Slideshows 2011-2012

Postcard Exchange 2011-2012

We participated in a US Postcard Exchange with schools thoughout the United States.  Here are the cards we collected.

Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas

Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire

California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado

Hawaii, Minnesota, Maryland, Georgia

Massachusetts, Louisiana, Montana, Wisconsin

Maine, Wisconsin, West Virginia, New York

Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan

Oregon, Florida, Delaware, Mississippi

Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee

South Carolina, Connecticut, Nebraska, South Carolina

My nephew Alan hiked the Appalachain Trail.  He started his journey in March and completed in August.  He mailed postcards in each state to the class.  The trail is 2,181 miles.  

What an amazing feat!!!  Congrats "HAWK!"

I've Got a Feeling!

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Animal Adventure

The fourth graders had a visit from Animal Adventures this week.  We learned about different animal adaptations and got to handle many animals.

Book Reports

Book Report #1 Non-fiction Cereal Box and Commercial

Check out these boxes and commercials:

2007 Beth Newingham Cereal Boxes and Commercials

Here are the sheets for our project:

Cereal Box Directions

Cereal-Box-Book-Report-Templates-left-and-top.doc

Right-Side-of-Box.doc

Cereal-Box-Commercial.doc

Puzzle Maker Website

Book Report #2 Mystery File Case

The following sheets are from Beth Newingham's website.
Here are the sheets for our Mystery Book Reports:
Case File Cover Sheet 
Clue Clipboard Sheet 
Detective Case ReportSuspect List 
Ingredients for a Mystery

Book Report #3 Biography Scrapbook

Projects from 2011-2012