Vinton Favorite Animals Survey

 By Clara Shangold & Lily Helphinstine

Vinton School Shirt Sale

VINTON SCHOOL SHIRT SALE

By Alexander Almagro & Andrew Li

Vinton School was having a shirt sale. There were only 2 T –shirts.  There was a basic T-shirt that had the Vinton symbol and a tie-dye T- shirt. There are 2 sweatshirts and 2 pairs of pants. There was also a bag, long sleeve shirt and a football jersey that says Vinton. The sale ended in 10/16/13. If you missed it you’ll have to wait.

How to Make an Origami Piano

By Alyssa Caneira & Amy Wei

Step 1: Fold a square piece of paper in half vertically. Unfold. Do the same horizontally.

Step 2: Look for the crease that should be in the center of the paper. Take the sides that are short and make those edges touch and crease.

Step 3: Put your hand on one half of the paper. Stick one finger from the other hand into the pocket on the side your hand isn’t on.

 Step 4: Squash and crease. Repeat steps 3 & 4 on the other side.

Step 5: Pull up center and crease.

Step 6: Fold and crease the top of your folded-up center down a centimeter.

Step 7: Close “doors” (sides) and crease.

Step 8: Unfold “doors” (sides) and bring down folded center.

Completed Origami Piano!

Harry's Frog Poem

A pond at twilight;
A frog jumps in the water
A lilypad bobs.

by Harry Moss

Vinton Students' Favorite Things to Do Graph

Interview with the Principal

Dr. Palmer stays as the Vinton principal because he thinks Vinton is such a good place. Also, he has invested most of his career in the school’s success. “It’s just really hard to do something else,” states Dr. Palmer. He spent most of his career in the schools’ success.

One of Dr. Palmer’s favorite things about Vinton is building the Vinton family. He quotes, “It’s like being the mayor or the town manager of a wonderful little village.”

In Dr. Palmer’s free time which he has very little of, he is doing errands and house chores. Dr. Palmer and his wife enjoy going to the beach and the theatre.

Dr. Palmer loves helping make Vinton a great place to teach and learn.

                                                                     Daniel Zhou and Jacob Bernstein

                                                                                         From Turtle Island

Vinton Student's Favorite Things to Do

Vinton Student’s Favorite Things to Do

      We took a survey in Annie E. Vinton School about students favorite things to do. The choices  they had were Math, Writing, Playing Outside, Art, and Sports.

These are the results:

  

3 people like sports

2 people like art projects

2 people like to play outside

3 people like writing stories

0 people like math

Turtle Island Bloggers

Turtle Island Bloggers

In the afternoons on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 2:45 a group of fourth graders and third graders meet with Mrs.Terry in the computer lab and we pick a topic to write about.

When we’re done writing it on the computer we go to File then we’re going to go to 2014 folder and click that. Then we go to the Terry folder, click on it and go to EDIT.

            Mrs.Terry checks it and then we put it in DONE the folder. Then Mrs. Terry posts it on the Vinton’s Turtle Island blog.

Your parents and friends can read what you wrote and then if it’s very important they’ll get the message by looking at the blog.  They can even make comments and so can you!

           It would be cool if you went on the blog and read what kids wrote!!!

                           ~Kiley Girard

How to Draw

Some students draw pictures in many different ways. Like with oil pastels, crayons, markers, paintbrushes, and sharpies many people outline their pictures and color the inside of the picture lightly. Other people can overlap their drawings to make it look 3-D. You can also use tissue paper, fabric, or photographs to help you make your picture more interesting.

You should also try not to press so hard with your pencil because if you make a mistake it is harder to erase and it might look bad. You should also concentrate on your work and try not to get distracted. Another tip is you should also try your best.

Grace Nieh and Hope Fu

THE NEW ENRICHMENT TEACHER

Today the reporters for Turtle Island interviewed Mrs. Terry.

She enjoys being the new enrichment teacher.  “I enjoy working at Vinton School because as the enrichment teacher I get to work with all of the grades,” quotes Mrs. Terry. Her favorite thing about Vinton is being able to work with everyone in the building.

Out of school Mrs. Terry is busy with her three sons' activities. Alone she enjoys biking.

                                                                        Daniel Zhou and Jake Bernstein from Turtle Island

    

Musical Instruments for Fourth Graders

A few weeks ago 4^th graders started waking up earlier in the morning to get on the middle school bus. Can you guess why? Well, here’s the answer…they’ve been playing  musical instruments!

Their choices were saxophone, violin, cello, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, or, percussion.

Here’s a kid who plays one, Jacob Bernstein, he plays the euphonium. He thinks it’s pretty easy because he wakes up early anyway. He likes it because the teachers teach at a good pace for the students and he  enjoys playing the instrument. So, 3^rd graders, don’t think it’s going to be hard. Maybe you could play too!

-         Kiley Girard and Kathryn Abbatemarco