Friday, November 6, 2009

Our Collectors' Collections!

Mrs. Yollis' class read  The Talking Cloth, by Rhonda Michell. The main character, Aunt Phoebe, is a "collector of life."  Her home is filled with souvenirs from her travels around the world.

In class, we started talking about collections. It turns out many people have collections of their own.

Notice how many people arranged their collection in an array

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Mrs. Yollis' Rock Collection


Like Aunt Phoebe, I like to bring home a souvenir from my travels. Wherever I go, I search for rocks. Not just any rock will be included in my collection, the rock has to be heart-shaped! I discovered my first rock about fifteen years ago.  At first I thought it would be difficult to locate heart-shaped rocks, but with a keen eye, it has been easy to do. My favorite rock is one that I got at Zion National Park. When I look at one of the rocks in my collection, it takes me back to the location where I found it and that fills me with happy memories.

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Caleb's Video Game Collection




I collect video games, and I got most of my video games from Gamestop. My favorite game is Mario Super Sluggers because I love baseball, and baseball is my second favorite sport. In my image,  I have six rows of eleven which means I have sixty-six video games in my house.   I keep them in  u-shaped cases in a black drawer. The type of video games in my collection are Xbox games, Wii games, Nintendo ds and dsi games. I have lots of video games as you can clearly see.

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Kendall's Rock and Mineral Collection


My collection of rocks and crystals is very special to me. They live in a clear plastic container in my bedroom. I started my collection when I was about two years old. My first rock that I ever got was a red volcano rock that I got in Hawaii. I have about 25 crystals and 50 rocks which makes 75 in all.   My favorite rock is my first red rock, and my favorite crystal is dark blue. My parents got me it in Canada. Every time I look at a rock or crystal, they remind me of where I got it.

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Ben's Hockey Card Collection 
I have an enormous collection of all kinds of hockey cards. There are approximately 200 hockey cards in it. I keep my collection in a big black binder in the shelf next to my t.v. My favorite card is Sydney Crosby because he is the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are my favorite professional NHL hockey team. I bought the packs of cards at a giant Target store for a good price. I have a lot of old players that I got in a big 125 card pack. It also came with modern day cards, but more old ones. I have been collecting them for about two years.

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Jaxson's Stuffed Animal Collection


My precious collection is a group of stuffed animals. I have collected thirty-six  of them. The way I display them is on the top of my bed. My favorite is a teddy bear and her name is Sue. She is my favorite because it was the last one ever at a toy store in Seattle. I started collecting them was when I was three and now I am eight years old. Do you have a collection of stuffed animals?

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Ava's Shell Collection



I have a precious collection of shells that I think are pretty. I got my beautiful shells at the Santa Monica beach. There are about 50 shells in my collection. As you can see from my picture, there are different kinds of shells in my collection. My favorite shells are the big ones. The colors on the big shells are pink and white. I love my shells!
 
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Corey's Lego Collection

 

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Ethan's Trophy Collection

 


My collection of shiny metal trophies is special to me. I keep my collection of trophies on my homework desk. My trophies are sports trophies that I earned playing basketball and baseball. A special one I have is my point guard basketball trophy. It has a handle and I can hold it in many different ways. I keep my collection on an extremely high shelf so my brother’s don’t touch them. When I look at my collection, I feel like a champion.
 
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 Anais' Stuffed Animal Collection
My fabulous collection is a group of stuffed animals. I keep them on my wall. The wall has hooks so I can hang them. I have about 24 stuffed animals. Most of them are pink or purple. I got most of them when I was a baby. Sometimes I put them on the bed, but not a lot. My favorite one is my rainbow bunny because it is pretty. I love my collection. 
 
