Wednesday morning in Meeting for Worship, Andrea read the beautiful book,
Butterfly House by Eve Bunting. Thanks to her keen observation, a young girl rescues a caterpillar from being eaten by a hungry jay. A gentle and loving story evolves along with her grandfather.
After Andrea finished the story, many students shared memories of their monarch study in first grade. The story was particularly poignant for our first graders as last week several students made an amazing discovery in the science room garden as they were being very observant scientists. They found a large monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant!! It was so exciting to see one thriving on plants planted just for monarchs a few years ago!
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| discovering a monarch caterpillar in the garden |
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| thriving on milkweed |
Our Monarch Watch caterpillars arrived last week and we have been watching them closely everyday, writing and drawing about their rapid development. We are learning a great deal about the importance of milkweed to their survival. This Friday during Community Time the first graders and resource teachers set out to map the locations that milkweed is growing here at AFS and to get an up-close look at it where it grows. It is quite a miraculous process that the students are witnessing each day and the exploration of the milkweed plant will deepen their understanding and appreciation.
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