Adios Mariposas

We tagged the rest of the butterflies today.

 

 

We then took our friends outside to feed them and release them.

 

 

 

 

Adios Mariposas!

Good luck on your journey!

 

 

 

 

3-D Maps

We created 3-D maps this week while reviewing some U.S. landforms.

 

Tomorrow is the big day!

Tomorrow we let all of the butterflies go.  By A.W.

We are going to sing Mariposa Adios.  By Y.W.

We are going to have a big ceremony. E.D.

The whole second grade is going to be there. S.S.

We are going to see if the butterflies will feed off of someone's finger.  By O.F.

We are very excited to let them go.  By A. K.

It's a girl!

We had our first girl emerge early this morning.  We just received tags in the mail and will tag this girl and send her on her way!

Now we are patiently awaiting the arrival of our others.

When will they emerge?

Last week our last caterpillar did it's pupa dance and went into a chrysalis.  We are very excited to see all of our butterflies emerge.  There are 9 altogether!

We will post pictures this week once they begin emerging.  For now, here are a few photos from last week's Monarch antics.

Here are our 8 chrysalis slowly completing their metamorphosis.

Notice there is one caterpillar to the left. 
He was in his "J stage" there. 
We caught him doing the pupa dance at the end of the day!

 

We fed three male butteflies on Friday.

 

During recess we released three adult butterflies so they could begin their journey to Mexico.

 

Adios Mariposas!

 

 

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Welcome to our page!  We are very excited to begin our blog.  On here we plan to share our classroom happenings through pictures and posts.  We will also use this blog to share our thoughts and ideas on the different subjects and units we work on this year.  We hope you enjoy!