Mustang Moments
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Mustang Moments
Volume 6 Issue 3 January/February 2015 Page 1 Mustang Moments The 100th Day of School By: Kenzi Vennefron New First and Second Grade Assistant Teacher By: Emma Daly Moyer has a new First and Second Grade Teacher Assistant and On the one hundredth day of school, her name is Miss Thompson. She has many jobs, but her main job is to the most of the school celebrates. The help support the teacher. She helps teach reading groups and helps the kindergarteners have to bring in 100 of teachers. Teacher Assistants are very important at Moyer! I was able to anything, and the first graders get to make find out a little bit about Miss Thompson. fruit loop necklaces with 100 fruit loops. She is 25 years old and graduated from NKU last May, her They make 100 day crowns and color them, favorite color is Kentucky blue, and her favorite hobby is dancing! She and draw a picture of what they think they was a dancer for 18 years! She is now coaching the JV Dance Team at would look like and act like as a 100 year old person. You might think Highlands High School. on the one hundredth day of school that your 100 days smarter or, that She knew she wanted to be a teacher when she began teaching you are almost to the end of the year. The 4th grade had to come up tumbling classes at MJM Studios. She loved being able to pass on her with a word that equaled 100 points. What I mean is A=1, B=2, and so knowledge to younger students. on. You would have to use those letters and what they equal, to create I asked Miss Thompson what she loved about Moyer. She a word that equaled 100 points. I hope you enjoyed learning about replied that she loves working with kids and seeing their educational what different classrooms do to celebrate the 100th day of school! growth. She has loved working at Moyer for the past few months and is so happy she was hired to work with the best students around!!! Moyers Got Talent The Lexington Children’s Theatre by: Emma Daly and Kenzi Vennefron by Britton Bauer Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Annie. Annie who? Annie body going to Moyer’s Got Talent??? The annual talent show is being held on Friday March 13, 2015. Moyer students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades can participate in the show, but you have to sign up now. You can do a solo talent or get your friends together to perform a group talent. You can do just about anything in the show like singing, dancing, gymnastics, comedy, etc. The show is held in the highlands high school auditorium. Tell your family and friends to mark their calendars and plan to attend. It’s a really fun night.I hope you like it. Did you see the play, “ The Thousand Paper Cranes?” The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade saw it.If not you would want to see the play or read the book. The book and play is about this girl Sadako. She got Leukemia from the Atom Bomb. Leukemia is a cancer. She starts to make a thousand paper cranes so she will get better. One believed that if the sick made a thousand paper cranes they would get better. Later she died of the cancer. The kindergarten, 1st , and 2nd grade saw Senora Tortuga. The play was about how this mother didn’t allow fun in her house, no imagination, no pretending, or story telling. She only wanted hard working children and she had hard working children, until Senora Tortuga came. I think you should see the play to find out what happens. I hope you learned about The Lexington Children’s Theatre and there plays. Wax Museum By: Katie Buschle Clink! Then you start you’re speech. The Wax Museum is something that every fourth grader does. Basically, every fourth grader ‘’becomes’’ a famous Kentuckian. Then, they make a speech about their life and why they are famous. You then have to memorize the speech, have some sort of outfit, and have at least one prop. There are lots of different kinds of people that they can be. You could be a famous actress. You could be a famous singer. You could be a famous adventurer. You could be anybody! [Other than people that didn’t help out in Kentucky.] Many people love the Wax Museum and look forward to it every year! People love seeing the people who are completely still just like a statue. When you are in the Wax Museum or if you are doing it this year make sure you make everybody proud! The Horse’s Mouth I January/February 2015 I page 2 The Kindergarten Circus by Rylee Swope 2 BLA BLA BLA Exero 01, 5555 Now presenting the Kindergarten Circus! The Kindergarten Circus is when all the kindergarteners make their own circus. There will be globe trotters, hula-hoppers, funny animals, jump ropers, clowns, strong men and more. The globe trotters dribble the ball, the hula-hoppers hula-hoop all night long, the clowns mess around, and the