KidzBuzOCTstatenisland

Kid Nectar for Knowledge and News • OCTOBER 2018

Mathnasium of Pleasant Plains mathnasium.com/pleasantplains 718-227-MATH

Mathnasium of Dongan Hills mathnasium.com/donganhills 718-987-MATH

HEY! THIS PAPER BELONGS TO:

Mathnasium of Bulls Head mathnasium.com/bullshead 718-761-MATH

IN THIS ISSUE...

Sign-up to receive Kidz Buzz online every month (see back page).

Write your own Mystery, Decode and solve mysterious puzzles, Mystery emotions, and more.

Phyllis G. Merlino, DDS

The fall weather is finally here and that means that Halloween is just around the corner. To get you ready for Halloween, this edition is all about mysteries. You can learn how to write your own mystery story, read about problem solving, figure out mystery emotions, and more.

Don’t forget, now that Kidz Buzz is online, you can access it through your iPad, Chrome Book, Laptop, or any other device at home, school, or anywhere. That way kids, parents and teachers can read each edition anytime.

See the back page and follow the steps to register your email so that you can keep Kidz Buzz coming. You can also always access it through our website.

Kid Nectar for Knowledge and News Published by Kidz Buzz NJ LLC

Lynne@KidzBuzzNJ.com 609-760-7520 PO Box 734 • Voorhees, NJ 08043 www.kidzbuzznews.com Editorial: Heather Wawrzyniak Jennifer Downing Lindsay Wanko Laura Edwards Illustrator: Kim Gatto

As always, we can’t wait to see your original artwork or poems, receive your birthdays to wish you a happy birthday in the paper, and share great articles with you each month.

Your friend,

A Bit From Buzzer..........................................2

Honeycomb Corner...................................... 10

Superintendent Letter.....................................3

Write to the Point...........................................11

Buzzworthy.....................................................4

Kidz Buzz is going ONLINE...................... 12

Character Counts............................................5 Our Buzzing Artists........................................6 Calendar..........................................................7 Brain Buzz.......................................................8 It’s Your Birthday............................................9 Brain Buzz Solutions.................................... 10

© Copyright 2018 by Kidz Buzz NJ LLC. All rights reserved.

No part of this issue may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without permission from the publisher or copyright holder. Neither participating sponsors nor the publishers will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints, or typographical errors. The publishers reserve the right to edit any submitted material. Kidz Buzz NJ is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other material.

2

Happy Birthday............................................ 10 Bee Published............................................... 10

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

OCTOBER 2018

A message from the Regional Superintendent Welcome back to our students, parents, principals, teachers and staff: We are excited to see all of your smiling faces and to begin the 20182019 school year. We have been busy preparing all summer for your return.

I hope to see you at the 33rd Annual Family Fun Day that will be held on September 29th from 9-1 pm. I always look forward to this day when we gather our Elementary and High Schools students for a day of celebration of Catholic Schools on Staten Island. Facepainting, crafts, and dancing to the DJ add to the enjoyment of the day.

October brings cooler weather, and shorter daylight as we begin to settle into the fall months. Let’s start October with a little history lesson. On October 8th we will celebrate Columbus Day. Did you know Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the

Americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492?

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

Columbus had a strong belief in God and relied on prayer to overcome the obstacles of the long journey across the ocean. I am sharing these beautiful words with you

written by Christopher Columbus, “Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service”. We, as Catholics surely know the power of prayer!

We will end the month of October celebrating Halloween

on October 31st . Did you know Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows’ Day also known as All Saints Day on November 1st and All Souls’ Day on November 2nd, thus giving the holiday on 31 October the full name of All Hallows’ Eve or “Halloween?” Let us remember,

?

Don’t forget

that Kidz Buzz is now available online through your phone, tablet, computer and more.

Register your email at www.KidzBuzzNews.com.

Locate your district and school at the bottom of the page to have each edition emailed directly to you.

?

as Christians, to reflect and pray throughout the month for those who have gone before us.

Throughout the month of October our students will be busy acclimating themselves to the new school year and looking forward to new learning opportunities. The Staten Island Catholic Schools are #faithbased and #futurefocused. I am excited to see what this school year will bring.

Thank you to the students, principals, teachers, staff and parents for being a part of our Staten Island Catholic school family.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Zoilita M. Herrera Regional Superintendent Catholic School Region of Staten Island

?

?

It’s a month full of mysteries.

?

?

OCTOBER 2018

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

?

?

?

Follow clues, come up with answers, unscramble codes, and even write your own mystery.

