sents. E.T. Hamilton sent 350

gifts out 2,000 gifts that Family

Success Center collected. The

H.P.F.A wants to make sour that

the pajamas and books are equal.

The pajamas that are given are a

need and the books are a want.

The H.P.F.A is inspired

by the book The Giving Tree, so

they decide to name the program

The Giving Tree. The H.P.F.A is

inspired to participate in the Giv-

ing Tree because they like to

raise money to help children who

don’t have what we have. The

H.P.F.A precipitates in Giving

Tree every year. This is how

E.T. Hamilton runs the

Giving Tree.

At .E.T. Hamilton Elementary

School, Voorhees, NJ, they col-

lected gifts during the 2014 holi-

day season for the less fortunate.

People want to help because the

Hamilton Parent Faculty Asso-

ciation aka H.P.F.A wants to

give.

Have you ever won-

dered how E.T. Hamilton gets

information about the kids and

how they are chosen? The

H.P.F.A contacts the Family

Success Center about the kids

first name, size, and age. The

Family Success Center contacts

the family in need. The age

ranges of the children receiving

the gifts are from a new born to

seventeen years of age. The

children receive the gifts before

Christmas. In 2014 the gifts

where delivered on December 12.

The children that re-

vive the gifts live in Camden and

Clementon. The gifts are deliv-

ered locally from the Family

Success Center. The Family

Success Center sends the pre-

Have you ever wondered how a bill becomes a law? Well first let’s start off with the 3 branches of government. They are the Executive, Legis-lative, and the Judicial Branch. The legislative branch of our state government makes the laws. This branch has 2 parts, the state senate and the gen-eral assembly. The general assembly and state senator can override the governor if he or she vetoes or rejects the

bill which is the idea of the law. If the governor does veto, 27 senates and 54 general assembly members can vote and say yes to override the governor’s veto. The governor can also approve the bill. The first step in mak-

ing a bill is a citizen makes up

an idea for a bill. Next the

members of the general as-

sembly or state senate pro-

pose a bill. Then the general

assembly and state senate

vote to approve the bill. After

that the governor signs the bill

OR vetoes it.

Finally if the bill is vetoed

another vote can be taken. If

27 state senators and 54 gen-

eral assembly members vote

to approve the bill it becomes

a law. That is how a bill be-

comes a law.

The Book the Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Who Am I? 2

Gymnastics 4

5 Regions 5

Sadako 7

Polar and Ko-

diak Bears

8

Marvelous Mi-

gration

9

Explorers 10

How a Bill becomes a Law

E . T . H A M I L T O N

Brooke’s Gazette 4 T H G R A D E

2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

F A V O R I T E

4 T H

G R A D E

M E M O R I E S

The Field

Trip Franklin

Institute

iPads we had

1 on 1 iPads

Our teacher

Mrs. Blands

fun lessons

Mrs. Bland

and Mrs.

Wenger’s

duo.

The Magic

Show

P A G E 2

Transportation

Maps help

people find

their way.

This Is Who I Am

Transportation Maps

Who Am I? I hope that if

someone were to de-

scribe me that they

would use words like

athletic, hard-

working, and happy.

If you were to see me

do my gymnast, soc-

cer, and softball you

would see I am very

athletic. I think I am

a hard-working stu-

dent because I always

try my best at every-

thing. If I do not suc-

ceed I will try and try

again until I get it

perfect. I am happy

because I am strong

and I do not let any-

thing get to me.

I am happiest

when I am doing

gymnastics, spending

time with my family,

and going on vaca-

tion. When I am do-

ing gymnastics I feel

like I can do any-

thing. I love spend-

ing time with my

family because I feel

safe and I know that

they have my back.

My family and I love

going on vacation.

We really, really love

spending time to-

gether. Those are the

things that make me

happy the most.

These are the

things I love the

most: music, sports,

my dog, and my fam-

ily. I really like

Arianna Grande. I

love the song break

free. I also like

sports. I like all of

them but the one I

love the most is gym-

nastics. My dog is

the best. He is a

golden retriever and

is name is Cody. The

best one out of all of

them is my family. I

love them so much.

My other favorite

things are friends,

games, and movies.

and transportation.

Rout 73 is closed so

you would use a

transportation map

to help you find a

different route. You

would also find sub-

ways and train routs

on this type of map.

