Karlly’s Korner

BOOK REVIEW:

Do you remember Peter Pan, the magical boy who never grew old and flew around Never Land with his fairy Tinker Bell? Did you ever wonder how Peter got to Never Land, or how Tinker Bell was created, if you did then you need to get reading! In Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson go back to when Peter was an orphan boy living in St. Norbert’s home for Wayward Boys in England.
After living in St. Norbert’s for seven years, Peter is dragged out of St. Norbert’s in the early morning along with Prentiss, James, Tubby Ted and Thomas. They are on their way to a ship called Never Land, is what they are told by Grempkin, the mean grammar teacher and second in command at St. Norbert’s. When the boys are loaded on to the ship, Slank, the second in command and first officer on the Never Land tells them that they are going to become servants for King Zarboff the Third in Rundoon, who when isn’t pleased with a servant’s work will feed them to his pet snake. The five boys are then put into the basement of the ship with the rats, and when Peter escapes he runs into Molly, the ambassador’s daughter who he talked to when they first boarded before Slank took them away.
When Peter and Molly become good friends and Molly tells Peter a secret about herself and her father that isn’t supposed to be told, Peter sees the world in a new magical way. Soon Peter is flying, talking to dolphins and trying to escape an evil pirate. To find out what happens to Peter and Molly, pick up the national best seller, Peter and the Starcatchers and get reading! Once you finish that, read the sequel to the prequel, Peter and the Shadow Thieves.
~Karina~

JOKE:

Q: Why should you never play hide-and-seek with a pokemon?
A: They’ll peek-at-you! (Pikachu)
-Submitted by Luke

BRAIN TEASERS:
Instructions: Figure out the brainteaser according to what grade you are in and send the answer along with your home room and what grade you are in to either Kelly@whatsupwakefield.com or karina@whatsupwakefield.com. We will put all correct answers for each grade into 3 hats and pull 3 names (one 6th, one 7th, and one 8th) we will notify you if you are a winner.
6th grade: On Monday, Mia drank half the contents of a pitcher of lemonade, and then her sister Tia drank half of what was left. It takes half a package of lemonade mix to make a pitcher of lemonade. The sisters always make a full pitcher of lemonade. Mia and Tia plan to drink the same amount of lemonade after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. What is the least number of packages of mix needed to provide enough lemonade for 5 days? How much lemonade will be left in the pitcher at the end of the week?
~Eduplace.com

7th grade: Fill the eight spaces below with numbers from 1 to 8. No number that comes before or after any other number should be placed in an adjacent space, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. (For Example, 2 should not be next to the number 1 or the number 3) The arrangement of the space is
* __ __ *
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~Braingle.com

8th grade: Inside each set of the following words, there is a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example, “Thighbone/Swallowtail” conceals “High & Low.”
1. Skyrocketing/Trolleyman
2. Thermometer/Apoplexy
3. Delaware/Bordering
4. Surprised/Trashiness
5. Throughout/Stumblebum
~Braingle.com

STUDY TIP:

Be sure to have at least 3 homework buddies, friends you can call for help with assignments.
~Super Study Skills, By: Laurie Rozakis, Ph.D.

DID YOU KNOW…?

Mr. Miuraca (6th and 7th grade over flow language arts teacher):
1. Ate dinner with Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife
2. Coached the Ashboro step team
3. Used to be a paramedic and once saved a man’s life on an air plane

Mr. Redd (P.E. and health teacher):
1. Has 3 other jobs outside of school: after school care at Northridge elementary school, refills shelves of Edy’s ice cream at Harris teeter, and works for long beverage, a beer distributor.
2. Played college baseball at UNC Wilmington

Mrs. Babinski (Pack Team language arts teacher):
1. Zip lined across a gorge in Australia
2. Walked across the Sydney Bridge
3. Propelled herself down a castle wall twice