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Created by Mrs. Miscavish’s Third Grade Class

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Table of Contents

Hippopotamus.....................................3

Dear Abby............................................4

Making a PB&J....................................5

Dear Mr. Henshaw................................6

A New Year...........................................7

 An Animal Spotlight

  A Friendly Letter 

 How-to Directions

 A Book Review

 An Interview

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 HippopotamusHippos are interesting animals. A hippo is a

mammal. Mammals breathe air, take care of theirbabies, and their bodies are covered in hair or fur.Hippos are large animals. They have big roundbodies that look like barrels. They also have big, broad noses.

Their legs are kind of short and stubby. Usually hippos arebrown, but they have some pink too. A hippo can close its nostrilsunderwater. They also have large tusks. They use these tusks todefend themselves.

All hippos live in Africa. Hippos spend most of the day inwater, but walk into the savanna to get food. Hippos can live ingroups of five to twenty different hippos. Most hippos live to be

40-50 years old. Hippos are herbivores. That means they eat allplants, no meat. They search for their food, but often go to thesame place to find food. Usually mother hippos only have onebaby at a time. They help to raise the young until itʼs old enoughof care for itself.

 By Mrs. Miscavish

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4 Volume 1, Issue 1

September 1, 2009

 Dear Abby,My name is

Camilla Cream. Iʼm an

8-year old girl and I have

a major problem. Earlier

this week I woke up and I

was covered in stripes! They werenʼt

small stripes, but bright rainbow stripes.

Then the stripes started changing and I

ended up turning into my room! Iʼm not

sure why this happened. I didnʼt eat my

lima beans and I just woke up one

morning and I looked different. I tried to

go to school, but the principal made me

go home. The doctors canʼt figure out

whatʼs wrong with me either. Can you

help me figure out how to get rid of

these awful stripes so I can go back to

being normal?

Sincerely,

Striped in School

 By Mrs. Miscavish

September 2, 2009

Dear Striped,

Never fear I have the solution! You see, by not eating the lima beans, you

werenʼt being yourself. There are a few ways to fix your problem. First, you could

start eating lima beans. Donʼt worry about what others think of you. You could

also have your parents hire a tutor and just stay part of your bedroom. I

personally think you should just start eating lima beans. I would be sad if I were

stuck as a bedroom for the rest of my life.

Sincerely,

Abby 

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 Making a PB&J I donʼt recall the first time I made my own peanut butter

and jelly sandwich. Iʼm sure I watched my mother making

one in the kitchen and decided I wanted to help out. My early

peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were messy and never as

good as my momʼs, but I kept making them for myself and

now Iʼm pretty good at it. Everyone needs to know how to

make their own peanut butter and jelly sandwich becausesomeday youʼre going to crave a PB and J sandwich and youʼll be glad you know

how to make one. Anytime I get the craving, I head to the kitchen and whip up

one of my fabulous sandwiches.

To start with, youʼll want to get out all of the supplies. Youʼll need bread,

peanut butter, jelly, a dull knife, and probably a plate to keep your counters clean.

Now that you have everything youʼll need, open up the bread and pull out two

pieces. If youʼre going to make more than one sandwich, youʼll need more bread.

Next, open the peanut butter jar and dip the knife to get a wad of peanut butter.

Carefully spread the peanut butter across one piece of bread. This can be a little

tricky; sometimes I accidentally tear the bread, so just go slow. After you havethe peanut butter spread, open the jelly jar and repeat the same process with the

 jelly on the other piece of bread. After you have your two pieces of bread

covered with peanut butter and jelly itʼs time to stick the bread together with the

peanut butter and jelly sides facing each other. Viola! You have your sandwich.

But wait! Before you head off to munch on your food, make sure you clean up

the kitchen, putting everything away where it belongs and wiping down the

counters. Now go enjoy your creation.

 By Mrs. Miscavish

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6 Volume 1, Issue 1

 Dear Mr. HenshawLast week I read the book, Dear 

Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. Ichecked this book out from the school

library. Beverly Cleary is my favoriteauthor so I wanted to read another oneof her books. In this book, Leigh Bottshas an assignment to write a reportabout an author. He wrote to Mr.Henshaw and they become penpals.Leigh deals with a lot of challenges inthe book.

It took me a few days to get intothe book. It started off kind of boring,but got interesting toward the end of thebook. I almost gave up on the book, butmy teacher encouraged me to keepreading, so I did. I’m glad I did. Leighreminds me a lot of me. His parents aredivorced and he misses his dad a lot.He also has trouble making friends atschool. My favorite part was when

Leigh made a friend, Barry. Leighhelped Barry make a burglar alarm for his bedroom door. That gave me agreat idea to help keep my sister out of my own room. I think lots of differentpeople would like this book. If you likeBeverly Cleary, you’ll like this book. Ithink boys might like this book morethan girls because the main character is

a boy and does “boy things.” This is notthe book for you if you want to readaction-packed stories. It’s a real-lifestory about a real-life boy.

 By Mrs. Miscavish

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Volume 1, Issue 1 7

 A New Year Mr. Miscavish is

returning to

Lafayette HighSchool for his sixth

year of teaching.

In an interview

about the

beginning of the

school year, he had this to say.Q: What will you be teaching this year?

Mr. Miscavish: Language Arts 9 and 10.

Q: What is your favorite thing to teach?

Mr. Miscavish: Shakespeare

Q: Why?

Mr. Miscavish: I like helping the kids relate

to something they never thought they’d

use.

Q: What are you most excited about this

upcoming year?

Mr. Miscavish: Getting to know my

students and their families.

Q: What, if anything, will you be doing

differently this school year?

Mr. Miscavish: Reading more books.

Q: Anything else?

Mr. Miscavish: Using the Internet more.

Q: Other than teaching, what else do

 you do at Lafayette?

Mr. Miscavish: I coach forensics. I also run

the Anime Club and the Guitar Club.

Q: What do you enjoy most about

teaching at Lafayette?

Mr. Miscavish: The school spirit and therelationships I’ve made with students and

other teachers.

Q: What advice would you give to

someone who is thinking about

becoming a teacher?

Mr. Miscavish: It’s really hard so make sure

it’s actually what you want to do.

Q: How much of your spare time is

spent on school related stuff?

Mr. Miscavish: Probably 80% of it.

Q: What are you doing during that time?

Mr. Miscavish: Reading.

 By Mrs. Miscavish