Taylor is getting so big. She is such a cutie! She is into everything now and just loves to be outside. She tries to put on her coat and shoes to tell you that she wants to go outside. Taylor is just the happiest thing. She giggles and laughs all the time. She is so ticklish! Ty and I just love her so much!
I just got back from a wonderful vacation in Hawaii with my husband. Taylor stayed at home with grandma and grandpa. It was breath-taking and beautiful. I am so fortunate to be able to go there. It wasn’t just sitting by the beach though–it was swimming in the pool and the ocean, hiking, seeing waterfalls, riding on a catamaran boat to see the Napalli Coast, going to the top of Waimea Canyon (the Grand Canyon of Hawaii), snorkeling, scuba diving, going to a luau, visiting Waikiki Beack, seeing Pearl Harbor, and swimming after a sea turtle in the water. It was so beautiful. I just loved it. I missed Taylor though, and must come home to Nebraska. Home sweet home!
Watch these videos that the 4th grade class produced that explain how we use technology as a teaching and learning tool in our classroom. The kids did a great job on these! I am so proud of them. 
Are you enjoying doing the poetry packet? Are you excited to make a photostory about it? If you were the teacher, what would you change, if anything? Do you like poetry now?
This presidential election 2008 is historical. We still don’t know who the nominees (who will be running for president) are for sure. What do you know about the election? What do you think of the election?
We have been testing several different types of foods and liquids for different nutrients. Write some things that you have learned from doing this. Have you been surprised by anything?
The life of a pioneer was very hard. Describe some things that pioneers had to do. Also, would you have like to live during the time of the pioneers? Why or why not.
4th grade is enjoying Mrs. Douglas being in our classroom. She has a lot of great ideas. She will be a wonderful teacher, and we wish her the best of luck!
My teacher Mrs. Foster came into the classroom and placed a bag on her desk, then she left. The bag started to move and wriggle so I thought it was just a puppy. A couple of minutes later I couldn’t stand it anymore so I raced over to there like a drag racer and looked in the bag. I was horrified by the stench it was making and the animal was kind of hard to describe but I’ll try to describe it. It was brown and had teeth like a shattered window and it’s eyes were as big as a television button.
After the school day was done I took the monster home with me and fed it. Then the monster grew two more feet. After one week it was the size of my house. After a while I got sick of its penetrating sounds. The next day I went back to school and the monster followed me to school. When I got to school my monster got afraid and set off an ear piercing sound so everybody started to scream but the more they screamed the louder it got. After a while everybody’s vocal cords broke and then they couldn’t talk or hear anymore. When my Mom came home she said the trees were gone. My Mom asked me a question “Scout Keller Harden?”
“You are in a heap of trouble if your monster did this!” She said. Well, let me rephrase that. It was a big statement. You know how parents can kind of be real mean. Then a couple minutes passed and my monster died.
