Happy Halloween!

Thank you to all the amazing  parents  for  making  this party such a great time!

We are growing Salt Crystals!

Fourth graders and learning about rocks and minerals. We are growing salt crystals in class. We will observe the crystals in a few weeks when they have grown under a microscope. Stay tuned for an updated picture! 

Field Trip to St. Mary's City Maryland!

As part of our social studies curriculum, we learn about the first colonial settlers in Maryland- and Maryland's first city. Our class and some parents went to St. Mary's City and visited the historic sites, saw real artifacts from the English settlers and Native Americans. We also got to see a re-created Yocomico village, English plantation, English stores and an inn. Finally, students got to board a re-created ship that replicated the "Dove"- the ship that carried cargo to the new world in 1634! It was a great day!

Our Tour Guide was great!

What the colonists woudl have called a mitten pile- a pile of trash outside their house. Historians look for similar piles when they look for artifats to learn about colonial life. 

Inside the plantation house of the English Settlers. 

We learned about harvesting Tobacco in colonial Maryland. 

We learned about the importance of herb and vegetable gardens in colonial Maryland. 

A re-created colonial farm house from the 1600's! 

A re-created Yocomico Native American long house. 

Inside a long house. 

We learned about creating clothing from furs. 

We learned about how Native Americans fished in the St. Mary's river. 

Two of our students modeled Native American clothing. 

The first Catholic Church in Maryland. 

We sang a song inside the re-created 1600's church! 

WE learned how archaeologists find artifacts when they dig into the ground. 

This is a store where colonists would have bought supplies in Maryland that came from England. 

We learned about the importance of the printing press in St. Mary's. We created an indentured servent contract! 

Th re-created "Dove". The ship that carried some colonists and many of their supplies to the new world. 

We learned about life at sea for the colonists. 

We learned how the sailors would pull the anchor from the river floor using a simple machine. 

This is the tool sailors would use to measure how fast the ship was moving. 

We learned about different pulleys used to lift heavy cargo off ships.