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Charlie's Cap Collection

 
I have an awesomely radical collection of bottle caps. As you can see in my 18 x 8 array, there are 144 bottle caps in my big collection. My two favorite bottle caps are very spiky. I call them the Awesome Caps of Death because their spikes could cut someone. One of the caps is dark blue and one of them is light orange. When I get bottle caps, I either find them on the dirty ground or take them off of a water bottle. After I clean them, I add   them to my collection. My friends usually donate their small or big bottle caps when they are done with their drinks. I store my bottle caps in a huge bag. I feel glad that I collect bottle caps because it is a fun hobby. 
               
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Jared's Car Collection
(The camera is strapped to a car!)

I have a delicate collection of toy cars. One of them has a camera taped on it because I thought it looked like a spy car. There are cars of all sizes. Some are big and some are small. I started collecting when I was three years old. My first kind of truck was a fire truck, and my first car was a van. Collecting cars is fun for me!                  

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Sam's Collection
 

I have an awesome collection of things. These items remind me of fantastic experiences that I have done. Some are Dodger bobble heads. For example,  one is a bobble head of Rafel Furcal and the other is Russel Martin. In addition, one is a General Grievous from Star Wars. There are also some pictures of fantastic athletes in my collection.  Babe Ruth is one of my best pictures. I also got some souvenirs from Mexico. One is a metal picture of the history of Mexico. Finally, there is a coconut that my mom and dad got for me when they went on a cruise. My collection is on my huge, black desk. I usually look at them when I’m bored. These are really precious to me and are delicate. Thank you for reading about my collection. 

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 Scarlet's Collect of Instuments


I collect many different instruments like drums, guitars, and pianos. My instrument was my black and red drums. My mom and dad got the set for me when I was two years old. I still play the drums. I keep the instruments in the living room and sometimes I play. My dad and sister join in, too. I love my collection of my favorite instruments.

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Sydney's Stuffed Animal Collection

I have many dogs, bears, and cats in my stuffed animal collection. They live in small cabinets, shelves, and my closet. My favorite stuffed animal is named Teddy, and he is my special one because he was my first stuffed animal I ever had. I named him when I was three years old. My collection has more than 100 stuffed animals. They are from all different places like hotels, stores, and ordered on the computer. When I play with them, I get cribs for them and I put washcloths as blankets and sheets. Do you have stuffed animals? If so, what are their name?

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Jaxon's Mom's Perfume Bottle Collection


I collect perfume bottles.  I started my collection after I went to a beautiful home
where similar bottles were collected and displayed.  They looked so elegant. Soon
everyone was buying me bottles.  Some were perfect:  unique and special, handmade
artist pieces; others I didn't like very much.  They weren't unique or special.  So
I stopped collecting for a while and asked everyone to stop buying perfume bottles
for me as gifts.

When I stopped adding to my collection, I kept the bottles packed away in my garage.
 Then we moved into a new house that had glass shelves:  the perfect spot to display
those long forgotten bottles.  Now I get new perfume bottles mostly from my kids -
and that makes them very special to me.

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 Moraiya's Stuffed Animal Collection 

Here is my collection of stuffed animals stacked on top of each other. I have about 50 animals, and I think they are really cute. Some stuffed animals came from Hawaii and some are from trips or birthdays. I keep them in a big box in my room. There are different kinds of animals in my collection. One horse is named Kaeenapoo, and it is brown with a colorful necklace. Another animal is named Poncho Number Two, an he is a Dalmatian.  Did you notice anything unusual in the pile?   


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Which collection did you find interesting? 
Do you have a similar collection?
Do you collect something unusual?

88 comments:

  1. Dear Jared,

    I like your collection of cars the most because I think they are awesome with the lights on the top. Do you know how many cars there are? You're a really nice friend to me!

    Your Friend,
    Andy (in Mrs.Ranney's class)

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  2. Dear Mrs. Yollis' Class,

    I am so intrigued by all of the different collections. I love how each one tells me a little bit about the collector. For instance, I assume that Scarlet and her family are musical since she has an instrument collection. And I assume Ben and Ethan really like sports. Am I right? I think that is what is great about a collection - every person can collect something that they find interesting or special.

