Fall / Winter 2009-2010 The Homecoming Parade By Alexandria Halloween at The Heritage Park By Ashley The Mt. Sinai Homecoming parade was held Saturday, October 17, 2009. The parade began at the Mt. Sinai Fire Dept. and ended at the high school football field. This year s theme was Cities and the Elementary School chose Dallas, Texas. During the game, the cheerleaders looked so excited as they went up in stunts. The Mt. Sinai football team planned a great play and they almost scored a touchdown. Sadly our team lost, but it was fun to watch. The Heritage Park built a haunted house this October. The high school students volunteered to work there. They dressed up in spooky costumes and did a great job of scaring us! I went with my friend and sister. When you go in, you have to be in single file. It was very dark. I banged my head against the window because it looked like a door! When we ran out we went straight onto the haunted hayride. Again the high school students did a great job of scaring us! This was a fund raiser for the park to help keep it clean. This was a great fun activity for your whole family. It would be very fun for the whole community if they did it again next year!
Shoots and Scores By Tyler and Trevor Crayon Comparison By Julia I did a crayon test to see which brand works best. I took five brands of crayons to use. The brands I used were Greenbrier from Dollar Tree, Creatology by Michaels, Disney, Rose Art, and Crayola. I used green because it comes in many shades. Crayola was the darkest color and the easiest to control the shades. Creatology also colored well and since it was thicker it felt stronger. RoseArt colored very bright and was also easy to control the shades, like Crayola. With Disney, I had to push really hard and the color still didn t come out very well. Greenbrier didn t offer green, only yellow-green. Although it colored fast and easily, Greenbrier ended out breaking in half. Overall, Crayola worked best, as I thought it would! Mt. Sinai High School girls soccer team played against Bayport girls soccer team. The ending score was 3 to 1 Mt. Sinai. Number 21 scored on a great breakaway. Number 27 scored from an impossible angle which means it was a very hard play. Then for the last score, Mt. Sinai number 27 scored again but with 3 people on her! Bayport number 14 scored on a breakaway too! RIDDLES By Rachel What does a ghost feed a goblin? A turkey boo sandwich. What does a cookie do to another cookie? Eat them self up. What dose a dog say to another dog? Bark Bark!! 2
An Interview with Mr. Burk By Nicholas RIDDLES By Trevor Why didn t the skeleton cross the road? Because he had no guts! I sat down with Mr. Burk and asked him a few questions. Mr. Burk became a gym teacher because sports helped him in college. He went to the University of Bridgeport. Mr. Burk has been teaching for 37 years. That s a lot of years teaching! He has twins, a boy and a girl. They are both 21 years old. Mr. Burk s wife is also a teacher. She teaches at our High School. That s what happened or still happening with Mr. Burk s life. RIDDLES By Justin What phone is a robber afraid of? A cell phone. What do you get when you cross a vampire in the winter? Frostbite. What does a butterfly look like? A piece of butter that flies. What is the point of an eraser? To race. Food Web By Nicholas Our 4 th grade students got to participate in a video conference about the food web. A Food Web is like a web with animals in it. Each animal is in a part of the pyramid. The carnivores are at the top. Omnivores are in the second part of the pyramid. The third part belongs to the herbivores & finally the bottom part is the consumers. This was a very interesting way of seeing the order of the food chain and web That s what we did at the Bronx Zoo Videoconference. 3
Tell Me a Story By Ashley On November 5th a story teller named Harvey Heilbrun came to our school. Harvey sings songs and plays the guitar. He made noises that sound like instruments. Dr. Einstein Assembly By Olivia On October 20 th we went to an assembly. Dr. Einstein did lots of cool tricks! He balanced a ladder on his nose! He used the same ladder to stand on the very top and balanced on one foot while juggling! He taught us a lot about math and gravity - that was cool. He also lifted a girl off her feet while lying on the ground and using his hands only! Dr. Einstein turned white string into colored string - amazing! One of the last things that happened is some kids went around in circles pretending to be the planets they were holding. Here are just a few questions I asked Mr Heilbrun. Q. How long have you been writing books? A. Three years Q. Did you want to write books when you were a kid? A. Yes, I did want to do this job when I was a kid. Q. How many books have you written? A. Nine books so far. This was a very fun assembly to go to. Everyone really enjoyed it! Now I m going to tell you a little bit about Dr. Einstein. He was inspired to do what he does because he likes to entertain. Dr. Einstein has been working with his partner for ten years, WOW that s along time! We really had a good time at this assembly! 4
