Caterpillars and Butterflies / les chenilles et les papillons

We had a wonderful week exploring caterpillars and the life cycle of the butterfly  :)

We are very lucky to have our classroom caterpillars. We have been watching them grow and some of them are starting to make their chrysalis.  This is very exciting for us to watch. 

R.T was noticing how small our caterpillars were when we got them. 

 

S.H and C.C observing our caterpillars.

S.A and A.T were drawing picture of the caterpillars :)

E.S was practicing her french words (butterfly and caterpillar)

We asked the children a few questions about the life cycle of the butterfly...

What do you think it looks like inside the egg

* F.C - baby caterpillars

* S.O - I think there's white inside

* A.T - I think he might be growing inside

* R.K - I think it's brown inside

* H.M - It looks like a coconut inside

*D.R (SK) - I think it's dark in there

What do you think caterpillars eat

* D.R (jk) -  Leaves

*L.M - Strawberries

* A.B - Grass

* R.D - A watermelon just like inside the hungry caterpillar

* S.B cabbage

*C.C - Icing   

What do you think caterpillars do inside the chrysalis

* R.T - They sleep

* F.C - They grow

* S.Y - They are hiding

* C.C - They are growing into a big beautiful butterfly

* R.D - They eat dark things from when they were hibernating inside their cocoon

* H.M - They play hide and seek

*S.B - They are getting a costume

* S.O - They spin their cocoon while they are sleeping, and growing a pair of wings

*D.R (SK) -  You have to wait a while and then they magically turn into a butterfly

Where do you think butterflies fly too

* L.M - To get food

* F.C - Maybe go back to their home

* C.S - To get a drink of water

*C.C - Go to find some shells to hide in

*B.M - to make babies

*T.H - To play cat and mouse

*A.B - To go somewhere warm so that they can get war and not see snow on the ground

*D.R (SK) - Before they lay eggs they get pollen

*H.M - they get nectar

We have also been drawing pictures of the butterfly life cycle. We have decided to also turn our dramatic play area into a Butterfly Sanctuary!  We started to make a chrysalis out of paper mache that we are going to add to our sanctuary. 

R.T helping to make the Chrysalis

Letting the paper mache dry.  Hopefully we will be able to paint it green this upcoming week :)

We also went to Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Moore's classroom to visit the baby chick eggs. 

They will hopefully hatch this upcoming week! :)

This week we have also been talking about "Inferring".  We read the book "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus". We were inferring his feelings.  We were also writing our own versions of "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus".  We love all the writing we have been doing lately!  Keep up the great work :)

L.M making her Pigeon book :)

D.R (SK) did a great job working on his book

B.M worked very hard on his book!!

M.H writing his book

Friday we had a special visit from an Aboriginal Drumming group.  Some of our class were able to participate using various drums, and musical instruments.