Tiger Talk
By: Abby Post
March 2012
Japanese Visitor Excites NBE Students
Do you know much about Japan? Well if you need some information about Japan come on over to NBE and talk to some students. Now you might wonder why go to NBE? It is because on February 3 Yukiko Shimono from Japan came over and shared her knowledge about Japan. She taught the kids about the Japanese culture, her family, and also some about the atomic bomb and the story of a girl making 1000 paper cranes. She showed us what the clothes she was wearing were called. At the end of some classes she taught us how to make origami figures such as a hat and an easy cup. A cup to put food in or to just put out for decoration--not a cup to drink water out of because it’s a cup made out of paper. One other thing that Yukiko brought over was 40 strands with 50 mini paper cranes on each that were made in Japan. They are called “peace cranes” and were donated by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan. Our students smiled when they saw the mini paper cranes. The peace cranes are on display in the case by the front door. Kids showed excitement
Yukiko Shimono shows first graders Owen Simanek, Haley Johnson, Catherine Vyhlidal, Makaela Wolfenden, and Alisha Hernandez the peace cranes.
when they learned all about Japan from someone that came from Japan. Sidney Emanuel and Grant Peters both in second grade said they loved to see her make a paper crane and how she did it so fast. “I enjoyed learning about the type of words they use in Japan,” said Grant. “The little paper cranes were fun to learn about,” Sydney said. First grader Rebekah Voss thought learning about Sadaki was very interesting. She also said enjoyed learning about paper cranes. Callie Witt in fourth grade thought that learning about the Japanese family was interesting. “My favorite part was making things out of origami,” Callie said The kids had so much fun learning about Japan. Do you need any information about Japan? You know where to go! Thank you, Mrs. Peterson, for all your work to bring Yukiko to NBE.
Class News What is up with kindergarten class? Lets all look. In Math they are counting to hundred. In grammar they are using describing words. In Science they are reading about weather. The final thing is searching where animals live. Keep up the good work Kindergarten. (Faith Taylor)
Let’s Eat
By: Mackenzie Brabec
Kids never think about how much work it takes the cooks to make the food the children eat for breakfast and lunch. So I got the idea to ask Lois those questions. “The first question is how far in advance do you have to plan?” I asked. “I plan lunch one month in advance, but order food weekly.” Lois explained. “How many kids do you plan for?” Lois said she plans for about 280 kids every lunch.” I had to ask: “What time do you start cooking for breakfast and lunch?” Lois starts preparing for breakfast at twenty-five minutes ‘til seven.” Wow!! That’s early!! “And for lunch?” “Twenty-five minutes ‘til nine.” That’s only two hours to clean up from breakfast. That gives her from one hour to an hour and twenty-five minutes to make lunch. Emma Kavan says her favorite lunch is spaghetti with cheese sauce, while Haley Vanek’s favorite is macho nacho.
Above: Mrs. Yount is the winner of the canvas from her classroom. She is posing with Noah Post, Travis Byrd, Grant Peters and Sydney Emanuel. Top left: Tristan Anderson was the lucky winner of two art canvases.
NBE Art On Display By: Emerson Peters
You probably remember sitting at your desk about a month ago staring at a big, blank, white canvas wondering what it was for. Now you can remember helping with the amazing artwork that was auctioned off at the PTA Family Fun Night! The event was a great turnout and we raised lots of money for the new preschool and had tons of generous donations of books for the little ones to read. Each canvas was displayed in the gym where everyone could see the fabulous artwork. Then, everyone could go over to the sign-up table and buy a ticket to write their name on to put into the bowl in front of each canvas. Later Mrs. Ziettlow called someone up from each grade to pull out the name of a lucky, proud owner of an awesome canvas! Mrs. Ferguson’s third grade class had the fun idea to melt crayons on their canvas, making a cool heart. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Lorence’s 1st graders made portraits of themselves. Abby Johnson (1st grade) was lucky when she pulled her own name out of the bowl for her class. Mrs. Yount had a good night because she won her own classes’ artwork. Thanks to all of the parents, teachers, and students for their hard work and dedication to make this night a success!