Transportation maps

Maps provide in-

formation about an

area. There are four

types of maps and

they are physical,

political, transporta-

tion, and historical

maps. Transporta-

tion maps help you

find your way with

usually have the title

of what you are go-

ing on. If using a

transportation map is

still confusing look

at it and see if it

makes more sense,

maybe it will help

you out!

B R O O K E ’ S G A Z E T T E

The Earth’s Layer

P A G E 3 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

Scientists are impor-

tant because they tell us

things about the earth,

such as earthquakes, seis-

mic waves, and the earth’s

layers. Earthquakes are a

movement or vibrations

on the earth’s surface. Seismic waves are earth-

quake waves. A seismo-

graph measures seismic

waves. There are 4 layers

of the earth and they are

crust, mantle, outer core, and

inner core.

The crust is

the earth’s

most outer

layer. We also

live on the crust. It is

deeper under continents

than oceans, and it is the

thinnest layer. The crust

is also solid rock.

The mantle is a layer

of rock lying below the

crust. This layer allows

the tectonic plates to slowly move. Rocks

slowly move due to pres-

sure and high tempera-

tures. This layer it the

thickest layer.

Below the mantle is

the core. The core is spit

into 2 different layers: the

outer core and the inner

core. The outer core is

made of melted iron and

is totally liquid. The in-

ner core floats in this

layer. The inner core is

the center of the earth,

and it is a solid sphere.

The inner core spins at a

different rate than the rest

of the planets. Scientists

are still studying earth-

quakes, seismic waves,

and the layers of the earth.

The 4 layer

of the

earth.

The 3 branches are legislative ,

judicial, and the executive branch. Government Did you know that our govern-

ment is divided into 3 branches? They

are the legislative, judicial, and the ex-

ecutive branches. The legislative branch

has to do with law making. The judicial

branch is the most powerful branch in

the country. Last but not least is the ex-

ecutive branch. This branch in forces

the laws congress makes up and upholds

the constitution.

The first branch is the legisla-

tive. The legislative branch has to do

with laws and collecting taxes. This

branch can also declare war, and it is

known as congress.

The next branch is the judicial

branch. It is the most powerful court in

the country. The Supreme Court

has 9 judges. The Supreme Court

also runs the judicial branch. It is

the most powerful court in the

U.S.A.

The last one is the execu-

tive branch. The executive branch

in forces the laws that congress

makes up and upholds the constitu-

tion. This branch is what people

think of when they hear govern-

ment. The president is head of this

branch and it is made of many de-

partments such as Treasury, State,

and Defense.

Our country uses a system

called checks and balances so no

one person has too much power

over the other. The constitution

says that any of the president’s

decisions must be reviewed by

the other branches of govern-

ment. The colonist wanted to

make sure that a power hungry

leader could not gain control.

For example, from the executive

branch, must approve those

agreements. Congress must work

with the other 2 branches of gov-

ernment to do this job. All of

these facts are important to un-

derstand our government.

P A G E 4

That’s amazing!!

Keep the Penny or Get Rid of the Penny?

Gymnastics I was a newcomer

when I went to my new

gymnastics gym in Mt.

Laurel. I was only 7 and

I was terrified. I kind of

wanted to go because I

didn’t know what I was

doing. I was panicking!

I walked in and my class

and I started to warm up.

I kept thinking of my

mom because she knew I

would do good .

What if I could-

n’t do all of the tricks? I

was scared that all of the

girls would make fun of

me. Thinking of these

things made me nervous.

I was also exited and de-

termined. I was exited to

try something new. I was

determined because I

knew I would do good,

and I would try my best

to get to a level 4 gym-

nast.

The most chal-

lenging thing about this

experience is getting

used to a new gym and

new people, but my fill-

ings did change over

time. I just started to feel

like this gym was my old

gym. After going there

for about a month I

started to feel more com-

fortable I was getting

better at gymnastics.

They started to get more

for miler with me. They

were like the people at

my old gym now. After

about 2 months, I knew I

wanted to stay at this

gym. After that I rarely

thought of my old gym,

and the people. My new

gym was where I wanted

to stay. I didn’t want to

go back. I love my new

gym and it was called

Jersey Jets.

dime because it cost

more than 11₵ to make

nickel.

According to

the article a few rea-

sons to keep the penny

is because about 67%

of Americans want to

keep the penny, and

people where afraid

that they will pay more

for products by round-

ing to the nickel.

