All Aboard The RiverQuest!

First graders have been hard at work studying the CT River, so last week they traveled to Eagle Landing State Park in Haddam, where they enjoyed a picnic lunch and a boat ride on the RiverQuest. Captain Mark took us on a voyage down the CT River, where the students searched for osprey, hawks, egrets, and eagles. First Graders also saw many amazing sights along the river, such as Gillette's Castle, and learned how important it is to recycle and keep the river clean. It was an amazing day! Mrs. Lariviere, our STEAM teacher, came along with us, and on the boat we all sang a song she helped create about the CT River (see lyrics below)!

 Students used binoculars to look for osprey nests, perched high atop poles and landings

 

First Graders brought along their CT River Journals, where they sketched and recorded wildlife they spotted, as well as other things they noticed on their journey.

Students learned how to watch the "Fish Finder" to see what 

was underneath the boat!

The First Graders had an amazing day!

The Connecticut River

adapted co-written by Shari Lariviere

Chorus

So sang the river

As its waters glided low

So sang the river

I have a long long way to go

I am the Connecticut

I travel on down

From the Canadian border

To Long Island Sound

I span five of the six of the New England states

New Hampshire, Massachusetts

Vermont, Connecticut and Maine

Chorus

So sang the river

As its waters glided low

So sang the river

I have a long long way to go

410 miles I travel along

130 feet is the deepest they found

Some parts of me are only a few inches deep

I’m a large ecosystem a treasure to keep

Chorus

So sang the river

As its waters glided low

So sang the river

I have a long long way to go