We had another great day in Room 240 - it really seemed to fly by. We spent the morning on a field trip to Underwater Adventures at the Mall of America. We had a GREAT time - we first spent some time in a class with one of the staffers. she taught us about Invertebrates - animals that have no bones. Be sure to ask your child all about it. They got to touch some cool artifacts, such as a turtle shell, sponges, shells, and shark's jaws.

After the class, we got to tour through the "tunnel", in which we walked through a glass tube, basically, and had all kind of cool animals swimming all around us. We saw various sharks, rays, fish, and invertebrates. We also got to see seahorses and other smaller animals.

After the main part of the exhibit, the kids got to 'pet' sea stars, rays, and crabs (if they wanted to).















We also took a class picture:
















When we got back to school, we quickly ate lunch, and then headed on down to the gym for class with Mr. Hill and Mr. Peterson. When we got back up from gym, we read a couple of books (gotta read those minutes during the Read-a-thon!!), and then worked on a writing project about our trip - we worked on sequencing, by making a pseudo-comic strip about the trip. The kids were encouraged to think about what happened first, second, third, etc., and then make sure that their writing reflected that sequence. By the time we fginihsed that, it was time to pack up and head home!