Happy Official Hatch Day! I arrived in school this morning to find an incubator filled with chicks. Thirteen chicks were waiting to be placed in the brooder. What a great way to start the day!
The Question of the Day was: Are you happy to have chicks in Room 104? Of course, the Yes column was the only one with any responses! The boys and girls began the day by learning how to draw cartoon chicks and chickens. The brooder was kept under wraps until after the class was shown the empty egg shells from the night's hatching. Everyone was then thrilled to pieces to see all the chicks in the brooder! We opened the practice eggs to discover chicks inside there, too.
The first graders were fortunate to see another chick hatching while they were in the classroom. It is amazing how quickly the chicks change from wet and tired to dry and alert! The chicks are not quite ready to be handled much by first graders on the first day of their lives, but the boys and girls did have a couple opportunities to gently, oh so gently, pet a chick I was holding.
By the end of the school day, sixteen chicks had hatched in Room 104! Most of the chicks had also figured out the purpose of chick feed. When the boys and girls were quiet, they could hear soft peeping. When we were absolutely quiet, the chicks would fall asleep. The boys and girls spent time throughout the day writing and drawing about what was happening in the incubator and the brooder. They also added other items to their egg-chick books.
Most of the day was taken over by the arrival of the chicks, but we also welcomed a couple tour groups of prospective parents, had ASL, went to library, completed spelling work, and read about penguins with partners.
The boys and girls took home their nests with their practice eggs and newly hatched chicks!
There will be more chick activities tomorrow!
The Question of the Day was: Are you happy to have chicks in Room 104? Of course, the Yes column was the only one with any responses! The boys and girls began the day by learning how to draw cartoon chicks and chickens. The brooder was kept under wraps until after the class was shown the empty egg shells from the night's hatching. Everyone was then thrilled to pieces to see all the chicks in the brooder! We opened the practice eggs to discover chicks inside there, too.
The first graders were fortunate to see another chick hatching while they were in the classroom. It is amazing how quickly the chicks change from wet and tired to dry and alert! The chicks are not quite ready to be handled much by first graders on the first day of their lives, but the boys and girls did have a couple opportunities to gently, oh so gently, pet a chick I was holding.
By the end of the school day, sixteen chicks had hatched in Room 104! Most of the chicks had also figured out the purpose of chick feed. When the boys and girls were quiet, they could hear soft peeping. When we were absolutely quiet, the chicks would fall asleep. The boys and girls spent time throughout the day writing and drawing about what was happening in the incubator and the brooder. They also added other items to their egg-chick books.
Most of the day was taken over by the arrival of the chicks, but we also welcomed a couple tour groups of prospective parents, had ASL, went to library, completed spelling work, and read about penguins with partners.
The boys and girls took home their nests with their practice eggs and newly hatched chicks!
There will be more chick activities tomorrow!