Minute To Win It
On
October 16, 2013 the GATE students got to do Minute to Win It. This took place
in Mrs. Trevino’s room. It was so fun. We did lots of the games from the show.
When we got inside, we sat down at a table. Then Mrs. Trevino numbered us off.
Next she showed us which table to go to. I went to table 4 and Jaiden went to
table 5. She did Ka-Broom and I did Back Flip. When you play Ka-Broom you have
a plate that you place at the edge of a table. You drop a broom on the plate
that holds a marshmallow and try to catch it in a cup. When you play Back Flip
you have 12 pencils and you only put two at a time on the back of your hand.
Then try to toss them up and catch them. When we all got a chance to try our
activity once. We went back to our
original table and waited for Mrs. Trevino to give us directions. Finally, she
told us to go to every other activity and try them. Then we ran out of time and
had to go back to our table to clean up. Then, Ms. Feyk called up quiet, clean
tables to grab a chocolate chip cookie, bunny grams, and a cup of orange juice.
After our snack we were dismissed to go home.
By: Maddy and Jaiden
Gold Star
Gold Star is fun activity for people
who work hard. This month’s reward was for math. From our class, Aaron and
Ryder earned gold star for October. You are allowed to have up to two pieces of
pizza and you get to pick your own drink. When you are done with your food and
drink, you get to make a craft. October’s craft was a witch hat made out of
chocolate. Aaron had two pieces of pizzas and root beer as a drink. Ryder said
that he had two pieces of pizza as well, and had Sprite to drink. Now for the
dessert, he had a cookie with chocolate strips, a Hershey kiss, and little bead
candies. Aaron and I think that Gold Star is a fun activity for kids to work
hard and get rewarded.
By Aaron and Evan
Read Aloud
So
you know how we always read My Weird School books? Well, now we’re going
to change it up a bit. First, we had a debate to see which book we would read
next. After that, we had to put our heads down and raised our hands for the
ones we wanted to read for read aloud. Then we voted again and some of the
books that won were Big Nate, Ramona and Beezus, Ramona Forever,
Ramona the Brave, and 39 Clues. At the end, our teacher gave us
post it notes and we all wrote down our books that we wanted. Finally, the
teacher took our notes and tallied them up. Then she announced the books that
won. The two that won were Big Nate and Ramona the Brave.
Right
now we are reading Big Nate Flips Out and then we might read Ramona
the Brave. We are only reading My Weird School on holidays because they are
related to the holiday. Then we are going to read the books that won. When we
are done with those books we might do another vote.
We think that Big
Nate is funny and cool because the book has a lot of comics that are
related to the paragraph next to it.
By Kahleis and Izzy
Fundraiser
Fundraisers are a way for our school to raise
money for activities. Sometimes if you get a certain amount of money or items,
you might get cool prizes.
The last
fundraiser we had was awesome!!! If you sell 4 items you get a small little
monster that will go wherever you go. If you sell 8 items you get a secret can.
(If you open the secret can/or teeny tiny toilet, it spray water in your
face!!! If you want to get back at a family or friend, use the secret can! )
12 items is
a DJ PARTY. It’s awesome! 20 is a limousine lunch. You go to Shakeys. 35 items
is a chitter chatter monkey. It copies what you say, but two times faster. And
finally, if you sell 125 items you get (2) free tickets to Disneyland!!!
These are
all the items you could get. How many items do you think you can sell?
By Ronald and Alex
Lunchtime with Friends... Yes or No??
Lunchtime with Friends... Yes or No??
You should be allowed to sit by your
friends
We should be allowed to sit with our friends
at lunch. I think you should be able to sit by your friends because you have a
better lunch and you get to chit- chat with your friends. They might want to
sit with their friends so they can enjoy their kid life and have fun with their
friends. They sit at the lunch tables outside. I think children should be able
to move around to go sit with their friends. I think children will not mess
around because when they are doing something wrong they get told and they won’t
do it again.
by Nicole
J SHOULD NOT
SIT WITH FRIENDS AT LUNCH J
I think that people should not be able to sit
next to friends at lunch. I think it’s okay to sit next to friends in your
class. I think it’s a bad idea because people will goof off, play tag, or other
stuff like that. They will also mix things together like green beans and yogurt
and pour it all over the table and won’t pick it up. They do these things because they think it’s
funny, but it’s not. The proctors will have to keep making them stay a few
minutes after but a lot of kids would still do it. All of the kids will talk
nonstop and will not listen to the proctors when they say to stop talking. Kids
can do this at the playground but not at the lunch tables where other people
have to eat. I think people shouldn't sit next to their friends at lunch.
by Brielle
Flag Assembly
For several weeks in October, the whole 5th
graders practiced a song called Wakko’s America in Mrs. Evans’s room.
Wakko’s America is a song about states and capitals. Then Mrs. Evans asked
the 5th graders if they wanted to say a state and capital in front
of the whole school. 50 students agreed to say one. So two days before the
performance, we practiced the song and the kids saying a state and capital.
Mrs. Evans wanted it quick so there was a long line and we took turns saying a
state and capital into the microphone. When all the 50 students were done, we
went on the risers and sang Wakko’s America. It was a long song.
Everyone liked it. Finally, we came off the risers and sat in our chairs to watch
the rest of the assembly.
by Bryanna and Sofie
Halloween
On Halloween the students in our school paraded around the blacktop in their costumes. We walked from 8:15 to 8:30. We did this to celebrate Halloween and to show our costumes. We were dismissed by grade level, starting with TK and ending with 6th.
