Tuesday, October 1, 2013

In a Tall Tall Tree

Last week we went on an animal hunt in the woods behind our school. 
We went on a hunt to find animals that make their homes in our woods. 
Earlier in the morning Ms. Bulger, a grade 2/3 teacher, and I went into
the woods to hang animal pictures.  Her class went on the hunt ahead of us.
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When we were ready to go I started with a poem called
In the Tall Tall Tree.
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Then we gathered our nature bags, binoculars and a
booklet to record what we find and headed into the
woods.
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Some of the pictures were low to the ground, like the rabbit and rat. 
Others were high in the trees, like the eagle and the bat.
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We had to search up and down, here and there. 
When we found one we took it down to have a closer look
and read some of the information on the back.
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Then we opened our book to get a stamp.
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 We continued till we found all of the animals and our books were full.

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Here is a glimpse of the cards I made for the hunt.  On the back of
each is a little ziplock bag that holds the stamp.  I carried a couple
of stamp pads with me.