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OUR TIME IS NOW!

MRS. RUSSO’S 5TH GRADE

5G NETWORK
ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL/ OCTOBER 28, 2010 ISSUE 2

HALLOWEEN IS HERE!
Halloween Parade by Megan St. Pat’s Haunted House Haunted House Advice
The children of pre-k through 2nd grade are by Nick by Evelyn
all attending the school parade. Kids in 3rd We’re going to have a lot of fun this
grade through 8th grade bring candy to pass Halloween, and there is a lot more stuff If you go to a haunted house, don’t be
out to all of the kids in their costumes, but this year. Everything is going to be new. scared becaue it is probably someone you
you can’t bring gum. Here are some questions answered by Mrs. know. Thirteen ﬁfth grade girls agreed that
Roberson. they like haunted houses. None said no.
Maddie, pre-k: a cute pumpkin
She said, “This year we are not going to Nine ﬁfth grade boys like haunted houses,
Rile, pre-k: Tinkerbell have the not so scary haunted house and only one boy said no. If you are leaving
because the little kids have a parade to go home from a haunted house, make
Rex, pre-k: a pirate sure you take a bag of candy.
earlier that day.”
Emily, 1st grade: Tinkerbell
Ryan, pre-k: Batman We are not allowed to wear our costumes Sports
to the haunted house. Mrs. Roberson said
Camron, 2nd grade: a mummy ALL ABOUT THE RAYS: #2
she hopes we have a lot of people at the
This year’s Halloween is going to be haunted house this year, and we hope to RAYS’ FUN BY ROBBY
awesome!! do this every year! If you read my last column “Rays’ Stadium,” I
mostly talked about Tropicana Field. This
Halloween Costumes Safe Trick or Treat time I am going to talk about the stuff they
by Taylor
by Fallan have for fun! First they have little games
The top boys’ costumes are: Iron Man, Toy inside Tropicana Field, like baseball trivia and
When you’re trick-or-treating, make sure
Story 3 Characters, super heros, Avatar. The
that you’re with an adult. Check your “make your own jersey.” They even have
top girls’ costumes are: Rapunzel from the candy ﬁrst, and if a candy wrapper is more fun stuff on Sundays like Raymond’s
new movie Tangled, Princess girls, Avatar open, don’t eat the candy. Don’t eat all of
and Super Girl. According to the internet, your candy all in one night or you’ll get a fun book. Another fun thing is the Rays’
adults want Alice and Wonderland characters touch tank. I’m Robby from 5th grade
stomach ache.
and super heros.
saying, Go Rays! (Sadly they did not make it
Now when you are going around the
If you want to neighborhood, stick with the person you’re to the World Series.)
know my favorite,
with. And last but not least, everybody
I am going to be a
knows trick-or-treating is fun, so let’s hear GOLF BY CATLYN
girl pirate. My
it from some people. In golf, you have to keep your eyes on the
favorite holiday is
Halloween. I’ll let
Neolina - It’s the best! golf ball, and when you hit, you’ve got to
you in on a secret:
make sure that you are not putting the club
I know what some Megan - It’s fun. The best part is when you
people want to be, behind your shoulder. Then you have to
get a lot of candy!
like my brother, Camron Mendelsohn. He is stand correctly. Then swing and see how far
going to be a mummy. I even gave some of my Sierra - I you get. When you swing, make sure you
friends some cool and cheap costume ideas.
like getting pick up your left or right foot. (It depends
And by the way, Halloween is awesome!
home and
eating a lot on if you’re right handed or left handed.)
Hall-o-scream by Jacob of candy!
BOYS SOCCER BY NICHOLAS
Hall-o-scream is at Busch Gardens. The Hailee - It’s The boys’ soccer team started up after Fun
fun because
theme is “My ex” and “Dead Rock you can get Fair. Everyone was so excited! Almost every
lots of boy in 5th & 6th grade are going to play on
Star.” It costs about $20 per ticket. candy!
the team.
Alexis - It’s
It is fun and scary! It is fun because fun and I You need shin guards, knee high socks and
like how we soccer cleats. Our ﬁrst game is against St.
people jump out at you! get candy:) Paul’s. Hope to see you on the ﬁeld!
These are a few of our favorite things
Taylor - I like the elephant, and I
1. Goldﬁsh
think they are cute!
2. Pumpkins!
Mohamed - I like the pink pig because
it’s cute and adorable! 3. Bradley Chalkers

