the anatolia sun

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THE ANATOLIA SUN
ANATOLIA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1
EDITOR’S
PAGE
Dear Readers,
I would like to welcome all of you to the first is-
sue of ‘The Anatolia Sun’. It has been a pleasure
working with the students and staff of Anatolia
Elementary School to produce this pioneering
endeavor. It is hoped that all of you will continue
to make valuable contributions to ensure that
all future issues maintain the same high level of
interest and inspire even more students to partici-
pate and keep “The Anatolia Sun” shining!
Special thanks are due to Ms. Camilla Ralls, Mr.
Manos Agrodimos and Mr. Thodoros Papanestoros
for their support, guidance and encouragement.
Georgia E. Coules
Editor
AES English Program Teacher Dear AES Students,
I would like to congratulate each and every
one of you on your contribution to this superb
publication. Sometimes we become so con-
cerned about tests and spelling and grammar,
we forget that language is a means of ex-
pressing our ideas and creativity but in ‘The
Anatolia Sun’ all of you have shown us how
creative you can be.
A university professor of mine said, ‘Writing
is an act of faith not a trick of grammar.’ You
have made it clear that your understanding
of language goes beyond your knowledge of
grammatical rules. I think your writing has
been helped by the amount of reading that
you do in your English program because read-
ing opens the world to every child and will
help you succeed in all types of learning – so
keep reading (and writing) as much as you
can but make sure that you read something
that you enjoy.
‘The Anatolia Sun’ is something else that you
can enjoy reading (I certainly enjoyed read-
ing it) and you and your teachers should be
very proud of what you have achieved.
Camilla Ralls
AES English Program Coordinator
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kindergarten
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In the Kindergar-
ten we introduce
key elements of the
English Language
and work with the
students in a fun,
interactive and
communicative
way.
Miss Lenia is using the phonics book to introduce
the letter “K”. The children are singing the song
and forming the letter with their hands.
It’s story time! Can the fireman help the boy
find his puppy? No, he can’t! Turn the page
Miss Joanna!
Miss Georgia is practicing the unit’s vocabulary
through the manipulative chart. “Where, oh
where is sister hiding?” There she is! Well done!
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grade A
NEIGHBORHOOD
Look at Miss Lenia’s neighborhood! John, Marinos,
Despoina, Evangelos and Theodora live there.
There are two post offices, a school, a library and
many houses in the area!
Look at Miss Maria’s neighborhood! It’s where El-
lie, Georgia, Nikitas and Charles live. They live in
tall buildings but their school, which is nearby, has
many beautiful trees!
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GRADE B
THE CIRCLE OF
LIFE

In Grade B we learn all about
the lives of our favorite ani-
mals. The circle of life of an
animal shows how a baby be-
comes an adult! Have a look!
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GRADE C

HUMMING BIRD

There’s a bird in the
jungle that ate too
much...The jungle
queen turns him into
a humming bird!
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I want to travel
around the world,
see different
places, and eat all
kinds of food!
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grade d
the chair where Eva can see it.
These are some of the books
The next day Eva goes to the library and
we have been reading in Grade takes out two books about whales. She goes
back home and sits in the kitchen to take
D!
some notes for the report. But Eva is thirsty
and she decides to drink a glass of tasty
lemonade. Then, as she reaches for her book,

