Dolphin Splash The Newspaper Club is proud to release the Movie Night first ever issue of the Dolphin Splash. Our group is By: Tanner O. comprised of fourth and fifth grade students at and Justin F. Nancy Young Elementary. These students have researched, interviewed, and written all of the At Movie Night articles for our paper. As a team, they have we did a lot of fun things. designed and created this newspaper. Here are some of the things we did.

Movie Night was The Dolphin Splash is a way for the students at Nancy Young in the to keep our community in touch with what is gym. The movie was on happening in our school. Through this paper, the Friday, October eighth. students want to share what is happening in the The movies we watched classrooms, what different grades are doing, and were Beverly Hills what important things are going on in our school. Chihuahua and Freaky Friday . The movies were picked because Jamie Lee Happy Reading! Curtis came to our school and she was in both movies. Jamie Lee Curtis’s Visit At Movie Night there was a concession On September 17, 2010 Jamie Lee Curtis came to visit stand run by Spirit Nancy Young. We were happy that she came because she is a Council. There was famous actress. popcorn, Tootsie Rolls, We interviewed a couple of people asking questions about water, Super Ropes, and Jamie Lee Curtis’s visit. They enjoyed Jamie Lee Curtis’s visit Ring Pops. Three fourth because of her sense of humor. She read us her new book called graders said, “The movie “My Mommy Hung the Moon”. She came to our school because was awesome!” she was visiting Anderson’s Book Shop. They picked our school because a school would be a good place to show her new book. In conclusion, Movie Night was a big By Ellie P., Saif K., and Sudeep A. hit!

1 In October, Nancy Young Elementary School had fall parties. All six grades got to have parties in their classrooms. They all did different things. We can’t wait to hear about what each grade did! Super Scary Fall Parties

The kindergarteners had super scary fall parties. The classes played fun games like musical dots and made pumpkins out of stickers. The class’s favorite thing about the party was eating Oreos with orange cream. The kindergarteners’ favorite costumes at the parade were Taylor Swift, a boy as a cheerleader, Michael Jackson, and the football player. Mrs. South had students dressed up as a fire fighter and a wicked witch. There where five wonderful moms at each party. The kindergartners enjoyed their first party!

By Ben W. and Rashon B. 1st grade’s Fall Party 222ndndnd Grade’s Great Fall

By: Aubree C. and Maddie M. Celebration

We had the 1 st grade fall party on On October 29 ththth , 2, 2 ndndnd grade had October 29 th in the afternoon. The first graders made candy apples as their a fall party. They made a fun craft and craft. Ms. Eckert said, “Our favorite part participated in a creative drawing game. was making our craft because it was fun Students needed to add one accessory to see our creativity.” They made the to a drawn pumpkin on the white board. candy apples out of a Styrofoam ball, The volunteer moms tried their best to rolling them in red paint, and putting run the party smoothly. glitter and beans on them to represent sprinkles and nuts. At 2:00 P.M., they put on their Not only did they make crafts, but Halloween costumes. Ms. Jamieson’s they played Pass the Pumpkin and they read a story as a class. They had Oreos favorite part was seeing the variety of and water as a snack and took a picture costumes. The most creative costume of the class in their costumes. Some of was tied between Ms. Jamieson, the their favorite costumes were teacher’s apple, and Mrs. Szymanski, the bumblebees, pirates, Ghostbusters and laundry basket. The whole party was a superheroes. It sounds like a jam-packed blast! day! 1 st grade had a blast during the fall party! By Sophie K. and Rachel K.

2 3rd Grade’s Fun Fall Festivities!!!

By: Alycia B. & Aditi P.

On November 16, 2010 my friend and I interviewed Mrs. Meyer. We asked her about the Fall Party 3 rd grade had on October 29, 2010. They did fun things! Some of the fun things they did were fall activity pages. They also played Hangman. Mrs. Meyer’s class munched on Oreo cookies while making creative corn harvest crafts. Mrs. Meyer thought that a homemade skunk costume and a homemade Alvin the Chipmunk costume popped out the most, but she still loved the other ones. Mrs. Meyer hopes that next year’s party will be as fun as this year’s party. Mrs. Meyer’s class had a superb Fall Party this year!

The fourth grade fall The Great Fall party Party The fourth grade party took place on October 29 th , 2010. By Justin L. and Brady E. First, the fourth graders did pumpkin science in the morning. Then, The party was Friday, October they returned to their normal schedule 29th at two fifteen in the afternoon (with math cancelled) because of the in all the fifth grade classes. All the costume parade. Most of the kids wore fifth grade teachers were with their costumes. Some were the same and some students and the room volunteers. were different. The fifth grade classes made spider The fourth graders played a game webs with pipe cleaners, strings, that involved passing gourds. When the and spider rings. They ate Oreos game ended, each kid got a gourd. They could decorate the gourds with sequins, with orange cream and drank their googley eyes, feathers, pom-poms, and water bottles. string. While they were decorating their In Mrs. Ryan’s class, she got gourds, they had Oreos for a snack and wrapped in toilet paper like a a bottle of water. mummy. This was her favorite part. The fourth graders had a blast at She said she liked the party because the fourth grade party! she had lots of fun after hard work. Fifth grade teachers can’t wait to do By Ruchira F. and Andrew L. it again!

