Flat Stanley visits Madison, WI

Laura and Brian were great hosts to Flat Stanley while he visited the Badger State capital of Madison, Wisconsin.  Stanley learned what life was like living in an apartment.  He describes to us that an apartment is a building where many families make their homes.  He arrived in the middle of October and was able to see all the pretty fall colors as Wisconsin has many trees.

One of the highlights he enjoyed was attending a farmer’s market.  At a farmer’s market there are many people who sell their fresh vegetables and fruits.  Some people also have baked goods to sell also.  While Stanley was there he was able to meet President Barack Obama.  What was really neat though was that it was a flat Barack Obama just like Flat Stanley!  Since it was close to the election people were there campaigning for the presidential election. 

Stanley was also able to see the capitol building in Madison.  He was able to see the large dome inside and the fancy corridors which was really neat!

Since Stanley was in a big city he was able to see the musical Jersey Boys.  He even brought back the ticket to show us where he sat at.  A musical is like a play with professional actors.  The musical was a true story about four teenage boys who form a band named The Four Seasons in the 1960’s. 

While Stanley was enjoying see all the wonderful things you can do in Madison he also had to work.  He spent an evening with Laura at the University of Wisconsin studying for science.  He loved learning about the periodic table of elements and why science is important to study.  So he wants to remind the students to study hard now so they can maybe one day grow up to study science. 

Stanley wishes to send out a big THANK YOU to Laura and Brain for their great hospitality while visiting Madison.  It was great to visit and learn more about different parts of the world.   

 We received mail!

 

 Excited to open her letter. 

 

 Reading about the postcard that Stanley came back with. 

 

Look at all the neat things Flat Stanley came back with!

Flat Stanley visits Boston, MA

Flat Stanley had a great time in Boston, MA.  He was able to spend time with Miss Liewer’s cousin Tyler while visiting Boston. One of Stanley’s highlights from being in Boston was being in a parade on Halloween.  He was also able to spend lots of time at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA and learned what you have to do to become a lawyer.  Tyler is currently a student at Harvard Law School.  Stanley was amazed by the size of the classrooms and while spending time in the law school library tried being friends with Joseph Story. However, he was pretty quiet and from the picture that was sent we understand why he was so quiet.  It was a statue! 

Stanley was also able to see learn lots of history from Boston.  This was a neat thing to read about because we have recently studied about the Boston Tea Party in Social Studies so the students were able to relate to some of the history to Boston.  Stanley was able to see a house that George Washington stayed in at one time. 

Another neat thing that Stanley was able to do was visit a Curious George Store and became friends with lots of monkeys.  Flat Stanley really enjoyed his visit to Boston and wants to send a big thank you to Tyler for his great hospitality while there. 

Be sure to stop at school when you have time to look at pictures and all the neat things that Flat Stanley came back with. 

 We received Flat Stanley in the mail!

 

 Opening the letter.

 

 I think the smile on her face says that was excited to receive Flat Stanley.

 

 Reading the letter that was sent.

 

 Stanley came back with a Harvard Law School flag which was really neat!

 

Flat Stanley visits the Netherlands

Flat Stanley had a long journey across the ocean to the Netherlands otherwise known as Holland to Americans.  We are stilling awaiting Stanley’s arrival back to us by mail but we did receive an e-mail with a letter and pictures of his journey. 

Stanley visited in the city of Breda which is in the South of Holland near the Belgian border.  It is an old military town that has converted many of the old buildings into more modern functioning businesses.  Holland is famous for shipping, architecture, French fries (Verse Friet), Oliebollen (kind of round doughnuts), bicycles that people prefer over cars, Beer production and local alcoholic beverages like Jenever ( a type of old fashioned Gin. One thing that the students enjoyed looking about was and Sinterklaas and Black Pete.  In America we know Sinterklaas as Santa Claus and Black Pete is known as an elf.

Be sure to stop in at school and to read the rest of the letter about Flat Stanley's journey to the  Netherlands and also check out the many more pictures. 

 Historical sites in Breda.

 

 Verse Friets means fresh fries -topped with mayo.  People eat mayonnaise and peanut sauce on their fries instead of ketchup.

 

 Most all Dutch travel by old bicycles and just drop them around the shopping streets as they walk and shop.

 

 Sinterklaas

 

Black Pete

Flat Stanley visits Kentucky

On Flat Stanley’s trip to Kentucky he was able to see the Paducah Flood Walls.  The murals on these walls capture moments in Paducah’s Kentucky history.  These walls are three city blocks long!  Also in Paducah Stanley was able to visit the National Quilt Museum.  There are over 320 different quilts in this museum. 
Stanley was also able to tour Murray State University located in Murray, KY. One of his favorite things he saw at the University was the Shoe Tree.  This tree is full of shoes of couples who met during their time spent at Murray State University and went on to be married. 
Stanley was able to take in some sporting events while in Kentucky and came back supporting the Kentucky Wildcats as he was able to experience a UK Wildcat basketball game. 
Flat Stanley was able to enjoy Thanksgiving in Kentucky but was able to keep his amazing figure!  We are glad to have Stanley back from Kentucky with us and were able to learn about Kentucky. 

 Opening the letter we received from Kentucky. 

 Excited to see all the neat things inside. 



Flat Stanley Adventures

We are receiving our Flat Stanley's back that we sent out a few months ago.  It is exciting to receive them and the kids ask every day if a new has come in the mail.  Be sure to check back often as I will work on getting posts made about where he has visited.  Also if you have time be sure to stop into school and check out all the neat things that Stanley came back with.  All of his adventures are being displayed in the hallway for everyone to see. 

Pumpkin Pie

To help us celebrate Thanksgiving as a school my class helped making the pies.  A few weeks ago we learned about reading a recipe and measuring cups and measuring spoons in math.  It worked great to be able to use the pumpkin pie recipe to read and measure the ingredients.  The kids were divided into pairs and they each had three pies to mix together.  They all did an excellent job of helping each other and reading the recipe because the pie tasted great!  Thanks to the volunteers who helped bake the pies. 

Everyone enjoying our Thanksgiving meal.  Thanks for all the volunteers who helped in any way to make it a success!

Math

The students learned how to measure liquids in math.  They learned about different measuring cups and spoons.  This was helpful because then about a week later the students were able to use the measuring cups and spoons to make pumpkin pies for the schools Thanksgiving meal.  

The 2^nd graders learned about lines in symmetry.  A line of symmetry is when you divide something in half and have the same amount on both sides of the line.  They were able to do practice this by using putting paint on paper and then creasing the paper and after opening it they saw a line of symmetry.