    Mrs. Yollis - I'm going to keep my eyes open for heart shaped rocks. I never knew that they existed.

    Barbara
    (Jaxon's mom)

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  3. Dear Scarlet,

    Your collection is my favorite because I love music! Since I saw guitars in your collection I have a feeling you play. My dad is going to teach me how to play the guitar, too. Are you in a band? What is the name of it?

    Your friend,
    Kendall

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  4. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I really enjoyed viewing all the collections! What a great way to learn more about someone. I like to make and collect scrapbooks. This all started when Ethan (our oldest child) was born. I like to make and collect these to chronicle the life stages and experiences of Ethan and his 2 younger brothers. Our whole family contributes to this collection in their own way. Ethan's dad likes to take pictures for the scrapbook and our boys like to contribute by adding their art drawings, paper souvenirs of places visited, etc..

    The ultimate goal is to give it to our boys when they become adults. Our hope is for them to reminisce and share their childhood with their own families one day....

    Is there anyone who likes to collect things together as a family?


    Ethan's mom

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  5. Dear Mrs Yollis' Class,
    The Talking Cloth sounds like an interesting story! I wonder if I could find that book in our school library.
    I don't really collect anything anymore although when I was in primary school I used to collect the leads from coloured pencils and loved to keep them in a glass jar!
    Like quite a few students in your class I also used to collect stuffed animals.
    From your friend in Australia,
    Miss McGeady

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  6. @Mrs. McGeady,

    Thanks so much for leaving us a comment.

    We were all very interested in your collection of colored lead. Do you mean you collected the tip part or do you mean you opened them up and collected the inner part?

    I bet your collection looked pretty in the jar!

    Your friend,
    Mrs. Yollis

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  7. Dear Corey,

    I like your collection of Legos. I've been to your house and you have so many! Do you still have the suburb we made out of Legos?

    Your friend,
    Charlie

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  8. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I enjoyed reading all the collections. These are the collections I like: Ben's collection, Caleb's collection and Jared's collection. I like Ben's collection because it is hockey cards, and I love hockey.

    Your collection I like too because it is heart-shape rocks and I saw a lot of those on the beach called Zuma when I was taking a walk.

    Your student,

    Nick

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  9. Dear Scarlet,

    Your collection of instruments are fantastic! Sometimes I would just use two sticks and rock on, but this is phenomenal! Do you have two drum sets or one?

    Your classmate,
    Sam

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  10. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I think that you have a creative collection. How did you find that many heart shaped rocks. Where did you get your first rock? Was it big or small?

    Your student,
    Kayla

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  11. Dear Scarlet,

    Your collection of instruments are fantastic! Sometimes I would just use two sticks and rock on, but this is phenomenal! Do you have two drum sets or one?

    Your classmate,
    Sam

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  12. Dear Jared,

    I like your collection of cars. Do you know how many you have? I think it's cool that you taped the video camera on the car.

    From,
    Charlie

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  13. Dear Ben,

    I like your collection of hockey cards. You listed one player on the Penguins, but can you list nine other players on the Penguins? I'm very amazed that you have 200 hockey cards in your collection.

    Your friend,
    Caleb

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  14. Dear Ava,
    I like your collection of shells because they are very pretty. I even want a collection of shells!I like the colors of the shells. I think that Ava is a great friend.

    Your friend,
    Aaliyah

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  15. Dear Scarlet
    I love your collection of instruments. Fantastic! I love all of your guitars.They're awesome! My favorite is the blue
    one.



    Love your friend
    Anais

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  16. Dear Ava,
    I like your collection of shells because they are very pretty. I even want a collection of shells!I like the colors of the shells. I think that Ava is a great friend.

    Your friend,
    Aaliyah

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  17. Dear Celeb,
    Wow! You have a lot of video games, Celeb. How many video games do you have?

    your friend,
    Paul

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  18. Dear Moriaya,

    I like your collection of stuffed animals. I like how you put your puppy in the middle of the picture.

