Santa's Coming to Town

By Andrew

Ho, Ho, Ho....Santa's coming to town! It's Christmas month. That means gifts and toys for everybody-parents, uncles, and aunts. Get ready for gifts because Christmas is close. Goodbye Thanksgiving turkeys! Also, we have to celebrate Jesus' birthday so get ready for the holiday. Have a good Christmas. To all a good night!

Fall

Well, fall finally broke in! More Pick 3 homework is due this Friday. Report cards are coming. Yeh! Reminder: keep your hands washed for the flue season. So have a fun fall!

-Chandlor

The Past Two Weeks

...have been working on the Texas Regions, volume, addition, subtraction, density, multiplication, rounding, and assigned novels.

-Adam

Fall

The cool weather is here!!! I am sure it will be gone just as quickly as it arrived. I absolutely love the fall weather! Write up a description of fall and what it means to you. Bring it to me. The first person to do so will get a special blog posting! Here's mine:

Falling leaves,
Orange, red, and yellow
Chilling winds,
Blowing through my hair
Crisp air,
Wakens me each morning
Warm sweaters,
Hot soup and rolls...

Science

The Jackson Jaws have been working on science lately. And we've been studying matter and its different forms-solid, liquid, and gas. We've been studying how matter can change forms. And how everything is made up of matter. And the difference between volume and mass.

-Adam

4th Grade . . .

Well, it has been an awesome 4 weeks of school in fourth grade. All school homework from Mrs. Jackson will be returned Friday, 9/18/09!

-Chandlor

We the People of . . .

THE JACKSON JAWS are ready for a great 4th grade year!!! Our year is well underway with active learning already taking place. I am excited about the many great opportunities the children have in store for them this year! I look forward to watching them excel academically and emotionally.

One thing that we can all look forward to is . . . (drumroll please) . . .our inaugural trip to Austin in May!!! That's right! Our fourth grade field trip will be to visit the state capitol of Austin. I've already heard a few postive whisperings from the children. An information sheet is being sent home on Tuesday. Be on the watch out for more news about this exciting adventure! Here is a link of just one of the places we will see.

What's all the hub-bub about the Bob Bullock Museum?

Stay tuned for important news each week from this six week's reporters: Chandlor and Adam! We may even have a few guest reporters along the way!

-Mrs. Jackson

James Fannin

Lorenzo de Zavala

David Burnett

Sam Houston-A stately figure

Martin De Leon-

Jane Long-A Mother of Texas

Yehaw, Charles Goodnight!

Welcome, Juan Seguin

A leader in Education-Mr. Lamar

Meet Ma Ferguson

Stephen F. Austin-a Father to Texas

Anson Jones joins the Living Museum

James Bowi---Come on down to the Texas Living Wax Musuem!

Our Newest addition to the Living Wax Museum

Enjoy this clip on Jesse Chisolm!

Learn About Cabeza de Vaca . . .

Here is another figure of our Texas Living Wax Museum!

Animal Studies-What do you know about Ladybugs, Bullfrogs, and Painted Ladies?

The world of lady bugs
by Gage and Jared

A ladybug’s lifecycle can live up to 2 years. It’s first an egg, Then it’s larval, then it’s pupa, then finally it’s an adult. The ladybug has three colors, red, and orange, yellow with black spots. Ladybugs live where their prey lives like plants, herbs, bushes, trees and grass. The ladybugs can cesium Aphids, Moth eggs, and small insects. The male ladybugs are slightly shorter than the female. Ladybug’s predators are other ladybugs, parasitic wasps, parasitic flies, and insect eating birds. (Rare) their protection is toxic chemicals. Ladybugs have toxic chemicals in their blood to warn the predators they taste bad. It is called reflex bleeding.

Bullfrogs

by Antonio and Zach

This is the story of a bullfrog. The life cycle starts off with a bullfrog’s egg. Then the egg hatches and a tadpole come out. Soon the tadpole grows arms and legs and loses its tale and gills. Then the tadpole is a frog. A bullfrog eats anything that can fit in its mouth. Other bullfrogs and snakes are their predators. Their habitats are near a water source. They can lay up to 25,000 eggs at a time. The bullfrog is green to greenish-brown and their back is olive. Bullfrogs will avoid their gender to survive. Bullfrogs have long, sticky tongues like every frog does.

Painted Lady Butterfly

by Anthony and Cristian

The painted lady is one of the most popular insects for classrooms, and is available year around . The painted lady sits on its pale green eggs on the upsides of leaves. They live in a environment that supports the survival of species. The body parts of the painted lady are joints,larva, maniple , papal pro legs , and pupa . Known predators are wasps , spiders and birds. The bird is the most feared predator. The habitat is usually meadows, fields, undisturbed areas, and generally a sunny place with nectar. The food for the painted lady is usually aster, cosmos, blazing star, ironweed, Joe pye weeds red clover ,button bush, and privet milkweed. The painted lady is the coolest butterfly around.

Lady Bird Johnson...another Bird?

Not quite a bird, but a lover of nature. Watch to learn more from our Texas Living Wax Musuem!

Who is Quanah?

Here is our first Texas Living Wax Museum Figure! Listen and watch to learn the important role of Quanah Parker on Texas History.

What has happened???

It appears that I can't keep up with the class blog very well. Not to worry. In a few weeks, a few of you will be updating our blog for me with a project we will be doing for science!

I can't wait to see the outcome of those projects. Speaking of projects, our Texas Living Wax Museum was quite the success! It seems that our esteemed principals, your fellow 4th graders, and even some parents were very excited and pleased with our museum. Take a look at our two day's worth of Texas figures. Be sure you check back pretty regularly.

I will be uploading videos of each Texas Figure that was featured in our museum. (waiting on the second picutre!)

A New Brain Pop for you!

Enjoy the latest Brain Pop movie!

Albert Einstein was a great scientist!
Hope you learn something new about him!