All of our butterflies emerged from their chrysalises this week so it was time to set them free! In past years, Madame has been able to get some great open-winged photos with most of the students, but this year's butterflies were very much ready for their taste of freedom and didn't want to stay still for the paparazzi or for cuddle time. We managed to snap a handful of quick photos. As often happens in nature, not all of our butterflies survived. We had two that died somehow after emerging so we decided to keep them as specimens and examine them more up close, along with their chrysalises and the skin that they shed when they transformed from caterpillar form. And speaking of butterflies, we did some art! Because butterflies are just way too beautiful to pass up as inspiration. Madame told us that we only had one rule to adhere to - we needed to make them symmetrical. Math meets Art! The results were beautiful, unique creations of all different sizes, shapes, and designs that reflected our personalities. We have also been hard at work creating sets for our upcoming play performances and are getting excited to showcase all our efforts! In Science, we have been learning about the water cycle this week. We loved watching a StoryBots episode all about it and have started an ongoing experiment. Madame placed a vase of water in the courtyard and drew a line around where she had filled the water. Next week we will see how much of the water has evaporated! We've been continuing to practice our "Somewhere, Over the Rainbow" song to perform for the seniors next week. Since we'll be walking and singing at the actual event, Madame wanted to give us an authentic practice experience. Today we went "caroling" around the whole school building, singing our song. We received lots of compliments from teachers and staff who heard and saw us as we went. And it has been "bike to school week"! Those of us who came on our bikes got to put a sticker on our poster and received a tattoo. (Madame let us cheat a little bit and anyone who came on their scooter or walked received one, as well). We had some fun pictures shared with us from Farmer Crystal, who gave us the chicks! They are all healthy and happy on the farm and have grown a lot! One of them ("Piper") turned out to be a rooster, but the rest are all hens. (The white one in the last photo here was not one of ours). Extra photo, because it's cute...
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