How To Train a Dog To Sit  

   by; Sophie H. and Rowan H.

Augustice-Gus

  Do you know how to train a dog?  First, you get

treats and anything your pooch would respond to,

for example, maybe their favorite toy or bone. Let’s

start with sit!  Different people have their own

ways for teaching their beloved dog how to sit.

For instance, when I taught my dog Augustice, or

Gus, how to sit, when I was with him I ran with him

through the yard to make him tired.  I would immediately

say sit and give him a treat. Once he knew that when I

said sit and he sat down he learned he would get a treat.

And that is how you train your dog to sit!

Doubt it or All About it?

By: Chloe and Emily

Do you like the new Halloween Parade on the track

                    or do you like the parade in the school?

                Hallway information

The hallways used to be filled with characters from movies and
books.  Parents and kids would line the hallways waiting to see
all the costumes.  The parents would take millions of pictures.
All the kid would cheer.

Track information

On the track, you walked around the track a few times.  While the
younger grades would admire the older kids costumes.   And all
the parents would line the track taking hundreds of pictures. If
you had a long dress or oversize clothes on the it could get torn
up easier.

Opinion

In my opinion I like the hallway better because I like the cool
air flowing. I also like how we got to see everyone's costumes in
the hallway.-Emily

I like the hallway because it's easier for the parents to take pictures.
Everyone gets to see the other grades. It's also easier for other
grades to enjoy.-Chloe  

                  Rubik’s Cube

David E.

Who created the Rubik’s Cube and why?

Ernő Rubik created the Rubik’s Cube because he

wanted to explain 3 dimensional geometry and

wasn’t supposed to be a toy at first. Can you

believe that!

When was the first Rubik’s Cube made?

The first 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cube was made in 1977

in Budapest then 3x3x3 was created in 1974 also

in Budapest by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik

and so on and so on with the

Fun Facts!

* It was originally called the Magic Cube.

* There are 43 QUINTILLION ways to move

the Rubik’s Cube.

* There was a Saturday Morning cartoon series:
Rubik The Amazing Cube!

World Records: Felix Zemdegs currently

has the current world record for completing the
Rubik’s Cube with 4.22 seconds. Seung Beom had

the one before him with 4.59 seconds and Patrick
Ponce had the next one with 4.69 seconds.

Video Links:

Do Games Effect People?  This is the question 5th graders answered.

Gaming  Effect

By Grey N.  
    

Do you ever go home and play video games and act differently?  
It is probably the gaming effect. You are probably wondering,
"What is gaming Effect?’’ The gaming effect is an effect that happens
when you play different video games. It has happened to many
people. Games such as Call of Duty have a bad effect such as
being wild and disruptive. Other games like Super Mario Brothers
have a good effect like being calm and nice. It is because these
games have different effects on  people. Bloody games have bad
effects and nice games have good effects. The effects can change
people from who they really are. In conclusion, different video
games can effect people in different ways.

        Behind the Scenes of the Village Sting

                             By:Izzy S.

    You read all of these amazing articles, but do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes? Reading the article may be easy but making the article is not as easy as it seems. Reporters can make videos, take surveys, or write an article. Sometimes it may even take days to come up with a topic.             

                                  Who Started the Sting?

One of the most important parts of the Sting is the editor. Our amazing editor/founder of The Sting is Mrs.Knudsen. I don't know how she deals with editing all of these stories.  I decided to ask her a little bit about when, why, and how she started the Village Sting.

         Why did you start the Village Sting?

   I wanted to make The Sting so kids can have a way to expose their writing to everyone and not just to each other, but to share it with their school, peers, and parents, and that way everyone can read it.

       How do You Feel When an Article is Published?

    I am very excited when an article is published. It takes a lot of work to build an article from beginning to end. Once it's published I feel a sense of relief, accomplishment, and pride for the person whose writing the article.

    Do you Wish you had other People helping you out with the Sting?

Yes. that's my goal to get more editors. Because the more help we have the more articles we can get published.

     Do you Wish More People Would Get the Chance to work on the Village Sting?

 Yes I do. Because soon we will be switching R.T.I so that way people will have more opportunity to write more articles.

    Do you Want to Make Some changes to the Village Sting?

I am sure that there are changes that we can make to the Village Sting. I am always open for new ideas or suggestions. For example, last year at the end of the year some students asked if they could make videos and, I thought that was a great idea. So, they wrote the article and attached a video to it. I also think that a way to make it better is to have more people see articles by using Twitter. Last year I made a Twitter account for the Village Sting and when the students are publishing it I will post that on the account and hopefully the parents will follow the Twitter account. That way more people will see it.

    Do you like Making Videos in the Maker Space Lab?

     I do. I love to watch the creativity and, especially the collaboration. There is a lot that can go wrong when making a video. As a teacher I love to see how the students problem solve to figure out how to make the videos better.  

