By Carlos R.
Gilbert Cuellar sr. elementary school
Cuellar Talks
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was started with the harvest celebration of the
Pilgrims and the Native Americans that took place in the
autumn of 1621. Although they did have a three-day feast in
celebration of a good harvest, and the local natives did
participate, this "first thanksgiving" was not a holiday, simply a
gathering. There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led
directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Thanksgiving can, however, be traced back to 1863 when
Pres. Lincoln became the first president to proclaim the
holiday. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the third Thursday of
November, which is November 22 this year.
S.W.A.T.
Juan Perez 4E
Evalyn Fannon 5B
Kimberly Ortega 4D
Cassandra Gutierrez 3E Meleah Seager 5B
Claudia Rivera 5A
Ariel Garcia 4E
Julio Ramirez 5D
Dominique Diaz
Jose Martinez 4D
Zakkariyya King 5A
Joshua Garcia 4D
Ariyana Osorto 5B
Nevaeh Castillo
Geovanni Ramirez 4E Carlos Rios 5E
Brandon Carranza 4D
Fernando Pina Jr 4D
Victoria Alvarez 3C
Chantel Washington 5C
Vincent Cohen Jr 3A Haley Valle 5A
Presidential election
By Ariel G. and Giovanni R.
The 2012 United States
presidential election took
place on November 6,2012.
It was the 57th quadrennial
presidential election. Obama
won 332 electoral votes and
Mitt Romney won 206
electoral votes. Texas voted
for Mitt Romney. California
voted for Obama.
At Cuellar, Obama got 628
votes and Romney 97 votes.
Obama’s home state is
Illinois. Mitt Romney’s home
state is Massachusetts.
It's the day before Thanksgiving,
and the butcher is just locking
up when a man begins pounding
on the front door.
"Please let me in," says the man
desperately. "I forgot to buy a
turkey, and my wife will kill me
if I don't come home with one."
"Okay," says the butcher. "Let
me see what I have left." He
goes into the freezer and discovers that there's only one scrawny
turkey left. He brings it out to
show the man.
"That's one is too skinny. What
else you got?" says the man.
The butcher takes the bird back
into the freezer and waits a few
minutes and brings the same
turkey back out to the man.
"Oh, no," says the man, "That
one doesn't look any better. You
better give me both of them!’’
Knock,Knock
Who’s there?
AVA
AVA WHO?
AVA SEEN A PLAY
ABOUT THE FIRST
THANKSGIVING?
TAG Article
By Chantel W.
This year TAG students are studying Greek mythology. On November
21, 2012 all of the 5th grade TAG students are going to put on a play
about Greek mythology. In the Greek world they used to dress differently so in the play we will have hand-made costumes. The 4th and 5th
grade TAG students are reading a novel called “Percy Jackson The
Lightning Thief”. This is a book about a boy named Percy Jackson that
is in the 6th grade. He gets expelled from every school he went to because of his behavior. For example, one day he went on a field trip and
got expelled for firing a cannon into the buses.
Cuellar’s Book Fair
By Cassandra G. and Kimberly O.
We’ve been interviewing Ms.
Benjamin about the book fair.
Guess what? The library gets
25% of the total book
fair sales. The most popular books are
Lego books, diaries, and Wimpy Kid
books. The least popular books are
Spanish books. The profits are used to
pay for reading incentives, library books, labels
for the books, decorations for the library, prizes
for various contests and events, the AR reading
program and library supplies. Ms. Benjamin has
been doing book fairs for 16 years.
SURVEY: How does your family celebrate Thanksgiving?
Yesenia Gutierrez 2F
I sit down with my famly and eat green peas,
rolled up tacos, smash potatoes and macaroni.
Anthony Hernandez 2E My aunt and grandma throw a party.
Jesse Earnhart 4A
My family throws a party.
Bryan Ortega KD
We eat turkey, potatoes, chicken, tamales and
rice.
Carlos Rios 5E
We eat turkey, tamales, beans, rice, corn, potatoes and cake.
David Balderas 5E
We have turkey, potatpes, corn, tamales and
bunuelos.
Michelle Meza 4E
We eats turkey and have a party.
Mr. Donnelly
Dress up as Pilgrims and Indians and eat.
Mrs. Lara
We gather to have a lovely dinner. We pray
and share stories.
SURVEY: What are
you most thankful
for this year?
Alisha Benjamin 5A: My family
Superstar Teacher Spotlight
Julia Moreno KB: My friends
By Ariyana, Meleah and Haley
Taniya Williams KA: My toys
Mrs. Dana Pena’s hobbies are shopping
and spending money. Mrs. Pena
decided to become a teacher because
she loves working with kids and the
best part about being a teacher she
says is seeing when kids understand
things. Mrs. Pena’s favorite subject is
reading. Her favorite movie is The
Notebook, favorite book is The Choice,
favorite food is Mexican, favorite
holiday is Christmas. Mrs.Pena likes to
spend time with her kids in her spare
time. Elementary school for Mrs. Pena
Nathan Martinez 2C: My parents
Nina Fanning 3A: Having great
teachers
Kailey Moreno 4A: My family
Celeste Bocanegra 4A: My cousin
Mick Deanda 5B: School
Vincent Cohen 3A: Christmas
was fun because they didn’t have to
wear uniforms. Mrs. Pena attended East
Texas State College in Commerce.