she spills the lemonade on her notes and now
her notes are wet. Eva uses towels to clean
Dora’s Decision up the mess and she doesn’t notice that the
notes fall in the laundry basket with the wet
Dora’s throat is hurting. It is sore and scratchy. towels. Where are the notes now? Buster and
She has a throat infection. She has to go to the Penny help her find the notes again!
doctor. Dr. Aguilar gives Dora a new medicine and Then, Eva loses her outline and the report
tells her that if the medicine doesn’t work she will but her good pets Buster and Penny help her
have to take out her tonsils. again and again. Eva now understands that
At first, the medicine is good for Dora but then, she is not very organized and she loses things
a few weeks later, her throat is sore again. Dora all the time. She makes a list of ways to be
feels very scared. more organized.
Dora can’t eat her breakfast and she tells her The next morning when she is eating break-
mother that she doesn’t feel hungry and she wants fast with her father, she tells him about the
to finish her book. But her mother understands new list. But the list falls on the floor. Guess
that Dora isn’t feeling well. what? Eva can’t find her list again! Penny asks
Dora is worried, so she takes Chico, the family Buster… “Is it your turn to help, or mine?”
dog, for a walk. Then she calls her friend Daisy to
tell her how much she is hurting and how scared
she is. Miss Georgia’s D3
Dora’s grandparents try to make her feel better
and tell her that when her mother was young she
had to take her tonsils out too and that she was a _______________________________________
very brave girl. And because she was a very brave
young girl, they gave her a gold charm bracelet. Hiking Together
Dora decides to tell her parents the truth, and
they visit the doctor who says it’s time for Dora Our story’s name is “Hiking Together” by
to have an operation to take her tonsils out. The Melissa Burke. The characters are Mr. Nava,
doctor gives Dora some good news, that after the Mr. Walker, Ana, Arturo and Lauren. Mr.
operation she can eat all the ice-cream she wants. Walker and Mr. Nava are preparing their
Dora is still not happy because she is still scared kids for a hike. What are the hiking rules?
and because she is going to miss the school field Bring a snack, water, wear a hat, and stay
trip to see a play. with the group. They see a cave. Mr. Walk-
er wants to see what is inside the cave.
Mr. Nava sees a snake and he follows the
snake. Mr. Walker and Mr. Nava are lost.
Miss Georgia’s D1 The kids stay together. Mr. Walker comes
out of the cave. He is hot and he can’t find
__________________________________________ his hat and his water bottle. Mr. Nava can’t
find his backpack, and his ankle hurts. Mr.
Walker finds Mr. Nava and they look for the
Eva’s Lost and found kids. Mr. Walker and Mr. Nava find the kids
sitting under a tree. “What happened?”
The book we are reading in class talks about a the kids ask.
girl. The girl’s name is Eva. She often loses her We are thirsty and we can’t find our water
things. Eva must write a report for school. Eva’s bottles. Next time, “Follow the rules!” the
teacher gives her a schedule to help her write kids say.
the report. The schedule tells Eva what she needs
to do every day. Oh, but where is the schedule? Δ3 – Ms. Sophia’s class
Buster the dog and Penny the cat, Eva’s pets,
decide to help her find the schedule. Penny goes
to the closet, finds the schedule and puts it under
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and this time she says “Yes”! Cathy and Yun have
pizza together and they are really happy. When
Yun’s mom comes to get Yun they decide to do this
again at Yun’s house next time.
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Most D2 students like the story. The two girls
Pat Cusick Ripton are able to do something fun (eating pizza) even
though they can’t have a sleep over. It is a good
story that teaches us how to solve problems with-
An Indian girl named She-Who-Is-Alone lives
out fighting.
in a dry land in America. Her mother is dead
and the girl has a doll made by her mom that
she loves dearly.
The problem is that this land is very dry and
Miss Erato’s D2
the people don’t have water and food. Moth-
er Earth isn’t happy with the Indian people
__________________________________________
because they take all the food she has but
they do not give her anything in return. So
Mother Earth asks the leader of the Coman-
Away from Home
che people to give her one of their favorite
things as a gift.
The name of the story is “Away from Home.” The
The Indian people get all together one night
author of the book is Patricia Almond and the il-
and they bring their favorite things, but one
lustrator is Becky Radtke. The characters of the
by one take their things back to their homes.
book are: Dora, her parents, her grandfather, her
An Indian man gives her a special bow and an
friends, Mrs. Ortiz and Mr. Fong. One day, Dora
arrow and a woman brings a very soft blan-
goes to school and Mrs. Ortiz talks to the children
ket. Nothing pleases Mother Earth.
about a science camp. Mrs. Ortiz tells the chil-
At midnight She-Who-Is-Alone looks at her
dren that at science camp they do experiments,
doll for the last time and gives it to Mother
go swimming and learn about plants and animals.
Earth. She burns it in the fire.
At night, the children toast marshmallows and tell
The next day everything in the land is green
stories around a campfire. All children sleep and
and full of flowers. The buffaloes come back
eat at camp. Dora has a problem. She wants to
and everybody is happy.
go to science camp, but her parents don’t like it
when she sleeps away from home. Her parents
aren’t sure that they like the idea. Her grandpa
Miss Erato’s D1
has a great idea! “Go to the meeting” he said
and then you can decide. Dora’s dad goes to the
______________________________________
meeting and tells the teacher that he wants to
Yun’s Visit by William Chin help at science camp. The teacher is very happy!
Everyone is happy! Dora goes to science camp
with her friends and her dad goes to help the
The story is about two girls, Yun and Cathy.
teacher.
They are about ten years old and they are
friends. Yun visits Cathy and they play to-
Miss Sophia’s D2
gether. They play football and they drink
lemonade. They have fun together, but when
Yun wants to sleep over at Cathy’s, her mom
says “No”. They are very sad. Then Cathy has
an idea. She asks Yun if she wants to have
dinner with her. They call Yun’s mother again
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GRADE E

