We love our National Parks!

"We have been studying National Parks.  Some of the parks were Yosemite, Dinosaur, Yellowstone, Mt. St. Helens, Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Death Valley.  We had a great big party, which included delicious trail mix.  Everyone got to read ABC books that we made.  During lunch time, some of the kids got to help set up tents.  All the girls made a campfire (but it was not real).  Ms. Emily read a true story to us.  My favorite part of our National Park study was making our ABC books.  Liza and I studied Mt. St. Helens.  My favorite fact was: the ash from Mt. St. Helens went around the WORLD.  Another favorite was hearing everyone’s favorite pages from their ABC books.  I think that was the best fun ever!!!  And I will remember it very well!!!!!”

--Anya

“We’ve been studying National Parks.  We just finished it!  On the last day of National Parks, we had a party (celebration) for our National Parks.  We go to make our own trail mix!  It was really, really, really, really, really, really, really fffffuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnn!!! (and a lot more explanation marks)

We got to share our projects with partners.  Mine was a booklet about Death Valley.  I just have to tell you that one time the temperature there was 134 degrees Fahrenheit!”

--Orion

“On our National Park party we ate trail mix and shared research about the National Parks we studied about.  We got a choice to do a report or an ABC book or a tour guide.  We got to have trail mix and we got to see an eagle’s nest!  After the party we went home and that was the end.”

--Diego

“At our National Park celebration we had lots of fun!  We set up tents in our classroom and we set up a campfire.  Then we used one of the tables to arrange some snacks that we brought in.  We made our own trail mix with the snacks!  There were marshmallows, M&Ms, sunflower seeds, cereal, raisins, banana chips, and almonds!”

--Pema

“On Monday the 7^th in March, right before lunch recess, most of Room 5 kids stayed in for recess to set up for our National Park celebration.  There were three tents and two of them probably had more than five people working on each one.  The third was mine, the largest one, but it only took three people to put it up.  The tent with the most people working on it never got put up.”

--Kaden

“On Monday, March 7^th, 2011, Room 5 had a National Park Day.  We made trail mix.  There was cereal, M&Ms, chocolate raspberry chips, strawberry chips, peanuts, and then we ate it.”

--Jeremy