The Volcano in Iceland

by Zoe N.
About a week ago from April 20, 2010, (the day Lisa Campbell Ernst came), Iceland had a very huge volcano. Ash shot up as high as airplanes flew. All of the airports in Iceland could not fly, because the ash is still in the sky and it would get caught in the plane's motors. The ash contains particles that are as sharp as glass, so that when they come in contact with the planes working parts, they sand the parts down causing the engines to malfunction, and then the planes would not be able to fly. The ash was so powerful it went from Iceland where it erupted to Europe.

Ash landed in some European countries such as Norway, Poland and more. Many royal people in Poland died from a plane disaster and President Barak Obama was going to Poland for a funeral for them.

Even a week later, the ash is still coming up from the volcano, but it is not going as high as it did before.

How do you think we can help the people of Iceland and all of the other countries where the ash landed? Remember, we cannot fly because the airplanes cannot fly because all of the ash will get in the airplane's motors and then the airplanes cannot fly.

We Are Having a Visiting Author!

by Zoe N.

Every year Countryside has a visiting author. This year it is author and illustrator Lisa Campbell Ernst. She is coming April 18th, 2010. Mrs. Ernst wrote The Gingerbread Girl, a Monarch book. The Gingerbread Girl was a Monarch book this year, if you remember, and it was written by Mrs. Ernst! If you want to order some of her books, I believe you can. You have to send in the order form by April 17th, 2010. This form was sent to the oldest child in Countryside. This order form and the list of Mrs. Ernst's books are in the Countryside newsletter. Ask your parents if you can order some of her books.

I hope you are as excited as I am about Mrs. Ernst coming. What do you think about Mrs. Ernst coming? Do you like visiting authors? What do you think about all of her books? What do you think about her coming to our school? Do you like it? Or are you not interested in visiting authors? You can tell me what you think about visiting authors! I hope you will be so excited waiting for Mrs. Ernst coming!

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Paper Less

by John C.

What would school be like without paper? School would be very different if we did not have paper. Every single day we would be on the computer working on… Everything! ISATs would be on the computer, spelling tests, math tests, social studies, some science even. I wonder if there was no paper, would computers be cheaper or they would they be more expensive? I don't know about you, but I think no paper would be kind of cool and it would help the school be green. What about you? Please respond your opinion.


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