Star Spangled Banner

This year our class will be singing the "Star Spangled Banner" at a Lakewood Blue Claws game on April 10th, 2011 at 1:05 pm. It will be so awesome to sing in public at a baseball game! Our whole class is making T-shirts for it! They will be red, white, and blue. :) By: Shelby and Stefanie

Ki: I think it will be a lot of fun for a 4th grade class to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" at the BlueClaws Stadium in front of hundreds of people.
Rachel :I think we are going to do a great job.  
Tristan: I can't wait!!!!!
Anjie: I think that it will be soooooo much fun. I am so excited.
Kaylin: I can't wait until we sing.  I am so nervous!

Division in Math

Shelby: In Math, division was hard at first for me, but at the end I got it!!!!
Zach: That math lesson was very fun!
Stefanie: I knew a lot of division, but that lesson was really fun!
Angie: When I first started doing division it was hard, but then I got used to it!
Rachel:  I think the math lesson is really fun!  I didn't understand it at first, but I finally got it.
Emily:  My first time trying division, it was very hard.  Then Ms. Wilcox explained it to me and it was much easier!!  Thank you Ms. Wilcox!
Ryan: I've got one word for you, divison!

Adam and Tristan: We think multiplying is easier, but division is really fun!  First, division was hard but then we thought about it and we got it!  We think division is easier then it looks too. Ms. Wilcox tought us an easier way to learn division.  If you really think to it, you will get it.  We'd also like to thank Miss Wilcox, because she has tought us a lot!  She is a really fun teacher and we are thankful to have her as our teacher.

We also took our timed multiplication test this week, hoping to improve our scores from last time.. Here is the link to the online test...
http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/ttmult.html

Ancient Heiroglyphics

Heiroglyphics were  around  so many years ago. This week our story is about a man who figured out what the heiroglyphics meant. His name was Jean-Francois Champollion.He was born in 1790. When he was 7, his older brother told him about General Napoleon. He read the Rosetta Stone.  He wanted to go to Egypt to read the ancient heiroghlphs. He did. He died in Paris in 1822. He was a really smart man. 

Emily: I really enjoyed reading this week's story.  It was fun learning about hieroglyphs! 
 

Ki:  I thought the Egypt  stuff was cool and interesting to learn.

Regina:  This week's story was awesome!  I liked making our own hieroglyphics. 

By Anjie & Kaylin 4W

Brady and Colleen

Miss.Wilcox's nephew and sister in-law are coming to school today.  Colleen is going to tell us about her job as a veterinarian and a model.  She is bringing along her son Brady who is 9 months old.  He's so cute!!!!!!  Colleen is coming in for career week.  Rachel and Emily are excited to see Brady.  Let's see about our classmates!

 

 

Kaylin: I can't wait to see Brady!!!  I hope that he's not scared of us.

Shelby: I am so excited because he is really cute. I am also excited because I want to be a model when I am older like Colleen!

Anjie:  I am so happy that Colleen and Brady are comng!

 Regina:  I am SOOOOOOOO excited to see Brady & Colleen and to learn about Colleen's job!

Ki:  I am sOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy that Brady and Collen are coming and Brady is very cute and funny!

Zach:   I can't wait to see them!

Tristan:  I am happy that Brady is coming and Colleen!

Blog by Emily & Rachel 4W

 

Pretty Pink Dolphins

We have a story this week called "Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon River".  So, we are basing our blog this week on the story.  The Pink Dolphin is a fresh water mammal.  It is pink because capillaries are so close to its skin .  We compared and contrasted the pink dolphin with an ocean dolphin and here's what we discovered;  Pink dolphins they don't have a actuall fin they have a bump.  Also, they swim in rivers ( fresh water ) and they are more flexible and don't come up from the water.  They live in the Amazon River.  Here's a video and a picture.

Pink River Dolphin Video

Also, we had a few students comment about the story. 

Emily: I really like this week's story, it's very interesting to read.  I love PINK DOLPHINS!!!

Rachel:  I like the story because I just learned that Pink dolphins are endangered, and I would like to help them not be endangered.

Shelby: I like the story this week because I NEVER KNEW PINK DOLPHINS WERE REAL!!!!!!!

Taylor: I loved the story this week I mean how cool is a PINK DOLPHIN! I wonder if one could fit in my bathtub!

Ki: I loved the story because the dolphins were pink and it looked cool with its head.

                                                          Thanks for looking at our blog!

By Erin Santanello and Regina Schliep

  

Antrim Talent Show 2011

This year Antrim had a talent show. The theme was Family Feud.  Our class did a dance to the songs "Tootsie Roll", "Lollipop" song and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because that  was their theme. The class had lots of fun. Here are some comments from the students in the class.

Alex;: It was fun being in the talent show and it was fun praticing to get better.
Ki; I had lots of fun dressing up as an oompa loompa.
Ryan:I liked being an oompa loompa and I like to boogie.
Tristan;I had fun being a temptation and an oompa loompa
Regina;  The talent show was so much fun!  I loved our act!
Emily: I loved the Talent Show! It was really fun, I liked being an oompa loompa. 
Zach;The talent show was very fun to be in.

From whole class of 4-W; It wouldln't be a great success if Ms.Wilcox  wasn't running it.

By Ki, Ryan, Alex

Taylor Swift Live Webcast for Scholastic (Read Everyday)

We had an exciting afternoon!  The entire 4th grade participated in a live webcast with Nick Cannon & Taylor Swift.  They talked about their love of reading and Taylor told us that she is able to write her songs because she loves to read!  She ended the webcast by singing one of her new songs, "Mine."

Erin:  I thought it was really cool.  She even sang one of her new songs.

Taylor: I think it was a very good idea to have a live web cast with kids all over the world.  She gave really good advice. She sang a song from her new album Speechless called "Mine".

Stefanie:  I think that it was really cool to watch the webcast. It would make anyone happy just to watch her on the T.V.

Regina:  I think it was awesome to be able to have Taylor Swift talk to schools around the world.  I never knew she liked to read.

Angie: I think it was very cool because we got to hear one of Taylor Swifts songs. It was really nice.


Shelby: I think it was cool when she answered everyone's  questions.


Rachel:  I really liked how Taylor Swift answered questions and how she sang a song.


Tristan:  It was cool how Taylor Swift sang a song for us.  I liked it a lot.


Ryan: It was amazing that we saw Taylor Swift.


Adam: I think that it was cool that Taylor Swift loves books.


Alex:  I think that was cool to see Taylor Swift say that she likes books!


Zach:  I think that web casts are really cool. I can't wait until the next web cast.


Kaylin:  I think that it was really cool that we got to web cast with Taylor Swift!


Ki:  I thought that her songs were good and I thought she really paid attention in school.

Emily:  I loved watching the broadcast.  It was so awesome!  I thank Ms.Wilcox for setting it up!!!