Fultondale Elementary School RLC-Gifted

The Operation Migration Whooping Crane class of 2011 has arrived in Alabama!!

They are presently grounded in Franklin County. They have traveled 693 miles from Wisconsin and are more than halfway to their destination in Florida.

Luckily, there are 5 stopovers in the Alabama counties of: Franklin, Walker, Chilton, Lowndes, & Pike; therefore, they will NOT travel over the Birmingham area. Their journey refrains from traveling near large cities & airports; they purposely see our beautiful country landscape in Alabama.

Keep updated with the link “Journey North” on our Blogroll!!

Yes, challenge yourself and do something creative every day!

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs

We are part of the Symbolic Monarch Migration to Mexico. We created 2 group classroom butterflies from criteria that represented our class and community. We also created individual monarch butterflies. One classroom butterfly and our individual butterflies are “migrating” to Mexico today via the USPS. We will follow our classroom butterfly’s journey to Mexico with the migration map posted on the Journey North website. We look forward to communicating with students in Angangueo, Mexico near the monarch butterflies’ winter sanctuaries. In the spring, we will receive a “migrating” monarch as a symbol of our ambassadorship with Mexico. Stay tuned for our migration to Mexico!
Somos parte de la migración monarca simbólico de México. Hemos creado dos mariposas en el aula del grupo de criterios que representaron a nuestra clase y de la comunidad. También hemos creado mariposas monarca individuales. Una mariposa en el aula y nuestras mariposas individuales son “migrar” a México en la actualidad a través del USPS. Vamos a seguir el viaje de nuestra mariposa en el aula a México con el mapa de la migración en el sitio web travesía hacia el norte. Esperamos poder comunicarse con los estudiantes en Angangueo, México, cerca de los santuarios de invierno de la mariposa monarca “. En la primavera, vamos a recibir una “migración” monarca como un símbolo de nuestra embajada en México. Permanezca atento a nuestra migración a México!

Yes, in EIGHT days, migration will begin for the newest Whooping Crane chicks!!! Target departure date is next Saturday, October 8. They will depart from White River Marsh near Berlin Wisconsin. Check out the Journey North link on our Blogroll.

It’s going to be a GREAT year!

Yep, yep, yep, it’s going to be a great year! We will be “bucketfilling” this year! A new concept on happiness. Have you filled a bucket today? I bet you have. Stay tuned to learn more about “bucketfilling”.

The 5th & 6th graders will focus on “Think Like a Disciplinarian”. They will focus on the field study as an expert of a particular area. The 3rd & 4th graders will focus on a Gifted & Eminent People unit.
And that’s just part of the fun of learning!

We will ALL be following our own independent learning contracts on things that interests us. The more we know, the more we grow!

The SURF Tsunami unit & Questions unit will also be a focus. It sounds like a lot, but it’s going to be a great year of learning & sharing!

Name this flower. Its perfume can be captured 10 to 15 feet away!

Have you seen hummingbirds at your feeder? How do you make the nectar for your feeder? Do you use the red-based color nectar or not?

Eagles: UPDATE

SNOW on the webcam lens!!

It is snowing in Decorah, Iowa with more expected for the next 24 hours. Keep the eagles in your thought while they shiver and stay warm in a 80 foot cottonwood tree.

If only there was a lens cam wiper…..

Check our Blogroll under Eagle’s nest LIVE webcam.

Friday was a productive day in the garden!

We planted seeds in the current butterfly garden. We planted dill, basil, & sage in the herb garden. We planted jalapeno, sweet banana, & bell peppers & tomatoes in vegetable garden. We planted purple verbena in the perennial flower garden. We retrained the climbing grapevine in the berry garden.

We even created stepping stones and mixed up the cement ourselves. We also discovered it takes hard work and a long time to do the cement.

But, the best part was when we saw a tiger swallowtail visit the garden!

El viernes fue un día productivo en el jardín!

Plantamos las semillas en el jardín de mariposas actual. Plantamos eneldo albahaca, salvia y en el jardín de hierbas. Plantamos banano jalapeño, dulce, y los pimientos y los tomates en el jardín de vegetales. Plantamos verbena violeta en el jardín de flores perennes. Capacitamos a la vid de escalada en el jardín de la baya.

Incluso creó escalones y se mezcla el cemento a nosotros mismos. También descubrimos que se necesita trabajar duro y mucho tiempo para hacer el cemento.

Pero, la mejor parte fue cuando vimos a un tigre de cola de golondrina visitar el jardín!