2011-2012
The Good and the Bad
By: Emerson Peters
This year was very exciting and full of many fun events. Your class may have been making and selling cookies with the school, having class parties or birthday treats. Maybe it was having a Christmas program, Spring program, decorating a canvas or just simply having your favorite meal for lunch. Whatever it was, we all can say we had a fun year full of enjoyment, laughs, smiles, and we all hope next year can be even better.
Some kids had favorite activities this year. Breckin Peters says, “My favorite part of this year was being able to have the Great Cookie Challenge. It was fun to be able to make, sell, and learn how to make great cookies. It was fun because it didn’t even feel like learning, it was fun even though we are learning about money and making a profit.” Kids also may have had some memories of this that were not as fun. Such as having homework,
NBE students learn about Internet Safety
By: Faith Taylor
A special guest, officer Keith Bell from the State Patrol, came to NBE to talk to the fifth and sixth grade classes about cyberbullying. He talked about using popular blogs such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Goggle, Mouseface, and Club Penguin. Sometimes bad things can happen when using the Internet. You can send pictures and bad words on these blogs. Officer Bell told us not to tell everyone what you are doing. Someone could stalk you or if you say that you are not at home they might rob you. He also said that if there is cyberbullying, you should tell your parents or a responsible adult. He also warned kids about who they talk to
long days, testing, and more. But we can’t look at it in a bad way. We all have those thoughts where we think our teachers are giving us test and homework just to make us mad. But they are doing this for our knowledge and to make us smarter. This will help us out later on. That is why we need to thank our teachers for all they do and teaching us what we have learned this year, helping us solve problems, and everything else we know today that we didn’t know last August. WIthout them, none of this would have been possible. Thanks!! on the Internet. You never know who the other person is because he can put a fake picture and he or she might be older than you. If something bad should happen, it is okay to be scared of it and you should call the police first. We also heard about phishing and spam. That means they can get on someone’s email and can ask for mail for money or something else. If you never saw this guy or women it is better to let the police know so they can do control mail that means when someone dress like a mailman and see if he or she is the real person on his or her profile. This is a reminder to think before you post. While Officer Bell gave us a lot of information, he also made the “little tigers” laugh a lot. One more thing he tells the parents: “Be a parent not a friend.” We all had a great time with Keith. We should thank all the cops out there for keeping us safe.
Class News Kindergarten Kindergarteners have bee adding up on Math mountains with tiny tumblers. Kindergarten and 1st grade went to the Rose theater in Omaha and did some bowing in Fremont on the last Friday of the School year.
First Grade The first graders have been busy at the end of the year. What are they doing, you ask? Well they have been making animal books all year long, which they will share with Birchwood Manor residents. They went to Romper Room to entertain the little kids there and teach them some finger plays they have learned. Soon after they went on a trip to Rose Theater and then went bowling in the afternoon. That’s one fun filled day for them! K-4 gets to participate in Field Day on May 14, which everyone is pumped about. Just the next day after, they get to take part in the Beach Party on the last day of school. What fun filled few days first graders have left! (Mackenzie Brabec)
Second Grade The second graders have been studying about government in Social Studies. In Math, they are beginning to work with measuring and working large numbers. They spent time researching different animals and then went to the zoo afterwards. The second graders have just finished their year-end scrapbooks that are a collection of work they have done during the entire year. Third Grade Do you love cookies? If youu do, you’re in luck! Mrs. Fergusen’s class is doing the Great Cookie Challenge with Mrs. Mehaffey. Whan asked about the Challenge, Bethany Wiebold repiled, I think doning the Great Cookie Challenge is really fun, but its also hard and teaches us about market economies. Don’t forget to get a cookie on Tuesday, May 8! Fourth Grade 4G has been on the Oregon Trail. While reading the book Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, the class made their desks into covered wagons and have been traveling along the trail too. Our chicks hatched on April 30...we were sad to see them go back to the farm. Field trips to National Homestead Monument to see the orginal Homestead Act document in Beatrice and an over night at the Henry Doorly Zoo were recent field trips.
Fifth Grade Up in the wonderful world of fifth grade, the fifth graders are working on “how to” reports in writing, explaining how to do something. They also have been working on how we had a problem and different steps used to solve the problem. In math they are reviewing division and multiplication and finishing up fractions. In science, they are sharing their final thoughts with the class for their science reports and working on science expirements. In social studies, they are learning about the Civil War and people who fought for us along with ABC powerpoints for the Civil War. They also put on a fabulous Spring Program, Joust with the fourth graders and the sixth graders. (Emerson Peters)
Sixth Grade Recently, the sixth grade has been learning about all of the continents on Earth. They are now putting all that knowledge to the test: Everyone has the same material to work with and the student has to make his or her project memorable. Some ways to make a project different that were used was using a poster to show everything or using an imovie. Another way to be unique is to add a quiz, different backrounds, sounds, and different formats.