Turkey Bowl!

In August when students check their class list for the year there are typically 3 things on their mind:

1.)  Do I like my teacher?

2.)  Do I have any friends in my class?

3.)  WILL WE WIN THE TURKEY BOWL??

The time to find out the winner for this year's Turkey Bowl finally arrived.  We traveled to Rhodes Ferry Park to play Mrs. Corson's class.

We arrived at Rhodes Ferry Park and began a little warm-up.

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We are READY!!

 A few action shots versus Mrs. Corson's class.

 Enjoying a snack and watching Mrs. Parker and Mrs. White play while we wait for our next game

We played the winner of Parker vs. White in the championship.  Mrs. White's class won so they became our next, and final, opponent.  It was a hard-fought game by both teams.  We ended up getting the win with 1 minute left in the game.

VICTORY!!

CHAMPIONS!  Way to go guys!!

 

Thanksgiving Rotations

This past Monday the 4th grade teachers decided to create a rotation schedule for the students.  Each classroom held a special Thanksgiving activity for the students to have fun with.

They began in my classroom and created an Indian Glyph.  We were super busy cutting, coloring, and gluing so I didn't come away with a picture :(

Mrs. Parker had a butter making station.  The students used a zip-loc baggy and heavy whipping cream to create their own butter.

 They painted thankful trees in Mrs. Corson's class!

In Mrs. White's class they made Johnny Cakes and watched The Little House On The Prairie.  

The overall favorite rotation of the day was Mr. Holmes' activity.  The took the students outside to play Native American games.  They had a blast!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Nykia!  Thank you for letting us share in your special day.

Veterans Day Program

Each year our Fine Arts Department heads up a wonderful Veterans Day Program.  Each grade level sings a song and shares a piece of writing.  Center Stage also performs a medley of service hymns.  It truly is a great program!

Here are a few students waiting for the program to begin.

 This is 4th grade singing their song, Sing A Song Of Peace.

Our very own Jack Wilson was chosen to share the letter he wrote to a Veteran.

Animal Olympics

Unfortunately I do not have any pictures from the completion of the Animal Olympics.  I was so engaged in the experience that I forgot to snap a few pictures!

Today the students competed in a long jump and a high jump.  Mrs. Sain was responsible for the long jump so I do not know the longest jump, but I do encourage you to ask your child how far they jumped and how that compares to a kangaroo.  I was in charge of the high jump.  The highest jump recorded was 84 in. or 7 ft.  The students know that a flea can jump 130 times its height.  They realized they couldn't even jump twice their height.

We discussed the animals' adaptations and how they are helpful to their survival.  It was a lot of fun!

Early Alabama Game

Students created a game board using good and bad things that happened to the prehistoric indians of Alabama.  Each student made their own game board and we used them to play our game today.

Animal Olympics

This week the students began working on an animal adaptations project.  They are learning about features animals have that help them survive.

Today we went outside for a 100 yd. sprint.  The students lined up to see how quickly they could run 100 yds.  I believe our fastest time was 34 sec.

They compared that to the fact that a Cheetah can run 1 mile in 1 minute.  WOW!

 Following our run we went inside to practice our accuracy and jumping skills.  The students were to jump on an 8x8 in. square without losing their balance, then they were to move to a 4x4 in. square, and finally a 1x1 in. square.  When the square got smaller the challenge became more difficult!

This challenge helped us understand about an antelope's adaptations that help it jump from rock to rock.

Our final test was the wing test.  Each student did as many arm circles as they could in 1 minutes.  The majority of students found they couldn't even make it to 100 arm circles.

Do you know that a hummingbird flaps its wings over 4,000 times a minute?  WOW!!!!

We've had a lot of fun doing this and learning at the same time.  Tomorrow we will practice our jumping skills to compare ourselves to a kangaroo and a flea!

Coke v. Pepsi Results

It was very close but Pepsi edged out Coca~Cola.

Debates

Today we held the Coca~Cola and Pepsi debate.  Each team was well prepared and conducted themselves much better than our two presidential candidates :)  They were respectful of one another and presented true facts.  I was very impressed.  Even with each team being respectful the debate did become heated at times.  

Pepsi Team

Coca~Cola Team

I think this is, and will continue to be, a WONDERFUL learning experience.  Tomorrow each student will randomly draw 2 states to cast their vote for Coke or Pepsi.  The votes will be based on the Electoral College which will provide yet another learning experience!

Happy Halloween!

 This year the teachers chose to dress up as candy.  Mrs. White, Mrs. Parker, and I enjoyed being creative and making a fun costume!

 One of the activities the students did in class on Halloween was a Jack-O-Lantern Glyph.  These Jacks provide information about our class.  The stem height, smiles, noses, eyes, and vines all provide different bits of information like favorite Halloween treat, whether or not we like pumpkin pie, and if we've tried pumpkin seeds.  We had a GREAT time celebrating!