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KidsView Summer 2008 KidsView Online - http://www.glencoewest.org KidsView Staff: Jessie A. GoGo GreenGreen Night!Night! Erin A. Lauren A. By: Chloe K. Ally B. Emily B. Go Green Night was attended by Sabrina B. Glencoe families on April 3rd. Dylan B. Everyone learned a lot to make Bari B. By Jenna B.+ Olivia J. Jenna B. their homes greener! There were many activities. Paul B. First, in the library, the Green Bag Lunch company For the Mathathon, students Lucas B. brought yummy samples. This company provides get a booklet or a CD rom Celia B. and do a lot of math Jack C. healthy lunches using organic food and “green” problems. Each problem Samantha C. packaging so it is almost waste free. There was also they finish raises money for Henry E. Green Bingo and Whole Foods was giving out bags for St. Jude Children’s Research Andrew F. Hospital. Kids at West Eric F. students to decorate and be used on Earth Day. A School came in early in the Eliana F. tea company served organic tea without any chemicals morning to do the Mathathon Chloe F. in it. In the gym, there was an animal show with booklets. They worked in the Wil G. lunchroom because there is a Charlie G. snakes, lizards and owls from around this area. A guy lot of room. Our students Oscar J. named Ricky Recycle put on a show, telling about tried their best to raise money Olivia J. recycling and how you can make the world a better for St. Jude just as kids all Ravi J. over the world are trying to Mia K. place to live! On the other side of the gym you could raise money for the kids at St. Chloe K. play a game called “Oh Deer.” Outside in the Jude. The Mathathon started Madeline K. hallway there was a display of green cleaning Monday April 14 and ended Sabrina K. April 17. There were 250 Danny K. supplies. Another activity was recyclable art problems in each booklet and Sam L. projects made out of CDs. SWANCC brought in a lot CD rom. Students used the Billy L. of different products made out of recycled bottles, CD rom at home. Parents Tatum M. and grandparents or anyone Enya M. cans and other materials. There was a raffle for could sponsor you or give a Jessica N. the shoes that West students made in art class. flat donation. The math Carolyn N. Many people won a class shoe! There was a planting problems are different for John R. each grade. Everyone in Roman S. activity too. Kids planted seeds and some of the West School can do it. Mrs. Andy S. seedlings will be planted in the West School garden. Moninski is the Mathathon Lily S. teacher at West and a math On display in the David S. teacher. At West we raised Bianca S. front hall was the $ 29,003.51. Indigo S. Green Flag that West Ariel S. Hannah V. K. won! Finally there was Chayla W. a demonstration of our Ceejay X. daily lunchroom Editors: recycling. Go Green Ms. Salzman Family Night was Ms. Melamed really fun and full of Recycled products and the EPA information!! The Fourth Grade The Green Flag Award By: John R. & Billy L. Dance Performance The Green Flag award was won by everyone at West School. West was awarded this flag because we Reduce, By: Colin M. Reuse and Recycle. It WEST-This year every fourth was given by the Center grader created a dance about saving for Health, Environment the environment. For example Mrs. and Justice. In order to Mullenix’s class’s dance was about win the award, the recycle club filled out a special survey. the ozone layer and Ms. Schwetz’s class danced about ways to recycle. West teachers then wrote about what we do to Reduce, The process began right after Recycle and Reuse at West. The survey asked what we winter break when every fourth recycle. We recycle batteries, printer cartridges, cell phones grade class got an environmental and pop tabs. Every day in the lunchroom we separate topic and studied all about it. Next, recyclables from our lunch trash. We also save vegetable food they met a dance instructor from scraps to put in our compost bin that will help our gardens the Thodos Dance Chicago grow. Right now we are collecting Crocs. That is how our Company and talked about what school won the Green Flag award! We are so proud! they had learned. After that, the students started to talk about how Debbie Dadey By: Madeline K. they could express their ideas and Author, Debbie Dadey visited West School on April 29. Dadey was what they learned in a dance and born on May 18th, 1959 in Kentucky. She has written over 125 also what music would fit with books including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, their dance. Some classes had more The Worst Name in Third Grade, The Ghostville Elementary series, than one song. After we created and The Swamp Monster in Third Grade series. She wrote her first the dance and chose music, we book with a little help from Marcia Thorton Jones. While at West practiced. In the computer lab, she told us about her books and what it’s like to be an author. She every fourth grader created a design says, “At times it can be tough but it’s always worth it.” Her first book was Vampires Don't Wear Polka - Dots. Bailey School Kids about their topic and it was ironed books were not a series at first but became one around her fourth onto a t-shirt to wear for the dance book. A publisher called and asked Ms. Dadey, “Could you please show. Then it was finally time for write six more books for your series?” She agreed and the series the dress rehearsal! All of the third continued to grow! Then one day she asked her son if he wanted to graders came and watched. Last but write a book with her. He wasn’t too excited and complained about not least, it was time for the real having to write a book with his mom. She said, “Come on - the best thing! All of the parents came and part about writing a book is that you can watched the fourth graders dance make it up.” So she asked him questions and I hope you enjoyed the show! and came up with the book Swamp Monsters in Third Grade. He loved writing the book so much that they wrote 2 or 3 other books together. Her daughter got jealous and wrote a book that didn't succeed, so Ms. Dadey is now working on a book with her daughter. It was great having a well known author at West School sharing her books. It seemed like it was over in a second. At least we have great memories! Classroom Connections The Ross Books Schwetz Class Is Making Books By Bianca S. and Eliana F. By: Sabrina B. and Samantha C. Have you heard the news? NO! Seriously? No! Have you heard? There are authors at Well, the Schwetz class is making books! They West School! Mrs. Ross’ 4th grade class worked hard are the coolest of cool books. First of all, each book is based on a fictional story set in a on creating books. We want to tell you how it was done! National Park in the U.S. The books that First, the students read a nonfiction Time For Kids book. Samantha and I wrote take place in the Grand The choices were Look Out For Lava, Pony Express, Canyon during the time of the Pony Express. Angel Island, Life In A Canyon, and At the Center of the Some of our classmate’s books take place in Hawaii, Mammoth Cave, and the Redwood Earth. After reading one of the books, we planned a Forest. The books needed at least 11 pages and story based on the book we read. For instance, At the colorful, detailed pictures. First, we read the Center of the Earth takes place in Mammoth Cave, so if books to get facts about the National Park. Then we went into the lab to type a story. We worked you read that you wrote a story set in Mammoth Cave on the story for about 1 1/2 weeks and then and included facts from the book. After writing their rewrote, added, and edited to make sure the stories, students received a blank hardcover book to put story included: 7 similes, 3 metaphors, 9 strong verbs, 3 idioms, 2 onomatopoeias, and 14 their story in. Next for illustrations we found pictures on descriptive adjectives. This means: the internet, printed them, or scanned them onto other Simile: comparing two unlikely things using like pictures. We could also draw pictures and scan them or as. (He was as scary as Dracula.) onto other backgrounds. Finally, we made the cover, Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike dedication, verso page, acknowledgments, and an things that have something in common. (He was a scary bat.) “about the author” page. The class presented the books Strong Verb: A verb used to spice up a sentence. and described the process to parents, siblings, and (He stuttered, “She is gone,”) other relatives who came to see and read their finished Idiom: An expression whose meaning is not books in the library. Students wrote comments in their the same as it sounds.