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Fall Creek
Elementary Student
Newspaper
Inside this issue:
Tornadoes and Toilets?
Tornado Facts
By Gabe Russell and Jake Postell, Huffer (4)
Rocks Rock
2
Team Read
2
iPads at FCE
2
The Popcorn King
October 2016
Issue 6
3
Poetry Corner
3
Artwork
4
Fun Page
5
FCE Fall Events
6-7
Fresh Faces at FCE
8-9
Advertisements
10
Helping Hands
10
Jokes by Connor Pugh,
Howard/Schank (3) and
Max Shook, Doss (K)
 What do you get when
you cross a big stick
and a skeleton?
 What did one pumpkin say to the other
pumpkin?
By Gabe:
Our idea of our tornado
project came from a restroom. I know what you
are thinking, “Is this guy
crazy?” How do you get an
idea from a restroom, especially for a tornado project?
Well this idea was from
Mrs. Huffer’s class during a
tornado warning. Everybody in our class was
thinking, “Where is the
tornado?” While Mrs.
Huffer was thinking, “Man,
would this be a good project…” A couple of days
later our project became a
sensation. More than 6
groups working on an
iMovie with 8 tornado facts
or more. Some of you people may be asking...were
you in a group? The answer
is “Yes, I was. With Cole
Knies and Jake Postell.”
They are great partners.
They are funny, kind, and
all the things you need to
be, for a perfect group. My
group came up with some
facts and questions. Our
first question and answer
is: Does a tornado always
spin in the same direction?
Answer: No! A tornado can
have winds up to 300mph.
The Kokomo tornado took
down a Starbucks but nobody was hurt because they
took cover in the right spot.
So take this moment to
think about all the people
who have lost their homes
from the deadly tornado of
Kokomo, Indiana.
from Gabe Russell,
Olivia Raymond, Daniel
Harter, Huffer (4)
1.
A tornado can go up to
about 1 mile wide.
2.
A tornado with a thunderstorm is called a super cell.
3.
Football players helped
clear the damage that was
in Kokomo.
4.
Tornadoes happen when
hot and cold air mix.
5.
Tornadoes can be different
sizes and shapes.
6.
Hot and cold air makes a
tornado.
7.
The color of dirt is the color
of the tornado if it hits the
dirt.
8.
Most of the tornadoes form
in the Mid-West plains.
9.
Tornadoes go up to 300
miles per hour.
By Jake:
Most of us when we went
home watched the news.
There were only 15 to 20
minor injuries. Lots of
buildings collapsed in Kokomo, but everybody went
to a safe place and they
were all protected. We all
came back to school the
next day and people were
saying they won’t be scared
any more because they researched and they started
to learn and not be scared.
We researched and took
notes like scientists. That’s
how the restroom inspired
us.
10. Rain doesn’t fall next to a
tornado.
11. The tornado that touched
down in Kokomo knocked
down 80 houses.
12. Most tornadoes are in the
USA.
13. Most tornadoes are not
near water, they mostly
happen during the spring.
14. They basically start between 3:00pm and 9:00 pm.
15. Every year there is about
3,000 tornadoes.
16. Usually they sound like a
whistle.
1 A bone kabob! 2 Did someone pick
your family?
Page 2
Rocks rock!
From the Fish Bowl
By Olivia Moore, Mia Libich, Amber Liwanag, Blount (3)
Have you ever made a rock out of
crayons? Well, Mrs. Blount’s and Mrs.
Robinson’s class did. We shaped tin
foil into boats then we put chunks of
broken crayons in them. Soon we put
our boats on the grill. After that we
held them in an ice cooler to cool. After we made the rock, we pasted it on
our paper. Then we made two other
rocks.
We also tried to guess rocks. It wasn’t
that easy. We weighed rocks and put
them in water to see if they could
float. We scratched them to see what
their hardness was. Next we rubbed
rocks against a streak plate to see
what their streak color was. We had a
lot of fun making rocks.
All about our Rock
Day by Ava Braz, Lia
Michael, Lauren Ott, Lauren Raiford, Robinson (3)
Mrs. Robinson and Mrs.
