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A Field Trip to Don Edward's San Francisco Bay National Wild Life Refuge

Written and Typed by GWN Writer Alex Zhou

On Thursday, May 29, 2008 half of the second graders at Ardenwood School went on a field trip to Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The second graders played many fun games and activities. Alex's favorite activity was looking in owl pellets (owl throw up). Too bad Alex didn't have a skull in his owl pellet. He also liked the last activity about wetlands. Everyone had to pretend to be an animal and only can eat the food that the animal eats. In another activity, students had to look for an animal that lives in the mud. They were small but can still be seen. The students got to use microscopes. The park rangers told us to protect wetlands because there are less wetlands and a lot of animals that are endangered live there. One of them are endangered because there are less wetlands and because of predation. This field trip was the best one ever!

Alex's 8th Birthday Party

Written and Typed by Birthday Boy Alex Zhou

On Saturday, June 7, 2008 Alex had his 8th birthday party. His real birthday is June 4. He and his friends mostly played video games. When it was time to eat, most of them didn't. Only he and Austin ate. After that, they started playing video games again. Then they ate ice cream cake and sang happy birthday. They went outside and played with flying disks on the field at Ardenwood School. Afterwards, they went back to Alex's house and started playing video games...again! About an hour later, parents started arriving. My neighbors stayed the longest since they live next door. It was a fun birthday party!

Big Red Ball

Written and Typed by GWN Writer Chloris Li

On Friday, June 13th, 2008, there was a substitute in my classroom at Ardenwood Elementary. We had extra recess. The substitute brought a large red ball outside and the fifth-grade boys started playing basketball with it. Someone shot it inside the hoop and the ball couldn't come back out. The boys used theirs shoes and it did nothing. Later, a boy found a stick and he used it to push it out but it didn't work. The primary kids (first to third graders) were staring at them. Later, GWN Founder Diane Zhou (I think she is the tallest fifth-grade girl in our class.) tried pushing the ball out with the stick and it didn't work. Later, we gave the stick to the substitute [because he was the tallest out of all of us]to push the ball out of the hoop. It still didn't work because I think he doesn't want to work. Finally, the boy who found the stick carried his friend on his shoulders and they got it out! YAY! After all that, all the fifth graders decided to play dodge ball.

Joke Center
Written and Typed by GWN Joke Maker Tiffany Chen

• There is a word that I know, six letters it contains, subtract one, and twelve remains. What is it?
  dozen
  
• What can run but not walk, has a mouth but can't talk, has a head but never thinks, has a bed but never sleeps?
  a river
  
• The more of this you take, the more you leave behind.
  footsteps