Mrs. Stoll's Class Blog

The 4th graders in Texas spend the year studying Texas History.  As a culminating project, the students choose a famous Texan to research and represent during our Living History Museum.  During the the project, students learn important note taking skills and TEKS such as skimming and scanning for important information, identifying sources and how to create a bibliography, and presentation skills of public speaking.  Along with sharing their knowledge of the Famous Texan, the students also created a Museum Box that included special items you might find on displayed at a musuem for this person.

4th Grade Living History Museum

This  student   researched Mary Kay Ash – founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Who was  your famous Texan and why did you choose that person?   What skill do you think was the most helpful while completing your research?  What was the most challenging aspect of the project?  What might you do differently next time  you need to research a topic?   What  did you like or dislike about the Living History Museum?

Our 4th grade students did a musical with songs like San Antonio Rose, Fa do do, De Colores, Don’t Fence Me In, and other Texas songs taught by Mrs.McDonald.  We also did dances like the Cotten Eyed Joe, and De Colores.  For Fa do do at least 10 or more students were playing the guitar.   10 or more people were dancing to De colores. 7 or8 people played the fiddle to San Antonio Rose, Fais do do, and Cotten Eyed Joe.

Students play violin for 4ht grade musical

What was your favorite part of the class assembly?  Playing the recorder was fun.  Do you like playing the recorder?  Do you play another instrument?