A Visit to the Gerovassiliou Winery
On October 12, 2011 E3 went to the Gerovassiliou
Winery. It was a beautiful, cool, sunny day. It took
us about 50 minutes to get there by bus. We sang
songs and we talked on the bus.
When we got there we saw the 560 hectare vine-
yard with yellow, red, purple, and green grapes. On November 15, 2011 our class visited
There were beautiful flowers all around. There
the church of St. Dimitrios and the Roman
was also a museum with old things that people
Market. We left school at 10 o’clock and
used to use to make wine in the old days. There
the bus drove us to the center of the city.
were lots of big barrels, glass bottles, clay jars,
funnels, and old bottle openers. Some of these First, we visited the church of St. Dimi-
were found in the sea. We also saw some old wine- trios. When we arrived, we met our tour
making machines. Near the museum entrance, we
guide and she led us to the church. She
saw 35 gold medals that the Gerovassiliou Winery
told us a lot about the life of the saint.
has won in wine making competitions.
The saint lived in 303 A.D. We walked
The tour guide divided us into 4 teams and we
played games. In these games we had to use our downstairs to the “loutra” where the saint
senses. We tasted balsamic vinegar, smelled wine died. Then, we walked upstairs to see the
and played music on percussion instruments, just
remains of the saint where we worshiped
like Stomp! We also saw different bottles of drinks
his body. The church was built using “or-
and we had to say what was in each one of them.
thogonia vasiliki.” Saint Dimitrios is the
Some of us think that the most interesting thing
there was the vineyard and others think that the “Mirovlitis of Thessaloniki.” In the church
aromatic plants were beautiful too. The museum there are other saints’ remains as well,
was interesting too. We had a great time at the
for example “Grigorios Nazianzinos”. We
winery and we would like to go back one day to
celebrate St. Demetrios’ name on October
walk through the vineyard and taste the grapes.
26 every year.
We continued our trip to the Roman Mar-
Miss Erato’s E3 ket. First the tour guide gave us a tour of
the market where the “vouleutirio” and
the theatre were. The way the theatre
was built was really complex because the
gates were at the side. In the theatre,
they watched different plays and they also
had fights. On the theatre ground we saw
different items that they found from past
years through a window. The theatre is
used now in the summer months for dif-
ferent festivals. In the lower part of the
market, there were many shops. The guide
explained how the Romans spent their day
and how they talked about their problems.
We had a very nice trip and hope that next
time we go on a trip we’ll have as much
fun! We learned a lot of new and interest-
ing facts about the city.
Miss Sofia’s E2
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