Butterfly Life Cycle

All of our caterpillars formed their chrysalides this week!  

Day 7: Some of the caterpillars began to form their chrysalis. It takes 2 days for their chrysalis to be strong...during this time they are very delicate! 

Day 8: Most of the caterpillars have formed their chrysalis. 

Day 8: We observed that during metamorphosis, caterpillars molt their skin!  You can see this in the picture below! We were lucky enough to be able to watch some of the caterpillars morph into their chrysalides. It looked like they were dancing!   

Day 9-10: Some of the chrysalides were strong enough to be moved into the flight cage! In 7-10 days we should have butterflies! 

Cheerleading

K-4 Cheerleading practice (day three) went great! We practiced the cheers we learned last week and we learned two new stunts! 

Just a reminder that cheerleading practice will now be held on Tuesdays 3:30-5:00. We will be doing a show and share on June 9th at 5:00. 

Center Time

Today the kindergartens enjoyed a new discovery center...a bug sensory bin! 

Butterfly Life Cycle

For the next few weeks we will be observing our caterpillars and we will watch them transform into butterflies. Every morning the students will observe their butterfly and record their findings in their butterfly log book.  Today we noticed that the butterflies grew over the weekend! They should start to form their chrysalis this week. 

Day 1

  

Day 3

Day 6

Observing the butterflies. 

Our Environment

On Monday we learned what Mother Nature is. We learned that Mother Nature isn't a person, but it is a personification of nature, weather and the earth as a mother. The term "Mother Nature" came from ancient civilizations thousands of years ago who saw nature as a motherly figure because their lives depended on crops, and their crops depended on good weather and rain. They believed nature took care of them and helped them grow just as a mother takes care of her child. After we reviewed what the 3 R's mean (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) then we wrote a promise we would make to Mother Nature. 

After, we read the mini booklet, "Litter Monster," then we made a mini booklet about the 3 R's. If you are interested in these booklets you can purchase them from TPT. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-230221

On Tuesday, we read The Lorax. Then, Elements Elephant from our Critter Cafe, helped us figure out the elements of a story. The students worked in groups to figure out what characters were in the story, the setting, the problem/solution and what happened at the beginning/middle/end of the story. 

Wednesday was Earth Day! We celebrated Earth Day in the morning by turning off the lights for Daily 5 and using flashlights to save energy! 

For snack we enjoyed worms in dirt!

In the afternoon learned an Earth Day song, made an Earth Day mini book, and sorted facts/opinions about Earth Day. 

On Friday, the students wrote ways we can help the earth! 

We finished up our Environment unit by watching The Lorax and we also enjoyed some Lorax themed treats! 

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