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Is Here!

The students at Clinton Avenue Elementary School are very excited about all the fun they will be having during the winter season. Here are some of their stories and poems!
Mrs. Schumacher's First Grade Class
Winter is fun because of snow. We like it so much that we want to tell you how to catch it. When it comes down you grab it with your hands until you get a whole lot. You catch it with a shovel or on your tongue. It may fall in your mouth or on your nose. Where it falls no one knows. That's why we like winter!

Mrs. Mica's First Grade Class
Winter is fun because you make snowmen. My favorite thing to wear in the winter are snowpants. I like winter best because it is fun! Steven L.	Winter is fun because you get to play in the snow. My favorite clothing is a scarf, coat, and boots. Lea M.
Winter is fun because you can call up Santa and tell him what you want. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a cozy sweater. I like winter best because you can wear nice cozy clothes. Megan P.	Winter is fun because you can make snowpiles. My favorite thing to wear in the winter are heavy pants. I like winter best because you can drink hot cocoa. Danny O.
Winter is fun because I can make a snow fort. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is my Eskimo hat. I like winter best because I don't have to go to swimming lessons. Michelle L.	Winter is fun because you can go on a sled. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is my snowsuit. I like winter best because we can run in the snow. Nicole K.
Winter is fun because you make snowballs. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a hat. I like winter best because it snows. Thomas	Winter is fun because you can lick snow. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a heavy jacket. I like winter best because you can look out at the snow. Matthew M.
Winter is fun because you can throw snowballs. My favorite thing to wear in the winter are boots. I like winter best because I like snow. Kathleen	Winter is fun because you can eat the snow. My favorite thing to wear in the winter are my mittens. I like winter best because you can drink coffee with milk. Dilennia F.
Winter is fun because I go skiing. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a ski -jacket. I like winter best because I can go for walks in the snow. Casey S.	Winter is fun because you can ice-skate. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is my favorite jacket. I like winter best because it gives us Christmas. Sara M.
Winter is fun because you can tie your dog to a sleigh and run through the snow. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a big heavy shirt. I like winter best because it gets slushy. Kyle P.	Winter is fun because I can go sleigh-riding with my dad. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a wool hat. I like winter best because my mom puts my warm covers on my bed. Amanda S.
Winter is fun because I can throw snow at my sister. My favorite thing to wear in the winter is a warm sweater. I like winterbest because I like snowflakes. Adrienne A.	Winter is fun because I can make snow angels. My favorit thing to wear in the winter is a scarf. I like winter best because it snows. Nicholas J.

Mrs. Long's First Graders
A Winter Tale Snow you can lick Snow you can make snowballs. Snow you can make snow angels. By Scott R.	Winter Is Fun I like winter because it is fun. I can play in the snow. I can make a snowman and an angel. I make angels very good. By Jennifer S.
I Like Winter I like winter because you get to make angels. You get to make angels and snowballs. Merry Christmas. Mohammed A.	I Like Snow I wish it would snow on Christmas because my mom, my dad, my sister, and I make a snowman. We make one every year when it snows. Katelyn R.
Winter is Fun Winter is fun because you can play in the snow. Amanda F.	Winter is Fun I like winter because I like to jump in the snow. I like winter because I like to make snow angels. Daniel W.
Winter is Here I love to ice skate in the snow. I love to throw snowballs. Lauren B.	Winter is Here I like the snow because you can make snowballs. I can't wait until Christmas because my cat keeps opening the cat presents. Kaitlin M.
Winter is Fun I like winter because you could make snowmen. I like winter because you could shovel snow. I like winter because you could have HOT CHOCOLATE! Matthew P.	Winter is Here I like winter because you can make a snowman. You can have a snowball fight. Gerard M.
The Snowy Day Mrs. Long and I were catching big snowflakes on our tongues while I was wating for the bus. Amanda M.