    Inside my house, I have lots of stuffed animals.

    Is your stuffed animals all puppies?

    Your friend,
    Ava

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  19. Dear Caleb,

    I like your collection of video games. You have so many! All of those games look very fun.

    Your friend,
    Charlie

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  20. Dear Ava,

    I like how you used the word precious when you where talking about your
    shell. We both like the same shell. Do you have to go in the water to get the shells? I think your collection is the prettiest.

    From,
    Kate

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  21. Dear Charlie,

    Do you literally have 144 bottle caps? How did you get so many? I thought you had 142 bottle caps.

    Love,
    Corey

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  22. @ Ava,
    I like your collection of shells. I don't collect shells from the beach, but I do collect rocks. I could not find my rocks from the beach so I took a picture of my collection of stuffed animals. Did you notice my dog in the picture?

    Your friend,
    Moraiya;)

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  23. Dear Mrs.Yollis

    I like everyone's idea of their
    collection. Mostly I like Ethan's
    collection, Kendall's collection and
    Nick's collection. Does any one collect money?


    Your classmate,
    Jared

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  24. Dear Ben,

    Your collection especially intrigued me. I'm curious. Where is that Target ? Do you admire them? I'm guessing your favorite sport is hockey. I bet your binder is pretty big!

    Sincerely,
    Ayush

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  25. Dear Kendall,

    I used to collect shiny, blue, and purple crystals. In addition, I collected fantastic rocks.

    I went to Catalina Island and got eleven large and huge crystals. I also went to my Grandma and Grandpa's house and got a crystal cut in half and it looked better than anything I have seen in my whole life. I also embarked to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and got five colorful round rocks.

    What is your biggest and smallest rock or crystal?

    Your classmate,
    Sam

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  26. Dear Charlie,
    I love your collection of bottle caps. I cannot belive you have 144! It's so awsome! How old were you when you started your collection of bottle caps?

    Love your friend,
    Anais

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  27. Dear Mrs Yollis and all the students who posted their collection photo,

    I really enjoyed looking at everyone's collection and loved reading the descriptions.
    All of these collections are wonderful. When I was growing up I had two sets of collections: smelly erasers and a collection of anything with Snoopy on it. I loved them so much and I enjoyed getting them out of their boxes to hold them, to smell them, or just to look at them.
    The last time I visited my home abroad, I brought some of my Snoopy collection and shared it with my daughters.

    Collecting is a very good way to express ourselves and our interests.

    Soosan

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  28. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    I was very interested in all your collections. My mom collects heart shaped rocks just like Mrs. Yollis does! Isn't that funny? Anyway, thanks for your comments on my blog, and keep up the good work with these posts!

    Sincerely,
    Jonah

    P.S. Nick, to answer your question, I was Luigi, who is one of the Mario characters for Halloween. Kayla, to answer your questions, we did put the costume on my dog, but we didn't take him trick or treating.

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  29. Dear Ben,

    I really like your hockey card collection. My favorite card is Sidney Crosby. See you on later.

    Your Friend,
    Jake in Mrs.Ranney's class

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  30. Dear Mrs. Yollis's class,
    I liked all the collections. They were great. I had one favorite collection. First, I liked Aneis's
    collection. It has all different animals.
    From,
    Sara

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  31. Dear Moriaya,


    I thought that when you put your real
    dog in the picture it was clever and I loved it!


    Sincerely
    Aaliyah

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  32. I thought Moraiya's collection of 50 stuffed animals was really cool and the part that made me giggle was when you had your dog in the collection.

    Haley

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  33. Moraiya,

    I really like how you put your real dog in the group, and I wonder how many fake dogs are in the collection.