strong men lift weights. When you go to the Kindergarten Circus I think your going to like it. The Kindergarten Circus on February 26 at 7:00pm. If the kindergarteners get scared don’t laugh think of how you felt when you did the Kindergarten Circus. The ring master will introduce you to all the acts. The kindergarteners put a lot of work into the Kindergarten Circus so you should clap after every act. I think your going to like it when you see it. iReady Finally Ready The Horse's Mouth Staff Britton Bauer Natalie Beach James Beasey Katie Buschle Emma Cooper Livia Cullen Emma Daly Will deSola David Dierig Aidan Greenwell Renee Hyder Cole Jeffers Macy Jeffers Chelsea McIntosh Kristian Overman Callie Roth Lilliana Schalck Josie Steppe Rylee Swope Honor Valentine Kenzi Vennefron ! ! R I A e h t n i s i e v Lo By: Josie Steppe Have you experienced any hiccups in iReady yet? I’m am sure you have, but no worries because iReady is finally ready. There used to be many problems, such as troubles with loading, and errors while doing the activities. However, we have fixed the problems. Now, there is a new application called TEST iReady. TEST iReady is the same exact thing as iReady but it loads better and has less errors than the iReady we used before. TEST iReady might have some hiccups but I promise it won’t have as much as the old one did. So, you should be able to learn much better. Also, here is a tip, if you have to type on iReady remember to click on the box your answer should be in before you start typing. If you don’t do this your answer may not appear in the box and you could get the question wrong. Well, I hope iReady works with you so you can learn without those annoying hiccups. Our Library Goes Electronic by : Chelsea McIntosh If you have a mobile device or computer this is the article for you! Well there is a big change in the books at the library . That change is there on your computer .The library now has e-books . Its kind of like a library on your phone , but this is only for the 3rd-5th graders . you can either do it on your computer or tablet-reader , phone, or I-pod ,then you download the app or go to the website , then you start checking out the books. If you don’t have a mobile device don’t sweat it because like I said this is also available on the computer . And some people don’t have a computer , but its ok this is only one way to check out books you can still go to the library . When you get to the home page it looks kind of like a library only on a couple pages . Then you will see a page full of books right under them will be a description of the book. Right next to the book will be a checkout / hold button and a reading list button . That button adds the book to your reading list in the top bar. If you have any more questions you can go to the Moyer webpage to the library page or the Follett shelf website or go to the library. I hope you get to checkout an e-book . 4th Grade Valentines day Poll What do You Want For Valentines Day by Emma Cooper Valentine’s Did you hear that Valentines Day is coming up? I did, so I asked everyone in the grade what wanted. The options were chocolates or candy, a Valentines Day card, a stuffed animal, Day Boxes’ they or any other thing that they wanted for Valentines Day. Here were the results, 48 people By: Callie Roth wanted chocolates or candy, 2 people wanted a card, 45 people wanted a stuffed animal, and Valentine’s Day, oh what a day were pink last 5 people wanted something else. So the most people in the 4th grade wanted chocolates and red match, or to enjoy love. Also, or candy. That’s what I picked. I thought that stuffed animal was going to win but it didn’t, to especially make a “lovely” Valentine’s but it was a close call. 3 votes decided the winner. The winner is chocolates or candy.What Day Box to hold all your goodies people would you like to get? give you. Indeed, I do believe that this is Happy Valentines the best part of Valentines Day at school. But what happens if you get “stuck”, or by Macie Jeffers and Chelsea McIntosh don’t have an idea for a Valentine’s Day Whether you go to the extreme or keep a Valentine’s Day party Box. Well, I would enjoy to help you. simple, or both the party can be your dream. Like a pool full off chocolate Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect, or making sugar cookies , or you can keep it simpler like a small box of just a masterpiece that’s awesome to you. chocolate for each guest , or a chocolate fountain for strawberries ,or stuff It could be about your favorite things, or your face with chocolate , or go to the movies, or you can eat a few treats maybe your hobbies. What about those and watch a movie where you are. You could make s’mores over a fire, or sport fans out there, and the people who eat a box of chocolate with marshmallows in them. That’s some ideas