Show We Are Reading a Book Mrs is reading our Fourth grade class dass the book called Through the Ant HilL Bill James Allred brought an old aquarium that was filled with dirt Melvin Farnsworth and Gary Shields found some ant colonies and put them in the aquarium We Ve had to tomake tomake tomake make it dark so we covered it with paper Then they will ill make their tunnels near the outside and we can lift lilt up the paper and see sec how they work Some of the boys and girls brought food for the ants We arc are also studying about cot cot- ton The teacher brought some cotton that still had the seeds in it We took out some of the seeds and planted them We try to keep them watered so they might bloom before school is over They have already started to sprout We are arc making some books about cotton pasting in pictures and writing stones stories We are arc also making posters showing different I I I I I 1 kinds kinds- kinds of o materials mate by iy i dressing paper dolls in cloth dresses Many things are made of cotton colton that we weI use every day Cotton Colton is grown I in warm places places far away I and places near In allot alot a lot of things there is cotton that we would never know or dream For instance in in- instance instance stance there is cotton seed oil in en margarine There is soap made of or cotton seed oil There is also cello- cello I phone in which we wrap Tap things There is cotton cloth around books or binders There is glue and cement that come from cotton colton cottonseed cottonseed seed and also paint and nd varnish There are arc explosives too a and d d houses with walls covered with I cotton colton fabric We pre ire also going to study where other kinds of cloth come from Class of Mrs Stewarts Stewart's Fourth grade |