    From,
    Corey

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  34. Dear Mrs. Yollis' Class,

    We are very inspired by your amazing variety of collections. Our class can't wait to see more entries on your blog. We specifically loved reading our siblings', Ava and Charlie's, posts. Your classes' high level vocabulary, complex sentence structures, and use of descriptive adjectives were impressive. The pictures, arranged in arrays, were creative and organized.

    Thank you for sharing your collections with our class!!!

    Sincerely,
    Mrs. Coro's 5th Grade Class

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  35. Dear Ava,


    We love your shell collection!!!
    You did an amazing job on your paragraph. The shells you collected are very pretty. Your high level vocabulary is fantastic. We love how you arranged your shells. Ava, you did a superb job on your shell collection!! Thank you so much for inspiring us!!!!

    Sincerely,
    Healy and Payvand

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  36. Dear Charlie,

    Your word choice for describing your collection was very enjoyable. It's unbelievable that you have 144 bottle caps. I liked the large array you made. It must've taken you a long time to collect all the caps and those lethal weapons of destruction, "The Awesome Caps of Death".

    Sincerely,
    Brian
    Mrs. Coro's Class

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  37. Dear Jaxson,

    Your stuffed animal collection really caught my eye. You have been collecting since you were three? 36 stuffed animals is a big collection. You have some interesting types of animals that I absolutely adore! I especially love the Care Bear. Your sentences were detailed and worded well.

    Thank you for sharing with us!

    Sincerely,
    Raquel
    Mrs. Coro's Class

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  38. Dear Corey,

    We can't wait to hear about your lego collection, because we are obsessed with legos. Our brother have tons of Star Wars legos also. My favorite characters are R2 D2, and Jar Jar Binks.

    Sincerely,
    Courtney and Morgan
    Mrs. Coro's Class

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  39. Dear Charlie,

    Whoa! Your bottle cap collection is so awesome. You have to show me next time I come to your house. It reminded me of my own comic book collection. My favorites are my X-men comic books. Remind me to give you my bottle caps next time. And you wrote really well too. Nice vocabulary!

    Sincerely,
    Brendan Kim

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  40. Dear Ava,

    We thought your collection was very fascinating. Especially, the humongous, spectacular, pearly white shells. Your paragraph had many descriptive adjectives, terrific transitions, and fantastic vocabulary. As we were reading your paragraph, we realized how talented you are in writing.

    Sincerely,
    Your loving sister, Sadaf and her best friend, Lee
    Mrs. Coro's Class

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  41. Dear Charlie,

    We really liked your large, awesomely radical, collection of bottle caps. We really liked the "Caps of Death." The way you said that the spiked edges could cut someone's hand was hilarious! :-D
    Thank you for sharing with us.


    Sincerely,
    Jerry and Matt
    Mrs. Coro' Class

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  42. Dear Moraiya,

    I was laughing so loud that I almost fell off my chair, when I saw your dog in the middle of the picture. As I was looking at your dog I thought it was a stuffed animal, but when I read your writing I knew that he/she was real. It was really amazing to see your dog in the pile of stuffed animals. Your paragraph was written so well, that I thought you were a fourth graders. It was really awesome that you described how you felt about the stuffed animals.

    Sincerely, Cameron(from Mrs. Coro's Class)

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  43. Dear Jerry and Brian,

    Thank you for a great comment. I liked it so much. Do you have a collection, Brian?

    From your friend and brother,
    Charlie

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  44. Dear Mrs.Yollis,

    Thank you for writing back to me.I love your rock collection
    because you have so many facts about them.Thanks to you I got so intrested in bloging and typing.

    Your friend,
    Julia
    (Mrs.Wilson's class)

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  45. @Mrs. Coro's Class,

    Wow! Thanks for visiting our blog, reading this post, and leaving such meaningful comments! We were dumbfounded when so many 2-point comments came in this noon!

    The class was impressed with your writing skills. Every comment had high level vocabulary and several had compound sentences in them! We have been learning how to write a compound sentence, so your examples were used for teaching! (Trent was the first one to notice that many of you were using compound sentences. Good job, Trent!)

