Talk to Santa

As we are about to get out for Christmas break, I thought today's activity could be a seasonal one. Today you can have a chat with Father Christmas, or Santa if you prefer and find out a bit more about him. The aim of this task is for you to practice your personal information questions. These are important as they help you to find out more about people?

You are going to use the 'This is Santa' website to have a text chat with Santa. You'll have to be very careful about your spelling and punctuation though as Santa can only understand grammatically correct sentences.

Task:
1. Before you interview Santa, perhaps you could think of 5 questions that you would like to ask him. (If you have little brothers or sisters they will LOVE to help you with this activity. )
2. When you are ready, go to: http://www.thisissanta.com/ you'll see a picture of Santa and two text fields. Type your questions into the bottom field and then wait for the answers. They should appear in the top field.

3. Once your interview is complete, use your mouse to highlight the entire conversation. Right click on the conversation while it is highlighted and copy the text.

4. Come back to the blog and leave a comment. For your comment you will right click again and paste your conversation into the comment box.

5. Don't forget to leave your name so I know who to give credit to. This activity will be worth 5 points instead of 2.

A New Dog

My dog, Tucker, has been very sad since our Grandpa moved away. We thought it would be a great idea to find him a little friend to play with. A few weeks ago, I asked my classes if anyone knew of new puppies that I might adopt.

I had several students want to give me their pets. I was offered big dogs, small dogs, long dogs, fluffy dogs, short-haired dogs, mixed breed dogs, and even a few pure breed dogs. We thought long and hard about which dog we should adopt. We knew that we needed a small dog because our dog, Tucker, is a Chihuahua. We also knew that we wanted to give a home to a dog that really needed one.

Guess what? I finally got my new puppy. I am so excited! It is so cute. We named him Drake, and he has quickly made friends with Tucker. I can't wait to see what adorable things Tucker teaches him to do.

Do any of you have pets? I want to know all about them. Write a few sentences to tell me what kind of pets you have. Tell me thier names and any interesting information you might want to share.