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Owls by Mrs. Frank’s 1st graders at Elder Grove School
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Beartooth Elementary
4th grade, Mrs. Heine
Some people love Christmas some people don’t do you thing that they are nuts or what? No people don’t like Christmas it’s a wonderful 4th grade, Mrs. Bailey holiday don’t you like it? Oh its going to be the best Christmas in the world. What fun it will be, best I go up to a cabin every other year my hole family goes, every body. It’s Christmas ever, happy holidays. Fun so much fun!!! And I would go to the times happen when you are good. Lucks happens if you are good. A cabin in the midle of no where if I family is having the best Christmas could go any where. of their lives. Kick the music on and - Kade dance for Christmas. Every body goes to sleep one more year to be Christmas Time Theres no better time than Chirstmas good happy, happy holidays. - Camie Half time where are hearts are relly warn. We are proud, thankfull and nice. We also get gifts but that’s not the point. Cookies and milk for Santa. It’s about when Christ was born. But Holiday fun with everyone. there are people out their who need Reindeer guide his sleigh. Icicles hang from the roof. our help and they are called the Snowflakes fall in winter. poor. So we should help them out Thoughtful gifts will be given to kids. and give them lots of gifts and give Merry Christmas and Happy New them a bunch more. Year. - Anna A tree to be decorated. Singing Christmas carols by the fire. I would go to Hollywood because - Hailey Hinkle it is where the stars live and it is so cool there. I want to be a super star. I Snow is falling at this time. want to go there on Christmas. Now everybody is exited. - Hailey Other people might not get anything. Winter fun for everyone. The Christmas Poem/Song If you want to have holiday fun, make Family are happy to get together. Like a dream come true. up a hol-holiday pun. Make some A mistletoes are hanging. cookies with your family, then go Karts are moving were Santa decorate the Christmas tree. Make working. some co co, now listen for Santa Elves are working. sayin’ Ho Ho. Now it’s Christmas - Teqah morning, open your presents, then you go to your backyard and there’s Joseph and Mary, mom and dad of a pack of feasents. Jesus. - Avery Enchanted holy spirit. Saves our soul. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving Undefeatable from the devil. because some of my family come Savior of all creation. over or some times we go visit my - Lydia Schwartzkopf dad while my mom works. I would like to go to see my grandma in San For Christmas, we go get a tree. Diego because I haven’t seen her in Apple pie is so good to eat. 4 years. My grandma bakes real good - Elijah cookies. I like to do cool stuff with my mom What I want for Christmas & dad. 1. Peace Lots of love & fun are wrapped up in 2. A Kindel the holidays. 3. A Phone You’re the best in Billings. 4. Monster High stuff - Ethan Kaldor 5. Cloths 6. Love Cookies for Santa to eat. 7. To go skiing Holiday cheer every where. 8. To relax Reindeer hoof prints on the cold 9. Crafts snow. 10. A cd player Icycles on the roof. 11. Monster high dolls Singing carols. 12. A new bike Tiny elves make presents. 13. Candy Mom makes me go to bed earlier. - Kayla A great time with family. Santa’s sled full of goodies. I would like to spend the holidays - Kylie Kotrc with my family at my house. - Austin Last Christmas I did an ice fishing turniment and boy was it fun. The Las Vegas because it is super cool. first day I accidently stepped into an I realy think it’s awesome and my ice hole and my dad said get your mom thik’s it is cool too! foot out of my ice hold!! That same -Zander day I was bored and hungry and so I decided to fire up the old grill and cook up some hamburgers and hotdogs and next I went to the ice house and I asked if any one wanted
a burger or a hotdog and every one said they wanted something. That was the story of burger boy!! After that we all went to the bar and I toof ten dollars out of our tip pile and went over to the jutebox and I played a whole bunch of music and I went back to the table and my dad asked me if I had turned it on and I said yes and then he said I have really, realy good taste!! That’s the story of ice fishing at Christmas. - Gunner Ostrem Cookies and milk for Santa Claus. Holiday to celebrate Jesus birtday. Rudolph is a reindeer that pulls the sled. Iceicals hang from houses in the winter. Snow can be made into butiful snowman. Many people resive givfs for family. A special time of the year. Singing Chrismas carrols all night long. - Hailey Hinkle
4th grade, Mrs. Pogue Santa was getting ready At the shop he saw Nate a new reindeer in a Tall tree trying to get A little higher it was a Competition. He said,”We’re running Late so you better get up and At it.” So they got to work Usually Nate loved to work So he sat down. He said he lost but he didn’t. He didn’t he go the highest he got to work. - Trey
Santa is a very good man. - James
Amazing foods and gifts You will miss me and I’ll miss you! - Tyren
