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North Carolina Bird

The North Carolina bird is a Cardinal. It became the state bird in March 4, 1943. Sometimes it is called the Winter Redbird because it is the most noticeable during winter. It is the most likely to be in gardens, meadows, and woodlands in North Carolina. Cardinals are seed eaters, but they also eat little fruits [...]

North Carolina Facts

Mount Mitchell
Carnivorous Plant: Venus Fly Trap
Beverage: Milk
Bird: Cardinal 
Colors: Red, and Blue
Fish: Channel Bass
Flower: Dogwood

Mount Mitchell; in North Carolina

As you may know, North Carolina has a lot of mountains. It has many more besides Mount Mitchell, but Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of Appalachian, the highest point east of Mississippi. It was the highest point of each state of the USA until Texas joined the union  in 1845. 

Oklahoma Animal

The Oklahoma state Animal is the Buffalo. It was designated the state animal in 1972. It can weigh up to 1800 and stand 6 feet tall, but thats at the shoulder. No other wild animal has made such a role in human history. Native Americans were very familiar with buffalos and ox, bison and such, [...]

Oklahoma Facts

The state fruit is the strawberry
The beverage is milk
People want the watermelon to be the state fruit runner up
The governor is Brad Henry.
The state animal is the buffalo
Oklahoma state bird is the Wild Turkey

Oklahoma Article

The Oklahoma state fruit is the Strawberry. Different schools voted for it to be. About eight counties in Oklahoma grow strawberries. Now they have also thought about the Watermelon for being the runner up. The students practically came up with it, because they new about eight or more counties grow them. They are also the [...]

Green Book vs. Pilgrims

For writing skills we had to read a book call The Green Book. Then we had to compare the characters in the book to the pilgrims. The characters in The Green Book had to travel from where they live to another place, although unlike the pilgrims they actually had to go to another planet rather [...]

Elizabeth Alexander

Introduction
Elizabeth Alexander — the great poet — came to our school. As you may know, she was the poet who read at the Inauguration because Obama chose her, to make a poem special for the great day. She had 3 weeks to work on it. She was inspired to right the Amistad poems she read [...]

Our New President, Barack Obama

On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama became our new president. At the inauguration, in his speech, you can tell that he is the right choice for a president. I noticed that repeating back the oath was a bit of trouble at first. Roberts made a few mistakes saying the poem to Obama, so Obama wasn’t [...]