Animal of the week

Kangaroos



Did you know that kangaroos are the largest marsupial mammals, they also belong to the Macropodidae. A male kangaroo is called a buck, it is also commonly called a "boomer" or an "old man". A female kangaroo is called a doe or a flyer. A baby kangaroo is called a joey. Kangaroos are social animals that live in groups or "mobs" of at least two or three individuals and up to 100 kangaroos. Kangaroos have one young annually. The joey remains in the pouch for nine months and continues to suckle until twelve to seventeen months of age.

Horiscope of the Day

Prank of the Day: Get a bowl of water and tell your victim you will make all the water disapear. Put it against the ceiling tell them to get a broom and hold up the bowl of water with the broom. Once do they that walk away.

Horiscope of the Day:
Aquarius

Game of the Day:
Dragonquest IX for DS

Planet of the Day

Jupiter

Jupiter is zeus' romen name that is why i dont like jupiter-stella

Whip Your Hair!

listen to the new song whip my hair by Willow Smith soo funny!!!

Love, Zoe

best band/artist by grace

Hello peoples! Hope you all had a totally awesome Xmas break! Today is the first time that I'm gonna do an old band! If you consider the 70's old, that is. It is....

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND!!!!!!!!!!

I just got into this band when I heard the Kills version of Pale Blue Eyes and I decided to get their album. So, they were formed NYC and were active from 1965-1963. They were managed by Andy Worhol. The past members are: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Angus Maclice, Maureen Tucker, Doug Yule, Walter Powers, and Willie Alexander and on thier first album collaberated with German singer, Nico. They coulld be best described as art-rock, alternative, or at times, folky. They have 3 albums- The Velvet Underground Nico, White Light/White Heat, and with a folkier side, The Velvet Underground. Some of my personal favorites are Pale Blue eyes, and Murder Mystery.



Also, BIG news! On their Facebook page, Alison Mosshart stated that the Kills are officially DONE with their 4th album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It completley made my week when I read about it. If they are any Kills fans out there and you want to get info on when it's coming out or any other info on the Kills right away, then I suggest going on their website, www.thekills.tv, and signing up for the fanclub. All you have to do is put in your email address.

Hugs, kisses and Jack Whites to you all!

What Did You Get For Christmas????

Hello world, Bryan here. Now that everyone has had awhile to play with their new toys from Christmas, I'm here wondering what you guys and girls got? So just leave a comment below....

Bye Bye and Peace

Horsicope of the day

Joke of the Day:
What type of animal needs oil
A: a mouse because it squeaks

Horiscope: Scorpio
Ancient people thought this was a sign to not back down from a war they are fighting because they will win.

Game of the day: Fifa 11

Zilker Fashionista

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while haven't had much time. Luckily I get to keep blogging because I'm in the same guided group anyway since Project Runway ended it's season and won' be on til summer I think I'll just give you some tips:Dark and cute boots, tites, dark skinny jeans/pants(black, grey, deep purples/blues or other colors), scarves and more, dark gloves, Anyway I think you get what I'm getting at EVERYTHING DARK!Or of course you can go for flashy and fab which includes bling, and anything silver and gold.Anyway I wanted to do another best dressed contest here are the rules:You must be a Zilker STUDENT, you can only elect someone twice and if you elect yourself PLEASE DON'T!Bibi
have a flashy and fabulous Christmas break
-Z.Fashionista

Apple Product of the Day by Scott Morris

I'm so sorry to all of you that read the Apple Product of the Day, I know I haven't done any posts in quite a while, I have been moved to a different guided group.
Today, the Apple product of the day is the iPod Classic. The Classic is amazing for the type of person who is always downloading new music, videos, games etc. Basically, that means it's amazing for capacity. It has 160 GB of memory, which means it holds 40,000 songs; and 200 hours of video. The iPod Classic comes in quintessential silver, with a white Click Wheel; or it comes in striking black, with a dark black Click Wheel. Both cost $249. It's also amazing for battery life, it plays up to 36 hours of audio; and 6 hours of video. When you buy the iPod Classic, it comes with: the iPod Classic, Earphones, USB cable, and a dock adapter. The display is a 2.5 inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight, it has 320-by-240 pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch. The iPod Classic also has little things on it like Genius Playlists, and Cover Flow. Overall, I think the iPod Classic is very unique and beautiful. It is a great iPod and I would recommend it to a person that is buying an iPod and needs a lot of space. I, myself, do not have one, but I have used them from time to time at Apple stores, Best Buy, and Sam's Club. Also, if I were to buy an iPod Classic, I would get the striking black one and I would get it at Sam's Club. That is were I bought my iPod Touch because they always have cheaper prices on iPods and sometimes they have amazing deals on Black Friday and other times.

