September 9 – 13

This week was busy and exciting! On Monday, some students started their All About Me books. We also celebrated a birthday! On Tuesday, we came to school to find that a butterfly had hatched out of the chrysalis that Mr. Matt brought in! It was very crumpled and wet, so it could not fly yet. We all became scientists and observed the butterfly as well as the chrysalis’ and the caterpillar that we had in the science center. Later, we read “Monarch Butterflies” by Gail Gibbons, and learned about the metamorphosis that monarch caterpillars go through in order to become butterflies! We also played a game called Jumping Beans which starts with a story about my mother giving me magic jumping beans (which the students pretend to be), and me not believing that they are magic. Every time I turn my back on the “beans”, they jump, but whenever I turn back to look at them, they are still! The students had fun with this game, and we talked about ways to be safe while playing games like this. On Wednesday, we celebrated another birthday! We also read the book “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes, a story about a little mouse named Chrysanthemum who gets teased about her name at school, but eventually learns to love her name because it makes her unique. We talked about kindness and individuality throughout the story. On Thursday, we came to school to find that another butterfly had hatched! This one was not crumpled, so we were able to observe it’s beautiful colors and patterns. At recess, we brought the butterfly outside and released it in the flower garden. We also had our first music class with Mrs. Duvall on Thursday! She taught us some very fun songs and led us in a fun rhythm game! On Friday, Ms. Rice had a friend’s wedding to attend, so Ms. Becka, our classroom assistant from last year, came back to sub! Next week, we will continue working on our All About Me books, and we will talk about families.