Mrs. Cobb's Second Graders
Snow is fun because I can make snowmen and have snowball fights. Snow is the best because I can make snowmen and snow angels. Justin	Every winer my sisiter and I have a snowball fight. We build snowmen. We have fun in winter. I met a new friend this winter. Now I have a snowball fight with Danny. Danny is my new neighbor. Winter is the best time of year. Johnny
Winter is fun because you can make a snow fort. Then you start a snowball fight. You can make fifty snow angels all by holding hands. If your big brother puts snow down your shirt boy is it cold! After that you can have hot chocolate. David	Winter is fun because it has Christmas. That is when Santa comes. You also get to decorate your tree and your house. If you are good, you will get presents, but if you are bad you will get coal. It also snows in the winter and when it snows you can have a snowball fight. Also you can make a snow angel. Kimberly
Winter is fun because I can make a snow fort. It will be big. I will make 100 snowballs. I can make the Abominable Snowman and pretend he is the bad guy. I will be alive and I will attack him like Calvin and Hobbs. Calvin	Winter is fun because you get to make forts and you get to have snowball fights with your friends. I love it when it snows because you get to taste the snow. I love the winter because people put lights up to decorate their houses. It looks beautiful because it decorates the neighborhood. Lauren
Winter is fun because it usually snows. You are able to make a snowman, have a snowball fight, and make snow tunnels. I do it with one, two, or theree members of my family. When it snows it's the best. Eric T.	I love snow because it looks like white frosting. I love snow because you can make snow angels in it. Also my favorite winter animal is a cute white bunny. I love winter. Victoria
Winter is fun because when I make snow angels, I pretend that it is my grandfather. I love playing with Clifford, my dog, in the snow. I throw snowballs at Katlyn, my sister. I like chasing her around the pool until she falls in the snow. My favorite thing about winter is ice skating. Sometimes during the week when nobody is at the rink my dad watches me spin or dance on ice. I feel great! I love winter! Megan L.

