The Bering Strait
Ms. Flynn is teaching fourth grade about the Native Americans and how they crossed the Bering Strait to get to America. When most of the sea froze, the sea level dropped, revealing a land bridge between Asia and Alaska. The animals that the Native Americans hunted, such as mammoths, migrated over the land bridge known as the Bering Strait to North America. The Native Americans followed the animals across the Bering Strait and down North and South America.
Turkey Art Pieces
For the month of November, Ms. Flynn’s homeroom made turkey paintings and frames. We made the turkeys by dipping the paint brushes in different colors. Then we drew Thanksgiving-related things on the frames.
Fun Facts About Turkeys
1 Ben Franklin wanted the state bird to be a turkey rather than an eagle. He said, “Turkeys are a bird of courage.”
2 Turkeys are allergic to dairy.
3 Turkeys can fly about 55 mph.
Absolute Location
During the month of October, Ms. Flynn led fourth graders as they made maps of California, pinpointing 15 different places using latitude and longitude coordinates to find the absolute location. The class also colored each of the four regions. The four regions are: desert, valley, coast, and mountain.
The 15 California landmarks are Mount Shasta, Los Angeles, Morro Bay, Redwood National Park, Mojave Desert, Salton Sea, Catalina Island, San Diego, Sequoia National Park, Yosemite National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Tahoe, Golden Gate Bridge, Eureka City, and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Cricket Drawings
Ms. Flynn’s homeroom drew drawings of crickets. The crickets were Chester Cricket from “The Cricket in Times Square.” Most students chose to make the background Times Square, Chester’s stump in Connecticut, or the picnic basket Chester got stuck in. • HENRY F. AND TYLER T.