June 3, 2013

Last Day of School

The last day of school was bright and sunny as we started our awards ceremony.  One of the first awards given was for the students who read all 22 of Iowa Children's Choice Award books.  One of our fourth graders was the only student to have read all 22 of them.

The fourth graders were recognized for running the Wee Deliver Post Office for the school year.

The fourth graders surprised 

Mrs. Wilson with a retirement gift!

They had each made a page for a memory book of things they will remember about fourth grade.  Thank you fourth graders!!

We had to take one last group picture. 

And once we got inside one more photos with the boys and then the girls. 

Thank you fourth graders for a wonderful last year of teaching!!

May 29, 2013

School of the Wild

Mrs. Kehoe, Mrs. Wilson and 22 fourth graders set out with the rest of the Washington Township students bright and early this morning for our all-school field trip to School of the Wild.  All of our worrying about the weather for a couple of days was not even necessary because it was a gorgeous day.

We arrived and found out our morning activity was going to be canoeing on Spider Pond.  Some of us (Mrs. Wilson mostly) weren't too sure about the spiders.  When we arrived at Spider Pond we found out it got its name because of the ropes criss-crossing over the top of the pond so that it looked like a spider web.  The ropes were for us to pull ourselves along in the canoes as we took our dip nets out and tried to catch turtles and frogs.

This first group took off and before and before the second group could even get loaded they had caught a huge snapping turtle.

This group of canoers caught a pair of mating toads!!

Here we are with our catches for the day!

After lunch we headed off to the timber to do some shelter building.  The object was to build a shelter that was strong enough to withstand high winds and rain.  For the most part all five groups succeeded in their task.

What would a field trip be without a group picture!!

I think we all felt this way on the way home.....tired!!

It was a great day and we want to thank the Parent Boosters for helping to make this trip possible.

May 28, 2013

Our iMovie Trailers for the Northeastern Region of the United States 

We decided to make iMovie trailers for the states in the northeastern region of the united States.   Some of us worked together and some of us worked on our own.  


 Maine
Pennsylvania New Hampshire Washington, D. C. New Jersey Massachusetts Delaware Connecticut Vermont New York Maryland Rhode Island

May 24, 2013

Swimming

The weather was a little chilly bit we had a great time swimming anyway.  As long as we stayed in the water, it was great.