Elves for Hire

Tyson the Elf

by Tyson

My name is Tyson. I am a 2 foot man, you know me as Santa's helper. I'm the one who goes to your house in a teeny red or green suit that gives presents to you for my boss, SANTA! Apparently, I don't get paid, that's why I'm a helper. But I love helping small precious kids without parents or presents. Every fantastic year us tiny talented helpers create presents and wrap them for little kids. What I mean by talented is: we make toys, stack gifts as high as 1,000 feet, wrap toys, and go down the chimneys. We go around the humongous amazing Earth delivering 30 presents in less than 15 seconds at each house. There is a whole bunch of houses! This is Tyson the Elf. The End.

E.L.F.

by Kyle

Dear Santa,

I would be a great worker Elf for you because I made a toy truck for my brother. I made a homemade vase for my grandma. I made some jewelry for my grandpa, that's how he learned how to make jewelry. My height is 4 feet tall and I am very flexible. I like to wear tights and Elf costumes too. I could even make my ears get pointy. If you hire me I would be there right away and I would be so happy and do whatever you say! I'll be there and do it. Plus I am a good boy and I do lots of stuff.

Sincerely,

Kyle

Snow Globe Stories

We wrote about being trapped in a snow globe, and created this awesome art project to go with it.

Here are a few of my favorite snow globe stories.

On Christmas day my grandma got m some solid gold shoes, but I didn't wear them, I hung them on my wall. My friends Deon & Tyson came over and came in my room. They saw the shoes and dared me to put them on, so I did. I tapped the heels together and suddenly I flashed out of the house. The pressure on my face was so hard I instantly fell asleep.

When I woke up I found myself in a giant snow globe! But it wasn't giant, it was a REAL small snow globe! I wasn't alone, there was a monkey there too! The monkey and I became best friends, but I was still wondering how to get out of there. It seemed like I lost my memory, I couldn't remember how I got in the snow globe. I looked around and suddenly I looked down at my shoes! I forgot that my gold shoes had got me into the snow globe in the first place. I tapped them together but nothing happened. I tapped again, still nothing! I tapped again, and again. Soon I started banging them and the monkey got so scared he ran into the igloo. I banged them together so hard they cracked and broke. I just sat there looking at them. My temper started to rise. I picked up one shoe and threw it. It hit the glass and I heard a crack. The water was draining. It was so strong that it sucked me and the monkey out. It threw us out. I was about to hit the glass, but then I woke up. It was all a dream! I was so happy! So, I went back to sleep.

By: Coran

One cold winter day I woke up and found myself trapped inside a snowglobe! I panicked! I was scared. Then a giant snowman came up to me and almost smashed me! I ran as fast as I could. I ran into a house, a gingerbread house! It was like a dream to me, but in real life. I pinched myself. It was not a dream, it was real! I looked for an exit, but there was not one. I tried to break out, but I couldn't break the glass. Some people came out of the house, they were gingerbread people. They tried to get me out of there, and then they tried to eat me! They thought I was a cookie. I kept trying to get out of there. I got some of the candy off the house and hit a tree.I smashed the glass and I was out of there. I was free forever.

By: Darius

One cold winter day I woke up and found myself trapped in a snowglobe. I got up and said "What am I in?" I knocked on the glass. I was angry because I wanted out of there! I sat there until I saw a town and a fluffy snowman. Wow! The snowman was not real with snow, it was plastic. It had a hat with stripes on it. I grabbed the fluffy snowman and ran at the wall. THUNK!! There I was, lying on the snow. I heard a crack in the glass. I jumped to my feet and stared. There the glass went crashing down like tiny rocks. I was as excited as a bee! I got free from the glass, climbed down from the shelf, and left the house.

By: Deon

"Gifted" at Poetry.

Before Christmas my students wrote some poetry about gifts. Here are two of my favorites.

I have an exciting present under the colorful tree,

From santa Claus,

As precious as an angel's wings.

All bright on the outside with bright colors of

Sponge Bob & Patrick.

