This work is dedicated to our respected principal “Mr. Kirk Downing”, class teacher “Ms. Angelina Gagne” of Brown elementary school, Natick, MA, and “our dear parents”!

Preview audio:

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Author Index:

Om 8

Cheenie 10

Owen 12

Hannah 14

Miron 16

Srinivasa 18

Divya 20

Rasheka 22

Pranati 25

This work shows team work of 4th graders from Ms. Gagne’s class who are learning writing on google docs where they can write their paragraph, share it with each other and improve writing skills by resolving comments from each other.

In this story, nine 4th graders are sharing their thoughts among them about how they can spend an enriched afternoon after their school. What activities can let them to have fun as well as improve their thinking and working skills? Using google doc technology provided by the school, they have come up with nine different thoughts of activities, full of enrichment and fun, and they like to share them with readers of this book.

This work may also give good idea to readers of this book to decide what they should pick as their afternoon activities that is full of healthy fun.

Preface:

Om: I am 9 years old. I like to play with my friends and family. I also like to play chess and checkers. Science and math are my favorite subjects. I loooooove reading. Doing science experiments is kind of my thing. Going out in nature is great I think. I play piano and I enjoy origami.

Cheenie: I’m 10 years old and I’m in 4th grade. I love to play Minecraft and soccer in my free time. My favorite color is purple. I really like to draw and make arts and crafts. I like to sing along to my favorite songs like Radioactive. I love singing. My favorite animal is a panda. I also like to go to school to learn new things. But my favorite of them all is spending time with my friends and family!!

Meet The Authors:

Owen: I am a ten year old fourth grade student. I am a first degree black belt in karate and help teach younger kids karate. I play travel and club soccer with fifth graders and also enjoy them.

Hannah: I'm a 10 year old girl. I play 3 sports such as Lacrosse, BasketBall, and Swimming. My favorite food is chocolate. On my free time, I hang out with my best friends Leah and Sammy.

Miron: I am nine years old. I was born in Moscow, Russia. I moved to America last year, because my dad works here as a teacher of mathematics. I play piano, sing, swim and learn math. I like organize parties, walk and run outside, play board games, and also Minecraft with my friends!

Srinivasa: I’m ten years old and a fourth grader. My favorite color is blue. My favorite animal is a killer whale. My favorite food is candy and my favorite place is Walt Disney World. In my free time, I might be playing Prodigy, I might just be playing with my little brother (who is 3 years old), and sometimes doing homework is just what I kind of do. My usual hobbies are playing video games and playing board games. But my all-time favorite thing to do is to watch movies!!!

Divya: I am a fourth grader at Brown School. I love to play outside and be creative. That’s my thing! I have one younger brother. He is so naughty! Math and writing are two of my favorite subjects. I love to spend time with family and friends!

Rasheka:I’m nine years old and in fourth grade. I am an only child. I live with my mom and dad. I love to play outside. Especially in the snow when you can go sledding down the hill. My hobbies are to sing, dance and going on a nature walk. I love spending time with my family especially when it’s holidays. I had a pretty nice time writing the article called Nature Walk. Maybe you would like it too!

Pranati: I am ten years old. I live with my sister, Mom, and my Dad. I have been playing guitar for about two years and I have learned so much. I hope that my article will inspire many others to start or continue playing an instrument, like the guitar.

Basketball by Om

Do you ever wonder why kids like to play Basketball afterschool? It is healthy and fun play. People can make new friends. Imagine you are going to basketball practice and you think it will be the worst because everyone on your team is someone you don’t know, but when you get there, there are a lot of your friends on your team. Not all of them are your friends, but when the season is over you made a few more friends. Also basketball makes your arms and legs stronger. Don’t forget that when you play basketball, running across the court makes your legs stronger! While dribbling, passing, catching, shooting, and rebounding makes your hands stronger. Did you know that basketball helps to develop self-discipline too? When you play basketball following the rules is important because if you break them then there can be penalties not just for you, but also for your fellow teammates. In basketball, you can make more friends, improve your arms and legs, develop self-discipline, and more. To do this all you have to do is play one little game of basketball.

Limerick:

Basketball, basketball over your hair,

The ball is in the air.

Flying high,

In the sky.

You ask why the guy is in a chair.

Soccer by Cheenie

Have you ever wondered why kids like to play soccer after school? One of the reasons is that they can choose to play with their friends or even by themselves. If they are playing with their friends, you might be doing a scrimmage which is a small game of soccer. The point of a scrimmage is for you to try get better at defending the ball or trying to score at the goal. Or if your friends can’t play with you, then you can always play by yourself to try to get better or to practice some new moves for an upcoming soccer game. Secondly is that you can learn new moves. Kids like learning new moves because they might feel happy and excited when they finally get the soccer move right. For example, I remember when I first got my soccer move right I was so happy and proud of myself. The soccer move that I did was called the Maradona move. To do it, you have to spin in a 360 degree circle so you can go around the defender. Another reason might be that you like to meet new people and make new friends.

You can meet new people because you might be playing against their team. For example, I remember the time my sister Chyna meet someone new because she was playing against their team. After the game they played together and now they are best friends, and they have playdate. I like to play soccer after school because I meet new people, get to learn new moves and I can play with someone or not which is why soccer is my favorite sport to do after school!

Karate by Owen

“Hia! Hia!” The sound of kiais echo around the room as people practice karate. Many kids come here after school and say it is a fun activity. Why? It might have something to do with ranks and tests. Tests are an exciting event where you show the karate teachers everything you have learned. At the end of each test, you get your next rank, and the higher rank you are, the more complex material you learn. Sparring is also a fun karate activity in which you fight each other and work on your self-defense skills. You might be wondering, “Isn’t that super dangerous?” It sure sounds like it, but the soft padding and strict rule against contact make it a very fun and safe part of karate. Sparring can also be an option to compete in in karate tournaments, which are events where karate students compete against each other in different activities such as weapons, sparring, and forms. No wonder so many kids like to do karate after school, given all of the fun and useful things you get to learn!

Girl Scouts by Hannah

Kids like to do Girl Scouts after school because they like to earn badges and help the community. For example, Girl Scouts like to rake leaves in the fall to help the elderly. Also, when Girl Scouts rake leaves, they earn a badge. When Girl Scouts earn badges, they keep them on either a sash or a vest. In Girl Scouts there are six rankings, or levels. When you are kindergarten or first grade, you are called Daisies. In 2nd-3th grade, you are called Brownies. In the 4th-5th grade, you are called a Junior. In 6th-8th grade, you are a Cadette. In 9th-10th grade, you are called a Senior. Lastly, in 11th-12th grade, you are called an Ambassador. I'm a Girl Scout you should be one too, and if you are a boy, you can always be a Boy Scout.

Minecraft by Miron

Did you ever know that you can connect to your friends in Minecraft? Yes, you can! You can download a bunch of mods like on Pokemons or on lucky blocks you can also play on servers and mini-games: PVP, TNT Ran, Bed Wars, Mob Arena, Sky Wars, Hunger Games, protection of the castle. Some people are recording how they play Minecraft. These videos get many thousands of likes. These guys have a lot of mods, and they play so professionally that you can really enjoy watching their games. Here are some examples of players: The Diamond Minecart, Chris and the Mike. Minecraft is fun to play after school!