Movie Review: TRON Legacy

What's up, it's Bryan here, with a review of TRON Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 film TRON. I just saw this movie, and I loved it!

First off, the acting was great. Jeff Bridges played an excellent, dramatic role. Garrett Hedlund played a great part, and Olivia Wilde was amazing!


Legacy picks up where the first one left off, a 12 year old boy (Hedlund) is with his father (Bridges)when his father goes missing. The rest, well, I really can't tell you.

But, the CGI (Computer Generated Images) are amazing. There are some super action-packed scenes with the Light Cycles. With this movie, you will also get an extremely dramatic ending and a superb story line.

The soundtrack with this is done by Daft Punk, a well known French techno band. They did a great job as well!

Overall, I rate this movie a full 5 stars, it is a total go-to flick! Go watch it right now!

Alright world, until next time, bye bye....

Homework and Events for Dec. 13- 16

Homework
Language Arts- Fractured Fairy Tale-- DUE ON WEDNESDAY-12/15!
Math- Fraction Review and Fraction Test on Wednesday!
Science- no homework until Wednesday when the Science Fair Packet goes home and is REQUIRED of all 5th graders!
Social Studies- Mrs. Pena's class needs to work on their Holiday Scrapbook page-- it must be done by Wednesday!

Events
Tuesday- Blanton Trip
Wednesday- Science Fair Packet goes home
Thursday- School-Wide Sing Along 9- 10 in the cafeteria and Winter Holiday Party- 1:15- 1:50

App Of The Day

Hello World, Bryan here.

Here is today's App Of The Day

This app is called I Am T-Pain!

One of my favorite slightly musical apps EVER, this app lets you AUTOTUNE your voice! It is the coolest app ever. You can make your voice sound like T-Pain, hence the name....

So for all of you Autotuner's with an iPod Touch or iPhone, you can be a musical genius!

*App requires microphone if on any iPod Touch

Have fun!

Bye Bye!

Homework and Events for Dec. 6- Dec. 10

Language Arts- Fairy Tale Project- due next Wednesday, 12/15
Math- Homework sheet per night on fractions and LCD
Science- 8 Vocab Squares for Astronomy Unit
Social Studies- none

Events--
Thursday morning-- Field Trip to O. Henry Middle School
Friday evening-- 6:00- 8:00- Zilker Festival of Lights

Horsicope of the day

no joke today sorry

Horiscope:
Libra


Game of the day:
Plants vs Zombies for the Ipod and soon in the Xbox live arcade

App Of The Day

Hi everyone, Bryan here. Today I'm going to start doing iPhone App Of The Day. I will be posting this almost every day. I hope you enjoy.

App/Game of The Day: Fruit Ninja!

This app is great, yet simple. You slice fruit, but it's super cool because you only have a certain amount of time. It's full of action!

The game also has Game Center support, it is awesome.

The game cost 99 Cents and is available on the App Store...

Leave your comments below, give me some suggestions!\

By Bryan S.

Image Of The Day

Well, I have not done one of these in a while, but here is your Image Of The Day:

BTW I took this photo with a Samsung L74 Wide and iPhoto '11

Interested in iPhoto? Check out my full review of iLife '11!

Please comment below!

By Bryan S.

Bi Bi Ms.Hartly

We'll all really miss you and we hope you'll keep visiting our school and blog. But I have good news ! Ms.Hartly is the winner of best dressed from a couple weeks ago! I maybe in a different guided group though so we'll see if I'll keep doing this .Do you want me too? If so please leave me a comment.I may also do another best dressed contest if I decide to keep up the blog.
-Zilker Fashionista

Bye To Ms. Harley :(

Man, today was Ms. Hartley's last day!!! :(

We WILL miss her SOOOOO much!!!!