Wednesday is book club day in the 4A class. The girls are enjoying the History Mystery series. The 4 books are Under Copp's Hill, Secrets on 26th Street, The Strange Case of Baby H, and Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal. In reading class, Mrs. Amoroso is reading us a book called Ashes of Roses. It is about a girl named Rose who came from Ireland to America with her mother and two sisters. When her mother and one sister go back to Ireland, Rose has to support her and her sister Maureen by getting a job in a sewing factory called the Triangle Waist Co. It was at this factory that there was a big fire. We are just getting to that part of the book.
In PE, we are working on our May Day dances. Our saong is "Trash in the Can". We also went to the Wissahickon Skating Rink for PE last Wed. and are going again this Wed.
In science, as part of the Gilded Age study, the 4th grade is making tenement houses and putting in electricty and switches.
On April 21 and 22, our class is doing a play. There are 3 stories called: "Today's the Day" about the Wright Brothers, "Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride" (Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt), and "Bessie Coleman, Daring to Fly".
Fourth grade gets ready for their trip to Ellis Island on Thursday and are looking forward to their 2nd trip to the skating rink.
