Dolphin Splash 4th Grade Owl Pellets

By: Justin F., Tanner O., and Andrew L.

The fourth graders had a lot of fun dissecting owl pellets. An owl pellet is

something that an owl regurgitates. We did owl pellets because we were studying

owls and birds of prey.

First, we got our owl pellets and tweezers. Then we started to dissect them.

The bones were fragile, so we had to be careful with them.

“I was surprised to find a skull in mine.” “In my owl pellet

I got a mole shoulder bone.” “I found a big hind leg bone.”

We had a great time; these are what 4th graders said; “it smelled bad”

and “it was cool.” As you can see, we had a great time dissecting owl

pellets.

JAW

LEG

Kindergarten’s Favorite Books Compiled by Sophie K.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Froggy books by Jonathan London

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas

The Gingerbread Man books by Various Authors

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton

Arthur by Marc Brown

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

Mrs. McNosh Hangs up Her Wash by

Sarah Weeks

Tacky the Penguin by

Helen Lester

David Goes to School by

David Shannon

1st Grade’s top 10 books Compiled by Rachel K.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series) by Jeff

Kinney

Monarch Award books by a variety of

authors

Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey

Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura

Numeroff

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan

Thomas

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo

Willems

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Gannett

Jigsaw Jones by James Preller

Top Books of the Year

Top Books of the Year

3rd Grade Top Books Compiled by Ellie P.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid – By Jeff Kinney

Harry Potter – By J.K. Rowling

Hugo Cabret – By Brian Selznick

Lightning Thief – By Rick Riordan

Big Nate – By Lincoln Pierce

You Can’t See Your Bones with Binoculars –

By Harriet Ziefert

Ivy and Bean – By Annie Barrows

S.O.S. Files – By Betsy Byars

Charlotte’s Web – By E.B. White

Tut Tut Time Warp Trio – By Jon Scieszka

2nd Grade Top 10 Books Compiled by Jaime S.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

My Weird School by Dan Gutman

Fudge (Series) by Judy Blume

Magic Tree House (Series) by Mary Pope Osborne

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Ramona (Series) by Beverly Cleary

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat

Bad Kitty (Series) by Nick Bruel

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

4thth Grades Top 10 Books Compiled by Jaime S.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

39 Clues by Gordon Korman

Fabled Fourth Graders by Candace Fleming

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom

by Louis Sachar

The Doll People by Ann M. Martin

The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato

No Talking by Andrew Clements

White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

Fifth Grade’s Top 10 books Compiled by Rachel K.

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson

Haddix

Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Princess and the Frog by Alix Berenzy

Fable Haven ( series) by Brandon Mull

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse

Anderson

Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Alex Rider (series) by Anthony

Horowitz

Hunger Game (Series) by Suzanne Collins

Our Opinions about Newspaper Club

By: Maddie M., Savannah W. and Brooke M.

Newspaper Club has had a great year and we would like to share some

of our thoughts about being journalists.

Many of us have enjoyed interviewing kids and teachers. Others have

enjoyed doing comics and hidden pictures. One person said, “This is

the best club I have been in all year!”

Club members said it helped them practice typing and made them better

writers. All of us made some close friends, made new friends and

worked with new people. Others said they learned about what other

students are doing and what’s happening at our school.

These are Newspaper Clubs’ final thoughts.

Newspaper Club has some advice for future journalists.

• Always write a rough draft!

• Know how to take questions

and answers and turn them into

paragraphs.

• Writing an article is a process;

take it one step at a time.

• Be able to write good questions.

• Stay on topic!

• Have a great title!

The 4th Grade State Fair

By: Justin L., Caroline H., Emily Z.

Everyone was excited for the state fair! The 4th graders

got to pick a state out of a bag and researched on it. They be

made an exciting float of their state. Students could choose the

things they wanted for the 5 sides of their own float. They had

to cover the sides to design it. The 4th graders also got to make

a license plate for their state, and put it on a t-shirt. Students

needed to make climate dolls for their project. A climate doll is

a doll who is dressed with fabric to look like the clothes people

wear during winter and summer, or whatever two opposite sea-

sons you chose in the state. The climate doll was placed on a

place mat with two different scenes. The key chains were the

Shrinky-Dinks which were baked until it was a key chain. A

powerpoint was done at school full of information they have re-

searched. We interviewed 4th and 5th graders about their

experience.

