Time for Castles

The Grade 1J's made castles on Friday.  One boy in our class said it is because "we need to experience how to build castles".  We have been reading a story in our reader about two boys who build their first sandcastle of the season.  We made a text-to-art connection and built our own castles.  A retired teacher in our community saves his scraps of wood for us each year.  Now that the glue is dry, we will paint our castles.   It's so much fun!