Walk Through California

The fourth graders had their "in-house" field trip today with Walk Through California. It is a fantastic program that gets the students involved in learning the history of our state. Zoe had done this two years ago, and had told Cooper how much fun it is. He was looking forward to dressing up and memorizing his "expert" word.
The kids were placed in teams and competed against each other for points with their knowledge of California history. Each student was given an "expert" card to memorize with a word relating to the history or geography of the state.
Cooper's word was "Precipitation", so he gave the definition, as well as the average annual precipitation amount in our area.
The students also got to participate in different skits, such as making adobe bricks, square dancing, and being different characters in history.

Students were also randomly chosen to "Go for Gold" by choosing lollipops out of a map and scoring extra points if there tip was gold.
The last part of the program dealt mostly with the geography of California and learning about the different regions, landforms, and crops.
Although the program is long, it is very well run and kept these kids very entertained. Mrs. Rogers class had a fantastic time!