I'm sure you will all hear about our morning of boat building in the forest.  As we were eating snack Angie told us a tale about a raft-building chicken while she demonstrated some boat building techniques.  Then everyone had time to gather materials in nature to make their own boats.  When everyone was done we said goodbye to the forest and headed down to a sandy beach on the edge of the river.  Angie launched the boats one at a time while we cheered from the shore.  All of the boats were a great success, whether they traveled a few feet or are still on their journey.  We even caught a glimpse of three boats passing under the bridge on our way back which was thrilling!

This week during writing we have been creating poems by drawing an object and writing words to describe it around the edge of the picture. We have also been enthusiastically observing tadpoles and documenting their changes in our science notebooks.