Poetry-What are you thankful for?

 

At the table on Thanksgiving dinner, we go around and say what we are thankful for?

I raise my hand, wanting to go first,

But of course it’s oldest first!

I cross my arms saying “unfair!”

as I slump to bottom of my chair.

When it’s my turn,

and my idea is taken,

In my mind, there saying “time’s   a wastin’!

All I say is…

I am thankful for Thanksgiving and way more,

and I say it to you; What are you Thankful For?

                            Maleia Chapman

Poetry- Christmas Time!

Everyone’s ready?

Ready for Santa?

Christmas time is here!

Stockings, presents, carols and trees,

hot cocoa, shopping, and candy please!

This is my favorite time of year,

so just have a big cup of cheer!

But the true meaning of Christmas doesn’t come in all of the presents, the true meaning of Christmas is full of events!

Spend time with your family, friends , and just realize,

That if you're good, maybe you’ll get a surprise!

Maleia Chapman

Poetry- My first Steps!

When I was little,

I took my first steps,

I wonder if Mom or Dad made bets about who

I would walk too,

as I took my first steps!

I wonder how I felt about it,

how I felt my feet move,

as I took my first steps.

Did I wear shoes?

Who won and who loosed at the bets,

as I took my first steps.

But, now I know and remember back then,

it’s not the question how, it’s the question when.
Maleia Chapman

Russian Orthodox Church- Field Trip to Victory Park

On December 3rd 2015, the whole fourth grade, went on a field trip to Victory park. We got to see 3 different religions; The three were: The Mosque, the Russian Orthodox Church and the synagogue. I'm going to talk about The Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox church believed that Jesus, God, and The Holy Ghost, were all one person. The believed that when Jesus was on the earth, we was all of the three people. In the Church, it was pretty small, but it had lots of pictures of Jesus Christ and some of his apostles. Jesus Christ had 12 apostles. In the church, they had an icon wall with all of Jesus' apostles and some of the warriors in The church. One of the warriors was St. George. There was a dragon in a kingdom and St. George killed the dragon, because the dragon would kidnap children and the Dragon was about to kidnap the King's and Queen's daughter. On the icon wall had a picture of St. George with a spear and a sword to represent that he was a great warrior! The Russian Orthodox people would light candles for prayer and also prayers for relatives that have died. How the people would pray at home and sometimes at the church is they would put their thumb, middle finger, and pointer finger together and their ring finger and pinky and bend them down and they would put the fingers up on their forehead to represent the father, and then bring it down to their chest and say son, and then they would move the finger to their left then right shoulder and say Holy Ghost, Amen. One of the other things that we recognized, is that their were only to small benches and there were no seats and the reason why is; they believed that people would have to make a small sacrifice of praying when they are standing and kneeling down on their knees to pray instead of praying while sitting down. There was also a picture of Jesus Christ holding a big book, and this book was called The Book Of Life. When you are baptized in water, your name is recorded in a book. If you keep his commandments, your name will be in the book for eternity, but if you don't keep his commandments, your name will be erased from the book. The symbol of The Russian Orthodox Church church is the cross. The reason is; that
they believe that Jesus died on a cross, because he loved us.

The End!!!!!!!