Sherburne-Earlville Elementary School Newspaper
Rambling Rose
Principal Mr. Douchinsky
Flower
the steps and out the door and landed on
the sidewalk.
Written and Illustrated by Lizzy, Madeline, Molly and Skyla
A girl in a yellow dress came up and picked
A man came out of a building, noticed the
a red rose, pulling it right out of the ground
rose and picked it up. His wife drove up
by its roots. She put the rose in the basket
and he jumped into the car. He handed
she was carrying. Then, she ran down to her
the rose to his wife who smiled and smelled
car, jumped in and buckled her seat belt.
it. As the car started moving, the man’s
wife set the rose on the dashboard. A gust
Her mom started the car
and they headed to the city.
of wind blew the rose out of the open car
window it landed in a field.
When they got there, she ran
into a building and went into
A breeze picks up the rose and carries it
apartment B5 where her aunt
over the field into the woods. The rose blew
lived. She walked to the window
through the woods to another field. The
and the rose fell out.
flower stopped near a patch of daisies. A
grandpa with a shovel saw the rose and
The rose landed in a backpack a girl was
wearing. The girl was going to visit her
grandmother who loved flowers. To get
there she had to travel by bus. The girl
hopped on and the bus started moving.
A man was waiting at the bus stop. The girl
opened her backpack. When the bus driver
opened the door, the rose tumbled down
decided to replant her in his garden. Once
in the ground again, the roots sprouted
and the rose started to grow. The end.
Endangered Plant
By Skyla G-M. 5-T
You probably know many endangered
animals but what about endangered
The rain taps down on my house
plants? Well one of many endangered
plants is the Penstemon Pentandii. It’s
found by Troublesome Creek in Colorado.
tipity tap tipity tap
It sounds just like a little mouse
tipity tap tipity tap
It can grow to be ten inches high and
has five to fifteen flowers per stem.
It taps down on the window sill
When the plant is young, it is purple
tipity tap tipity tap
and blue but when it gets older it turns
pink! The Penstemon Pentandii is in the
It makes me have a little chill
Scrophulariaceae family known as the
tipity tap tipity
figwort family. Botanists estimate that
there are only about 5,500 left. Even
though that sounds like a lot; it really
isn’t. Two threats to this plant are “off
road vehicles” and mineral exploitation.
Scientists are working to protect this
plant but more needs to be done. There
might be endangered plants in the area
where you live. The people at Roger’s
Environmental Center are likely to have
I have a little pet mouse.
He lives in a little pet house.
He likes to nibble on his cage.
I hope he has a long life stage.
Poems by Rachel T. 5-T and Illustrated by Katie K.
information to help you learn more.
6. home to creatures
What kind of flower am I?
like frogs
2. rhymes with burn
1. a popular
2
3. opposite of moon
4. rhymes
5. (two words) first-
with rocks
rhymes with box
second-like a mitten
By Colleen B. and Madeline D.
answers: 1. rose, 2. fern, 3. sun flower, 4. phlox, 5. foxglove, 6. water lily
flower
1-V
Angel’s Daffy-nitions
By Angel S.
2-P
Angel Hair Pasta
Yellow
Elbow
Butterfly
Cupcake
Daffodils
Favorite Flowers
Peonies
Rainbow
3
Gardens Are A-Mazing
By Katelyn S.
and friends
5-D
Start
Finish
Editors:
4
Madeline D. 5
Skyla G-M 5
Colleen B. 4
James M. 4
Molly K.
Elizabeth B.
Molly B.
Vinny T.
Judd Y.
4
3
3
3
3
Advisor:
Ms. Hammond
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