I think that we

should keep the penny

because the video

Waiting for Change

states that if we get

ride of the penny

Do you want to

keep the penny or get

ride of the penny? The

video stated that it cost

2.4₵ to make a 1₵

coin. Another reason

is that in 2010 it cost

U.S.A 27 million $ and

in 2011 it cost the

U.S.A 60 million$!

The penny is bringing

the U.S down!! In the

article it said that many

countries have stopped

using the penny, and

other experts say that

the U.S.A should get

rid of both the penny

and the nickel and

round up to nearest

Jarden Zink [the people

who make the penny]

will lose there jobs.

Another reason why I

want to keep the penny

is that people love the

penny. You might not

agree with me but that

is ok. You can have

your own opinion.

You might want to get

ride of the penny but

that is up to you.

B R O O K E ’ S G A Z E T T E

The 5 Regions

P A G E 5 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

Do you know what

a region is? A region a

group of states that

have something in

common. The USA

has 5 regions and they

are the Northeast,

Southeast, Middle-

west, southwest, and

west. Something that

they all have in com-

mon is they all have

landforms and land-

marks also a bunch of

other cool things that I

am going to tell you

about.

The first region is

the Northeast. The

Northeast has the Ap-

palachian Mountains.

They are found in most

of the states. We also

live in this region.

You can also find the

Great Plains in most of

this region. It also has

the 4 seasons. The sea-

sons are winter, spring,

summer, and

fall. Did you

know that

some of the

oldest cities

are in the

Northeast? The trains

in the northeast can go

up to 150 miles.

WOW!

The next region

is the southeast. The

southeast is warm all

year. Davis Bayou-

marshes slow move

steam. It is criss-

crossed with rivers.

Also a large area of

wetlands like swamps

marshes and bayous.

One example is the ev-

erglades. Did you

know that North Caro-

lina is home to the first

airplane flight by the

Right Brothers? Also

the Mississippi River

runs into the Ohio

River. Did you know

that many oil wells are

located off shore on

the Gulf of Mexico?

The 3rd one is

the mid- west. In this

region you can find the

central plains. In the

east low elevation pro-

duces corn. The Mid-

west is also made of

the Interior Plains.

This region also has

the Great Plains. In

the west cold winters/

hot summers and pro-

duces corn.

The 4th region is

the Southwest. Did

you know that the Na-

tive Americans left an-

cient houses? Spanish

found houses that were

filled with clay. Also

the Spanish brought

horses to the USA.

Pretty cool right.

The last one is

the west. The west is

divided into 2 halves

the pacific states and

the mountain states.

The west has a lot of

gizers like the Old

Faithful. That is all of

the five regions but

don’t worry we are

still learning more.

Caption

describing

picture or

graphic.

What region

do you live in?

P A G E 6

Dogs are amazing

animals. Do you

like dogs or cats?

This is a golden re-

triever. (above)

Indentured Servants and Slavery

Dogs or Cats Do you like dogs or

cats better? I like dogs

better than cats. In

the pet status it says

that 4 out of 10 U.S.A

households own a dog.

I also like dogs be-

cause they keep you

safe, help stay fit, and

keep kids occupied.

I really like

dogs because they

make sure that you are

safe. When the mail

man comes or someone

comes to the door my

dog barks. According

to the article, most

dogs will bark if there

is danger. The dog is

saying someone is at

the door. It makes my

family and I feel safe.

When just my mom is

home with me, it

makes me feel safe

knowing that he is

here.

Dogs also help

people stay fit. Ac-

cording to the article

dogs can help you stay

in a healthy weight.

My mom, dad, sister,

and I love to take Cody

our dog for walks. My

dog makes us stay fit.

Another reason

I love dogs is because

they entertain children.

I love to play ball and

run with Cody. It is

really fun. I also like

to play in the snow

with my dog. When

my friends can’t play

Cody plays with me. If

I throw a snowball he

will go find it. In the

article it says that dogs

are great for people

who live alone or need

company.

I love that dogs

keep you safe, help you

stay fit, and entertain

children. I also like

that how most dogs are

nice and cute. You

might like dogs but I

like dogs much better.

Dogs are amazing ani-

mals and a great pet. I

love dogs.

servants trip was more peaceful. They are alike because the both have a master. Most master who had slaves treated them poorly, however in-dentured servants were treated like fam-ily. Slaves worked for life, whereas inden-tured servants worked for 3-7 years. Slaves were owned like property. Both

When the new world was still developing, they needed more workers. Both inden-tured servants and slaves were brought to the new world but were very different. For example, slaves were forced from Af-rica, but indentured servants had to sign a agreement. For slaves the trip was harsh, but indentured

were owed. Slaves worked hard, were fed poorly, lived in a bunk, and had NO education, but inden-tured servants learned a trade, were educated, fed well, and after 3-7 years had freedom in the new world. Even though they both worked hard, they were very different.