On February 3, Yuki from Japan was here; then Febr. 10 the first graders had their Japan Day. We had been studying the culture for several weeks. They learned some of the language, and customs such as bowing and eating with chopsticks. In Science we are learning about weather, and in math we have been counting money. The second graders are working like busy little bees to complete their Animal Books. These exciting books include activities which teach the students about insects, fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals. They are looking forward to using their new animal knowledge when the go to the Henry Doorly Zoo in April. (Lauren Emanuel)
The third graders have been working on reports on the Presidents and map skills in social studies. In Math they have been working on division with remainders along with multiplication/division story problems. They learned about economics and profit and loss while making and selling cookies. They will be ending year with a field trips to Lincoln to the Governor’s Mansion and Morrill Hall and then to Arlington to learn about the farm. In Math the fourth graders have been working on fractions, volume, and area. In Social Studies they are getting ready for their Native American projects. In Science the they have been talking about matter. The fourth graders in Ms.Hines room are working on book reports. The fourth graders in Mrs. Gruebers room are doing a project with other schools called “On the Same Day in March”. The 4th graders are working hard so they can earn their way on The field trip to Lincoln on March 30! (Abby Post)
The groundhog saw his shadow. Do you know what that means? We get more winter. Some of you don’t want more winter, but it will be over in no time. Then there are some kids are glad there is more winter. The big question is...will we get a snow day this year? - FT
The Fifth grade is studying about the expansion of the West, the Alamo, and will soon be talking about the Civil War. They worked on and submitted Patriotism essays for the Morse Bluff VFW. They considered ways to support patriotism in our community and gave details to support their ideas. They are now beginning their research projects. In Science, they have been working on forces and motion. Everyday vocabulary such as work, energy, position, speed, and acceleration are taking on a whole new meaning. This has led them to this week’s lessons on simple machines the students use to assist them in doing work.
In Social Studies, the Sixth grade created videos about South American countries using iMovie. They are now studying the Eastern Hemisphere getting to know the countries of Europe. They also worked on and finishing their research reports. They used databases and the library for their research, took notes, made an outline. They then went through the writing process to complete a final draft. They shared their research online using Glogster. After research we worked on essay writing. We are getting ready to start our new writing mode. Sixth grade science classes are doing a variety of experiments using indicators to discover acids and bases. They are having a great time mixing, stirring, and comparing different mixtures and solutions.
First Grade “Travels” to Japan By: Hannah Murray
There was a smell of Japanese food all over school! The first graders were having Japan Day. They dressed up in slippers to show what Japan was like. Thanks to Mrs. Peterson, all of the first graders had an excellent unit about Japan. There were slippers from Japan in the door of the restrooms down by the first grade rooms and when they had to go to the restroom they would change into those slippers and leave theirs out by the door.Paige Dunker said “The best part about the whole Japan Day was making the fish.” Then she said that “the best food she ate was the rice. “ All the first graders liked Japan Day.
Hannah Johnson and Brittany Kifer show the carp kites they made during their Hannah Johnson, Burkett Peters, and Britany Kifer show off their carp kites they made during their Japanese study.
Look It Up By: Mackenzie Brabec
When the 3-6 grade students heard each one of them were getting a dictionary and thesaurus they were flabbergasted. But how did they get these? It’s all because of Mrs. Mehaffy, Mrs. Grueber, Mrs. Paasch, who gave the idea, and many other people who generously donated money for them. The East Central Reading Council, that they are all members of, offers a grant of $100 dollars for projects for students. The teachers learned about the dictionary project a year ago at a state leadership conference for officers. Later they had the idea they had to find more money to pay for the dictionaries and thesauruses the students would be getting. After the East Central Reading Council and North Bend Optimist donations, the teachers gathered up $350, but it still was not enough for all the kids through 3-6 grades to each have a dictionary and thesaurus. But than after the school district, a parent of a student, and others, including the PTA, donated the remaining fund, the teachers had the money they needed to get all the dictionaries and thesauruses. And how many do you ask? A whopping 192 of both dictionaries and thesauruses.
Mrs. Mehaffey and Mrs. Pierce hand out dictionaries and thesaurus’ to third graders.
Honor Band
Thirteen NBE fifth and sixth graders went to Lyons to participate in the Lyons-Decatur Honor Band Festivals.
Fifth grade: Elsa Rasmussen, Hannah Mullally, Emily Hall, Jacob Ray, Zander Ziettlow, Zander Gibney, and Louis Johnson.
By: Faith Taylor
Sixth grade: Boo Dolezal, Mason Witt, Miranda Trowbridge, Nick Kugler, James Seymour, and Savannah Sindlar.
