Grandparents Day!

 We had a school wide mass, followed by performances by the students. Our class performed "We Need A Little Christmas" by Jerry Herman's Broadway musical, Mame. They did an excellent job singing and dancing!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 
Students made Poetry Turkeys! Each paper bag turkey had a poem about thanksgiving and what it means to them. 

Fourth Grade Field Trip to St. Mary's City!

The fourth graders learned about the first English colonial establishment in Maryland. At. Historic St. Mary's City, students saw costumed interpreters recreate a 17th century setting. Students got to see the reconstructed Maryland State House, Smith's Ordinary, Godiah Spray Plantation, a working colonial farm, the Woodland Indian Hamlet, and the recreated Dove sailing ship.

The students learned many new things about colonial life in the 1600's. It was a great day!

 

This is the traditional colonial farm (The Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation). 

Students learned about life on a colonial tobacco farm

Students learned about making medicine during the 1600's

We learned about the Yaocomaco Indians and how they helped the English settlers survive. 

The boys demonstrated how the Yaocomaco caught small and large fish. 

Students demonstrating the clothing worn by the Yaocomaco men and women. This is a traditional work station. 

The traditional Long House. English settlers spent their first year in Maryland living in these houses with the Yaocomaco people. 

We learned how archaeologists dig up artifacts from the 1600's in St. Mary's. 

The Catholic Chapel. We sang "Ave Maria"!

We leaned about reproducing documents and contracts in colonial Maryland. We leaned how a printing press works. One student made an indentured servant contract for our entire class!

Students demonstrated how people slept on a "tick" mattress at the inn at town square. 

Smith's Ordinary- A colonial shop used to trade tobacco for products from England. 

The Dove Sailing Vessel. This was used to bring supplies from England. 

Students demonstrated how sailors pulled up an anchor from the water. 

We learned about simple machines used on the "Dove". 

The fourth graders used microscopes to look at the salt crystals they have been growing in class over the past three weeks! 

Fourth Grade Saint Drawings
The students made beautiful portraits of their saints in art class!
In computers they created power point slides to illustrate information about their Saint!

The Annual Fourth Grade Saint Wax Museum! 
I am very proud of all the hard work that went into creating this special event! In honor of All Saints Day, the fourth graders participated in the school mass dressed as their favorite Catholic Saint. 
The fourth graders researched a Catholic Saint by reading a chapter book on the life of that Saint. Students then prepared a speech on the Saint. They practiced the speech at home and in class. The students created costumes that depicted the saint they researched. 
Finally- the students had a "Saint Wax Museum" in the Thaddeus room. Other classes came by to see our little Saints come to life!
Thank you to all the parents who worked so hard to make this amazing day possible!