Greetings Parents!!!!
We have had a wonderful week! Everybody has been working very hard.As you know we have been learning about life cycles for the past few weeks. And the students have had some extra-special guests in our class---caterpillars! The students collaborated to take care of them and name them: Heimlih, Dot, and Flik.
Buzz Lightyear really enjoyed watching them crawl all over their tank!
We then read the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and talked about what to feed our new friends. Minnie wanted to feed them candy like in the book, while Winnie the Pooh wanted to feed them vegetables because they are healty. We eventually decided to feed them leaves like in the beginning of the book.
On Thursday we had a surprise in the morning! The caterpillars were gone! They had tranformed into their chrysalis forms!! Heimlih, Dot, and Flik are going to emerge soon as beautiful butterflies. But what color will they be? The students each designed a butterfly and predicted what they will look like. Minnie thought they would be pink, Buzz Lightyear thought they would be green, Winnie the Pooh thought they would be yellow and red, and Elsa thought they would be light blue. We'll see soon! Parents, what color do you think they will be?
Next week when our butterfly friends are ready to emerge, we'll see who predicted the right color!
--Ms. Snow White
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar
(In a real classroom I would have taken pictures of the actual caterpillars and the students' artwork.)
ReplyDeleteI think your blog is so cute. I love how came up with a fun hands on activity for The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I loved that book. I like how they will color butterflies that they think they will look like. You can even hang all the butterflies from your roof. You could also create a life cycle of the butterfly and attach it to string or yarn and have them draw and color the caterpillars and butterflies.
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ReplyDeleteI love how you designed your blog! It is a little different but very creative. I love The Very Hungry Caterpillar book. My three year old daughter always ask me to read it to her before bed. Great idea! I'm sure your students would love this activity.