Tuesday, May 31, 2011

4th grade field trip - FW Museum of Science & History


We started at the dino exhibit!

We rode horses (virtual!).

The F.W. Champions exhibit was cool!


The girls put on a Chinese dancing performance for us!

A little help from one of our chaperones!

We are champions, too!

Cattle exhibit - Brands hanging from ceiling! Awesome!

Come on, Ms. Biggers! We are ready to go to the next exhibit!

Look out! These girls may not know what they are doing!

Motion Exhibit


Learning to use an abacus in the China exhibit!

Technology

I could go for another day like this one!

Stop this horse! I need to get off!

Friday, May 27, 2011

1st & 2nd grade field trip & End of the Year

1st and 2nd grade GT students had a great trip to the Dallas Museum on Thursday. Below are some pictures of our day.

This morning we celebrated a great year in GT with breakfast as a whole group in the GT room. We had special visitors -- Ms. Shaw, our principal and Mrs. Debbie Midkiff, the Director of Advanced Academics for GPISD. Mrs. Hasty was another special guest. We had donuts and apple juice as we watched a slideshow of the year in GT. It was fun to see all of our special events as well as some photos of projects and classwork.

I have been very pleased to hear TAKS results from my students this week. We have many, many commended scores to celebrate! Way to go!

I hope that each of your families has a wonderful summer. It has been such a blessing to work with such sweet, smart, sassy students this year at Whitt! I look forward to seeing many of you again in August. And fifth graders, you'd better come back to visit us!

Remember to read and learn over the summer. You and your family may wish to check out some of the special spots around the metroplex that I have listed on the right hand side of this blog. There are links for museums, the aquarium, theaters, etc. I have also listed links for some great websites that have thinking games to challenge your brain in June and July!

----Ms. Biggers







Monday, May 23, 2011

Auction Time!

Tomorrow is our end of year GT auction for grades 3 - 5. Students will be auctioning off their "treasures" to one another. They will also have the opportunity to buy raffle tickets for prizes. This is the way we spend all those hard earned scholar dollars! It's finally here... Auction Day!

1st and 2nd grade GT students will go on their field trip on Thursday, May 26th. We are looking forward to a great time at the museum. Photos coming soon!