    Please visit some of our other posts. We'd love to hear more from such great writers!

    Sincerely,
    Mrs. Yollis' Class

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  46. Dear Corey,

    Thank you for your great comment! I have about 50 stuffed animals. I also thought that you had a cool lego collection.How many legos do you have?

    Your Friend,
    Moraiya ;)

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  47. Dear Moraiya,

    I thought it was impressive that you have about 50 stuffed animals in your collection. It was so funny that you put you real dog in the picture. I think he is very cute. What is his or her name?

    From,
    Gal

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  48. Dear Corey,

    I absolutely LOVE your collection of legos. I like them because I think legos are cool. I saw a few star wars ones, that's part of the reason I like it.

    Your blogging buddy,
    Benjamin (from Mr.Salsich's class)

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  49. Dear Mrs Yollis' class,
    You and your class have amazing collections.I saw this one collection that just made me scream in my head.It was Caleb's video game collection. Why do you like Mario Super sluggers the best? Guess what i have a collection of video games. I have 53!

    Your friend Graham
    in Mr. Salsich's class

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  50. Dear Mrs. Yollis's class

    I have an unusual collection. I collect nut crackers. I have about 20 of them. They are big and small and medium sized. I sometimes put them on the branches on the Christmas tree

    from
    Mateo [from Mr. Salsich's class]

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  51. Dear Mrs. Yollis class,

    I liked Corey's lego collection. I liked how you collected different sets because I collect Bionicle, star wars and power miners just like you. The picture that you put on the post reminded me of when I took pictures of my lego people. What is your favorite lego person?
    your friend
    RJ from Mr.Salsichs class.

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  52. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,

    I liked Charlie's bottle cap collection. I loved all the colorful bottle caps. I also liked how they are big and small. They are very cool
    because I loved colorful things.

    From,
    Nicholas in Mr. Salsich's class

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  53. Dear Mrs. Yollis 'class,

    I loved Charlie's bottle cap collection. I especially like
    the spiky one. I have a spiky one like that I call
    I spike-o-roma

    from Cole
    in Mr. Salsich's class.

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  54. Dear Mrs. Yollis,
    I really liked your collection
    Mrs.Yollis. One time I found a
    heart shaped rock too.

    Your friend,
    Abdullah from Mr. Salsich's class

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  55. Dear Mrs.Yollis's class,

    I really liked Ava's seashell collection. My favorite seashell was the big white one in the middle.
    I also liked Ava's because I have a seashell collection too! I have about 110 of them! Thanks for sharing your shells.
    sincerely,
    Gracie (From Mr.Salsich's class)

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  56. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    My favorite collection is Scarlet's because I love drums.The first time I played the drums was when I played Beatles rockband. They wore not real, but they were fun!

    From Lucy in Mr. Salsich's class

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  57. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    I liked Corey's lego collection. I liked the legos. I mostly like the one with the black baerd with black hair. I collect legos too. I hope you get more and more.

    Your bloging buddy,
    Joe from Mr. Salsich's class

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  58. Dear Mrs.Yollis's class,
    I think the most interesting collection was Moraiya's. I thought that the dog was a stuffed animal at first. Then I saw it was real dog. I also have a stuffed animal collection. My favorite stuffed animal is a dog named puppy. His ears feel like rabbit fur.He is a chocolate lab. I have had him ever since I was a baby. My second favorite stuffed animal is a calico cat. Her fur feels like silk.

    your friend,

    Karin (from Mr.Salsich's class)

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  59. Dear Mrs. Yollis's class,

    I like Corey's lego collection
    because I collect legos and I have
    some of the same lego dudes as Corey, like the clone trooper with the white helmet. The truth is, my brother has almost all the legos.

    Sincerely,
    Kyle from Mr. Salsich's class

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  60. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,

    I like Moraiya's fascinating stuffed animal collection. My favorite stuffed animal in your collection is the colossal Teddy Bear. Your teddy bear is adorable. How did you get your sweet dog to stay in the pile of stuffed animals? I think you are really talented and clever to teach your dog how to do that.

