Southwest Fourth Grade

Moravians, Waterfalls, Pottery,…Oh My!

cvibbert — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:56:53 +0000

I learned about Moravians and how they lived. Boys went to a school and the girls school was the first school built. Famous waterfalls are here in N,C like the most famous in NC is Bridal Veil Falls and Linville Falls.

-K.A.

When the movie [about Moravians] first started, people were wearing different clothes from us. The village was beautiful. George Washington came to visit people in 1791. Their pots and other things was different. People also use cloth to sew. They also use a feather an dput ink on it to make a pen. Word was made into things in the old time. They also make fresh breads to eat. They make food by fire and use wood.

-M.V.

Bridal Veil Falls: The water is 120 feet from above. You can also drive under it.

Beauty Falls: In Wilkes County. Height: 200 foot drop.

Cullasaja Falls: Located on the Cullasaja River at the lower part of the Cullasaja Gorge. It is about 250 feet down.

-N.B.

To Make a Face Jug

Materials: Foil, clay, shaper stick or popsicle stick. Directions: Knead it until it is soft then roll it inot a ball. Then stick your thumb in it to make a hole. Then make it bigger until it is sizable. Then make a face !

-C.C.

Lighthouses

cvibbert — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:14:59 +0000

We saw a lot of cool lighthouses. Some light house was so old, but they were sealed up. Some are famous and some of the lighthouses are where Blackbeard’s hide out was. And some lighthouses are where people stayed (I heard on the video). They were the lighthouse Head Keeper and some had familes or were fishermen.

-A. P.

Blackbeard

cvibbert — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:54:17 +0000

Over 300 years ago Blackbeard sailed these waters of North Carolina. Blackbeard had 40 cannons on Q.A.R. In 1680 they called Blackbeard by his real name, Edward Teach. They hung Blackbeard with something like a body cage. Blackbeard’s head body disappeared from the tree they hung him on!

I played Pamlico Pirates, a multiplication game. You have to get one color of marker (13 markers) then we get two dies each. Roll the die if it lands on let’s say 6 and 3, you add the 6+3=9, you cover up nine with your marker. The one with all 12 numbers covered wins.

Women can be pirates because Anne Bonny and Mary Reed disguised themselves in men’s clothes. I think pirates ate fish and drunk root beer. One of the rules was being marooned on an island in the middle of the sea if you were caught stealing off the ship.

-H. H.

Native Americans

cvibbert — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:47:25 +0000

Beads cut from seashells were called wampum. WAmpum was used for making belts to record information and great events. Families lived in a longhouse. They put their tools in the house. Corn can be more colores than just yellow. They planted teir corn different ways. The corn was green, red and yellow. For fertalizer, they used fish. Indians used pictures as letters.

-A.M.

North Carolina Alive Overview

cvibbert — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:29:14 +0000

During N.C. Alive we did alot of things. The first thing we did was watch a little video clip about the expectations wanted in N.C. Alive. Then we wrote our agenda. Then we had to gather up in our small group. When we all got gathered up we looked at some magazines. The magazines showed some places in North Carolina. When we finished looking at the magazines we watched a video. The video showed things like the Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. I didn’t know that there was a place where kids can go and do activities and learn about nature. I also didn’t know that by dropping a plate with string attached to it you could measure the depth of the water. During the video we got to have a snack. After that we did some map work. One of the maps was the three regions. The other map was about locating North America, United States, North Carolina, and then Catawba County. Then our teachers showed us how to make a scrapbook. Then we did some more group work.

-Z. M.