Freedom Quilt

Last week, we began discussing the Civil War and the Underground Railroad. This week, we will continue our lesson by reading "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt," as well as several other books focusing on the fight for freedom by African Americans during the Civil War era. The class will be studying the various quilt symbols that led many African Americans to freedom and they will be creating their own class, "Freedom Quilt" using these symbols.

Caught Being Good Winner #2

Congratulations to Ethan for winning the second "Caught Being Good" drawing!

Science Fair Websites

Here are some websites that may be helpful if you are still searching for a Science Fair project!

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml

http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojectideas/a/4thgradeproject.htm

http://free-science-fair-projects.com/Science-Fair-Projects-Search.aspx?Grade=4&Category=All

http://www.scienceproject.com/projects/index/primary.asp

Chistmas Party

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas party. The class started the day by opening up their Christmas gift, an aquarium! The remainder of the time was spent eating sweets, laughing with friends, turning 4th graders into snowmen, and making ornaments!

A special THANK YOU goes out to our Room Mothers for their help at the party! :)

Snowman Building Champs!
The frosting was a nice touch :)

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy the holidays and have a wonderful Christmas break!

Christmas Brain Teaser #2

Dear Students,
Solve the puzzle by Tuesday and win a prize! :)


Julia, Conner, and Kyleigh each won a prize at the class, Christmas party. Julia gave her chocolate to Conner in exchange for her stocking. Julia then changed with Kyleigh for the book. Then Conner and Kyleigh switched prizes.

Who has the chocolate?
Who has the stocking?
Who has the book?

Crossing Our Fingers...

Sad news: Our little "sea creatures" have not yet hatched. After several days of waiting last week, we discovered that we were trying to hatch food pellets, as opposed to eggs. (Ha!--In our defense, the packaging was quite confusing). We replenished the tank on Friday and are still crossing our fingers, waiting for an egg to hatch. Even if our gift from Santa turns out to be a dud, our "sea creatures" have given me a fun Christmas gift idea for the class! :) The students will receive this gift at the Christmas Party next week!