Wildlife Expo Field Trip

Fourth grade had a fantastic time at the Wildlife Expo held this past weekend at the Lazy E Arena. This free event was sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. There were so many hands-on activities and displays to see that many students decided they wanted to bring their families back over the weekend. Some of the highlights included kayaking, fishing, archery, basket weaving, watching arrowheads and bows being made, and filling up our bags with cool information about Oklahoma's wildlife.

Land Ahoy!

Jacob as Hernando Cortes, the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire. Way to go on that costume, Jacob!
Isabella, Kaylee, Brock, and Bethany present the details of Henry Hudson's early life and his explorations. Our smartboard was used by each group to show the details of the routes taken.

Explorer Project

Bailey can't resist showing off his explorer project. His coloring skills are impeccable! Now we are researching various explorers in preparation for brief presentations next week. Each group will be sharing about the early life of the explorer, his voyages, challenges he faced, routes taken, and the impact of the exploration for our lives today.

Gel Pen Friday

At the end of the week each student has an opportunity to enjoy creating with the gel pens as a reward for Christ-like behavior, completing assignments, using self-control and making wise choices. Some of us design journal covers, others doodle, but whatever the case, it is fun to hang out with friends. We are aiming to have 100% participation.














Kaylee is definitely up to something terrific.

Insect Fair

Our long awaited Insect Fair occurred today after lunch. A highlight was having our principal, Mrs. Leadford, stop by to view our "creature features". Each fourth grader displayed their collection of real insects along with the imaginary insect they had designed last week. We rotated from classroom to classroom to view all of them. There were lots of exclamations and comments such as "cool", ", "look at this one", "those colors are amazing!". I also heard from a few students that their mom DEFINITELY didn't want the collection returned home!!! They kindly donated them to me :).

Attributes of God

Our first unit in Bible involves learning the attributes of God. So far we have recognized God as holy, immutable omnipotent,omniscient, and omnipresent. Studying Moses and the Israelites has encouraged us to contemplate what a great God we have. We are currently memorizing Psalm 103:6-10 because it highlights all that God did for Israel when they left Egypt and spent 40 years in the wilderness.

Aren't we a great looking group?

We can be silly and we can be studious. Either way, we love learning together in room 207.

A Proud Collector

Maddie collected her insects over the weekend. They are labeled and secured with straight pins. Some of the specimans are very "fragrant"! That just adds to the excitement of having 20 collections on display in our classroom. Great job, Maddie!

We're going buggy!!!

Our class is already forging ahead to chapter 2 in science which features insects and spiders. We had our creative juices flowing and designed some unique critters using materials from our classroom. Each student included all the components of a real insect: head, thorax, abdomen, eyes, antennae and legs. Aren't they fabulous? Over the weekend we are all out collecting at least six insects in our neighborhoods and parks. We have to carefully catch them using a tweezer or net, place them in a baggie in the freezer for a few hours and then put them in a labeled section of an egg carton. We are using insect field guides or the internet to help us find the correct names of our critters. At the end of this week we plan to have an Insect Fair allowing all three fourth grade classes to view all the collections.