Ceramic Tiled Planter - Our Class Auction Project

Our school has an auction every other year to raise funds for computers, equipment, and other expensive things.  This year our class made a real cool project to be sold at the Auction.  We decorated ceramic tiles with pictures of Michigan wild flowers.  Mrs. Orozco arranged for us to glaze individual tiles then had them fired.  Later she bought a real pretty indoor planter filled with beautiful plants and flowers.  Our tiles were attached to the sides of the planter.  During the auction, many people bid on the project.  Congratulations to Zack and Sarah's family who won the bid.  We hope you love the planter and think of us all whenever you look at it!

LANSING 2012

Our first field trip for the year was to our state's capitol city - Lansing and it was super fun!  We first toured the Capitol building. It was beautifully painted, had a glass floor, fossils in the tiles and LOTS of stairs.  We saw the Governor’s office, both houses of Congress and the big dome.  We then had lunch, explored the gift shop and toured the State Historical Museum. There was a mining place that was dark (but not too scary), big wheel lumber movers, a one-room school house, and lots of other cool displays and set-ups.  Our last place to visit was the Hall of Justice.  There were 88 security cameras, a short movie on how courts work, and lots of hands-on displays to teach us about Michigan laws.  It was a very long but very fun day.

By Lauren and Sarah J

Brain Food - 2012!

For Halloween, Mr. Nelson brought in a freaky-looking BRAIN and we ate it! Well, we did eat a brain but it was made of a special jello-custard dessert called panna cotta.  It was gray and jiggled like crazy - just like the real thing, but it tasted like vanilla.  He used cranberry-cherry sauce for the blood which made it really gross and scary.  Most of us tried it, some didn’t want to.  It was AWESOME!

By Payton, Lauren, Stefan, Lexi, Linnea, Sarah D, and Sarah J.

Signature Bugs

This week our class made Signature Bugs, which was really fun.  To make one, you write your name, neatly and in cursive, on the Smartboard.  Mr. Nelson then copies, flips and connects the bottoms of the two signatures together then rotates the whole thing to make it look different.  Sometimes it looks like an alien and sometimes it looks like a crazy bug. After they were print them, we are given a chance to color and decorate them.  I hope next year's 4th graders have as much fun doing this project as we did.
- By Lauren, Lizzy, Katy, Paola, and Sammy G.

Longhouses 2012

 

 Our hands (and the room) got really messy, but we had an awesome time making our longhouses. First we had to collect natural resources from around our homes or from a park, then we assembled the models with a little help from Mr. Nelson. When we were done, we put them on display in the hallway. It was really fun and we can’t wait to see next year’s 4th graders will do.      By Lauren and Katelyn

2012-2013 - Here We Go Again!

We are looking forward to new exciting things happening in 4th grade this year.  We will have a great time learning about God and the world He created as well as how we can be good citizens and good stewards of everything He has given us.  Mr. Nelson will post photos of our activities and we will be the authors of the articles that come along with them,  Its going to be an AWESOME years.  Can't wait to get started!!

Water Rockets Really Rock!