ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
THE OLD HORTrl fiTAIE
Tlio, Piftli Grade I3 now onjoy-
ing an Interesting study of North
Carolina, 'Vo firrjt '/vi’oto to tl'.o
Chainbors of Coranorco in clifforont
towns and got froa mat I'lals fron
tlio3v:j pliiCus. ’'-'o havu r.ji-.O, ^^.nd/
reported on theso to th(^ cl-'.aa.
The v;1io1g room is reading tliu
■s book ''Discovering j^'Ortli Carolina''
wliicli tells us many int,j:’os tin ’
facts about our jt Dif.'-"oront
^ ones in the claao havv^ re and
reported on North Carolina books
and stories. Soniu havu made
posters on the boolts th^y ht.ve
road, Miss Butl«r is readiri:; us
"Old Time Stories of thv. Old North
'^,tate, "
We are l..-arning th_. one
hundred counties in our st^'.te,
and have print.jd tiieir names on
our product nap, Clare. Jean Stone
is the chairman of tliis map v;ork,
We are also making a class book
let, and Marjorie Nan p^rry is the
chairman of this, ’''e are enjoying
collecting pictures from news
papers and magaxinea for this
work.
Each of us h;is dr .v;n por'^raits
of Sir Walter Ralelj;h and made
fre-^ hand draviTings of our state
s o a 1, th.e flag, the toast, and
North Carolina maps, ’’^e are also
making a large flag out of cloth
and painting it, Lester ''Mllic.jis
is carving the ’’^right Ivienorial
out of soap. Ester ’"'i^.liuuv, has
i, made a plaque out of 3'eal -oine
branches and sm.all pin^ cone and
needles on it. '•'Jo have ' ocorated
otir class room with Ion': lo.-'.f
pines and pin.e cones \^':;.ich we
have paintod red, whito, and blue.
’^'e have learned ''Thu Old North
State" and other North Carolina
songs,
You are v/olcome to visit our
room, and soe the \iovk v/e ar^ do
ing.
By Gladys Boykin
Fifth Grade
OUR CHIEF STUDY
We chose as our chief citudy
this year He^ilth, becauso in
ord^r to do our best vrork we
must have 'ii_-althy bodies.
h:; V.; a doctor and nurse
who inspect thu class every
morning. This includes clean
hands, cle .n t^eth, clean nails,
cl..an fi-.cea, cl.-an ears, cli^an
nojos, cl....an handkerchiefs, clean
clot'^'es and reports concerning tie
personal batT'.s ,
la connection v/ith our health
work, '.vu h'..ve made posters and
rhymes, ’'k) have also learned
soi-gc!, po^;;:i,'i and read stories.
On '''.vdn^cday v^e evxt^rt ined
the oth.er grades with a h^o.lth
pro.gj.'am.
Grade 3
Mis.'.: Thompson
Miss Stric::land,i s Second Grade
had. perfect attendance
s.,ven days l.U’.t month. Seven
p\.\pils were h^re every day. Their
nr/mes ar^: Zuria Bissett^,
‘’•lomain., Sd\7--.rds, Scott Lewis,
Elda !-’’.ay I.Iorgan,Bobby Overman,
i Le^jtor face, anil ?'avis Stone,
I KoiU'.^ino Edv/-.rds and Mavis Stone
* got on the l.Lonor roll,
j ''^e }i:,.Vw fini;',hed rea'in ’ "Trips
? to Takw .nd The Open Door."^ Wo
I' are reading ''indoors and Out" and
I; ''"^he Out Book" nov.^, ’/o have
ji al...ost finished our spelling
boo::,
I ’’fo- had an egg hunt throe days
I before Easter, Mrs. Lewis and
i Mrs. Gay hid the eggs for uri.
I Mrs. Overiiian h^^lped them. Little
I Jackie Brajg help«.;d us hunt for
I therri. ’"'e enjojr^d having h^r.
EVorybody h:.d a good time, Ray
mond Gay found more eggs than
any oth^r boj'-.
Anni>j Prancu;..- Colli..^r found more
eg;.s t]'....n any othv^r girl. Our
grade mot'iers g vo them prizes,
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