for a love animals. It could be also be about dream party, what’s your dream? fantasy, maybe even your friends and Party’s Stuff Your Face With Chocolate family. This project should be enjoyable by: Macie Jeffers and Chelsea McIntosh and fun, trust me you’ll love it! ;) I hope that your teacher has planned a party for valentines day . These are some things that have happened in the past valentines day party’s at Moyer like making sugar cookies an making different crafts and I remember having root beer floats in second grade and in third grade I remember trying to see who was the fastest team at unwrapping a Hershey kiss with mittens on. In third grade we had to put Oreos on our nose and get it into our mouths. Some upcoming activities for valentines day are root beer floats but with vanilla ice cream and big red ( cupid float ). And of course there will be lots of food Oreos , cookies, cupcakes , etc. And weather its before or during there’s a valentine exchange . I hope you have a good valentines day party. Dream Party The Horse’s Mouth I January/February 2015 by Livia Cullen President’s Day is a holiday that is based on presidents George Washington and Abe Lincoln. President day was made a holiday in 1885. Here are a few facts about president’s day and it’s presidents: 1.Both presidents were born in February. 2. George Washington did not look like the picture on the dollar bill. 3. Abe Lincoln almost drown when he was little. 4.Lots of stores find president’s day a great time to make money$. 5.President’s day was originally called Washington’s Birthday. Well that’s all you need to know about president’s day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to... BY: Lilliana Schalck Happy Birthday to Florence Henderson!!!!! Chances are you probably don’t know who she is. Let me tell you about her, she used to be an actress for The Brady Bunch she played Carol Brady as the mom. Now I bet you know who she is now. She was born on February 14, 1934. She was the youngest out of 9 children. For The Wax Museum I’m her, and I’m so excited for The Wax Museum. Lets get back on track, Her birthday is Valentines Day and it’s coming up. I bet you can’t guess how old she is turning, She is turning 81 years old. That is all I have to say about Florence Henderson’s Birthday. page 3 Groundhog Day Worl New foKids President’s Day I by James Beasey Six more cold weeks of winter! Phil the groundhog saw his Exero 01, 5555 BLA BLA BLA 3 shadow. He came out of his burrow at 7:25 a.m at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania with the help of his handlers John Griffiths and Ron Ploucha. If Phil didn’t see his shadow then it would of been Spring. Phil has been doing this every February 2nd since 1887! Be strong through these six weeks. A cool fact about groundhogs is that it is also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig and a land beaver. They also live in woodlands. Phil’s full name is Punxsutawney (pux-it-aw-nee)Phil. Birthstones Galore! By, Renee Hyder Have you ever thought what your birthstone is? Well, I know mine, my birthstone is an opal, its all different colors, I think its pretty! A birthstone is a gem that represents a month of birth. They are often used in things, such as, rings , neckless or even bracelets! I’m going to list the months and their their stones below. January: Garnet February: Amethyst March: Aquamarine April: Diamond May: Emerald June: Pearl July: Ruby August: Peridot September: Sapphire October: Opal November: Citrine December: Blue Topaz What’s your birth stone? Go online and look up birthstones, then check out all of them, and find you birth stone, show your family, ask them what’s theirs is. Martin Luther King Jr. By Renee Hyder Chitaqua Speaker By: Katie Buschle Most of the years at Moyer we have had Chitaqua speakers. You know who he This year we had one, too. Chitaqua speakers come in most is, right? Well if youyears at about the same time that the fourth graders have the wax museum. They are supposed to be an example for a wax museum speech, Just longer. don’t, I’ll tell you all This year we had a person that was acting to be Johnny Green. He was a about him. He was man who went to war for Kentucky. He told us about how back in the day everything wasn’t how it is today. They had two different types of water, but born on Tuesday, both of them were bad types. There was a soapy one, and a dirty, muddy January 15, 1929 one. Everybody that went with him, including him, didn’t know that they were signing up for 3 years of war. He said that, as his character, the worst part in Atlanta, Georgia. about the war was that he saw some of his friends that were right next to him die. He told us about some of the parts of war where he was so close to dying He had two but, that god was in his favor. He did really good job presenting to us and