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Vicksburg Schools Indian Lake Elementary Ms. Houghton’s Caring Club is busy creating new ways to spread kindness around Indian Lake Elementary.

The second grade proudly made play dough for Bulldog Beginnings and ECSE classrooms.

The third grade group had a wonderful idea for The Caring Club presents Mrs. Spanhak making “kind” posters to with homemade molding clay hang in the hallways for students to write down their acts of kindness. These are great reminders to be proactive and find something good in each day. The fourth graders are now shouting out kind reminders on the bus ramp while sporting their new reflective safety patrol vests, reminding all students to walk on the bus ramp, and direct everyone to the right bus.

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Sunset Lake Elementary Sunset’s motto, “Enter to Learn, Depart to Contribute,” is not just a set of words. Students and staff continually seek and carry out ways to show compassion and good citizenship.

For example second grade students are practicing random acts of kindness both at school and at home. They are writing their good deeds down on hearts and creating a hallway display with them. Their caring gestures have included writing bucket-filling messages to classmates, donating needed school supplies, sending letters overseas to servicemen and making cards for neighbors.

Mrs. Bailey’s first graders work In first grade, students are together to create a warm, fuzzy making blankets for Adam’s Kids, an blanket for Adam’s Kids. organization that meets the needs of toddlers and babies. Teachers buy polar fleece, which parents cut into strips and students tie together. The first graders are excited about working together to create a warm, fuzzy blanket to keep someone warm.

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St. Patrick’s Day tradition in the United States in classrooms with fun activities and creative projects for students to enjoy. encourages everyone to wear green on that day. It is also considered lucky if you find a Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love, where we show our shamrock (a four leaf clover) on that day. Legends say that each leaf of the clover means affection for friends and family with candy classroom something.

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The Ocelot The America, even through sometimes they The ocelot ocelot lives livesininSouth the South America, even though sometimes can found as far north the United States.

TheyThey are known theybe can be found as faras north as United States. are known also as the dwarf leopard, because of their appearance. They look similar to a domestic cat, with beautiful fur that has made it vulnerable to poaching in the past.

The ocelot is relatively small. They are only 57 inches in length and can weigh up to 40 pounds. They have sleek and smooth fur like a jaguar. It can be reddish brown or tan with black spots. Their ears are rounded and their front paws are large. They have black, banded tails.

Ocelots are nocturnal and very territorial! They rest in trees during the day and are great climbers. It also is an animal that prefers to be alone in their own area. Ocelots prey on smaller animals, including rabbits and rodents. They hunt alone.

Mothers often only have one kitten per litter, but two or three kit-

tens can occur. The small litter size makes the ocelot vulnerable to population loss. Kittens grow very slowly and leave their mother after two years. Ocelots can live up to 20 years in captivity.

Usually the ocelot is found below sea level, but sometimes can be found residing in mountains. They are also strong swimmers, and are often seen in flooded forests and near human populations.

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• Ocelots have night vision!

• The Moche people of Peru worshipped animals and often depicted ocelots in artwork.

• They are very active, traveling anywhere from one to five miles a night.

• In history, the ocelot was often kept as a pet.

• Ocelots are mammals, just like us!

• The males are called Tom and females are called Queen. The collective name for a group is a clowder or clutter.

• They communicate between one another using soft meows which turn into loud yowls when looking for a mate.

• Without teeth for chewing, ocelots tear their food to pieces and swallow it whole.

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Explore Michigan!

Real Pirates Exhibit at Grand Rapids Public Museum Ahoy, Matey!

Want to hoist a pirate flag or learn to tie knots?

Want to touch pirates’ treasure that’s over 300 years old?

Then don’t miss the exhibit “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship” featured at the Grand Rapids Public Museum through April 19th. Real Pirates is a touring exhibition organized

by National Geographic and Premier Exhibitions Inc. You will be able to see and touch weaponry, everyday objects, personal items and authentic coins that make up the 150 artifacts in the exhibit.

You will also learn the stories of four members of the Whydah crew — people who ended up on the same pirate ship for very different reasons — including John King, who was believed to be younger than 11 years

old at the time of the shipwreck. Young John was traveling on the ship with his mother when it was captured by Captain Bellamy. John joined the pirate crew even though his mother didn’t want him to.

Exhibition highlights: • After looting more than 50 ships, the Whydah, a slave ship that had been captured by pirate Sam Bellamy, sank off the coast of Cape Cod in a violent storm nearly 300 years ago, scattering her enormous bounty over a 4-mile length of coast.

• Exhibit includes authentic treasure chests of coins, jewelry, cannons, pistols, swords, clothing and a replica of the actual ship that visitors can board.

• You’ll learn what it was like to live in the early 18th Century.