Blount’s classes got together to have rock day! We started out
the day watching a video and writing
down facts that we learned. In the
afternoon we went to the library and
made fake rocks out of crayons. We
made metamorphic rocks, igneous
rocks, and sedimentary rocks. Then
we went back to the classroom and
made pet rocks and some of us went
outside and got rocks. Rocks are very
interesting!
Team Read Kicks Off in 2nd Grade
Team Read is a reading program to see
how many pages you can read. It is for
all of second grade. You have to fill in
a paper every book you read. The more
pages you read the more sentences you
have to write. Team Read will go on all
year long. There are different levels
IPads at FCE
Oh rock of camouflage
Sight will not see
The inside of you
Because you may look regular but
you
Will never be forgotten
My rock
By Nikhil D’Souza, Blount, (3)
by Sam Gerig, Cooper (2)
that kids can get. The highest level is
Hall of Fame. My goal is to beat
9,279 pages. Then I would be the
highest in Mrs. Cooper’s class. I have
over 3,000 pages already! If everyone
in my class reads at least 200 pages
our class will earn a party.
by Mrs. Vairo’s class (1)
This year, every student at Fall Creek
Elementary is using an iPad to develop
the technology skills everyone needs to
succeed. Students in Mrs. Vairo’s first
grade class told us about their favorite
apps and their experience with iPads in
the classroom.
Multiple students mentioned an app
that helps with math:
Abby Libick says, “I like iPads because
you get to do XtraMath on it and Front
Row! I like iPads because you get to do
math on it throughout the day and Educreations. I like Seesaw.”
Jaila Smith says, “XtraMath is a learning tool. XtraMath helps you with fact
fluency. And you’re on your iPad.”
Madeline Allen says, “I like iPads because you get to be on them throughout
the day! You get to do XtraMath! You
get to learn on Kahoot! I like Night
Zookeeper too. I like Seesaw because
when you get home you can see on
your mom’s phone.”
Other students enjoyed apps that let
them read and write stories:
Avery Francis says, “With Night
Zookeeper you can draw pictures and
make funny names for your pictures
and you can write stories about your
pictures and make your story made
up. It is really fun, but that’s my
opinion so you do not have to like it,
but I do. And once you read it, it is
very funny and you can do real
tracks.”
Rahan Syed says, “I like reading on
Big Universe on my iPad. I like reading Harry Potter. It is my favorite
books. They are very interesting.
Reading makes you smarter, and you
learn more things reading and when you
read on your iPad and when you read you
will be so so so so so so smart.”
Thank you to all the students who shared
with us their iPad experiences!
Issue 6
Page 3
The Popcorn King
By Meredith Simonetti, Bicknell (4)
Orville Redenbacher
Born: September 20 ,
1907
Birthplace:
Brazil, Indiana, United
States
Best known as: The creator of Orville
Redenbacher popcorn
“You’ll like it better if my name isn’t
Orville Redenbacher.” That’s the
promise Orville made more than 40
years ago—and the same promise
they stand by today. Orville Redenbacher dedicated his life to perfecting
a lighter, fluffier popcorn. Take a look
Poetry Corner
The Greatest Hike by Izzie Ransom,
Willman (4)
Walking up
A giant hill
Look at the trees
Dead as a rock
I see some leaf piles
So big, so round
Go jumping in, make a fall
All these leaves
To drift around
In fall I really like it’s way
If only it could be like this
Every day!
I think I’m rolling
Down, down, swoosh!
Like a bowling
ball
To get a strike
Woohoo!
Come on! Let’s
go again!
at the life—and the TV personality—
of everyone’s favorite popcorn king.
1907: Orville was born on a farm in
Brazil, Indiana, which, as luck would
have it, is a great place to grow corn!
At 12 years old, Orville begins to grow
his own popcorn. It becomes his passion, and his first business, allowing
him to save enough for college. He
earns his bachelor of science degree in
agriculture from Purdue University.
1944: Orville begins raising popcorn
for the supermarket trade. It was
about time someone put the ‘super’ in
supermarket!
