Our chrysalids...

We watched patiently to see if our butterflies would emerge from their chrysalises. We wanted to be sure that their habitat (the net cage) had food for them, so we put flowers and a sliced orange inside. On Wednesday we noticed that two of them were shaking a lot.

We finished up our insect life cycle unit this week by learning about insect mouths. We learned that a butterfly has a straw-like tongue that it uncoils to sip nectar from a flower and that bees collect pollen on their legs. We tried being like butterflies while we sipped juice, and we were like bees when we munched on some Cheetos. Our fingers were orange with the "pollen" on the Cheetos...when we flew to another flower in the room, we left some of our "pollen" on it. When insects do this in the garden it is called pollination and it helps our gardens grow.

We have held several practices for our Celebration of the Zones performance on June 2 at 2:00. Please remember to send in a blue, yellow, green or red T shirt - we will keep the shirts here to wear on the day of our performance. Your children have all done a great job during our practices - you will feel proud of them!

Next week we will do a mini unit all about Michigan, followed by a study of dinosaurs! Enjoy the long four day weekend!!

Friday, May 29 is our Field Day (rain date is June 1). This is always a fun day for our students. We go in and out throughout the day to participate in a variety of field day events. We take many breaks to help the day go smoothly. Your child should dress for the playground and you may wish to put sunscreen on at home that morning.