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Let’s Read! Book Reviews Book reviews provided by James & Gloria Tiller, Kazoo Books Little Lizard’s New Shoes by Melinda Melton Crow. This is a series of Little Lizard books directed at the first stage readers. Follow this interesting character through his adventures. Each book has 80 to 100 words and a short glossary of new words listed in the back. These are part of the larger series of Stone Arch Readers. Level 1 reading.

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Today I Will Fly!

By Mo Willems.

This series is set for preschool beginning readers and teaches immersion techniques by combining sounds, phonetics and punctuation. Meet Gerald and Piggy and see where the stories take you.

Great for parents to read in two part with their child.

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The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley.

This series of stories is targeted for children in 4th to 6th grade. These characters discover they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm and become detectives solving mysteries.

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I Want To Play The Xylophone!

The xylophone is a member of the percussion family.

Unlike most percussion instruments, it produces a pitch when struck. The percussion family includes the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, gong, cymbals and many smaller percussion instruments.

The earliest xylophone originated in 2000 BC, documented by temple carvings of musicians playing suspended wooden bars. Xylophones were seen in Asia by the 9th century and later in Africa. By the 16th century, they had reached the European continent. Zylophones the mallet. When the bar is struck, it produces a bright and sharp sound. had grown quite popular by the 19th century due in part When the xylophonist strikes a bar with a soft mallet, a more muted sound to the ex- is produced. tensive The bars are made from rosewood or more commonly now, Kalon which tours of is a durable fiberglass. After the material is selected, the bars are cut and R u s s i a n shaped in various lengths. Larger bars play low notes while the shorter bars xylophone play high notes. A cord is v i r t u o s o strung through the holes in M i c h a e l both ends of each bar that J o s e f holds them in place and alGusikov. lows them to vibrate freely.

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Elk Farming In North America The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species of deer in the world with only the moose being larger. Plus - the elk is one of the largest mammals in North America.

Wild elk live in forest and forest edge habitats. They feed on grasses, plants, leaves and bark. There are wild elk herds, but some elk have been domesticated and are farm raised. They have been raised commercially on farms or ranches since before 1900.

Male elks, called “bulls” have large antlers which shed every year. 's bugle call is one of the most distinctive calls in nature.

The males Their bugling can be heard miles away. Females are attracted to the males that bugle more often and are the loudest. It is heard most commonly in the morning and late in the day. Mature bulls live in a harem with approximately 20 females or “cows.” They are challenged by other bulls and must defend their harem. They size each other up walking back and fourth and then they engage in a n t l e r wrestling.

The mature bull weighs 800 to 1100 pounds!

Females have no antlers.

They weigh

from 550 to 600 pounds. Babies are called “heifer calves” (females) or “bull calves” (males). It is rare that a female produces twins. They are known to be good mothers.

These babies remain with their mother for about one year. In captivity, elk live about 20 years or more. In the wild, that changes to 10 to 13 years.

They are farmed for many reasons which include meat production and velvet collection. The meat is a red meat and tastes generally like a mix of beef and venison. It is higher in protein and lower in fat than either beef or chicken.

Their velvet is collected and sold to markets in east Asia where it is used in medicine. The mature bull may produce 30 to 40 pounds of velvet per year. The elk looses their antlers every year in March and regrows new ones. Antlers can be used in art work, furniture and novelties. Their hides have been used for hundreds of years for tepee coverings, blankets, clothing and shoes.

Current estimates for numbers of elk farms and farmed elk total 800 farms and 35,000 elk in Canada, and 1,200 farms and 70,000 elk in the United States.

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Exercise Does More Than You Think!

Kids exercise all the time without even thinking about it. Just being active, like when you run around outside or play dodge ball at school is a kind of exercise. What else counts as exercise?

Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups and even reaching down to touch your toes. When you exercise, you’re helping build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need it to do.

Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy You may already know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard, pumping blood every day of your life. You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise!

What is aerobic? Aerobic means “with air” so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen. When you breathe, you take in oxygen and if you’re doing aerobic exercise, you may notice you’re breathing faster than normal. Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breathing.

When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its job - delivering oxygen (in the form of oxygen-carrying blood cells) to all parts of your body.

Aerobic exercises include swimming, basketball, ice or roller hockey, jogging (or walking quickly), in-line skating, soccer, crosscountry skiing, biking or rowing. And don’t forget that skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities.

Exercise Strengthens Muscles Another kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.

Did you ever to a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? Those are exercises that can build strength. By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. Exercises and activities that build strong muscles are push-ups, pull-ups, running, in-line skating and bike riding.

