BIrds

Birds

By, Clara Shangold

&

Lily Helphinstine

Not all birds can fly. All birds come in different shapes and sizes. Not one bird is the same. Big birds eat little birds and little birds eat warms.

 

For example, the swan is a large aquatic bird. The swan is known for its fierce temperament and its strong wings. Their wingspan is 79 in.-138 in. If the swan feels threatened it will hurt whoever threatened them. The top speed is 50 mph. The swan’s lifespan is 8-10 years. Their favorite food is aquatic plants and small fish and insects. The swans’ habitats are large, shallow wetlands and open water. A female swan lays 3-9 eggs. Baby swans are called cygnets. Those were facts about swans.

Another example of a bird is the eagle. An eagle is one of the largest birds around North America. There are more than 60 kinds of eagles. Eagles can be up to 40 cm long in height. The wingspan of the eagle is two times the body. Eagles eat small birds. Eagles have really good eye sight. Mother eagles lay two eggs. They have talons and pointed beaks. They also have very sharp teeth. Eagles have four strong toes on each foot. They can hold fish in air with their talons. Eagle beaks are very strong.

In conclusion there are many types of interesting and unique birds.

Husky Shop: School Store

          School  Store

          The school store has started  up and it’s going great! We sell things like: Stuffed animals, snap bracelets, pencils, pens, mood rings, magic worms,  and sunglasses.  Also,

 if you want to find more items you can visit the school store. Prices range from $0.25- $2.50. Most likely, if you do come these things won’t be there, but new items come in slowly so be patient and we hope you keep on enjoying our school store!!! ;)

              

              Written by:Kate Abbatemarco &  Kiley Girard

4th Grade Animal Paintings

4th Grade Animal Paintings

In 4th grade art class, the 4th graders are working on their biggest project of the year-their animal paintings. These painting will hang on the walls.

     The 4th graders will be drawing endangered animals from all over the world. There are animals from Asia, Africa, the Americas,Europe, Australia, and the Arctic. The giant panda from Asia was the most popular.

     The students started by sketching their animal on a scratch paper. From there, they started to draw on their canvas. Behind their animals are backgrounds of its habitat. Right now most kids are in the process of finishing up the sketch and starting their paint palettes. For this project, each kid will have their own palette with the colors of their animals.     

At the end of the year Mrs.Gilmore will hang the painting on the walls of Vinton.  In 5th grade the students will get their paintings back.People will be able to look and enjoy the animal paintings.

By: Jacob Bernstein and Daniel Zhou

Giant Pandas

Giant Pandas

If you want to learn about a very cool creature, with white and black all over, then I’d suggest you continue reading. Giant pandas live in Central China in forests in mountains. Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains.

      Giant pandas mainly eat bamboo. Over 99% of the food they eat is bamboo. Bamboo is very tough to eat, but because they have sharp teeth they are able to eat it. Also, since they have five fingers, and a thumb, they can hold it better.

Scientists do not know a wild panda’s lifespan, but they are sure it is shorter than pandas in zoos. Pandas in zoos can live to 35 years old. Scientists think pandas in the wild live to 14 to 20 years old.

Pandas are black and white mammals and it looks like a bear. They have black spots on ears, eyes, legs, and shoulders. Pandas have thick coats that keep them warm in the winter. Even though most people think pandas are cute, they are very dangerous. On all fours pandas are 2 to 3 feet and weigh between 200 lb and 250 lb.

   Pandas can give birth once they are 4. After 95 to 160 days a young could be born. Even though a panda may give birth to 2 young, usually only 1 survives. Pandas are slow breeders so that is sort of why they are endangered. Babies stay with their mothers for 2 to 3 years and then they go off to the wild. When a panda cub is born, it weighs about 3 to 5 ounces and is about the size of a stick of butter. They are pink and blind. Their fur has not grown yet. Panda cubs only open their eyes when they are 6 to 8 weeks old. They are not mobile until they are 3 months old.

By: Jacob Bernstein and Daniel Zhou

How Big is a Billion!

How Big is a Billion?

Mrs. Terry’s Math Enrichment group did

a project on How Big is a Billion? Everybody had to participate in the project. They could pick a question that they wanted to answer as long it was about a billion. We were suppose to draw pictures on our posters too. Daniel Zhou and Campbell Sion’s question for the How Big is a Billion? was how many people could eat with a billion dollars? Jacob Bernstein and Brendan Raynor’s question was how many pairs of shoes would each NBA player need to have a billion pairs? Grace Nieh and Jung-Jai’s question was how many computers could you buy with a billion dollars? Alex Semenza and Andrew Holzbach’s question was how many scoops of ice cream equal a billion licks? In the end we sent out our project to the H&R Block, we didn’t win but we got a $50 gift card.

Fighter Jets

   ME 262, Nazi fighter jet

By Sully Abbatemarco &Kyle Conrad

The first Nazi fighter was named ME     262. Commando Novotny was the first Nazi ME 262 fighter jet pilot. It would make its debute on October 3^rd in June

1944. During the d day invasions Amir 120 operational German fighters had been faced with 7,000 allied aircraft. Even if 262 had been combat ready still 542 allied were killed.

Fudge-A-Mania

                        Fudge A- Mania

   In the book Fudge-A-Mania the characters are Peter, Fudge, Turtle, Shela, Peters Grandma, Shela’s Grandpa, Peter’s Mom,  & Dad, Shela’s Mom & Dad & Tootsie.  In the beginning Peter’s family & Shela’s family go to a duplex.  In the middle Peter & Fudge go to the library & Peter falls in love a young  librarian named Isabelle.  At the end Peter’s grandma Shela’s grandpa get married!  Something I think that was funny was that Shela said “Even though we are related, I will always hate you!”

By Isabelle Hamley