Auburn, NY Is Important: Mrs. Quinzi's Class

Our Town: Auburn

Auburn is a small rural city located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. There are nearly 30,000 people living in Auburn. There are many things to do and see in Auburn.

We go to Owasco Elementary School which is one of the five elementary schools in Auburn.

Our Project

First, we read The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. We then made a list of what we thought was important in Auburn. Then we took turns taking pictures of places in Auburn. As a class we wrote a poem and each of us wrote about our special places. Finally we each wrote in The Important Book format about our place.

What Is Important About Auburn, New York?

The Important thing about Auburn, New York
is that we live there.

There are many houses in Auburn. I live in a big house.

Harriet Tubman’s house is in Auburn, New York.
Harriet Tubman helped free many slaves.

At the Seward House you can visit inside and see things that belonged to William Seward. You can see his family portraits.

At the Auburn Fire Department you can slide down a really, really big pole.You can visit the fireman and see inside the fire truck. They help us stay safe.

Everybody can go to Auburn City Hall and get their bills.
It is a cool building.

At Owasco Lake you can go swimming in the summer. You can go fishing, boat riding and you can go across the street to Green Shutters for dinner or lunch.

Green Shutters is a restaurant for everybody. You can eat in your car at Green Shutters.

The Springside Inn is a great place to have dinner.
They have great chicken tenders.

Tom Thumbs is a great place to get ice cream.
You can only get ice cream in the summer.

When you sit on the bench you can see Owasco Lake.
You can play at Owasco Park. You can go on the monkey bars and go in the sandbox.

Owasco School is a School you might want to go to. It is behind Owasco Park. We go to Owasco School.

Hooper Park is a cool place to go to. You can ride your bike at Hooper Park. You can feed the ducks, too.

Falcon Park is home of the Double Days. You can watch a baseball game at Falcon Park.

Movie Plex is a great place to see movies. You can see Ice Age 2, the Melt Down, The Pink Panther, Eight Below and Nanny McPhee.

The Citizen is our home town newspaper. They print over fourteen thousand papers a day.

P& C is a grocery store. We have five stores in town. You can get a lot of food. They have vegetables.

You can see Copper John on top of Auburn Correctional Facility. They lock up bad people and make them good.

But the important thing about Auburn is that we live there.

Visit our class webpage and see lots more
important things about our town!

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