We went on a hike with our fourth grade buddies (see Mr. Talbot's Page for the Picture) . We had hiked half of the trail last week, so we were able to make some comparisons:
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"I noticed the sand we saw last tiime wasn't there. I hear birds chirping. The ground started to get squishy and it was cold! We were with our fourth grade buddies. We also had to  move our feet fast! I fell over and my fourth grade buddy helped me up. His name is Brody." by Wyatt

I noticed there was so many differrent color leaves. I noticed that the stream was not there. I noticed that there were so many bridges. It was super cold!" by Avery

This is a Komod Dragon. Griffin read in his book that a Komodo Dragon can grow up to 10 feet! During snack the children got out the yard sticks and measured how long the desks were and found that they are 24 inches or 2 feet. They figured out that they could line up 5 desks to see how long a Komodo Dragon is. That is a BIG animal! (The photo is from Free Photos--no Komodo Dragons visited the classroom!)

In honor of Colombus Day we have been studying maps and globes. The children love the big wall map that our awesome custodian Mr. Dave put up for us!