![]() Students in 4W began their Place Project this week. It was love at first sight when we arrived at Elizabeth Gardens armed with field journals, measuring tools, photo taking devices, and the desire to find that perfect spot. After locating their special places, students journaled, made qualitative and quantitative observations, asked questions, sketched their surroundings and explored the natural world around them. It was joyous! Below are some quick quotes from their writing and some pictures as well. For a different perspective, please check out Kidblog. On Thursday afternoon, students blogged about their special spots. Enjoy! "Here I am in my special spot. I am on a rock by the creek."
"If I look up, there is sunlight flooding through the trees." "I wonder what animals are all here." "Wait! I think I just heard a woodpecker." "There's lots of sunlight, pretty leaves, and a tree stump near me." "It smells like nature!" "Tons of leaves are falling out of nowhere and there is no wind." "There are rocks bordering the creek and some rocks have nets around them." "I feel so good at this spot! I see tons of trees!" "I am sitting by a stream. Luckily it has lots of stones so I can step on them instead of my socks getting wet." "I can tell a lot of people have been here before because there are lots of footprints." "There are also little puddles inside the creek." "It's peaceful and sort of quiet." "All the trees are pretty shades of red, yellow, orange, brown, and some are still green." "It's muddy, but who cares? My place is perfect, but it is hard to enter." "There were just some weird rumbling noises." "I know it's not deep, but I feel like I'm locked in a ravine." "I see lots of water spiders." "I see a stick attached to a spider web." "Shoot! I got my muddy boot on my backpack!" "I dropped my book in the water so I have to start writing here because I cannot write on wet paper." "I am in my special space on a log which is kind of scary." "It is so peaceful, awesome, but sort of gross." "The water flowing beside me is so soothing."
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