Vocabulary Parade

When the note came home that Tara needed to create a costume for the word rickety and present it during the First Annual Fourth Grade Vocabulary Parade, I was glad it was her assignment and not mine.

She decided the best way to portray rickety was to dress as an old woman complete with knitting bag.

She borrowed a walker and put her hair in a bun

She dressed the part all the way to her toes

She even moved slower than molasses.

It was so much fun to see these kids' minds work. They did an amazing job on words like

liter

satellite

lackadaisical

I'm sure they will never forget what these words mean. Kudos to the teacher for coming up with this great teaching tool!

Naughty Note

Eric got a note sent home from his Kindergarten teacher.


I showed it to Jared and the first thing he asked me was, "Who is the girl?"

Her name is Jamie.

Eric always has a girl he is giving or getting attention from. Teenage years should be full of fun around here!

Fame

Tara is convinced she is famous. Why you ask? Because she was in the newspaper. (that is her in the aqua jacket and pigtails)

What she doesn't realize is the newspaper article has nothing to do with her, her school group, or the museum they attended. To be honest the picture doesn't match the story very well. Oh well, it made Tara famous so who cares anyway?

The 2nd and 3rd grade Quest students went to the Petroleum Museum to learn about change. Here are a few pictures I captured.

Learning about how animals change over time.


Sitting on floor that used to be tire rubber


Holding a fossil from when the Permian Basin was actually an ocean