Superstar Student Spotlights
By Victoria A, Nevaeh C,
Ariyana O, Meleah S, and Haley V
K inder 1st
2nd
We interviewed Nick Estrada in
section K-B. Nick’s hobbies are
playing video games. His favorite
subject in school is science because of the experiments. His favorite movie is Superman and his
favorite book is Cat in The Hat.
His favorite food is Macaroni and
Cheese and his favorite holiday is
Christmas. His favorite color is
blue and his favorite TV show is
Spiderman. His favorite animal is
a cat. When he has spare time he
likes to play with his older brother.
That is Nick Estrada!!
We interviewed Brenay Howard
from the section 1-C today to get
to know her better. Her favorite
subject in school is Science because of the awesome experiments. Her favorite movie is
Tinker Bell and her favorite food
is pizza. Her favorite holiday is
Christmas and she likes to draw
on her spare time. Her favorite
show is Good Luck Charlie and
her favorite color is pink. Last but
not least her favorite animal is a
dog. That is Brenay Howard!!
We interviewed Darrionte Williams
in the section 2-B. His hobby is
football. His favorite subject in
school is math because of the
problems. His favorite movie is
Saw and his favorite book is Junie
B. Jones. His favorite food is hot
wings and his favorite holiday is
Halloween. He likes to watch TV
when he has spare time. His favorite color is pink and his favorite
TV show is Spongebob Square
Pants. His favorite animal is a lion.
That is Darrionte Williams.
3rd
4th
5th
Today we interviewed Natalie Valdez in the section in 3-B. Her hobbies are soccer. Her favorite subject in school is Math because it
comes easy to her. Her favorite
movie and book is Jack and the
Beanstalk. Her favorite food is
pasta and her favorite holiday is
Christmas. She likes to play soccer when she has spare time. Her
favorite color is blue and her favorite TV show is also Jack and
the Beanstalk. Her favorite animal
is a cheetah. That is Natalie Valdez.
We interviewed Alejandro Patino
in the section 4–B. Alejandro’s
hobbies are football and cooking.
His favorite subject is science
because of the awesome experiments. His favorite movie is
Scream 4. His favorite food is
pizza. He loves the holiday
Christmas because of the awesome presents. He likes to draw
in his spare time. His talent is
soccer and his favorite color is
blue. His favorite animal is a tiger
and his favorite show is The Regular Show.
We interviewed Ximena Vargas
and she is in 5A. Her hobby is
swimming because she likes the
water. She likes math “I love it”
she says. She likes the movie
Paranorman. And her favorite
book is Spongebob Joke books.
Her favorite food is spaghetti and
loves Christmas. Ximenas favorite
color is green and likes giraffes
because “They are super cool !”
She likes gold. And lastly she likes
soccer because she likes to play!!
That’s Ximena Vargas.
Thanksgiving
Find and circle all of the words that are hidden in the grid.
The remaining 26 letters spell a popular Thanksgiving Day event.
ANNUAL
AUTUMN
CELEBRATION
CORN
CRANBERRY
FAMILY
FEAST
FESTIVAL
FOOD
FOOTBALL
FRIENDS
GATHERING
GRAVY
HARVEST
HOLIDAY
LONG
WEEKEND
MASHED
POTATOES
MEAL
NOVEMBER
PARADE
PILGRIMS
PLYMOUTH
PUMPKIN
PIE
RELATIVES
REUNION
SQUASH
STUFFING
SWEET
POTATO
THURSDAY
TRADITION
TRAVEL
TURKEY
WAMPANOAG
YAMS
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Jan Munoz
Samara M Ocanas
Christopher A perea
Jennifer Reyes
Preston Warren
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ALICE MURILLO
KEVIN A MAR
ALEXA RODRIGUEZ
JENNIFER GONZALEZ
Tayde A Montelongo
Vicente Gomez Sanches
Kamryn D Jackson
Jonathan Martines
Maria Valles
Ernesto F Duran
Aileen D Molina
Za Qualan A Williams
ALEX A Escobedo
Joshua Garcia
A'nyla n Manning
Isaiah J Salazar
Ashanti N Lockett Woodberry
Eduardo JR Gallegos
Mauricio Macias Gutierez
Keyra J Ortiz
Elijah B Barnes
Hannah M Brown
Rubith Salinas
Torey Chambers
Fernando JR Pina
Eliana Rodriguez
Dominique D Benavidez
Emily Palacios
Jamarianna M Scott
Bridgette Cruz
Dulce M Renteria
Lionel Vallejo
Emely Zavala
Jc A Arredonda
Leslie A Avila
Brandon Carransa
Perla J Gonzalez
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Jesus Garza
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