You may have heard from your child yesterday, but a chick hatched over the weekend. When we went to turn the eggs on Friday afternoon, we noticed a small crack in the egg and then a few hours later, we began hearing a faint, "cheep cheep" and saw an egg tooth appearing! We were quite surprised and by Saturday morning, we had welcomed our first healthy chick - many days earlier. On Monday, this prompted a conversation about early births and students engaged in the questioning process of why this may have happened when the typical egg hatches after 21 days. Students met and chatted with this first chick yesterday and in a few days, it will move to a local farm to continue its growth while we await the arrival of the other 2 dozen eggs. As we were turning the eggs today, students began to notice that the eggs were becoming a bit heavier and hope that they too hatch soon. We continue to journal our observations and questions while reading more about the life cycle of a chick. Our class is adding to a vocabulary chart of interesting words we come across in our reading and adding them to our chart. INQUIRE with your child what an egg tooth is or what an embryo is! In math, we are now working on solving number story problems all about chicks! Students are becoming quite efficient in showing their thinking during this process!
