Heritage Festival by SM128

Thursday, March 19th there was a lot of fun stuff to do at the Heritage festival. You could watch the flag ceremony and listen to the fifth grade singers. Then the heritage fashion show. There also was a lot of dancing. Also there was a lot going on outside the gym. They had posters, food, stickers, games, and more from countries around the world! It was fun!

Ag in the Classroom by EB829

On March 24th, Miss H's World Famous Fourth Grade Class went to a lesson about Agriculture. Agriculture is about working on a farm. Bill Queasly and Kevin Connelly were the speakers. We learned that an average cow weighs 1500 pounds. Bill said the heaviest cow is probably 3,000 pounds! They feed cows alfalfa, corn, and beans mix. When a calf is born it weighs more than a 4th grader, 80 pounds! After calves drink their mothers milk for awhile, they eat this dried up milk like left over cheese and yogurt for about 60 days. People come to their farms and take a sample of the cows milk and bring it to the machine that tests it. They test it because there might be some medicine like penicillin in the milk. Our class thought it was fun.

The Class Hermit Crabs by AB630

We have 2 class hermit crabs. Their names are Kitty and Hermetta. They are different because Kitty is HUGE while Hermetta is small and shy. We started with three different crabs that we earned a year ago when the entire class met their reading goals. They have died and I brought Bobbi Jo who also died. Now we have Kitty and Hermetta donated by students.

Some of the adventures they've had was Bobbi Jo shedding a leg and then crawling around with one leg. And when Miss H left kitty on the table and she crawled off and Miss H could not find her. When she found her she was by the door trying to leave.

Magnets and Circuits by IM715

Hi, in class we've been studying magnets and electrical circuits. For those of you who don't know a circuit is a line (usually a wire) that lets electricity flow through it. A magnet is an item that uses a magnetic force to stick to iron.

To prove to us that electricity flows through a wire we did an experiment with 2 wires, a D-cell (battery), and a small light bulb. My group got it to work so we were pretty proud about that. You can try it at home if you have these materials because I did. But remember never put water near an electrical item or you could get a very bad shock that could injure or kill you.

Keep reading our great blog! Bye

Amelia and Eleanor by SK53

Reading is great! Especially our story for this week. It's called Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt are best friends in the story. Amelia is a pilot and Eleanor is President Roosevelt's wife.

The Beginning of the story starts like this - Eleanor invites Amelia over for dinner so they both get ready for dinner. Amelia puts on a white gown. At the dinner table Eleanor gives Amelia a gift of a scarf just like hers. After that the guests start asking her questions about flying. Amelia's eyes sparkled at one of the questions. She answered why don't we take a short flight tonight. So they did.

Eleanor's secret service agents tried to stop her from going. But that didn't stop her. She said, "Amelia is a good pilot so let's give it a shot." When they got back reporters were asking so many questions to Eleanor. Before they went back inside they took a drive in the car and then they had cake.

Expert of the Week by PP315

Our class has Expert of the Week. That's where it is someone's birthday and they bring in something that they are good at. Sometimes the expert brings a snack. The class gets to ask the expert questions to get to know them better. The most famous question is "What is your most embarrassing moment?"

I am the expert this week and I am an expert on collecting baseball cards. I passed my favorite cards around and my dad came in. That is my expert of the week!

Writer's Workshop by AB630

Writer's Workshop is when we write about anything we want to. The steps to doing this are: prewriting, drafting, sharing, revising/editing, conferencing, and publishing.

We have to have two pieces done by Tuesday, March 24th. We also have to have one piece that we edit and revise without an adult for a report card grade.

In our Writer's Workshop binder there are helpful hints like a 6 trait rubric, a revision peer conferencing form, writing topic suggestions, and tips for writing.

I asked some people what they wrote about. Here is what they said: "Lost in Winter Wonderland" "The School Ghost" "Minnesota Travel Brochure" and "The School Ghost Award"

The Golden Charger by BM1018

Hi! I'm in Miss H's World Famous Class and I'm going to tell you something about us winning the Golden Charger.

Our teacher is really wanting us to win it. How you win is the hard part. You have to read as many A.R. books as you can. The Golden Charger award is only for 4th graders.

Whichever class has the most A.R. points and accuracy wins the Golden Charger for a week. We've only won 4 times and Mrs. L's class six. So come on Miss H's class - Get Reading!

St Patrick's Day

by SD128

It is St Patrick's Day and Miss O'Hennes gives us green paper and clover cutouts. She wants us to write our name the way the Irish would so we put the letter "O" in front of our last name. We give the shamrocks with our Irish names to Miss O'Hennes.

After math we saw names all over the place! The leprechauns had visited. We got to look for our hidden shamrocks. The most exciting one was hidden in the mouth of Pete the Perch!

St Patrick's Day

by EB820

On St Patrick's Day, we watched a video about how St. Patrick's day began. It is because of Patrick, a guy who combined church traditions with Irish customs, that we have St Patrick's Day.

Later we did a craft where we had a stencil and and cut out a big clover and put it on a different shade of green paper.

The last thing we did was a Personal Best Drawing. I know it doesn't tie in but that's what we did. A Personal Best is something you get when you do something good. We put our name on it, put it in a bucket and if Miss H draws your name out of it you get a prize. The best prize was a box of Cheez-its.

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