MLK Comfort Bags By: Kaitlyn Corcoran, 2nd grade, Mrs. Barton Indian On January 17, 2020 middle schoolers from Springton Lake Middle School came to Indian Lane to help us fill our comfort bags. It was for MLK day. We filled our bags with Lane games, mints, candy, journals, pens and chap-stick! The bags were donated to people undergoing treatment for cancer. We decorated the bags with happy pictures and colors! Our school’s kindness helped over 500 people! It was so so so much fun and I can’t wait INK to do it again next year!!! Volume 14 • Issue 1 • AprIl 2020 In This Issue Writers — Artists — Photographers Dylan Amalfitano, Jake Amalfitano, Mena 2nd Grade, Mrs. Barton Barlow, Adele Bobst, Bianca Bonilla, Madeleine Buonincontro, Bobby Clements, Erin Coppedge, Kaitlyn Corcoran, Braden Davis, Logan DiIenno, Brendan Dougherty, Unified Bocce Tournament Alice Gambrill, Evan Gambrill, Matt By: Avery Hewings, 5th grade, Mrs. Carminito Gosselin, Avery Hewings, Cooper Hollis, Penelope Iannucci, Patrick Johnson, Jane In January, 16 students took part in the Special Olympics Unified Bocce Ball Tournament Kratowicz, Aaron Lindgren, Thomas Long, at Thomas Jefferson University. Several other students cheered us on. We were the Bocce Brielle Mahoney, Sara Maksimoska, Leo Ballers! We practiced every Thursday for six weeks after school leading up to the game. Manno, Alec Massey, Dean Massey, Naomi My partner was Rosie, she was really good at Bocce, as were all the students. We learned McFarlone, Grayor Mela-Purdy, Grace the rules of the game and how to play. We won 2nd place and the other team from Miller, Alison Moyer, Kaitlyn Moyer, Indian Lane took 4th place. We learned a lot and had fun together. Charles Mulholland, Tommy Murphy, Fiona Peterson, Olivia Peterson, Jace Pettit, Shane Pettit, Tyler Pugh, Amelia Reitz, Eli Ritter, Sal Salera, Kate Stuart, Gabby Taylor, Kenzie Taylor, Gabriella Yingling Indian Lane Elementry School 309 S. Old Middletown Road Media PA 19063 (610) 627-7100 www.rtmsd.org Publishers: Lisa Oster, Erin Massey, Annie Hollis, John Hollis A member of National Elementary School Press Association 1 Girls On The Run Is So Much Fun! Jokes By: Mena Barlow, 4th Grade, Ms. Cancelosi By: Kaitlyn Moyer, Girls On The Run is amazing. If you signed up you are in for a treat. Girls On The Run is a 5th Grade, Mrs. Speir running club for girls who love to run! You learn ways to control your mind but with exercise involved. I was in it last year and this year. You will run in the gym and on the track. A fun Knock, knock? fact is if you run 14 laps around the gym that is about a mile. You will learn to pace yourself. WHO’S THERE? Pace means to control your speed that you run. And at the end of the year you run a 5k that is Ding dong. about 3 miles. And if you did not sign up this year you can sign up next year! It meets 2 times Ding dong who? a week and you get a t-shirt. And that is why Girls On The Run is so much fun. I rang the doorbell. ME: Wanna hear a pizza joke? YOU: Sure. ME: Nah, sorry, It’s too cheesy. Book review: Q: Why is a race car always early? A: Because it RACES to be the first Today I Will Fly one there. Author: Mo Willems Q: What’s a fish’s favorite place? By: Erin Coppedge, 1st grade, Mrs. Meile A: The OF-FISH This book is super funny. The reason why I love this book Q: How many guitar players does the most was because Piggie said she could fly even though it take to change a light bulb? she couldn’t but she never gave up. I would definitely recom- A: One. They always want a solo mend this book. I love it so much, I read this book to my first grade class when I was “Star Fish of the Week”. Q: How many ninjas does it take to change a light bulb? A: Woah! It’s already been changed! My Day Visiting Delaware What is it like to be By: Dylan Amalfitano, 1st Grade, Ms. O’Donnell in Kindergarten? One day, me and my family went to the University of Delaware basketball game. I got a pretzel By: Grace Miller, and popcorn. I got a shirt thrown to me from the dance team. Our team won. Then, we went to Kindergarten, Mrs. Huebner my dad’s favorite place when he went to college. We played ping-pong there. After, we went to Being in kindergarten is a lot of fun. We a