After the weekend we were excited to observe our caterpillars

When we left on Friday, only one caterpillar was forming a 'J'

Today all our caterpillars are in chrysalis's except one!

We observed golden spots on the chrysalis's and we can see the last moltings ...

             

                  Our lonely caterpillar...   waiting  to make a chrysalis

 

 Curious minds making predictions...

 

 

One chrysalis fell down :(     I hope it makes it...      point to the moltings

                                                    Ask me how many times dies a caterpillar molt?

                      

                                    

 looking at the details with a magnifying  glass

We read,    and talked about their differences..

Ask me to tell you a few...

 

Point to a moth and ask me how do I know?

 

 

                                                                                  moth's cocoon

We drew a moth and a butterfly in our journals...

  

Ask me to tell you the differences...

-moths have hairy antennae

-butterflies have smooth antennae with a knob at the end

-when sitting a moth spreads its wings

-when sitting a butterfly folds its wings up

-moth makes a cocoon

-butterfly makes a chrysalis

  

 We also talked about things that are similar...

-Butterfly and Moths drink nectar with a proboscis

-Both have 6 legs

-Lay eggs

-go through a life cycle

                

Look at the wings and explain which one is a butterfly and how do you know?

  

   

  

          

 Ask me what is the first thing that a caterpillar eats.. ask me explain the life cycle to you..

We read, 

 We played a rhyming game. Clap when you hear a rhyming word..

Read these words to me and ask me to tell you which rhyme.. loose, play, goose, way, shed, look, bed, book, load, moo, too, day, pool, road, say, cool.

Some learning centres

  

  

Thanks,

 Mrs. Malik & Mrs. Queen