A Visit from Drumlin Farm

It was quite an exciting morning today. After adjusting all of our new ball chairs to the correct height and trying them out for the first time, the door opened and in rolled a cart with small cages.  As a huge tarp was placed on the floor with dried leaves and surrounded by a huge [...]

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An Alphabet of the Animals of the Assabet River

Our beautiful poster is now finished. This afternoon we received a laminated copy and we are all very pleased with the results. Each animal was carefully drawn to precision and a poem was written to accompany it. Our poster will be on display at our breakfast on Wednesday where the class will present their pictures [...]

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Animals of the Assabet River Poster

Many of you may have already noticed the beautiful framed posters hung around our school created by our fourth grades in 2006 to commemorate the opening of Brister’s Hill. This year our class has been given the opportunity to create a poster in honor of the opening of our new river walk on June 14. [...]

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Nature’s Recyclers

This afternoon it was warm and sunny with signs of spring everywhere so we decided to head outside in search of nature’s recyclers. After heading down a little path beside the parking lot, we broke into small groups in a part of the woods the kids had never really noticed to closely examine old decaying [...]

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Observing Earthworms

The class was very curious last week when a small container of 75 earthworms arrived in room.  Although everyone was anxious to observe them, the instructions enclosed told us to mix one bag of soil with one pound of fruit peels and place everything, including the earthworms, in a plastic terrarium and cover with a [...]

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Creating a Forest Salad

Although the weather forecast this morning called for showers throughout the day, the children all arrived ready and enthusiastic for our Town Forest field trip. Even though some came dressed in rain gear, our science specialist along with the naturalists from Drumlin Farms made a last minute decision to actually do something different: hold the [...]

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