Outside by Eleanor
One day me and my buddy went out to see how much sap we had collected from the day before. You see, yesterday we went outside to tap a maple tree. We got to taste the sap. It was sweet! Anyway, when we went out today and looked in the bucket, we saw almost no sap! On the trail it was super muddy. I almost got stuck! The temperature was 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The bark was rough. Now let me tell you about yesterday…
Yesterday we went to Owen Park. We had to drill a hole in the tree. It was hard work! We had to do it without a power drill! When we finally got the hole in the tree, the spile got lost! Then Megan found it. Hooray! Finally, we started hammering. Now we could see the sap dripping. Almost no sap! We got to taste it. Yum, yum, yummy! Tree tapping is fun.
Sugar Maple Tree by Zoe
We went to Owen Park to tap our tree. We saw holes from yellow-bellied sapsucker woodpeckers. It was sunny. It was 50 degrees Fahrenheit. We drilled. We put the spile in and hammered it in. I hope we get lost of sap for pancakes!
The Maple Tree by Allen
We went to the muddy path. There was snow by our maple tree.
Maple Tree by Mateo
One day we went out to the maple tree. We had to find a perfect spot to drill a hole. And we did. So then the spile got lost. We found it. We put it in the hole. I got to taste the maple sap. It tasted like sugar. Then we waited.
We went outside to tap our maple tree. When we went outside, it was sunny and we got mud on our boots. We drilled into the tree. We used a spile. I got to taste some sap and it tasted like sugar. It looks like water. Today we helped Mrs. Herdina’s class measure to see how much sap they have. They have more sap than us. We have a little, tiny bit. It was fun!
Tree Tapping by Maya
One day our class went tree tapping. We put a drill in the tree and sawdust fell out. Then we put the spile in and hammered it down. We put a bucket on the tree and the sap fell out super s-l-o-w-l-y. We got to put our finger under the maple tree bucket. The sap tastes so super sweet. Then we put the lid on the bucket and left it overnight. When we came back the next day, the sap bucket had more sap!
First we went out to the maple tree. Then we drilled a hole into the tree. Last we put the bucket on the spile and the sap came out of the tree. The next day it was 50 degrees. There was lots of mud on our boots. It was hard to move because the mud was so sticky. Maya got stuck in the mud and Mateo too. It was fun.
The Happy Maple Tree by Da’Shiya
One day my class went to our maple tree. But that’s not the whole story. We went through a muddy spot. Some of us got stuck in the mud. Then we got to the maple tree. We drilled and tapped the maple tree. Then we put a spile in our hole. Then we tasted the sap. It was good. Then the next day we went with our buddies to the tree. It was very muddy, but we didn’t get that much sap.
Tapping a Maple Tree by Jimmy
We were walking to our maple tree. The trail was muddy. When we got to our maple tree, we first found a spot to get the sap. Next we put the spile in the tree. We hammered the spile. We put the bucket by the spile. A little sap went into it. It was 50 degrees. There were a lot of holes in the tree. A yellow-bellied sapsucker made the holes. I hope we can make maple syrup.
We walked down to Owen Park. It was sunny. When we got to the woods, the trail got very muddy. Soon we got to our maple tree. We took turns drilling into the tree. When we were done, we hammered the spile in. Then we attached the bucket. While we were waiting, we looked at holes made by yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Then a few drops of sap came out. We all lined up to taste it. It tasted like sugar and water. When we had all tasted it, we went back. We all learned something new!
The next day we went to check on our tree with our buddies. There was not much sap. On the way back we counted our steps. When we went inside we measured our sap. We had ½ ounce.
The next morning, we helped Mrs. Herdina’s class measure their sap. They had two gallons of sap. I hope we get more sap!
The Mystery of the Holes by DMario
We went to the muddy path. There was snow by our maple tree. Inside the tree there is sap. There were a lot of holes in the maple tree. It was fun going to the maple tree.
Tree Tapping by Kimberly
We went tapping maple trees in the woods. Sap came out of the tree, and the sap tastes like sugar. And we saw holes in the tree from a yellow-bellied sapsucker. First we drilled a hole. Then we put a spile in. Then we used a hammer and then a bucket. Sap came out of the tree.
Tapping Maple Trees by Louie
We went to the maple tree in the woods. We put a drill in the tree. We put a spile in the tree. We hammered the spile too. We put a bucket under the spile. We got some sap. We ate some sap.
Not Much Sap by Rodney
Our class went outside to tap a maple tree. When we found our tree there were lots of holes in it. We got to drill. Then we got to taste sap. It tasted sweet.
Tapping a Tree by Jerry
We were walking to our maple tree and we drilled into the tree. The sap was coming out of the tree. We hammered the spile into the tree. Then we walked up the hill.