Mr. Gibbon's class watches Frisbee Dog.
Look it's a bird, it's a plane, NO! it's a biker flying over Mr. Gibbons' head!!
Today we finished reading the touching biography of Sadako Sasaki from Hiroshima, Japan. Students had an up-close look at a kimono like the one our main character in the book wore. 
Mrs. Jenkins' daughter arrived back at Camp Lejeune, N.C. after seven and a half months in Afghanistan. Jaclyn surprised some students who were eating in the classroom with a visit!
The finished product - read and enjoyed the books, discussed and compared the books, wrote about to compare the books. Now we are looking for a new author to study.
Fourth graders who met their book goal for this nine-weeks were rewarded by a visit from Bruce Shwedick, reptile expert from the Reptile Discovery Program. Students heard fascinating information about the animals and met a yellow-footed tortoise, an alligator snapping turtle, an African Monitor lizard, an Chinese alligator and fifteen foot Albino Rock Python. Visit the website at www.reptilediscovery.com. The more you read, the more you succeed!
