New Castle Elementary Dragon Gazette Volume 1, Issue 1 Fishtail Loom Bracelet Materials: Rubber bands/ loom bands Loom Hook/ crochet hook Loom clips Instructions: Take your loom and assort the colors you want to have in your bracelet. Then, place one of your rubber bands in a figure eight and place it on two pegs of your loom. Next, you add two rubber bands not in a figure eight on to the figure eight band on the loom. You then take the figure eight band and lift it on top of the normal bands. Then you continue to add and put rubber bands on top AND BOOM. YOU HAVE YOUR- SELF A FISHTAIL BRACELET! By Aliyah Who Is It? Clue: By Evelyn #1 This teacher is a female. #2 She is new to New Castle. #3 She taught at Kemps Landing/Old Donation School. #4 She teaches 4th grade. #5 She has lunch at 12:08. #6 She has taught for 18 years. #7 She has blond hair. Mrs. Ganther New Art Teacher Enters the Castle Why and when did you decide to become an art teacher? Since elementary school I always wanted to become a teacher and I loved art. I never thought of being an art teacher until high school when my art teacher said I should do something in the art field as a career. What is your favorite thing to do outside of teaching? When I have time I like to hike and kayak with my family. What is your favorite type of art? Watercolor paintings of nature are my favorite. Where are you from? New York Where do you get your artwork inspiration from? Nature What is your favorite thing about teaching art? Watching my students improve their skills and seeing them do something they never thought they could do. What is your favorite color to work with? Greens and blues Interviewed by Caroline
PAGE 2 DRAGON GAZETTE VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Gamers Guide Are you a serious gamer? Well this guide will teach you a lot about the most popular games. Minecraft: Minecraft is an addictive game that lets you build anything. From statues to theme parks to castles, this is on the top ten game list. If we want to learn about the game, we need to learn Minecraft s history. In 2008 Markus Persson, a.k.a. Notch, invented Minecraft. Minecraft wasn t always called Minecraft. Its original name was Cave Game. Notch later changed it to Minecraft because it was the name of another popular game. Mobs: The creeper is the most popular Minecraft symbol around. The creeper was accidentally created. Notch was trying to make a pig but epically failed. Fun Fact: In the 1.4 update of Minecraft, the creeper somehow snuck its way into the A in the Minecraft logo. There have been many mobs but a lot have not been added. There were floating statues and giant zombies but you can still spawn them in with a command in the pc version. I m pretty sure most of you have heard of the mythical HEROBRINE! To this day, no one really knows much about Herobrine. People think he is someone who won t reveal himself to the world, while others think he is just a bug. For most people, he is just plain creepy. By Ethan
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 DRAGON GAZETTE PAGE 3 Kindergarten Section Print and Color Me In! By Erick
How to Make Sugar Cookies! By: Evelyn INGREDIENTS/MATERIALS Large mixing bowl Electric mixer or mixing spoon Lightly greased cookie sheet Rolling pin 3 inch cookie cutters (desired shapes) Wire cooling rack 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar one cup of butter or margarine, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cream of tartar Granulated sugar or colored sugar Step 1: Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Step 2: Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Step 3: Divide dough in half. Roll each half ¼ inch thick on lightly greased and floured surface. Cut into desired shape with 2 2 ½ - inch cookie cutters. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place on cookie sheet. Step 4: Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack. *Note: Always have an adult help you when using the stove.
Materials: air-dry clay, glitter glue, plastic knife, paper, different designs, glue, beads, key chain, scissors, paint, and a paintbrush Instructions: Step 1: First, you take your piece of paper and draw a heart on it (other designs are optional). Step 2: Next, take your scissors and cut your shape and put it on a clay slab. Step 3: Then, take your plastic knife (adult supervision required) and cut it out. Step 4: Next, take your plastic knife again and cut through your shape like it is on the picture above. Step 5: Then, you have to put in the key chain or pin and let it sit for a day. Step 6: After that, you are ready to paint. Choose the color you want to use and paint your shape. Step 7: Once it is done drying, you can start decorating it. You can also use leftover clay to do some other designs like the picture above. Step 8: Next, get your glitter glue and start outlining your shape. Once the glitter glue is dry, now take your glue and glue on the beads. (This is optional). Also, you can put your picture and your best friend picture in the middle of the best friend charm (This is also optional). Now you are ready to put it on a chain or a string and give it to your best friend. :D By Jordan