ENFIELD PENCIL
December 2013
Enfield Holiday Breakfast!
Let's Eat
ENFIELD PENCIL STAFF ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY PARTY
READY FOR THE OVEN
Article by Reese Mount / Pictures by Enfield Pencil Staff
HOLIDAY CRAFTS BY ROWAN SHERWOOD
MAKING A PAPER STAR SNOWFLAKE
FIRST GET 6 PIECES OF SQUARE PAPER
NEXT FOLD INTO A BIG TRIANGLE
THEN FOLD INTO SMALLER TRIANGLES
CUT SLITS IN SMALLER TRIANGLE - NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP
THEN UNFOLD
TAKE MATCHING FLAPS AND TAPE TOGETHER STARTING FROM THE MIDDLE
THEN TURN OVER AND TAPE THE NEXT FLAPS TOGETHER AND KEEP GOING TILL THERE IS NO MORE.
CONTINUE TAPING TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE UNTIL YOUR SNOWFLAKE STAR IS COMPLETE!
WINTER HOLIDAYS BY RAY BLEGEN
CHRISTMAS
People around the world celebrate this Christian holiday on December 25, by going to church, giving gifts and sharing the day with their families. This day celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ
HANUKKUH
On this holiday, Jewish people remember an ancient miracle when one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days in their temple. Families give gifts, play games, and sing on each of the eight days of Hanukkah.
NEW YEAR’S DAY
In Ecuador, families dress a straw man, representing the old year, in old clothes on December 31. At midnight they burn the straw man in hopes that their faults will disappear with him.
SPCA DRIVE SUCCESS! NOA YAMAGUCHI
Book Review by Reese Mount
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
It is a tale of pain and sorrow. It is a historical fiction book which you can find in the library about a boy who lives in the Ozark mountains. He is so happy when he gets two redbone hounds and teaches them to be great hunters. Read to find out more.
Snow Leopard by Emma Duell
MOVIE REVIEW By Emma Duell
What will you do on the holiday break? By Reese Mount
Makenna Monroe ( Ms. Haldeman's First Grade) " I will spend time with my family. We will play hide and go seek and go sledding in my back yard!