3

Problem

W

by Laura Edwards

SOLVING

e use our problem-solving skills to make choices and decisions every day, and we do this often without realizing it! Examples of using our problem-solving skills without realizing are the steps that we take to prepare for school. After getting home from school, there is homework to complete, our lunch needs to be prepared or planned for the next day, and a scheduled bedtime ensures that there is enough time to get ready the next morning. Morning routines help us prepare for the day because there is enough time to brush our teeth, get dressed, and arrive at school on time.

Therefore, although we may not realize it, we use our problemsolving skills to prepare for school every day.

4

On the other hand, there are many other times when we know that we are using our problem-solving skills. For example, imagine that you and your family moved to a different town and you changed schools. How do you begin to solve this problem? The first step is to identify the problem. Is it that you do not know anyone in your school? Or, is the problem that you are afraid that you will not like the school or that you will not make friends? Once you isolate what your problem is, you can move forward to step two.

The next step is to come up with at least three solutions. To address being a new student to the school, one solution could be to introduce yourself to your classmates. By talking, you and your classmates may find that you have things in common like a favorite movie, the same birthday, siblings, the same pet at home, or even participate in the same sport or organization. Another solution may be to join a club or an organization or try out for the school’s team if you play a sport. By being involved in the school, you will begin to feel that you belong there. A third solution could be to ask your classmates or teacher questions about the school and learn the differences between your former school and your new school. Learning the similarities and differences can help you see that your new school is nothing to be afraid of, because it is very similar to your old school.

The third step is to think through the solutions that you created in the second step of

the problem-solving process. Although you may feel nervous, your classmates and other students in the school will have things in common with you. They will welcome you into the club, organization, or sport, and you will make more friends. The fourth step of the problem-solving process is to try or implement your solutions. The fifth and final step is to reflect. You can reflect on how much better you feel about your new school. You can reflect on the friends that you made, the fun you have had in the club, organization, or sport, and how much you have improved your problem-solving skills.

All in all, our problem-solving skills help us every day. We use them to know how much money we need for a toy that we want to buy, what time we need to leave to make the bus or a train, how to make friends, how to solve arguments, and even how to do our homework! Being able to identify a problem and take the necessary steps to solve it is one of the best lessons that we can learn.

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

OCTOBER 2018

Can you guess what each person is feeling? Answers below.

A

B

C

E

F

D

By: Heather Wawrzyniak, Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator for Riverside Township School District

Mystery Emotions

Empathy is typically associated with EQ because it is one’s ability to connect their personal experiences with the experiences and feelings of others. Test your EQ. Can you identify what each person is feeling below by their expressions? Think about how they may be feeling inside.

6 questions to develop your self-awareness What am I feeling and what else?

What’s happening physically (e.g. tight muscles) that can give me clues about my feelings?

ANSWERS:

Am I thinking of this emotion as an enemy or a friend?

Is this emotion trying to help me... What is it telling me?

What happened... and what happened before that?

If someone were totally honest with me, how often would they say I react like that?

A. Happy B. Sad C. Excited D. Scared/Nervous E. Angry F. Lonely

Have you ever heard of an IQ? IQ stands for intelligence quotient.

It measures your brain’s memory, thinking and capacity to learn. The same way you can measure your brain power using IQ, you can measure your “heart” power, or ability to understand emotions, using an emotional quotient (EQ).

Builders of boys. Makers of men.

of students are college-bound each year.

Join us and learn how your son can excel with a strong Catholic education.

ST. PETER’S BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, Oct. 28 1–4 p.m.

200 Clinton Avenue | Staten Island, NY

St. Peter’s seeks to nurture a mature man who achieves

his fullest academic potential, reflects Christian values in his daily life throughout the community, and recognizes his civic responsibilities as a member of the larger world community.

Questions about our open house?

Call us at (718) 447-1676.

StPetersBoysHS.org Celebrating 100 years of excellence in Catholic education

OCTOBER 2018

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

5

Blessed Sacrament School Remembering September 11th God Bless America and our art students!

is l-Grade 8 ert Schoo ing s u St. Adalb rt ta s exciting off to an g skills. lem solvin involved b ro p their n o ti a vestig Friday’s in g “how to save in d brainstorm gummy worm an ha it w ” m r. a e S rv life prese a gummy

St. Peter-St. Paul- Second graders work together solving math equations using unifix cubes!

Love seeing their minds at work while they work collaboratively!

St. Peter-S Holy Rosary 7th grade met with their 1st grade buddies to complete a STEM Parachute building activity!

