Grandpa Phil and the Gold Rush

Grandpa Phil came back to Sibley for his annual Gold Rush presentation last week!

We've been reading about the California and Klondike gold rushes in Reading class while studying the West and Northwestern regions of the United States in Social Studies.  These topics fit perfectly with Grandpa Phil's passion for gold prospecting.

He demonstrated how to pan for gold by hand, and also how to do it with his mechanical panner using the dirt he ordered from Alaska.  

Since this was Grandpa's last gold rush presentation for us, we got to open and pan ALL THREE bags of his Alaskan dirt!

We were VERY excited when we found a few gold nuggets as we panned!

4th graders got a chance to see the larger nuggets he has found during his prospecting.  They also got to see and hold the gold nugget necklace he made for my grandma so they could understand how heavy gold really is.

Grandpa Phil also brought along his metal detectors and the students got a chance to use them to find coins and other metal objects in the grass.

We had a fabulous time during your gold rush presentation!  

Thanks again, Grandpa Phil!

Star of the Week

Our star this week was Leah!

Leah did a fantastic job presenting her information.  We learned a lot about her through her poster, poem and photos.  

She shared that she has seven brothers and sisters and it seems like she helps out a lot at home with her younger siblings.  Her favorite movies are the Twilight series movies, her heroes are her parents, and her dad is currently in Sudan helping build a school.

Leah chose Malaney and Jaiden to take a picture with her.

Thanks for being such a great star, Leah!  You were awesome!

Star of the Week

Tanner was our star this week!

His presentation was quite entertaining!  We learned a lot about him while he shared his poster, poem, and photos with us.

Tanner told us that his favorite movie is Scream 4, his favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and his hero is 'The Miz'.  He also really likes the dance troupe The Jabbawockeez, and he even demonstrated a few of their dance moves!

Tanner chose to have his picture taken with Ben, Anthony, and Caden.

Thanks for being our star, Tanner!  We really enjoyed your presentation!