siblings: an older definitely helped a lot of people! sister, Christine COSI and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel. He always tried By: Honor Valentine his hardest in school and he was a bright student. So, as you may know, every year we do COSI. COSI is a science building in CoWhen he was 19 he graduated from Morehouse lumbus. Every year some employees from there come to Moyer to help us understand areas of science. This year, that area is Current Conditions. They talked about College, with a BA degree in sociology. He married weather, and how it affects Earth. Also, they talked about some technology meteoCoretta Scott. She and Martin had four children! He rologists use today. I will talk about when they came here, and I went there, so also about how the real place is like. First, I want to tell you what COSI stands for. COSI was a pastor and the founder of the Civil Rights stands for Center Of Science and Industry. So, when I went to COSI in Columbus, Movement. Martin gave his famous speech: I have a there was a giant clock. It was round, but instead of numbers, there were marbles. dream, on August 28, 1963. This is how he started his And, instead of 3 hands, there was 1 giant, swinging ball. It hit a couple of the marhour. The clock proves that the earth rotates. Also, there is a bike on a rope speech: I am happy to join with you today in what will bles an in the air, and the thing that is balancing you is 250 pound weight. All you have to do is pedal. In COSI, there’s basically a bunch of fun science experiences everywhere. go down in history as the greatest demonstration for was one that prove you also taste with your nose. I held my nose and chewed freedom in the history of our nation. You should read There on a gummy, and then let go of my nose and there was a totally different taste. It was really cool. Well, I hope you get to go! the rest online or purchase a book and read it! Harbin Ice Festival by Livia Cullen In Harbin China there is an ice festival with the world’s largest ice sculptures. Most ice sculptures are famous buildings such as the Eiffel tower, the Colosseum, the leaning tower Pisa, and much more. There is tons of fun. I estimate 100 sculptures. Mrs. Daly is my great science teacher inspired to write this article, this article is dictated to Mrs. Daly. The Chinese tradition was an example from the Russians. Well that all you need to know about the Harbin Ice Festival. The Horse’s Mouth I January/February 2015 I New Years Ball Dropping By: Britton Bauer Happy new years, did you know that every New Year’s eve they drop down a giant ball in New York at time square at midnight. The ball is a geodesic sphere, 12 feet in 4 BLA BLA BLA Exero 01, 5555 diameter, and weighs 11,875 pounds. The ball is also covered with a total of 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles that vary in size, and range in length from 4 3/4 inches to 5 3/4 inches per side also the ball is capable of creating a palette of more than 16,000 colors and billions of patterns producing a spectacular effect on the ball. I think that’s about it. Its pretty cool and I hope you think its interesting too. Festival of Lights by Macie Jeffers Bright! Bright! Bright! is what the festival of lights is. It is like a winter wonderland. First thing you see is the bridge with white lights that are bright! Then you see the tree it changes to many different things like candy cans and the zoo symbol. Then the real lights begin and the fun. When you enter there are lights and wands that light up and snacks like s’mores and roosted nuts. it is cool. The zoo is amazing at night and I hope that you got to go and if you didn’t hopeful you get to next time and see the winter wonderland of the zoo. What to do... page 4 Got New Years Resolution? By: Callie Roth 2015 is finally here folks! It’s a New Year, and it’s time to forget about the past. Just forget those ugly moments and turn them into old news. Just remember, that was last year! What is your New Year’s Resolution? Is it to get better grades, or to read more books? What about to do good deeds for your community. You can recycle or give old clothes to charity so other kids can have clothes to wear. There is so much you and I can do this year! Let’s make it a better year! ;) MIDNIGHT!!!!!!! BY: Will de Sola Were you awake when the ball drop at midnight on New Years Eve? I know I was! Did you know that it is a custom to stay up till midnight not just in the U.S. but all over the world people stay up till midnight. In the U.S. I bet you have heard about the New Years Rockin’ Eve. It’s a HUGE party in times square New York have bands and singers preform the top songs of the year. I did a poll to see who stayed up till midnight here are the results! up till midnight 9 out of the 10 people I polled stayed up till midnight. The people who stayed up that long must have been tired the next day. If you weren’t then you might have something wrong with you. slept before midnight To these people I say sorry you didn’t make it. 1 out of the 10 people I polled fell asleep before midnight. Once again I hope you stay up next year! I hope you found this info interesting and that if you fell asleep try again next year, and to the rest of you Happy By: Josie Steppe Did you feel really bored during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? Did you feel like you actually want to go back to school? New Year!!!! If you did, then here are some fun things to do and some cool places to go so you can survive any other weekends. 