January, 2004
Page 1:
Newsletter
Cool links
Future Fun Stuff
Gabrielle's Grab Bag
Page 2:
Book Review: Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade
Poetry Corner
Monthly Math Challenge
Page 3:
Science: Electricity
Current Event: NASA Lands on Mars!
One of the other exciting things this month was that I got to go with my dad and friend to a library where the authors Kay Winters, Wendy Pfeffer, Pam Swallow, Pat Brisson, Deborah Heiligman, and Joyce McDonald talked about how they get all their story ideas and how they got published. I took notes on some of the interesting things they said. After the authors were done with their presentation I got to talk to Kay Winters. She answered some of my questions and she was very nice.
In school I'm studying a lot of interesting things. In science I've been studying electricity. I've learned how to light up a light bulb with a battery and switch. In math I've been studying geometry and angles. I'm also reviewing fractions.
We celebrated Chinese New Year at our house. We ate Chinese food and we listened to some traditional music. We also followed another tradition by writing good luck sayings on red paper and putting them on all the doors in our house.
I've also been really following all the news on the Mars Rovers. It's been exciting to see all the pictures from Mars. Make sure to check out my Current Event article about the rovers.
It sure was a cold month. I know it's just a superstition, but I hope that the groundhog doesn't see his shadow!
February is Library Lovers' Month, so head out to your nearest library and curl up with a good book to read. You might try the book from my book review or any books from the authors I saw (the links are above in the newsletter.) February is also African- American History month.Take time to find out about important African-American in our country.
www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
http://scribbleskidsart.com/homepage.html
If you like to draw or do art projects, you will really like this web site. It has projects that you can do and you can also send in your art to have it put on the web site. You can also see other kids' art and play some art games.
www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blackhist/main.html
If you want to find out about important African-Americans and read or write a report about them, this site has lots of people for you to read about.
www.seussville.com/seussentennial/
www.nea.org/readacross/
Gabrielle liked watching me race in the Pinewood Derby, but she really loved racing her cheese car. It really looks like a piece of cheese! She helped sand it.
Gabrielle also really likes to practice writing. She likes to write her numbers and letters and asks other people how to spell words so she can write them.
Gabrielle loves cheetahs, tigers, and lions, and sometimes pretends that she's a little baby tiger. She crawls around the house, roars, and tries to lick everyone! She picked out the pictures for her grab bag this month.