    Your friend,
    Gabby from Mr. Salsich's class

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  61. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    I like Corey's lego collection. I like the way you had different lego guys instead of one theme. Do you have a favorite lego guy?

    From Nick R. in Mr. Salsich's class

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  62. Dear Ava,

    I am very interested in your shell collection. I like the big white one in the middle. It is very pretty. I also have a small shell collection kind of like yours.

    Your blogging buddy,
    Caitrin (Mr. Salsich's class)

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  63. Dear Gabby,

    Thank you for the wonderful comment. He just comes to me,and I pick him up and put him in the pile. Also I guess he admires taking pictures.

    Sincerely,
    Moraiya=)(Mrs.Yollis)

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  64. Dear Kendall,

    In response to your comment about my instrument collection. Yes, I do have a band with my sister. You also asked me what the name of my band is. The name of our band is Pickle Juice.

    Good luck with your guitar lessons.

    From Your Friend,
    Scarlet

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  65. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I really enjoyed learning about your rock collection. You have some beautiful pieces! I especially like the gray rounded one with the two red stripes on it.

    Your paragraph reminded me of a friend of mine that also collects rocks. In fact, we drove across the country together and he picked up fascinating rocks along the way. We even went to Zion National Park like you!

    Is there a special place near where you live that you look for heart shaped rocks?

    Your blogging buddy,
    Mr. Salsich

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  66. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    The collection I liked the most was Corey's legos because I like lego Star Wars figures. Lego Star Wars in Connecticut is very popular these days. Your lego collection seemed like my friend's that collects legos too.
    What is your favorite lego guy?
    Your blogging buddy,
    Sean
    from Mr.Salsich's class

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  67. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,
    I liked Caleb's video game collection. You have a lot. 66 video games! That should be in the 2010 world record book for the most video games. I liked it because I play X-box 360 with my brother. We play Madden NFL 10.
    Sincerely,
    David from Mr. Salsich's class

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  68. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,

    I really liked all of the collections.
    Most of all I liked Scarlet's instruments. They were cool! I really liked the guitar that looks like a shark. You must have a big collection. How many
    instruments do you have?

    Sincerely,
    Ireland from Mr. Salsich's class.

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  69. Dear Corey,

    I really like your lego collection. I also collect legos. What is your favorite lego person? My favorite is Captain Rex who came in the all-terrain tactical enforcer.

    Sincerely,
    Nick B. in Mr. Salsich's class

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  70. Dear Mrs. Yollis and Ben,

    I also collect hockey cards. I have about 20 of them, and I keep them in an orange binder that I pretty much take everywhere.

    My three favorites are Zach Parise, Eric Staal, and Joe Sakic. Zach Parise's team is the Devils. Joe Sakic's team is the Avalanche. Last but not least Eric Staal's team is the Hurricanes.

    I also collect baseball and basketball cards. I have about 3,200 cards. I've been collecting these fantastic cards for four years.

    My favorite basketball cards are Kareem Abdul Jabbar, M.J., Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Kevin Garnet.

    My favorite basball cards are Babe Ruth, Micky Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Barry Bonds, and Sammy Sosa.

    I really enjoy my cards and would be happy to show them to the class.
    Your student and classmate,
    Sam

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  71. Dear Graham,

    I like Mario Super Sluggers the best because whenever or almost whenever I have free time and my brothers are actually nice, I play it with them. My favorite character is Wiggler. My second, third, and fourth are the Boomerang Bros.

    Your friend,
    Caleb

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  72. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I just adore your collection of heart shaped rocks. I used to collect rocks of any shape. If I see any heart shaped rocks I will give it to you.

    From,
    Ava

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  73. Dear Ben,

    I really liked your hockey card collection! My favorite team is the L.A.Kings. I never knew that they made 125 card packs.

