Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15

book that we thought would be nice
to have in our library, we told the
librarian the number on the book
so that it can be ordered for next
year. The books were so pretty and
attractivei
Our Easter vacation will be Fri
day. April Is, and Monday, April
lS. We are helping to get ready for
our Easter party at school. We
have woven little baskets with pas
tel construction paper. On Thurs
day we hope they will be filled by
you know who!
Grade 4-SectiOn 1
Mrs. Flora DOmke. Teacher
We have been learning about
birds. Some birds migrate and
others stay all winter. 1t is i'm
portant that we feed the birds if
there is snow in the spring, or if
food is scarce
How can we recognize birds? We
know the birds that eat meat have
bills made for tearing. The seed
eating birds have thick bills for
cracking the tough outer shells of
the seeds. The marsh and shore
birds have bills for probing in the
sand and water.
Birds are colored to blend with
their surroundings. The female is
usually a dull color because she
has to sit on the nest and protect
the young birds. The male bird has
more color.
There are many different kinds of
nests. Some are open and others
are closed. Other birds do not
build nests. They lay their eggs on
the ground and they look like
stones.
Birds help the people who grow
plants because they eat harmful
insects.
The Delaware State Fish and
Game Commission has loaned our
room a display of mounted birds.
We have the red tailed hawk, a plO-
yer, a mallard duck, pin-tail ducks,
blue-wing teal, and a Canadian
goose. These birds have helped us
to compare feet, bills, coloring,
size, and feathers.
We each chose a bird we wanted
to know more about. After finding
some facts about the birds, we
wrote reports and read them to the
class. Our reports were recorded
on the tape recorder. What a sur
prise it was to hear our own voices.
We are eagerly awaiting visit
to our class by Mrs. Hudeca, who
will talk to us about birds.
Grade 5-SectiOn /
Mrs. Mary Cahall, Teacher
Our class has had very inter-
esting school year so far. We have
made different kinds of maps. Ker-
ry May and Jimmy Holland made a
map of the Lewis and Clark Expe-
dition. Eugene Lord made time
zone map, and Kenneth Carter
made a map of the United States
farm products.
We have also been giving expert
ments in Science class. Some of
the experiments we have done are:
getting an egg into a bottle, max
ing a test for sugar, using carbon
dioxide on fire, and our teacher
made a fire extinguisher.
Some safety features are: always
do an experiment with fire on a
metal tray or asbestos; all girls
who have long hair should have it
tied back; boys should not wear
neckties; have a container of wa
ter near if you use fire; use safety
matches.
In gym we have learned some
new games, such as, Bombardment
and Soccer Dodgebal. Both games
are lots of fun. We have also had
fun on the parallel bars, chinning
ourselves, and walking on the
walking beam.
We have a fish named Dracula.
He was brought in by Billy Emory.
Before Billy brought Dracula in
our class we had Siamese Fight
ing Fish.
Gene Gessford has spent lot of
time making a farm because he
would like to be a farmer when he
grows up. On this farm, made of
cardboard, he has: farmhouse, a
silo, animals, people, and a barn.
Some of the other children brought
in some materials for our exhibit
table.
Our class was invited to attend
the Student Council meeting on
March 25. Our class hopes that our