Exciting times in the classroom! Meet "Turbo", our new chicky friend that just hatched this week! We removed the ball pit balls from the bathtub and have made her (him??) a special temporary "chicken coop" in the tub. We are all very enamoured with her. Madame actually had to be absent on the day that the chick hatched (boo!!), but she received regular text updates from the custodian and the secretary and returned to find the students had made her a map to find the chick, just in case she didn't know where it was located. We continued our egg-speriment (ha!) from last week and removed the egg from the vinegar we had been soaking it in. We were amazed to find that the outer shell had completely dissolved and left only the inner membrane containing the rest of the egg. That meant that the egg was now bouncy! We had so much fun squishing it delicately between our fingers... or, not so delicately, since we eventually made it burst. Thankfully into a bowl. We have also been taking a look at the chick's life cycle! This has had the added bonus of reviewing sequential French vocabulary: first, second, next, last... And speaking of sequential vocabulary, we did another "how to..." writing page this week, this time with the theme of "how to eat a candy". We were particularly fond of this theme, as we needed hands-on observation materials in order to properly deduce the correct steps involved. We are continuing to learn to sound out words on our own and trust our own instincts when writing. And, hey!... it's Earth Month! We've been so distracted by the chicks that we've barely touched on the topic. This week we read some great books about Earth Heroes and talked about ways that we can make a difference for our world. One of the topics discussed was the importance of plants for helping us breathe. In keeping with that theme, we decided to do some plant-inspired art. We started with a directed drawing of a tulip, then traced over it with dyed glue. Finally, we coloured some tinfoil with markers, sprayed it with water, and laid our artwork over top. We were so pleasantly surprised by the results! We also headed to the forest with our big buddies to make some cool nature art, and just to play and enjoy being in nature's playground. Madame thinks the big buddies secretly had just as much fun as the little buddies. ;-) On Friday, we had an assembly all about Earth Month. Some of us even got up in front of the school to answer questions. We got really nervous just before we were called to go up, but we mustered our courage, shoved our fears, pictured the audience in their underwear, and did a great job up there! Aaaaall the chick pics...
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