Poetry Contest 2011

Congratulations to one of our very talented writers! 
The poem "Places" won first place for fourth grade in the Southwestern Illinois College poetry contest.

Poets from fourth grade thru adult submitted their writings to compete for this honor. 
Several students from Waterloo won in their division, but we are especially proud this girl!

Congratulations!

This is from the awards ceremony!  Hear the the winning poem read aloud!

HOW TO SPEECHES

Thanks for participating in Math-a-Thon.  Our school raised lots of $ to help St. Jude!

Photos from the presentation about Bullying:

Legislative Branch

Visit these sites to review.......
How Laws are Made:    
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/lawmaking/example.html


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK "I'm Just a Bill"
http://www.schooltube.com/video/89a42a6866404f4baab7/Im-Just-a-Bill

Also watch this BrainPOP video:
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/howabillbecomesalaw/

April Meeting

Executive Branch

Inside the white house!   http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour

Learn more about the presidents at these websites!

•Presidents www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777337.html
•Presidents www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
•Presidents www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0855114.html


Also watch BrainPOP videos!
http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=presidents

Poetry Corner

The Last Leopard

Book Review

Two Minute Movie Magic

Behind the Bedroom Wall

Three Branches of Government

Benjamin Franklin's Guide to Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Click on these links to research the Three Branches of Government

 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774837.html

http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/1.htm



ALSO Check out this BrainPOP video about the three branches:
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/branchesofgovernment/

Government

BrainPOP has LOTs of videos about our Government.  Check out these videos on our Charters of Freedom:

Declaration of Independence  http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/declarationofindependence/preview.weml

Constitution
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/usconstitution/preview.weml

Bill of Rights
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/billofrights/preview.weml

For fun, we tried to do the "Bill of Rights Rap"

Internet Safety Day

Today is INTERNET SAFETY DAY.

The Waterloo Optimist Club President and a Waterloo Police Officer did a presentation about how to stay safe on the net.

Here's the website from today's Internet Safety Presentation!
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm



Also, BrainPOP has some videos on this topic!
 http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=internet

We always want to remember to be safe on our blog too! 

*VIDEO DELETED DUE TO LIMITED SPACE*

Who was Daniel Pope Cook?

Who was George Rogers Clark?

Poetry Corner

Happy April Fool's!