Our trip to the Frog Pond

Today our class went to the frog pond behind Shedd Park.  We saw two Mallard ducks (a male and a female) with two turtles on a rock.  As we moved around the pond, we found lots and lots of snails.  Mrs. McDermott heard a frog and we went to investigate.  We found three frogs, but they were all too fast for us.  We also found a baby turtle, but it dove under the tall grass and we could not catch it.  When it was time for us to go, we saw another turtle and frog, but it was too late.  In the end, we caught one large snail and one baby snail.  We brought them back to the classroom for further observation.  We will return the snails to the pond at the beginning of next week.  We will also return to the frog pond at another time to see if we can find some tadpoles or frogs.