Students in Paula McCauley’s second grade class at Port O’Connor Elementary School learned to make and fly kites. Below they tell of their experience. We hope they will be participating in the Kite Flying Contest on King Fisher Beach on Saturday, May 26.

Kites Are Made Today
By Sarah Doggett

On May first we made kites. We flew them on the old playground and on the softball field. It flew very high. It was hard work. It fell a few times but it got back up. There was a very strong wind that day. It was very fun doing it. I felt very proud of my work; I hope we can fly the kites again.

Kites
By Anthony Luna

One day we made kites, but they were just for decoration. We made ones just like it but it could fly. It was so cool! All you need to make it is construction paper, string, hole punchers, streamers, and things to color with. I was running away from it because I thought it was a dragon! I had sooooooooo much fun. But Dylan jumped into mine and almost broke it. He kept doing it. All the kids did an excellent job because all of us followed the one best rule…NO CRYING!!! We all had fun. Clayton helped me so he got to fly my kite. My kite almost got eaten by a tree but I pulled it out.

! Kites Up High, Very High In the Sky!
By Amy Resendiz

The other day we flew kites on the old playground. I named mine Icy Bird. We made it with tape, paper, string, and don’t forget the streamers. We used the streamers for the tail of the kite. My kite was blue and had white streamers. They all flew very, very high up in the sky. Madison’s was the highest of all of them all. Then there was Shane’s. Then came me! The parts of a kite are a keel, a tail, and the string, of course! I put signs on mine saying Love Everywhere! I also put cool designs on it, too! We needed lots and lots of wind to make them fly. They were very, very wild kites because of the wind blowing very, very hard on the kites.

When We Made Kites
By John Rosenboom

My kite is red and orange with colorful dots. I made another kite, too but the second time we could really fly it. It was fun making kites. My sister hit my kite with a pinecone. Yesterday was a good day to fly my kite. I fixed my kite so it will fly good. I named it Fire Flames.