The Grizzly Gazette
The Lake Stickney Elementary Newspaper
October 2022
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Roar All About It!
Interview 1-.......................Meet Ms. Beirne
Interview 2-...................Meet Mr. Raymond
Article-..........Why Are Pumpkins Orange?
Book Review...Warrior Cats Book Review
Book Review-....................................Page 2
Jokes…………………………..…. Cat Jokes (Before going to page, exit slideshow mode).
Art-.............................................Pencil Drawing
Math Challenge-...................Forecast Flub
Poll……..…..Favorite Seattle Sports Team
Last Page-..................Note to Our Readers
Zoey/ Yoseph: Where did you grow up?
Ms. Beirne: I went to Picnic Point Elementary and I grew up here.
Zoey/ Yoseph: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Ms. Beirne: I like to play sports and I like to meet with friends in my spare time.
Zoey/ Yoseph: What did you do before teaching here?
Ms. Beirne: I was a nanny and I was a referee. I refereed and I helped my dad who was a pastor for kids. That's why I helped them in the church. At my house, I helped my grandma.
Zoey/ Yoseph: What do you like to do for fun?
Zoey/ Yoseph: When is your birthday?
Ms. Beirne: June 11th
Zoey/ Yoseph: How old are your siblings?
Ms. Beirne: Okay, Hunter's 21. Riley is 18 and Taylor is 16. Parker is 34. Actually no 35 now. He just had his birthday in October.
Zoey/ Yoseph: What do you like to do for fun?
Ms. Beirne: I like to play sports and I like to spend time with my friends and my family.
Meet Ms.Beirne
By: Zoey R. and Yoseph G.
Meet Our Librarian, Mr. Raymond
By Vyla and Elsie
E/V:What is your favorite Halloween book?
Mr.Raymond: “The In Between”
E/V:What is your favorite Halloween movie?
Mr.Raymond: “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”
E/V:Why do you like being a librarian?
Mr.Raymond: Because I like kids and books.
E/V:When did you start teaching?
Mr.Raymond: In 1995
E/V: What jobs did you have?
Mr.Raymond: I taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Next, I was a literacy coach. Then I became a dean of a students. After that I was an assistant principal and a principal. Finally I became an librarian here at Lake Stickney.
WHY ARE PUMPKINS ORANGE?
By Cameron S.
This is the time of the year when you start going to the pumpkin patch and picking a pumpkin. But have you ever wondered why most of the pumpkins are orange?
First you have to know why pumpkins change color. Pumpkins change color because pumpkins of the vines gradually slow down and stop there production of chlorophyll. (a chemical that changes the color of the pumpkin). The chemical is green. But sometimes it is a different color. For example green, makes a green pumpkin. But still there is the question WHY are most of the pumpkins orange and not a different color.
Pumpkins are mostly orange because of a special chemical called carotene. It is what makes carrots orange too. There is another reason. We made them. Well, humans from a long time ago did. Here is a video to help you understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEV8v0VNSw
Warrior Cats: Into The Wild Book Review!
By Zoey J.
Warrior cats is a wonderful and exciting book series. Each and every clan has an important role in the story, every book, every paragraph has meaning. It's truly an amazing fandom to be a part of. Here's why you should try it out!
To start off the series, we have a creative, but slightly boring entry.
Our main character, Rusty, had to choose between his loving and easy life of being a kittypet, or a clan cat. He chose the life of a clan cat. The choice was quite obvious, the series would've been boring if he didn't choose the clan cats. After he goes on to thunderclan, the moment he gets in he is challenged to a battle due to his kittypet heritage. He ends up beating a fully trained warrior as a cat barely old enough to fight a squirrel. I find this uninteresting and quite confusing.
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Warrior Cats Into the Wild: Book Review!
Rating the book
However, after the weak start the book gets so much better! Everything starts to make sense, and the writers really were able to make the series better. It's definitely worth reading once you get past the beginning.
I've read through this first book at least twice, and I think I'd give it a solid 3/5. The book definitely gets better later, but I think they could have done a better job pulling in the reader in the Beginning.
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Cat Jokes for When You’re Kitten Around!
By Gabriella K.
What does a cat say when you bumped into them and their polite?
I’m very furry sir!!!
What do cat’s eat for breakfast?
Mice Krispies!
Why are cats so good at video games?
Because they got 9 lives!
Why did the cat avoid eating lemons?
They made him a sour-puss!
Go on slideshow mode to see the answer to the jokes!
Pencil Drawing
By Shamel O.
Math Challenge
Do you ever watch the news? If so, you have probably seen the weather person show charts about the weather. Well, this month’s math challenge is about a weather person that got their weather reports all mixed up! Click on Forecast Flub to help them out and grow your brain with logic! Please go to “File” and then “Make a Copy” if you wish to solve it.
Who Is Your Favorite Professional Seattle Sports Team?
Click here to vote
Note to Our Readers
Dear Fellow Grizzlies,
The Grizzly Gazette is a student run newspaper supervised by Mr. Munson. Our 5th grade staff writers are: Gabriella K., Myrah C. Yoseph G., Janitza M., Yasmine D., Thy L., Ariana R., Shamel O., Brittany N., Abigail A., Evy W., Zoey J., Zoey R., Vyla F., Elsie B., and Cameron S. If you are in the 5th grade and would like to join our staff, ask your teacher for a recommendation.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future newspaper editions, please email Mr.Munson at munsonja@mukilteo.wednet.edu and he will be happy to share with our team of writers.
Sincerely,
Grizzly Gazette Team