chicks!

On Monday morning we had 5 chicks peeping in the incubator. By Tuesday 15 of our 18 eggs (with chicks inside) had hatched.

In an earlier post you read that the children predicted egg number 26 would hatch first, because it was the heaviest. 

Our hatching order provided an important lesson in science; predictions are not always correct. Egg number 26 was actually one of the eggs that didn't hatch at all! We talked about how scientists use information (knowledge and data) to develop new hypotheses. They continue to wonder, question, and test. 

The children loved holding the chicks and playing with them on the rug. Our morning meetings this week were extra special.

 

 

 

The chicks provided an authentic opportunity to stretch out new and challenging words. On Wednesday I wrote the invitation;

Use one word to describe our chicks. 

The children stretched out their one word and wrote their word on a sticky note.
On Thursday we glued their words on to a piece of paper along with one drawing of a chick.

Their words and illustrations come together to create a beautiful chick poem!

Our chicks are. . .

 

Is it a female or male chick?

The children worked with Lise-Anne to determine whether we had more male or female chicks in our classroom. They looked closely at the wings and feathers. Again, the children made a prediction;

We think there are more female chicks than male chicks, because in the world we see more female chickens than males. 

This time their prediction was correct! We had 3 more females than males.