Critter City!

Our classroom has been invaded with critters this week!  We are just starting a Science unit about animal life cycles, so of course we needed to have some animals to observe.  We have 5 painted lady butterfly larvae that are growing rapidly inside their little container.  They eat their food source at the bottom of the cup for a few weeks before they make a chrysalis and turn into butterflies.  The students will be observing them daily and drawing and writing about what they see.  Here are our 5 new caterpillar friends:

We have also welcomed 44 meal worms into our classroom.  Each student is responsible for 4 worms.  Over the next few weeks they will be watching and taking notes as they go through the remaining 3 stages of their life cycle.  Some of the activities the students will do is to measure their worms, draw their life cycles, and see what happens when they blow on them.  They are getting used to the idea that they actually have to touch them! Here are our meal worms:

We will keep our readers updated on how our critters change, so stay tuned!

Mrs. Schlickbernd

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Today we set up our meal worm cups.  We got to touch them!  We will be observing them for the next few weeks to learn about their life cycle.  We saw cool animals at our assembly about the rain forest.  We saw a snake, a lizard, and a tarantula!  Parent teacher conferences are tomorrow.  There is no school on Friday.

Regina

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Today at Calendar it was 36 degrees.  In Math we learned about meters and centimeters.  We don't have school on Friday.  Parent-Teacher conferences are on Thursday from 3:00-9:00.

Matthew

Friday, February 1, 2013

Today we wrote letters to friends in Writing.  We measured with cubes and paper clips in math.  There is no school on Friday.  We watched a movie about the wetlands habitat.  We celebrated lots of half birthdays this week!  Don't forget to bring cereal boxes for Valentine's Day.

Kolton

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

We made movies on the iPad about our vocabulary words.  We did our fractions test on the computer.  Don't forget to bring cereal boxes to school for Valentine's Day.

Madison

Monday, January 28. 2013

We did our last lesson on fractions today.  It was about fractions of a set.  We have a new spelling rule.  They are pirate words with "ar" in them.  We finished our habitat mobiles.  The Charlotte's Web cast party is today after school.

Isaiah

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Today in Science we learned about animal habitats.  We learned about 5 habitats.  They are the ocean, the desert, wetlands, rain forest, and forest.  In math we are learning about fractions.  Kolton's birthday is on the 25th.  Tomorrow we are going to have pizza for lunch.

Fatima