INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

HELP COLUMN

2

JOKES

2

TEACHER GUESS WHO 2

BOOK REVIEW 2

WEATHER

BIRTHDAYS

2

3

MAKE A SPARKLING

CRYSTAL

SPORTS

3

3

CROSSWORD

SEASONAL VOCAB

4

4

WINTER 2010

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2

one was able to try copper piercing, stenciling, ink writing, and weaving.

This was a great

way to show Mount Horeb

just how amazing the colo-

nial times really were!

By Sophie Loesberg

In late November the fifth grade had a Colo-nial Fair. The fifth graders worked hard to recreate a fair from the colonial times. There were activities to do in every fifth grade class-room.

Mrs. Cebula’s classroom was the School house. That room had games that were normally played at school. They played games like whirly gigs, ball and cup, gouse gouse, and cat’s cradle. Portraits were hung every-

where in black and white. Mrs. Carroll’s

classroom was the Com-mon. There was dancing and games in the Com-mon. They even had stock bowling .

Mrs. Miletic’s room

was the Colonial Home. There were four stations set up in her room. Every-

Food Drive at Mount Horeb

By Ali Burman and Andrew Morrison

Mount Horeb

brought in cans of food for

a local food bank to help

out others who are less

fortunate than us. As an

incentive, for the food

drive, the grade who

brought the most cans of

food won a free recess.

Each grade brought in over

170 cans of food! Since

there were so many cans

of food, Mount Horeb really

came together and helped

many families through the

holidays.

Two grades won a

free recess since there was

a tie. The grades that won

were 1st and 3rd. We did

this for a good cause! You

made Mount Horeb proud!

Mount Horeb

Gilly Gazette “Written by the students for the students”

Colonial Times

COMICS 5

Who could it be?

___________________ (Write the answer here)

Dear Gilly, What do I do if I get a present I don’t like as a gift? From, Gift Receiver Dear Gift Receiver, Remember that it is the thought that counts. This person took the time out to purchase something just for you. You don’t want to hurt his/her feelings. Thank them for the gift and try to use it any way you can. You may grow to like it. From, Gilly Dear Gilly, What do I do if I forget to study for a test and I realize I have the test when I get to school? From, Non-studier Dear Non-studier, Study at school whenever you have extra time. For example, study in the morning before you get to class or at lunch and recess. Always try to do your best! If you find out you did poorly after, be honest with your teacher. From, Gilly

BOOK REVIEW:

GILLY GAZETTE

HELP COLUMN

PAGE 2

JOKEs

By Kip Leibowitz 1)How do you catch a squirrel?

Climb into a tree and act like a nut

2)Why didn't the chicken cross the road? Because he was too chicken

3)What's brown and sticky? A stick

4)What did the chewing gum say to the shoe? I’m stuck on you!

5)What is black and white and pink all over? An embar-rassed zebra

6)What did one mountain say to the other mountain? Let's meet in the valley.

7)Why didn't the hotdog star in the movies? The rolls weren't good enough

8)What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? Time to get a new

fence

9)What do you call a scared dino-

saur? A nervous Rex!

By: Anthony Rodrigues Her favorite color is green. Her hair color brown. Her eyes are hazel. She likes to watch NCIS and the Discovery channel. Her favorite food is pizza and her favorite dessert is chocolate brownie with vanilla ice

cream. She has been teaching for 5 years. Her birthday is November 9. Her favorite kid’s book is First Day Jitters. Her favorite place to hang out is at her friend Krista’s house. Her favorite store is Mac. Her favorite animal is a bullmastiff dog. Her favorite number is 9. Her favorite letter is M. Can you guess who it is?

By Alyssa Titus

If you need something

to read, read Bridge to Tera-

bithia, by Katherine Paterson.

Bridge to Terabithia is a fictional

story about Jess Aarons. He is

very lonely end bored until he

meets Leslie. She shows him

how to imagine and they create

a magical world. They call it

Terabithia. Then something

awful happens to Leslie and

Jess’s world falls apart. This

book is hard to put down and if

you like action, you will like this

book. If you also are creative,

you would really like Bridge to

Terabithia.

TEACHER GUESS WHO

By: Chris Oakes, Andrew Morrison, and Will DiStuco

Better get your winter clothing on or else you could get sick and not be able to play in the snow! Or worse, you might not be able to play with your friends. Who needs to where warm winter clothing? YOU if you go out-side. Clothing for winter is very impor-tant, because you could easily catch a cold if it’s too cold to be outside with-out the proper outfit. You should wear gloves, coats, sweatshirts, hats, boots, snow pants and, scarves.

You should wear it outside

everyday in the winter or when-

ever you’re cold in school layer

up with a long sleeved

shirt and sweatshirt.

WEATHER

Directions 1) Bend your pipe cleaner into any shape you

like 2) Tie one end of the string to the shaped pipe

cleaner 3) Tie the other end of the string to the pencil. 4) Ask an adult to pour the boiling water in the jar 5) Add 1 tablespoon of borax to the water. Continue to add borax

and stir the solution. Stop when you see borax beginning to settle on the bottom of the jar.

6) Lower your shape in to the solution. Make sure none of the shape is touching the edge of the jar.

