illinois is Chicago. Chicago was an important city for the country
because it’s right next to Lake Michigan and people could ship things there
easily. The city grew very quickly and
lots of factories opened. A lot of
people came to get jobs. In 1871 a HUGE
fire burned almost half of the city.
Most people think that it was started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicking over
a lantern. Because almost everything was
made out of wood, it burned for almost two days and thousands of homes and
buildings were destroyed. Stupid Cow!! More than 250 people died! When they rebuilt the city they made
buildings safer by using steel. They
built the first skyscraper in the world.
Today there are many skyscrapers in Chicago including the tallest
building in America. The Sears Tower which is now called the Willis Tower has
110 stories and is about 1,482.6 feet tall.
More than 3,000,000 people live in Chicago today.
There are other cool places in Illinois as
well. The capital is Springfield. Springfield is pretty much in the middle of
the state. Other cities are Peoria,
Rockford, and Nauvoo. Nauvoo was made
by Mormons in 1839. More than 20,000
Mormons came to live there. Soon the
people of Illinois didn’t like them. Their
leader Joseph Smith was put in jail and killed.
He is buried in Nauvoo. In 1846
the Mormons were forced to leave their city and moved to Salt Lake City,
UT.
Illinois can be very humid, so
it’s blazing hot in the summer and wet, icy, and really cold in the
winter. Their snow is soggy and
wet. That’s why they are not the best
place to go sledding or skiing. In
winter the temperature is around 22°
F in the north and 37° F in the south. In
summer the temperatures is about 90 degrees F in the south and 84 degrees F in
the north. In the spring they sometimes
get tornados.
Illinois` nickname is the Prairie
State. Long ago buffalo, wolves, elk,
and bears roamed free! Today most of
these animals are gone. There are still
lots of small animals there like muskrats, groundhogs, beavers, and
rabbits. There are also lots of birds
like pheasant and quail. The Cardinal is
the state bird. There are also many
trees and flowers. The state flower is
the Violet and the tree is the White Oak.
Illinois was one of the first places
to make steel. There are also many
publishing and printing companies.
Chicago is where most of the state’s businesses are and they have a big
stock market. However most of the land
is used for farming.
There are many famous people from
Illinois. Probably the most famous
person who lived there was President Abraham Lincoln. In fact Illinois is often called the Land of Lincoln. He was very famous because he fought the
Civil War to end slavery. Another
President who lived in Illinois (you probably know him) is Barrack Obama. Other famous people are Oprah Winfrey,
Michael Jordan (the basket ball player) Harrison Ford (the actor) and lots of
other musicians, actors, and more.
There are many places to visit in
Illinois. Most of the places are in
Chicago: Lake Michigan, the Shedd
Aquarium, the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Wrigley Field,
Soldier Field, Navy Pier, and TONS of other places. Chicago is famous for their deep-dish pizza,
Chicago corn, and Chicago dogs! You can
also visit Nature Parks, President Lincoln’s home, and see where he is
buried.
I think Illinois is great! I have been to Chicago and done a lot of cool
stuff there.

Random

Somties I like tto look at the old pictures and I have no idea why we took them. Here are a few......

Its soon!

My state report is on Feb. 6TH. Its the same day as the Science fair so I can dress up cute and get it all over with. As you may no I have Illinois. I have to do 7 art projects, a typed report and a oral report, and lots of other stuff! For my scack at the end I'm going to give Chicago corn. I also have to ask 10 questions and my treat for that is Wrigily gum! I am really excited. Some people have already done theres! I also can't wait for to be over with it!

Yum!

I know that this is really random but I would like I rootbeer float right now. Don't you?

It Finnaly Snowed!

Yeah!!! UT actally had snow! And it stuck to the ground! It seems like noboady really had snow this year. Hey Arizona? Did it even get a little cool? I'm happy that I get to wear my ear muffs, gloves, coat, boots, and every thing else. It pretty cold out there right now!

Gotta love hats

I know its a little late to post this but I never did!

For Halloween we wanted Adam to be a jail guy. It was to big for him but the hat worked! I think that he looks so cute in it. Sorry there isn't a picture of it only a video.

Salsa

Today at school my class made salsa. We made for reading scince the reading book had the recipie in it. Salsa isn't really my favorite. I still can it but not to much. We made fresh salsa scince we didn't have a blender. It was good. I have had much better though, I coudn't really eat is all so I gave it to my neighbor (not the house neighbor) It was chunky and I HATE chuncky. I like dipping. Well just thought I'd share that. What your favorite kind?

Bill Nye 2nd part

Remeber how a couple of weeks ago I said that we were watching Bill Nye the Science Gye for health? Do you also remember how people we gaging and barfing? Well..... for Science Health and Social Studies a diffrent teacher comes in and teaches it. I guese I forgot to menchen before that it was a sub there that day. She was subing for a diffrent teacher and when she came in for Social Studies she spotted the new boy and said are you new or did I miss you that day? And yes he said he was new. And then she said Oh then you not one of the people that TRAMATIZED me a couple weeks ago. We had people switching desks we had people gaging and barfing and the she pointed to a girl named Ashley and said and Ashley I heard that you puked on the bus after school. James the new kid didn't sound to pleased. So ya I just think that is funny and I wouldn't want to be that bus driver or on the bus or the person sitting next to her or be the one cleaning it up. It was crazy!

State Report

This year the fifth grade has to do state reports. I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted Illinois! Lucky for me now one else wanted it so.... I GOT IT!! Should I bring hot dogs? For like Chicago dogs? I have no clue what to bring. I am just very happy that I got it!! Thats it.