Our recent field study to St. Augustine was fantastic! Not only did we validate so much of the knowledge that we already have learned in Social Studies and Readers Workshop, but we also learned a few new interesting facts.
Did you know that it took 23 years to build the Castillo de San Marcos and that the Spanish kept their livestock in the moat around the fort when they were being attacked by their enemies? We also learned that in addition to the bell tower in one corner of the fort, that there are also 3 other corner towers with the purpose of acting as lightning rods! We also got to meet the oldest living member of St. Augustine, Old Senator, a huge tree that is over 600 years old and STILL GROWING!! His trunk is 33 feet around in circumference! We loved our fort tour and the trolley tour around the city. It was a beautiful day where all that we have learned in school really became personal for us as we got to experience it all up close. What was your favorite part of our trip? Leave a comment to earn some Behavior Bucks. Oh, and enjoy the slideshow!
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Mattie here. I loved the trolley ride ( I think the Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not faucet think look cool!). I also really liked the playground.
ReplyDeletemy favorite part was inside the fort it was so cool but hot in my hat. I loved the little room too! But the whole field trip was fun I want to have my birthday party there.
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My favorite part was the trolley! Samantha
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was seeing the gun deck at the fort. Megan O
ReplyDeletemy favorite part was the trees from the troll tour
ReplyDeleteclayton
I loved when we went into the dungen room in the castillo de sanmarcos.
ReplyDeleteChloe
my favorite part of the trip to st. aug was the trolley ride beacause i got to learn about st. aug and i got to see some pretty amazing things.
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I liked it all, it was really really fun! I gotta say my favorite part was the trolley tour. carter
ReplyDeleteReally fun trip. My favorite part was probably the Dungen... Chelsea B.
ReplyDeleteI liked everything, but i have to say that i really liked the Dungen. That was awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteAlexandra B.