7) Rest the pencil on the top of the jar. 8) Allow your shape to sit in the solution over night. 9) The next day, remove your shape. It should be covered in hick,

sparkling crystals. Hang it in a spot where it can drip dry.

Pour the remaining borax solution down the sink.

By Alyssa Titus

What happens when a solution be-comes super saturated? To find out, try this recipe for making crystals. *Safety note* this recipe involves boiling water and borax. Borax is a cleaning chemical that can be harmful if swallowed. Have an adult help you. What you need Pipe cleaners Piece of string, 6 inches long Pencil Boiling water Wide mouthed glass jar Table spoon

Borax (available at a grocery store in the laun-

dry and soap aisle)

By Anthony Rodrigues

Brett Favre was born on October 10, 1969 Gulfport, Mississippi and was raised in the small town of Kiln. Brett Favre was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991 but after one season he was traded to the Green Bay Packers. Then he was starting quarter-back for the Green Bay Pack-ers from 1992 to 2007 and after the 2007 season he was about to retire when he broke his re-tirement and went to the Jets in 2008. After that season he told the jets he was retiring. He came out of retirement for the 2nd time and signed with the Minnesota Vikings on August 18, 2009. Now he leads the Vikings 11-3. This is impressive

because he is 40 years old. Favre is the only player to win the AP Most Valuable player three consecutive times. He led the Packer to 7 division championships, four NFC Championship games winning 2 Super Ball (in 1996 and in 1997). He holds many NFL records including : most ca-reer touchdown passes, most career passing yards, most career pass completions, most career pass attempts, most career interceptions thrown, most consecutive starts, and most career victories as a starting quarterback.

Sports : Brett Farve

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BIRTHDAYS

By Julianne Lin and Sophie Loesberg December Kevin Lu John Yorey Emma Carlson Hannah Fuller Dhruv Patel Rachel Lu Tessa Unke Brian Puccio Victoria Wan Scott Hoffman Vincenzo Sarracino Nicholas Ciraulo Gillian Fritzlo Zachary Ross January Michael Snyder Jessica Gittlemen Carmen Palacios Dean Pereira Christopher Lachenauer Ellice Falivene Anthony DeNave

HoW To Make Sparkling Crystals

“Sparkling Crystals” from Foss Science Stories: Mixtures and Solutions

Madeline Epifano Stephania Hirschman Christopher Yu Kayla Martins Hannah Cohen

February Kyle Lamble Alyssa Titus Myah Toubin William DiSturco Akshina Gupta Caroline Rucker Parth Patel Emily Boney Nicholas Spaulding Elle Braverman Tyler Walker David Cantone Christopher Trovato Cathleen Luo

Daniel Snyder

Mount Horeb

Holiday Puzzle

Word Search

Vocabulary

Sing flame

ornaments

ball candles

Santa dreideil

sing eight

presents

Word Box

Across 1. A month with lots of holi-

days. 5. The most famous reindeer. 7. You celebrate this for eight

nights. 8. He goes, ”Ho ho ho!”

9. Groundhog and Valentine's Day.

10. You decorate a tree

E L D L O C C R S B F E U B R

F E L J A N U A R Y C T K A W

F E R A F Z M J I Z N A W L R

R N B T B T S N O W F L A K E

N A T R S W S M E I G O N H B

F M E I U A O J S N N C Z N M

K L R Y N A M N Y T I O A F C

H H U T W O R T S E Z H A H E

C A A R W E S Y S R E C I A D

E N N P R N N E L I E T L N D

H O F U O Y V H F G R O W U Z

C C X W K I W K H K F H K K E

M W M G B K P H P G M L C I C

J A R S D R A Z Z I L B E A P

N U D Q F I K H G H M D Z H Q

BLIZZARD

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS-

TREE

COLD

DECMBER

FEBRUARY

FLURRY

FREEZING

HANUKIAH

HANUKKAH

HOTCHOCOLATE

Special thanks to all the members of the Newspaper Club. I

am so proud of all of you! You continue to create wonderful newspa-

pers for all to read. Happy 2010!

Fondly,

Mrs. Miletic

Down 2. You light this for Hanukkah.

3. A famous snowman. 4. You decorate this for Christ-

mas.

6. Happy New Year!!

By: Julianne Lin, Jordan Scheiner and

Alison Burman

WORD SEARCH

By Jordan Scheiner, Ali Burman, and Julianne Lin

JANUARY

KWANZAA

NEWYEAR

SANTA

SNOW

SNOWBALL

SNOWFLAKE

SNOWMAN

WINTER

Don’t Forget! Mount Horeb

is GOING GREEN!

By: Kip Leibowitz and Will DiSturco

1) Hang_____________-

on a Christmas tree

2) Put on a

Manura.

3) __________ gives you

presents on Christmas.

4) Spin the__________

to get some gilt. 5) The drops at

12:00 AM on New

Year’s Eve.

6) Christmas carolers come

and .

7) Kids get presents for ___

nights on Chanukah.

8) On New Year’s peo-

ple___ “Auld

Lang Syne”.

9) On Christmas day you see your .

10) On Chanukah some peo-

ple watch the

________ on the

candles.