Our room is almost bug free!

The mealworms that were supposed to come home today should have come home. We had a sad lesson in our room today. Some of the adult beetles could not walk straight and kept flipping over with their legs flailing up in the air. They had a grey, dusty look to them. For whatever reason, they had some leg injuries that prevented them from walking forward or staying on their bellies. This of course prevented them from being able to find their food. We had to have a discussion about how sometimes living things are not born or do not develop as expected and it can affect their quality of life (defined as how easy it is for them to live). As humans, we have the ability to go to doctors and have parts of our bodies fixed, whether it is a bone that is out of place, our brain that needs some help, or our lungs when they get congested. We talked about how most living things just have to live with what they are given, and survive the best they can. I think the message went over some heads, but the tone of the room was a sad one as most of the kids understood that these beetles could not survive with the deficiencies they had. However, those who wanted to go home with a mealworm brought that home taped shut and in a baggy (I did NOT want to hear about those things getting loose in the backpacks!!

Today, the kids had a link for practice on using different rules. It is kind of like the frames and arrows, but a bit more challenging. I told them to take their time and check their work carefully! They also were to do a practice test - randomly choose ten words from the bag and have your child write the words down. Take a second to talk about the word if it is spelled wrong. We are going to attempt to test tomorrow...we are working on a special project as well!

Please see the post from a few days ago about what to do for our "Read In" party on Thursday. Wearing pajamas is NOT REQUIRED, but I am wearing them so I hope I'm not alone!!

Did you hear it might snow on Friday????? 2 more days, everyone! 2 more days!!