    From,
    Trent

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  74. @Andy,

    Thank you for you nice comment! I don't not know how many cars I have because I did not count. I taped the camera so I can spy, but my camera does not work. Some of the lights on the other cars are little flash lights. You are a very nice friend.

    Your friend,
    Jared
    (in Mrs Yollis' class)

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  75. Dear Sam,

    I've been to Catalina where I got a rock also. The rock was white with a little bit of black on it.

    You asked me which one is my biggest and which is my smallest rock. My smallest rock would be a round, red rock, and my biggest rock is purple and it is a round shape.

    Do you want to go back to collecting shiny, blue,and purple crystals?

    Your classmate,
    Kendall

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  76. Dear Jaxson,

    I like your collection of stuffed animals because they are cute,and they seem like they are really cuddily. Where did you get your first stuffed animal?


    Your friend,
    Aaliyah

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  77. Dear Jaxon,

    I thought your stuffed animal collection was so good that it caught my eye when I saw it. It is cool because there are so many of them. Going though the post, yours was amazingly good. My favorite one of yours was the big purple care bear.

    Your friend,
    Sydney

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  78. Caleb,

    I like your video game collection. I buy a lot of games from Gamestop too. I saw that you have the Incredibles game in the front row. My older brother plays sports games like NHL 09 and NBA Live 10. One of my favorite games is Indiana Jones.

    Your Friend Corey

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  79. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    I think it is so cool how many people in our class have a collection. Also, I think it is awesome that we have 79 comments on this post. I really like all the collections that my classmates have. However, I really like Ben's collection because he collects hockey cards, and I have some hockey cards.

    Sincerely,
    Nick

    P.S. Your rock collection is fantastic.

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  80. Dear Ava,

    In my opinion, I think that your shells are very beautiful! My favorite one is the huge white shell. Which shell is your favorite between the two big ones?

    Love,
    Kayla =)

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  81. Dear Sydney,
    Your stuffed animal collection is extravagant. You told me that you got teady when you were first born.
    If think that is amazing.

    Sincerely,
    Jaxon

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  82. Dear Mrs. Yollis' class,

    It is really enlightening to see the range of interests exhibited by the student (and teacher) collections compiled in this blog. It is an example of the many things we have in common with one another, as well as the interesting differences we can learn from about each other.

    For example, I also have a collection which is important to me. I collect representations of elephants in many varied forms. For example, I have stuffed animal elephants as well as knicknacks and figurines both large and small. I collect elephants because I love their looks, their family bonds and their intelligence. To me they exemplify traits which make them loveable and deserving of great respect.

    From,
    Marsha
    (Kendall's grandmother)

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  83. Dear Kendall,

    I think your rock and mineral collection is amazing! I love all of your rocks! Which big one is your favorite?

    Kayla ;D

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  84. Dear Charlie,


    Your collection is really cool. I like the bottle caps a lot. I liked your spiky bottle caps.


    From,
    Oliver in Mrs. Levy's class

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  85. Dear Ethan,

    I liked your collection the best because I have trophies at home I collect.

    Kendall, I also like your collection. I collect rocks too!

    Ava, I love you shell collection because I think they're pretty. I also collect shells, and it's my favorite thing to collect.

    Sincerely,
    Kyla from Mrs. Levy's class

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  86. Dear Mrs. Yollis,

    Moraiya's collection was cute. I liked her dog Poncho. I hope I can get a dog.

    From,
    Nicole and Moraiya

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  87. Dear Jaxon,

    I think your stuffed animal collection is very cute! My favorite one is the top right one. Which one is your favorite?

    Sincerely,
    Kayla ;D

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  88. Dear Moraiya,

    I think it was very clever of you to put your real dog in the photo! I thought that was one of your stuffed animals!

    That reminds me of the two little puppies we had last year.

    Does anything remind you of something?

    Sincerely,
    Elham
    Kayla's mom

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