It's been an exciting butterfly week! We've been checking in on our chrysalis every day and finally today, we arrived to find that one had emerged! We were so excited! We decided to make a table, estimating how many butterflies we thought would emerge before the end of the day. (Even the guinea pigs and the frogs "took a guess"). ;-) The "3"s were the winners! We had 3 butterflies emerge before the end of the day and we decided to release them right away so they wouldn't be trapped over the weekend. To celebrate this exciting day of butterflies, we also did some butterfly art! We had so much fun mixing the colours together in this symmetrical exercise. Many of us have been writing about the butterflies in our journals, too. In Math, the focus has shifted to measurement. We don't need to learn about specific units of measurement yet (cm, inches, etc), but we can learn how to use different objects to measure and compare items. We began by measuring various lengths of the classroom with our bodies. We found that the width of the room was longer than the length, but we also decided that using our bodies wasn't a great measurement tool because we are all different lengths. We needed something that was consistent in length. We found some pretty strange items to use, including miniature babies from a baby shower that Madame hosted awhile back. Paper clips and unifix cubes were also a winner! And it was a wet one in the forest this week, but we didn't let that "dampen" our spirits. (Pun intended). ;-) Some of us are so motivated with our reading that we wouldn't even pass up the chance to bring our flashcards to the forest to work through them with Madame in the rain. Extra Photos...
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