3 Across Nancy Young 3. If you have good manners Words of the Week you are this. 5. If you’re treasuring something you are _ing it. Made by: Sudeep A. 7. Another word for sleepy 10. Its another word for unimportant. 11. An object in your way 12. Another word for tease

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1. Another word for scary 2. You do this when you soak someone. 4. If that food is delicious it is ______. 5. Another word for food 6. A group of people 8. If you sign a treaty you are making this. 9. If you are in a hurry you are this.

Guess Who? By: Bhavya J. and Emily Z.

Do you like guessing games? Then this is the place for you! Think you know the teachers of Nancy Young? Well this is your chance to find out! Are you willing to take on the challenge?

We interviewed this teacher, and this is what the teacher said:

Q: When did you first start Q: What do you like to do in your free time? teaching? A: Read, go to Starbucks, read, cook dinner, and read A: I started teaching in 1984. Q: What is your favorite book? Q: Why did you become a teacher? A: I’ve read a lot of books in my lifetime, and I can’t A: Because all of my teachers were choose a favorite. mean and I wanted kids to have a nice teacher. Q: What do you teach? A: 3 rd grade

4 Dolphin Fun Facts Guess Who? Facts found in Diving Dolphin By: Savannah W. and Brooke M. by Karen Wallace

Do you like playing guessing games? Dolphins are whales.

Well you must try this game. Bottlenose dolphins have echolocation so sensitive, that they can retrieve items from Q: What is your favorite color? water with their eyes covered! A: Purple and green Dolphins have beaks. Q: What is your favorite trip you have Killer Whales eat other dolphins, when the ever taken with your family? Killer Whale is a dolphin. A: Hawaii By: Alycia B. & Aditi P Q: What is your favorite school field trip you have ever taken? A: Naper Settlement

Q: What grades have you taught in the past? A: 2nd, 4th, 5th

Q: What do you like to do in your free time? A: Spend time with my kids and Crack-Up Jokes Questions grandchildren Chosen by: Tanner O. and Justin F. From the book Animal Quack-Ups Q: What has been your favorite grade by Michael Dahl to teach? A: 4 th grade Q: What did the leopard say after it ate a big meal? Q: What sports do you like to watch? A: Baseball, football, hockey Q: What do bees like to chew? Q: Who have been your favorite students you have taught? (See answers on A: Every class page 6)

Now can you guess who this is?

5 On the Hunt for Apples 2nd Grade Spends a

First grade went on a field trip to Day in the 1800s Jonomac Apple Orchard. Jonomac Apple Orchard is in Malta, Illinois. They went By Jaime S. and Mahek M. on this field trip to reinforce the learning they did in class. We interviewed Ms. Jamieson about They learned how to pick apples the 2 nd grade field trip at Kline Creek Farm. off the trees and how the apple cycle “We made rope, saw farm animals, saw a works. The first grade classes would blacksmith, and some students got to pick definitely go back to this apple orchard corn. They liked seeing a house from the because the workers were very kind to 1800s,” Ms. Jamieson said. The 2 nd graders the students. First grade loved Jonomac learned what jobs there were and what Apple Orchard! families did for fun in each activity. Their favorite part was seeing how twine would be By: Connor S and made into rope, but their least favorite part Joshua T. was standing in the house listening to the speaker talk. If they could go again the first thing they would do would be to pick corn Experiencing the Museum and feed the horse because they missed out on that event. The kindergarten field trip to the We also interviewed Rachel in 2 DuPage Children’s Museum was so fun. Altaf. When she went to Kline Creek Farm They left at 9:15 on October 7 th and got she went corn picking, sat on the roof of a back at 12:30. They went in many rooms, farm, and learned about bee hives. She like the square room and the shadow room. The kids and teachers got to be in a big learned how to make pumpkin butter and bubble. They got to go in a construction make twine into a big rope. Rachel met room and hammer and saw things. Finally, farmers and builders. She loved sitting on the they got to go in a water play room and roof of a farm and learning how they did play with water. laundry in the 1800s. But she did not like Kindergarten went to the museum learning about bee hives. because they were learning about patterns. Wow! I wish we had that as a field

There was a pattern room, so they learned trip.

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other kindergarten classes (KTA and KS). spots the hit That A:

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