Grade 5 Paris Adventure

Today, we braved the sunny but freezing weather and headed out to solve riddles around Paris. We got quite cold at first, but warmed up nicely at the Lourve. We did few activities at each place, had snack, took photos, had lunch and even got to play kickball at Champs de Mars.  Here are the riddles we solved and the photos are below:

Like a grey night owl, I turn my bright head,

Four legs I do have, yet I cannot tread

I am loved by day but I prefer the night

As every hour I wear a coat of shimmering light

I’m your grand old lady and I float on the Seine

My passengers are winged monsters, women and men

Sun through my round portholes will show

Ancient stories made of a broken rainbow

Folders I pass and papers I stamp

I say yes, no and maybe to a park or street lamp

In this grand old building important decisions I make

As I watch others play on a frozen lake

As the river of time flows gently past

I pick up some pieces so they will last

A rock, a head, a smile, maybe a mask

All kept in my safe pentahedron of glass

I’m like a stone bridge in the heart of a star

I remember harsh battles both near and far

I hope that this memory will help to increase

The desire for all to always have peace

Near the park, there’s a big red machine

It doesn’t need fuel, but children it seems

Beeping, clicking again and again

Children go home with a big full brain

The whole grade 5 enjoying the sun

 Drawing a gargoyle at Notre Dame:

 Working out the perimeter of the ice rink:

 Counting the rhombuses on the Pyramid.

 Another tourist :-)

 Near Tuilleries:

 Lunch:

 Lunch/picnic:

 In the metro:

 A shiny car in he Peugeot shop:

 By the inverted pyramid:

 Class 5D on the Champs Elysees:

 Counting cars. They go fast!

 Arc de Triomphe:

 Metro to the Tour Eiffel:

 Happy kid:

 To the tower:

 By the Seine:

 Under the tower

 My little group

 Kickball by the  Tower:

 Tourists: