Welcome to a New School Year!

By: Mrs. Sharp

I want to welcome everyone to a new school year in 4th grade! There are so many exciting things that we are going to learn this year and I can't wait to get started.

Throughout the year, our class will be doing different activities, attending assemblies, and going on field trips. There will be times that our class will want to share those exciting things with you! The students will be guest authors for these blog posts. Check back often to see if your students was able to share some exciting news from our class!

AR Champs!

By: Cassandra and Tommy

Every month we have a PBS assembly and each class has a chance to get a trophy for there class to keep until the next PBS assembly. Their is a trophy for each grade and a bigger trophy for the overall winner.

All classes, if they get a 90% or higher get a prize. We have had popcorn and a movie, Subway, and Christmas caroling in the gym. We have never won the trophy before. In each grade, one class wins the trophy for the month. We won for fourth grade this month! We get ice cream for our prize and we get to keep the trophy until the next PBS assembly.

Happy Birthday Kaylie!

By: Kaylie

Today is my b-day! My birthday party was February 18th. My origanal birthday was February 22nd and it was a blast it was so exciting!! On my birthday at like 11:30 my dad and me went to my Aunt Martha Jeans house and I found out a very special person was my cousin cause it started on my dads side and her momom and her popops side I think that was the most interesting thing I have discoverd my whole entire life. So that day that girl came over my house at 12:30 and had dinner with us at Park Place and it was sooo funny! Then we went back to my house for b-day family party and it was fantastic. I saw my Aunt Martha Jean and my Aunt Cindie and my Popop Dog and a couple more people. I got wonderful gifts and that was the awesome b-day!!!

SPCA Visit

By : Brock and TJ

We read a TFK about kids helping out in their community. We wanted to help out in our town too, so we started collecting things for the SPCA to help the animals.

We collected food, toys, blankets, and towls. We had over three full bags of dog food, tons of blankets, boxes of dog treats and lots of toys like tennis balls, nerf footballs, and frisbees. Then a volunteer from the SPCA came to get the all the things we collected. When she came she brought two dogs. Her dog, Jake, who she adopted from the SPCA and a puppy that is at the SPCA now.

Here are some pictures from our meetings! Jake is the big dog in the first few pictures. He was abused before Mrs. Simon adopted him.

Happy Birthday Harley!

Today Harley turns 10 years old! She wanted to share some information with you about her birthday celebration!


I am having a birthday party on the 22 of January and I going to have 10 girls sleep over. Eight{8} girls are from my gymnstics class and 2 are from Middletown and I knew them from birth. But the best part is that my brother Ring might not be there cause he might be at a friends house. My mom and dad {Janet and Ring} are going to be there to take care of us. I going to have cupcakes for school and my B-day.

By: Harley

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Natalie is 10 years old today! She wanted to share some information with you about herself.


My favorite sport is baseball. My favorite food is a burger from Burger King. I am turning 10 years old this year and my favorite team is the Baltimore Ravens. My favorite hobby is playing outside and especially Ice Slipping where my friends and I try to stay on the ice on the trampoline. Whoever slips is out. My favorite movie is Despicable Me and my favorite song is 'The City is Ours' from Big Time Rush.

Happy Birthday Brenda!

Brenda's birthday was actually on January 1, but because we were still out on Winter Break we didn't get a chance to share some information about her with you.

Hi my name is Brenda. I turned 11 years old on New Year's Eve. We do the countdown ever year and then we celebrate my birthday when it turns 12:00am!

I have 2 brothers. Their names are Anthony and Christian. They are 2 years old and 13 years old. My two sisters are Valerie and Vanessa. They are twins and both 7 years old. My mom's name is Francesa. My friends are Madelyn, Tare, Harley,Janiya, Kaylie, Elizabeth, Natalie. I like to do math, read books, and watch TV. My favorite channel is ABC.

Christmas Sing-a-Long

By: Kaylie and Tara

December 20,2010 we were suprised by getting picked for the sing -a-long because we had a avarge of 90% or higher in AR. We had to go down at 8:15 and Mrs. Davis played piano while we sang and she played butifuly and teachers sang along too . We sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Deck the Halls and we got a special treat because we performed good and our special treat was miniature candy canes. We had a lot of fun!

Geography Bee

By Harley and Timmy

On December 9, 2010 was the class Geography Bee. So in class we had our teacher Mrs.Sharp ask us questions so who ever won first or second went to go against the 4 and 5 grade class. So Timmy and Harley won and went to the Geography Bee. Two students from every class got to compete. They sat in front of all of the parents, and all of fourth and fifth grade. They answered some very difficult questions. It was very hard. I was so nervous!

Even though they didn't win, we are very proud of them for reaching the school-wide competition.

Happy Birthday Abbie!

Abbie's birthday was actually yesterday, but we didn't have a chance to put up any information about her! Instead she is typing today and would like to tell you a little about herself.

My name is Abigail and I am ten years old and I like baseball soccer and gymnastics. I have a littie sister named Bobbie and a mom and dad named Richard and Gina. I have two little dogs a chiuaua and a cocolate lab named Nugget and Gigzet. i just love dogs when I get older I want a whole lot of dogs and when I get older I wanna be a vet. and my best friend is Maddie and Cassandra. I am not much of a cat person so don't assume I am.