Gina - I like the pink coach and the 4. Science Experiments
cheerleader.
5. Skeleton candy
Catlyn - I like the cat with the yarn,
the bunny and the monkey. They are 6. Religion Question of
SQUINKIES by Jessi
cute! the Day
Squinkies are cool and awesome and
really cute. And to be honest, I hated Levi - I like the bunny, the cat with 7. Snack Time
them at ﬁrst because there were the yarn and the dolphin.
Zubbies just like them. But squinkies 8. Autographs
are more detailed. Andrew - I like the turtle! 9. Mrs. Russo’s Riddles
Then I started to like them, and then I
really liked them, but it took a while.
Hope - They are cute and squishy.
10. OUR BUDDIES!
A lot of people like Zubbies, and a lot Squinkies are cool!
like Squinkies, so I did a Zubbies vs.
Squinkies poll. PAPER PLANES by Andrew FROM THE EDITOR
21 people voted, and six people All of the topics were
don’t like them. Three are in chosen by the
And the winner is.... Zubbies! 5th grade class. The
between. 12 people like paper opinions
expressed belong sol
SQUINKIES by Hailee planes. Most of the class likes ely to the
authors of the articles
Squinkies are the newest thing out in paper planes. I think paper planes . This is our
second class paper of
5th grade. We trade and make stuff are awesome! Most of the people the school
year. I am proud of the
for them. Almost all of the girls and who don’t like them got hit by students’
efforts. I look forward
boys in 5th grade collet them. one. Please don’t ﬂy them in to watching
their writing skills gr
class! ow as the year
progresses. I hope yo
They are pencil toppers that are very u will too!
detailed. There are humans, bugs,
insects and animals. Here are some
Mrs. Russo
opinions about what 5th grade likes
the best!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS by Alexis FIELD TRIPS by Thomas HURRICANE PROOFING by Gina

People are reading books to be in the October’s ﬁeld trip is going to be to the Hurricane Katrina was the worst
battle. Grades 3 - 8 get to compete in the zoo. Lately we have been talking about hurricane ever, and lots of people were
battle. Megan said, “I like Masterpiece.” animals in class, such as vertebrates and hurt. So I’m here to try to help you
Hope said, “I love The Seer of Shadows.” invertebrates. At the zoo, we can learn prepare for hurricanes. First I think you
My favorites are 11 Birthdays and The about any animal from ﬁsh to lions. should go to baynewsnine.com to get
Gollywhopper Games. some tips to help hurricane-proof your
November’s ﬁeld trip is to Mahaffey house.Then you should go buy a
You can get the books at public libraries, Theater.We will be seeing “School House generator, water bottles, some canned
the school library and Mrs. Roberson’s Rock Live.”We watch this after every food and a battery-operated radio.
3rd grade classroom. I hope to see you in history chapter. December’s ﬁeld trip is Finally, study your evacuation route and
the battle! also to Mahaffey Theater to see “A STAY SAFE!
Christmas Carol.”
Opinions on Egypt 5th Grade Ghost
by Levi by Elizabeth
It’s really fu to study about ancient The 5th grade believes that there
Egypt. Egypt was a big, advanced could be a ghost in the 5th grade
room. Is it possible? Things have
civilization (for its time), and it’s this
year’s them for media and art. been mysteriously disappearing. One
day we came back to our room and
Levi (me): How do you like this our door was unlocked, and a
year’s theme, Egypt? window screen was on the ﬂoor!
Bystanders claim to have heard
Elizabeth: It’s awesome! I know a lot mysterious sounds such as
about Egypt. thumping, banging, and possibly...
ghost sounds.
Andrew: It’s pretty cool.
FUN FACTS You Don’t
AJ: I love it! It’s awesome! Need to Know
by A.J.
Uncle Brown This feature is not ﬁt for people Also, they pulled the brain through a
by Mohamed with heart problems or who faint nostril with a stick.
I made up a character named Uncle easily, children under four or those
Brown. He is an old man. Uncle who are creeped out by a lot of SUBJECT: Animals
Brown has a dance. He likes to things.Your discretion is advised Did you know that owls can turn
dance, and he’s almost the funniest (not really, it’s probably not that their heads all the way around?
dancer in the class. bad). Cool! Also, birds can eat three times
their own body weight. Wow!
He walks like an old man because he Now I will tell you some fun facts.
is one. He has a family in the class. SUBJECT: Mummies Buddies
Here are some people in his family: Did you know that when Egyptians by John
Megan, Hailee, Alexis, Gina, Hope mummiﬁed people, they took out all My class is going to have a Halloween
and Jessi. We love to play the game of the organs (except the heart) and party with our buddies. Then we will
“Uncle Brown.” put them in separate jars? Gross! have a craft day with our buddies. I
wonder what the craft will be.

