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Mrs. Makarewich’s third grade students made journal entries on the life cycle of their monarch butterfly. |
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Mr. Makarewich found a chrysalis attached to a milkweed plant. He brought it into school so we could observe the changes that would be occurring inside the chrysalis before the monarch butterfly emerged.
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Monday, September 10
We were surprised to see a milkweed plant with a chrysalis hanging from one of the branches on display in our classroom. We spent time looking at the chrysalis and making notes about our observations.
Here is what we discovered:
- There were golden beads that seemed to hold the chrysalis together at the top and along the bottom.
- The green color of the chrysalis blended in with the leaves; the leaves provided camouflage for the chrysalis.
- There was a small ‘stem’ from which the chrysalis was hanging.
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Friday, September 14
We looked at the chrysalis though magnifying goggles. We noticed that we could see a bit of the wing inside, but that it was hard to see. We also used the goggles on the day our butterfly emerged.
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Monday, September 24
8:30 a.m.
When we came into school, Mrs. Makarewich had some wonderful news! Our chrysalis had opened! We noticed that our monarch butterfly was holding its wings closed.
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9:00 a.m.
Our monarch butterfly stretched out its wings and pumped liquid into them to make them strong.
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9:40 a.m.
We carried our butterfly outside to the butterfly garden. |
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As our butterfly opened its wings, we discovered the two spots that told us it was a male. When we untied the net, our monarch flew away so quickly that we couldn’t capture it in a picture. It took off into the hills of Kent!
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One of our third graders was wearing a beautiful butterfly top and pants on the day our monarch butterfly emerged! Now isn’t that amazing! |
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This was such an exciting unit of study. We read many books, wrote poems and did lots of observations.
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