1965: Orville and his business partner, Charles Bowman, perfected their
popcorn hybrid—it is light and fluffy,
leaves hardly any unpopped kernels,
Time for Fall by Macy Middlesworth,
Willman (4)
Falling leaves
Twirling in the air
Like dancers doing ballet
Animals hibernate
See them in the Spring
Time to rake
Cool, crisp smelling air
Crunching leaves
Crunch, crunch, crunch,
Jump into a leaf pile
The smells
Delicious
Cinnamon
Pie
Hot cocoa
Chocolate treats
Mmmmm
More than you could eat
Halloween
Candy
Treats
More than you and I can eat
Costumes
Masks
It’s more than I could ask
achieves a 44:1
ratio to volume of
popped to unpopped corn, and,
of course, tastes
great.
1992: Orville continues meeting the demands of healthconscious snackers by launching Smartpop®, a 94% fat free
popcorn.
1995: Orville dies, aged 88.
2007: Smartpop® leads to the
development of Naturals—an
all-natural snack that actually
tastes good.
2011: the new pop-up bowl™
hits the market, making snacking with the whole family even
easier.
Soon comes Thanksgiving
With all the food you
could eat
Having fun
Fun as going to the
best party
Time for fall.
November by Joely Jenson,
Willman (4)
Scarecrows
Standing in the hay
Leaves
Are falling day by day
The air
Has a crisp feel
It’s as cold
As cold as steel.
Pumpkins
Sitting in a row,
Like people watching
A picture show
Water
Sprinkles here and there
Going drip, drop, drip, drop.
Artwork
Page 4
From the Fish Bowl
Artwork by: (from left to right, starting at
the top) Laine Hepler, Amber Liwanag,
Evie Levengood, Laine Hepler, Gabrielle
Janae Tubbs, Piper Schwingendorf, Laine
Hepler, Max Shook, Valencia Okotie, Isabelle Cains, Addison Smith, Sadie
Schwingendorf.
Fun Page
From the Fish Bowl
Fall at FCE Word Search
Page 5
Words to Find:
Art
Chicks
Fish Bowl
Q. What do
ghosts eat for
supper?
Fun Walk
A. Spooketi.
Ghost
Headless Horseman
Q. What do
you do when
50 zombies
surround your
house?
Helping Hands
A. Hope it’s Halloween!!
Hemmerling
Q. What is the most important
subject a witch learns in
school?
FCE
Halloween
Hodgin
Ipad
Joke
Q. Why didn’t the skeleton
want to go to school?
Library
A. His heart wasn’t in it.
Murray
Q. Why didn’t the skeleton
cross the road?
Oobleck
Q. Why did the skeleton cross
the road?
Physical Education
A. To get to the body shop.
Popcorn
Pumpkin
Rocks
Is oobleck a solid or a liquid? Oobleck is a solid AND a liquid! How we made oobleck:
Seymour
We put food coloring in the corn starch and then we put
water in the cornstarch. Then we mixed it up with a plastic
knife and we squished it up and it made oobleck.
Spooky
Oobleck Recipe:
Tornado

Put 1 cup of cornstarch in a bowl

Put in 2-3 drops of green food coloring

Add 1 cup of water to make thick

Mix ingredients

Pour into sandwich bags

Have fun!
A. He didn’t have any guts!
Parkison
Poetry
by Dominic Henderson, VanWynsberghe (2)
A. Spelling.
Lansdell
Music
Making Oobleck
Laughs from the
Library
Skeleton
Team Read
Q. Why didn’t the skeleton go
to the ball?
A. Because he had no BODY to
go with him.
FCE Fall Events
Page 6
From the Fish Bowl
Movi
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Fire
Fun
Liter
Walk
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Grad
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Safe
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FCE Fall Events
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Auth
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Visit
Chic
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Rock
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Fresh Faces at FCE
Reporters from Ging and Nation’s classes (4)
Mrs. Lansdell—Kindergarten
By: Tamer Adie, Nick Haskell, Gavin Strom, Ging (4)
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “I love how friendly and
helpful people are here at FCE.”
What is your favorite animal? “I like reptiles and amphibians.”
Do you have any pets? “I have one dog. She is a Siberian Husky
named Maddie.”
Do you have any children? “Yes! I have a daughter who is almost 11. She goes to school across
the street at FCI.”
