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Easter Around the World Corwin D.
In America we celebrate Easter by playing
games and being with your family but how
do people celebrate Easter all around the
world? In Hungary “sprinkling” is a famous
tradition. Sprinkling is when people throw
water on another person. In Sweden kids
dress up as easter witches for Easter, it’s
like Halloween! In Washington D.C. they play
easter egg roll on the White House lawn on
Easter Monday.
Plans for Spring Break… Kylee H. ● Gavin F​.-He has baseball stuff.
● Mrs.Mitchell​ - She will be going
to Chicago to visit the
museums and she also wants
to go to bloomington.
● Alexis B​.- She is going to
Florida to visit her
grandparents.
● Walter H​.- He is going to
Wisconsin.
● Natalie M​.- Have sleepovers
with friends and ride a golf
cart. She will also go to the mall
with her mom.
● AJ S​.-Going to Florida to see
his family and to see the
waterfall by his grandma’s
house.
Corwin D.
Lent is the period preceding Easter. In the Christian Church people devote to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ’s fasting in the wilderness. Most Christians choose to give up something that they like for the whole duration of Lent, and abstain from eating meat on all Fridays, and Holy Days during Lent In the western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday which runs for 40 days and nights. WALTHAM NEWS
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History of Easter Sports Update AJ S and Corwin D. Easter, Which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity's most important holiday. Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21.​The exact origins of this religious feast day’s name are unknown. Some sources claim the word Easter is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. Other accounts trace Easter to the Latin term hebdomada alba, or white week, an ancient reference to Easter week and the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time. Kylee H.
Facts About Easter Sophia W. FACT​: Easter is a holiday for not just kids,
but even grownups. They can go to eat or
play a game with loved ones.
FACT​: The Easter Bunny puts out eggs
and hides things in them like candy or
money and sometimes he gives you more.
FACT:​ It is a great time for kids to use
there heads so they can think where
things are. “The eggs.”
FACT​: People do Lent where they do not
eat meat on the first Wednesday and then
they do not eat meat on Friday till Easter.
The bowling team has been working hard. They have had so many tournaments over the past few weekends. They have been traveling to rockford and peru for the bowling tournaments. Good job Mr. Jim McCabe for teaching them how to bowl. They really enjoy it. Whenever you pass by a person in bowling, say keep up the good work at bowling. That would make a person’s day.
4th Grade State Fair
Trinity W.
At school we have been working on a
state fair project for a couple of weeks.
So we had to find the state bird of our
state, we had to find the state tree and
we had to find a lot of information about
our state. When we were done getting all
of the information for the state we had
to glue it to a board. After the board we
had to make a presentation or we could
make a game board. I picked a game
board. I decided to make Monopoly
Maine Version.
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Spring Dinner Zach P.
Spring dinner is our mid day celebration here at Waltham. We had ham, corn, mashed potatoes, and cake! Thank you Hyvee for catering. Each table was decorated a different themes by the room moms. It looked great. The tables were decorated in themes like baseball, emojis, superhero, candy shoppe, and 8th grade walk of fame.Thanks for all the hard work into making our 2017 spring dinner great! Why The Easter Bunny? Gracie G.
When someone hears Easter, they think of the Easter Bunny and eggs. Since ancient times rabbits have been associated with spring. It is believed that Anglo-Saxon, Goddess of Spring. The easter bunny arrived in the 1700s. The German Immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania carried on their tradition of a egg - laying hare called “ Osterhase” or “Oschgter Haws.” The German children made nest for the bunny to lay colored eggs in, which would later be switched to Easter Baskets. Eventually the tradition of the rabbit spread across the U.S. Today, many kids wait for Easter morning to see what the Easter Bunny left for them in their easter basket. What Are the Author's Plans
for Easter?
Gracie G.
Zach-​ “I am going to sleep in and play video games.” Kylee-​ “I am going to see what I got and go on my easter egg hunt that my easter bunny does for me.” Corwin-​ “I will go to my grandma’s and do the easter egg hunt.” Sophia-​ “ My mom, my grandma and I are going out to eat.” Erik​-” I am going to open my easter basket and watch easter bunny shows.” Trinity​-”I am going to do an easter egg hunt with my family because all my family is coming over to visit.” AJ-​ “I am going to my grandma’s and were making rice crispy eggs.”