Santa was a very, very fat man. And all he ate was cookies. North Pole is where he lives. 5th grade, Mrs. Pogue Toys were his favorite thing to make. And never ever stop giving presents out. Snow the snowman sat up from Claus was his last name. bed. Loves everyone all around the world. N ight was all he could see out of his And never says no to children. widow. Us he loves the same. O ut on to his porch he sat and fell Sue Claus is his wife. a sleep. - Jeremy Waking he found the he made snow Happy children walking through the every where. snow Mama he said to an old lady do you On Christmas Eve, looking at the know what happened? No, lights with wonder. Answered the old lady. Like Christmas cookies the children Night fell once again and Snowy were sweet, stayed at home forever. I think about how all of the children - Traevon know. Say and night Christmas day is Robert the Reindeer wanted a pop coming just so tart After a walk in the park, they gather Everyone wanted a pop tart too then at the clock… Robert said “Yay,” sign the children when the “I don’t know where the pop tarts clock strikes 12:00! are, do you know?” - Zoey No on said, “Yes, I know.” Everyone was sad. then Santa always loved working on toys D ancer was dancing then said, “ I And trains by hand and he always know where the pop tarts are! gets them perfect. And he never gets them done wrong Everyone rejoiced because now they have a pop tart. but E veryone went to the kitchen and One day he messed up found a pop tart they And he needed to fix it but Santa R ejoiced, played and laughed Claus knew an elf that had a together because of the pop tarts. Lot of tools. Santa called him over - Maren And he asked for one of his tools
and the Elf said yes , he got out his tool boxes Some of the tools had gum on them But Santa good a hammer and fixed Sandy the snowman loved the snow. the toy. Nate the snowman loved snow too. - Evan Oh how they loved to play together When they played together the snow Rudolph was a red nosed reindeer glowed. Everyone really didn’t like him. He Many of the children sadly did not wasn’t believe in magic. Identical to the other reindeers All of the children went ice skating Not even his dad liked the shiny and saw the snowmen. nose Now they know magic was real Dove was the only reindeer that got because the snowman was flying. along with Rudolph - Parker Everyone made fun of Dove as well Everyone except Rudolph Rudolph the red nose reindeer was Rudolph and Dove were friends Excited for Christmas Day so he forever. could - Jaden Invite his friends to come and help him. Si the snowman knew that he will “Not this time boy you sick,” said melt on Christmas. So he went to the Santa. North Pole. Man it was cold so he “Dear me ,” said Mrs. Claus, “You went to Antarctica, it was perfect. By have a bad cold!” the night it was light in the sky. “Eat cookies and drink hot - Derik chocolate,” she said. Evan came over and made Rudolph Snowy the Snowman was going to better. the North Pole. But he accidentally “Rudolph lead the way,” said Santa. took a wrong turn so other then - Josiah going to the North Pole he went to the South Pole and he saw penguins Santa was a fat man. and meat eating killer whales. Snowy And he always loved cookies. was very sad but a penguin told him And he how to get to the North Pole and he Never stopped giving people finally saw Santa. presents, - Chance Toys, ipods, ipads and Almost every thing and he always Holidays are fun put From Santa Old and young family members Claus. And that is why he is so Lovely family members come Loved by all the children. I love all my family members All around the world. And he loves Daddies and mommies, aunts and Us the same and he will forever uncles
Snowmen are very fun, playful and Nice. They like to play, they like to have fun. One thing they love to do is skate on ice. What do snowman say at Christmas Eve? They say Merry Christmas have a good night. At New Years Eve they all have melted but when Night comes you know the story I don’t need to tell it twice. - Piers Snowy the snowman was nice and so was his brother. Nicey was Snowy’s brother. Nicey was 10 years Older than Snowy. Snowy was 10 years old. When they went shopping the found lots of stuff. Marshmallows and cookies and video games. And when they left they had no money left so they went home. North Pole was there. They played video games all day long. - Cruz Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer had a friend who was an elf named Robert. Those two friends set off to the Island of Misfit Toys and they met some toys named Lambie and Chuckles. They even helped us through the Desert of Misfit Toys. Then finally they went to the Everlasting Ice Monster where they fought the Everlasting Ice Monster and after the fight Rudolph and Robert made it back home just in time. - Chrissy
Wishing you a Blessed Christmas In the joy of this season, may we rejoice and sing God’s praise!
By the coming of Christ Jesus, may the hungry be filled with good foods, may those who are ill be blessed with good health! Glory to God in the highest and peace to God’s people on earth!
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