Colonial Day
April 1, 2015
Colonial Day is for all our 4th and 5th grade students at Morrish. The purpose is for students to experience and understand the way of life of colonists who lived in America during the 1700s. We hope that students gain a new respect for the inventions that made our current way of life possible.
Event Information
Colonial Day
Sessions will run from 9:00-3:30. Students will gather in the gym at the beginning and end of the day.
When?
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2015, 09:00 AM
Where?
Morrish Elementary School, Mundy Township, MI, United States
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Sessions
Students will rotate through seven 45-minute sessions:
- Basket Weaving - Students will make a trivet
- Wood Carving - Students will learn about the craft and use techniques to carve a bar of soap
- Colonial Life - Speaker Mr. Randy Baker will show artifacts and tell about life in the Northern and Southern Colonies
- Demonstrations - The gym will be set up with corn shucking, sawing, and other experiences
- Boy/Girl Role - Girls will learn a sewing/quilting/knitting skill and Boys will do leather punching and look through Revolutionary War memorabilia
- School (2 sessions in length) - The classroom teacher will teach lessons like children might have learned during the 1700s
- Colonial Crafts - Candle Dipping, Tin Punching, Silhouette, Ink Making and Writing with a Quill
Volunteers
We need lots of help for Colonial Day. Click on the button below and enter your name if you can help us on March 31st for set up or on April 1st.
Volunteer Sign Up for March 31st and April 1st
Please add your name to the document if you can help!
Volunteer Profile Form
If you do not have a Volunteer Profile Form on file for the 2014-15 school year and plan on volunteering on Colonial Day, please print a copy and return to Morrish by March 13th.
Schedule
8:40-9:00 Welcome (in gym)
9:00-9:44 - Session 1
9:45-10:29 - Session 2
10:30-11:14 - Session 3
11:15-11:45 - Lunch
11:45-12:29 - Session 4
12:30-1:14 - Session 5
1:15-1:59 - Session 6
2:00-2:44 - Session 7
2:45-3:30 - Session 8
3:30-3:30 - Wrap Up in Gym
Colonial Day Schedule
Click here to see the schedule for Colonial Day. Student groups are shown on this document also!
Lunch Menu
Students may either bring a Colonial lunch to school or purchase a lunch. Parents may also purchase a lunch through their child's lunch account.
BBQ Chicken leg
Corn on the cob
Cookie
Milk
BBQ Chicken leg
Corn on the cob
Cookie
Milk
Costume Check Out at Conferences
We will have a check out of Colonial Day costumes and accessories at Parent/Teacher Conferences on March 24th (from 1-30 and 5-7) and 26th (from 5-8). Please go to the library to see the display!
Available:
Available:
- Tricorn Hats for boys
- Limited number of baseball pants for boys
- Limited number of shirts for boys
- Mop hats for girls
- Aprons for girls
- Limited number of dresses for girls
- Tin Lunch Pails for those bringing a lunch to school
Archive of Notes Sent Home
Please click on the buttons below to see notes that have gone home with students.
Parent Note 1
Click to see the note that went home with students in early January.
Parent Note 2
Click to see the update sent home in late January
Parent Note 3
This note wenthome with students on February 24th.
Reminder Note
This note will go home with students on Monday, March 30th