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! |