September 21, 2009

Hello everyone!  I have arrived at Joshua Cowell Elementary School in Manteca, California.  Mrs. Madoski and her class are making me feel at home.  Take a look at my new friends.

September 22, 2009

Boys and Girls, I am loving my visit to Manteca, California.  My new

friends at Joshua Cowell School have been treating me like a king!

They even let me paint!

Today I had to stretch my tiger brain to help with

the jigsaw puzzle.

California has been beautiful.  Now it is time for me

to travel to my next school.  I will let you know when I

arrive at Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

October 7, 2009

Hello from Ponchatoula, Louisiana!   I am having a wonderful time

at Tucker Elementary School.  My day began with literacy centers.

My new friends are great readers.  Next, I went to the town square

to see the "local alligator".  His nickname is Old Hard-Hide.

At the local feed store I checked out some baby chicks.  For only

99 cents you can buy one.

Ponchatoula was built around a train station.  There are lots of trains

that still run through our town.  I was lucky enough to check out the

old train station that is now a store.

 

 

 

Check out this tall flag pole.  The locals at Ponchatoula, Louisiana say it

is the biggest flag in the entire U.S.A. .

I am now on my way to Michigan.  I hear it is a little chilly there

right now.

October 2009

Hello everyone!

I arrived safely to my destination in Grass Lake, Michigan.  I was greeted

by some great second graders from George Long Elementary school. They

were very happy to see me and I was happy to meet some new friends.

Not long after I arrived I found out that we were going out for recess.  I was ready to go! 

Yea, I had just arrived from a very long trip from Louisiana, but the excitement of playing with

 my new friends was irresistible even though I was kind of tired.  This is one of the

 kids allowing me to swing with her.  We went so high I had to hold on tight!

How cool is this!

I ran into some of my old friends who just happened to be visiting George Long Elementary

at the same time I was there.  I had not seen them for so long I almost didn’t recognize them.  

We took the time to catch up with each other and talk about our recent adventures.  It was

great to see my old friends and meet some new friends all in one day.  

 

Aaah, the attention I received.

You would have thought I was some kind of a celebrity or something.

 Did I like it?  You bet I did!

Everytime I have to leave new friends I get all choked up and sad.  The only thing that helps me

not be so sad is that I know I will be meeting more good friends at my next destination. 

The friends I leave behind will have a place in my heart forever.

 Mrs. McCown, Mrs. Bennett, and their students asked me to pass along a big thank you

to Mrs. Dill for allowing to participate in my travels.

 Listen to your teachers, work hard and treat others with kindness,

Your friend forever!

 

Tyrone

October 2009
Sioux City, Iowa is a beautiful place to visit.  I was allowed to peek out the window and watch the construction of the new school.  The old school was 110 years old!

I loved helping out with the art projects.  Take a look at my new friend Penguin.

Back to business.  Mrs. Snavely made sure I had a good nights sleep and she fed me a good breakfast to prepare for some hard testing!

Mrs. Snavely and her students taught me about insects.
 

 

How exciting!!  I watched Painted Lady Butterflies hatching.

Thank you Mrs. Snavely and class.  You made my visit to Sioux City, Iowa amazing.
Back in the box I go and I am off to North Dakota. 

November 2009
~  I arrived in Jamestown, North Dakota on a sunny November day.  I was a little tired after my trip from Iowa but I arrived safe and sound.  I spent a few days at Gussner Elem. School in Mrs. Langbehn's 4th grade classroom.  The first thing I noticed was that this classroom didn't have regular walls.  Mrs. L's classroom is in a pod that has 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes in it aas well as the speech and physical therapy room.  She has accordian walls and no door.  Some times it got kind of noisy as other classes passed back and forth.  It took me a while to get used to that. 

In one picture you can Sydney and I making a landform of North Dakota. The 4th graders study North Dakota for Social Studies.  I learned that ND has 3 regions, the Red River Valley, the Drift Prairie, and the Missouri Plateau.  I also learned about Fargo, the largest city, and Bismarck. the capitol city, of North Dakota. It was fun and I didn't even get my fur dirty. 

One afternoon, Mrs. L and her daughter took me up to the Frontier Village.  That is where I saw the World's Largest Buffalo.  She took my picture by it.  I look really small compared to that buffalo.  We also White Cloud, the albino buffalo.  She has had 2 albino buffalo babies. I saw some things tied to the fence where White Cloud is.  Mrs. L told me that the albino buffalo are very sacred (very special) to the Native Americans.  They will stop and pray by the fence and leave their gifts.  That is what is tied to the fence. It was neat.  Back at school, I was read to and even helped find hidden pictures in books on I Spy Friday. 

I had fun watching the 4th graders work on multiplying and dividing in math.  I was confused at first but then it got to be fun. Too soon it was time for me to take a very short trip to my next stop....another school in Jmaestown. PS.. I forgot to tell you that the Gussner School mascot was the Wildcat so I felt very at home there. :>) 

 November 2009

 

Hello, from another elementary in North Dakota.  Thank goodness I did not have to spend long in the mail.  Meet my new friends.  Usually they have snow and it's below freezing this time of year but today it was 40 degrees! 

ps in case you are wondering, the date on my photos is not correct.  I'm not hiding, I'm really in North Dakota in November of 2009.
My new friends are very accomodating.  They have found a special place for me to sleep each evening when they go home.  I've been sleeping like a baby!

I have been introduced to Mr. Ted E. Bear.  Mr. Bear goes home with each student.  He has been filling me in on how wonderful the children in Mrs. Traut's kindergarten class are.

WOW!  North Dakota can really celebrate Thanksgiving.  These pilgrims even gave me my own hat.  I'm ready for the feast!

Thank you Mrs. Traut and kindergarteners - I have had a wonderful time in North Dakota.