1.You can go on a bike ride. 2.You can go to the freedom museum in Cincinnati MJ B-Day! 3.You can go to Perfect North By: David Dierig and Aidan Greenwell 4.You can go shopping 5.You can go to the Happy B-day MJ!!! Did you know that Michael Jordan was Cincinnati Children’s born on February 17, 1963. Michael Jordan Museum (AKA) MJ is turning 51!!! Michael Jordan went to college at the University of North 6.You can sleep in Carolina. Michael Jordan got drafted 7.You can go to Orange Leaf into the NBA (National Basketball Association) for some frozen yogurt by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. He was a six time NBA champion, a five time NBA MVP, 8.You can go to a movie and a two time Olympic gold medalist. He was 9.You can try a new food in the top 50 greatest basketball players in 10.You can go to the art museum in Cincinnati history. Did you know that MJ was cut from his high school basket ball team? On Oct. So, I hope you can now make your boring old weekend into 26, 1984 MJ made his NBA debut vs. the the best weekend ever. However, it might not be as fun to get up Washington Bullets and won that game 109-93 on Monday morning! with 16 points 7 assist and 9 rebounds in his Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb by Rylee Swope They have done one then two and now three! Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb is about the magical tablet turning a strange color so Larry and his son go to London to find out how to fix it. When he got in the British Museum he found the gang with him.They go on there way to the Egyptian section when a dinosaur try’s to attack them but they bump into a knight. The knight defeats the dinosaur and comes with them on their adventure. Before they can get to the Egyptian section they have to go threw the china section. They tried to pass by a big snake with a bunch of heads but the knight yells and it wakes the snake up and it goes for Larry and the gang. They fight the snake every body got one head. Larry beat one of the snakes head with his flashlight every one [except for the knight] got scared and backed away. The knight defeats the snake and they go on their way. They got to the Egyptian section and found the gods that made the tablet. The god tells them how to fix it , he tells them that it needs moonlight. Then the knight takes it and runs off. They take off after him. They found themselves on a roof. Then everyone starts to freeze.The knight felt bad and gave Larry the tablet.Larry puts it in the moonlight and everyone comes back alive. When they get back to the British museum they decide to leave the tablet there. They got back to New York Larry says good bye to every one. A couple years later someone brings the tablet back. You will have to see the movie to know what happens next. first game with the Bulls. At the end of his career MJ had an average of 28.2 points a game. Michael made a whopping 650 million dollars in his 15 seasons with the Bulls. If you are a MJ buff I hoped you liked are information and will want to know more about him. Into the Woods By: Lilliana Schalck Into the Woods, Not really.It was a musical then a movie. Let me tell you about it. There is four fairy tales such as The Baker and his Wife, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood , Rapunzel, and Jack and The Beanstalk. What happens is the gorgeous witch is in big trouble. So The Baker and his Wife are going Into The Woods to try to break the curse on their house ,but they have three days to find the right ingredients so they are going Into The Woods and they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood , Rapunzel, and Jack and The Beanstalk. You should watch the movie to see what happens. I don’t want to be a spoiler The Horse’s Mouth I January/February 2015 I College Football Playoff Championship By: David Dierig The College Football Playoffs has been going on since January first and the championship will be played on January 12. Dr. Pepper is sponsoring the College Football Playoffs and a 12 person committee chose 4 teams to be in the College Football Playoff. Those 4 teams are #1 Alabama, #2 Oregon, #3 Florida