6

t. Paul- 1s

t Day of K

indergarte

n

www.KidzBuzzNews.com OCTOBER 2018

October

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

2

$ $

$

3

4

Regional Board Fundraiser

$

Saturday

Oct

Hallo . 31 ween

Columbus D Schools ay closed

Regional Board Fundraiser

National Homemade Cookie Day

Friday

Oct. 8th

Oct. 2nd

1

Thursday

5

6

Do Something Nice Day

7

8

9 Fire Prevention 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

National Dessert Day

OCTOBER 2018

Day

National Pasta Day

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

Cookie Month 7

Solutions on page 10

Mixed-up Math

Solve for the shapes

Question: What does this mean?

1 end 3 end 5 end 7 end

Question: What hefty 7 letter word can you take away 2 letters and it makes eight?

Question: What number can you take half of and leave nothing?

Question: A farmer has seventeen sheep.

All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?

Question: If it takes six men one hour to dig six holes, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole?

Answer these brain teasers QUESTION: What does this say?

GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE

QUESTION: What does this say?

H DINNER S DINNER A DINNER W DINNER

QUESTION: In the dark they are found without being fetched, in the light they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

QUESTION: What has four legs and a back, but can’t walk?

QUESTION: What does this say: T RN? QUESTION: What does this say?

TOKEEPUCH

8

QUESTION: I travel around the world but never leave the corner. What am I?

QUESTION: You throw away the outside and cook the inside. You eat the outside and throw away the inside.

What did you eat?

www.KidzBuzzNews.com OCTOBER 2018

Specialized Care for YOUR Child

Phyllis G. Merlino, DDS Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry • Infants • Children • Adolescents • Special Needs • Sedation Dentistry

CALL TODAY

It’s Your BIRTHDAY!

Send in your birthday form to be entered for a chance to win a BIRTHDAY PRESENT and get a Happy Birthday wish in the paper.

HAPPY B I R T H DAY !

Send in your birthday form

Super Party and get a Package Happy Birthday wish

8 Child Admissions, Choice of Roller Skating, FunZone or Bounce House, arcade tokens for group, food, birthday extras and more.

on the month of your birthday.

SEND TO: Kidz Buzz, P.O. Box 734, Voorhees, NJ 08043 Name_____________________________________________________ Age you will be turning________________Birthday _______________ Email address ______________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________

Child-Friendly, Modern Office with New State-of-the-Art X-Ray Equipment

City_________________________State______ Zip ________________ Home Phone____________________ Cell Phone _________________

718.761.2090 • 268 Todt Hill Road

Parent Signature ____________________________________________

Corner of Westwood Ave, Near Slosson Avenue

www.DrMerlino.com

Confidence In Math Confidence For Life

™

At Mathnasium, we transform lives every day. We don’t believe in rote memorization of tables and procedures; we teach kids how to truly understand math. Our caring, highly trained instructors assess and teach each child as an individual, using customized learning plans designed specifically for their needs. The Mathnasium Method™ builds confidence, develops critical thinking, and boosts grades and scores … for today and for their future.

Teaching math is not just what we do, it’s all we do. We’re the authority in math education, growing to over 900 centers worldwide.

Start your child’s transformation.

Schedule a comprehensive free assessment today.

Changing Lives Through Math™ Tutoring and Enrichment

SAT/ACT Prep

Homework Help

Pleasant Plains • 718-227-MATH Dongan Hills • 718-987-MATH Bulls Head • 718-761-MATH

www.mathnasium.com

OCTOBER 2018

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

9

Solutions and More!

Mixed-up Math

Answer these brain teasers QUESTION: What does this say?

GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE ANSWER: Forgive.

QUESTION: What does this say?

H DINNER S DINNER A DINNER W DINNER ANSWER: Wash up for dinner.

QUESTION: In the dark they are found without being fetched, in the light they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

ANSWER: Stars.

QUESTION: What has four legs and a back, but can’t walk?

ANSWER: A chair.

QUESTION: What does this say: T RN? ANSWER: No U turn QUESTION: What does this say? TOKEEPUCH ANSWER: Keep in touch.

QUESTION: I travel around the world but never leave the corner. What am I? ANSWER: A stamp.

Question:

What does this mean?

1 end 3 end 5 end 7 end

Answer: Odds and Ends.

Question:

A farmer has seventeen sheep.

All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?

Question:

Answer: Nine.

Answer: Weighty! Take away the W and the Y and you have the word eight.

If it takes six men one hour to dig six holes, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole?

What hefty 7 letter word can you take away 2 letters and it makes eight?

Question:

What number can you take half of and leave nothing?

Answer: 8 -> o

Solve for the shapes

Question:

Answer: There is no such thing as half a hole.

Julieanna W., age 6, 10/25

QUESTION: You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Y ou eat the outside and throw away the inside.

What did you eat?

