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Origami: Praying Mantis

Diane Zhou's teacher requested that this story be written and here it is:

One day, Diane and some of her classmates were making origami things. Mr. Gracey saw, and made the girls make a praying mantis! Diane did find instructions, but they were way too hard. Mr. Gracey said it got the “praying mantis club” addicted to origami.

If YOU can make a praying mantis, please show the praying mantis club. Email instructions to GWN's email address!

Remember when Nicholas Lien generously sent pictures of mushrooms at Mission San Juan Bautista about a month ago? Nicholas wants you to see ALL of them. Here is the URL: http://www.geckofan.com/mushroomfarm. Hope you like the pictures!

Thanks again, Nicholas, for the pictures!

Book Fairs

From May 12th to May 16th, Ardenwood Elementary School had its Book Fair. Three of the most popular books were “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid”, “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” (both by Jeff Kinney), and a Pokémon drawing book. At least one out of every three students in the school were either holding, buying, or reading “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books. The Pokémon drawing book sold out in three days!
On the other hand, Forest Park Elementary had their book fair about three weeks ago. “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” was probably the most popular. Everyone there had already read the first book, so that wasn't a huge sale. The other big sale was “Swindle”.
So it seems like Jeff Kinney's “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books are really good. If you would like to write a review of it, please send your writings to: GingerbreadWklyNews@gmail.com
Since the Pokémon drawing book was super popular at Ardenwood, Gingy wants to have a contest: Who can draw the best Pokemon? You can choose any single Pokemon, send in a set of Pokemon drawings, or make a creative poster with all the Pokémon. Please do not cheat by tracing.
If you don't know the prizes, here it is:
1^st place: A GWN certificate and 3 GWN tickets
2^nd place: A GWN certificate and 2 GWN tickets
3^rd place: A GWN certificate and 1 GWN ticket
Everyone who participates in the contest earns a ticket! So if you win 1st place, you participated PLUS won, so you actually get 4 delicious tickets! The deadline for this contest is June 1st. Good luck everyone!

Recess

by Susan Pham, 5th grade

On May 6, 2008, at about 12:20 p.m. (recess time), I saw everyone rushing to the grass. So, we just decided to tag along. We watched as these three guys named Marty, Hai, and Angel had a dance off. One of the yard-duties recorded them on her cell-phone. Then, Mrs. Rugg, our principal, came and told us that it was already already the end of our recess. The bell did not ring because people were still taking the STAR Test. Everyone then said "Aww!" It was time to go back to our class room.

Dance Contest

by Deanna Wong, 5th grade

On May 7, 2008, during lunch there was a dance contest. Everyone was standing or sitting in a circle. There was a fifth grade team and a sixth grade team. Then it started. There was no music. When they were dancing it seemed like they needed to go to the bathroom. It was boring.