Sing around Nebraska
Imagine singing with kids from all over Nebraska. That is what some North Bend Central Elementary students did on March 3 in Columbus. They were to perform on February 4, but they had to change the date because of poor weather. Sing Around Nebraska is for students in grades 4-6. There were around 200 students performing. There were ten students from North Bend Elementary attending, but Mrs. Krivolavek chose three alternates also, in case some couldn’t go. The NBE performers were: Miranda Trowbridge, Emily Hall, Hannah Mullally, MaryLynn Lewis, Elsa Rasmussen, Zander Ziettlow, Kendra Lorence, Samantha Sousek, and Shandra Dauel. Their teacher is Mrs. Krivolavek. They practiced very hard on every other Tuesday to get ready for the competition. They only practiced at school, not at home. One of the favorite songs was Fireflies. I caught up with Kendra Lorence who is in Sing around Nebraska. She said that her mom encouraged her to go out. This chorus has been around for a very long time, and the NBE students have had the chance to participate every other year. “This is a great experience for young singers and one they won’t soon forget,” said Mrs. Krivolavek. “I think the kids Sing Around Nebraska participants: Front row: Kendra Lorence, all had a great time. It was a wonderful experience Elsa Rasmussen, and Miranda Trowbridge. Back row: Zander Ziettlow, Emily Hall, MaryLynn Lewis, Samantha Sousek, Mrs. to sing with other students their own age and in a Krivolavek, Shandra Dauel, Hannah Mullally large group.“
5-6 Reading Classics Team Qualifies for State On Saturday, March 17, two teams of third grade students and one team comprised of fifth and sixth grade students competed in a Reading Classic competition held at the Seward Elementary School. Reading Classic participants were given a list of books at the beginning of the school year. The students read as many of the books on the list as possible before the competition. At the competition, teams of four students worked together to answer five rounds of questions with ten questions in each round. The questions could be based on any of the books on the list. The 5th -6th grade team (Sean Mullally, Samantha Sousek, Harley Cave, Holden Cave) was able to answer thirty-one out of the fifty questions correctly, and as a result qualified for the State Reading Classic competition to be held in Dorcester on April 14th. Participants on the 3rd-4th grade teams were: Emily Brodd, Hayleigh Johnson, Charles Madsen, Sami McDonald, Ethan Mullally, Breckin Peters, Joslyn Reker, Carter Richardson, Delaney Richardson, and Austin Taylor.
5-6 Reading Classics Team: Front: Samantha Sousek, Back: Harley Cave, Sean Mullally, and Holden Cave
Book review:
As Small as an Elephant. By: Emerson Peters
Third Grade Reading Classics Team: Front: Delaney Richardson, Austin Taylor, Breckin Peters, Sami McDonald, Joslyn Reker. Back: Ethan Mullally, Carter Richardson, Charles Madsen, Emily Brodd, Hayleigh Johnson.
In the story As Small as an Elephant, 11-year-old Jack is camping with his mom in Maine. There is also another thing you should know about Jack--he loves elephants! He knows almost everything about them and now he wants to meet the only elephant in Maine, Linda. But when Jack and his mom have an argument in the car the night before, it might ruin their vacation. When Jack woke up, his mom was gone, along with her tent, the rental car, and all the camping gear. Now, Jack has to find his mom, get money, find food, fix his broken finger, find a place to sleep, and to stay out of trouble, all the while he is on the news and everyone in Maine is looking for him. And don’t forget, he is going to see Linda! Very good book; highly recommended!
By: Abby Post
Meet Our Teachers!
Oh, how lucky are we to have such great teachers here at NBE! But do you really know much about them? Do you know how long they have been teaching,what inspired them to be a teacher, and what they love most about teaching? Some of the teachers have been here long enough that they might have taught some of the students’ parents. You may also know that in the last few years we have received a few new teachers. Mrs. Dorcey who teaches kindergarten, Ms. Bang who teaches second grade, and Mrs. Ferguson, who teaches third grade. This is their second year teaching here and we do hope
Two Day Book Fair
Buy one, get one free By: Lauren Emanuel
Extra, Extra, READ all about it! North Bend’s Book Fair is coming soon! The two day event will be held Monday, April16th and Tuesday, April 17th from 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the North Bend Elementary Library. There will be something for everybody. Reading adventures for Kindergarten through 8th Grade. Don’t miss out on the “Buy 1 Get 1 FREE”. The goal is to get as many books as possible into the hands of students before summer. Come stock up on books. See you there!
they like it. Mrs. Dorcey said that she has been teaching at NBE for two years. Mrs. Dorcey wanted to be a teacher because her love of kids. Mrs. Dorcey also loves to see the light bulb come on when the kids learn something new. Ms. Bang has taught second graders here for two years. Ms. Bang wanted to be a teacher because of her teacher that she had in first grade. Ms. Bang said, ”I love to see the kid’s smile each day”. Mrs. Ferguson has taught third grade here for two years, but has taught for five years in all. Her mom inspired her to be a teacher. Mrs. Ferguson said, ”My favorite part of teaching is inspiring the minds of young children. ” NBE also has teachers who have taught for many years. Mrs. Peterson has been teaching first grade at NBE for seven or eight years but has taught 34 years in the whole district. Mrs. Peterson was inspired to be a teacher by some of the teachers she had. She loves that it’s different everyday. Mrs. Grueber is a fourth grade teacher. She said, ”I have been teaching an exciting 34 years in the district--as long as Mrs.Peterson.” Mrs. Grueber had a favorite third grade teacher [Mrs.Raatz] who inspired her to be a teacher. Now you more about some of the teachers here at NBE that teach you what you need to know! We are so glad to have great teachers that are smart and teach us a lot!
Mrs. Grueber works with Bailey Borer at the Smartboard.
Mrs. Peterson practices counting money with her First grade class.
Mrs. Dorcey leads her class in a writing assignment.