Our Christmas Memories

Cranes, Cranes, and More Cranes

In our class, Mr. Nelson read to us the story of "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes", then he taught us how to make them. It’s pretty easy. Some of us got so into it, that we decided to make a thousand paper cranes and send them to Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan. Right now we have about 300 paper cranes and hope to get a thousand before the end of the school year. Stay tuned and see what happens!! - By Hannah B.

Our Trip to Cranbrook

Stevens T. Mason (and our 4th grade class)

On our trip to Lansing, we got very lucky! Stephen T. Mason, Michigan’s first territorial governor, was lying in state for one day. His remains were temporarily moved to fix Capitol Park in Detroit where his body stays in a crypt beneath his statue. He was only 19 when he got appointed, then became governor at 23. Later, he died from pneumonia, at the age of 43. We saw him on the glass floor under the dome of the Capitol, That floor held 190 glass tiles that were a inch thick. Right next to the coffin there were flowers and a National Guard that switched every 15 minutes for the whole day.   by Emily

LANSING - Next week!

Next week, we are going on a field trip to Lansing. Our class is really excited. We are going to the Michigan Historical Museum, and the Judicial Center and the state Capitol. I wonder how tall the Capitol is? We are going to have so much fun!  We'll report later on just how much fun we had!!
By Joey

Our Signature Creatures

Last Friday Mr. Nelson taught us how to make name creatures. This is how you do it. You write your name frontwards and backwards then from that you use the lines from your name and make a creature out of it. The creature can be anything from rams to bacteria. Mr. Nelson then made a slideshow with the creatures. You could see the slideshow on the blog right now underneath! Everyone had a lot of fun making the creatures.   - By Ryan

Crayon Self Portraits