Mrs. Kleinpeter's Second Graders
In the winter you can go ice fishing and go ice skating and Santa comes to town and people sing. Elves make toys. Santa says, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Carl R.	When snow is here we build snowmen and we have snow fights. And after a long day we sit by the fire and relax. And we have cocoa and cookies! On Christmas day I visit my family. Like my grandma and my grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We play games and have a big feast and then we go home. And the most exciting part of Christmas is when we get presents from Santa. Nicole
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Mrs. Baxter's Fifth Graders
The Best Christmas Ever Last Christmas I went to my grandmother's house. All my cousins were there, and we had a lot of fun. We exchanged gifts and played games. One of my cousins wanted one of my gifts, which was trouble. I opened it up and saw a smile appear on her face. She grabbed the game and pieces went flying, she ran away crying. I was mad, I couldn't find all the pieces but it was Christmas Day. I walked over to her and told her that I wasn't mad at her. She ran over to me and hugged me, then said she ws sorry. To me it was the best Christmas ever because I made up with my cousin and we never fought again. Well, that's what I remember. Briana S.	Blizzard of 95 As I looked out the window and saw snow I remember the big blizzard we had. It was called "Blizzard of 95." My brother and me went outside once we saw there was snow. We had snowball fights, made snowmen and pushed each other on our sleds. When I got cold I went inside to make a cup of hot cocoa. When my dad shoveled the driveway he hurt his back. He hurt his back so much he had to go to the hospital. The hospital told him he only needed a few days rest. Me and my mom shoveled the driveway while he got his rest. When the snow melted me and my brother were upset. We never got over being upset. There will be many more days of snow. AnnMarie P.
It was Christmas morning and I wasn't very happy. First when I woke up I tripped over my stocking. After that I dropped my glass cup filled with hot cocoa, and don't even remind me about my mom's favorite ornament she had since she was a little girl and I broke it. I hoped things would get better at my grandma's house. As I write you my story I remembered the one gift that turned my bad luck around. It was a box wrapped in beautiful paper but what was more beautiful ws the gift inside. It was a baby seal with blue eyes and little whiskers. I still have that seal today and it still brings me good luck. That was the one gift that changed my bad luck around. Michelle M.	Winter "95" As I look back two years ago I think of the blizzard of 95. When I woke up I could see the snow falling down slowly like a pure white sheet of paper. I got dressed and my friend Kristen called. She asked to go sleigh- riding. We went and it was fun. Then we had some hot cocoa and watched TV at my house. Then we went to the pizza store. When we came home we saw Jessica. Then we had a snow ball fight. Sarah R.
The Best Winter Ever: The Blizzard of '95 As I look back on the winters of my past I can always remember the Blizzard of '95. It was the best winter so far, especially since I can remember. Every winter my family goes up Bald Hill near the Vietnam monument and we go sleigh riding there. My Uncle Tommy had a girlfriend named Kellie who went up there last year. They went down the hill and slipped on an ice patch and their sled crashed into a gate. Richie and my uncle wnet behind the gate to go sleighing. The hill was pretty steep and you could crash into a tree if you had a bobsled under you. When the family got home we sat under a blanket with a mug of hot cocoa on a tray and blueberry muffins. Then we warmed up under a blanket and watched T.V. After diner we went to bed and got our rest, knowing that it would be the same tomorrow except more snow. The blizzard was the best winter that I can still remember. I look at the photo albums with the pictures of that year. In my mind it will always stand out. Especially the miniature snowman my dad made and kept in the freezer until June when it fell out of the freezer. Melissa C.	My Favorite Time of Year As I look back on my favorite holidays, I remember some of the best times of my life. I remember decorating our tree and looking at each and every ornament while thinking of its meaning in our hearts. As we put all of the mechanical people around the base of our tree, taking a sip in between each word, we start to laugh and get to thinking about what mechanical person we should get next . Afterwards we'd put up our stockings. Then we all sit back, turn off the lights, and admire all of the work we just did. Hanukkah also comes to mind when I think of good times. I remember the great times when my brother lights the biggest candle and then the rest. I especially like when mom hides the presents and we have to find them. I also enjoy going to grandma's house and playing the dreidle game with my cousins and brother. Sometimes I win and sometimes I don't. These times are very special to me and I will never forget them. Rachel F.
The Big Snowball Fight As I remember last winter my brothers and I had a pretty big snowball fight. It all started Christmas Day around 12:00 P.M. The snow was about two inches off the ground! My brothers and I went out to play when Chris, my brother threw a snowball at Eric, my other brother, and we started making our own fortresses. I had one that was three feet! Chris and Eric had small ones because they used their's for ammo. Two days after that my brothers got together and bombed me. We started another snowball fight. I decided to hide and bomb them with snowballs. It turned out that they were behind me and pegged me badly. All I thought about was running so I ran as far and as fast as I could. They chased after me and they had about two pockets full of snowballs. I was dead unless I got all of their snowballs to smash. Then I tripped them and it smashed their snowballs and they almost got frostbite on their legs. That was the big snowball fight. Dan H.	Christmas Crisis As Christmas time approches I think about last year's Christmas. It was a real pain in the neck. It all began back at my office. I was at San Antonio. I had to get to New York. I had to be there the day before Christmas. So I had to drive to the airport but I lost my car keys. I looked everywhere. I found nothing. But then I found them under my chair. I went to look for my car but I couldn't find it. I was panicking. But then I finally found it. I went to the airport and flew home. I stood in front of my house and went in. Jimmy G.
The Happy Winter by Joey C. Mrs. Tuthill's Third Grade Class Winter starts December 21, my mom's birthday. We love the winter because we go sledding. We love the snow because we can have no school and play all day in the snow. I love to have snowball fights. But I don't really know how t o make a snowball. I make my own ice-rink in the front of my house. I love Christmas. Last year I got a computer and a drawing board for making stories and pictures. My mom's birthday is December 21. I get excited because it is her birthday and it is almost Christmas. My brother's birthday is December too. His birthday is December 21. I get very excited because it is one day away from Christmas. AND I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GREAT WINTER LIKE LAST YEAR!

Have a Great Winter!