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1 The Shark Street Journal Helping Students To Shine The Write Way Shacklette Elementary Newspaper Club February 2015 Issue 4 BusinessName Shacklett e Elementar y Mercur y Drive Louisville, KY Phone: Kevin Garner, Principal Fun Facts About Valentine s Day Taylor Borum, Catherine Chen, Isabella Olea, Lakyn Whitehead, Trinity Wilson 3rd Grade, Mrs. Patel s Class Valentine s Day is celebrated on February 14 every year. Every year people get cards, candy and flowers to celebrate this day of love. According to it is the second most popular holiday to send cards after Christmas. There are about 190 million cards sent out on this day. Nobody knows when Valentine s Day was first celebrated. But we do know it is the day in which people celebrate love. It is a celebration of love for married people, people who are dating and for friendships. We found out from this same website that a long, long, long time ago, during the time that is called the Middle Ages, girls would eat strange foods because they thought it would help them dream of their future husbands. The common colors for Valentine s Day are red and pink. Cards during this time are usually decorated with pictures of hearts, red roses or the little man called Cupid who has a bow and arrow. Also, people give chocolate candy with their cards for Valentine s Day. Kids get into the Valentine s Day fun too. Most times they exchange cards with their classmates. We love having Valentine s parties at school. We get to bring a box to keep all of the candy and cards that our friends in class give us. Below are some more fun facts we found on If you include cards given at school and handmade cards, the number of Valentine's exchanged is estimated to be nearly 1 billion. Because so many students give cards, teachers receive the most cards of any profession. Around 85% of Valentine's cards are purchased by women. Around 73% of flowers are purchased by men. The oldest love poem is said to be written on a clay tablet by the Ancient Sumerians over 5,000 years ago. Around 36 million heart shaped boxes of chocolate will be given as gifts on Valentine's Day. Millions of pet owners buy gifts for their pets on this day. Inside this issue: Cool Things You Can Give Out For Valentine s 2 Travel Column 3 Shark Valentine s Day Cartoon Shacklette s First Annual Live Black History Museum Father/Daughter & Mother Son Dance Learning Challenges 7-8

2 Page 2 Cool Things You Can Give Out For Valentine s Day Alexis Hall 4th Grade, Mrs. Allison s Class There are tons of gifts that you can give out for Valentine s Day. I love to make things to give. Below is a list of cool things you can give to your family and friends for Valentine s Day. Chocolates Heart shaped brownies 3) Cook them in the oven for the minutes that the cookie dough package says. 4) Once they are done, get some white cake icing and mix pink food coloring in it. This will make pink icing. 5) Spread the pink icing on the cookies. Heart shaped cookies Suckers Valentine s Cards Art work you draw yourself such as a swirl heart or a heart balloon Cake balls 6) Get some pink and red sprinkles. Then sprinkle them on the cookies. Once you put the icing on them, then the cookies are ready. Last thing you do is wrap them up to give out. Then you will have one more cool thing to give out for Valentine s Day. If you do not know how to make heart shaped cookies, below are the steps I use to make my cookies. You don t have to only make them during Valentine s Day though. 1) Get a package of cookie dough. 2) Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to make them into hearts. Heart shaped cookies with pink and red sprinkles.

3 Page 3 The Shark Street Journal Travel Diaries -The Travel Diaries are articles written by students in the newspaper club about cool and exciting places they have traveled. My Thanksgiving Bahamas Vacation Xavier Price 5th Grade, Ms. Smith s Class The Bahamas Flag Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my entire family went on a beautiful and relaxing cruise in the Bahamas. For five days we visited Freeport, Bahamas and Nassau, Bahamas. We did plenty of activities on our Bahamas vacation. We spent three days on the cruise ship and two days visiting Freeport and Nassau. This was my first time ever going on a cruise or to the Bahamas and I LOVED IT! Before I describe my vacation, I want to tell you a little about Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas. According to the website the Bahamas is made up of 700 islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Nassau is one of those islands and is the capital of the Bahamas. It is about 1,035 miles south from Louisville, Kentucky. The national bird of Nassau is the pink flamingo. Most of the houses there were pink too. Taino Beach in Freeport, Bahamas Freeport, Bahamas is also south of Louisville, Kentucky. Freeport had one of the best beaches in the Bahamas called Taino Beach. The water at that beach was clear blue. The sand was a perfect tan color. We spent most of our time at Taino Beach. I almost stepped on a crab while walking on Taino Beach. When we got on the cruise ship, we all split up and did whatever we wanted to do. There was countless stuff to do on the ship. I never got bored because there was always something I could do day or night. The most memorable thing on the cruise was when our waiter told me to get up and dance in front of everyone. I was very nervous because I didn t know if people were going to laugh at me or what. I felt relieved after the dance because it was over. Some people did laugh at me, but I didn t feel embarrassed. I started laughing with them. This was probably the best vacation that I have taken with my family. The beaches were beautiful. The islands were amazing. Spending time with my family was fantastic. If you are ever planning a vacation, plan to visit the Bahamas. You will not be disappointed! My family and I on the beach in Freeport,Bahamas Me and my new friends that I made on the boat enjoying the pool.

4 A Valentine s Day Cartoon Jennifer Chen, 4th Grade, Mrs. Allison s Class

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7 The Shark Street Journal Learning Challenge Section for Grades K-2- Now that you have finished reading this fun and informative issue of The Shark Street Journal, let s see what you learned. Read and answer each question in this learning challenge section. NOTE: Complete the following questions, turn in to your teacher by Friday, February 20, 2015 and you will get a COOL prize! STUDENT FULL NAME GRADE TEACHER 1. What date is Valentine s Day celebrated on every year? A. December 25 B. February 14 C. January In the article Fun Facts About Valentine s Day, about how many cards are sent out on Valentine s Day? A. 190 thousands B. 190 billion C. 190 million 3. Name 3 things that Alexis listed as cool things that you can give out for Valentine s Day? a) b) c) 4. What two islands did Xavier Price visit on his Thanksgiving Bahamas vacation? a) b)

8 The Shark Street Journal Learning Challenge Section for Grades 3-5- Now that you have finished reading this fun and informative issue of The Shark Street Journal, let s see what you learned. Read and answer each question in this learning challenge section. NOTE: Complete the following questions, turn in to your teacher by Friday, February 20, 2015 and you will get a COOL prize! STUDENT FULL NAME GRADE TEACHER 1. What date is Valentine s Day celebrated on every year? A. December 25 B. February 14 C. January In the article Fun Facts About Valentine s Day, about 190 million are sent out on Valentine s Day. Which number correctly represents 190 million? A. 19,000 B. 19,000,000 C. 190,000, Alexis said that you can use what type of utensil to make heart shape cookies? A. white icing B. heart shaped cookie cutter C. heart shaped icing knife 4. Xavier spent his Thanksgiving in the island of the Bahamas. How many islands did he say the Bahamas had? A. seven thousand B. seven hundred C. seven million 5. Jennifer Chen was the cartoonist for A Valentine s Day Cartoon. Tell Jennifer 1 thing that you liked about her cartoon. Write in a complete sentence. 6). In the space below, write 3-5 sentences describing Taino Beach that Xavier visited in the Bahamas.