Here a cheep...there a cheep

This is my favorite thing they chicks do! When they are sleeping or trying to keep warm, they interlock their bodies and use each other for pillows. It is by far the sweetest thing I've ever seen!

Yesterday we practiced drawing chicks and then we labeled their parts. As you can see, most of them drew "Runaway". He is the chick that tried to runaway from me when I took him out of the incubator. He has quickly become K1 favorite!

Grouchy!

After reading this fun book by Eric Carle we acted it out and wrote about things that make us GROUCHY! It was so funny to hear about how they are grouchy when their blankets fall off, when they have to clean their room, go to the grocery store, or when they get "grounded". I was going to post the pictures of they AMAZING writing but then I remembered we've been practicing writing our last name (yay!) but not good for privacy (boo!).



Peep..peep!

I am so glad these little guys and gals decided to make their debut! K1 Could not possibly be buzzing with any more excitement!! I moved our little brood from our class incubator to the hallway with the chicks that hatched from K4. We have a grand total of 26 chicks! We are in the process of moving the web cam to the hallway for a live feed of them all together. Could they be any cuter??!!??

14 and counting

Happy to report k1 is now the proud parents of 14 chicks!!! Stay tuned for pics...


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Wondering Wednesday...

Today is the big day when we remove the chicks from their turner and patiently await their arrival.

3-D homework alert!!

Today your child came home with a tree map looking similar to this...minus the pictures. Take the weekend to help them find things in your house or outside that are these shapes. They will need to draw a few things under each heading. Have them tell you why it fits (ex. a cube has all squares, cylinders have two circles that are the same size, etc.). We will share on Monday!

This Rocks

This morning we compared and contrasted rocks! First, I did a "shared writing" where I had them help me think of ways two rocks were alike and different. Then, they were on their own to choose any two rocks to write about in their Science journals. I was amazed (once again) at their ability to see and think about things my adult mind would never notice!