Exercise Makes You Flexible Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without too much trouble. This kind of exercise often

feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up. Being flexible is having “full range or motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain. It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility such as tumbling, gymnastics, yoga, dancing (especially ballet) and martial arts. Simple stretches such as touching your toes or side stretches are good too!

Exercise Keeps The Balance Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy. Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around and do all the basic stuff.

But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy. If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories. Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet the need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excess fat.

Exercise Makes You Feel Good It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy - like running, jumping and playing with your friends. But you may not know that exercise can actually put you in a better mood.

When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical called endorphins which may make you feel happier. It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!

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Roller Skating For Fun And Exercise Roller skating is a fun exercise, a great form of recreation and a sport that the whole family can do together! It’s a workout that also helps you improve your balance skills and burns calories at the same time! It is beneficial to improving muscle strength.

Roller skates were invented in the 1760’s in London, England by a man named John Merlin. Monsieur Petitbled was the first to patent a roller skate in 1819 while in Paris, France. But James Plimpton invented a new type of roller skate. It was a four-wheeled skate (also called the quad skate) that was capable of turning. He founded the New York Roller Skating Association to promote the sport. The first public roller skating rink was opened in 1866.

To get started, you need the right equipment. You need roller skates or roller blades that fit you properly so you don’t get blisters. Also a proper fit can help you perform your best and avoid injury. Other equipment needed is a good helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist pads.

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Discover Art Through Cartooning!

When I was in 4th grade I enrolled in a Saturday morning art class. I was very worried that I would not be able to learn to draw. My teacher began my art lessons by teaching me to draw cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy. I soon discovered that learning to drawing cartoon figures was fun and creative. As my confidence in drawing grew, I soon was drawing realistic things well too.

Cartoon figures don’t have to be perfect. Actually, they should not be drawn to look too real. Cartoon figures have silly faces or features that make us see our world in a fun way. The dictionary describes a cartoon as a “sketch or drawing, usually humorous” meaning, it’s not an exact copy of what something really looks like. As with learning anything in life, starting slowly helps us build skills to achieve larger things down the road. So get out your markers and pencils and start drawing!

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Practice these steps several times.

Try changing ear shape and size.

Make eyes smaller or larger.

Create a different animal by changing the ears.

Color your cartoon friend, or leave it black and white.

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James Abram Garfield Our 20th President (1881)

On November 19, 1831, James Garfield was born in a log cabin in what is now Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was the last of the log cabin presidents. Fatherless at 17 months old, he was brought up by his mother Eliza Ballou, his sisters and his uncle. They had to work for everything starting at a young age. His education was local in Orange City Schools, then Eclectic Institute (later called Hiram College) and then transferring to Williams College in Massachusetts. He graduated in 1856 as an outstanding student.

On November 11, 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. They had a large family of seven children.

He preached for a short time at Franklin Circle Christian Church.

Then taught at at Eclectic Institute He then taught Eclectic Institueas asan aninstructor instructor in in classical languages before he became the president of the institute from 1857 to 1860. Garfield studied law privately and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1860.

He was elected as an Ohio State Senator in 1859. There, he worked at encouraging the Southern states back into the Union.

With the start of the Civil War, Garfield was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Regiment of Ohio volunteers. In 1862, he led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky against the Confederate troops which was successful. The Confederates had 5,000 men and 12 cannons,; Garfield had only 1,100 men. The battle was one of the most important minor battles of the war. At the age of 31, he beBirthplace of came a Brigadier President Garfield General.

In 1862, he was

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12 Zachary Taylor 13 Millard Fillmore 14 Franklin Pierce 15 James Buchanan 16 Abraham Lincoln 17 Andrew Johnson 18 Ulysses Simpson Grant 19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes 20 James Abram Garfield 21 Chester Alan Arthur 22 Grover Cleveland

elected to the Congress. At the urging of Lincoln, he resigned from the military and took his post. Garfield repeatedly won re-election for 18 years and became the leading Republican in the House. He was elected as a United States Senator (while still in the House of Representatives) in 1880, but became president instead.

He was elected President by a margin of 10,000 popular votes.

He was the first member of the House of Representatives to be elected President. As President, he took a stand against political corruption. The growing strength of his administration and popularity continued to grow.

Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station on July 2, 1881, twice. One bullet grazed his arm and the other entered his back and lodged itself somewhere in his body. He died September 19, 1881, living only a few months after being shot. Garfield became the second president to be assassinated - Abraham Lincoln being the first. He also served the second shortest term as President of the United States.

23 Benjamin Harrison 24 Grover Cleveland 25 William McKinley 26 Theodore Roosevelt 27 William Howard Taft 28 Woodrow Wilson 29 Warren Gamaliel Harding 30 Calvin Coolidge 31 Herbert Clark Hoover 32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 33 Harry S Truman

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