State, and finally #4 Ohio State. The first game was at 5:30 on January first, 2015 between #2 Oregon(12-1) and #3 Florida State(12-1) and Oregon demolished Florida State 59-20. The second game was at 8:30 and was between #1 Alabama(12-1) and #4 Ohio State(12-2) in the Sugar Bowl and the ending score was Ohio state 42 Alabama 35. The College Football Championship will be played January 12 at 8:30 between #5 Ohio State (13-1) and #3 Oregon (13-1). This is the first time in five years that a SEC (South Eastern Conference) team has not been playing for a national title. This is the first CFP championship, let’s see who will get all the glory. Head To Head By Coleman Jeffers Andy Dalton went head to head with his old buddy Andrew Luck. If you were a Bengals fan you’ll be devastated hear the Bengal’s lost 1026 for the final score. The crowd goes wild when Andrew Luck throws a touchdown for a spot in a record book for throwing 500 YARDS!!! On the Bengal’s team Mike Nugent made a 57 yard field goal and made a new team record! Rey Malaluga went out of the game because he had wrist injury, and A.J. Green had concussion. The Bengals went to the playoffs 4 times and lost four times.Touchdown Colts That’s music to Andrew Luck. Andrew Luck got good luck and Andy Dalton got bad luck!! Lets hope the Colts can go to the Super Bowl. The SpongeBob Movie By: Will de Sola SpongeBob is back and this time he’s not in Bikini Bottom! He’s coming to the shore and is on a quest to retrieve the krabby patty secret formula from the pirate burger beard! This pirate wants the krabby patty formula for one reason, so he can finish putting the last page in a magical book that has the power to make whatever is written in it come true! But it turns out that he missing page is the krabby patty secret formula! At first Bikini Bottom is thrown into chaos after the secret formula goes missing so SpongeBob and his friends go to the surface to try and fin the formula. while there they get super powers! SpongeBob becomes the Incredabubble, Patrick is Mr.Super Awesomeness, Squidward is Sour Note, Plankton is PlankTON, Mr.Crabs is Sir Pich-a-lot, and sandy is... A SQURRIAL.They use their super powers to try and find burger beard and get the formula back! that’s all I know about the movie right now an I hope you go and see it! page 5 The Day Is Here By: Kristian Overman and Cole Jeffers WOW! I can’t believe that New England won the Super Exero 01, 5555 BLA BLA BLA 5 Bowl they haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1998. Tom Brady and Russell Wilson won multiple Super Bowls and they finally go head-to-head. Tom Brady was excited when Butler made his first interception for the whole entire season. Russell Wilson was shocked when Matthews caught a ball that bounced of a New England and he didn’t know what to do when he caught it , he was in shock that he even caught the ball. At the end of the game Tom Brady was in shock after the game. Tom Brady beat Joe Montana record by 3 touchdowns.” Touchdown “ Seattle. Let’s Hear That Cheer By: Kristian Overman The crowd goes wild, “Touchdown Panthers!” Cardinals have the ball at the 20 yard line. The ball is snapped. The quarterback throws the ball to the receiver. “Interception Panthers!” He’s running 4 yard line. Touchdown Panthers. The score is 21 to 16 . I think that the Panthers can win this game. I personally think that the Panthers can win this game. The Panthers crowd is going wild. Touchdown Panthers. The Panthers win. The crowd goes wild the Panthers are going wild. The Panthers are going to the playoffs. The Panthers needed this. They were in a bad spot in the NFL league. Back to the Future 2 By Emma Cooper We’re going to the future!!! Wait were already there. Well not really ,just according to the movie Back To The Future 2. Back To The Future 2 was a movie made in 1985, well obviously they go to the future but the year they go to is 2015!!! When they go to the future there is hover boards, flying cars and the hologram!!! Well you might be thinking that sense it’s 2015 we should have all of those things. We have made the hover board, and Tony Hawk has actually rode on it, it’s really cool. they have been working on the flying cars and the hologram for over 30 years, but we’re still working on them. Scientists you better finish those flying cars soon you only have 365 days to go. The clock is ticking, tick tock tick tock. Well scientists did make the cell phone and a laptop and so many other things I’ll give them some time on the flying cars and the hologram. I know it hasn’t been that long but I think we need to go back to the past. Actually I think we should stay in the future for now so we can see what is created. We’re going to stay in the future!!!! The Horse’s Mouth I January/February 2015 I Kids Korner 6 BLA BLA BLA Exero 01, 5555 Tic Tac Toe page 6