We were thrilled that the rain held off except for the few sprinkles in the morning (which did keep us inside to discuss landforms). The majority of the students enjoyed the trip stating that they learned the following:

• Blackberry stems are purple.
• There are lots of things to know about plants & you have to be careful.
• There are plants that are bad and take over the area.
• There are plants like thorn bushes and landforms like mountains.
• A bug can go in a stem and make a big circle thing and live in there for 50 weeks and when it comes out it only lives for two weeks.
• I learned 13 new plants like moss, blackberry, strawberry. I learned about valleys, mountains, hills, plains, and plateau.
• I learned that a strawberry plant has 3 leaves like Poison Ivy.
• Red moss does not have roots.
• I learned that the Autumn Olive Tree should not be here and if the bird eats the berries, it gets hyper.
• Mountains are like a triangle. Hills are half the size of a mountain. A volcano is a mountain.

We are having our Writer’s Celebration on Friday because a few children had to finish publishing their “How to” papers. I would love it if your child could bring in the objects from their paper to demonstrate the “how to.” This in not a requirement.