Meet Our New Class Pets!

As the students of Room 1 came in this morning from a long and relaxing spring break, they noticed their morning message had a surprise to it. After figuring out the missing words, they got to meet their new class pets--- 5 teeny tiny caterpillars that will soon transform into beautiful butterflies!

We have named them: Steve, Freddy, Jerry, Amy and Rain

For the next couple of weeks, we will be making observations about how these caterpillars grow and change into butterflies (this process is called metamorphosis).

Day 1:

• One caterpillar is going towards the top (Layla)
• Some are on the side of the jar (Cayden)
• They are small (one of them is 1 cm, another is 1 1/2 cm) (Jackson)
• There are 5 of them (Sophie)
• They are black and spiky (Max)
• They might be molting because we see small black things (Mrs. Roll)
• They are going to become butterflies in 7 days after they go in to chrysalis (Landon)

Day 2:

• They are bigger! (Jack)
• Two are up at the top (Anthony)
• One of the caterpillars at the top is longer than the other one at the top (Sophie)
• They have 6 legs (Nikos)
• The caterpillars are not straight... they are wiggly (Matthew)
• I can see them moving towards the top (Jake)
• All of the caterpillars are 1 1/2 cm to 2 cm long now! (Mrs. Roll)

Day 5: 

• One of the caterpillars is wiggling! (Zacharias)
• Two of them are straight (Luke)
• 3 of them are trying to get to the top (Cayden and Jack)
• 4 of them are BIG! (Sophie)
• We measured them and the smallest one is 2 cm and the biggest one is 4cm!!!
• I think I can see the 6 legs (Peyton)
• I saw one crawl down and eat something and then crawl back up (Jack)
• They are longer than yesterday! (Layla)

Day 8:

• One is starting to make its cocoon (Jack)
• One is super straight (Anthony)
• One has its legs at the top and its head is dropping down (Nikos)
• One is making the letter J! (Peyton)
• The caterpillars are going to go through metamorphosis (Eva)
• One is shaped like a Nike symbol (Landon)
• The caterpillars are in silk (Sophie)
• 4 of them are very still, but one is wiggling to the top (Jake)
• It looks like there are spider webs in there! (Jackson)
• They have shed a lot (Anthony)
• 4 of them are hanging from the top (Matthew)
• They are all 3-4 cm long (Mrs. Roll)

Day 12: Our last caterpillar still hasn’t gone in to chrysalis, but the other four are in their cocoons. They have been very active shaking back and forth!