As colorful as a rainbow,

As heavy as a backpack filled with books.

It smells like tape,

It sounds like a box of legos,

What could it be?

Could it by a small toy,

A lot of hair clips,

Or a box of new crayons?

I have a strange present under the tree,

I wonder what it could be.

BY: ANGELINA

I have a green and red humongous wrapped present under the dark green decorated Christmas tree, from huge crystal white beard Santa Claus.

As precious as my great fantastic family.

All bright on the outside with blue elves and Santa in his gym suit, white snowflakes with a red and green background.

As colorful as the Vegas strip at night at wintertime.

As heavy as two tons of gas on diesel driving through Holbrook town in the cold winter.

It smells like eggs, bacon, sausage,toast and Christmas ham in the morning on Christmas Day.

It sounds like baby rattles and cracking bones and bacon sizzling in the pan.

What could it be?

Could it be a cow skin football or wide receiver gloves,

a Dez Bryant jersey, or a blue and red trampoline?

I have a gigantic present under the tree, I wonder what it could be.

BY: TYSON

Mount Everest Inspired

This week in class we've been learning about mountains, and that led to a discussion & video about Mount Everest. The video we watched was EVEREST: IMAX. Which was mentioned in our reading book in a small article written by the film-maker. Have your kid bring home their reading book and share this article with you. It's great!

Here's what we learned as told by Laila...

I learned a lot about Mount Everest when I watched the movie about it. I learned that it is more dangerous at the top than at the bottom because there is less oxygen and you can't breathe. Lots of people died climbing Mount Everest, but a very small amount has made it all the way up and all the way down. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world! It is about 29,000 feet! That is tall! I would not want to climb that high. I get scared of heights!

Here's a fictional story inspired by what we learned about Everest, written by Tyson.

It took place in the middle of Everest. Still climbing to freedom...freedom of climbing the highest mountain in the world. Accomplishing the hardest goal of your life, EVEREST! Still pushing, hard things coming at you, you're dodging them but still more are coming! Barely there, still going. You barely take a footstep and an avalanche is coming down at you, but you keep going. Finally up on top, made it! All of a sudden you get lightheaded, you get dizzy, and you pass out, you can't breathe. Up there all by yourself, no hospital. Suddenly you die and no one knows about it. Another person goes up there and finds your body. They go down and your wife is crying, and your son. You hear a silent moment of sadness & disappointment.

Native American Dancing

For Native American Week we had some really awesome visitors come to our school.

Lane Jensen & Nate Bahe (both classmates of Miss Jaster's from elementary-high school) came to demonstrate Native American dancing and singing for our whole school. Nate is also the uncle of Deon & Payton from our class! How awesome is that! ?

Here are some photos from their visit!






Here's a video of the hoop dance, sadly Miss Jaster is kind of a spaz and had the camera sideways for most of it, but it's still cool to watch!

Want to learn more about these great dancers sharing their Native culture?

Check out their website here: NATIVE PRIDE ARTS.

Happy Halloween

Hollow bags and kids eating Jello

And leaves all red, orange, and yellow

Leaves are falling all around

Landing everywhere on the cold ground

Orange pumpkins on every block

Witches, ghouls, and long black socks

Even kids with different baskets

Every door are vampire caskets

Now it's time to go to bed, and Frankenstein has a big head

By Coran

(Who also won the Red Ribbon Week poetry contest! Congratulations!)

Here are some photos from our Halloween Party... look at those groovy costumes!

Thanks for all the healthy treats at our Halloween Party parents! :)

This fun fruit tray was delivered by the nurse. Some weird stuff on here including: rambutans, chimoya, crab apples, baby kiwi, sea beans, & carnival cauliflower! Fun and nutritious!

Poetry

Can you guess the answers to these haiku riddles?

Footprints in the yard

Sparkling fur that's very smooth

Mean howls around

By Payton

So cool and pretty

It blooms at night and daylight

Does not talk at all

By Brianna

I am a small bug,

Flying in the air am I,

And I jump so high.

By Laila