ANSWER: Corn on the cob.

Bee Published!

Hey kids! Send in your original artwork, letters, and poems to appear online in an upcoming edition. Just have your parents complete this form and send it with your submission to:

Kidz Buzz P.O. Box 734

Take your favorite Granola and yogurt and layer them, top with with whipped topping and decorate with your favorite sprinkles.

Freeze for 1 hour, and enjoy! Serves 4

Ingredients

Voorhees, NJ 08043 Name__________________________________________ Age ______________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ City____________________________ State_______ Zip __________________________ Home Phone______________________ Cell Phone ______________________________ Your Signature (This is my own artwork) ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature_________________________________________________________ Parent’s Email ____________________________________________________________

10

FroYo Cupcakes

a great breakfast or after school snack

4 regular-size paper baking cups (cupcake liners) ½ cup granola cereal 4 tubes (2.25 oz each) yogurt sticks, any flavor ½ cup frozen (thawed) whipped topping Colored candy sprinkles, if desired

Directions

Place paper baking cup in each of 4 regular-size muffin cups.

Place 2 tablespoons granola in each cup.

Squeeze yogurt over granola in each cup and spread to fill sides of liner.

Frost each cupcake with 2 tablespoons whipped topping; sprinkle with candy sprinkles.

Freeze at least 1 hour before serving.

www.KidzBuzzNews.com OCTOBER 2018

Name:

By: Jennifer Downing, 5th Grade Teacher, Fountain Woods Elementary School, Burlington Township, N.J.

Mystery Vocabulary Alibi: An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime Breakthrough: A discovery that helps solve the crime

Characters

Other Characters

Where does the story take place?

Setting

of the best sellers for your grade level. You can find short ones to read and a list of the top 10 on Kids.MysteryNet.com. Here are a few favorite series that my students chose: 39 Clues, Secret Series Collection, Nancy Drew, Clubhouse Mysteries, and Encyclopedia Brown. After you read each story, use the graphic organizers that you chose and complete them by finding all the elements, like Clues, Distractions, and Evidence. You are now ready to create your own Mystery!

Choose your favorite Graphic Organizer to use to plan out your story. Use your creativity to complete it, and then write the Mystery using this! Have fun & Good Luck!

Suspects

What is the mystery that needs to be solved?

Mystery

Mysteries are one of my favorite book Genres. Good Mysteries keep the reader guessing who the criminal is or how the crime happened. The best way to write an exciting Mystery is to first read the Scholastic’s Key Vocabulary Terms, so you can get familiar with words that are associated with this Genre. For example, a Red Herring is a false clue that will throw the detective and reader off. Next, research some Mystery Graphic Organizers.

Scholastic.com is a great place to find these.

Lastly, Read, Read, Read!

If you haven’t read many Mysteries, then get familiar with this Genre. Choose a few

1.

Clues

“WhoDunIt?”

Detectives

Clues (in order)

Who discovered it?

2.

3.

4.

Clue: A fact or object that gives information that helps the detective solve the crime Crime: An action that breaks the law Deduction: Drawing a conclusion or making a judgment about something based on information you have Detective: An investigator who looks for and gathers clues Evidence: An object or statement that helps prove who committed the crime Hunch: A guess or feeling that is not based on facts Motive: A reason that a person does something — motives may be anger, hatred, jealousy, or greed Mystery: Something that is unknown; oftentimes something is missing or stolen Red herring: A false clue that throws the investigator off track Sleuth: An investigator or detective Suspect: Person who has a motive to have committed a crime Witness: Person who has seen something or has knowledge about a crime that might help solve it

CCSS.ELA Literacy-W5.3A: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

OCTOBER 2018

www.KidzBuzzNews.com

11

✁ Attention parents Kidz Buzz is going ONLINE Below is a form for you to complete to continue to receive Kidz Buzz online each month, beginning in October.

You may complete the box below and return to your teacher, mail to the address below, or you may go to our website at www.KidzBuzzNews.com. It’s as easy as 1-2-3....

Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the section titled “Sign Up to Receive Kidz Buzz” and: (1) Select your school (2) Complete the grade and email (3) Submit

We are proud to offer this great resource to encourage students to read, learn, get involved, and build their knowledge and confidence.

Each edition will be emailed to teachers and parents on the 1st of each month.

A link with the Kidz Buzz logo may also be posted on your school or district homepage for quick access.

School ______________________________________ Grade (2018-19 year) ____________ Parent Email Address _______________________________ KIDZ BUZZ NJ LLC

PO Box 734

VOORHEES, NJ 08043

www.kidzbuzznews.com

12

www.KidzBuzzNews.com SEPTEMBER 2018