Some of the 5th graders favorite parts of the state fair last

year were making the floats, doing the concert, and making the

t-shirts. Some people liked their state and some didn’t. One of

the 5th graders had Utah. The main part of her float was Mount

McKinley. Another 5th grader had California, and the main part

of her float was the Golden Gate Bridge. The last 5th grader

had Alaska and the main part of his float was the mountains that

are there.

We couldn’t wait for State Fair! We’ll

have to see what this year’s 4th graders

enjoyed the most.

Fourth Grade flies with the Raptors By Aditi P., Aubree C., and Ben W.

Our fourth grade classes had the chance to see raptors up close when the Willowbrook Wildlife Association came to tell us about birds of prey. Fourth graders had been studying owls and other raptors. We had to split up our classes because we had such a big group. One day, Mr. Weis’ and Mrs. Petzke’s classes went, and another day Mrs. Bluhm’s, Mrs. Dodd’s and Ms. Benzin’s classes went. In the gym, we did an experiment with two long ropes knotted together. The process taught us what a healthy or injured creature goes through without the four important parts of survival: food, water, shelter, and oxygen/air.

After that we played a game that required that some of us be hawks while others were mice. The mice had to run to one end of the gym to get a food point, a Styrofoam flower. If they were able to get two food points without being caught by the hawks, they lived. If they did get caught by hawks, they would have to go to mouse heaven by standing against the wall. It taught us that hawks as well as other raptors need plenty of food to survive, which can be a problem when one is a better hunter than the other.

The fourth graders had lots of fun learning about raptors,

and they hope that people will protect these amazing creatures!

Top NYE Memories for 2010 - 2011 Compiled by Alycia B., Ruchira F., Bhavya J., Saif K., & Hannah W.

African dancing - 4th grade

Author visit - K, 1st, and 2nd grades

Art Club – 5th grade

Board Game Club – all grades

Body unit - 5th grade

Centers - K

Chameleons – 4th grade

Chorus – 4th and 5th grades

Computer lab - 1st grade

Creative Writing Club – 4th and 5th grades

Daddy Daughter Dance - all grades

Dioramas - 3rd and 5th grades

Dissecting pumpkins – 4th grade

E-Action Club – 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades

Earth project with play dough - 2nd grade

Explorer project - 5th grade

Extra recess - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades

Fall Party, Crafts, and Parade - All Grades

Field Trips:

Arboretum & Childrens Museum -K

Apple Orchard - 1st Grade

Kline Creek - 2nd Grade

Wilowbrook Wildlife - 3rd Grade

Naper Settlement - 4th Grade

Granger Middle School - 5th Grade

First day of school – all grades

First Grade’s Art Night – 1st grade

Fish parties - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades

Flat Stanley - 2nd grade

Flowers for teachers - all grades

Football with Dr. Bell - 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades

Grade level music concerts – k, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades

I have who has games – 5th grade

Indian Books - 3rd Grade

Jump Rope For Heart - Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 3rd

Grade

Literature Circles - 5th Grade

LMC - KG

Top NYE Memories for 2010 - 2011 Continued

Making “Grinches” and snowmen – KG and 1st grade

Making letter shirts - K

Making paper characters – 5th grade

Making paper owls - 3rd grade

Making skeletons - 3rd grade

Mealworms - 2nd Grade

Mother Son Night - all grades

Movie night – 2nd grade

Multi-Cultural Fair – all grades

Mystery powders - 4th grade

Natural Disasters – Dioramas- 5th grade

NEWSPAPER CLUB – 4th and 5th grades

One book, One School - 2nd and 3rd grade

Open House – all grades

Owl pellets - 4th grade

Reading garden – all grades

Readers Theater - 5th grade

Recess – all grades

Running Club – all grades

Science - K

Second Grade P.E. Night – 2nd grade

See the owls – 4th grade

Sink and Float - 2nd Grade

Smencil sales - all grades

Specials - 1st Grade

Star student - 1st grade

State Fair - 4th grade

Student teacher - 3rd grade

Technology Club – 1st and 2nd grades

Treasure chest - all grades

Under the Sea Shop by Spirit Council - all grades

Valentine’s Day - all grades

Weather vanes - 5th grade

Winter Party – all grades

Words their way Olympics – 5th grade

ISAT Comics

By Joshua

By Joshua