Chicks

Over the past few weeks we have enjoyed some good ol' embryology in room 505.  In February our chick eggs were delivered.  We began our study on the life cycle of a chicken.

The children were so excited to feel the warmth of the incubator and hold the eggs.  We even got to look inside of the eggs with a "special flashlight".  It was great seeing the kiddos get so excited over seeing the shadows inside of the egg move.  The first graders documented their observations in their very own chick journals.  

Once the chicks hatched the real fun started.  The kiddos absolutely loved holding them and playing with them.  The poor little chicks deserve a gold medal for coming into the world in a first grade classroom!

The day the chicks hatched we had a happy birthday chick party!  We all wore yellow and ate yellow food!  We had cookies with yellow frosting, lemon heads, chick peeps, lemonade, bananas, and so much more!


OTHER CUTE IDEAS!

*We had a countdown made until hatch day.  The kids loved knowing how many more days!
*We made this little cutie on the right.
(Thank you Fun Hand Print Art for the
great idea!)
*We put the chicks in a clear aquarium after
they hatched so the kids could always see!


Are You Smarter Than A First Grader?
1) What is a clutch?
2) What is brooding?
3) What do you call a female chicken?
4)What do you call a male chicken?
5)How can you tell the difference between
a male chick and a female chick?

We found/learned the answers in this precious book:

 Life Cycles: Egg to Chicken and Life Cycles: Tadpole to Frog by Camilla de la Bedoryere.

Disney Princesses

My poor team suffered embarrassment upon my sharing of the 100 year old lady picture. :)  Today, we had a chance to redeem ourselves.  It was "dress as your favorite character" day.  We were Disney princesses!

 

Why First Grade is THE BEST!

Today was an exciting day in Mrs. Morse's class!  We have been waiting for the delivery of our chick eggs and have had our calendar marked in anticipation.  While our eggs were resting and getting warm in the incubator, one of my little fellas decided he was going to read a book to the chicks.

*Be still my beating heart, he is a doll!*  And the best part, he even showed them the pictures through the window on the top!  First graders really are the best!

More 100th Day

We are enjoying our week of "100th Day" fun!  Yes, we turned one day into a whole week! :)  My dear teacher friend shared a super fun activity that the kids and I had so much fun with today!  Thanks, JB!

" I wish I had 100 ice cream cones!  I wish I had 100 pairs of clothes!  I wish I had 100 days of vacation!  But I'd never want 100 spiders!"

It was fun to see what the kids came up with.  Some wanted 100 teachers!  How cute!

100th Day, HOORAY!

The 100th day of school is a BIG DEAL in first grade!  In fact, we started our countdown 100 days ago!  Each morning of school we added a straw to the ones place, soon to be the tens place, and today we turned it into a three digit number! 100!  We also turned all of those coins we have been adding up into a dollar  bill!

   

This book was great!  We read a poem each day!

AND, best yet!  Today we all dressed like we were 100!  The kids were so cute!  (Although, I have never seen old people move so fast/ so much in my LIFE!)  And here is a picture of the greatest and *most fun* team a girl could ask for:

 I love these ol' ladies!  And, believe it or not, they are all so pretty! ;)