After the parade, the 5th graders rehearsed Wakko's America - In our costumes! The 4th graders had to change into school clothes and did a worksheet. Then we went inside and watched a video and did a word search.
After recess and lunch, we had a party. We painted rocks, played bowling, and colored sheets. We also had candy and cookies. We had Blow Pops at the very end of the day, and then we went home to Trick-or-Treat.
by Finbar and Damien
Our Class’s Costumes
We interviewed 4th grade then 5th
grade. We are going to tell you what 4th grade dressed up as for
Halloween.
·
Brielle : football player
·
Maddy : disco dancer
·
Damien : dead man
·
Aaron : ninja
·
Even :
football
·
Kahaleis : super women
·
Ronald : ninja
·
Jaiden : pirate
·
Izzy : goddess
women
·
Nicole : kitty cat
·
Katie : witch
·
Kayla : Minnie Mouse
After, we interviewed the 5th grade we are going
to tell you what they were for Halloween.
·
Louie : Sie
·
Amber : Zombie Alice
·
Mikayla : Pink lady
·
Sofie : Ghostbuster
·
Taylor : dream catcher cutie
·
Dean :
can of beans
·
Mason : nerd
·
Ryder : football player
·
Alex : Samsun
·
Kaitlyn : mad hatter
·
Bryanna : Alice
·
Emily : nerd
Happy Halloween!!!!
by Kayla and Taylor
A New Beginning
The
whole school has started a New Trimester!!! This new beginning has new goals:
AR points are now boosted up to 35 points, a new patrol group called Watch D.O.G.S
( Dads of great Students), and Book Club (individual reading groups each with
the same book) . This is the second trimester. This is when Parent- Teacher
conferences are held; report cards come in, the Chorus Concert that’s on
December 9th for the 4th
grade with December 10th for the 5th grade, the Meet the Masters assemblies and art
lessons, and the AR field trip. The 3rd trimester starts in late
February.
By: Katie
P.E
Every Thursday we play
at P.E. Since I am in the 4/5 combo I go to P.E with 4th grade.
First we do our morning stretches and two laps. Then we play one sport for
three weeks and then we rotate. The sports we play are: Frisbee golf, kickball
baseball, and kickball basketball.
The
first sport is Frisbee golf. You have 3 or 4 people on your team and you try to
hit the bucket in the least amount of times. At the end of the round if your
team has the least amount of throws you get a lap off. Last week Ryder, Mason,
Alex, and Miles tied with Alyssa, Madison, Kaitlyn B, and Collin. Frisbee golf
is awesome.
The
next sport is kickball basketball. If you kick the ball and the other team catch
it or make the basket before you get home, you’re out. But for every base you
touch you get a point. If you make it all the way home you get five points.
Kickball basketball requires a lot of skills.
The
last sport is kickball baseball. It’s just like baseball except you kick the
ball and run. If the team gets three outs, the outfielders get to kick. You can
get out by getting the ball thrown at you or tagging the base before the person
gets there then you’re out. Kickball baseball is very fun.
P.E
is good for you because you get a lot of exercise. Just play every day and
you’ll get in shape.
By Ryder Mitchell
TK Buddies
Our class has a little
thing called TK buddies. We go to Mrs. Cook’s class every Wednesday to do an
activity. One week we went outside and played with fox tails. It’s a long
rainbow string, and there is a spongy ball at the end and you hold it by the
string and swing it around and let it go, and it flies forward and then falls,
and you have to try and catch it. One week they were learning how to cut with
scissors, so we cut orange paper lanterns.
Here is a list of
everyone’s TK buddies:
Taylor: Joseph, Giana
Ryder:
James
Dean:
Chloe
Amber:
Kylee
Finbar:
Dylan, Jackson
Kaitlyn:
Haley
Mason:
Hunter
Izzy:
Mia
Evan:
Andrew
Damien:
Nathan
Sofia:
Isabella
Briana:
Helena
Aaron:
Bryan
Kayla:
Faye
Brielle:
Brook
Nicole:
Katy
Alex:
Jack
Katy:
Stifonia
Ronald:
Colon
Kaleis:
Alyssa
Jaiden:
Marley
Maddy:
Isabel
Louie:
Emery, Gabriel
Mikayla:
Hannah
By: Louie & Mikayla
Trimester
Awards
Ms. Sanders
hands out the trimester awards on November 18, 2013 in the cafeteria for our
first trimester. The reasons we get the awards are for our grades and our
excellent behavior.
Principals Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Rising Star, Citizenship
are the categories. If you what to hear about who we get these awards, read
this paragraph! We can get Principal Honor Roll if we get straight A’s with no
N’s or U’s! For Honor Roll we have to
have all A’s and B’s with no N’s or U’s. The Rising Star award is for kids who
are struggling on class work in the trimester but are trying their best. If you
have all Os outside on the playground and in class you can get the citizenship
award! So have fun and…
Good luck
by Dean and Amber
Fish
The reason we got this tank is
because we got the class to have all their parents join the P.T.A. We were
given a $100 gift card to Pet Smart. The first 4 fish we got were named Oreo,
Lightning, Zee Blue Bro, and Justice. After two of them died, Mikayla and her
dad bought us 6 new fish named Sunset, Uncle Si, Bob, Oreo Jr., Pop Eye and
Hiccup. Hiccup, Pop Eye, Bob, Zee Blue Bro and Justice are all neon tetras.
Oreo, Lightning, Uncle Si and Oreo Jr. were all mollies. Then the last fish was
Sunset, which was a guppy.
by Mason and Kaitlyn
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