Pre-k does a cooking day every week,
so 5th grade will get to cook with
our buddies. I hope it is something
really good. All of the things with our
buddies sound really cool. I can’t
wait, and my class probably can’t
either!
This week we charted “dem

bones” on a bar graph and

created fractions based on Pumpkin Carving this Thursday
different types of bones! 1:15 in the Art Room
FUN FAIR
FUN FAIR 2010
by Neolina
This year Fun Fair was the best. We
Suite Caroline visited our classroom to
got some new rides. Some of the
promote her show! 5th grade became
other activities included kids her biggest fans when she sent an
performing on stage with their autograph just for us!
classmates and the talent show that
entertained the audience.

Also this year, instead of the dunk
tank, we had a jail. They put a lot of
people in the jail, and we had to pay
money to bail them out of jail. The
Fun Fair rides were the best. This
year’s Fun Fair was the best!

MORE FUN FAIR
by Sierra the 5th graders had lots of fun at the
Believe it or not, there went another Fun Fair! It was a great weekend for
great Fun Fair! It was full of fun, everyone here at St. Patrick’s!!
food, games, rides, live music and
much more! It was from October 7th
to October 10th.
Elizabeth - It was awesome!
FUN FAIR’S GOT
Nicholas said that he was excited TALENT Okay, with these great comments, let
about having fun with his friends and
me tell you what the talent show is.
the food. Jacob was looking forward by Sabrina The talent show has 15 people in it,
to the food, Robby was looking Before I tell you about the Fun Fair and they get to show off their stuff on
forward to the rides, and Hope was Talent Show, let’s grab some opinions: stage at Fun Fair. For example, you
looking forward to riding the rides
could dance, sing or almost anything
with her friends. I hope you had fun. Jessi - I think it was really fun. I
else! This year it was on Saturday,and
It was great! would do it again.
we all came out to support it!

EGYPT EXPERIMENT BY HOPE
Since our media theme is Egypt, Mrs. to our apple slices. They are so mushy
Russo decided to have a mummy and the skin is like leather.
experiment with apples. We all put an
apple slice in a small cup with baking Then we looked at the one that was
soda and salt. We took 2 more apple under the tarp without baking soda or
Favorite Parts:
slices. One we put in the sunlight with no salt. GROSS! It was all moldy. Then we
salt and no baking soda. We took the weighed them. They lost a lot of weight. Hailee liked how we
got
other slice and put it under a tarp with And then we took them home. The end
to weigh them. Sierra
the other apple slices. We kept them
under there for one week. liked when we dug th
em
up. Taylor liked whe
tick...tock...tick...tock... n
we uncovered them.
Finally, it’s time to unravel our apple I
slices. WOW! The tops are hard. We have liked everything!
to dig it up with our nails. Finally we get