Today we met Mrs. Bryant’s 3rd grade class from their brand new Brewer Elementary School in Maine. There are over 1,000 students and teachers in their school which goes from Pre-K to 8th grade. It is the largest school in Maine. Some subjects they learn are spelling, reading, writer’s workshop, and art. They liked that we take Spanish at an early age because they don’t get it until middle school. They are making calendars for their parents for Christmas about the cycle of the moon. We learned that Maine is the only state that borders only one other state – New Hampshire. Their other borders are Canada and the Atlantic Ocean. Crops that grow in Maine are blueberries and lobsters. Their state bird is the chickadee. Their state animal is the moose. Maine is called the Pine Tree State.