Mrs. Seymour—Assistant Principal
By: Tamer Adie, Nick Haskell, Gavin Strom, Ging (4)
What is your favorite animal? “My new puppy! Her name is Indy.”
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “Getting to know all of the students
and their families.”
How is your new job different from your old job? “Many of the things
that I do here I also did at my other school, so there are a lot of similarities. It is really just getting to know how Fall Creek runs.”
Tell us about your family. “I have 3 step kids in high school and 2 kids in elementary. My
husband is the athletic director at Fishers High School. Everyone in my house goes to school
everyday!”
Mrs. Hemmerling—Second Grade
By: Tamer Adie, Nick Haskell, Gavin Strom, Ging (4)
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “I love how friendly and helpful
people are here at FCE.”
What is your favorite animal? “A hippopotamus!”
Do you have any pets? “My dog is named Pebbles. She is a little dachshund.”
Tell us about your family. I have a 5th grade son and a 2nd grade daughter.
Have you always been a teacher? “I love working with the younger kids. I was a first grade
teacher before coming to Fall Creek.”
Fresh Faces at FCE continued
Mrs. Hodgin—ENL Teacher
By: Tamer Adie, Nick Haskell, Gavin Strom, Ging (4)
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “All the wonderful students and
staff. It is such a fun environment.”
How long have you been teaching?
“I taught 3rd grade for 21 years. Now I am the ENL teacher here.”
Tell us about your family. “I have a wonderful husband named Chad.
He is a teacher too! He works at HIJ. I also have 2 daughters. Bailey is 15 and Beth is 12.
Do you have any pets? “ I have one dog named Roxie.”
Mr. Murray—Discovery Teacher (Kindergarten)
By: Tamer Adie, Nick Haskell, Gavin Strom, Ging (4)
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “ I love all of the students.
They are all so well behaved and excited to learn.”
Do you have any pets? “I have 2 dogs. One is a pitbull named Gatsky. My other dog is named Nalla. She is a Shibu-ibu.”
You have moved from P.E. to Discovery with the kindergarteners. What is your favorite part of
each job? “P.E. was great because I loved being active everyday. Discovery is fun because I get
to do something different everyday.”
Mrs. Parkison—Art Teacher
By: Catey Campbell and Zoe Eichorst
What is your favorite thing at FCE? “EVERYTHING! I really love my
outdoor courtyard and awesome art room.”
Do you have any pets? “I have 2 cats named Ricky and Julian.”
How long have you been teaching? “This is my 7th year as an art teacher.”
How much money do you think you will raise for the fundraiser Art
to Remember? “I hope to raise $2,000.”
Who is your favorite artist? “Vincent Van Gogh.”
What is your favorite season? “I really love Fall.”
Favorite Quote: “Most people dream of meeting their favorite artist. I get to teach mine.”
Advertisements
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Issue 6
Q: Are you working on a business project in
the classroom? Where could you advertise it?
A: The school newspaper, of course!
From the Fish Bowl is accepting advertisements.
There will be 3 newspaper publications every
school year. Cost is free. Advertise your classroom
project HERE at this unbelievable price! ;) Please
submit advertisements to the library.
Student Council Needs
Your Help!
We are collecting water bottle caps again this year!
We are collecting water bottle caps, toothpaste caps, Gatorade caps, laundry detergent caps.
We are going to make plastic benches and picnic tables.
Collection point is outside Mrs. VanWynsberghe’s classroom. You can drop them there. THANK YOU!
Helping Hands at FCE by
Mrs.Doss’s class (K)
Mrs. Doss’s kindergarten class interviewed
helpers around the school.
Maggie Scott and Matthew Davidson explained that the class brainstormed people
around Fall Creek that help the students each
day. The class learned about their jobs and
what they do each day, ways they help the
students of Fall Creek, and what they like
about their jobs. The interviews can be seen
by scanning the QR codes that Mrs. Doss
made.
Art to Remember
Parents and family can buy
student art as keepsake items
such as coffee mugs, place
mats, pillows, key chains,
magnets, etc.
Proceeds will go toward developing the art room's outdoor
"Creativity Courtyard".
Order forms have gone home
and are due October 19th.
Payments can be made online
or sent back to school.
(Payments should be made out to Art to
Remember)
Thank you!