We hope you enjoyed learning a little more about Abbie!

Happy Birthday Maddie!

Today is Maddie's 10th birthday. Instead of doing a video, she would like to to write about herself for you!

Hi My name is Maddie and I am 10 years old.To be honest, I do like to shop til' I drop. I also like to play video games. My favorite snack is Pringles. My favorite food is spaghetti. I like to draw and paint. My favorite sports teams are the 76ers, Ravens, and the Phillies. My favorite subject is Science. I hate to read. Hope you have a great year.<3<3


Happy Birthday Maddie! Our class hopes you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Janiya!

Janiya came to us from a different school just past her birthday. We still did a birthday video so she could share with everyone! Enjoy!

Native American Project

By: Ethan Lang

We are doing a Native American project on the Lennni Lenape and another tribe of Indains. I have chosen the Crow Native American tribe. Others have chosen others. We have to study the food,shelter,clothing,where they live and culture and customs.

We had to chose from the Crow, the Nez Perce, the Cherokee, the Onieda, the Sioux, the Tglinkit. We will get poster boad and and split it in half and put each tribe on one side. This will be due on Tuesday Novmber 30th. This will become a socal studies grade I hope this projet will be fun!

Happy Birthday TJ!

TJ celebrated his birthday in the beginning of the school year, but we just got around to doing his birthday video!

The thrilling trip to Dover

By. Lizzy

On September 25 we went on are thrilling trip to dover the state capital.We went to the old state house were they dressed up in costumes and they told us all about George Washington and we also went to the archives and we learned about the old documents that when you get old .It was so much fun.

Then the last place we went was under ground and we learned about things in the past like how they lived back when there was no electricity and they had to hunt for food. They had no Walmarts and no Food lion. So life was not so easy back then because you have to make everything by yourself.We also got to look at some stuff they either made or found from back then.

All About 4th Grade

By : Maddie

4th grade is all about fun and hard work. You should know that you need to know alot to move on to the 4th grade. So far we have been learning about deserts and mysteries in our AWESOME reading book. Also in math we have been learning about variables and values. Variables are categories that have values. For example: Animals is a variable that has like, cow, horse and dog which are values.

Now we are learning about the desert animals and how they can survive in the HOT, HOT, sun. Some of the animals are, desert turtle, elf owl, coyote, and roadrunner. Hope you will get Mrs.Sharps class next year!!!!!!!

Good Luck!!!!!

Welcome Back!

Welcome to the 2010 - 2011 school year! To those of you who will be joining my 4th grade classroom this year, I look forward to meeting and working with you soon! I hope that you are excited as I am to get this year started.

To my former students : Good luck! I know that you will do great this year. Don't forget to come back and visit me. For some of you, I am just right down the hallway.

Whichever grade you are joining, I know that you will have a wonderful year. Make sure to check this site often for updates from our class, and pictures of the activities we take part in throughout the year. I can't wait to see you on Tuesday! Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!

My Summer

How is your summer going? We have two months left until your new school year starts and you will be 5th graders! My summer is going very well so far.

We just got back from our cruise that I told you about! Here are some pictures for you to look at!
This was our ship. It was called Explorer of the Seas and held over 3,000 people! That's a lot!
Our first stop was in Bermuda. There, my Mom and I got to swim with Dolphins! This is a picture of me kissing one! It was very exciting! We also stopped in St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico where we got to tour a castle!Every night, our cabin attendant made different animals out of towels and left them on our bed. Can you tell which animal this is? It's a lobster wearing sunglasses! She also made a monkey, a bird and an elephant!
This was the last night of our cruise. Isn't the sunset pretty? We had a great time and would like to go another one in the future.

What have you been doing this summer? Leave me a comment and let me know! Miss you guys! Stay safe!

Miss Me?

We are a week and a half into our summer vacation! Can you believe it? Do you miss me yet? I miss all of you, yes, even you Jordan! I hope everyone is having a great vacation and staying safe! Make sure you are with someone when you go swimming, and you wear that helmet when you ride your bike!

Do you have any fun plans or are you going on vacation? Mr. Sharp and I will be leaving on our cruise next week! We are so excited! Until then, I am working at the restaurant and finishing up my class. I am ready to relax! Kye'La, I plan on trying that rock climbing wall and eating all the great food you talked about!

I have seen or talked to some of your parents and they have said you have having fun so far! I hear Libby and Mo have been swimming all day, and Mel is playing soccer of course! How about the rest of you?

Hope you have a great summer and I will see you soon!

ECON and ME

By: Melina

On May 19th, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders took a field trip to Del Tech in Georgetown. The point of the trip was to learn about economics. it was called Econ and M.E. We were divided into grades and schools.

There were three parts to this competition, the the prodution the test and the problem solving. Plus we got free t shirts. the production was when we had to make shiny pennies booklets for kindergateners. The students had to cut out perfect paper pennies and a instruction book and a whole bunch of other items. A few teams from Banneker won for that, actually fourth grade class got first place for that. The easiest part, I think, was the test. The test was 36 different questions all about econmics. My group won third place for this segment! Finally there was the problem solving part of the competition. The problem was ace vending machine needed a new type of vending machine. 2 or 3 gruops from Banneker won a ribbon for this part.

It took the whole day so of course we ate lunch there. All in all I had a great time! Especially because I won a ribbon!