News from 104
Student Council
By Emma Allenson
On Wednesday October 20th at 8:10
a.m. 2nd- 5th graders can go to a meeting to
see if they want to run for Student Council.
Students have to run for Student Council because there are only two representatives
from each class. All students get to vote on
who will represent their class.
Erika Hakko said she does not plan to
run for Student Council.
“I just don’t like getting up early,” she
said.
Nate Bilski is going to run for student
Council.
“Last year I joined and it was a lot of
fun,” Nate said.
“We did a lot of posters and advertisements for it,” he said.
10/22/10
Desined by Lillian Horschke
This is Damiens’
“little monsters” tesselation
M.C. Escher/Tessellations
By Nate Bilski
On October 11, 2010, our class created tessellations inspired by M.C.
Escher in class. We cut out random shapes from squares of paper then attached
them to the opposite side of the square. It involved a lot of math and thinking.
Alysso Belko said she enjoyed doing the tessellations.
“It was kind of fun to trace it and make a random shape,” she said.
“Whatever it was, it was.”
Alyssa said M.C. Escher’s art was cool.
“I liked how he used the illusions and stuff in his artwork,” Alyssa said.
Our New Reading Book
By Alyssa Belko
Our class started reading a book called From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler on October 12, 2010. It is about two kids named Claudia and
Jamie who run away from home. They take a train to New York and live at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. We started reading it because of our field trip to the
Art Museum on Wednesday, October 20.
Along with reading the book, we are designing our own museum and making a model. We started taking notes about what we might want in our museums
on Wednesday. We made sketches of what the museum will look like.
Aurora Piotrowski said she has lots of ideas for the museum.
“It’s awesome,” she said. “I have lots of ideas people will like.”
Aurora said the book is “pretty cool” but that she could never run away.
“I would miss homemade pancakes and bacon,” Aurora said.
Riley Geyer said the book is “very interesting.”
“It involves a lot of action and adventure, which are my two favorite categories,” Riley said.
Riley is designing a science museum/aquarium.
“I like science and I like sea animals,” she added.
This is the book we are now reading called From the Mixed-Up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
This book won a Newberry Award
in 1968.
Thanks Ms. Nakonecznyj
By Erika Hakko
5th graders in our class that were in Ms.Nakonecznyj’s 4/5 class last year
are making a gift to say thank you. These 5th graders have been working hard and
taking time from recess and bell work to make a card and scrapbook. Mrs. Karabinus has helped with retrieving pictures from last year.
Emma Allenson brought some stickers for the scrapbook.
“I think that she is going to be surprised that her students from last year
have made a gift,” Emma said. “I hope she’ll like it.”
Brian Donohoe was in Ms. Nakonecznyj’s class last year as well.
“She was a really nice teacher, and one of the friendliest teachers I’ve had
yet,” Brian said. “I wanted to thank her again.”
experience of the week:
The cactus pear is an arousing fruit. The taste, however, is not that exhilarating. The inside looked very attractive, but when I tasted it, I never felt a spark.
It also looked very weird on the outside. I was afraid to touch it, because I did not
want to get pricked. Even though I did not like the cactus pear, many other people
may. If you’ve never tried it, I’m encouraging you to, now!
By Sophia Murphy