restaurant called Kate’s and got nachos. I dipped mine in sour cream. Mmm. I loved that day! get to play recess and we get to do indoor recess when it is raining. We do math and we are learning how you can measure things. In kindergarten we read books. We do crafts on Fridays. And we play Popcorn Word games on Fridays. We do ‘Go Noodle’, which is when someone does a dance and we get to copy them. My favorite thing we do is the Wheel. It’s when our tables get to become stations, and there is a teacher working at each one. We get to move around to each station and work on writing, iPads, our Artist: Thomas Long, 4th Grade, Mrs. Arbutina letters, and we color and we play with PlayDoh. I love kindergarten. Kinder- garten is the best! 2 Family Day Out! Chocolate Chip By: Adele Bobst, 3rd Grade, Mrs. Herman Cookies Recipe Do you like putty? Well, you should go to The Shop at Putty World. There is GIANT putty, (Dairy Free!) mini putty, magnetic putty, smelly putty and more! It is located in Norristown, PA. Lots of fun By: Leo Manno, 1st Grade, Mrs. Meile even for my parents! Who doesn’t love a good chocolate chip While there you can browse and buy and you can also play and create. My brother and I made cookie? This recipe is simple to make and our own custom mini tin of putty. I think you should play with the GIANT putty. When I saw tastes so yummy. You will never know these it, I ran to it like it was my best friend. cookies are dairy free! And the best part is I am so glad this little place is not too far from home. It would be a great idea you can totally eat the cookie dough. That’s to stop after a trip to the King of Prussia mall. It is only a 10 minute drive! my favorite part of making these cookies. If you are like me and love putty, let your parents know you need to go to Enjoy! The Shop at Putty World. It is a little place but it is BIG fun! Ingredients: 1/2 cup refined coconut oil (at room temperature) 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup cane sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened nondairy milk 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips Notes: Makes 24 cookies Remember to wash your hands and ask a grown up to help you in the kitchen. Always be safe when using the oven! Instructions: First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two baking sheets. In a large mixing bowl, use a fork to beat together Artist: Sara Maksimoska, 1st Grade, Ms. O’Donnell coconut oil, brown sugar, and cane sugar until well combined. Next, add the milk, cornstarch, and vanilla and mix well. Then, add the flour, salt, and baking soda What It’s Like to be in First Grade and mix well. Add the chocolate chips and By: Allison Moyer, 1st grade, Ms. Parkinson continue to mix until a dough is formed. Finally, scoop spoonfuls of dough onto the Being in first grade is fun. It is different than kindergarten because you are at school all day. baking sheets and flatten them gently with In first grade you will meet new teachers and friends. We learn how to add and how to read. your hand. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let Also, we go to specials like gym, art, and music. My favorite special is Library because we get cookies cool and then eat them. Don’t forget to read new books. We get to eat lunch in the cafeteria. We can talk to our friends at lunch. to share with friends and family! On Thursdays you can buy a snack. I like to buy ice cream. We have two recesses. One is in the morning and one is before lunch. My teacher is Ms. Parkinson. She is nice. We try to Recipe adapted from: “I Can Cook Vegan” earn smiles to get a fun activity on Friday. Last Friday we had game day. Once you move from by Isa Chandra Moskowitz kindergarten to first grade, you’ll feel like a genius. 3 Scout Day at the Phillies Game The Lost Unicorn By: Evan Gambrill, 3rd Grade, Mrs. Haskell By: Kate Stuart, When we first arrived at Citizens Bank Park, we had to locate my Cub Scout Pack in a crowd Kindergarten, Mrs. Huebner of thousands of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Once we found them, we waited a long time The unicorn was a toy. The unicorn was standing outside in the sun with no place to sit, except for the ground.