Hook, Line, and Sinker!

Yes, this is how our April  began....with a hunt to see the elusive Lirpaloof Bird.  The students learned some important characteristics like you can only see the bird at the beginning of April, Lirpaloofs like carrots, and, don't forget, you can not yell at the Lirpaloof.  You must sing to it.  The students read all about it in this article.  The students studied hard so that we would be successful on our sight seeing tour.

Unfortunately,  there were no lirpaloofs out when we were searching.  So, the students returned to the classroom and we decided to do some word work with April Fools.  We worked to find as many words as we could in the word April Fools.  That is when it dawned on them....April fools backwards....Lirpaloof!  Gotcha!