On Wednesday we got to explore a suitcase full of artifacts from different decades throughout history - from a pelt the Powhatan may have owned all the way to an upright telephone from the early 1900s. We were in awe just
looking at all of the artifacts! Could any of them be an inspiration for writing? One item in particular caught everyone's attention. A small wind-up toy made out of tin had us all laughing, once we finally got him to work! We think he's a toy from a while back, but we want to do some research on how old he is exactly. After writing down all the details we could observe about the duck, we wrote a poem together. You can read the poem we wrote about him below...
Wind-Up Duck
He's a wind-up duck, just wind him up.
Just let him go and he'll do a show.
He'll twirl his hat just like that.
He rides around on the ground.
He has wide staring eyes,
all dressed up in his suit and tie.
He's a clockwork duck but he doesn't go cluck.
His gears go 'round, you can't miss the sound!
Riding into town,
he sees the king and bows down.
