Inflatable Whale

N. O. Nelson second graders interacted with the 55-foot long inflatable Fin Whale. Students enacted the story of "A Thousand Pails of Water" by Ronald Roy, went inside the whale, and measured the whale.

A student portrays Yukio who tries to save the stranded whale.

Yukio promised to bring a thousand pails of water to save the whale.

Yukio becomes tired and falls down. Grandfather tries to help save the whale.

Soon the whole village comes to pour water on the whale.

Finally, a wave lifts the whale up and carries it off to sea.

Mrs. Burns' class inside the whale.

Looking out from the clear side of the whale.

That's quite a tummy full.

Measuring the whale.

It's huge!

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