4th Grade Biographical Museum

We had great fun visiting the 4th grade Biographical Museum.

Mark Twain told about his adventures.

Sacajewa told about her travels with Lewis and Clark.

Louis Armstrong explained how he got interested in music.

Jim Thorpe told all about his Olympic medals........how they got taken away and how they were restored to him.

Johnny Appleseed had a great story to tell.

Dolly Madison loved to entertain.  She also saved the declaration of Independence from a fire.

Stride For Pride

On the afternoon of Monday, May 11th, we joined all of the rest of the kindergartners, first and second graders from Mid-Prairie as we walked around the track at the High School for Stride For Pride.  The weather was wonderful, the music was great, and we all got lots of exercise.  We waited patiently as Mr. Showalter gave us directions for the afternoon.

And we are off.  We walked a total of 68.25 miles when you added all of our miles together.

Grandparent's Day

Grandparent's Day was celebrated Monday, April 27, 2009, at Washington Township Elementary School.  35 grandparents visited the first grade room.  We had grandparents visiting us from far away and some that were as close as next door.  I think the farthest away anyone traveled this year was Indiana.  The first graders demonstrated their Chinese skills, read to them, and also interviewed them as to what school was like for them.  We discovered an interesting fact.........the things grandparents remembered about school and the things that were important to them are not all that different than what is important to us today......good friends, good teachers, and fun learning activities.

We started out the day by demonstrating our Chinese skills for our grandparents.

We interviewed our grandparents about what life was like when they were in school.  We also learned a little bit about what our parents were like when they were our age.  Our grandparents all gave us some advice about how to be successful in life.

We showed our grandparents how well we could read.  They were quite impressed that we were all "reading machines"