       The Steps To Making A Amazing Article

       Writing a article is not the easiest thing in the world.

1. Coming up with the article topic is by far one of the hardest things. To help decide on a topic we think about what is happening in the building.  
2. Writing  on the news board is where we record journalists, topic, and if it needs to be edited or not. It is how we keep things organized.
3. If you are a shy journalist working on the Sting will help you become more confident. You have to pitch your idea to three people. Yes it is necessary. Then you pitch it to Mrs. Knudsen she almost always says yes.
4. Then you start to write your article. It could take one day or two weeks. It is very time consuming.
5. Then comes the editing portion. Nothing is harder than the editing. This process can take 1 day or one week. Mrs. knudsen is our one and only editor. In the interview above she stated that she needs more editors, but, she is one of the best editors in town.
6. Then once your story is all polished up now comes the publishing. This process does not take very long, but it does take a lot of hard work to fit it all onto one column. Mrs. Knudsen normally posts one article at a time. Sometimes, she puts up two. Then you start all over again!

 

                                                                   The Journalists

I decided to do a section on what the journalists like and don't like about the Sting.

Pros 😊	Cons 😈
You get to express your ideas	Wish we had more time
You can find out new things it is a learning experience	The topics are hard to understand
You can put comments on other peoples stories	It is hard to come up with topics
You get the freedom of writing what you want	You can’t  illustrate anything
You can do cool experiments	NOTHING!
Everything	Most of the students I asked did not have a answer
Writing the article

We often work in groups

Researching information

We work in the Maker Space

Navy Seals    by Nick F. and Aiden H

The Navy Seals were established in 1962 by John F. Kennedy,

but the Navy Seals were also operating during WWII and the

Korean War. By the way, there's a little history for you. The

Navy Seals  were still a Special Forces team, which was

backup for the Navy, but just not known like they are today.

Training

The training for Navy Seals is mentally and

physically challenging.  Nevertheless, they still

work the hardest. For example, Navy Seals training  

last 8 weeks long and the training involves testing

your mental and physical skills.  One of the training

steps is to link arms and lay down next to the ocean

and be hit by massive waves for one whole day.

Training prepares the Navy Seals for anything to

happen in our country . The Navy Seal’s have to

get up at 4:30 am every day including the

weekends! As you can see, the Navy Seals

have a very harsh training.

On The Battlefield

Words of Brant Gleeson, a retired Navy Seal, said,

“In Africa, I gained a unique perspective on

teamwork.” I agree with Gleeson the Navy

Seals do need to have a lot of teamwork.  For

Example,the Navy Seals spend months in

places like Iraq and places where they could be

planning an attack or a ambush. So as you can

see the Navy Seals   have a very harsh training

which helps them in Iraq, and they have the

history to prove it.

        Cinnamon Pumpkin Bread

   By Abrielle and Bailey         

Do you like cinnamon pumpkin bread?  Because we love
cinnamon pumpkin bread. The way we came up with this
idea is it is getting close to fall and we were thinking about
baking and then we had the idea to make Cinnamon Pumpkin
Bread.

       Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup of flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
• ¾ tsp of salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ +⅓ cup of sugar
• ½ cup of brown sugar
• ¼ cup of milk
• ¾ cup of canola oil
• 1 cup of pumpkin puree
• 1 and ½ tsp of cinnamon

 

  

     Tools

• 8 times 4 inch loaf pan
• Cooking spray
• Medium bowl 
• Dry measuring cups
• Dry measuring spoons 
• Whisk
• Large bowl
• Liquid measuring cup
• Rubber spatula  
• Small bowl 
• Toothpicks
• Oven

Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Next, grease loaf
pan with cooking spray. Then, stir flour, baking soda, pumpkin
pie spice, and salt in medium bowl.  Set that aside. After that,
crack eggs into the large bowl. Throw away eggshells and wash
your hands, whisk eggs until smooth. Next, add ½ sugar, brown
sugar,milk, canola oil, and pumpkin puree to the eggs, whisk it.  
Then, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix with
spatula. After that, mix cinnamon and ⅓ cup of sugar in the
small bowl. Next, pour half of the batter in the loaf pan. Then,
sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on top.  After that, pour the
remaining batter in loaf pan. Next, put batter in the oven for
60-70 min. Then, insert a toothpick and let cool for 15 min.
TASTE AND SHARE !!!

 Conclusion

This recipe is great for Halloween/Fall. This is also a
awesome snack to have after a tiring day at school.  
The amazing thing about this treat is you can give this
to someone for a gift or just to say thank you.  This is a
extraordinary treat for kids to make. This can help kids
learn how listen and follow directions and to have fun.  
This treat is great to eat with your family and friends.