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Stepping Back in Time: Fourth Grade Visits Colonial Days “Say cheese!” The way to capture images in the colonial days was not with photography, according to fourth grade teacher Colleen Paulson. Wealthy colonists would sit for hours and have their portraits painted. Others who could not afford this had to settle with having their silhouettes made. WYOMISSING HILLS G ELEMENTARY CENTERG insight: the newsletter of the Wyomissing Area School District 4 For three days in April, fourth grade students had a glimpse of what life was like in colonial days. Participating in six different stations, students made silhouettes and cornbread, practiced calligraphy writing, colonial dancing, and weaving, played games, and experienced a one-room schoolhouse. Gwen Gibson’s students were surprised to learn that meal time in colonial days was much different than today. Colonial children often had to stand for the entire meal and weren’t allowed to talk! Meals were very simple and consisted of a lot of corn. Most of the time colonists ate with their fingers rather than utensils. Jahir Alba and Lukas Terefenko dressed as colonists while participating in the activities. Emerson Gagnon enjoys cornbread, a staple of colonial meals. According to teacher Nancylee Chaiko, “The fourth graders were surprised to learn that the professional weavers were men! Both the boys and girls were very proud of the bookmarks that they wove!” Dressed in colonial garb, Nina Botvin and Lydia Botterbusch practice their weaving skills. Andrea Boerger said, “The highlight for me as a teacher was watching the excitement on the children’s faces as they were learning about colonial times. The costumes and activities really transported them back in time, and it made colonial life and struggles come alive. The kids really loved it!” Cooper McCaffrey displays the bookmark he is weaving.
insight: the newsletter of the Wyomissing Area School District Canadian Artifacts Travel to WREC Sixth graders studying Canada in Andrea Bensusan’s class were able to get some hands-on experience with Canadian artifacts when the “Canada Valise” arrived for a four-week stay at West Reading Elementary Center. The valise is a suitcase full of teaching WEST READING G ELEMENTARY CENTERG resources from Canada provided by the University of Maine’s Canadian- American Center. Assembled by Les Buell, a retired Rochester, NY area teacher, who spent many years integrating Canada in teaching American history, it travels to schools around the country. Items in the valise include a Hudson Bay Company Point Blanket coat, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police jacket and arm patch, a real beaver pelt, two license plates from Prince Edward Island, a tin Province cookie cutter, Canadian coins, the Canadian national flag, a Hudson Bay Company flag, and tabletop flags of each province and territory. Pictured with the valise and some of the artifacts are a few sixth graders with Canadian heritage. From left to right: Joanna Helm, Noah Williams-Morrill, Alex Jadic, and Jayvien Benn pictured with items from the valise. Wyo Area Music Student Represents PA Wyomissing Area Senior Dylan Bynon was recognized at the May 28, 2013 Board meeting for being selected to represent Pennsylvania in the Sound of America Honor Band. The Sound of America, Inc. is a music program designed to enrich aspiring musicians through international performance and education. The concert band and chorus is comprised of talented high school and college instrumentalists and vocalists from across the United States. Students are chosen through musical audition and recommendations for the annual SOA European Concert Tour. This year marks the 37th annual tour. The students represent America in a highly positive manner while performing before large European audiences in many of the most unique and finest concert halls in Europe in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, and France on a three-week tour. Bynon, a flute and piccolo player, participated in Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Pit Orchestra and Jazz Band. He co-founded the Wyomissing Philharmonic, a student-run organization that meets after school. Bynon will attend George Mason University in the fall majoring in music education. 5
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