::Scholastic News::

::Today is Friday {I don't know why I just said that but I did}, and have to do Scholastic News {Who, what, when, where, how, why}.  So hear it goes:

First up, Who:  Nick Carlile

2nd, What:  Tree Lobsters.  

3rd, When:  2001.

4th, Where:  Lord Howe Island

5th, How did they almost become extinct:  A cargo ship carrying black rats was sailing and the rats escaped.
 
6th, Why:  Melbourne Zoo.

If you want to find out more you go to http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757246

 
 See ya.
 

::Hi::

::Hi everybody.  How ya do'in?  I'm do'in great.  I'm almost finished my Math-u-see Delta book.  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  I'm so happy:)  But, I have to do three pages of the test book every week over the summer.  Booooooooooooooohhoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!:( I'm sad about that.  Any way, got to go.  Bye::

::Hi::

::Hi every body.  I just want to say Hi.  {I don't know what else to write}::

::Word a day::

::Mentor

PRONUNCIATION:

(MEN-tohr, -tuhr) 

MEANING:

noun: A wise and trusted adviser or teacher.
verb tr., intr.: To serve as an adviser or teacher.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Mentor, the name of young Telemachus's adviser in Homer's Odyssey. Earliest documented use: 1750::

::Do All Mountains Wear Snowcaps?::

::Today's wonder for wonderopolis {http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-all-mountains-wear-snowcaps/} is on mountains and their snow caps.  It's cool.  You would probably think that the top of the mountain is hotter because it's closer to the sun.  Actually, its not.  It's colder than down below in some areas.  The top of the mountain is actually its coldest spot.  As you climb a mountain to a higher height, the atmosphere gets thinner and thinner.  This is because air pressure decrees.  It's cool.

::Can you speak code::

::I think the phonetic alphabet is cool.  The phonetic alphabet is a special alphabet that pilots use because of the static from the radio it's hard to understand the "b"s and the "d"s, and the "m"s and the "n"s Because they sound the same.  So they made the phonetic alphabet.  Who thinks they can figure out my code? 
My code is;
India

lima
oscar
victor
echo

Sierra
november
india
kilo
india

Here's something to help you figure it out:
A – Alfa
B – Bravo
C – Charlie
D – Delta
E – Echo
F – Foxtrot
G – Golf
H – Hotel
I – India
J – Juliett
K – Kilo
L – Lima
M – Mike
N – November
O – Oscar
P- Papa
Q – Quebec
R – Romeo
S – Sierra
T – Tango
U – Uniform
V – Victor
W – Whiskey
X – X-ray
Y – Yankee
Z – Zulu

I love the phonetic alphabet::

::Phat::

:: Word:  phat.  
Meaning: Great; excellent.
Etymology:  Respelling of fat.  Various acronyms have been suggested as possible origins of the word, but they are examples of backronyms. The word phatic has nothing to do with phat.  It's weird.  The website is  http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html again::