What would

you want to

be a slave

or inden-

tured ser-

vant?

B R O O K E ’ S G A Z E T T E

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

P A G E 7 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

Do you know the story Sadako and the Thou-sand Paper Cranes? Well did you know that it is a true story? When Sadako was 2 years old the atomic bobs were dropped on Japan. Be-cause of that, Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 11. When the atomic bombs hit, U.S.A and Japan went to World War ll. World War ll started in 1939. The person who had the idea for the atomic bombs was Albert Ein-stein. He was worried that Hitler of Germany

would learn how to make it first. Albert Einstein sent a letter to the U.S.A president. The secret pro-ject was called the Manhattan project. It cost 2 billion dollars and had 200,000 peo-ple working on it. The 2 bombs were called Little Boy and Fat Man. They spent about 2 billion dollars on it and had about 200,000 people work-ing on the project. Ja-pan surrendered Sep-tember 2 1945. About 264,000 people died. The U.S.A had a better chance of win-

ning the battle with bombs than the military. The 2 bombs were dropped on August 6th and 9th. The president at the time was President Roosevelt. Sadako tried to

make 1,000 paper

cranes to save her life

but sadly she did not

make all 1,000 paper

cranes. Sadako had a

wonderful life but sadly

had to die at age 12.

cles. The particles are packed

tightly and can only vibrate.

Some examples are a ball, people,

and a laptop.

A liquid has no definite shape.

It takes the shape of the container

it is in. A liquid is also made of

particles. The liquids particles

move more free than solids parti-

cles but are very slow. Some ex-

amples are iced tea, water, and

sprite.

Do you know what

matter is? Matter is any-

thing that takes up space

and has mass. Properties

are anything that you can

observe. Some examples

of properties are buoyancy,

soft, hard, or bumpy. The 3

states of matter are solid,

liquid, and gas.

A solid has a definite

shape and a fixed size. A

solid is also made of parti-

A gas has no definite

shape it will take the shape of

anything. It has no fixed

size. A gas is made of parti-

cles. The particles move fast

and free. Some examples

are neon, oxygen, and he-

lium. All of the 3 states of

matter have their own charac-

teristics and that will help us

find more about the world.

States of Matter

Sadako was a

amazing girl

but sadly died.

P A G E 8

Both polar bears

and Kodiak bears

aye amazing ani-

mals.

Earth, Sun, and Moon

Polar Bears and Kodiak Bears Polar bears and

Kodiak bears are the

same and different in

many ways. One way

that they are alike is

they both have fur.

Polar bears fur is

white whereas a Ko-

diak bears fur is yel-

lowish brownish.

Both bears are very

large. A polar bear is

8 feet long yet a Ko-

diak bear is 9 feet

long. The Kodiak bear

is also the largest

bear in the world! A

similarity is they both

eat fish and plants. A

Kodiak bear will eat

mice, roots, insects,

and sometimes ani-

mal fat but a polar

bear will eat seals and

walruses. They are

alike because they

both live in cold cli-

mates. A polar bear

lives in the North Pole

but unlike the polar

bear the Kodiak bear

lives on the islands off

the coast of Alaska

and they also live in

Canada. Both polar

bear and the Kodiak

bear have a lot of stuff

in common and a lot

of differences but in

the end they are both

bears.

hours. That causes

day and night. To

revolve means to go

around a object. It

takes 365 and ¼

days to revolve once

around the sun. It

orbits in a ellipse

shape. The earth is

also tilted on a axis

that is tilted at a

23.5% angle, and

that causes the sea-

sons.

The moon is

earths nearest

The Earth, Sun,

and Moon are all an

important part of

our solar system.

The sun is the cen-

ter of our solar sys-

tem. It also pro-

duces heat light en-

ergy, and it is a star.

The sun also a hot

body of gas.

The earth ro-

tates and revolves.

To rotate means to

spin. The earth ro-

tates every 24

neighbor, and the

earth has gravity

that keeps the moon

from floating out

into outer space.

The moon also re-

volves around the

earth. That is all

about our solar sys-

tem, but don’t worry

scientists are still

learning about the

earth, sun, and moon.

