Net Gap 2002: Grade 4 Visits with Mrs. Kuipers

Fourth Graders welcomed their Net Gap Speaker, Mrs. Kuipers, May 24th.

Oral history is when someone comes into your class and tells you how it was a long time ago. We learned from Mrs. Kuipers that they didn't have an automatic washer or dryer. Our class also lerned that they made up a lot of there games. The most amazing thing was that they only had one car! ...Joe

When Mrs. Kuipers was little most people had a wringer instead of an automatic washer. During World War II she had to collect tin foil, metal and iron. ...Danny

This is Mary when she was in fourth grade.

I learned lots from Mrs. Kuipers. One of the things I learned was that the toys she played with was dolls. Sometimes thay would make up games. Another thing was in school thay didn't have the time out, thay got slapped with th ruler or got a spanken. Las thing is in her days thay had cars and electristy. But the beds were hard it was made of straw. That's what I learned from Mrs. Kuipers. ...Ashley H.

One thing I learned was that most people had one car and didn't have a lot of money. She told us about what kind of toys she had and what kind of clouse she wore. ... Jon.

I also learned that we can learn a lot from asking elderly people about different things. ...Ethan

This is about a person who came in and answered our questions. The person's name is Mary Kuipers. She was so nice. She told us what her life was about. ...Kellie

She slept in a straw bed up stairs. She said, "It was cold and drafty". I also learned in school if you were bad you would either get hit with a ruler or spanked by the principal. ...Katie

Today Mrs. Kuipers came in to tell us about herself. One thing she told us is she got .50 cents baby sitting. She also told us during World War 2 she and her frineds pretended to be in it too. I learned that her least favorite food was liver. ...Jake

We interviewed Mary Kuipers. I learned that she grew up in Holland, Michigan. I also learned that girls didn't play sports but kept scores. I learned she wore dresses every day. I learned a lot from the interview. ...Ricki

I learned that Elvis wasn't populer until she was in high school and nobody ever danced until High School. ...Alex

She told us that when she was our age she couldn't play sports because she was a girl. She always had to wear dresses to school, not jeans. She told me that after World War II all the little boys at school wore army helments, goggles, leather jackets, and army boots. ... Haley

One thing I learned today was that movies cost 15 cents. That's cheap! ...Ashley S.

She told us how wringers worked. A wringer is an old washing machine. Mary told us that most families only had one car. Mary Kuipers told us a lot of stuff I didn't know. ...Kailane