Spring Into Life
with Pussy Willows 

Several years ago, one of Mrs. Weber's students brought her some cuttings from her Grandmother's pussy willow bush. Mrs. Weber put them in water, they grew roots and Mrs. Weber planted them in her yard. Now she has  her own pussy willow bush. 
When the pussy willows started to come out on her bush this spring, Mrs. Weber brought them to school. We observed them using our "Private Eyes," wrote poetry about them and made our own pussy willows out of cotton swabs. Then we put these cuttings in water. They have roots now and we can each plant a pussy willow bush of our own!

 

Here are some of the poems we wrote:

Jacob wrote:
Pussy willow
Hairy, fuzzy, softy
Looks like a hairy hat
Feels like a bunny
Five pussy willows.

Alex wrote:
Pussy willow
Excellent, perfect, fuzzy
Looks like two caterpillars on a stick
Feels like cotton
My excellent pussy willow

Tyler wrote:
Pussy willow
Fuzzy, bumpy, green
Looks like a cat's tail
Feels like fuzz
My pussy willow