Choosing a Country

Today we got to choose any country to study about. We learned so many things today. I think that everyone enjoyed doing our activity. When you got all of your facts together then you would make something to go with your facts like a game, powerpoint, or even a newspaper! Everyone had fun today and they had a great time even though it took a while to do, we got it done.



By: Samantha Adams

The End of Our Japanese Adventure

Today we researched the rest of the Japan facts that we needed. To show all the facts we learned about Japan we could make a powerpoint, a game, or a travel brochure. After evryone finished making their display of facts,we heated up our Japanese rice and ate. When we finished eating, we shared our powerpoint but,unfortunately, the people who made a game didn't have time to share,so we will share them next week.Until next blog,sayonara!!!!
By: Allison

Hello From Japan

This week we studied about Japan. We drew maps of Japan and it's surrounding countries. We also went outside and wrote Japanese haiku's while Mrs.Griffith read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Then we came back to the classroom and made Japenese oragami style bookmarks. We did a lot in Japan today!
By:Claire

Mummiez the Living Gifted Group

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we come to you dead... I mean live from Egypt where we are inside the three pyramids where we learn about mummies although I dont see mine. We just opened a tomb which held a stuffed polar bear. Hey I recognize this! I made this one in gifted today. Wow got here fast.Hey what's this? I see it looks like a cookie jar. I was wrong. It just had intestines in it.We also played Nine Men Morris.Wait I think I hear my mummy calling.
Good bye, wait, I see a tomb shaking I wonder what that could mean?
written by Joshua

Regions Charity Classic

Today , we left Egypt behind so we could participate in the Regions Charity Classic poster event. Mrs. Griffith thinks there will be a tie between all eight 4th grade gifted children and we hope she is right !




Written By : Tara Rutledge

You're Not My Mummy

Today we studied my absolute favorite place. Let me give you some hints. It has pyramids, mummies, and the great Nile river. Today in gifted we learned about Egyptian heiroglyphs. (letters from ancient Egypt.) We also read a readers theater about Egypt. My favorite part is when our librarian taught us how to make a clip art movie. At the end of the day we all made a rebus to challenge our parents.
By: Ian

Learning about Egypt:)

Today we did many different things. We have now started learning about Egypt! We learned so many facts about Ancient Egypt and Modern Day Egypt. We learned about this beetle called the scarab beetle. One was placed over the heart of a mummy! We also made a sculpture of a beetle out of soap. On one side of the beetle it looks like a regular beetle and on the other side it has a personal logo that was about you! We all had a wonderful time learning about Egypt.
By:Samantha

Last Day in the Outback :(

Today is our last day focusing on Australia. We are all very sad. We have learned so much about Australia. We only have time for 3 more continents to learn about. We compared Australia to the U.S.A. We discovered that Australia and America are about the same size, but the population of Australia is 285,949,482 less than America! We finished our other projects we did before. Then, we listened to a legend and we made our own. Finally, we all tasted Australian cuisine, lamingtons! YUM!!! :)
By: Mallory Nolen

Fun in Australia!

We created boomerangs about Australian aborigines. Mallory's boomerang even had a timeline that showed the gold rush in Australia. If you didn't want to make a boomerang you could make a powerpoint. Most friends did research on Australia's climate,economy,education,religion, and language. Tara and I did not get done. Ian got finshed with all his work. He brought coins from Australia to share. One coin was 2 cents! Australia has 6 states and is a country in a continent! We have had a "bonzer" day!
By: Kira

G'Day Mates!

Today we studied about the Great Barrier Reef! We made a surf board to share our facts about the reef. Then we researched native Australian animals. We then sketched the animal and painted it as an aboriginal painting! Today was a fun day spent on the animal filled, surfer, continent Australia!
Written by Claire

Australian Outback

G'day mates, if you bloaks don't read this blog ya'll end up smoking on the barbie!Ay what's this blimy looks like y'all be takin a trip down under! This week you bloaks be takin a trip to Oz. Mabye y'all be making mates with my mates.Here in down under ya'll need a map. Good thing I made one today. Ya'll will too.While you bloaks sit around on the barbie you may want to make surf board with elements of the great barrier reef. Ya'll have a good trip in Oz.Hooroo! Bye! Joshua.

What a fun day!

Today we did a few things . We did animal research and created a unique way to present it to the class . We also researched the famous explorer Cecilie Skog , designed our own flag for Antarctica , wrote an advertisement to go on a expedition, and as always we debriefed. What a fun day!
By: Tara

The best day ever!

Today was the best day ever because we got to dig for fossils in a brownie. Also, we reserched Antarctica's resources.I think the best was eating the brownies. Also, another thing is that we picked an animal and wrote alot of facts about them like what their classification is,what are their eating habits,what is their habitat,what are their predators,their description,and 3 special facts about the Blue Whale,Squid,Humpback Whale,Emperor Penguin,Weddell Seal,Minke Whale,etc.
Until next time,
Allison

Chill Out

Chill Out, sit back, and enjoy the cold weather of Antarctica! Today we learned about Antarctica! Did you know Edith Ronne was the first female explorer, and the first person to go to Antarctica with her husband? Right now the temperature in Antarctica is -15 degrees F. Robert Scott was killed by frostbite and Ernest Shackleton feared frostbite. Roald Amundsen lived near Fredrickstad. I know all these people seem so different, but they all have at least one thing in common. Can you guess what it is? Yes, that is correct. They were ALL explorers that explored Antarctica!
By Mallory Nolen

Finishing French Day

Today we continued our studies about France. We did stuff like writing what they ate or a fashion design. We also ate croissants. They were delicious! We also finished our Matisse and started our water color pictures of Monet. It's been a great day.
By: Dalton

French Explorers

The Coldwater gifted group has continued to travel the world in 80 days and so far we have made it half way. We are in France and we are learning about French Explorers. The Statue of Liberty is a French gift to us. Frederic Bartholdi is the maker of the statue. We are continuing to work on our class made matisse. The United States of America has been greatly influenced by French culture. Bye have a good rest of the day by Joshua

Learning about France

Today was such a fun day with Mrs. Griffith!! We read The Hunchback and it is such a very good book. We researched about France. We also did a Matisse(something made from only paper and scissors) and it was very fun. I think everybody had fun doing that because it was fun doing art. We also had this map and we had to lacate the rivers and countries on there. We had a very fun day with Mrs. Griffith!!!!

By: Samantha Adams