Fifth Grade Friends

We paired up with our 5th grade buddies and walked to the end of School Street to begin our hike.  As the partners walked together, they tried to find out 5 new things about each other.

Once we got on the trail we started a nature scavenger hunt.

Then it was time to run across the field to enter the woods.

After many interesting findings, we crossed back over the field and went into a completely different type of forest.

Everyone had fun running in this forest (and all of the pictures of this are blurry!).

It was heartwarming to watch the students interacting.  The younger students brought out the best in their older partners.  The 5th grade students were attentive, caring and helpful.  The 1st grade students enjoyed the attention and friendship of an older child.  And, the 1st grade students brought out a playful side of their partners.

Finally we had a challenging hill to climb and then we returned to school.

We wrote about our experiences.

And, then we published this writing with an app called Book Creator.