Interview with Mr. Swift By Julia Q. What is your dog s name? A. Arnie. Q. What instruments do you play? A. Piano, guitar, and I also sing. Q. How do you like it here so far? A. I love it. The students are wonderful and the teachers are great too. I interviewed Mr. Swift - the music teacher. Q. What is your favorite instrument? A. The voice Recipe Box!! Rice Krispy Treats By Julia Q. What is your favorite song, singer, and type of music? A. song - Caro Mio Ben; singer-1. Luciano Pavarotti 2.Paul McCartney; type of music- rock and roll. Q. Where did you work before? A. Brentwood Elementary School. Q. How long did you work there? A. Two years. Q. What are your hobbies? A. I play guitar. Q. Why did you become a music teacher? A. I love music and wanted to teach others to sing. Q. Do you have any kids? A. No, but I have a dog. 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows - OR - 4 cups miniature marshmallows 6 cups Rice Krispies Directions In a large pan melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat. Add the Rice Krispies. Stir until coated. Use wax paper to press into a 13x9x2-inch pan with cooking spray. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Then enjoy! I found this recipe at www.ricekrispies.com. 5
Sponge Cake By Olivia Poetry Corner Thanksgiving Days By Delaney This is a great recipe to make and enjoy. This is a Sponge Cake - a good idea might be to make a Sponge Bob cake! The website that I got this from has other great recipes for families and holiday treats to enjoy! Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup hot water 1-1/4 cups flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Preparation: Separate eggs, beating whites to a stiff froth. Set them aside. Beat yolks until thick. Add sugar gradually, then water, salt, flour and baking powder. Beat thoroughly. Fold in whites and add vanilla. Bake twenty minutes in a buttered and floured shallow pan in moderate oven. Bake in a greased and floured 9-inch square or 11 7-inch pan at 350 F. For 24 to 29 minutes. Halloween is going November is calling No one knows where the leaves have gone December is just a day away Winter coats come out to play November won t you stay Everyday is great!! Winter By Olivia When winter comes around snow falls down. It s cold but white and bold. You can make snowman, Have snowball fights, and sled, Your face might turn red! Hot chocolate and treats Take your seats. Have fun but not in the sun, Go in the snow and make snow angles down low Recipe from: http:// www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/ christmas/kids-recipes/sponge-cake.html 6
Race Cars By Nicholas Racecars are Red, Racecars are Blue, They are fast, Faster than you. Big or Small, You could beat them all! JOKES By Alexandria Dogs vs. Cats By Rachel Dogs love dog food. Cats like cat food. Dogs love dog treats and cats like cat treats. Dogs love running. Cats like sleeping. Dogs are rough. Cats are calm. Dogs love bones. Cats like to play with toy mice. The one thing they have in common is that dogs and cats love being with people that take good care of them! Q. Why did the cow moo? A. Because he was mooving! Q. Do you know why I dislike Q? A. Because it s just an O trying to be fancy! Q. What s dirt s favorite dance? A. The worm! Q. Why did the cow cross the road? A. Because the chicken was sick! 7
Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade By Nicholas snow. Christmas is great because you usually stay home from school for Christmas vacation. Christmas Day makes everybody happy. That is why Christmas is my favorite holiday! After I had my breakfast on Thanksgiving morning I watched the 83 rd annual Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade. There were all different kinds of entertainment. There were a lot of humongous balloons and floats everywhere! There were about 3 million people there. There were high school bands from all over the country there too. The hi-light was the Radio City Rockette s doing there famous kick line! They were fantastic. The entire parade was very entertaining and started off the holiday season! CHRISTMAS By Brian My favorite holiday is CHRISTMAS! You get to spend time with your family. You also get all of these amazing presents. Christmas is my favorite time of the year because it is in the winter. Winter is awesome because it is nice and cold outside so you can stay in your house and drink hot chocolate! It s amazing to see all of the bright white A Holiday Show! By Tyler & Brian On the 15 th of December Mark Rust performed a Multi Cultural Holiday Show by playing instruments for the elementary school students. He talked about 4 special holidays, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukah and 3 Kings Day. He also played holiday songs such as Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. We sang a different version of Rudolph. He also played a multi-cultural instrument. What really amazed us was when he showed us the inside of a piano. That s all about the Multi-Cultural Show! 8
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