B R O O K E ’ S G A Z E T T E

Marvelous Migration

P A G E 9 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

Do you know that a lot

of animals migrate? Mam-

mals and insects are some

animals that migrate. To

migrate means to go from

one place to another.

When they migrate, they

are searching for food in

warmer climates. In this

journey you will learn

about 3 amazing animals

that migrate and the ani-

mals are the caribou, bats,

and monarch butterflies.

The caribou is one

of the animals that migrate.

Both male and female have

antlers so it is hard to tell

than apart. The male can

grow up to 3-5 feet tall and

can weigh up to 600

pounds! They also travel

in a heard up to 500,000

caribou. Caribou live in the

Arctic. Mosquitoes take a

quart of caribou’s blood

each week. This makes

them slower and weaker.

They like to find a breeze,

wade in the water, and

stand close together to

avoid getting bitten by

those pesky mosquitoes. In

the winter they

like to eat li-

chen and in the

summer they

like to eat

flower buds

and grass. They

also eat birds and insects.

Grass and small plants

grow through the frozen

ground. Caribou also eat

that too.

Caribou also mi-

grate to the tundra and stay

there throughout spring and

summer. They also migrate

to the Ever Green Forest

which is in the Taiga and

stay until the end of winter.

They migrate to where

food is, and every year

they migrate to a different

mountain. Fewer wolves

live to the tundra which

makes it safer for the cari-

bou because wolves are the

caribou’s biggest predator.

Bats also migrate.

Bats are mammals that can

fly. They also have fur,

hands, feet, and fingers.

Their fingers are large and

help them fly. Bats like to

grab onto a branch or cliff

and hang upside down.

One bat can catch 600

mosquitoes each night and

can catch 30,000 insects

each night. Bats are noc-

turnal. This helps them live

longer because they catch

their pray at night. Bats

can live for 10-20 years!

Bats use sound to hunt.

They can tell the size of

their pray by sound.

Bats migrate to

Texas and Mexico and stay

until spring. In summer

they live in Austin, Texas.

They stay in Mexico until

spring. Some bats go to

Northern U.S and Canada.

Monarch butterflies

also migrate. Unlike the

caribou and bats, a butter-

fly is not a mammal. It is

an insect. They like to eat

nectar. Butterflies can’t fly

when it’s cold. Monarch

butterflies lay hundreds of

eggs. When they lay their

eggs, they look for a milk

weed plant in California to

lay them on. When they

hatch, they are caterpillars.

Monarch butterflies

migrate. They start to mi-

grate in late summer and

begin to leave in the begin-

ning of winter. They do

not stop on their journey.

Like the bats, they travel to

California and Mexico.

These tiny monarch but-

terflies travel about

2,000 miles each fall and

spring. They return to

the exact same location

each year. Migration is

very important to these

animals. It’s a rough jour-

ney, but so worth it.

The

caribou in

their heard

of 500,000

The bat is mi-

grating

The monarch

butterfly is sit-

ting on a

flower.

the Indies. Did you know that he sailed I the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria? Did you know that he also sailed past the U.S.A and claimed the land for Spain? Just 5 years later, in 1497 another explorer named John Cabot sailed to the New World. He sailed for England. John Cabot landed in New Jer-sey. John was searching for a westward water route to Asia. Did you know that he was Ital-ian but worked for England? He was sent by the king of England. The third one is Gio-vanni Da Verrazano sailing for France. Just like John Cabot he landed in New Jersey. He

Did you know that in the 1400’s there was an unknown land to Europe. Most of the people believed that the Earth was flat. Eventually Europe-ans began to explore water routes to Asia. They wanted to trade with the Indians, but instead the Europeans Chris-topher Columbus, John Cabot, Giovanni Da Verrazano, and Henry Hudson landed in what was too them a “New World”. The first explorer to sail from Europe to the new world was Christopher Colum-bus. He sailed for Spain. He thought that he landed in the Indies but instead landed in the Caribbean. Columbus sailed in 1492 searching for

sailed in 1524 searching for a water route to Asia. Did you know that he was the first to see New Jersey? They landed in Sandy Hook. The final explorer is

Henry Hudson. He sailed for

the Dutch. He landed in Sandy

Hook Bay. He sailed in

1609.searching for a route

through North America. Did

you know that his ship was

called the Half Moon. In his

journey he found the Lenape

men and women. All of these

explores did something amaz-

ing that is now called North

America.

Explorers

The explorers

time line!